Patents by Inventor Oscar R. Lewis

Oscar R. Lewis 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).

  • Programmable actuator and method in a network terminal device
    Patent number: 7783982
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for obtaining preferred information from a network by execution of a sequence of actions in response to a single actuation in a network terminal device. A sequence of actions is programmed in network terminal device. The sequence of actions are executed in response to a single actuation if a softkey. A network destination parameter and a user preference parameter are also programmed. The sequence of actions includes coupling a destination parameter into the network, upon receipt of a network reply message corresponding to said destination parameter, coupling a preference parameter into the network, and upon receipt of the preferred information from the network, outputting the preferred information from the network terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: RadioShack, Corporation
    Inventors: Billy E. Reynolds, Oscar R. Lewis, David K. Mathews