Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Gavin

Thomas J. Gavin 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 for managing data transfer between computing devices
    Patent number: 5588148
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing data transfer between computing devices. A message received identifies a particular data set and a client profile (410). When the particular data set represents a complete data set, this fact is confirmed (420,425,430). When the particular data set does not represent the complete data set, the client profile is used to determine whether to transmit additional data to complete the particular data set, or whether to transmit the complete data set to replace the particular data set (420,425,440).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Landis, Anthony J. Yeates, Thomas J. Gavin