Patents by Inventor Richard Gibbons

Richard Gibbons 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).

  • Publication number: 20040143603
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a system and method for sharing and recording information on a wired or wireless computer network during synchronous and asynchronous sessions. A software program uses computers to enhance the collaboration, teaching, learning, presentation, and sharing of information and to record multi-media events for later playback and interaction with these events. Collaboration is enhanced by using features that allow broadcasting presentations, sharing, editing and replying to documents, taking notes, viewing participant information, creating and responding to polling questions, asking and answering questions and providing feedback on the pace and difficulty of the session. In particular, users may add notes during the recording of a multi-media presentation that are synchronized timewise with the presentation. When the presentation is played back, the notes are displayed at the correct time and space in which they were added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Roy Kaufmann, Murray Goldberg, Terry Coatta, Norman Hutchinson, Richard Gibbons
  • Publication number: 20020102961
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting signals concerning the location of an emergency vehicle to other cars traveling in the vicinity of the emergency vehicle alert the other vehicles to the presence of the emergency vehicle. A transmitter unit which is desirably automatically switched on whenever the flashing lights and sirens of the emergency vehicle are activated. transmits a signal preferably only within a limited range adjacent or near the emergency vehicle. The transmitted signal preferably identifies the present location and direction of the emergency vehicle. The location and direction information of the emergency vehicle is preferably provided by GPS data generated by a GPS system associated with the emergency vehicle. Automobiles and other vehicles are outfitted with receivers for receiving the signals transmitted by emergency vehicles as described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Gibbons, John Gibbons
  • Patent number: 6317297
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a magnetoresistive sensor is disclosed. The method and system include providing a first pinned layer, providing a first spacer layer above the first pinned layer, and providing a free layer above the first spacer layer. The method and system further include providing a second spacer layer above the free layer and providing a second pinned layer above the second spacer layer. The first pinned layer includes a first magnetic layer and a second magnetic layer separated by a first nonmagnetic layer. The first magnetic layer is antiferromagnetically coupled with the second magnetic layer. The second pinned layer includes a third magnetic layer and a fourth magnetic layer separated by a second nonmagnetic layer. The third magnetic layer is antiferromagnetically coupled with the fourth magnetic layer. The first pinned layer and the second pinned layer are pinned by a current carried by the magnetoresistive head during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: Hua-Ching Tong, Xizeng Shi, Subrata Dey, Matthew Richard Gibbons