William K Robbins

US Patent:

20100162148, Jun 24, 2010

Filed:

Dec 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/339383

Inventors:

Mark Ryan - Norcross GA, US
R. Tyler Wallis - Dallas TX, US
William S. Robbins - Sun Prairie WI, US
Susan Steele - Phillipsburg GA, US

Assignee:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715764

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.

US Patent:

41752970, Nov 27, 1979

Filed:

Feb 3, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/875124

Inventors:

William E. Robbins - Melbourne FL
Robert H. Richardson - Melbourne FL

International Classification:

D47C 774

US Classification:

5284

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an alternating inflatable support for the human body. The invention includes a flexible pillow having a plurality of fluid impervious pockets therein which are substantially flat when deflated, but which support an adjacent section of the human body when inflated with a fluid under pressure. The pockets are interspersed and grouped into an operably coupled first set of pockets and an operably coupled second set of pockets. A pump is provided which includes at least one pumping chamber for receiving and expelling fluid under pressure. A solenoid is operably coupled to the pumping chambers for compressing and expanding the pumping chambers. A valve is operably coupled between the pump and the flexible pillow for alternately inflating and exhausting the fluid through the first set of pockets and the second set of pockets, thereby alternately supporting the interspersed sections of the body adjacent to the first set of the pockets and the second set of pockets.