Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Bayer

Douglas L. Bayer 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: 4291198
    Abstract: The power of computer-based services is made available to telephone subscribers by a telephone station set (10) including a telephone handset (17) for audio transduction, a video output display screen (13) and manual input key facilities (16,20,23) coupled for interaction by a data processing facility (43). All of those elements are included in a common station set housing for programmable interaction under control of the station set user. The input key facilities include a full ASCII key set, additional buttons (30-32) for signaling standard computer service functions, and keys (16) for user selection of predetermined different text portions of the display screen. Also shown are various electrical and mechanical features which facilitate the combining of the functional parts into the common housing and illustrative processes (FIGS. 8-12) for demonstrating the programmable facility interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert V. Anderson, Douglas L. Bayer, David W. Hagelbarger, Peter S. Kubik