Patents by Inventor Stephen N. Wiener

Stephen N. Wiener 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).

  • Distributed multimedia transfer
    Patent number: 7302465
    Abstract: A multimedia distribution kiosk can communicate with a remote user to receive multimedia requests and can communicate with a multimedia content provider to obtain requested multimedia content. The kiosk can cache received multimedia content and provide the content as desired. The kiosk can also be used to upload multimedia content to a server. For example, an occupant of an automobile may access a system of kiosks to determine the nearest kiosk and request download of content prior to arrival at that kiosk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Comverse, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry E. Ayres, Makonnen Melaku, Zhongsu Fu, Seshadri Mohan, Stephen N. Wiener
  • Distributed multimedia transfer
    Publication number: 20030078986
    Abstract: A multimedia distribution kiosk can communicate with a remote user to receive multimedia requests and can communicate with a multimedia content provider to obtain requested multimedia content. The kiosk can cache received multimedia content and provide the content as desired. The kiosk can also be used to upload multimedia content to a server. For example, an occupant of an automobile may access a system of kiosks to determine the nearest kiosk and request download of content prior to arrival at that kiosk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Larry E. Ayres, Makonnen Melaku, Zhongsu Fu, Seshadri Mohan, Stephen N. Wiener