Patents by Inventor Paul Silver

Paul Silver 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).

  • Message alert system and method of providing message notification
    Patent number: 7509148
    Abstract: A message alert system is useful for a communication device (10) having a display (12) and a processor (30). The message alert system includes a computer-readable medium (32) and a routine stored in the computer-readable medium (32) and configured for execution by the processor (30). The routine includes a first routine that receives a message having a message type, and a second routine that generates a display item (40) for the display (12) of the communication device (10) in accordance with the message type such that the display item (40) comprises information indicative of the message type of the received message and whether further messages of the message type have been received by the communication device (10). The routine may further includes a memory check routine that determines whether storing the message in the computer-readable medium (32) would result in exceeding a predetermined amount of the capacity of the computer-readable medium (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Suthirug Num Pisutha-Arnond, Sheila Renee Crosby, Eric Christensen, Paul Silver, George W. Schaupp, Jr., Keith McConnell, Scott E. Preece