Who is Hutton Pulitzer? Father of Internet Scan Commerce? Media Professional?

J. Hutton Pulitzer

J. Hutton Pulitzer, is one of the most granted and referenced patent authors in the United States. For the last two years he his patents have been granted at a rate of one every two weeks. His patent Portfolio spans applications and systems for Internet Communications, Internet Marketing, Internet Commerce,Transactional Media, Interactive Media, Broadcasting, Communications, Manufacturing, Content Distribution, Social Media, Transactional Analysis, Computer Interface and Systems, Customer Identification, Security Identification, Environmental Systems, Mining Systems, Environmental Applications and Research and Data Analysis (to name a brief few).

Pulitzer currently has over 500 new patents in different stages of being granted. Pulitzer’s Life work and technology are currently available for Case Study at over 134 Universities and Institutions, including Harvard University, Yale University, New York University, USC, UCLA and many others.[1]

Pulitzer’s Technology and Life’s Work has been preserved as Case Study and Historic Business Data.  In 2000, Pulitzer won the coveted Smithsonian Honors and Laureate Award as “The Individual and Technology Most Likely to Change the World as we know it” within the MEDIA, ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.

 To date, 134 institutions are actively engaged in the preservation, protection and dissemination of these materials and have been designated Members of the Honors Global Archives and Academic Council.  Accordingly, in the year 2000, the  Honors Program, in consultation with its Chairmen and Laureates, its friends and advisors from academia and the IT industry, and with invaluable assistance from friends in the diplomatic corps, began to disseminate its annual collection of primary source materials to National Archives, State and University Libraries, Research Institutions and similar repositories around the world.

Patents

Pulitzer’s has developed arguably one of the most important patent portfolios within the Digital Age. Pulitzer’s Core Internet Patents have spawned 1476 Forward Citations. The forward citation count shows the influence of a particular patent on the further development of the industry as a whole. The more the citation counts, the larger the impact is on the industry development. The normal USPTO average for a Patent of worth is a measure of 1.0, meaning 1 patent and 1 forward reference within 5 years (one patent begets a future patent). Pulitzer’s Core Patents have a measure of 49.0, meaning one Pulitzer Patent begets 49 new Industry patents or an astonishing growth impact of 4900%. Pulitzer’s current Forward Citation Matrix shows 49.2 average core citations, 1870 total citations and an estimated 5 year 5684 citations.[2]

Pulitzer’s TOP LEVEL PATENTS ARE:

PAT. NO.		Title
1	8,028,036		Launching a web site using a passive transponder
2	8,005,985		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet
3	7,996,552		Software downloading using a television broadcast channel
4	7,979,576		Method and apparatus for connecting a user location to one of a plurality of destination locations on a network
5	7,975,022		Launching a web site using a passive transponder
6	7,930,213		Method and apparatus for completing, securing and conducting an E-commerce transaction
7	7,925,780		Method for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a network
8	7,912,961		Input device for allowing input of unique digital code to a user’s computer to control access thereof to a web site
9	7,912,760		Method and apparatus for utilizing a unique transaction code to update a magazine subscription over the internet
10	7,908,467		Automatic configuration of equipment software
11	7,904,344		Accessing a vendor web site using personal account information retrieved from a credit card company web site
12	7,900,224		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audible signal to induce a user to select an E-commerce function
13	7,886,017		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location by receiving a product code
14	7,870,189		Input device having positional and scanning capabilities
15	7,822,829		Method for interfacing scanned product information with a source for the product over a global network
16	7,819,316		Portable scanner for enabling automatic commerce transactions
17	7,818,423		Retrieving personal account information from a web site by reading a credit card
18	7,792,696		Method and apparatus for allowing a broadcast to remotely control a computer
19	7,739,353		Launching a web site using a personal device
20	7,694,020		Network routing utilizing a product code
21	7,653,446		Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of equipment
22	7,636,788		Method and apparatus for matching a user’s use profile in commerce with a broadcast
23	7,596,786		Method and apparatus for utilizing an existing product code to issue a match to a predetermined location on a global network
24	7,558,838		Method for configuring a piece of equipment with the use of an associated machine resolvable code
25	7,548,988		Software downloading using a television broadcast channel
26	7,536,478		Method and apparatus for opening and launching a web browser in response to an audible signal
27	7,533,177		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with an optical reader having a programmable memory system
28	7,526,532		Method for interconnecting two locations over a network in response to using a tool
29	7,523,161		Control of software interface with information input to access window
30	7,505,922		Method and apparatus for utilizing a unique transaction code to update a magazine subscription over the internet
31	7,496,638		Launching a web site using a portable scanner
32	7,493,384		Controlling a PC using a tone from a cellular telephone
33	7,493,283		Performing an e-commerce transaction from credit card account information retrieved from a credit card company web site
34	7,487,259		Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site
35	7,440,993		Method and apparatus for launching a web browser in response to scanning of product information
36	7,437,475		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet
37	7,428,499		Input device for allowing interface to a web site in association with a unique input code
38	7,424,521		Method using database for facilitating computer based access to a location on a network after scanning a barcode disposed on a product
39	7,415,511		Method for interfacing scanned product information with a source for the product over a global network
40	7,412,666		Method for conducting a contest using a network
41	7,398,548		Method and apparatus for controlling a user’s pc through a broadcast communication to archive information in the user’s pc
42	7,392,945		Portable scanner for enabling automatic commerce transactions
43	7,392,312		Method for utilizing visual cue in conjunction with web access
44	7,392,285		Method for conducting a contest using a network
45	7,386,600		Launching a web site using a personal device
46	7,383,333		Method and apparatus for tracking user profile and habits on a global network
47	7,383,319		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with a reader having a dedicated memory system
48	7,379,901		Accessing a vendor web site using personal account information retrieved from a credit card company web site
49	7,370,114		Software downloading using a television broadcast channel
50	7,346,694		Presentation of web page content based upon computer video resolution
51	7,321,941		Network routing utilizing a product code
52	7,318,106		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet
53	7,314,173		Optical reader with ultraviolet wavelength capability
54	7,308,483		Method and apparatus for automatic configuration of equipment
55	7,296,746		Aiming indicia for a bar code and method of use
56	7,287,091		Method and apparatus for opening and launching a web browser in response to an audible signal
57	7,284,066		Method and apparatus for matching a user’s use profile in commerce with a broadcast
58	7,257,619		Bar code scanner and software interface interlock for performing encrypted handshaking and for disabling the scanner or input device in case of handshaking operation failure
59	7,257,614		Digital ID for selecting web browser and use preferences of a user during use of a web application
60	7,240,840		Optical reader and use
61	7,237,104		Automatic configuration of equipment software
62	7,228,282		Method and apparatus for directing an existing product code to a remote location
63	7,197,543		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with an optical reader having a dedicated memory system
64	7,191,247		Method for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a network
65	7,159,037		Method and apparatus for utilizing an existing product code to issue a match to a predetermined location on a global network
66	7,117,240		Method and apparatus for launching a web site with non-standard control input device
67	7,089,291		Battery pack having integral optical reader for wireless communication device
68	7,069,582		Method and apparatus for controlling a user’s PC through an audio-visual broadcast to archive information in the user’s PC
69	7,043,536		Method for controlling a computer using an embedded unique code in the content of CD media
70	7,010,577		Method of controlling a computer using an embedded unique code in the content of DVD media
71	6,985,962		Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site
72	6,985,954		Input device for allowing input of a unique digital code to a user’s computer to control access thereof to a web site
73	6,981,059		Audible designation for a node on a communication network
74	6,973,438		Method and apparatus for delivering information from a remote site on a network based on statistical information
75	6,970,916		Method for conducting a contest using a network
76	6,970,914		Method and apparatus for embedding routing information to a remote web site in an audio/video track
77	6,961,555		System and apparatus for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a network
78	6,877,032		Launching a web site using a portable scanner
79	6,868,433		Input device having positional and scanning capabilities
80	6,860,424		Optical reader and use
81	6,845,388		Web site access manual of a character string into a software interface
82	6,843,417		Aiming indicia for a bar code and method of use
83	6,836,799		Method and apparatus for tracking user profile and habits on a global network
84	6,829,650		Method and apparatus for opening and launching a web browser in response to an audible signal
85	6,829,646		Presentation of web page content based upon computer video resolutions
86	6,826,592		Digital ID for selecting web browser and use preferences of a user during use of a web application
87	6,823,388		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with an optical reader having a programmable memory system
88	6,816,894		Method for interfacing scanned product information with a source for the product over a global network
89	6,792,452		Method for configuring a piece of equipment with the use of an associated machine resolvable code
90	6,791,588		Method for conducting a contest using a network
91	6,758,398		Optical reader with ultraviolet wavelength capability
92	6,757,715		Bar code scanner and software interface interlock for performing encrypted handshaking and for disabling the scanner in case of handshaking operation failure
93	6,754,698		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with an optical reader having a dedicated memory system
94	6,745,234		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location by scanning an optical code
95	6,725,260		Method and apparatus for configuring configurable equipment with configuration information received from a remote location
96	6,708,208		Unique bar code for indicating a link between a product and a remote location on a web network
97	6,704,864		Automatic configuration of equipment software
98	6,701,369		Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location by sensing a machine-resolvable code
99	6,701,354		Method for interconnecting two locations over a network in response to using a tool
100	6,697,949		Method and apparatus for controlling a user’s pc through an audio-visual broadcast to archive information in the users pc
101	6,694,356		Remote control having an optical indicia reader
102	6,688,522		Unique bar code
103	6,643,692		Method for controlling a computer using an embedded unique code in the content of video tape media
104	6,636,896		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet
105	6,636,892		Method for conducting a contest using a network
106	6,631,404		Method and system for conducting a contest using a network
107	6,629,133		Interactive doll
108	6,622,165		Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site
109	6,615,268		Method for controlling a computer using an embedded unique code in the content of dat media
110	6,594,705		Method and apparatus for utilizing an audibly coded signal to conduct commerce over the internet
111	6,526,449		Method and apparatus for controlling a computer from a remote location
112	6,384,744		Method and system for data transmission from an optical reader
113	6,377,986		Routing string indicative of a location of a database on a web associated with a product in commerce
114	D432,539		Keystroke automator
115	6,098,106		Method for controlling a computer with an audio signal

 Cue Cat

Scanning is now part of numerous platforms and when Pulitzer helped market the “Cue Cat” $200 million was raised attracting investors like Steven Spielberg, Steve Forbes, Coke, Y&R, NBC, and others. Internet users lined up Coast to Coast at RadioShack to get a free CueCat. The CueCat instantly-directly linked UPC, EAN, ISBN and unique :CRQ Cue codes to web sites. Used in publications like Wired, Forbes, Ad-Age, Time, Parade and Coast to Coast daily newspapers, and today 2000 apps on the net use Pulitzer’s Technology.

 Net Talk Live

From August 1996 – July 4, 2001 Pulitzer hosted a hit two hour weekly syndicated talk show called NetTalkLive which was hybrid “Triplecast” broadcasting on the radio, television and the internet.[3]

 Pulitzers’ European Patents.  Cover 42 countries and upon tally, country by country, each country has granted an average of 68 currently, making Pulitzer’s European patent count exceed the 2850 patent mark.  Another famous inventor, Thomas Edison has a patent count of 1093.  The Contries which have granted Pulitzers Patents are:    

Pulitzers’ European Patents.  Cover 42 countries and upon tally, country by country, each country has granted an average of 68 currently, making Pulitzer’s European patent count exceed the 2850 patent mark.  Another famous inventor, Thomas Edison has a patent count of 1093.  The Contries which have granted Pulitzers Patents are:    

 Albania, Autria, Belgium, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom