Patents by Inventor Charles P. Brown

Charles P. Brown 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).

  • Publication number: 20150332386
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events on communications network and a cloud communications network. One or more graphical buttons or a text interface is used to display electronic option information. A display appearance of the one or more graphical buttons or text interface are dynamically changed based on actions completed on the electronic options. The electronic options and the one or more graphical buttons are displayed on one or more client network devices and/or one or more server network devices for one or more retail sites, airline ticketing sites, travel sites, entertainment ticketing sites, sports ticketing sites, social networking sites, social couponing sites, social virtual reality sites, social virtual gaming sites, or social fantasy sports gaming sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. BROWN
  • Patent number: 9092813
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events. Electronic option terms and electronic option fees for the plural electronic options are dynamically and periodically adjusted in real-time. This provides optimal electronic option use and optimal electronic term and optimal electronic option fee adjustment for plural different suppliers of good or services or events provided and used with electronic options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 9070150
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Plural electronic options are provided based on a priority ordering scheme. The plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws. The plural electronic options includes a plural different electronic option terms for a plural different suppliers and a priority ordering scheme. The electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier. The electronic options include personalized electronic reservations and personalized electronic coupons. The purchased electronic option is exercised for preferred or priority access or entry to events or places or goods or services based on the priority ordering scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 9064258
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. A sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event are associated with and selectable with plural electronic options. The plural electronic options are also associated with reservation requests if no actual available reservation are available and automatically converted to electronic options for actual reservation if a reservation later becomes available at the facility or event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 9047634
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events on communications network and a cloud communications network. One or more graphical buttons are used to display electronic option information. A display appearance of the one or more graphical buttons are dynamically changed based on actions completed on the electronic options. The electronic options and the one or more graphical buttons are displayed on one or more client network devices and/or one or more server network devices for one or more retail sites, a social networking sites, social couponing sites, social virtual reality sites, social virtual gaming sites, or social fantasy sports gaming sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 9026471
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Group organizers buy a set of electronic options and post to their social network a notice of availability of the purchased set of electronic options for access to the underlying good or service or event. The group organizers invite their friends to join them to purchase the good or service or attend the event. The invited friends are allowed to exercise one or more individual options from the purchased set of electronic options to purchase the actual good or service or attend the event. This frees the group organizers from the burden of having to pay money for the good or service or event, collect money from invited friends and distribute the goods or items associated with the services or events yet promotes coordinated group activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 9026472
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events. Electronic options, electronic option terms and electronic option fees are dynamically generated and dynamically adjusted based on prior and current actions completed on a client network device. A business-to-business (b2b) marketplace is established using electronic options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 8984501
    Abstract: A method for an audio/video (A/V) system includes accessing processing modules for downloadable applications. Each downloadable application can have at least one processing module and data for a graphical user interface (GUI), and each processing module can be configured to interact with an upgradable engine to adjust a performance or a setting of an audio and video (A/V) equipment. The method includes arranging an order of two or more of the processing modules in a processing chain to share processing resources, to reduce a processing requirement of the A/V equipment, or to enhance a level of performance of the A/V equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Brett G. Crockett, Charles P. Brown, Alan J. Seefeldt
  • Patent number: 8930260
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events including plural electronic options with associated option fees for the goods or services or events. The plural electronic options include electronic option terms established by one or more suppliers who can supply the goods or services or events. The purchase of the electronic option is accepted according to electronic option terms established by the desired supplier. The option terms may vary greatly among the individual suppliers and no two suppliers may use the same option terms. The electronic options are displayed, viewed, purchased, and exercised from a client network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 8914137
    Abstract: An audio/video (A/V) system includes an audio/video (A/V) component configured to generate audio or video data. The A/V system includes one or more processing devices configured to implement an audio or video processing engine to process the audio or video data to generate one or more different domain representations of the audio or video data. The A/V system includes one or more audio or video processing applications that are each configured to access one or more of the different domain representations of the audio or video data, and to perform audio or video processing on the one or more accessed domain representations of the audio or video data. Each of the one or more processing applications access and process the domain representations independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Brett G. Crockett, Charles P. Brown, Alan J. Seefeldt
  • Patent number: 8781866
    Abstract: A method and system for creating electronic business referrals with cloud computing from social media sites. Plural unique referral identifier tracking codes are generated for a same target network device from a same social media site (e.g. FACEBOOK, TWITTER, etc.) or for the same target network device from plural different social media sites. The plural unique referral tracking codes are processed by a cloud referral application on a cloud communications network. The plural unique referral codes include appointment requests or referrals of new patients or customers for professional services or reservations or coupons or electronic purchase requests for goods or services. A thank you and referral bonus is automatically generated from the cloud referral application for the target network devices that send the plural unique referral identifier tracking codes. The plural unique referral codes include analytic data that is used by vendors providing professional services or goods or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Dennis Meegan, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 8650114
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of airline services using electronic options. The electronic options are used to reserve plural different types of airline services including selection of: a desired seat row location, a desired seat location in a desired row location, a plural adjacent seats in a desired row, a plural adjacent seats in a plural desired rows, a desired location in an overhead bin to store carry-on luggage, a priority boarding sequence, a priority exiting sequence, priority pre-flight baggage handling, priority post-flight baggage handling, cancellation and change privileges for a purchased airline ticket, a priority list position in a stand-by list and/or a priority list position for an automatic upgrade to a first class seat, business class seat or other non-economy seat and/or other airline services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 8620771
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services using plural electronic options. The purchased electronic options are automatically exercised upon completion of an electronic purchase transaction for a desired good or service associated with the purchased electronic option and a final purchase price automatically adjusted based on exercising the electronic option. The final purchase price is adjusted based on electronic option terms as well as other factors including reward points, loyalty points, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130254003
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events including plural electronic options with associated option fees for the goods or services or events. The plural electronic options include electronic option terms established by one or more suppliers who can supply the goods or services or events. The purchase of the electronic option is accepted according to electronic option terms established by the desired supplier. The option terms may vary greatly among the individual suppliers and no two suppliers may use the same option terms. The electronic options are displayed, viewed, purchased, and exercised from a client network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown
  • Patent number: 8543450
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events including plural electronic options with associated option fees for the goods or services or events. The plural electronic options include electronic option terms established by one or more suppliers who can supply the goods or services or events. The purchase of the electronic option is accepted according to electronic option terms established by the desired supplier. The option terms may vary greatly among the individual suppliers and no two suppliers may use the same option terms. The electronic option includes a personalized electronic coupon dynamically created by a server network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Smart Options, LLC
    Inventors: Christian S. Pappas, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130198036
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events. Electronic options, electronic option terms and electronic option fees are dynamically generated and dynamically adjusted based on prior and current actions completed on a client network device. A business-to-business (b2b) marketplace is established using electronic options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130198009
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events on communications network and a cloud communications network. One or more graphical buttons are used to display electronic option information. A display appearance of the one or more graphical buttons are dynamically changed based on actions completed on the electronic options. The electronic options and the one or more graphical buttons are displayed on one or more client network devices and/or one or more server network devices for one or more retail sites, a social networking sites, social couponing sites, social virtual reality sites, social virtual gaming sites, or social fantasy sports gaming sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130191269
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. A sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event are associated with and selectable with plural electronic options. The plural electronic options are also associated with reservation requests if no actual available reservation are available and automatically converted to electronic options for actual reservation if a reservation later becomes available at the facility or event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130191224
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Electronic options are provided for desired goods or services or events. Electronic option terms and electronic option fees for the plural electronic options are dynamically and periodically adjusted in real-time. This provides optimal electronic option use and optimal electronic term and optimal electronic option fee adjustment for plural different suppliers of good or services or events provided and used with electronic options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown
  • Publication number: 20130191244
    Abstract: A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. Group organizers buy a set of electronic options and post to their social network a notice of availability of the purchased set of electronic options for access to the underlying good or service or event. The group organizers invite their friends to join them to purchase the good or service or attend the event. The invited friends are allowed to exercise one or more individual options from the purchased set of electronic options to purchase the actual good or service or attend the event. This frees the group organizers from the burden of having to pay money for the good or service or event, collect money from invited friends and distribute the goods or items associated with the services or events yet promotes coordinated group activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Christian S. PAPPAS, Charles P. Brown