Patents by Inventor Ian Robert Knowles

Ian Robert Knowles 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).

  • Patent number: 9306687
    Abstract: Methods and systems according to the disclosure are for obtaining information for a music track on a radio broadcast and may include storing track information received from an information service in a data storage module. When an intermediary server receives a request from an end-user device for information for a particular music track playing on a particular radio broadcast signal, the server first checks the data storage module to determine if it has music track information for the particular music track. If so, the server provides that music track information to the end-user device. The intermediary server may be configured to automatically and preemptively request information from the music information service each time a new music track is played on a radio broadcast signal. The intermediary server may be configured to request information from the music information service the first time it receives a request for that particular music track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Imagination Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Jurascheck, Ian Robert Knowles
  • Publication number: 20140106663
    Abstract: Methods and systems according to the disclosure are for obtaining information for a music track on a radio broadcast and may include storing track information received from an information service in a data storage module. When an intermediary server receives a request from an end-user device for information for a particular music track playing on a particular radio broadcast signal, the server first checks the data storage module to determine if it has music track information for the particular music track. If so, the server provides that music track information to the end-user device. The intermediary server may be configured to automatically and preemptively request information from the music information service each time a new music track is played on a radio broadcast signal. The intermediary server may be configured to request information from the music information service the first time it receives a request for that particular music track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Jurascheck, Ian Robert Knowles
  • Publication number: 20110187657
    Abstract: A touch sensitive screen system is provided for strolling through a set of data displayed on the screen. A plurality of touch sensitive areas (A, B, C, D, E) are provided. Contact movement with a central area (A) commences scrolling of data displayed on the screen. Movement of the contact into one of a plurality of edge portions (B, C, D, E) causes scrolling of the data to continue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Ian Robert Knowles