Patents by Inventor William F. Kiefer

William F. Kiefer 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).

  • Incremental Synchronization for Magazines
    Publication number: 20130145258
    Abstract: Methods and systems for efficient synchronization of magazine edition content on heterogeneous mobile devices are provided. Display screen information is obtained for a mobile device, including resolution and screen dimensions. Edition content changes for each magazine edition presented on the mobile device are determined based on the display screen information. Subscription information, edition summaries, edition design information and media library information specific to the edition content changes are each provided. When any of these portions of the edition content changes fails to synchronize, synchronization is continued with that portion that failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Reilly, William F. Kiefer, Thomas William Schneider, Sami Mohammed Shalabi