Patents by Inventor Terry R. Hicks

Terry R. Hicks 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: 20120191514
    Abstract: Requesting and distributing electronic advertisements including electronic coupons and sales advertisements. A user of a mobile communication device such as a Smartphone views a current electronic advertisement of a merchant on a screen of the mobile communication device. After viewing the current electronic advertisement, the user wants to opt in to receive more electronic advertisements from the merchant and launches an application on the mobile communication device or accesses a software program. The application or program generates a request to receive additional electronic advertisements from that particular merchant. In response, additional electronic advertisements are provided to the user, e.g., through an intermediate computer and interfaces with a merchant computer or other source of electronic advertisements of the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTUIT INC.
    Inventors: Colin J. Roper, Christian G. Dalit, Terry R. Hicks
  • Patent number: 5859623
    Abstract: An intelligent display system presentation projection arrangement and method include the conversion of presentation display information into portable document format information for supplying it to an intelligent display system, which subsequently converts the portable document formation information to presentation display information. A controller responds to the converted information for controlling a projection display unit for causing the display presentation images to be projected onto a remotely located viewing surface. The intelligent display system of the arrangement replaces the separate computer with a unit which is either connected to the projection display unit, or incorporated therein. By utilizing the conversion to portable document format information, any computer platform may be employed, and the information is displayed at the highest resolution available to the projection display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Proxima Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine K. Meyn, Lane T. Hauck, Terry R. Hicks, Robert A. Rejent, Jr., David L. Ambrose