Patents by Inventor Paul C. Fowler

Paul C. Fowler 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 and apparatus for engaging functionality with a color tag
    Patent number: 8478035
    Abstract: A method of creating and/or detecting a color tag being displayed or to be displayed along with or as part of an image, wherein the color tag comprises an attribute or information identifying an attribute that will be communicated to an application and/or device. In one embodiment of this method, the application and/or device is capable of taking an action associated with the color tag. The method of creating a color tag further comprises associating the color tag with an image to be displayed on a display, wherein the color tag will be displayed with or as part of the image on the display. The method of detecting a color tag also comprises communicating the attribute or information identifying the attribute to the application and/or device capable of taking an action associated with the color tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: EInstruction Corporation
    Inventor: Paul C. Fowler
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGAGING FUNCTIONALITY WITH A COLOR TAG
    Publication number: 20110206232
    Abstract: A method of creating and/or detecting a color tag being displayed or to be displayed along with or as part of an image, wherein the color tag comprises an attribute or information identifying an attribute that will be communicated to an application and/or device. In one embodiment of this method, the application and/or device is capable of taking an action associated with the color tag. The method of creating a color tag further comprises associating the color tag with an image to be displayed on a display, wherein the color tag will be displayed with or as part of the image on the display. The method of detecting a color tag also comprises communicating the attribute or information identifying the attribute to the application and/or device capable of taking an action associated with the color tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: elnstruction Corporation
    Inventor: Paul C. Fowler
  • Oral care device
    Patent number: D1015750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sage Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Michael Fowler, Ronald C. Cagle, Theresa L. Sebastian, Timothy J. Rapinchuk