Patents by Inventor Brent Gardner

Brent Gardner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151895
    Abstract: A variety of illumination devices are disclosed that are configured to manipulate light provided by one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs). In general, embodiments of the illumination devices feature one or more optical couplers that redirect illumination from the LEEs to a reflector which then directs the light into a range of angles. In some embodiments, the illumination device includes a second reflector that reflects at least some of the light from the first reflector. In certain embodiments, the illumination device includes a light guide that guides light from the collector to the first reflector. The components of the illumination device can be configured to provide illumination devices that can provide a variety of intensity distributions. Such illumination devices can be configured to provide light for particular lighting applications, including office lighting, task lighting, cabinet lighting, garage lighting, wall wash, stack lighting, and downlighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Wilson Dau, Robert C. Gardner, George Lerman, Louis Lerman, Christopher H. Lowery, Brian D. Ogonowsky, George E. Smith, Ingo Speier, Robert V. Steele, Jacqueline Teng, Allan Brent York, Hans Peter Stormberg
  • Publication number: 20240064272
    Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to migrate a meeting from a first physical conference room to a second physical conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conferencing system in the first physical conference room may be paused and the current state of the video conferencing system may be saved. The meeting may then be migrated to a second physical conference room. The contents of the shared display and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second physical conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Barron, Brent Gardner, Christopher Jaynes, Justin McBride, Ryan Lee
  • Patent number: 11805227
    Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Mersive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Barron, Brent Gardner, Christopher Jaynes, Justin McBride, Ryan Lee
  • Patent number: 11288243
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of one or more data records. The method is implemented using a quality assessment (QA) computing device. The method includes storing, into a data warehouse, predefined data quality assessment criteria to be applied to the one or more data records to assess the data quality of the one or more data records. The method further includes assessing, by the QA computing device, the one or more data fields of each data record in the one or more views using the assessment criteria, wherein a data quality value is assigned to the one or more data fields based on the data quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Cristina Irene Hall, Robert Brent Gardner, William Curtis Jones, Charles E. Wheeler, Brian L. Wetter
  • Publication number: 20220078376
    Abstract: A system and method for a video conferencing system with meeting migration allows a client device to host a video conference meeting while connected to a video conferencing system in a first conference room. At any point during the meeting, the video conference may be paused and the current state of the video conference in a first conference room may be saved. The video conference meeting may then be migrated to a second conference room without having to restart the video conference. Client devices that have connected to the video conferencing system as well as client devices that have joined the video conference, the contents of the shared display, and other elements of the video conference are saved and restarted in the second conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Brandon Barron, Brent Gardner, Christopher Jaynes, Justin McBride, Ryan Lee
  • Patent number: 11012665
    Abstract: A bridging video conference room system and method provides for using a client device to leverage the conference room infrastructure to hold a video conference with remote users. A user may indicate an intent to host a video conference to a room-host device, which may then detect and parse a calendar invitation to cause the video conference software to launch on the user's client device as a host of the meeting. Other client devices may share content to the video conference by sharing to the bridging video conference room system without joining the video conference separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: MERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher O. Jaynes, Brandon Barron, Ryan Lee, Justin McBride, Brent Gardner
  • Publication number: 20190286621
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of one or more data records. The method is implemented using a quality assessment (QA) computing device. The method includes storing, into a data warehouse, predefined data quality assessment criteria to be applied to the one or more data records to assess the data quality of the one or more data records. The method further includes assessing, by the QA computing device, the one or more data fields of each data record in the one or more views using the assessment criteria, wherein a data quality value is assigned to the one or more data fields based on the data quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Cristina Irene Hall, Robert Brent Gardner, William Curtis Jones, Charles E. Wheeler, Brian L. Wetter
  • Patent number: 10318501
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of one or more data records. The method is implemented using a quality assessment (QA) computing device. The method includes storing, into a data warehouse, predefined data quality assessment criteria to be applied to the one or more data records to assess the data quality of the one or more data records. The method further includes assessing, by the QA computing device, the one or more data fields of each data record in the one or more views using the assessment criteria, wherein a data quality value is assigned to the one or more data fields based on the data quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Cristina Irene Hall, Robert Brent Gardner, William Curtis Jones, Charles E. Wheeler, Brian L. Wetter
  • Publication number: 20180113898
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of one or more data records. The method is implemented using a quality assessment (QA) computing device. The method includes storing, into a data warehouse, predefined data quality assessment criteria to be applied to the one or more data records to assess the data quality of the one or more data records. The method further includes assessing, by the QA computing device, the one or more data fields of each data record in the one or more views using the assessment criteria, wherein a data quality value is assigned to the one or more data fields based on the data quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Cristina Irene Hall, Robert Brent Gardner, William Curtis Jones, Charles E. Wheeler, Brian L. Wetter
  • Publication number: 20120259685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing pre-paid transactions are provided. In one embodiment, a method for managing pre-paid transactions includes receiving a set of vendor settings from a first vendor in a plurality of vendors. The set of vendor settings includes an offer associated with a bonus definable by the first vendor. The method also includes receiving a deposit of funds for the first vendor from a consumer, determining whether the consumer qualifies for the offer from the first vendor, and crediting a consumer account associated with the consumer with the deposit of funds and the bonus in response to determining that the consumer qualifies for the offer from the first vendor. The deposit of funds and the bonus is spendable at the first vendor using a consumer card associated with the consumer account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Alec Brent Gardner, Daniel Alexander Jardin