Patents by Inventor Joey Darragh

Joey Darragh 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).

  • On-device offline purchases using credits
    Patent number: 9336544
    Abstract: This is directed to providing offline purchasing of media items using an electronic device. One or more media items that are not part of a user's media library can be stored on an electronic device. When a user later wishes to play back one of the media items, but the device cannot connect to a communications network to provide payment information for purchasing the media items, the electronic device can use pre-paid credits that were purchased and stored by the device when a communications network was available to complete the purchase. By using pre-paid credits, the media store can be assured that the user has sufficient funds for the media item purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taido Nakajima, Tyler Mincey, Gloria Lin, Joey Darragh
  • On-device offline purchases using credits
    Patent number: 8417575
    Abstract: This is directed to providing offline purchasing of media items using an electronic device. One or more media items that are not part of a user's media library can be stored on an electronic device. When a user later wishes to play back one of the media items, but the device cannot connect to a communications network to provide payment information for purchasing the media items, the electronic device can use pre-paid credits that were purchased and stored by the device when a communications network was available to complete the purchase. By using pre-paid credits, the media store can be assured that the user has sufficient funds for the media item purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taido Nakajima, Tyler Mincey, Gloria Lin, Joey Darragh
  • ON-DEVICE OFFLINE PURCHASES USING CREDITS
    Publication number: 20110178896
    Abstract: This is directed to providing offline purchasing of media items using an electronic device. One or more media items that are not part of a user's media library can be stored on an electronic device. When a user later wishes to play back one of the media items, but the device cannot connect to a communications network to provide payment information for purchasing the media items, the electronic device can use pre-paid credits that were purchased and stored by the device when a communications network was available to complete the purchase. By using pre-paid credits, the media store can be assured that the user has sufficient funds for the media item purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Taido Nakajima, Tyler Mincey, Gloria Lin, Joey Darragh