Patents by Inventor Samuel Thomas Benediktson

Samuel Thomas Benediktson 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).

  • Patent number: 10049390
    Abstract: A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Vibes Media, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Gates Campbell, John Joseph Philbin, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Publication number: 20170154361
    Abstract: A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Gates Campbell, John Joseph Philbin, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Patent number: 9571993
    Abstract: A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Vibes Media, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Gates Campbell, John Joseph Philbin, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Publication number: 20160277906
    Abstract: A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Gates Campbell, John Joseph Philbin, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Patent number: 9356712
    Abstract: A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter that checks the data against a list of words and indicates on the display if the data contains at least one of the words. The network is operatively connected to the portable device and the computer. The display system is connected to the computer and includes a display screen where the data is automatically displayed on the display screen for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Gates Campbell, John Joseph Philbin, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Patent number: 8812036
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating with an audience. The system includes a radio transmitter that transmits a first communication to a plurality of audience members. A server receives a plurality of short message service communications, wherein each of the plurality of short message service communications is transmitted from a portable communication device in reply to the first communication. A display operably coupled to the server automatically displays each of the plurality of short message service communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Vibes Media, LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Philbin, Alexander Gates Campbell, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Patent number: 8417267
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating with an audience. The system includes a radio transmitter that transmits a first communication to a plurality of audience members. A server receives a plurality of short message service communications, wherein each of the plurality of short message service communications is transmitted from a portable communication device in reply to the first communication. A display operably coupled to the server automatically displays each of the plurality of short message service communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Vibes Media LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Philbin, Alexander Gates Campbell, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Publication number: 20090203392
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating with an audience. The system includes a radio transmitter that transmits a first communication to a plurality of audience members. A server receives a plurality of short message service communications, wherein each of the plurality of short message service communications is transmitted from a portable communication device in reply to the first communication. A display operably coupled to the server automatically displays each of the plurality of short message service communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: John Joseph Philbin, Alexander Gates Campbell, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Patent number: 7489940
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating with an audience. The system includes a radio transmitter that transmits a first communication to a plurality of audience members. A server receives a plurality of short message service communications, wherein each of the plurality of short message service communications is transmitted from a portable communication device in reply to the first communication. A display operably coupled to the server automatically displays each of the plurality of short message service communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Phi-Cam, LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Philbin, Alexander Gates Campbell, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Vincent Borreros Villaruel
  • Publication number: 20040255232
    Abstract: A networked presentation system manages transmission of presentation units to the audience, and ensures that the presentation units are displayed to, or accessible by, the audience in the same sequence as the presenter intends. The networked presentation system includes a presenter system, a presentation server and at least one audience system that connect to each other using a data transmission network. The networked presentation system controls to deliver the active presentation unit to the audience systems such that whenever the presenter renders one presentation unit active, the networked presentation system makes the active presentation unit available to the audience system. The networked presentation system allows users of the audience system to configure the way the presentation units are displayed on the audience system, and to attach notes to the presentation units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kristian Hammond, Lawrence A. Birnbaum, Samuel Thomas Benediktson, James W. Durkin, Mario Jobbe, Leon X. Zhao