{
  "patent_number": "US 9723108",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Software Packages Create Independent Windows for Web Content",
  "original_title": "System and methods for creating and authorizing internet content using application media packages",
  "summary": "A system for creating small, independent software windows that fetch and display specific web content outside of a standard web browser.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent describes a client device that uses 'networked information monitor templates' to display web content. Each template acts as a recipe that tells the device where to find content on the internet, how to draw a frame for it, and how to display it. Crucially, these templates allow the device to render this content in a window that exists independently of any other application, such as a traditional web browser. This means a user could have several of these 'monitors' open simultaneously, each pulling data from different URLs and presenting them in their own unique frames.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover standard web browser tabs or windows that rely on a parent browser application to function.",
    "Does not cover content displayed within a single unified application interface like a traditional dashboard.",
    "Does not cover server-side rendering where the client device only receives static images rather than executing a template locally."
  ],
  "filed": "2011-08-23",
  "granted": "2017-08-01",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "George Andrew Kembel",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/george-andrew-kembel"
    },
    {
      "name": "John Russell",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/john-russell"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jake Wobbrock",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jake-wobbrock"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sridhar T. Devulkar",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/sridhar-t-devulkar"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel S. Kim",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/daniel-s-kim"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeremy L. Kembel",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jeremy-l-kembel"
    },
    {
      "name": "Geoffrey S. Kembel",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/geoffrey-s-kembel"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joseph A. Bella",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/joseph-a-bella"
    },
    {
      "name": "John Albert Kembel",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/john-albert-kembel"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mark Wallin",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/mark-wallin"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "software",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "An Application Media Package is a software component for accessing and displaying Internet content which includes a definition for rendering a graphical user interface and a URL pointing to Internet content to be downloaded and presented within said user interface. An Application Media Viewer may be used in association with an Application Media Package to manage the collection, organization, sharing, and rendering of a plurality of such Packages. A development server supports the community of Application Media Package developers, providing developer tools, including Package templates which provide an expedient method of re-purposing existing internet media into a new presentation package by choosing from existing examples. Access to tools and information may be controlled at the development server. The development server may also provide a development and test zone for Package verification, authentication and acceptance before posting.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9723108/facebook-portal-smart-display",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9723108/facebook-portal-smart-display/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9723108",
  "relatedPatents": []
}