Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100077221 | System and Method for Wirelessly Transacting Access to a Set of Events and Associated Digital Content/Products - One or more content providers push data related to: movies, movie products, digital movie content over a network (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, or a wireless network) onto an information filling station which, in turn, wirelessly transacts (over a network based on the 802.11b protocol) and transmits any requested data to a portable computer-based device (e.g., laptop, a pen-based computer device, a PDA, a wireless phone, or a pager). The portable device performs financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a pre-stored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Any purchased digital content is either transferred wirelessly onto the portable device or, optionally, sent on a storage medium to a physical address associated with the profile. | 03-25-2010 |
20110231761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 09-22-2011 |
20120284621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND NAVIGATING A LINEAR HYPERMEDIA RESOURCE PROGRAM - A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program. | 11-08-2012 |
20120294303 | WIDE AREA COMMUNICATION NETWORKING - A communications network is disclosed and includes a broadband communication line having a first derived voice channel and a second derived voice channel, wherein the first and second derived voice channels are established as a function of an available bandwidth associated with the broadband communication line. The communication network further includes a residential gateway in communication with the broadband communication line. The residential gateway includes a switch, a network interface device in communication with the switch, and wherein the switch is configured to select at least one of the first or second derived voice channels for voice communication over the broadband communication line as a function of the available bandwidth. | 11-22-2012 |
20140143307 | EVENT WIZARD SERVER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - An event wizard server includes at least one processor that executes the event wizard server application that bidirectionally communicates event planning data with a user of a client device via a network interface. The event planning data includes: event type menu data, event type selection data, event size selection data, location data received from the client device, event budget menu data, event budget selection data, event budget data, event option menu data, event option selection data, event invitee menu data, and event invitee selection data. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143312 | SERVER FOR SELECTING A SEQUENTIAL TASK-ORIENTED EVENT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - An event wizard server includes at least one processor that executes the event wizard server application that bidirectionally communicates event planning data with a user of a client device via a network interface. The event planning data includes: event type menu data, and event type selection data, wherein at least one event type includes a sequential task-oriented event. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143667 | CLIENT DEVICE WITH EVENT WIZARD APPLICATION AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A client device includes at least one processor that executes an event wizard client application in conjunction with a user interface to display event type menu data, receive event type selection data, receive event size selection data, displaying event budget menu data, receive event budget selection data, display event budget data, displaying event option menu data, receive event option selection data, display event invitee menu data, and receive event invitee selection data. | 05-22-2014 |
20150205795 | CONTRACTOR DATA SERVER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A contractor data server includes at least one processor that executes a contractor data server application to bidirectionally communicate contractor data with a first user of a first client device via a network interface. The contractor data includes service menu data sent to the first client device that includes a plurality of service types and a plurality of specific services and service data received from the first client device indicates a selected one of the plurality of service types, a selected one of the plurality of specific services that indicates a service performed, service date data that indicates a service date, service address data that indicates a service address, and contractor review data relating to services performed at the service address. The contractor data server application processes the contractor review data to generate individual scoring data relating to the service address. | 07-23-2015 |