Byron G Caldwell

US Patent:

7212301, May 1, 2007

Filed:

Oct 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/003339

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US
Byron G. Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
David Alan Gollom - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Call-Tell LLC - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
G06K 1/00

US Classification:

358 115, 358402, 715505, 382173, 382217

Abstract:

One or more parameters such as time is reported to a center using a form. The center then automatically extracts data from the form and converts it for storage and subsequent processing or review. The form is preferably a physical form, which the sender fills in and then faxes to the center. Image capture, registration, and feature recognition routines are included to enable the center to extract the reported data with no need for data reentry or human intervention. The invention is particularly suitable for employees who need to submit time sheets, expense reports, and the like to an employer, or for automatic analysis of submitted inventory reports, product orders, etc.

US Patent:

7406663, Jul 29, 2008

Filed:

Jun 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/445909

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Byron G. Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US

Assignee:

Call-Tell LLC - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715788, 715800, 715794, 715760, 715734

Abstract:

A graphical input device having the appearance of a drop-down menu in a browser-based display is generated locally, within a user's computer, in place of a pull-down menu expressed in a mark-up language such as HTML or its derivatives downloaded into the user's computer. The set of possible entries to be displayed along with the graphical input device may vary depending on the user. The minimum display width needed for full-width display of even the widest entry is evaluated locally by scripting and the width of the displayed graphical input device is adjusted accordingly. The drop-down list and its listed entries may be wider than the data entry field. The user can thus view and select customized possible entries that cannot fit within the nominal displayed data entry field of the assumed pull-down menu.

US Patent:

7426486, Sep 16, 2008

Filed:

Oct 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/003341

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US
Byron G. Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
David Alan Gollom - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Call-Tell LLC - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/02

US Classification:

705 32, 705 1, 358 113, 358 114, 358 115, 382170, 382182

Abstract:

One or more parameters such as time is reported to a center using a form. The center then automatically extracts data from the form and converts it for storage and subsequent processing or review. The invention allows other parties, upon proper authentication, to annotate received data, to indicate acceptance or rejection of the reported data. Depending on the relationship of the various parties and business rules stored with the center, parties other than the sender and center may also download reported data for subsequent processing, even where they have different hardware and software platforms. The invention is particularly suitable for senders such as employees who need to submit time sheets, expense reports, and the like to an employer, or for automatic analysis of submitted inventory reports, product orders, etc. In one embodiment, the center acts as an automatic data collecting and reporting intermediary between the sender and an employment agency, on one hand, and between the agency and a client, on the other hand, where the sender is associated with the agency but performs tasks on behalf of the client.

US Patent:

7500201, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

Jun 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/445908

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Byron G. Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US

Assignee:

Call-Tell LLC - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715780, 715224, 715225, 715226

Abstract:

A current set of user-selectable choices is associated with a displayed graphical input device, which is used to select a value of an input parameter. Each user-selectable choice has at least one pair of information fields separated by a delimiter and each information field comprises sequentially ordered characters. A search for a matching entry to assign to the input parameter is carried out as the user enters each of a sequence of characters, and if a match is not found in a first information field, then (or simultaneously) it is sought in a different information field, also on the basis of the character-by-character user entries.

US Patent:

7508537, Mar 24, 2009

Filed:

May 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/799917

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US
Byron G. Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
David Alan Gollom - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Call-Tell LLC - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/12
H04N 1/40
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

358 115, 358403, 358462, 705 1, 705 2, 705 3, 705 4, 705 9, 705 22, 705 26, 705 28

Abstract:

One or more parameters, such as time, are reported to a center using a form. The center then automatically extracts data from the form and converts it for storage and subsequent processing or review. The form is preferably a tangible form, which the sender completes, and then faxes or emails to the center. Image capture, registration, and feature recognition routines are included to enable the center to extract the reported data with no need for data reentry or human intervention. The invention is particularly suitable for remote employees who need to submit time sheets, expense reports, and the like to an employer, or for automatic analysis of submitted inventory reports, product orders, etc.

US Patent:

20030160828, Aug 28, 2003

Filed:

Feb 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/080472

Inventors:

Varda Treibach-Heck - Redwood City CA, US
Byron Caldwell - Los Angeles CA, US
Bruce Johnson - Chatsworth CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/780000, 345/810000, 345/825000

Abstract:

A graphical input device, preferably in a browser-based display, resembles a pull-down menu, with a displayed data entry field. The set of possible entries to be displayed along with the graphical input device varies depending on the user. The minimum display width needed for full-width display of the entries is evaluated by scripting and the actual display of the set is generated accordingly. The drop-down list and its listed entries may be wider than the data entry field. The user can thus view and select customized possible entries that cannot fit within the displayed data entry field. According to another aspect of the preferred embodiment of the invention, when the user is making selections from the drop-down list, multiple keyboard entries can be used to cause rapid scrolling to entries that match not only the first character entered, but also to entries whose first n characters match n characters entered while viewing the list. For hierarchically structured and itemized entry lists, matching is preferably performed first to the right of at least one delimiter. The various novel aspects of the invention are implemented using scripting embedded within HTML code so that they are available to users who are browsing web content.