Patents by Inventor Peter Adderton

Peter Adderton 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: 8943440
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically organizing a user interface. A category is determined for content installed on a device. An icon for the content is displayed in a categorical row in a grid layout for the content's category. The categorical rows may be manipulated by touchscreen gestures, such as moving, expanding, and revealing details about the row, such as the row's categorical label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Digital Turbine, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Adderton
  • Publication number: 20130346840
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a tool to access relevant data from a content management system. A set of words from a web page are identified, for example by crawling the web page. A set of keywords are maintained, for example, promotional or sponsored keywords. A word match is determined between the keywords and the set of words from the web page. An interface overlay is caused to be displayed, with hyperlink anchors, such a thumbnail pictures and text. The hyperlinks lead to brand pages, which include aggregations of content relating to the brand. A search toolbar may be used to access the brand pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: DIGITAL TURBINE, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Adderton
  • Publication number: 20130346195
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically recommending content. User activity history, such as user transaction and purchase history, are maintained in a user profile database. Recommended content is determined from a content database based on the user activity. Icons for the recommended content are shown on the icon layout for a user interface on a user's device. The icons, when clicked, touched, or otherwise selected, causes the transactions necessary for the recommended content to be communicated to the user's device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: DIGITAL TURBINE, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Adderton
  • Publication number: 20130346919
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically organizing a user interface. A category is determined for content installed on a device. An icon for the content is displayed in a categorical row in a grid layout for the content's category. The categorical rows may be manipulated by touchscreen gestures, such as moving, expanding, and revealing details about the row, such as the row's categorical label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: DIGITAL TURBINE, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Adderton
  • Publication number: 20090322652
    Abstract: An inventive system and method for projecting user input on multiple third party viewable screens simultaneously is presented. The method comprises establishing an identity on the network and associating the identity with an identifier, uploading content onto the network using an apparatus, associating the content with the identifier, and distributing and projecting the uploaded content and the identifier to a plurality of devices simultaneously. The apparatus can be a mobile device, a game controller, iTV, or a computer. The devices can be mobile devices, game controllers, iTVs, TVs, event big screens, and computers. The user input can be text, SMS, email, and voice message. In one embodiment, establishing an identity includes logging-in to the network, registering, and selecting the identifier. Users of the devices can respond to the distributed content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Adderton, Scott M. Anderson, Michael T. McSherry