Jie M Lin

US Patent:

20080306936, Dec 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/810936

Inventors:

Edwin Ho - Palo Alto CA, US
King Sun Wai - Castro Valley CA, US
Jie Lin - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 5, 707E17001

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for compiling user preferences and providing access to preferred digital content on a mobile handset is provided.

US Patent:

20130041938, Feb 14, 2013

Filed:

Aug 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/569181

Inventors:

Jie LIN - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

A mobile device (or app on the mobile device) can be paired with an application executing on a computing device external to the mobile device. The pairing can be based at least in part upon a unique ID assigned to the application on the computing device by a network server. For example, the network server can assign the application on the computing device a unique ID and the application can provide a machine-readable code corresponding to the unique ID. The (app on the) mobile device can read/scan the machine-readable code to become paired with the application. Subsequent to the pairing, (the app on) the mobile device and (the application on) the external computing device can interact dynamically via a network (e.g., communicate in real-time via the Internet). In some embodiments, the network server can facilitate the dynamic interaction between the mobile device and the external computing device via the network.