Timothy Dean Nelson

US Patent:

6922674, Jul 26, 2005

Filed:

Jan 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/231898

Inventors:

Timothy Edward Nelson - Pomona CA, US

Assignee:

Auto-By-Tel Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705 26, 705 22, 705 27

Abstract:

A list of aftermarket accessories for a selected vehicle model is displayed for incorporation into a purchase request generated by a potential buyer of the selected vehicle model. The list may be customized by the seller of the selected vehicle model.

US Patent:

20160267488, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

Mar 13, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/657928

Inventors:

Dennis Vadura - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Wei Kang Tsai - Irvine CA, US
Timothy Hayden Nelson - Orange CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06Q 50/00
G06K 19/06

Abstract:

A method and system to digitize printed information on a business card and to link the digitized data to a social networking service, referred to as a Meeting-Spot (or simply an MSP) service, employs quick response codes (QRCs) to uniquely identify business cards printed with a QRC.An online MSP service offers a free MSP app, which is installable on mobile devices. The MSP service will offer a plurality of MSP business cards to its members. A QRC image is printed on at least one side of an MSP business card. Further, the data encoded in the QRC on an MSP business card comprise at least an identifier to uniquely identify a business card. The identifier encoded in the QRC printed on an MSP business card may be a UUID (universal unique identifier), which complies with the identifier standard set by the Open Software Foundation (OSF). Optionally, the identifier is replaced by a proprietary hash code that can uniquely identify a business card.

US Patent:

20160227286, Aug 4, 2016

Filed:

Jan 29, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/608710

Inventors:

Dennis Vadura - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Wei Kang Tsai - Irvine CA, US
Timothy Hayden Nelson - Orange CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/478
H04N 21/472

Abstract:

A method and system, called Hub-TV system, allows a mass of consumers who individually owns a private infrastructure to share the burden of storing, searching, authentication, and delivery of digital media items, for the purpose of selling and distributing digital items over the Internet. The consumer may have previously purchased a media item and is compensated for contributing to redistribute the media item through his private infrastructure, which comprises server resources, storage resources, and bandwidth resources. A platform provider of a Hub-TV system provides the control and management functions to ensure that a plurality of broker agents, a plurality of delivery agents, a plurality of payment agents, and a mass of consumer-distributors, are compensated for their services in the Hub-TV system.A consumer who purchases a media item through a Hub-TV system may have to receive a play token, and optionally a decryption key to consume the purchased item.

US Patent:

20150304707, Oct 22, 2015

Filed:

Feb 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/620877

Inventors:

Dennis Vadura - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Wei Kang Tsai - Irvine CA, US
Timothy Hayden Nelson - Orange CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/436
H04N 21/2347
H04N 21/426
H04N 21/41
H04N 21/643

Abstract:

A method and system to architect a private cloud, called a Home-Hub system, so that a user is given sufficient control over data stored in a Home-Hub system over a home or small-business network. A Home-Hub system comprises a home or office network, and 2 types of devices directly attached to the network: Hub devices and Branch devices. A Hub device is a wireless access point and a storage node. A Hub device is a central node for data exchange in a home network. A Branch device is a terminal, relay or peer node.A Hub or Branch device may contain a digital storage device, a wireless AP (access point) or terminal, a positioning device such as a global positioning system receiver, one or more (wireless or fixed-line) modems connecting to the Internet, a network digital video recorder, and software that provides data sync and data backup.