Patents by Inventor Todd Thoreau Brix

Todd Thoreau Brix 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).

  • Targeting applications based on mobile operator
    Patent number: 8166106
    Abstract: Filtering mobile applications in a mobile applications store based on a determined mobile operator associated with a mobile computing device. Mobile operators select mobile applications to be made available to mobile computing devices associated with the mobile operators. Users visit the online mobile applications store via the mobile computing devices. During the visits, the mobile operators associated with the mobile computing device are determined. The mobile applications selected by the mobile operators are presented to the mobile computing devices. In some embodiments, branding content from the mobile operators is provided to the mobile computing device when presenting the filtered mobile applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Biggs, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Todd Thoreau Brix, Daniel W. Bouie
  • TARGETING APPLICATIONS BASED ON MOBILE OPERATOR
    Publication number: 20110258249
    Abstract: Filtering mobile applications in a mobile applications store based on a determined mobile operator associated with a mobile computing device. Mobile operators select mobile applications to be made available to mobile computing devices associated with the mobile operators. Users visit the online mobile applications store via the mobile computing devices. During the visits, the mobile operators associated with the mobile computing device are determined. The mobile applications selected by the mobile operators are presented to the mobile computing devices. In some embodiments, branding content from the mobile operators is provided to the mobile computing device when presenting the filtered mobile applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd Biggs, Kamran Rajabi Zargahi, Todd Thoreau Brix, Daniel W. Bouie