Patents by Inventor Jim R. Vollmer

Jim R. Vollmer 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).

  • Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer interface and enhanced integrity features
    Patent number: 5195130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a telephone configured as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, and a programmable gate array (PGA) chip and enhanced integrity features, and has the overall appearance of a telephone. The PGA has the capability of being reconfigured to accommodate various types of softwares which require different hardware configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Transaction Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Weiss, Joseph C. Kawan, Leslie Roth, Jim R. Vollmer, Morris L. Tucci, Melvin M. Takata, Alfred S. Samulon, Dilip J. Parekh, Sarkis A. Meguerdijian, Harvey Marks, Shan Lee, Douglas W. Caruthers, Leo Ahlin, Leslie Moss, Kenneth Krieger, Carol A. Medine, Truc Nguyen, Marjorie Engber, Edward Chin, Lucilla K. Warren, Joseph P. Randolph, Robert Haddock
  • Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer interface integrity features
    Patent number: 5008927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable microcomputer or microprocessor device with associated memory and telephone circuitry designed to be operated in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The microcomputer device of the present invention, which includes the primary microprocessor operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory, has the overall appearance of a telephone. The primary microprocessor of the invention consists of a central processing unit and associated memory and includes enhanced integrity features. The device delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Transaction Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence D. Weiss, Douglas W. Caruthers, Charles T. Inatomi, Joseph C. Kawan, Shan Lee, Harvey Marks, Sarkis A. Meguerdijan, Dilip J. Parekh, Alfred S. Samulon, Melvin M. Takata, Morris L. Tucci, Jim R. Vollmer
  • Computer and telephone apparatus with user friendly computer interface and enhanced integrity features
    Patent number: 4991199
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable microcomputer or microprocessor device with associated memory designed to be operated in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input as augmented by four programmable function keys. The microcomputer device of the present invention, which includes the primary microprocessor operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory, has the overall appearance of a telephone. The primary microprocessor of the invention consists of a central processing unit and associated memory and includes enhanced integrity features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: Transaction Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip J. Parekh, Alfred S. Samulon, Melvin M. Takata, Morris L. Tucci, Jim R. Vollmer, Lawrence D. Weiss, Douglas W. Caruthers, Charles T. Inatomi, Joseph C. Kawan, Shan Lee, Harvey Marks, Sarkis A. Meguerdijian