Patents by Inventor Robert L. Gainer

Robert L. Gainer 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).

  • Patent number: 10467858
    Abstract: A system and method for carrying out instant win games to benefit a consumer who is connected on-line with a social media network, where the system includes a data base coupled to the social media network, and an instant win processor control unit connected to the data base and to the social media network for processing instant winners connected with the social media network. The method includes a consumer establishing communication on-line with a social media network through a computing device and that the said consumer receives a message from a brand conducting a promotion on the social media network indicating an opportunity to participate in an instant win game play via the social media network. The consumer will then re-send the message with a requested identifier, and the consumer receives a notice that the game play has resulted in either a win or a loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Epsilon Data Management, LLC
    Inventors: Lucica Bobes, Robert L. Gainer
  • Publication number: 20160155288
    Abstract: A system and method for carrying out instant win games to benefit a consumer who is connected on-line with a social media network, where the system includes a data base coupled to the social media network, and an instant win processor control unit connected to the data base and to the social media network for processing instant winners connected with the social media network. The method includes a consumer establishing communication on-line with a social media network through a computing device and that the said consumer receives a message from a brand conducting a promotion on the social media network indicating an opportunity to participate in an instant win game play via the social media network. The consumer will then re-send the message with a requested identifier, and the consumer receives a notice that the game play has resulted in either a win or a loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Lucica BOBES, Robert L. GAINER
  • Patent number: 4964018
    Abstract: A multi-purpose display module system for an electrical instrument has a readily detachable display module for remote use that can be quickly reattached. The display module is readily adjusted in tilt angle, whether attached or remoted. A front frame with a recess is mounted on the front of a main chassis for the instrument. Latches are mounted on the main chassis and extend into the recess on opposite sides of the recess, the ends of the latches defining a rotation axis across the recess. A display module has clutch assemblies frictionally, rotatably mounted on opposing sides to fixedly engage the ends of the latches when the display module is mounted within the recess. Release of one latch allows the display module to be removed and set up independently with a stand integral with the clutch assemblies, the display module being electrically connected to the electrical instrument by an electrical cable of suitable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Mallory, Gary D. Basey, Robert L. Gainer