Patents by Inventor Anthony Giardini
Anthony Giardini 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).
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Patent number: 10901611Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S. T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Publication number: 20190317663Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S.T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Patent number: 10416878Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S. T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Publication number: 20170123650Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S.T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormely, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Patent number: 9508059Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S. T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Patent number: 9429989Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Small, Anthony Giardini, Ryan Wolfe, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Publication number: 20150168999Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Andrea Small, Anthony Giardini, Ryan Wolfe, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Patent number: 8933813Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Small, Anthony Giardini, Ryan Wolfe, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Patent number: 8860581Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Small, John W. Michael, Jonathan Richard Bergstrom, Anthony Giardini, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Patent number: 8832815Abstract: In some aspects, a telecommunications device obtains an identifier from an accessory token. The telecommunications device may transmit the identifier to a server to request content associated with the identifier. The telecommunications device may receive the content from the server when the identifier is valid and/or the content is available. In various aspects, the accessory token is communicatively coupled to the telecommunications device, which enables the telecommunications device to obtain the identifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Andrea Small, Joyce S. Chou, Anthony Giardini, Jae Y. Lee
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Patent number: 8626249Abstract: A charging station for mobile devices that acts as an intermediary device to facilitate communication between mobile devices and other proximate devices. The charging station may receive data with a mobile device via a first communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) or in a first data format and may transmit the received data to a proximate device via a second communication protocol (e.g., WiFi) or in a second data format. The charging station may then receive responsive data from the proximate device via the second communication protocol (e.g., WiFi) or second data format and transmit the responsive data the mobile device via the first communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) or first data format. In some embodiments, the charging station may communicate status data about a mobile device to other proximate devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Ungari, Winston Wang, Robert Buck, Mike Kemery, Paulo S. T. Chow, Anthony Giardini, Valerie Goulart, Ming Ligh
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Patent number: 8428561Abstract: A user of a telecommunications or other computing device may notify his or her contacts of an event of interest, which event may be modified by the user's contacts without requiring the permission of the originating user to do so. In this regard, an event organizing service receives an event notification request from a user of a telecommunications device (e.g., a mobile telephone), automatically identifies the user's contacts to whom the event notification is to be published, and publishes the event notification to the automatically identified contacts. A contact who receives the event notification may update the event, e.g., by modifying data describing the event, without the permission of the originating user. Accordingly, a contact who has received the event notification may modify the event (e.g., change the date/time, change the location, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Michael Steffen Vance, Jared T. Benson, Christian Robertson, Shilpa R. Shah, Gabriel J. White, Prarthana H. Panchal, Natalie Phillips-Hamblett, Sinclair M. Temple, Anthony Giardini, Joyce Chou
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Patent number: 8166119Abstract: A messaging device facilitates delivery of messages to recipients based on availability and preferences associated with recipients. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient. The facility uses availability information—which reflects recipients' availability and willingness to communicate—and system- and recipient-defined preferences to determine the best method(s) of delivery for a message and other features of message delivery. Recipients' availability and preferences may be displayed to users on an interface. Users may make decisions regarding delivery method, timing, and other details of message delivery based on the displayed availability and preference information.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S. T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Bryan Gough, Patrick Carney
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Publication number: 20110175747Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: T-MOBILE USA, INC.Inventors: Andrea Small, Anthony Giardini, Ryan Wolfe, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Publication number: 20110175748Abstract: An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: T-MOBILE USA, INC.Inventors: Andrea Small, John W. Michael, Jonathan Richard Bergstrom, Anthony Giardini, Joyce S. Chou, Jae Y. Lee
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Publication number: 20110058516Abstract: In some aspects, a telecommunications device obtains an identifier from an accessory token. The telecommunications device may transmit the identifier to a server to request content associated with the identifier. The telecommunications device may receive the content from the server when the identifier is valid and/or the content is available. In various aspects, the accessory token is communicatively coupled to the telecommunications device, which enables the telecommunications device to obtain the identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: T-MOBILE USA, INC.Inventors: Andrea Small, Joyce S. Chou, Anthony Giardini, Jae Y. Lee
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Publication number: 20100041333Abstract: A charging station for mobile devices that acts as an intermediary device to facilitate communication between mobile devices and other proximate devices. The charging station may receive data with a mobile device via a first communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) or in a first data format and may transmit the received data to a proximate device via a second communication protocol (e.g., WiFi) or in a second data format. The charging station may then receive responsive data from the proximate device via the second communication protocol (e.g., WiFi) or second data format and transmit the responsive data the mobile device via the first communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) or first data format. In some embodiments, the charging station may communicate status data about a mobile device to other proximate devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Joseph Ungari, Winston Wang, Robert Buck, Mike Kemery, Paulo S.T. Chow, Anthony Giardini, Valerie Goulart, Ming Ligh
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Publication number: 20090271486Abstract: A messaging device facilitates delivery of messages to recipients based on availability and preferences associated with recipients. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient. The facility uses availability information—which reflects recipients' availability and willingness to communicate—and system- and recipient-defined preferences to determine the best method(s) of delivery for a message and other features of message delivery. Recipients' availability and preferences may be displayed to users on an interface. Users may make decisions regarding delivery method, timing, and other details of message delivery based on the displayed availability and preference information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: MING LIGH, PAULO S.T. CHOW, VALERIE GOULART, ANTHONY GIARDINI, GEORGIANA GORMLEY, BRYAN GOUGH, PATRICK CARNEY
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Publication number: 20090271712Abstract: A messaging device allows a user to initiate communication to recipients via a graphical user interface. In some embodiments, messages are composed by a user via a touchscreen display. Pre-existing messages may also be retrieved by the user via the display. Icons representing potential message recipients are displayed, and the user may deliver a message to a recipient by associating the message with the icon that represents the desired recipient, such as by a drag-and-drop or pop-and-hop motion. In addition, the user may indicate to which of the recipient's various electronic devices or services the message is to be delivered. In some embodiments, the user may deliver the message to a group of recipients.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Ming Ligh, Paulo S.T. Chow, Valerie Goulart, Anthony Giardini, Georgiana Gormley, Jeff Gough, Patrick Carney
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Patent number: D768647Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nicolas Bauer, Nathan Johnson, Anthony Giardini, John Clinton Rice, Craig Maitlen, Steve Dolan, Rita Yu, Sean Kollenkark