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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Michael L. Slate, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Michael L. Slate, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Mixxer, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for providing data files, such as ringtones, screensavers, games, and other types of application software, to a mobile telephone, such as a cellular telephone, is disclosed. An illustrative system is internet-based and provides subscribers with access via a general purpose computer to a large number of data files that are selectable by subscribers for storing in respective user-specific data lockers that are established by the system. Users may access their user-specific data lockers via a URL link that is sent to their mobile phones by the system as a text message.