Patents by Inventor Alain S. Rossmann

Alain S. Rossmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6209009
    Abstract: A structured screen display process presents structured information that includes a plurality of selectable and non-selectable elements on any width screen display so that the user is able to see as many of the elements as possible at once, and is able to see the complete text of any element as needed. The process dynamically adapts the display of structured information to the screen display width of a device. The structured information is presented on a screen display by displaying at least a portion of each element of a plurality of elements on the screen display where at least one of the selectable elements has a width greater than a width of the screen display. The at least one selectable element is scrolled horizontally while continuing to display the other elements of the plurality of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Phone.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce V. Schwartz, Alain S. Rossmann
  • Patent number: 6150962
    Abstract: A predictive data entry method permits a user of a device to efficiently enter data using a keypad where each of a plurality of keys represents a plurality of different characters. When the user presses one of the keys representing multiple characters, the predictive data entry method determines the character within the multiple characters most likely desired by the user. Thus, in most instances, a single key stroke is sufficient to select the desired character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Phone.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Alain S. Rossmann
  • Patent number: 6119155
    Abstract: Under the limited bandwidth of the current wireless data network and with the low memory in mobile devices in use today, the process of going through a number of intermediate pages to get to a desired page increases the latency of the information deliver and intensifies the network traffic. A method for accelerating the navigation of hypertext pages based on a compound request is disclosed. After a compound request is entered and activated, the compound request is parsed into an antecedent request followed by a final request wherein the antecedent request comprises a plurality of intermediate requests. All the intermediate requests are processed individually and sequentially as if they were entered individually and cards corresponding to the intermediate requests are fetched sequentially. A final card containing desired information by the final request is fetched based on the card corresponding to the last intermediate request and thereby displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Phone.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain S. Rossmann, Andrew L. Laursen, Bruce K. Martin, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6119167
    Abstract: Data are pushed from a source to a destination via an intermediate computer system. If the intermediate computer system is unable to forward the pushed data to the destination for a predetermined length of time, the intermediate system deletes the pushed data and never forwards the data to the destination. According to another aspect, the intermediate system receives a command, e.g. from a server originating the data, to delete the data if the data has not yet been forwarded to the destination. According to another aspect, the intermediate system receives data whose identifier (e.g. source URL) matches an identifier of data pushed earlier to the same destination but not yet forwarded. The intermediate system deletes the earlier pushed data and never forwards the earlier pushed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Phone.Com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen S. Boyle, Peter F. King, Bruce K. Martin, Jr., Alain S. Rossmann, Bruce V. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6065120
    Abstract: The present invention has been made in consideration of thin devices efficiently communicating ideas and transactions into data networks by using other devices with full functional user interface in the networks. According to one aspect of the present invention, the thin device exclusively controls the authentication of a rendezvous that is associated with a user account in a server. The thin device running a micro-browser provisions the rendezvous with a set of credential information in an authenticated and secure communication session so that the provisioning process is truly proprietary. To access the user account, the other devices equipped with well known browsers must submit the correct credential information to the rendezvous for verification in the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Phone.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew L. Laursen, Bruce K. Martin, Jr., Alain S. Rossmann