Patents Represented by Attorney Mel Barnes
  • Patent number: 7917439
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing location based functions and mobile e-commerce comprising a central processing unit including a processor, a storage device, and programming stored in the storage device, a display device, an audio input device, an audio output device, a communications module, a commerce module, an image module, and a location module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Melvin L. Barnes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7487112
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing location based functions and mobile e-commerce comprising a central processing unit including a processor, a storage device, and programming stored in the storage device, a display device, an audio input device, an audio output device, a communications module, a commerce module, an image module, and a location module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Inventor: Melvin L. Barnes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7133837
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing communications between a broadcast station and a plurality of viewing stations operated by viewers that allows the viewers to customize the broadcast transmissions to remove or replace particular phrases or scenes. The broadcast station also identifies broadcast transmissions of interest to a viewer by comparing the broadcast transmission characteristics to the viewer's broadcast request. The broadcast station also receives a plurality of electronic transmissions and identifies the recipients and transmitters of the electronic transmissions to facilitate providing incentives to persons for forwarding the transmissions. The viewing station includes command software that includes a watch mode in which information that is manually provided by a user and transmitted to a web page, is stored for use with voice commands. The voice commands and stored information is used by the command software to supply web pages with appropriate data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventor: Melvin L. Barnes, Jr.