Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Crowell

Jeffrey P. Crowell 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).

  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Patent number: 9202525
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: DIGITAL INNOVATIONS LLC, ALTO PATENT TECHNOLOGY LLC, NEUROS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LLC, KNAPP INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable Database-Driven Menu Structure for a Portable Computing Device
    Publication number: 20130067409
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Alto Patent Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Patent number: 8132108
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a menu structure. The device includes a display mechanism, a navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, and an action database, including an action record with an action description. The action database is customizable. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Alto Patent Technology LLC
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Patent number: 7243307
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a database-driven menu structure that comprises a display mechanism, navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, an action database, including an action record with an action description, wherein the action database is customizable in accordance with a field of the navigation record. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Digital Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born
  • Customizable database-driven menu structure for a portable computing device
    Publication number: 20040075698
    Abstract: A portable media playing device incorporating a database-driven menu structure that comprises a display mechanism, navigation database, including a navigation record with a navigation description, an action database, including an action record with an action description, wherein the action database is customizable in accordance with a field of the navigation record. A display driver displays the navigation description. When the navigation description is selected, the display driver displays the action description. When the action description is selected, a digital synchronization system generates an extra action request (EAR) record that includes an action identifier and action data for storage in an EAR database. When the device is synchronized with a computer, a synchronization manager accesses the EAR database and updates the action database with any new action records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Xiuzhi Gao, Timothy Johnson, Jeffrey P. Crowell, Joseph Born