Patents by Inventor David Hitchman

David Hitchman 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).

  • Outputting dynamic local content on mobile devices
    Patent number: 7640491
    Abstract: Automatically displaying updated and relevant content on the display of a mobile computing device. In response to receiving a registration that includes a request for particular dynamic content, a subscription service creates a template file. The template file includes static content, references to dynamic content, and corresponding layout information. The template file is transferred to and stored on a mobile computing device. When dynamic content is updated the dynamic content is pushed to the mobile computing device via a push gateway. Dynamic content may be included in an service indication message that is pushed to the mobile computing device via a wireless protocol. Dynamic content may be stored in an update store included in the mobile computing device. At an appropriate time computer-executable instructions may be executed that merge content from the update store into the template file for display on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony John Goodacre, Barry Merrick, David Hitchman
  • Outputting dynamic local content on mobile devices
    Publication number: 20030106022
    Abstract: Automatically displaying updated and relevant content on the display of a mobile computing device. In response to receiving a registration that includes a request for particular dynamic content, a subscription service creates a template file. The template file includes static content, references to dynamic content, and corresponding layout information. The template file is transferred to and stored on a mobile computing device. When dynamic content is updated the dynamic content is pushed to the mobile computing device via a push gateway. Dynamic content may be included in an service indication message that is pushed to the mobile computing device via a wireless protocol. Dynamic content may be stored in an update store included in the mobile computing device. At an appropriate time computer-executable instructions may be executed that merge content from the update store into the template file for display on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony John Goodacre, Barry Merrick, David Hitchman