Patents by Inventor Tom Shigeno

Tom Shigeno 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).

  • Mobile digital radio playlist system
    Patent number: 8391775
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for implementing a mobile digital radio playlist system. The playlist need not be maintained in a vehicle; preferably it is maintained on a user's equipment such as a computer, PDA, MP3 player or the like. The system enables a method of updating such a playlist conveniently, for example while traveling in a vehicle, by capturing indicia of a current song in a mobile digital radio receiver in response to a user capture input; transmitting the captured indicia from the digital radio receiver to a wireless telecommunication device; in the wireless telecommunication device, forwarding the captured indicia to a playlist server; and in the playlist server, forwarding the received indicia to the user's equipment to update the playlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Airbiquity Inc.
    Inventors: Kamyar Moinzadeh, Leon Hong, Tom Shigeno, David Quimby
  • MOBILE DIGITAL RADIO PLAYLIST SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080218409
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for implementing a mobile digital radio playlist system. The playlist need not be maintained in a vehicle; preferably it is maintained on a user's equipment such as a computer, PDA, MP3 player or the like. The system enables a method of updating such a playlist conveniently, for example while traveling in a vehicle, by capturing indicia of a current song in a mobile digital radio receiver in response to a user capture input; transmitting the captured indicia from the digital radio receiver to a wireless telecommunication device; in the wireless telecommunication device, forwarding the captured indicia to a playlist server; and in the playlist server, forwarding the received indicia to the user's equipment to update the playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: AIRBIQUITY INC.
    Inventors: Kamyar Moinzadeh, Leon Hong, Tom Shigeno, David Quimby