Patents by Inventor Christopher K. Hess

Christopher K. Hess 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).

  • Patent number: 9313296
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a user interface on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the user interface are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a module receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 9219797
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a user interface on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the user interface are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a module receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 8972880
    Abstract: A tagging structure is used in web pages to identify content in such web pages that can be dragged and dropped into a wireless device when such web pages are rendered as a component of a web page served by a media management service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pendragon Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess, Robert J. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20140165218
    Abstract: A hosted web service is provided to enable the legitimate sharing and reselling digital music among subscribers to the web service by leveraging the teachings of the first sale doctrine of copyright law. By maintaining a single copy of properly purchased song within the system that can be only accessed by one subscriber at a time, the web service preserves the rights of the copyright holder of the digital music while encouraging a community sharing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: PENDRAGON WIRELESS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess, Eric F. Allen
  • Patent number: 8571535
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a user interface on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the user interface are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a module receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 8484089
    Abstract: A hosted web service is provided to enable the legitimate sharing and reselling digital music among subscribers to the web service by leveraging the teachings of the first sale doctrine of copyright law. By maintaining a single copy of properly purchased song within the system that can be only accessed by one subscriber at a time, the web service preserves the rights of the copyright holder of the digital music while encouraging a community sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Pendragon Wireless LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess, Eric F. Allen
  • Patent number: 8417772
    Abstract: A web page architecture is provided for enabling a user browse a web page and identify items of multimedia media content that the user desires to deliver to his mobile device. The delivery mechanism to transmit such content on the user's mobile device may be either through push messaging and communicating with a client application on the user's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20120021733
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a user interface on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the user interface are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a module receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. LIN, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 8086226
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device's file system to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20110296315
    Abstract: A web page architecture is provided for enabling a user browse a web page and identify items of multimedia media content that the user desires to deliver to his mobile device. The delivery mechanism to transmit such content on the user's mobile device may be either through push messaging and communicating with a client application on the user's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. LIN, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 8024400
    Abstract: A web page architecture is provided for enabling a user browse the web within an inline frame embedded in a web page and drag and drop content rendered in the inline frame into a receiving panel in the web page for transmission to the user's mobile device. The delivery mechanism to receive such content on the user's mobile device may be either through SMS messaging or through communicating with a client application on the user's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20110153849
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device's file system to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. LIN, Christopher K. Hess
  • Patent number: 7920856
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device's file system to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20100235476
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device's file system to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel J. LIN, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20100229243
    Abstract: A tagging structure is used in web pages to identify content in such web pages that can be dragged and dropped into a wireless device when such web pages are rendered as a component of a web page served by a media management service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess, Robert J. Morgan
  • Patent number: 7783645
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate retrieval of context relevant information. According to some embodiments, an event associated with a computer system is captured. In response to the captured event, a subset of data objects are selected that may be related to the event. A list associated with the subset of data objects may then be created, wherein the list is at least partially ordered based on a degree of relevance between a data object in the list and the event. Information associated with the created list may then be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christopher K. Hess, Michael Wynblatt, Mark H. Sher
  • Patent number: 7751807
    Abstract: A hosted mobile management service is provided for enabling a user to access a centralized account through a web browser on a terminal in order to manage the user's media information, such as digital music and photos. Any modifications made by user through the web browser are transparently sent to the user's mobile device where a thin client application receives such modification information and interacts with the mobile device's file system to reconcile such modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20100131346
    Abstract: An digital content management system provides a web interface for a user to purchase digital content from an online digital content store. The system is able to track the purchased digital content and deliver marketing content from the online digital content store when a user selects the purchased digital content for consumption through the web interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Robert J. MORGAN, Christopher K. HESS, Daniel J. LIN
  • Patent number: 7716281
    Abstract: A web page architecture is provided for enabling a user browse the web within an inline frame embedded in a web page and drag and drop content rendered in the inline frame into a receiving panel in the web page for transmission to the user's mobile device. The delivery mechanism to receive such content on the user's mobile device may be either through SMS messaging or through communicating with a client application on the user's mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Oomble, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Lin, Christopher K. Hess
  • Publication number: 20090083646
    Abstract: A web page architecture is provided for enabling a user browse the web within an inline frame embedded in a web page and drag and drop content rendered in the inline frame into a receiving panel in the web page for transmission to the user's mobile device. The delivery mechanism to receive such content on the user's mobile device may be either through SMS messaging or through communicating with a client application on the user's mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel J. LIN, Christopher K. Hess