Patents by Inventor James A. Rolls

James A. Rolls 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).

  • Displaying an information ticker in association with a personalized video mosaic in a television services network
    Patent number: 8776119
    Abstract: A video source associated with an information ticker may be captured, and the associated information ticker may be broadcast and displayed below or near an array of simultaneously broadcast video sources being broadcast in a mosaic of video sources. The displayed information ticker may be broadcast in association with one or more of a plurality of simultaneously broadcast video sources in the mosaic of video sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Rolls, Steven M. Watkins
  • Displaying an Information Ticker in Association with a Personalized Video Mosaic in a Television Services Network
    Publication number: 20090037966
    Abstract: A video source associated with an information ticker may be captured, and the associated information ticker may be broadcast and displayed below or near an array of simultaneously broadcast video sources being broadcast in a mosaic of video sources. The displayed information ticker may be broadcast in association with one or more of a plurality of simultaneously broadcast video sources in the mosaic of video sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: James A. Rolls, Steven M. Watkins
  • High bulk density rigid poly(vinyl chloride) resin powder composition and preparation thereof
    Patent number: 4239679
    Abstract: Completely free flow characteristics are provided to a densified rigid poly(vinyl chloride) resin powder composition as prepared in a high shear mixer at an elevated temperature, by withholding at least a portion of the total filler requirement from the composition during the initial mixing cycle, and thereafter adding the remainder of the filler requirement to the composition after it has been cooled to a temperature of 175.degree. F. or less. The total filler requirement of the composition may likewise be added after cooling the blend to 175.degree. F. or less. The resulting rigid resin powder composition exhibits the optimum free flow characteristics required for satisfactory processing in multi-screw extruders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Diamond Shamrock Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Rolls, Kenneth L. Brenis