Patents by Inventor Gerald M. McLay

Gerald M. McLay 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: 4072825
    Abstract: A microprocessor control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of different parameters or features of a large number of like-kind entities, each characterized by such parameters or features. The control system is particularly suitable for automatically controlling on an indiviudal room basis, parameters within hotels/motels such as: counting the number of outgoing calls, paging guests having messages and controlling room message waiting indicators, placing wake-up calls to guest rooms at predesired wake-up times, and tracking in real-time the housekeeping and occupancy status of each hotel/motel room. Incidentally to the room status feature, telephone sets within unoccupied rooms or within rooms being cleaned are automatically disabled from registering outgoing calls, but may be used for registering emergency calls. All control functions are performed by a microprocessor under hardwire program or firmware command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Assignee: Mi-Tronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald M. McLay, Calvin D. Houdek, Charles B. Yancey