Patents by Inventor Alfred A. Roy

Alfred A. Roy 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: 20240143598
    Abstract: The disclosure presents a method, application, client and server that process search commands for a database. The method executes instructions on processors at a client and at a server the server controlling a database. First, instructions at the client determine first commands associated with a first gestures for a record; receive a gesture imparted on a touchscreen at the client; compare the gesture against the first gestures; and if the gesture matches one the first gestures, send a command mapped to the gesture to the server to be initiated to the database. Then, instruction at the server: receive the command; identify an identifier for the record; execute a query for the command and identifier; retrieve results; and send the results to the client. Then, instructions at the first processor: receive the results; display a list of the results; and determine second commands associated with second gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Global Relay Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Warren ROY, Danielly PIEROBON ROPER, Dimitrios KONTARIS, Alfred SCHOLLDORF
  • Patent number: 5786318
    Abstract: A water-soluble copolyester comprising units of a polyglycol or capped polyglycol (for example, polyethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol methyl ether), an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (for example, terephthalic acid) and at least 30 mole % of a polyol having at least three hydroxyl groups (for example, glycerol), but free of ethylene glycol units, is a highly effective soil release polymer for use in detergent compositions. The aromatic dicarboxylic acid units may include units of a sulphonated aromatic dicarboxylic acid (for example, sulphoisophthalic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Wilfried Blokzijl, Andrew Martin Creeth, Alfred Roy Elmes, Andrew David Green, Michael Hull, Katrin Dagmar Joule, Ezat Khoshdel
  • Patent number: 5216703
    Abstract: A piggy-back number and routing isolation method for cellular telephone switches. A cellular customer dials a *800xxxx number, wherein xxxx represents some combination of symbols of arbitrary length identifying a specific Third Party Advertiser (TPA). The switch uses the leading *800 portion of the dialed *800xxxx number as an access code to direct the call to a special trunk. The switch strips the leading *800 portion from the *800xxxx number and inserts in its place a dialing prefix before making a call through the special trunk. The number dialed by the switch out through the special trunk is the mobile phone number assigned to the TPA as a cellular customer. The special trunk "piggy-backs" the number translations and routing determinations because it is comprised of two ports of the single switch connected together in a "loop-back" manner, so that calls routed out the first port are received immediately by the same switch at the second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: PacTel Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred A. Roy