Patents by Inventor Gary C. Elfring

Gary C. Elfring 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: 4210785
    Abstract: A system is described for replaying, in any selected sequence, programs recorded on a tape. The system is adapted to read a tape having tape location information and program location information thereon. In a preferred embodiment, a keyboard is included for selecting desired programs for replay in any sequence. In response to that selection, a controller determines from the program location information where the selected programs begin and end on the tape and causes those programs to be replayed in the sequence selected.Preferably, the system also permits replay of any tape segment or part of a recorded program by operator input of tape location information corresponding to the starting and stopping tape locations of the selected tape segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventors: William B. Huber, Ian L. Bower, James A. Flynn, Gary C. Elfring