Patents by Inventor Michael Shannon Welch

Michael Shannon Welch 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: 7483692
    Abstract: A method of predicting user input to a mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal creates a raw user input data record comprised of input to the mobile terminal. A contextual data record is appended to the raw user input data record and both are stored. Another process processes the records contained in the raw user input database to identify repetitive patterns of user input. Identified patterns are stored in a recognized input pattern database. The mobile terminal then monitors current input and compares it to the repetitive patterns stored in the recognized input pattern database. Upon matching the current input to a repetitive pattern within a specified tolerance, the mobile terminal prompts the user to allow the mobile terminal to complete the process of inputting the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Robert A. Zak, Peter M. Mangum, Michael Shannon Welch, Paul Henry Nichols, Myra Rice
  • Patent number: 7403743
    Abstract: A consumer electronics device comprises an interrogator and a tag is associated with an accessory for the wireless communications device. The tag stores an identifier that identifies hidden multimedia content stored in memory of the wireless communications device. When the consumer electronics device and the accessory are in close proximity to each other, the interrogator activates the tag for the identifier. A content manager disposed in the consumer electronics device unlocks the hidden multimedia content based on the received identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Michael Shannon Welch
  • Patent number: 7340263
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a broadcast media signal is received at a broadcast media receiver. The broadcast media signal includes textual data. The textual data is extracted and is transmitted over a wireless coupling to a wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Michael Shannon Welch
  • Publication number: 20040097246
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a broadcast media signal is received at a broadcast media receiver. The broadcast media signal includes textual data. The textual data is extracted and is transmitted over a wireless coupling to a wireless terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Shannon Welch