Patents by Inventor Steve Hatch

Steve Hatch 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).

  • Audio related system link management
    Patent number: 8473844
    Abstract: A system for management and control of audio-related equipment. A link manager may be included in the system. The link manager may be configured to manage subscriptions to multiple other audio-related devices or control panel views. When the managed data variables change, the link manager module may notify other audio-related devices and/or control panel views of the change. In response to the notification, the other audio-related devices and/or control panels may subscribe to the audio-related device with the changed data variable, to request receipt of the updated data variable. In some examples, the link manager module may also be configured to lessen the subscription burden for a particular audio-related device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Allen Kreifeldt, John Lee, William A. Plunkett, Timothy J. Shuttleworth, Andrew Stevenson, Bruce Vander Werf, Steve Hatch, Michael Douglas Hamling, Scott Gardner
  • Audio related system link management
    Publication number: 20050232602
    Abstract: A system for management and control of audio-related equipment. A link manager may be included in the system. The link manager may be configured to manage subscriptions to multiple other audio-related devices or control panel views. When the managed data variables change, the link manager module may notify other audio-related devices and/or control panel views of the change. In response to the notification, the other audio-related devices and/or control panels may subscribe to the audio-related device with the changed data variable, to request receipt of the updated data variable. In some examples, the link manager module may also be configured to lessen the subscription burden for a particular audio-related device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Kreifeldt, John Lee, William Plunkett, Timothy Shuttleworth, Andrew Stevenson, Bruce Werf, Steve Hatch, Michael Hamling, Scott Gardner