Patents by Inventor Stephen K. Spear, Jr.

Stephen K. Spear, Jr. 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: 11061668
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling use of a reusable-code section across applications of different operating systems. For a first application designed for a first operating system (“OS”), a first native-code section and a reusable-code section are defined as part of the first application. For a second application designed for a second OS, a second native-code section and the reusable-code section are defined as part of the second application, and the second application is incapable of running on the first OS. The first and second native-code sections communicate with a web-services server, which communicates with a plurality of backend-services servers, at least some of which are controlled by different entities. The web-services server coordinates the execution of service requests with the backend-services servers on behalf of the first and second applications. The reusable-code section facilitates the display of user-interface elements when the first and second applications are executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: XEVO INC.
    Inventors: Glenn R. Harter, Stephen K. Spear, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200065092
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling use of a reusable-code section across applications of different operating systems. For a first application designed for a first operating system (“OS”), a first native-code section and a reusable-code section are defined as part of the first application. For a second application designed for a second OS, a second native-code section and the reusable-code section are defined as part of the second application, and the second application is incapable of running on the first OS. The first and second native-code sections communicate with a web-services server, which communicates with a plurality of backend-services servers, at least some of which are controlled by different entities. The web-services server coordinates the execution of service requests with the backend-services servers on behalf of the first and second applications. The reusable-code section facilitates the display of user-interface elements when the first and second applications are executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Xevo Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn R. Harter, Stephen K. Spear, JR.
  • Patent number: 9098715
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling the sharing of content between secure applications and unsecure applications are described herein. Content requests can be received from secure applications and unsecure applications. In response to the content requests, listings of options can be returned that have the ability to satisfy the content requests from the requesting secure applications or the requesting unsecure applications. In addition, selections of the options of the listings of options can be received through the requesting secure applications or the requesting unsecure applications. Content locations that are to be returned to the secure applications can be selectively modified such that subsequent content requests that involve the modified content locations are identified as being associated with an unsecure option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: OPENPEAK INC.
    Inventors: Stephen K. Spear, Jr., Andrew James Dobson