Patents by Inventor Michael J. Cowden

Michael J. Cowden 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).

  • 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