Patents by Inventor Jim Barber

Jim Barber 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).

  • Patent number: 11126950
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for verifying the content of shipments based at least in part on images representing the interior of the shipments generated by an imaging device. Embodiments comprise features for receiving shipment data identifying expected contents of a shipment, receiving image data comprising an image of an interior of the shipment, detecting one or more items in the image of the interior of the shipment, and determining whether the detected items match the expected content of the shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Barber, Jeffrey Cooper, Christopher T. Schenken
  • Publication number: 20170214768
    Abstract: A system for modular content deployment and control includes a client device with input and output devices, and storing: graphical background elements and corresponding background identifiers; graphical foreground elements and corresponding foreground identifiers; and audio elements and corresponding audio identifiers. The client presents, via the output device, a subset of the background elements, foreground elements, and audio elements. The system also includes a server connected to the client and storing: sequential stage records each containing a subset of the background identifiers, foreground identifiers and audio identifiers; a client profile corresponding to the client, containing an identifier of a most recent completed stage, and a performance indicator for the most recent completed stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jim BARBER, Kathleen MACPHEE
  • Publication number: 20160275441
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for verifying the content of shipments based at least in part on images representing the interior of the shipments generated by an imaging device. Embodiments comprise features for receiving shipment data identifying expected contents of a shipment, receiving image data comprising an image of an interior of the shipment, detecting one or more items in the image of the interior of the shipment, and determining whether the detected items match the expected content of the shipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jim Barber, Jeffrey Cooper, Christopher T. Schenken
  • Patent number: 8654749
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described. In some examples, the system comprises a transportable housing capable of being carried by personnel, a plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components contained in the housing and coupled together and configured to provide the broadband communications network, a software management system operatively coupled to the plurality of components, a network connection subsystem defined by at least a first portion of the plurality of components and configured to establish access to the broadband communications network, and a connection subsystem defined by at least a second portion of the plurality of components and that provides a user with a connection to the broadband communications network via the network connection subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ampy Buchholz, Jim Barber, Bob Forman, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Robert Frisbee, Charlie Kawasaki, Kevin O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20130070610
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ampy Buchholz, Jim Barber, Bob Forman, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Robert Frisbee, Charlie Kawasaki, Kevin O'Connor
  • Patent number: 8270325
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described. In some examples, the system comprises a transportable housing capable of being carried by personnel, a plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components contained in the housing and coupled together and configured to provide the broadband communications network, a management subsystem operatively coupled to the plurality of components, a network connection subsystem defined by at least a first portion of the plurality of components and configured to establish access to the broadband communications network, and a connection subsystem defined by at least a second portion of the plurality of components and that provides a user with a connection to the broadband communications network via the network connection subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hoffmann, Jim Barber, Rodney Snell
  • Publication number: 20110228701
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hoffmann, Jim Barber, Rodney Snell
  • Patent number: 7817589
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described. A system of at least one embodiment comprises a transportable housing capable of being carried by personnel, a plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components contained in the housing and coupled together and configured to provide the broadband communications network, a management subsystem operatively coupled to the plurality of components, a network connection subsystem defined by at least a first portion of the plurality of components and configured to establish access to the broadband communications network, and a connection subsystem defined by at least a second portion of the plurality of components and that provides a user with a connection to the broadband communications network via the network connection subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hoffmann, Jim Barber, Rodney Snell
  • Publication number: 20100260157
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ampy Buchholz, Jim Barber, Bob Forman, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Robert Frisbee, Charlie Kawasaki, Kevin O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20090323568
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hoffmann, Jim Barber, Rodney Snell
  • Patent number: 7535861
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described. The system comprises a transportable housing capable of being carried by personnel, a plurality of commercial off-the-shelf components contained in the housing and coupled together and configured to provide the broadband communications network, a software management system operatively coupled to the plurality of components, a network connection subsystem defined by at least a first portion of the plurality of components and configured to establish access to the broadband communications network, and a connection subsystem defined by at least a second portion of the plurality of components and that provides a user with a connection to the broadband communications network via the network connection subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Pacific Star Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Ampy Buchholz, Jim Barber, Bob Forman, Christopher J. Hoffmann, Robert Frisbee, Charlie Kawasaki, Kevin O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20080005380
    Abstract: The integrated management system provides a unified interface for common management tasks related to managing interconnected devices, such as in an integrated computer system. First, the integrated management system provides a unified backup and restoration facility for backing up and restoring the configuration of multiple devices through a single user interface presented to the operator. The integrated management system also provides a monitoring facility for monitoring the health of multiple hardware devices in through a single user interface. Finally, the integrated management system makes configuration of multiple devices easier by providing a unified interface for common configuration tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlie Kawasaki, Jim Barber
  • Publication number: 20070109984
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing IT services in edge environments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ampy Buchholz, Jim Barber, Bob Forman, Christopher Hoffmann, Robert Frisbee, Charlie Kawasaki, Kevin O'Connor
  • Patent number: 6110618
    Abstract: Described is a two-part housing for a battery cell having circuitry separate from the main body of the cell. Finger joints, blind dado joints, and edge joints with rabbeted edges are disposed in the mating region between the two halves of the housing. An insulating and alignment wall is integral with one half of the housing, and fits in the channel between the main body of the cell and the circuitry. The housing is dimensionally stable, provides mechanical protection for the delicate cell circuitry, and the two halves of the housing may be secured using only a label wrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vacheron, Venus Desai, John C. Byrne, Jim Barber
  • Patent number: 6025996
    Abstract: Described is an integral electrical contact block and printed circuit board for an electrical device. The electrical contacts arch over components on the printed circuit board and are secured to the printed circuit board at either end of the arch. A second arch is above the lower arch, secured to the lower arch at one end, forming a structure with an open mouth. This open mouth can capture a plastic housing. The contact provides protection for components beneath it, provides for efficient use of space in an electrical device, and the mouth of the contact absorbs shock that otherwise might be transmitted directly to solder joints on the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Vacheron, Venus Desai, John C. Byrne, Jim Barber