Patents by Inventor Gordon Autry

Gordon Autry 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).

  • Integrated routing/mapping information system
    Publication number: 20030182052
    Abstract: An Integrated Routing/Mapping Information System (IRMIS) links desktop personal computer cartographic applications to one or more handheld organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA) or “palmtop” devices. Such devices may be optionally equipped with, or connected to, portable Global Positioning System (GPS) or equivalent position sensing device. Desktop application facilitates user selection of areas, starts, stops, destinations, maps and/or point and/or route information. It optionally includes supplemental online information, preferably for transfer to the PDA or equivalent device. Users' options include route information, area, and route maps. Maps and related route information are configured with differential detail and levels of magnitude. Used in the field, in conjunction with GPS receiver, the PDA device is configured to display directions, text and map formats, the user's current position, heading, speed, elevation, and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: David M. DeLorme, Keith A. Gray, Gordon Autry, Keith A. Moulton
  • Integrated routing/mapping information
    Patent number: 6321158
    Abstract: An Integrated Routing/Mapping Information System (IRMIS) links desktop personal computer cartographic applications to one or more handheld organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA) or “palmtop” devices. Such devices may be optionally equipped with, or connected to, portable Global Positioning System (GPS) or equivalent position sensing device. Desktop application facilitates user selection of areas, starts, stops, destinations, maps and/or point and/or route information. It optionally includes supplemental online information, preferably for transfer to the PDA or equivalent device. Users' options include route information, area, and route maps. Maps and related route information are configured with differential detail and levels of magnitude. Used in the field, in conjunction with GPS receiver, the PDA device is configured to display directions, text and map formats, the user's current position, heading, speed, elevation, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: DeLorme Publishing Company
    Inventors: David M. DeLorme, Keith A. Gray, Gordon Autry, Keith A. Moulton
  • Global positioning system receiver with sculptural depression
    Patent number: D416502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: DeLorme Publishing Co.
    Inventors: Gordon Autry, Dale Akeley, Thomas Arnold
  • Surface ornamentation for maps and travel related devices
    Patent number: D421931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: DeLorme Publishing Co.
    Inventors: Gordon Autry, Dale Akeley