Patents by Inventor Gadge Brown

Gadge Brown 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for the identification of products displayed in media programs
    Publication number: 20130262200
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the identification of products in a media program and making such products available for consumer purchase is presented. A consumer utilizes a “BeamBack” device to initiate a “screen grab” and thereby express interest in a placed and/or advertised product. An identifying marker is transmitted in response to the consumer's interest to a product web-site, where still images of the product are displayed upon linking of the identifying marker to another marker identifying the still image. The identifying marker can be transmitted to the consumer's “BeamBack” device, computer or web-page or directly to the product's web-site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Gadge Brown
  • Method and apparatus for the identification of products displayed in media programs
    Patent number: 8150743
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the identification of products in a media program and making such products available for consumer purchase is presented. A consumer utilizes a “BeamBack” device to initiate a “screen grab” and thereby express interest in a placed and/or advertised product. An identifying marker is transmitted in response to the consumer's interest to a product web-site, where still images of the product are displayed upon linking of the identifying marker to another marker identifying the still image. The identifying marker can be transmitted to the consumer's “BeamBack” device, computer, or web-page or directly to the product's web-site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventor: Gadge Brown
  • Method and apparatus for the identification of products displayed in media programs
    Publication number: 20070078774
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the identification of products in a media program and making such products available for consumer purchase is presented. A consumer utilizes a “BeamBack” device to initiate a “screen grab” and thereby express interest in a placed and/or advertised product. An identifying marker is transmitted in response to the consumer's interest to a product web-site, where still images of the product are displayed upon linking of the identifying marker to another marker identifying the still image. The identifying marker can be transmitted to the consumer's “BeamBack” device, computer, or web-page or directly to the product's web-site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventor: Gadge Brown