Patents by Inventor Ronald Walter Heiby

Ronald Walter Heiby 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).

  • Suppression of extraneous alerts on multiple devices
    Patent number: 9503409
    Abstract: A system that includes a server and a plurality of destination clients. The server is connected to a network and routes an electronic communication through the network to a destination. The plurality of destination clients are associated with the destination and connected to the network, each destination client comprising: a network interface connected to the network and receiving the electronic communication; an output unit configured to output an alert associated with the electronic communication; and an alert suppression device suppressing output of the alert when a response to the electronic communication has been transmitted from the destination, where the alert suppression device of each of the plurality of destination clients suppresses the alert when any one of the destination clients responds to the electronic communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Walter Heiby
  • Suppression of Extraneous Alerts on Multiple Devices
    Publication number: 20140244714
    Abstract: A system that includes a server and a plurality of destination clients. The server is connected to a network and routes an electronic communication through the network to a destination. The plurality of destination clients are associated with the destination and connected to the network, each destination client comprising: a network interface connected to the network and receiving the electronic communication; an output unit configured to output an alert associated with the electronic communication; and an alert suppression device suppressing output of the alert when a response to the electronic communication has been transmitted from the destination, where the alert suppression device of each of the plurality of destination clients suppresses the alert when any one of the destination clients responds to the electronic communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Walter Heiby