Patents by Inventor Dustin Lee Winters

Dustin Lee Winters 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).

  • Information retrieval using decoded machine-readable optical codes
    Patent number: 9117000
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reading a machine-readable optical code encoding information formed in an image that is presented to a user. The method includes using a processor to receive the image with the machine-readable optical code; using a graphic user interface to visually present the received image on a display; using the graphic user interface to receive a user selection of the machine-readable optical code; using a processor to decode the selected machine-readable optical code; and using the graphic user interface to present information referenced by the decoded information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Dustin Lee Winters
  • INFORMATION RETRIEVAL USING DECODED MACHINE-READABLE OPTICAL CODES
    Publication number: 20140103107
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reading a machine-readable optical code encoding information formed in an image that is presented to a user. The method includes using a processor to receive the image with the machine-readable optical code; using a graphic user interface to visually present the received image on a display; using the graphic user interface to receive a user selection of the machine-readable optical code; using a processor to decode the selected machine-readable optical code; and using the graphic user interface to present information referenced by the decoded information on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Dustin Lee Winters
  • Information retrieval using decoded machine-readable optical codes
    Patent number: 8632013
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reading a machine-readable optical code encoding information formed in an image that is presented to a user. The method includes using a processor to receive the image with the machine-readable optical code; using a graphic user interface to visually present the received image on a display; using the graphic user interface to receive a user selection of the machine-readable optical code; using a processor to decode the selected machine-readable optical code; and using the graphic user interface to present information referenced by the decoded information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Dustin Lee Winters
  • INFORMATION RETRIEVAL USING DECODED MACHINE-READABLE OPTICAL CODES
    Publication number: 20130037605
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reading a machine-readable optical code encoding information formed in an image that is presented to a user. The method includes using a processor to receive the image with the machine-readable optical code; using a graphic user interface to visually present the received image on a display; using the graphic user interface to receive a user selection of the machine-readable optical code; using a processor to decode the selected machine-readable optical code; and using the graphic user interface to present information referenced by the decoded information on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Ronald Steven Cok, Dustin Lee Winters