Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Mandle

Thomas C. Mandle 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).

  • Method and system for placing and redirecting IP-based telephone calls
    Publication number: 20040165579
    Abstract: The invention includes methods for allowing a user to selectively forward incoming POTS telephone calls received at a computer on a LAN to an IP-based device on the LAN. The methods allow a user with an IP-based device on a LAN to place an IP-based telephone call from the IP-based device through the computer and out on a POTS line to destination telephone numbers. Systems and computer media incorporating the methods of the present invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas C. Mandle
  • Method and system for switching power and loading and closing applications in a portable computing device using a removable pointing device
    Publication number: 20040100457
    Abstract: The invention includes a method for switching power in a portable computing device and systems and computer media incorporating the method. A method according to the present invention may include providing a removable pointing device configured for attachment to a portable computing device and activating the portable computing device by removing the removable pointing device from the portable computing device. The method may further include concurrently starting a predefined application in the portable computing device in response to removing the removable pointing device. The method may further include closing one or more applications and/or deactivating the portable computing device in response to returning the removable pointing device to the portable computing device. Systems and computer media incorporating the method of the present invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas C. Mandle
  • Vehicle diagnostic tool
    Patent number: D374183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: David N. Skinner, Hossein Arjomand, Richard C. Bonito, Gilbert Lemke, John M. Santacroce, Thomas C. Mandle, Daniel R. Bergmen