Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Stadler

Patrick A. Stadler 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).

  • Managing asynchronous requests for user interface resources in an information system
    Patent number: 6971101
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an information appliance system (100) having an information appliance device (102) with a focus manager (206). Among other things, the focus manager is disposed to manage a plurality of asynchronous entities (214). Focus manager (206) receives an asynchronous request (209), stores it in a queue (250) and assigns it a priority level (252, 254, 256). Based on the priority level (252, 254, 256), an asynchronous entity (214) takes over control of user interface device resources from an entity (210), utilizes the resources, and returns them to the entity (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Clayton, Merlin Smith, Kungwel Mike Liu, Patrick A. Stadler, Ryan J. Kummet
  • Method and system for distributing position information
    Patent number: 6374179
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of navigational position sources (208) disposed to provide position data, a position service module (202) to form a composite of position data (240) and a position session module (204) to transmit composite of position data (240) to applications (210, 212, 214, 216). An embodiment of a method includes providing a plurality of navigational position sources (208) disposed to provide position data, providing a position service module (202) disposed to receive position data, and form composite of position data (240). Composite of position data (240) is then transmitted to one or more applications (210, 212, 214, 216) via a position session module (204).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Merlin Smith, Mark Clayton, Patrick A. Stadler