Patents by Inventor Peter James Macer

Peter James Macer 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 device control
    Patent number: 6502000
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided by which one device (12) can be used to control another device (11) without any requirement that the controlling device (12) has any knowledge of the nature or functionality of the controlled device (11). The controlled device (11) transmits to the controlling device (12) a set of possible parameter choices, together with information identifying the possible parameter choices. The controlling device (12) then displays (or otherwise provides to the user) both the set of parameter choices and the information so that a user (13) is able to select a set of actual parameter choices through the user interface of the controlling device (12). The set of actual parameter choices is then transmitted back to the controlled device (11), whose operational parameters are then modified in accordance with the set of actual parameter choices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Patrick Simon Arnold, Peter James Macer, Peter Michael Williams