USOO93801 06B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,380,106 B2 Payne et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Jun. 28, 2016 (54) SYSTEMAND METHOD FOR (58) Field of Classification Search TRANSMISSION OF DATA CPC ......... H04L 67/10; H04L 67/26: H04L 12/18: H04L 12/587; H04L 12/581; H04L 51/04; (71) Applicant: SimpleAir, Inc., Plano, TX (US) H04L 51/24; H04W 4/06; H04W 84/00; GO8E3 25/085 (72) Inventors: John M. Payne, Newport Beach, CA USPC .......................................... 709/236:34.0/7.29 (US); Tim Von Kaenel, Coto de Casa, See application file for complete search history. CA (US); Jeffrey Odell, Newport Beach, (56) References Cited CA (US); David Starr, New York, NY (US); Jason Katz, New York, NY (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: SimpleAir, Inc., Plano, TX (US) 3,387,268 A 6/1968 Epstein 3,611,294 A 10, 1971 O'Neil et al. (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (Continued) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS This patent is Subject to a terminal dis CA 1233527 3, 1988 claimer. EP 0503813 9, 1992 (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 14/174,666 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Unknown, Mobile Computing, World Cat Record, p. 1-2, Jan. 16, (22) Filed: Feb. 6, 2014 2007. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2014/O156775 A1 Jun. 5, 2014 Primary Examiner — Larry Donaghue (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — SoCal IP Law Group LLP: Related U.S. Application Data Steven C. Sereboff (63) Continuation of application No. 13/905,393, filed on (57) ABSTRACT May 30, 2013, now Pat. No. 8,656,048, which is a A system and method for data communication connecting continuation of application No. 1 1/409,396, filed on on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The Apr. 21, 2006, now Pat. No. 8,489,707, which is a present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant (Continued) call to action for users who are provided with the ability to instantaneously retrieve further detailed information. The (51) Int. C. notification centric portions of information is wirelessly G06F 15/16 (2006.01) broadcast to wireless receiving devices which are attached to GSB 5/22 (2006.01) computing devices. Upon receipt of the information at the (Continued) personal computer, the user is notified through different mul timedia alerts that there is an incoming message. Wirelessly (52) U.S. C. broadcasted URLs, associated with the data, are embedded CPC .............. H04L 67/10 (2013.01); G08B 25/085 in data packets and provide an automated wired or wireless (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L connection back to the information Source for obtaining 12/587 (2013.01); detailed data. 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