Patents by Inventor Joseph Robert Coward

Joseph Robert Coward 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).

  • Numeric channel tuner and directory server for media and services
    Patent number: 9305086
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, method and system for indexing online media content and services into numeric channel numbers and enabling a user device to access such content and services by entering the channel numbers. Embodiments may include a media and services tuner software module that resides on a user device and a directory server. The directory server may include a request module configured to receive a request including instructions to provide users access to content or services. Embodiments may also include a database module configured to determine a uniform resource locator for a server associated with the channel number within the received request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: WorldRelay, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert A. Amine, Andrei Cojocaru, Joseph Robert Coward
  • NUMERIC CHANNEL TUNER AND DIRECTORY SERVER FOR MEDIA AND SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140351870
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, method and system for indexing online media content and services into numeric channel numbers and enabling a user device to access such content and services by entering the channel numbers. Embodiments may include a media and services tuner software module that resides on a user device and a directory server. The directory server may include a request module configured to receive a request including instructions to provide users access to content or services. Embodiments may also include a database module configured to determine a uniform resource locator for a server associated with the channel number within the received request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: WORLDRELAY INC.
    Inventors: Gilbert A Amine, Andrei Cojocaru, Joseph Robert Coward