Patents by Inventor Douglas J. Hunt

Douglas J. Hunt 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: 5842176
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. The invention allows multiple sessions to be established with a computer reservation system simultaneously. When a command is received that requires multiple requests to a computer reservation system, a determination is made whether those requests can be processed simultaneously. If so, two sessions are established with a computer reservation system and a first request is made using one session while a second request is made using the other session. Datasets received in response to the requests are returned to the source of the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hunt, George A. Smith
  • Patent number: 5781892
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. A client computer (12) generates commands in response to user input. A server computer (14) receives the commands and generates requests to a computer reservation system through application program interfaces responsive to the commands. After receiving sets of reservation data from the computer reservation system in response to the requests, the received data is normalized and selected portions are returned to the client computer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hunt, George A. Smith, Wayne L. Flake
  • Patent number: 4940147
    Abstract: This visual compact disc wall rack is designed to display a multiple number of compact music disc cases. Primarily, a rack is composed of a rectangular frame having vertical and horizontal members defining compartment openings for receiving the cases, and hook pile fasteners are secured in the compartment openings or mating engagement with loop pile fasteners secured to the rear surfaces of the cases. Further provided are similar fasteners on the edges of the frame, so as to secure a pair or more of the frames together when desired in a grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventor: Douglas J. Hunt