Patents by Inventor Gary Donald Thomas

Gary Donald Thomas 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: 20080026742
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product for exchanging categorized information nuggets stored in a database accessible to a portable mobile communication device with other similarly equipped portable mobile communication devices. The presence of another portable mobile communication device capable of exchanging categorized information nuggets is discovered and a connection is established. Information nugget category data is exchanged with the other portable mobile communication device to determine whether there are common categories shared by each portable mobile communication device. Information nuggets for common categories are then exchanged with the other portable mobile communication device. The information nuggets can be displayed and saved by the receiving portable mobile communication device. The information nuggets can also be date/time and location stamped to add additional contextual data about the information nuggets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
    Inventors: Gary Donald Thomas, Richard Eugene Martin