Patents by Inventor Steven Van Jackson

Steven Van Jackson 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).

  • Method and system for selecting and broadcasting audio/video content based on location
    Patent number: 8234677
    Abstract: A selection method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus data comprising audio/video data segments with associated tracking data segments. The audio/video data segments and the associated tracking data segments are associated with a plurality of locations. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of a first location of the locations. The tracking apparatus senses the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves a first audio/video data segment of the audio/video data segments associated with the first location. The retrieving is based on a first tracking data segment of the associated tracking data segments associated with the first audio/video data segment. The tracking apparatus broadcasts a specified portion of the first audio/video data segment. The specified portion is dependent on a specified condition of the tracking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig William Fellenstein, Steven Van Jackson
  • Method and system for retrieving and broadcasting updated informational data based on location
    Patent number: 7656312
    Abstract: A tracking method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus, data comprising informational data segments and associated tracking data segments. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of a first location. The tracking apparatus senses the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves a first informational data segment associated with the first location based on a first tracking data segment. The tracking apparatus requests an updated informational data segment associated with the first informational data segment, the first tracking data segment, and the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves the updated informational data segment. The tracking apparatus broadcasts a specified portion of the updated informational data segment. The specified portion is dependent on a specified condition of the tracking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Craig William Fellenstein, Steven Van Jackson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND BROADCASTING AUDIO/VIDEO CONTENT BASED ON LOCATION
    Publication number: 20090064241
    Abstract: A selection method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus data comprising audio/video data segments with associated tracking data segments. The audio/video data segments and the associated tracking data segments are associated with a plurality of locations. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of a first location of the locations. The tracking apparatus senses the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves a first audio/video data segment of the audio/video data segments associated with the first location. The retrieving is based on a first tracking data segment of the associated tracking data segments associated with the first audio/video data segment. The tracking apparatus broadcasts a specified portion of the first audio/video data segment. The specified portion is dependent on a specified condition of the tracking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Craig William Fellenstein, Steven Van Jackson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING AND BROADCASTING UPDATED INFORMATIONAL DATA BASED ON LOCATION
    Publication number: 20090058650
    Abstract: A tracking method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus, data comprising informational data segments and associated tracking data segments. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of a first location. The tracking apparatus senses the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves a first informational data segment associated with the first location based on a first tracking data segment. The tracking apparatus requests an updated informational data segment associated with the first informational data segment, the first tracking data segment, and the first location. The tracking apparatus retrieves the updated informational data segment. The tracking apparatus broadcasts a specified portion of the updated informational data segment. The specified portion is dependent on a specified condition of the tracking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Craig William Fellenstein, Steven Van Jackson