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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:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
John C. Mcdonough, Nahant, MA (US);
Nina K. Harvey, Boston, MA (US);
Boris Olegovich Kalinichenko, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Inventors:
John C. McDonough, Nahant, MA (US);
Nina K. Harvey, Boston, MA (US);
Boris Olegovich Kalinichenko, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Assignee:
FMR LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described are methods and systems, including computer program products, for broadcasting user-specific information through satellite radio or digital radio. Generally, information specific to a user is correlated with an identifier associated with a receiver associated with the user, and the information is broadcast to the receiver, such that use of the information is restricted to the receiver.