The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2007
David A. Deas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Suryanarayana Lalitha, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Austin, TX (US);
David Randall Wolter, Austin, TX (US);
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Russell William White, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Deas, Round Rock, TX (US);
Suryanarayana Lalitha, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce Edward Stuckman, Austin, TX (US);
David Randall Wolter, Austin, TX (US);
Rias Muhamed, Austin, TX (US);
Russell William White, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
One or more content providers push data related to: movies, movie products, digital movie content over a network (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, or a wireless network) onto an information filling station which, in turn, wirelessly transacts (over a network based on the 802.11b protocol) and transmits any requested data to a portable computer-based device (e.g., laptop, a pen-based computer device, a PDA, a wireless phone, or a pager). The portable device performs financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a pre-stored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Any purchased digital content is either transferred wirelessly onto the portable device or, optionally, sent on a storage medium to a physical address associated with the profile.