Patents by Inventor Danny James Vatland

Danny James Vatland 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: 8184782
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for processing voice calls. One exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a call recording method for allowing a subscriber to selectively record a call made to the subscriber from callers. The method includes receiving a call at an enhanced service platform from a caller using a telephone number associated with the subscriber. Included is accessing a database associated with the subscriber to determine recording preference and call destination preference. Also included is routing the call based on the call destination preference wherein the enhanced service platform records call voice content in the subscriber data storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Healthsense, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny James Vatland, Dean S. Anderson
  • Patent number: 7590534
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a device for processing voice data associated with an application program. The application program has a form therein for entering voice data. The application program provides an identifier associated with voice data for identifying the form the voice data is associated with. The device includes an input portion for receiving voice data and identifier information from the application program. Also included is a translation portion for translating voice data to text data. The translation portion receives the voice data from the input portion and translates the voice data to text data. Also included is an output portion for sending output text data and the identifier information to the application program for association with the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Healthsense, Inc.
    Inventor: Danny James Vatland
  • Publication number: 20030212554
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is a device for processing voice data associated with an application program. The application program has a form therein for entering voice data. The application program provides an identifier associated with voice data for identifying the form the voice data is associated with. The device includes an input portion for receiving voice data and identifier information from the application program. Also included is a translation portion for translating voice data to text data. The translation portion receives the voice data from the input portion and translates the voice data to text data. Also included is an output portion for sending output text data and the identifier information to the application program for association with the form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventor: Danny James Vatland
  • Patent number: 6348973
    Abstract: A system for printing a document over a network including a network, a printer and a raster image processor. The network connects at least three computing resources. The printer is coupled to the network and included in the computing resources. The printer includes a printer network connection, a printer virtual connection mechanism and a mechanism for printing the document based on the raster image. The printer network connection transfers data packets to and from the computing resources. The printer virtual connection mechanism receives a raster image representative of a document from a member of the plurality of computer resources to which a unique virtual connection has been established. The raster image processor is coupled to the network and included in the computing resources. The raster image processor includes raster image processor network connection mechanism, a rendering, mechanism, and a raster image processor virtual connection mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: ColorSpan Corporation
    Inventors: Danny James Vatland, Jeff David Pagel
  • Patent number: 6220693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for printing digital color images with non-impact print heads whereby fluid flowing at a relatively high velocity proximate ink emitting nozzles affects flight trajectories of undesirable satellite ink droplets incidentally emitted from the nozzles, but does not affect flight trajectories of primary droplets. In one embodiment, a single fluid deflector member oriented upstream of the print head causes fluid flow intermediate the print head and the printing surface and urges the satellites to a preferred location on the printing media. In another embodiment, at least one additional deflector member is oriented to cooperate with the deflector member to ensure that such satellites encounter a forced fluid flow intermediate the print head and print surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: ColorSpan Corporation
    Inventors: John Hans Bode, Danny James Vatland, Henry Victor Holec, Benjamin Patrick Leonard, Robert Anthony Laumeyer
  • Patent number: 6091507
    Abstract: A network protocol, transmission format, and hardware interface facilitating high speed transmission of raster data from a host computer having a raster image processor to a printer. The protocol and hardware interface of the present invention minimize memory-to-memory transfers of raster data by defining data transfers directly from local memory of network hardware to memory associated with a raster connection management module. The transmission format of the present invention minimizes handshaking by sending a large number of data packets between acknowledgements. In addition, the present invention allows a host computer system to request printer profile information, and process raster data based on the profile information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: ColorSpan Corporation
    Inventors: Danny James Vatland, Jeff David Pagel