Patents by Inventor Ronald A. Hoyt

Ronald A. Hoyt 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: 8473834
    Abstract: A method for a dynamic portal menu and message system. The method includes receiving, in a web service, a web service call from a web part. The method also includes transmitting a procedure call, corresponding to the web service call, to a database server. The method also includes receiving, from the database server, unformatted data corresponding to the procedure call. The method also includes formatting the unformatted data to produce a formatted data. The method also includes transmitting the formatted data to the web part. A data processing system and a dynamic portal system are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Hoyt, Farrel B. Layton, Scott E. Kornack
  • Patent number: 6601864
    Abstract: A device for preventing a wheelchair or a walker from passing through a doorway, the doorway having a predetermined dimension, e.g., a predetermined height. The device includes a barrier and a coupling for securing the barrier to the; wheelchair or the walker such that a portion of the barrier extends from the wheelchair or the walker. The barrier has a primary dimension sized such that a combined dimension, e.g., a combined height, of the wheelchair or the walker and the portion of the barrier extending from the wheelchair or walker is greater than the predetermined height of the doorway, such that the barrier prevents the wheelchair or the walker from passing through the doorway. The present disclosure, therefore, provides a device for preventing a wheelchair or a walker from passing through a doorway to keep a patient in a defined area and prevent the patient from entering another area where the patient might be endangered or endanger others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Inventor: Ronald Hoyt
  • Patent number: 5884310
    Abstract: A data storage system (12) may include a plurality of source systems (14) and a common database server (16). Each source system (14) may include a source database (20), an extraction engine (24) and a transformation engine(26). At least two of the source systems (14) may have source databases (20) that store data in disparate formats and file structures. The extraction engine (24) may extract data from the source database (20). The transformation engine (26) may transform data extracted from the source database (20) into a common format and file structure. The common database server (16) may include a common database (32), a common database controller (34) and a load engine (48). The common database controller (34) may receive data transformed by the transformation engine (26). The load engine (48) may load the data received by the common database controller (34) into the common database (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Harriet B. Brichta, Gerald R. Lewis, Mark D. Knesek, Ronald A. Hoyt, Geoffrey M. Owens