JAMES B. WILLIAMS, MFT
Marriage and Family Therapists at 7 Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

2012017, Jul 12, 2012

Dec 20, 2011

13/331735

Harold L. Peterson - Scotts Valley CA, US
James B. Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US

DIGITAL DELIVERY NETWORKS, INC. - Scotts Valley CA

G06F 21/00, G06Q 20/38

705 51

A digital content vending machine in which a client on a personal computer, contains an infrastructure and an inventory. The infrastructure and inventory may both be stored in a hard drive, or the inventory may instead be stored on a removable media The infrastructure presents a graphical user interface on the client which metaphorically resembles a village containing a plurality of stores operated by vendors. Customers shop in the stores by selecting assets, constituting the inventory, and sending money and an identifier to a clearing house via a communications system such as telephone, private network, or the Internet. The clearing house returns a key used to at least partially remove a digital wrapper protecting the asset from unauthorized use. A master server may also be provided to update the infrastructure and inventory, and to provide additional keys used to remove the digital wrappers.

8126812, Feb 28, 2012

Sep 11, 1998

09/423025

Harold L. Peterson - Los Gatos CA, US
James B. Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US

Digital Delivery Networks, Inc. - Scotts Valley CA

G06F 21/00

705 59, 705 50, 705 51, 713189, 725 25, 725 30, 725 31, 726 27, 726 30, 726 31

A digital content vending machine, DCVM (), in which a client () on a personal computer, PC (), contains an infrastructure () and an inventory (). The infrastructure () and inventory () may both be stored in a hard drive (), or the inventory () may instead be stored on a removable media (), such as a CD (), DVD (), or tape (). The infrastructure () presents a graphical user interface on the client () which metaphorically resembles a village () containing a plurality of stores () operated by vendors (). Customers () shop in the stores () by selecting assets (), constituting the inventory (), and sending money () and an identifier () to a clearing house () via a communications system such as telephone (), private network (), or the Internet (). The clearing house () returns a key () used to at least partially remove a digital wrapper () protecting the asset () from unauthorized use. A master server () may also be provided to update the infrastructure () and inventory (), and to provide additional keys () used to remove the digital wrappers ().

2001001, Jul 26, 2001

Mar 1, 2001

09/798611

Matthew Muyres - Felton CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US

G06F017/60

705/052000

A method for distribution to and management of an inventory of digital content in a digital content vending machine, DCVM. The DCVM includes an infrastructure and an inventory in a client on a personal computer, PC. The infrastructure presents a graphical user interface on the client containing a plurality of stores operated by vendors. Customers shop in the stores by viewing information about and selecting assets inventory. One or more master servers are provided to update the infrastructure and inventory.

2001005, Dec 27, 2001

Mar 1, 2001

09/797647

Matthew Muyres - Felton CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Harold Peterson - Los Gatos CA, US

G06F017/60

705/052000

A method for collecting user data and constructing a user profile as a digital content vending machine, DCVM is employed which includes an infrastructure and an inventory on a client in a personal computer, PC. The infrastructure presents a graphical user interface on the client which may metaphorically resemble a plurality of stores operated by vendors. User-customers shop in the stores by viewing and selecting assets (inventory) and their actions during this are monitored to collect data.

2010004, Feb 25, 2010

May 7, 2009

12/437126

Harold L. Peterson - Scotts Valley CA, US
James B. Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Joel R. Rigler - Aptos CA, US
Matthew R. Muyres - San Jose CA, US

DIGITAL DELIVERY NETWORKS, INC. - Scotts Valley CA

G06Q 30/00, G06Q 10/00, G06F 15/16

705 1445, 705 144, 705 1461, 715760

A method for providing offline advertising on a user's personal computerized system that has a display unit and a primary storage unit. A campaign set is provided in the primary storage unit, wherein at least part is stored in the primary storage unit prior to its being received by the user, either as part of or by addition to the personal computerized system. The campaign set includes a plurality of ads each having respective deployment attributes. A viewable window is generated on the display unit, wherein this viewable window includes at least one position. An ad from the campaign set is retrieved based on its respective deployment attributes. And the ad is presented in said position, thereby permitting the user of the personal computerized system to view said ad.

2002000, Jan 3, 2002

Mar 1, 2001

09/797639

Matthew Muyres - Felton CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Harold Peterson - Los Gatos CA, US

G06F017/60

705/014000

A method for providing offline advertising. A digital content vending machine, DCVM includes a client on a personal computer, PC. The DCVM contains an infrastructure and an inventory of digital content, which includes advertisements. The infrastructure and inventory may both be stored in a hard drive, or the inventory may instead be stored on a removable media, such as a CD, DVD, or tape. Customers shop in a plurality of stores operated by vendors and the advertising is then presented to them. A master server may also be provided to update the infrastructure and inventory, particularly including advertisements into the inventory.

2010007, Mar 25, 2010

Apr 1, 2009

12/416471

Harold L. Peterson - Scotts Valley CA, US
James B. Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Joel R. Rigler - Aptos CA, US
Matthew R. Muyres - San Jose CA, US

DIGITAL DELIVERY NETWORKS, INC. - Scotts Valley CA

G06Q 10/00, G06Q 50/00, G06Q 30/00

705 10, 705 1444

A method for collecting user data and constructing a user profile as a digital content vending machine, DCVM is employed which includes an infrastructure and an inventory on a client in a computerized device. The infrastructure presents a graphical user interface on the client which may metaphorically resemble a pillar cover or a plurality of stores operated by vendors. User-customers shop by navigating the pillars or visiting the stores, thus viewing and selecting assets (inventory) and their actions during this are monitored to collect data.

2002000, Jan 10, 2002

Mar 1, 2001

09/798622

Matthew Muyres - Felton CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Harold Peterson - Los Gatos CA, US

G06F017/60

705/014000

A system for targeting and delivering digital content to a user on a personal computerized system having a primary storage unit and a communications link. A client in the personal computerized system includes an inventory of local digital content installed in the primary storage unit before the user receives it. The client also includes an infrastructure application that manages the inventory and makes digital content accessible to the user. A user profile is used by a logic to choose remote digital content, which is humanly perceivable either visually or audibly, to become additional local digital content. A logic then receives these additional instances from a remote computer system via a communications link and a logic displays them to the of the personal computerized system.

2009004, Feb 12, 2009

Jun 2, 2008

12/131834

Harold L. Peterson - Scotts Valley CA, US
Matthew R. Muyres - San Jose CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James B. Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US

DIGITAL DELIVERY NETWORKS, INC. - Scotts Valley CA

G06F 3/048, G06F 15/16

709231, 715810

A system for operating a local portal for a user of a personal computerized system having a display. A primary storage unit is provided in the personal computerized system that contains an inventory of local digital content. This inventory is particularly pre-installed in the primary storage unit before receipt there of by the user. A persistent desktop object, gadget, or managed client (generically) is then operated which is perceivable by the user on the display of the personal computerized system. And a presentation of instances of the digital content is presented with the persistent desktop object, gadget, or managed client, wherein this presentation initially includes at least part of the local digital content.

2001004, Nov 15, 2001

Mar 1, 2001

09/798503

Matthew Muyres - Felton CA, US
Joel Rigler - Aptos CA, US
James Williams - Santa Cruz CA, US
Harold Peterson - Los Gatos CA, US

G06F017/60

705/014000

A local portal system including a personal computerized system having a display and a primary storage unit. The primary storage unit is provided with an inventory of local digital content which has been installed before its being received by a user. Logics then operate a persistent desktop object (PDO) which is perceivable on the display by the user and present a presentation of digital content with the persistent desktop object which initially includes at least part of said local digital content.