Patents by Inventor Ron Crane

Ron Crane 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: 20060020994
    Abstract: Methods are provided for transmitting and navigating interlinked data using an interactive programming system. Pages of interlinked data are encoded at a network node, and data navigation information is generated for each page of the interlinked data. This data is then stored at the node. A user at a subscriber location, connected to the node by a television signal distribution network, is able to view a first page of the interlinked data, provided by the interactive programming system to the user's settop for display on a display device. The interactive programming system also provides the data navigation information to the user's settop. The interpreter within the user's settop creates a chaser, which is displayed at one of the links of the interlinked data and allows the user to navigate those links. The user may use the chaser to select a link, which is interpreted within the settop to provide a command signal identifying an action, such as sending another page of the data to the user's settop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Ron Crane, Elena Pavlovskaia
  • Publication number: 20030090701
    Abstract: Systems and methods of a print hub for wireless transmission of information corresponding to print tasks is disclosed. A representative print hub system has a master printer that has a master printing mechanism capable of printing information corresponding to the print task. The master printer also has a master wireless network module adapted to wirelessly transmit information corresponding to the print task. In addition, the master printer can be configured to determine an intended destination of the print task. Further, the master printer can configure the information corresponding to the print task for wireless transmission. Another representative of the print hub includes one or more servant printers. Each servant printer has a printing mechanism that is adapted to print the information corresponding to the print task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Ron Crane, Grant Keely