Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Van Rooy

Stephen J. Van Rooy 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).

  • Virtual pager for general purpose data terminal
    Patent number: 5459458
    Abstract: A general-purpose data terminal (242), such as a personal computer, portable computer, notebook computer, personal intelligent communicator, portable wireless terminal and the like employs a radio frequency (RF) modem (408) and is programmed to function as a two-way acknowledge back pager. The general purpose data terminal (242) maintains a table listing (600) of caller identification information and presents this information to the device user upon receipt of a page (300) from an identifiable caller. The device user may respond to the page by selecting one of a plurality of user definable responses to be transmitted back to the caller. If no response is selected the caller will receive a message informing them of the paged party's unavailability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Patrick Richardson, Susan B. Major, G. Michael Milikich, James E. Mathis, Mark J. Johnson, Stephen J. Van Rooy