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Ameranth Signs a New Patent License with Skywire Media Inc.
May
15, 2012, San
Diego, CA — Ameranth, Inc.
announced today that it has entered into a new patent license agreement
with Skywire
Media Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada www.skywiremedia.com
- an exciting technology innovator with a myriad of breakthrough
products and
services in the hospitality/gaming market. In parallel with this
license
agreement, Ameranth and Skywire Media Inc, are establishing a strategic
relationship to exploit their combined expertise in key
hospitality/gaming
market segments to collectively deliver even more innovations to the
hospitality/gaming market.
Ameranth’s pioneering
web/wireless data synchronization
inventions have been patented, (U.S. Patent Nos. 6,384,850; 6,871,325;
6,982,733, 8146,077 - with additional patents pending), have been
widely
adopted and deployed, and are now essential to the modern wireless/web
hospitality enterprise. The explosive growth of the use of smart
phones,
social/affinity group networking, wireless networks and related
technologies
now make the use and licensing of Ameranth’s patents essential to
achieve a
totally synchronized system, i.e.,
the 21St Century Communications™ system invented in 1998 by Ameranth’s
visionary inventors. Modern
hospitality information technology systems performing functions such as
online/mobile ordering, reservations, ticketing and related
functionality
require the use of Ameranth’s patented inventions for synchronized
operation.
Ameranth has active patent infringement lawsuits against numerous
infringing
defendants; including Seamless, GrubHub, Exit41, PAR, QuikOrder,
OpenTable, TicketMob/Laughstub,
Agilysis Inc. and the three largest pizza chains - Papa John’s,
Domino’s and
Pizza Hut. In addition to Skywire Media Inc’s new license, Ameranth has
patent
license agreements with NCR/Radiant, Menusoft, Netwaiter, Brink
Software,
Savory Mobile, Brink Software, Xpient and Snapfinger - with more in
negotiation.
“We are delighted to secure
this new patent license
agreement with Skywire Media” stated Vern Yates, Ameranth’s Chairman
and Chief
Executive Officer. “We have known,
partnered with and respected Shawn Harris, (Skywire Media Inc’s,
founder and
Chief Executive Officer) for more than a decade. Together, with his
Chief
Operating Officer, Thomas Castleberry, they bring a wealth of
experience and
expertise - combined with a unique vision which will ensure their
continued
leadership role in the hospitality/gaming market. We are very pleased
that they
independently sought a license to our patents - to ensure that they and
their customers have patent coverage from this
point forward. We wish them much success ahead. ” added Yates.
“We recognize the extraordinary value of Ameranth’s breakthrough patents and we are pleased to have obtained a favorable license to the visionary inventive concepts embodied in these web/wireless data synchronization patents” stated Shawn Harris, CEO of Skywire Media. “I have worked together with Keith McNally, in a wide range of products and projects since the late 1990’s and I look forward to the potential from working together via the new Skywire/Ameranth strategic relationship.” The adoption of Ameranth’s technology by industry leaders and the wide acclaim received by Ameranth for its technological innovations are just some of the many confirmations of the breakthrough aspects of Ameranth’s inventions. Ameranth has received twelve different technology awards (three with “end customer” partners) and has been widely recognized as a hospitality wireless/internet technology leader by almost all major national and hospitality print publications, e.g., The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and many others. Ameranth was personally nominated by Bill Gates, the Founder of Microsoft, for the prestigious Computerworld Honors Award that Ameranth received in 2001 for its breakthrough synchronized reservations/ticketing system with the Improv Comedy Theatres. In his nomination, Mr. Gates described Ameranth as “one of the leading pioneers of information technology for the betterment of mankind.” About Ameranth, Inc.: Ameranth,Inc.
( http://www.ameranth.com) is a
recognized leader in the
hospitality technology market, having been featured in the Wall Street
Journal, New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, USA Today, Business Week,
US News
& World Report, Nation’s Restaurant News, Hospitality Technology,
TIME,
CNNfn, San Diego Union Tribune, and numerous other prestigious
publications. Ameranth has also been awarded or participated in twelve
technology/“best product” awards.
Tel: (888) AMERANTH Fax: (858) 362-0151- (www.ameranth.com) About
SkyWire® Media -- (www.skywiremedia.com)
-- SkyWire Media, Inc. develops integrated, mobile-centric
applications that allow hospitality service providers to reach their
customers
via real-time SMS text messaging. SkyWire Media’s Mobile Connect™
Product Suite
is designed to reduce marketing costs, generate revenue and enhance
guest
service. Mobile Connects™ modular solutions include: Mobile Connect™,
Rooms
Connect™, Table Connect™, Progressive Connect™, Poker Connect™ and
Emergency
Connect™. In addition, SkyWire Media also develops Mobile Applications
and provides
Workforce Dynamics™, an integrated Time and Attendance labor management
solution. For more information, text ‘SKYWIRE’ to 56242, visit them on
the web
at www.skywiremedia.com or
contact a
sales representative at (866)-514-5888
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