Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Romero

Thomas P. Romero 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).

  • Patent number: 11972180
    Abstract: A method and computing system operable for displaying a first routing diagram on a display. The first routing diagram is a member of a first set of routing diagrams that includes multiple different routing diagrams. Displaying the first routing diagram includes displaying a user-selectable control and a first portion of a particular routable component within the first routing diagram. The user-selectable control corresponds to a location of the display where a first terminal connected to the particular routable component or a second terminal connected or connectable to the first terminal is displayed. An additional function include determining, by a processor, a selection of the user-selectable control occurs while the first routing diagram is displayed on the display. A further function includes displaying, on the display in response to determining the selection of the user-selectable control occurs, the second routing diagram with a second portion of the particular routable component highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mitchell Repair Information Company, LLC
    Inventors: Michel B. Alberry, Lester B. Johnson, Thomas A. Southward, Thomas W. Tipps, Michael S. Knize, John P. McGraw, Robert Pilz, Bryan Keithley Romero
  • Publication number: 20010003184
    Abstract: The present invention recognizes that Internet users who utilize Internet televison devices to interface with the Internet do not have the same needs as Internet users who use computers. The present invention addresses the needs of television Internet users to interface with the Internet by providing appropriate interfacing methods, compositions and articles of manufacture. One aspect of the present invention is a word code that includes a series of numerical digits that relates to a word or portion of a word. Another aspect of the present invention is a method of making a word code that includes identifying a word or portion of a word that is an appropriate word code and translating the word or portion of a word into a word code. A further aspect of the present invention is a composition of matter or an article of manufacture that includes at least two word codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: Jamison K. Ching, Thomas P. Romero