Patents by Inventor Nigel Robert Brookes

Nigel Robert Brookes 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).

  • System and method for managing distribution of content to a device
    Patent number: 6886017
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for managing distribution of content to a device, the system comprising a database for storing a number of elements as a hierarchical structure, content identifiers being able to be associated with elements in the hierarchical structure, and one of the elements representing the device, and a server for referencing the hierarchical structure in the database to generate a profile for the device, the profile containing a number of content identifiers indicating content to be provided to the device. A device manager is associated with the device and arranged to receive the profile from the server and to use the content identifiers in the profile to cause the content indicated by the profile to be provided to the device, a record being kept identifying the content provided to the device in accordance with the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: elata Limited
    Inventors: Bruce Jackson, Nigel Robert Brookes