Patents by Inventor Kevin Krone

Kevin Krone 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: 7933725
    Abstract: A method of detecting and/or isolating a fault of a sensor in a system in substantially real time or in non-real time (e.g., using off-line analysis). A spectral energy of a signal of the sensor is determined over a predetermined range of frequencies within a window of samples of the signal. The determined spectral energy is evaluated for consistency with a substantially current state of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Scott Kevin Krone
  • Publication number: 20090112498
    Abstract: A method of detecting and/or isolating a fault of a sensor in a system in substantially real time or in non-real time (e.g., using off-line analysis). A spectral energy of a signal of the sensor is determined over a predetermined range of frequencies within a window of samples of the signal. The determined spectral energy is evaluated for consistency with a substantially current state of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Scott Kevin Krone
  • Patent number: 7394900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for preventing the use of data transmitted by a computer to a web site by a program operating on the computer. Initially, a first association between a set of labels and a first set of codes is created. The set of labels contains information to be displayed on the computer, while each code in the first set of codes is associated with a particular label. An encryption key is then linked with the first association. The set of labels, the first set of codes, and the first encryption key is then sent to the computer. Some time later, codes from the first set of codes and the first encryption key are received back from the computer. The codes returned from the computer are then matched to labels from the set of labels using the first encryption key. Afterwards, subsequent associations between the set of labels and other sets of codes are created. These associations are different than the association between the set of labels and the first set of codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Southwest Airlines Co.
    Inventors: Mark Gerber, Brad Newcomb, Robert Shaffer, Chris Stromberger, Steve Taylor, Kevin Krone
  • Publication number: 20050288973
    Abstract: A system and method for changing a travel itinerary include receiving a request to make a change to a first travel itinerary that includes at least one segment, displaying an identification of one or more alternative segments, receiving a user selection of one of the alternative segments, modifying the first itinerary to include a reservation for the selected alternative segment, and releasing the segment of the first itinerary to be replaced by the selected alternative segments. The system and method may also include calculating a fare difference between the one or more alternative segments and the original segment to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Taylor, Kevin Krone, Victor Lucas, Jason Chancellor, Michael Neely, Mark Gerber, Bobby Cude