Patents by Inventor Dwayne Escola

Dwayne Escola 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).

  • Method and apparatus for communicating between a portable device and a server
    Patent number: 7062339
    Abstract: A control system including a portable device and a server. The portable device includes: (1) a body; (2) a microphone for receiving a first audio data; (3) an audio coder for converting the first audio data to first audio data signals; (4) an optical sensor for reading a first optical data; (5) an optical coder for converting the first optical data to first optical data signals; and (6) a transmitter for transmitting at least the first audio data signals or the first optical data signals to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John K. Howard, Dwayne Escola, Jim Pollock, Jean-Claude Junqua
  • Method and apparatus for communicating between a portable device and a server
    Publication number: 20030212465
    Abstract: A control system including a portable device and a server. The portable device includes: (1) a body; (2) a microphone for receiving a first audio data; (3) an audio coder for converting the first audio data to first audio data signals; (4) an optical sensor for reading a first optical data; (5) an optical coder for converting the first optical data to first optical data signals; and (6) a transmitter for transmitting at least the first audio data signals or the first optical data signals to the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: John K. Howard, Dwayne Escola, Jim Pollock, Jean-Claude Junqua