Patents Represented by Attorney David A. Mins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7809647
    Abstract: A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to record, for example, a song or other radio and/or video content, on demand, and to account for and process appropriate payment for the use of the recorded content. The recorded material is saved and indexed by title and is retrievable for subsequent review, tabulation and/or playing at the user's convenience. In one example, a user is enabled to record received media content by pressing a single “ADD” button at any time while a favorite song is being received and played. The song then being played together with the title of the song or video presentation are then saved to memory for subsequent retrieval and playing. The received content is accounted for and tabulated and a payment for the use of the recorded song is processed by the user in accordance with a predetermined payment schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Viktors Berstis, Fabian F. Morgan
  • Patent number: 5222234
    Abstract: A method of saving a search criteria and search results of a document search in a document interchange system having a plurality of shared libraries. The search criteria is stored in a Search Criteria Document appropriately encoded for the document interchange management system. The search results are saved in a Search Result Document. This Search Result Document may be reused or stored in another document such as a folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Diana S. Wang, Francis J. Kastelic