Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Madl

Michael Thomas Madl 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).

  • Method for providing kiosk functionality in a general purpose operating system
    Patent number: 6513071
    Abstract: A method to intercept operating system messages in an informational processing device, the method comprising the steps of: waiting for an operating system message; determining if the message corresponds to a previously selected operating system message; and performing an operating system call that has been previously mapped to the selected operating system message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Madl, William Philip Shaouy, Marcus Frederick Nucci
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING KIOSK FUNCTIONALITY IN A GENERAL PURPOSE OPERATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020091870
    Abstract: A method to intercept operating system messages in an informational processing device, the method comprising the steps of: waiting for an operating system message; determining if the message corresponds to a previously selected operating system message; and performing an operating system call that has been previously mapped to the selected operating system message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: MICHAEL THOMAS MADL, WILLIAM PHILIP SHAOUY, MARCUS FREDERICK NUCCI