Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Sanders

Thomas C. Sanders 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: 20240126804
    Abstract: A method at a client device includes displaying media library information corresponding to a set of media items. The media items include one or more local media items, the one or more local media items including media items stored at the client device, and one or more remote media items, the one or more remote media items including media items stored at a remote system and not at the client device. The method also includes displaying, concurrently with displaying the media library information, affordances identifying the remote media items; detecting user interaction with an affordance identifying a respective remote media item; and in response to detecting the user interaction, initiating a process for downloading a copy of the respective remote media item to the client device for storage at the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher John SANDERS, Thomas M. ALSINA, Imran CHAUDHRI, Patrice O. GAUTIER, Sean Boland KELLY, Timothy B. MARTIN, Lucas C. NEWMAN, Jeffrey L. ROBBIN, Andrew M. WADYCKI
  • Publication number: 20020130165
    Abstract: A mailer, for attachment to an object to be mailed, has an integrally constructed single sheet mailer having a detachable form and a recipient address label. The detachable form may be used with certified mailing as a return receipt post card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Raymond W. Sanders, Joseph R. Ferrarelli, Thomas C. Sanders
  • Patent number: 5901903
    Abstract: Envelopes for certified mail each comprising a panel and a flap constituting an integral, one-piece assembly of thin card stock with a fold line between the panel and the flap. When the panel of the panel and flap assembly comprises the rear panel of an envelope a removable return receipt card is formed therein by lines of perforations and is preprinted on both sides. A Certified Mail endorsement and a return receipt request are preprinted on the flap. A paper front panel is adhered to the inside surface of the rear panel. When the panel of the panel and flap assembly comprises the front panel of an envelope a removable return receipt card is formed in the flap by lines of perforations and is preprinted on both sides. A Certified Mail endorsement and return receipt request are preprinted on the front panel. A paper rear panel is adhered to the inside surface of the front panel. In both embodiments, the envelopes may be assembled individually or in the form of a continuous strip thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Ferrarelli, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond W. Sanders, Joseph R. Ferrarelli, Thomas C. Sanders
  • Patent number: 4578663
    Abstract: A magnetic assembly comprising four magnets and four flux-carrying polepieces defines a working volume in which magnetic flux is distributed substantially uniformly over a major portion of the working volume. The magnetic assembly provides effective self-cancellation of stray magnetic field outside the working volume, and provides an optimized ratio of volume of magnetic flux to weight of magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sanders, Wynne Calvert