Patents by Inventor William Todd Daniel

William Todd Daniel 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).

  • Parental notification of prohibited activities
    Patent number: 8885803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products notify parents of child activities. A child's device stores rules that prohibit certain activities. When the child's device attempts a prohibited activity, a message is sent to a notification address associated with the parent. The message, for example, may be sent to the parent's cell phone. The instant message describes the prohibited activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry Kent, Jr., William Todd Daniel
  • Text search for weather data
    Patent number: 8782041
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing weather data are adapted to receive requests in a free-form format, such as a text input, and specifying a geographic area. The system is adapted to identify geographic areas likely corresponding to the free-form input and retrieve weather data corresponding to those identified geographic areas from a weather observation location proximate to the geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Weather Channel, LLC
    Inventor: William Todd Daniel
  • Parental Notification of Prohibited Activities
    Publication number: 20130295903
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products notify parents of child activities. A child's device stores rules that prohibit certain activities. When the child's device attempts a prohibited activity, a message is sent to a notification address associated with the parent. The message, for example, may be sent to the parent's cell phone. The instant message describes the prohibited activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Larry Kent, JR., William Todd Daniel