Patents by Inventor James H. Shifflett, III

James H. Shifflett, III 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 system for electronic song dedication
    Patent number: 7082469
    Abstract: A system and method to send dedications of popular songs through a communications medium such as the Internet. A sender contacts a musical jukebox Web site and selects a song to dedicate and enters a recipient's electronic mail (email) address. The sender is given a phone number and Personal Identification Number (PIN). The sender calls the phone number, enters the PIN, and leaves a voice message to introduce the dedication. An email is sent to the recipient's email address containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) as a link to a dedication Web page. Retrieval of the dedication Web page causes retrieval of a dedication file containing URLs pointing to the voice dedication and the dedicated song. The URLs are extracted from the dedication file and used to play back the voice dedication and the dedicated song.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Gold Mustache Publishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot M. Gold, Shirley A. Gold, James H. Shifflett, III, David L. Hawthorne