Patents by Inventor Bruce Porter
Bruce Porter 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).
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Patent number: 11467733Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Publication number: 20220070669Abstract: The disclosed digital wireless private communication platform according to various embodiments may comprise a hub device, a plurality of signal boosters, a lead device, and a plurality of group devices. The hub device may be capable of establishing a wireless personal area network (WPAN) and configured to broadcast a signal based on the WPAN. The plurality of signal boosters may be coupled to each other in a daisy-chain configuration and configured to broadcast the signal within a broad geographic area. The lead device may comprise a lead mobile application operating on the lead device and configured to connect the lead device to the WPAN. Each group device may comprise a group mobile application operating on the group device and configured to connect the group device to the WPAN and establish a communication link between the group device and the lead device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Donald Paul Schween, Bruce Porter, Jason Allred
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Patent number: 11202329Abstract: Provided is a digital wireless private communication platform for use with groups. The communication platform includes a hub device, a lead device and a plurality of group devices. The hub device may establish an independent dedicated Wi-Fi network and may be configured to receive multiple inputs and multiple outputs. The lead device may operate a lead mobile application that couples the lead device to the hub device. The plurality of group device may operate group mobile applications that couple the plurality of group devices to the hub device. The hub device establishes the independent dedicated Wi-Fi network for connecting the lead device with the plurality of group devices and establishes a private communication link between the lead device and the plurality of group devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Inventors: Donald Paul Schween, Bruce Porter, Jason Allred
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Publication number: 20200257455Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Publication number: 20200196367Abstract: Provided is a digital wireless private communication platform for use with groups. The communication platform includes a hub device, a lead device and a plurality of group devices. The hub device may establish an independent dedicated Wi-Fi network and may be configured to receive multiple inputs and multiple outputs. The lead device may operate a lead mobile application that couples the lead device to the hub device. The plurality of group device may operate group mobile applications that couple the plurality of group devices to the hub device. The hub device establishes the independent dedicated Wi-Fi network for connecting the lead device with the plurality of group devices and establishes a private communication link between the lead device and the plurality of group devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Donald Paul Schween, Bruce Porter, Jason Allred
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Publication number: 20180364916Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Publication number: 20180032262Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Patent number: 9836781Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Patent number: 9786002Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Publication number: 20150278930Abstract: A system and method for presenting a sales demonstration using a user interface of a pool/spa controller is provided. A first device includes a system controller user interface and sends data to a second device. The second device processes the data to present a media presentation which exhibits systems, associated features, and their ability to be controlled via a controller. A user can control pool and/or spa equipment using the first device, and the user's input can guide a presentation on the second device, which demonstrates corresponding features of such equipment. As such, the natural connections among a user, a controller, and an associated feature are demonstrated in a sales-effective manner. Additionally, the first device can present a user with a simulation of a control system interface to allow for effective sales of products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Potucek, Gregory Fournier, Jason DeBruin, Bruce Porter, Michael Massa
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Patent number: 5394242Abstract: Light from a laser diode is coupled into a fiber ring to narrow the line width. In one embodiment, Rayleigh backscattered light from the fiber is returned to the laser diode, and has the effect of greatly narrowing the diode output. In another embodiment the fiber ring is a double core ring, or a ring of plural spatially contiguous fibers. The laser diode is coupled into one core to narrow its line width, while the line-narrowed output is applied to another core which serves as a sensing device such as a gyro. Minimal or no compensation is needed to track the laser frequency to the ring resonance. In one embodiment, the first core is doped to produce a gain medium which lases at a center frequency that tracks the resonance of the sensing core as it drifts due to environmental effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1989Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventor: Bruce Porter
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Patent number: 5229831Abstract: An axial gyroscopic pointing reference for mounting on optics within an internally cooled telescope a resonant fiber optic gyroscope, in which the elements of the fiber optic gyroscope are cryogenically cooled with the same system that cryogenically cools the telescope optical elements. In one specific configuration the pointing reference includes three orthogonally positioned resonant fiber optic gyroscopes supported in a tetrahedron configuration and cryogenically cooled by the telescope cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1991Date of Patent: July 20, 1993Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Raymond Carroll, Bruce Porter