Patents by Inventor Charles R. Wiltgen

Charles R. Wiltgen 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).

  • Apparatus and methods of distributing content and receiving selected content based on user personalization information
    Patent number: 8856331
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods include the distribution of a plurality of content, at least one of which is tagged with descriptive metadata. Further, the apparatus and methods include selecting content from the plurality of content based on a match between a personalized content preference descriptor stored on the device and the tagged content. Thus, the selected content represents content likely to be applicable or relevant, and/or of interest, to the user associated with the personalized content preference descriptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: James D. Coyer, Charles C. Childress, Michael T. Coad, Charles R. Wiltgen