Patents by Inventor Steve N. McGuigan

Steve N. McGuigan 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).

  • Data access architecture
    Patent number: 7761871
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for remotely accessing data through a wireless device are disclosed. Preferably, the wireless device includes an ability to link data between software components operating on the wireless device. Additionally, the wireless device preferably includes an ability to reduce remote data access by identifying a first data type and a second data type used by a software component, retrieving data corresponding to the first data type from a service provider, retrieving data corresponding to the second data type from the portable device, and displaying on the portable device a return content result including both the first data type and the second data type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Handmark, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Edwards, Timothy B. Massay, Cassidy L. Lackey, Steve N. McGuigan, Ronald D. Patton, Robert West, Benjamin Gottlieb, Samuel P. Chipman, Aaron D. Summa