Kenneth Samuel Krieger

US Patent:

51951304, Mar 16, 1993

Filed:

Oct 5, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/593921

Inventors:

Lawrence D. Weiss - New York NY
Joseph C. Kawan - Hollywood CA
Leslie Roth - Plainview NY
Jim R. Vollmer - Los Angeles CA
Morris L. Tucci - Van Nuys CA
Melvin M. Takata - Hermosa Beach CA
Alfred S. Samulon - Malibu CA
Dilip J. Parekh - Los Angeles CA
Sarkis A. Meguerdijian - Glendale CA
Harvey Marks - Canoga Park CA
Shan Lee - Hacienda Heights CA
Douglas W. Caruthers - Redondo CA
Leo Ahlin - Rexdale, CA
Leslie Moss - Los Angeles CA
Kenneth Krieger - Northport NY
Carol A. Medine - Los Angeles CA
Truc Nguyen - Cerritos CA
Marjorie Engber - New York NY
Edward Chin - Dix Hills NY
Lucilla K. Warren - Los Angeles CA
Joseph P. Randolph - Winchester MA
Robert Haddock - New York NY

Assignee:

Transaction Technology, Inc. - Santa Monica CA

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379 98

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a telephone configured as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, and a programmable gate array (PGA) chip and enhanced integrity features, and has the overall appearance of a telephone. The PGA has the capability of being reconfigured to accommodate various types of softwares which require different hardware configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to reconfigure the PGA to format the microcomputer necessary to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.

US Patent:

55725724, Nov 5, 1996

Filed:

Mar 16, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/213791

Inventors:

Joseph C. Kawan - Hollywood CA
Melvin M. Takata - Hermosa Beach CA
Alfred S. Samulon - Malibu CA
Dilip J. Parekh - Los Angeles CA
Harvey Marks - Canoga Park CA
Douglas W. Caruthers - Marina Del Rey CA
Carol A. Medine - Los Angeles CA
Truc Nguyen - Cerritos CA
Lucilla Warren - Santa Barbara CA
Leslie Moss - Los Angeles CA
Morris L. Tucci - Van Nuys CA
Shan Lee - Hacienda Heights CA
Jim Vollmer - Culver City CA
Leo Ahlin - Etobicoke, CA
Lawrence D. Weiss - Skaneateles NY
Leslie Roth - Planview NY
Kenneth Krieger - Northport NY
Marjorie Engber - New York NY
Edward Chin - Long Island City NY
Robert Haddock - New York NY

Assignee:

Transaction Technology, Inc. - Santa Monica CA

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379 98

Abstract:

A telephone configures as a programmable microcomputer (telephone-computer) which operates in most circumstances through a standard telephone 12-key keypad input. The telephone-computer has the overall appearance of a telephone and includes telephone electronics and a microprocessor unit operated in conjunction with other computer elements, including memory devices, a programmable gate array (PGA) chip which can be initially programmed and then fixed, and enhanced integrity features. The PGA has the capability of being configured to accommodate various types of software which require different hardware Configuration, but without actually reconfiguring the hardware. The telephone-computer delivers data processing capabilities and services through an ordinary telephone instrument via conventional telephone lines with a network host computer which communicates with a vast panoply of service bureaus. Specifically, operating software is downloaded to the telephone-computer by the network host computer to format the microcomputer to conform to the software format used by the service bureaus.