Patents by Inventor Todd R. Hayes

Todd R. Hayes 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: 6501473
    Abstract: A graphical method and system of tracking projects managed in accordance with Theory of Constraints project management techniques. A graph of project and feeding chain buffer consumption is constructed for at a glance project status review by management. Alternate buffer consumption models may be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Todd R. Hayes, Ed van Loenen, Michael W. Andrews
  • Publication number: 20020152238
    Abstract: A system and method to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online hypertext markup language (HTML) document for a plurality of customers and users. The system is made up of a client computer means for the plurality of users to access the system, a server computer means for providing the plurality of users with the online HTML document and the client computer means communicating with the server computer means over a computer network, such as the Internet. There is also an interactive interface made up of a display frame with a static HTML layer for pop-up footnotes, graphics and banners; a scrolling text frame for holding a text of the document and hyperlinks to activate pop-up footnotes and ad banners in the display frame; a title navigation frame, which includes links to other chapters and segments of the document and a custom client frame, which is a frame that is designed to a customer's specification and includes links to a customer's Web pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Todd R. Hayes
  • Patent number: 5346855
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making InP-based DFB lasers that can reliably mitigate or substantially prevent erosion of the grating during overgrowth. The method comprises contacting, prior to overgrowth, the grating with a sulfurcontaining aqueous medium, e.g., 80 parts by weight H.sub.2 O/20 parts by weight ammonium sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Erin K. Byrne, Utpal K. Chakrabarti, Todd R. Hayes