Patents by Inventor Douglas G Dunlap

Douglas G Dunlap 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).

  • Reduction of devices to quiet operation
    Patent number: 6396399
    Abstract: An object alerting device discovers nearby alerting devices, compares the nearby alerting devices to a condition, and sets the object alerting device to a quiet mode when the condition is met by the nearby alerting devices. The nearby alerting devices may be discovered by receiving identification information from the nearby alerting devices and analyzing the identification information to discover the nearby alerting devices. Additionally, the object alerting device may first broadcasting a request for identification to the nearby alerting devices. The object alerting discovers the nearby alerting devices within a range, such as the communication range of the object alerting device, a portion of the communication range of the object alerting device, or a fixed distance about the object alerting device. The condition may be a number of nearby alerting devices within a distance from the object alerting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Douglas G Dunlap