Patents by Inventor John Bruns

John Bruns 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).

  • Publication number: 20070168369
    Abstract: A method and user interface for displaying and enabling access to data items stored on a handheld electronic device, the data items being organized in hierarchical menus associated with characteristics of the data items. A navigational feature is included which actuates direct display of a top-level menu from any of a plurality of user interface menus, without requiring navigation through any intermediate menu, even when commencing from multiple menu layers below the top-level menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: CompanionLink Software, Inc.
    Inventor: John Bruns
  • Publication number: 20060243155
    Abstract: Generally and not exclusively, there is disclosed a system and a method for towing (pushing or pulling) a roadway vehicle on a road by a towing apparatus. The towing apparatus is coupled to a roadway guideway displaced generally above the surface of the roadway. In an embodiment, the system includes an apparatus to couple a vehicle to the roadway guideway, a force generation unit to move the coupled vehicle along the roadway guideway, and a brake unit to decelerate the apparatus and a coupled vehicle. In an embodiment, the system includes a coupling unit to separately couple or not couple the vehicle to one of multiple separate components of the roadway guideway, so that the towing apparatus, and therefore a towed vehicle, can switch roadway guideways by coupling to one or another component of the roadway guideway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventor: John Bruns