Patents by Inventor John T. Kidd

John T. Kidd 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: 20070208868
    Abstract: A method performed by a validator computer system for facilitating electronic communications from a sender to an electronic message program associated with a recipient. The method includes registering the sender in the validator system, registering the recipient in the validator system, and receiving approval from the recipient to designate the sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system. The method further includes designating the approved sender as an authorized sender for the recipient in the validator system in response to the approval from the recipient and communicating with a message filter associated with the message program associated with the recipient to add the sender to an authorized sender list of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: John T. Kidd, Ralph V. Kidd
  • Patent number: 5515900
    Abstract: An array of panels foldably connected such that the array may be collapsed into a single stack of panels, and a method of manufacturing such an array. The array has at least three rows of panels, where the first and second rows have at least two panels and the third row has at least one panel. The panels in each row are foldably connected so that each row of panels may be collapsed into a single stack of panels. Each row of panels is connected to the row of panels below it so that the individual stacked rows may be further collapsed onto each other to form a single stack of panels. With this folding scheme, the array may have more than two panels in each row and may have more than three rows of panels. The panels define connecting pin channels that, when the panels are unfolded, are co-axially aligned with connecting pin channels of adjacent panels. Connecting pins are inserted into the co-axially aligned connecting pin channels to hold panels in a specific orientation with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Inventors: William G. West, John T. Kidd