Patents by Inventor Paul Blumstein

Paul Blumstein 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).

  • Visually impaired customer activated terminal method and system
    Patent number: 5589855
    Abstract: A method and system for entering numerical information in a manner that can be easily used by visually impaired individuals are disclosed. Using a touch screen display, for each digit of a multidigit number a first location on the screen is touched a number of times equal to the digit followed by touching a second location. Once all the digits have been entered, a third location is touched. This method allows for dividing the touch screen display into a small number of large area touch active regions, such as quadrants, thus reducing the accuracy required to enter a value since the large area quadrants are easily referenced to the screen boundaries. Further, audible cues are used to prompt the user as well as provide feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Transaction Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Blumstein, Randy Cole, James Cook, Ashwin Doshi, Michael Grandcolas, Stephen Gryte, Frank McCallick, Marvin Moskowitz, Howard Schechtman, Michael Sears, Steve Shulman, Walter Greenberg, Patricia Millo, Paul Sidikman, Alex J. Virnig, Paul Witman, Valerie Fenster