Patents by Inventor Stephen Nelson West

Stephen Nelson West 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).

  • Human readable iconic display server
    Patent number: 8635556
    Abstract: The invention is directed to providing a method and system for managing a human-readable icon associated with a user for displaying the human-readable icon on one or more target displays in response to a request for a service from the user. An icon server is used to manage and validate a unique human readable icon. The publicly-viewable human-readable icon can provide confirmation to the user for a request for service while providing a level of anonymity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Richard Lalancette, Mike Elias, Stephen Nelson West
  • CROWD MOBILE SYNCHRONIZATION
    Publication number: 20120165100
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and method for providing a synchronized game display to a plurality of mobile communications devices which can be grouped according to one or more attributes. Game display messages are specific to each grouping and comprise dance moves, song lyrics or other instructions to users of the mobile communication devices. A synchronization mechanism is provided to synchronize the displays the groups of mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Richard Lalancette, Stephen Nelson West
  • CLOUD-HOSTED MULTI-MEDIA APPLICATION SERVER
    Publication number: 20120150881
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and system for automatically processing multimedia files in a cloud-based multi-media application server. The processing comprises parsing metadata from the multimedia files and automatically generating a description. The system comprises a file system, a content detector; and a content processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Seong Hyeon Cho, Sergey Pervoi, Stephen Nelson West, Christopher John Carfagnini
  • HUMAN READABLE ICONIC DISPLAY SERVER
    Publication number: 20120137256
    Abstract: The invention is directed to providing a method for managing a human-readable icon associated with a user for displaying the human-readable icon on one or more target displays in response to a request for a service from the user. An icon server is used to manage and validate a unique human readable icon. The publicly-viewable human-readable icon can provide confirmation to the user for a request for service while providing a level of anonymity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lalancette, Mike Elias, Stephen Nelson West
  • HUMAN READABLE ICONIC DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20120137257
    Abstract: The invention is directed to providing a method for managing a human-readable icon associated with a user for displaying the human-readable icon on one or more target displays in response to a request for a service from the user. A user-operable device is used to transmit a request for the service and additionally to validate a unique human readable icon. The publicly-viewable human-readable icon can provide confirmation to the user for a request for service while providing a level of anonymity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Lalancette, Mike Elias, Stephen Nelson West