Kevin L Hunter

US Patent:

6434561, Aug 13, 2002

Filed:

May 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/075238

Inventors:

Kevin D. Hunter - Fort Myers FL

Assignee:

Neomedia Technologies, Inc. - Fort Myers FL

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 10, 707 9, 707 1, 707 6, 707 2

Abstract:

A method of accessing electronic resources via machine readable data embedded on a document which comprises compressing input data with a transmitter adapted to save a first bandwidth using a compression method adapted to minimize utilization of bandwidth by the compressed input data while retaining substantially all information content of the input data and appending a compression flag to the compressed input data indicative of the compression method enabling a receiver to decompress the compressed input data. The compression step further comprises utilizing a compression dictionary adapted to map the elements and strings of the input data to minimized representations having redundancies deleted. The compression dictionary may be appended to the compressed input data (as cleartext or cyphertext) under circumstances where a bandwidth occupied by the appended compression dictionary is less than the bandwidth saved by the step of compressing the input data. The compression dictionary may also be selected by the receiver independently from the transmitter independently indexes, pointer registration, application restricted subsets or customized according to the input data content.

US Patent:

6542933, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Apr 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/543178

Inventors:

Kevin Hunter - Fort Myers FL
Steven Kearns - Fort Myers Beach FL

Assignee:

Neomedia Technologies, Inc. - Fort Myers FL

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709229, 709203, 709217, 709219, 709225, 709226, 707 9, 707 10

Abstract:

The present invention operates by inputting into the client computer a linkage code (a machine readable code such as a bar code symbol or a human-readable alphanumeric text string) that includes a server identification code and an item identification code. The client computer then extracts the server identification code, and obtains from local cache or from the routing server a URL template associated with the server identification code. The URL template includes the name of an information server and at least one parameter field to be completed by the client computer. The URL template is completed by the client computer by filling in at least the item identification code, and the completed URL template is then sent to the information server named therein as a primary content URL request.

US Patent:

6865608, Mar 8, 2005

Filed:

Mar 29, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/821677

Inventors:

Kevin D. Hunter - Fort Myers FL, US

Assignee:

NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. - Fort Myers FL

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709229, 709203, 709217, 709219, 709225, 709226, 707 9, 707 10

Abstract:

A method of and system for accessing a primary content file with a client device that is browser-based; i. e. that does not require a plug-in type program to be executed on the client device in addition to the browser. URLs based on linkage codes entered into the client device are assembled by a network-based URL-assembly server rather than at the client device. This invention is especially suited for use with web-enabled cell phones or an internet kiosks.

US Patent:

6993573, Jan 31, 2006

Filed:

Jun 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/863580

Inventors:

Kevin D Hunter - Fort Myers FL, US

Assignee:

Neomedia Technologies, Inc. - Fort Myers FL

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709218, 709203, 709206, 709217, 23546211, 23546245, 23546246, 707 9, 707 10

Abstract:

A camera-enabled cell phone that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will link the camera phone to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code.

US Patent:

7430588, Sep 30, 2008

Filed:

Nov 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/269139

Inventors:

Kevin D Hunter - Fort Myers FL, US

Assignee:

NedMedia Technologies, Inc. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709218, 709203, 709206, 709217, 23546211, 23546245, 23546246

Abstract:

A portable wireless device that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will link the portable wireless device to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the portable wireless device will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code via the present invention.

US Patent:

8189466, May 29, 2012

Filed:

Mar 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/403127

Inventors:

Frank Mueller - Aachen, DE
Steven Kearns - Fort Myers FL, US
Kevin Doré Hunter - Fort Myers FL, US

Assignee:

NeoMedia Technologies, Inc - Boulder CO

International Classification:

H04J 1/16
H04J 3/14
H04L 12/58
H04M 1/725

US Classification:

370230

Abstract:

Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself. The destination messaging system transmits a resolution response message to the home messaging system, either directly or via the messaging interchange system.

US Patent:

20010011276, Aug 2, 2001

Filed:

May 7, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/074230

Inventors:

ROBERT T. DURST JR. - FORT MYERS FL, US
KEVIN D. HUNTER - FORT MYERS FL, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60
G06F007/00
G06F017/30

US Classification:

707/010000, 705/001000, 705/028000

Abstract:

A method for providing remote access to on-line resources comprising the steps of encoding address and access information and optional source identification information into a format suitable for embedding onto a document, the format comprising one or two-dimensional bar codes or printed matter, embedding the encoded information onto a document, scanning the document with a scanner enhanced remote control unit comprising a scanning system adapted to obtain an image of the embedded information and a transmission system adapted to transmit the scanned information, transmitting the scanned information, receiving the transmitted information, optionally processing the received information, optionally collecting the user demographic and source identification information, retrieving the on-line resource, and displaying the on-line resource to a user. Also an apparatus which provides remote access to on-line resources comprising an encoder of address and access information and optional source identification information into a format suitable for embedding onto a document, an embedding system, a scanner enhanced remote control unit comprising a scanning system adapted to obtain an image of the embedded information and a transmission system, a transmitter which transmits the scanned information, a receiver which receives the transmitted information, an optional processor of the received information, an optional collector of the user demographic and source identification information, a retrieving system, and a display system.

US Patent:

20010032252, Oct 18, 2001

Filed:

Nov 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/726086

Inventors:

Robert Durst - Fort Myers FL, US
Kevin Hunter - Fort Myers FL, US
David Stein - Fort Myers FL, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/218000, 709/219000, 707/500000

Abstract:

A network-based system and method permit a publisher to generate and encode content to be readily accessed by codes or indicia, such as bar codes, and which may be associated with advertising related to the content via the codes. The system supports composer, reader, discovery, and static web page interfaces for permitting users to act as publishers, readers, or browsers, using the codes for efficient and rapid access of content.