Patents by Inventor James K. Leitess

James K. Leitess 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: 20010041561
    Abstract: A system and method for using a stimulus to motivate from wireless communication devices a request for content for delivery to the wireless communication device or other delivery destinations. A user of a wireless communication device is cued by a stimulus to request content that is related to the source of the stimulus. Computing equipment coupled to the wireless communication network and to the storage device receives requests from the wireless communication device and retrieves content from the storage device that matches a request based on the proximity of the wireless communication device to the stimulus at the time of the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas Ventulett, David T. Hardy, James K. Leitess, Mike Huffaker, Doug McNaught, Brian Troxell
  • Patent number: 5945989
    Abstract: A device for enabling users without programming backgrounds to create and modify web pages combines the telephone with interactive voice-response technology, database software, streaming audio technology and the World Wide Web, which results in a simple and easy to use interface. Without knowledge of HTML, a user can pick up a phone and revise a Web site in seconds with an audio message, graphical images, new text, Web pages or hyperlinks. The touch-tone telephone handset operates as a substitute computer keyboard, allowing the user to publish a Web site from their telephone. Other features include the ability to switch between different Web pages when a particular URL is called, manipulation of existing audio, graphics and text materials on a Web site, HREF control, the ability to change the first page of a site, date stamping of any text, graphic or audio element, and the ability to edit or synchronize Internet, Intranet and IVR content within a single call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Premiere Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg S. Freishtat, James K. Leitess, Michael J. Cowden