Patents by Inventor James Logan

James Logan 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: 6279432
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a first handle member with integral jaw, a second handle member, and a third jaw member, all three members pivotally connected by a single common pivot pin. All three members are also cooperatively connected by a force multiplying mechanism, wherein an operative force applied to the handles is multiplied and applied to a work piece by the jaws. One embodiment of the invention features a “U”-shaped handle with two common pivot pin connection points, providing structural strength and handling stability. Other embodiments also comprise power assist devices to provide electrical and pneumatic work piece manipulation forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Merritt Armstrong Osborn
    Inventors: Merritt Armstrong Osborn, Russell James Logan
  • Patent number: 6199076
    Abstract: An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter segments, and the subject matter segments may be used to generate both text and audio cataloging presentations to enable the user to more easily identify and select desirable programming. A playback unit at the subscriber location reproduces the program segments received from the host and includes mechanisms for interactively navigating among the program segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Inventors: James Logan, Daniel F. Goessling, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5802299
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5781909
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5761683
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5732216
    Abstract: An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The hose organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter segments, and the subject matter segments may be used to generate both text and audio cataloging presentations to enable the user to more easily identify and select desirable programming. A playback unit at the subscriber location reproduces the program segments received from the host and includes mechanisms for interactively navigating among the program segments. A usage log is compiled to record the subscriber's use of the provided program materials, to return data to the host for billing, to adaptively modify the subscriber's preferences based on actual usage, and to send subscriber-generated comments and requests to the host for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Internet Angles, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Daniel F. Goessling, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5721827
    Abstract: An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter segments, and the subject matter segments may be used to generate both text and audio cataloging presentations to enable the user to more easily identify and select desirable programming. A playback unit at the subscriber location reproduces the program segments received from the host and includes mechanisms for interactively navigating among the program segments. A usage log is compiled to record the subscriber's use of the provided program materials, to return data to the host for billing, to adaptively modify the subscriber's preferences based on actual usage, and to send subscriber-generated comments and requests to the host for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: James Logan
    Inventors: James Logan, Daniel F. Goessling, Charles G. Call
  • Patent number: 5371551
    Abstract: A broadcast recording and playback device employing a "circular buffer" which constantly records one or more incoming audio or video program signals and a microprocessor for accessing the memory to read a playback signal from the circular buffer to display programming material delayed from its receipt by a selectable delay interval. The circular buffer is implemented by a digital memory. Subsystem comprising the combination of a semiconductor RAM memory and a disk memory operated under the control of a microprocessor such that incoming signals are constantly recorded as received while, at the same time, delayed signals are being read from the memory subsystem at a different memory location selected by a microprocessor to provide a user-selected time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Inventors: James Logan, Daniel Goessling
  • Patent number: 4028146
    Abstract: Described is a double heterostructure junction laser in which the active region tapers to zero thickness within the structure, causing light to couple into an adjacent, underlying passive waveguide layer. Also described is a laser device in which the passive waveguide layer terminates in a region of increased thickness adjacent a laser output face. In addition, LPE and MBE techniques for fabricating the tapers are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph Andre Logan, James Logan Merz, Franz Karl Reinhart, Harry Gregory White
  • Patent number: 3978426
    Abstract: Described is a double heterostructure junction laser in which the active region tapers to zero thickness within the structure, causing light to couple into an adjacent, underlying passive waveguide layer. Also described is a laser device in which the passive waveguide layer terminates in a region of increased thickness adjacent a laser output face. In addition, LPE and MBE techniques for fabricating the tapers are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralph Andre Logan, James Logan Merz, Franz Karl Reinhart, Harry Gregory White
  • Patent number: D316000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Inventors: James Logan, Ronald Redmond, Federick Botts
  • Patent number: RE36801
    Abstract: A broadcast recording and playback device employing a "circular buffer" which constantly records one or more incoming audio or video program signals and a microprocessor for accessing the memory to read a playback signal from the circular buffer to display programming material delayed from its receipt by a selectable delay interval. The circular buffer is implemented by a digital memory. Subsystem comprising the combination of a semiconductor RAM memory and a disk memory operated under the control of a microprocessor such that incoming signals are constantly recorded as received while, at the same time, delayed signals are being read from the memory subsystem at a different memory location selected by a microprocessor to provide a user-selected time delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: James Logan
    Inventors: James Logan, Daniel Goessling