Patents by Inventor Brett A. Kayzar

Brett A. Kayzar 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: 7509099
    Abstract: A wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device for placing a call to and receiving a call from a contact of a select number of contacts includes a housing; a call actuation mechanism situated on the housing; a memory storing a predetermined number of contacts; and a controller configured to initiate an outgoing call to one of the predetermined number of contacts upon actuation of the call actuation mechanism. The controller is further configured to limit outgoing calls to the predetermined number of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Brett A. Kayzar, Janine Dolgas, Kenneth W. Baar, Tom J. Zeran, Amy Tresa Miller
  • Patent number: 7502609
    Abstract: A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device includes accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and call buttons for the contacts; receiving a prompt to enter data identifying the device; inputting data identifying the device; receiving a prompt to enter a phone number for each contact in a data field for the respective light and call button; entering a phone number for each contact in the data field for the respective light and call button; and transmitting the entered data to the device so that the contact phone numbers are assigned to the respective call buttons and the respective lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Brett A. Kayzar, Janine Dolgas, Kenneth W. Baar, Tom J. Zeran, Amy Tresa Miller
  • Patent number: 7412226
    Abstract: A wireless communication device for geographically locating a second wireless communication device includes a housing; a push-to-locate activation mechanism configured to detect selection of a target number corresponding to the second wireless communication device and send a push-to-locate request for the target number to a carrier network to obtain a geographical location of the second wireless communication device using a location-based service; and a display configured to present a geographical location of the second wireless communication device received in response to the push-to-locate request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Brett A. Kayzar, Kenneth Baar, Tom J. Zeran
  • Publication number: 20060211385
    Abstract: A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device includes accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and call buttons for the contacts; receiving a prompt to enter data identifying the device; inputting data identifying the device; receiving a prompt to enter a phone number for each contact in a data field for the respective light and call button; entering a phone number for each contact in the data field for the respective light and call button; and transmitting the entered data to the device so that the contact phone numbers are assigned to the respective call buttons and the respective lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Brett Kayzar, Janine Dolgas, Kenneth Baar, Tom Zeran, Amy Miller
  • Publication number: 20060211384
    Abstract: A wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device for placing a call to and receiving a call from a contact of a select number of contacts includes a housing; a call actuation mechanism situated on the housing; a memory storing a predetermined number of contacts; and a controller configured to initiate an outgoing call to one of the predetermined number of contacts upon actuation of the call actuation mechanism. The controller is further configured to limit outgoing calls to the predetermined number of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Brett Kayzar, Janine Dolgas, Kenneth Baar, Tom Zeran, Amy Miller
  • Publication number: 20060205416
    Abstract: A wireless communication device for geographically locating a second wireless communication device includes a housing; a push-to-locate activation mechanism configured to detect selection of a target number corresponding to the second wireless communication device and send a push-to-locate request for the target number to a carrier network to obtain a geographical location of the second wireless communication device using a location-based service; and a display configured to present a geographical location of the second wireless communication device received in response to the push-to-locate request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Brett Kayzar, Kenneth Baar, Tom Zeran
  • Patent number: D558202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Kwanghyun David Choi, Thomas Alan Arnold, Brett Kayzar
  • Patent number: D429210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Chintala, Richard M. Abney, Brett A. Kayzar, Gina M. Lombardi, Jeffrey J. Rhine, Stanley Scheufler, John J. Wendorff, Thomas J. Zeran