Patents by Inventor Bruce Tow

Bruce Tow 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).

  • Remote viewing apparatus for smartphone
    Patent number: 8718613
    Abstract: Enables a synergy between a consumer's Smartphone such as an IPHONE® and an inexpensive, energy-efficient electronic-reader type device, to provide the consumer the features of a more-expensive and higher-energy-use device by relegating capabilities requiring keyboard use e.g., physical or electronic, touch-screen, wireless-connection, telephony-connection e.g., 3G/4G, microphone, speaker, and more to the Smartphone while supporting where desired full-power standalone document-display features to the electronic reader. Apparatus includes an electronic-reader device with an electronic-ink screen and a small number of buttons to perform standalone features such as “display next page”; a low power transceiver, memory, processing hardware, and associated software and battery. The electronic-reader device is especially designed to prevent inappropriate distribution of copyright-protected material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Tow, Bruce Tow, Tira Oskoui
  • REMOTE VIEWING APPARATUS FOR SMARTPHONE
    Publication number: 20130183943
    Abstract: Enables a synergy between a consumer's Smartphone such as an IPHONE® and an inexpensive, energy-efficient electronic-reader type device, to provide the consumer the features of a more-expensive and higher-energy-use device by relegating capabilities requiring keyboard use e.g., physical or electronic, touch-screen, wireless-connection, telephony-connection e.g., 3G/4G, microphone, speaker, and more to the Smartphone while supporting where desired full-power standalone document-display features to the electronic reader. Apparatus includes an electronic-reader device with an electronic-ink screen and a small number of buttons to perform standalone features such as “display next page”; a low power transceiver, memory, processing hardware, and associated software and battery. The electronic-reader device is especially designed to prevent inappropriate distribution of copyright-protected material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel TOW, Bruce TOW, Tira OSKOUI
  • System and method for management of common decentralized applications data and logic
    Patent number: 8122340
    Abstract: Enables a computer-assisted management of enterprise-network files of interest, and trouble-free migration of enterprise-wide business data and processes currently built and maintained in two popular tools, spreadsheets (commonly MICROSOFT® EXCEL®) and desktop/departmental databases (commonly MICROSOFT® ACCESS®).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce Tow, Neil Savasta
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF COMMON DECENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS DATA AND LOGIC
    Publication number: 20100083085
    Abstract: Enables a computer-assisted management of enterprise-network files of interest, and trouble-free migration of enterprise-wide business data and processes currently built and maintained in two popular tools, spreadsheets (commonly MICROSOFT® EXCEL®) and desktop/departmental databases (commonly MICROSOFT® ACCESS®).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Bruce TOW, Neil Savasta