Patents by Inventor Bruce Jay Levin

Bruce Jay Levin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and Apparatus to Implement Themes for a Handheld Device
    Publication number: 20090292723
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes folder, a themes folder available to the user to browse the theme MMs, and a client-side application to apply the theme to the user's cellular telephone device. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes notification logic to notify a web page associated with the user to change its display to match the theme applied by the user to the cellular telephone device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Jay Levin, William G. Swinton
  • Method and apparatus to implement themes for a handheld device
    Patent number: 7571189
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes folder, a themes folder available to the user to browse the theme MMs, and a client-side application to apply the theme to the user's cellular telephone device. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes notification logic to notify a web page associated with the user to change its display to match the theme applied by the user to the cellular telephone device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: LightSurf Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Jay Levin, William G. Swinton