Patents by Inventor Eric W. McKinlay

Eric W. McKinlay 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).

  • System and method for a communication system
    Patent number: 6147773
    Abstract: A method and a structure for providing electronic mail, facsimile transmission and file transfer maintain a data base in which the communication parameters of a local computer are maintained separately from the communication parameters of a remote computer which communicates the local computer. The data base includes an electronic address book in which a method and a structure are provided for specifying person, group, computer, calling card and service data. The person type data includes specification of a preference for data, or facsimile transmission. Service information are efficiently added because of modularly designed application programming interface. A method and a structure are also provided to allow synchronization between files residing on different computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: David R. P. Taylor, Lawrence A. Lynch-Freshner, Eric W. McKinlay, Stephen P. Pacheco, Dinesh K. Goyal
  • System and method for a communication system
    Patent number: 5754306
    Abstract: A method and a structure for providing electronic mail, facsimile transmission and file transfer maintain a data base in which the communication parameters of a local computer are maintained separately from the communication parameters of a remote computer which communicates the local computer. The data base includes an electronic address book in which a method and a structure are provided for specifying person, group, computer, calling card and service data. The person type data includes specification of a preference for data, or facsimile transmission. Service information are efficiently added because of modularly designed application programming interface. A method and a structure are also provided to allow synchronization between files residing on different computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: David R. P. Taylor, Lawrence A. Lynch-Freshner, Eric W. McKinlay, Stephen P. Pacheco, Dinesh K. Goyal