Patents by Inventor Dennis DETWILLER

Dennis DETWILLER 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: 20120290654
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium of rewarding a user for sharing digital content are described. The method facilitates an effective way of sharing commercial digital content via a network, such as the Internet, while the users who share the content are provided with a real or virtual reward. The method may comprise receiving, from a user, a request to share digital content, retrieving the digital content to be shared, with the digital content being associated with a user, transmitting the digital content to one or more destinations for sharing, and providing a reward to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis Detwiller, Robert Sparks
  • Publication number: 20120290308
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium of rewarding a user for sharing digital content are described. The method facilitates an effective way of sharing commercial digital content via a network, such as the Internet, while the users who share the content are provided with a real or virtual reward. The method may comprise receiving, from a user, a request to share digital content, retrieving the digital content to be shared, with the digital content being associated with a user, transmitting the digital content to one or more destinations for sharing, and providing a reward to the user. The one or more destinations may comprise a social networking website, a blog, a microblog, a website, an e-mail server, a web server, and a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis Detwiller, Robert Sparks
  • Publication number: 20110173587
    Abstract: A custom application is for managing a library of games on a hand held mobile processing device. The custom application comprises: a link to a collection of formatted games on the hand held mobile processing device which constitute the library of games, each of the formatted games comprising coding understandable by the handheld mobile processing device to deploy at least one of the games; and an import/export module for trading at least one of the formatted games with multiple computers or other hand held mobile processing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ALIEN TOOL KIT SOFTWARE INC.
    Inventor: Dennis DETWILLER