Patents by Inventor Joseph W. Azure

Joseph W. Azure 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).

  • Federated download of digital content to wireless devices
    Patent number: 9100814
    Abstract: A content descriptor is received at a download server on a network from a remote content server, which is coupled to the download server through a computer network. The content descriptor is indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server. The content descriptor is used by the download server to obtain the digital product from the remote content server. The digital product is then downloaded from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network. The content descriptor may include information such as a reference for use by the download server in locating the digital product, information describing the digital product, price information relating to the digital product, and/or information specifying a licensee of the digital product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: UNWIRED PLANT, LLC
    Inventors: Rikard M. Kjellberg, Joseph W. Azure, Richard M. Lee, Sheng Liang
  • FEDERATED DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL CONTENT TO WIRELESS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140297732
    Abstract: A content descriptor is received at a download server on a network from a remote content server, which is coupled to the download server through a computer network. The content descriptor is indicative of a selection by a user transmitted from a wireless client device to the remote content server and relating to a digital product hosted by the remote content server. The content descriptor is used by the download server to obtain the digital product from the remote content server. The digital product is then downloaded from the download server to the wireless client device via a wireless network. The content descriptor may include information such as a reference for use by the download server in locating the digital product, information describing the digital product, price information relating to the digital product, and/or information specifying a licensee of the digital product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: UNWIRED PLANET, LLC
    Inventors: Rikard M. Khellberg, Joseph W. Azure, Richard M. Lee, Sheng Liang