Patents by Inventor Nathan Schwermann

Nathan Schwermann 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).

  • Virtual preloads
    Patent number: 9513888
    Abstract: A method of installing an application on a mobile communication device which comprises receiving, on a mobile communication device, a selection of a virtually preloaded application, identifying the repository from a plurality of repositories, communicating with the repository to obtain the full application, identifying a first location of an icon associated with the virtually preloaded application on the mobile communication device, relocating the icon associated with the virtually preloaded application to a second location, and installing the full application on the mobile communication device. The virtually preloaded application corresponds to a full application available in a repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: David K. Fultz, Dhananjay Indurkar, Nathan Schwermann, M. Jeffrey Stone