Patents by Inventor John Hooten

John Hooten 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: 9663974
    Abstract: A storage assembly including a frame at least partially defining a plurality of storage compartments that are accessible from a front of the storage assembly. The assembly further includes a plurality of doors, each door being associated with at least one storage compartment and movable between a closed position in which the door generally prevents access to the associated storage compartment and an open position in which the door allows access to the associated storage compartment. The assembly further includes a plurality of accessory components. Each accessory component is operatively associated with at least one of the doors, and each accessory component is operatively coupled to a controller via control wiring. The storage assembly includes a front-facing channel in which the control wiring is at least partially positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin V. Savage, Craig S. Whitaker, John Hooten
  • Publication number: 20160053514
    Abstract: A storage assembly including a frame at least partially defining a plurality of storage compartments that are accessible from a front of the storage assembly. The assembly further includes a plurality of doors, each door being associated with at least one storage compartment and movable between a closed position in which the door generally prevents access to the associated storage compartment and an open position in which the door allows access to the associated storage compartment. The assembly further includes a plurality of accessory components. Each accessory component is operatively associated with at least one of the doors, and each accessory component is operatively coupled to a controller via control wiring. The storage assembly includes a front-facing channel in which the control wiring is at least partially positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin V. Savage, Craig S. Whitaker, John Hooten
  • Patent number: 4525806
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to word processing systems wherein material to be printed is formatted on a display unit having a display, e.g., CRT display and a text formatting processor which formats the display material. The display unit further includes means for controlling a printer to print the formatted text. In the present invention a plurality of such display units share a printer. This is accomplished by having at least one of the display units comprise means for controlling the sharing of the printer by the plurality of display units and each of the other display units communicate with the printer through these printer sharing control means. At least part of this printer sharing control means is contained in the text formatting processor of the primary display unit through which the other display units communicate with the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Johnny G. Barnes, John A. Hooten, Patrick J. Hurley, Ernest L. Miller
  • Patent number: 4466065
    Abstract: The specification discloses a method for submitting a number of documents to be printed in a limited memory word processing system in which printing is a separate, nonconcurrent foreground task with typing functions. A set of print task programs is loaded into the system. A background print process is initialized for printing one or more documents. A document is submitted for printing by entering document identification information in a print queue. The document identification information includes the document name, the diskette name where the document is stored and the first and last pages of the document to be printed. The background print process sequentially prints each of the documents corresponding to the document information entered in the print queue on a first-in, first-out basis. The operator may cancel a document previously submitted for printing by deleting the document identification information corresponding to the document to be cancelled from the print queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hira Advani, John A. Hooten