Patents by Inventor Miles R. Jackson

Miles R. Jackson 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).

  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INTEREST IN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR TARGETED ADVERTISING
    Publication number: 20080281687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that selects and sends advertisements to a user based on the user's interests as determined by the user's location information is disclosed. The method may include receiving a user's location information, updating the user's location history based on the received location information, updating the user's interest profile based on the updated location history information, selecting one or more advertisement based on the updated user's interest profile, and transmitting the selected one or more advertisement for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua B. Hurwitz, Miles R. Jackson, David J. Wheatley
  • Enabling/enhancing a feature of an electronic device using radio frequency identification technology
    Patent number: 7057492
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Miles R. Jackson, Joseph F. Wodka, Timothy James Collins, Patrick L. Rakers, Mark Paul Lill
  • Enabling/enhancing a feature of an electronic device using radio frequency identification technology
    Publication number: 20020093426
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Miles R. Jackson, Joseph F. Wodka, Timothy James Collins, Patrick L. Rakers, Mark Paul Lill
  • Method of operation of mobile wireless communication system with location information
    Patent number: 6377810
    Abstract: Location information is generated for a mobile device using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver (17) or by other means. A request for receipt of location information is received at the mobile device, over a wireless communications channel from a requesting entity (25), and a confirmation of permission to receive location information is sent to the requesting entity, over the wireless communication channel. The confirmation includes a digital signature for the requesting entity to use as verifiable proof of confirmation of permission. The requesting entity can use the digital signature to obtain the location information from a location server (21). The requesting entity and/or the location server are optionally located in the mobile communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Geiger, Miles R. Jackson