Patents by Inventor Michael Loftus

Michael Loftus 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).

  • Publication number: 20240107956
    Abstract: A method for excluding an aggressive incompatibility (AI) trait from Agaricus bisporus mushroom strains, wherein the method includes mating a culture of a hybrid mushroom line designated B18287-s82, a representative culture of the line having been deposited under NRRL Accession No. 68168, with a culture of the white mushroom line designated WBL-s290, to obtain an F1 hybrid mushroom strain designated J19109, a representative culture of the F1 strain having been deposited under NRRL Accession No. 68163. Upon fruiting a culture of the new F1 strain designated J19109 to obtain homokaryotic spores therefrom, one obtains cultures of homokaryotic lines from the homokaryotic spores from F1 strain J19109 and selects a culture of a homokaryotic line from the F1 strain J19109. The culture of a homokaryotic line from F1 strain J19109 is mated with a culture of the mushroom line designated J11500-s80, to obtain an F2 hybrid mushroom strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael KESSLER, Michelle SCHULTZ, Mark LOFTUS, Aniça AMINI, Sylvie DELBECQUE, Wes SCHULTZ, Richard KERRIGAN, Mark WACH
  • Patent number: 8737591
    Abstract: A method and/or apparatus of a voice-response directory assistance system having a targeted advertising engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a directory assistance system includes providing a greeting to a user of a mobile communication device, automatically determining a location based information of the user, determining a telephone number of a listing requested by the user, providing a targeted advertisement to the user based on the location information, and communicating the telephone number to the user. The method may include requesting a selection of a business listing and a residential listing through the greeting. The method may include processing a caller identification data to determine the location based information of the user, applying the caller identification data to a library of potential advertisements and selecting the potential advertisement as the targeted advertisement through applying the caller identification data to the library of potential advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alec S. Andronikov, Alexey Bulavin, Michael Loftus, Derek Merrill, Barbra Higgins, Helen Lambert
  • Patent number: 8700313
    Abstract: A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with the at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of the at least one tracking module and the at least one mapping module, and at least two antennae communicatively connected via the at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit. At least one of the at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct to communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Loftus, Dorian Sergio Araneda, Michael Daniel Koontz, Jr., James Robert Sherman
  • Publication number: 20120209504
    Abstract: A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct to communication modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Loftus, Dorian Sergio Araneda, Michael Daniel Koontz, JR., James Robert Sherman
  • Patent number: 8099235
    Abstract: A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Loftus, Dorian Sergio Araneda, Michael Daniel Koontz, Jr., James Robert Sherman
  • Publication number: 20110257884
    Abstract: A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Loftus, Dorian Sergio Araneda, Michael Daniel Koontz, JR., James Robert Sherman
  • Patent number: 7970534
    Abstract: A handheld device and system includes a mapping module, a tracking module interoperative with the mapping module, and a communications module interoperative with the tracking module and the mapping module. At least two antennae are communicatively connected, via the communications module, to at least one central processing unit. At least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communicating using at least two distinct communication modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Blackbird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Loftus, Dorian Sergio Araneda, Michael Daniel Koontz, Jr., James Robert Sherman
  • Publication number: 20070129054
    Abstract: A method and/or apparatus of a voice-response directory assistance system having a targeted advertising engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a directory assistance system includes providing a greeting to a user of a mobile communication device, automatically determining a location based information of the user, determining a telephone number of a listing requested by the user, providing a targeted advertisement to the user based on the location information, and communicating the telephone number to the user. The method may include requesting a selection of a business listing and a residential listing through the greeting. The method may include processing a caller identification data to determine the location based information of the user, applying the caller identification data to a library of potential advertisements and selecting the potential advertisement as the targeted advertisement through applying the caller identification data to the library of potential advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Alec Andronikov, Alexey Bulavin, Michael Loftus, Derek Merrill, Barbara Higgins, Helen Lambert