Patents by Inventor Jon Paul Vogel

Jon Paul Vogel 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).

  • Interface system for a television receiver
    Patent number: 6151077
    Abstract: An interface system for a television receiver includes an interface connector having a plurality of contacts connected to various component circuits in the television receiver. In order to provide various functions for the television receiver, the interface system includes various circuit boards each having a plug connectable with the interface connector. The plug includes a number of contacts equal to or less than the plurality of contacts in the interface connector. A particular embodiment of one of the circuit boards includes circuitry for connecting the television receiver to an interconnecting network and for enabling a user to send and receive electronic mail messages using a remote control transmitter for the television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Paul Vogel, Jeffrey Reed Lukkarila, Larry D. Johnson
  • Interface system for a television receiver
    Patent number: 6049359
    Abstract: An interface system for a television receiver includes an interface connector having a plurality of contacts connected to various component circuits in the television receiver. In order to provide various functions for the television receiver, the interface system includes various circuit boards each having a plug connectable with the interface connector. The plug includes a number of contacts equal to or less than the plurality of contacts in the interface connector. A particular embodiment of one of the circuit boards includes circuitry for connecting the television receiver to an interconnecting network and for enabling the television receiver to control, and to be controlled by, another television receiver also connected to the interconnecting network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Paul Vogel, Robin Bernard Rumbolt, Jeffrey Reed Lukkarila, Larry D. Johnson