Patents by Inventor Donald E. Synstelien

Donald E. Synstelien 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: 20090144630
    Abstract: A system and method for user controllable presentation of content on a user device having an interactive GUI and configured for network interaction with a living content system is provided. The living application system has a set of applications and configuration files. A shell application is run on the client device and is configured to execute one or more applications downloaded to the shell application. Content is provided either directly to the user device from content sources or via the living application system. A GUI management module is configured to apply user preferences to downloaded applications to generate graphical displays on the user device, wherein said graphical displays are real-time displays that can be superimposed over existing windows in a frame having variable opacity, size, continuity, shape and placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA
    Inventors: Ronald P. Berryman, Donald E. Synstelien
  • Publication number: 20090144631
    Abstract: A system and method for user controllable presentation of content on a user device having an interactive GUI and configured for network interaction with a living content system is provided. The living application system has a set of applications and configuration files. A shell application is run on the client device and is configured to execute one or more applications downloaded to the shell application. Content is provided either directly to the user device from content sources or via the living application system. A GUI management module is configured to apply user preferences to downloaded applications to generate graphical displays on the user device, wherein said graphical displays are real-time displays that can be superimposed over existing windows in a frame having variable opacity, size, continuity, shape and placement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA
    Inventors: Ronald P. Berryman, Donald E. Synstelien
  • Publication number: 20090024482
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for deploying a requested widget as an advertisement on a remote device. The system comprising means for determining location of the remote device, means for determining if the requested widget to be placed on the remote device exists, and means for serving the requested widget as an advertisement to the remote device if the location is enabled for the requested widget and the requested widget exists. The present invention can also be viewed as a method for deploying a requested widget as an advertisement on a remote device. The method operates by determining location of the remote device, determining if the requested widget to be placed on the remote device exists, and serving the requested widget as an advertisement to the remote device if the location is enabled for the requested widget and the requested widget exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Fox Interactive Media
    Inventors: Donald E. Synstelien, Jesse Edwards, Frank Spitzka, Michael Ayers