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US 9843907
Method and systems for generating and sending a hot link associated with a user interface to a device
Current assignee: Wildseed Mobile LLC
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
US 9843907 B2 — Patent Overview
Title: Method and systems for generating and sending a hot link associated with a user interface to a device
Patent number: US 9843907 B2 | Application: US 14/158,708 | Publication: US 20140228006 A1
Inventors: G. Eric Engstrom; Peter Zatloukal; Tyrol Graham
Assignees (per listing): Original assignee Varis Holdings LLC; current assignee listed as Wildseed Mobile LLC and Varis Holdings LLC (the listing notes assignees may be inaccurate).
Key dates (as listed): Priority date 2001-05-11; filing date 2014-01-17; granted/publication date 2017-12-12. Status: Expired – Fee Related, with adjusted expiration 2024-09-12.
Purpose and plain-language scope (drawn from the title, classification, and "prior art keywords" fields):
The patent concerns generating and sending a "hot link" tied to a user interface on a device — evidently a mobile device. The recurring prior-art keywords ("mobile device," "hot link," "action," "user interface," "interface element") indicate the subject matter involves a selectable interface element on a device that maps to an action reached via a link delivered to the device. Classifications place it in wireless messaging (H04W 4/12), commerce/marketing (G06Q 30/02), broadcast-linked device control (H04H 60/09), mobile telephone user interfaces (H04M 1/72403), and interactive content distribution (H04N 21/258, 21/4331, 21/458), suggesting links delivered to devices in connection with broadcast or distributed content. The family notes litigation and continuations (e.g., US 15/839,396; US 17/119,468), but the excerpt does not describe claims or embodiments in detail.
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9843907/en
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not reproduce the claims, written description, or figures; gives no verified legal status, claim scope, validity, or enforceability; and the assignee listing is expressly stated as possibly inaccurate. No conclusions about infringement, ownership, or prior art are established here.
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