Patents Assigned to Alto Patent Technology LLC
  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Patent number: 9202525
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: DIGITAL INNOVATIONS LLC, ALTO PATENT TECHNOLOGY LLC, NEUROS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LLC, KNAPP INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable Database-Driven Menu Structure for a Portable Computing Device
    Publication number: 20130067409
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Alto Patent Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Patent number: 8132108
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Alto Patent Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born