Patents by Inventor Joe Farrell

Joe Farrell 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).

  • Publication number: 20060169772
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product, and device for providing product information, such as, for example, product price comparison information, product reviews, retailer information, retailer reviews, and information about similar products, to a user utilizing a mobile data processing system is provided. In one embodiment, a user, using a product code reader, such as, for example, an RFID reader, reads a product code from a tag, such as, for example, an RFID tag, located proximate to a product. The product code information determined from the product code is transmitted to a server. The server receives the product code information and retrieves the product information from a database. The server then formats the product information into, for example, a web page, and transmits the web page back to the mobile data processing system which receives the web page and presents the web page to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Page, Joe Farrell
  • Publication number: 20060036502
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for providing product information, such as, for example, product price comparison information, product reviews, retailer information, retailer reviews, and information about similar products, to a user utilizing a mobile data processing system, such as, for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA), is provided. In one embodiment, the user scans a product code, such as, for example, a Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code, corresponding to a product which may be located on the product or product packaging. The scanner is coupled to the mobile data processing system which transmits the product code information determined from the product code to a server. The server receives the product code information and retrieves product information from a database. The server then formats the product information into, for example, a web page, and transmits the web page back to the mobile data processing system which presents the web page to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: Joe Farrell