Patents by Inventor Lauranne P. Eichel

Lauranne P. Eichel 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for coordinating patterns of interior design surface treatments for interior spaces
    Patent number: 6664972
    Abstract: A storyboard of interior design surface treatments for a commercial and/or residential interior space is generated by obtaining a plurality of arrays of patterns that correspond to user search criteria, from a stored set of patterns for interior design surface treatments. The arrays of patterns are displayed on a computer display. Each array of patterns corresponds to a surface treatment product type, such as floor treatments, upholstery, textiles (fabrics), wall treatments and solid surface materials or laminates (countertops). The product type also can include product subtypes, such as carpet, vinyl composition tile, resilient sheet flooring, porcelain tile and ceramic tile for floor treatments. A plurality of subarrays of patterns then are generated, each subarray corresponding to a surface treatment product type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: BlueBolt Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauranne P. Eichel, Alan S. Kabus, Nathan A. Kredich, Stephen N. Cole
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for generating storyboards of interior design surface treatments for interior spaces
    Patent number: 6459435
    Abstract: A storyboard of interior design surface treatments for a commercial and/or residential interior space is generated by obtaining arrays of patterns that correspond to user search criteria, from a stored set of patterns for interior design surface treatments. The arrays of patterns are displayed on a computer display. Each array of patterns corresponds to a surface treatment product type. Subarrays of patterns then are generated, each subarray corresponding to a surface treatment product type. The subarrays of patterns are generated in response to selection by a user from the corresponding array of patterns for the corresponding surface treatment type. Finally, at least one pattern from at least two of the subarrays of patterns are combined to produce a storyboard of interior design surface treatments for an interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: BlueBolt Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Lauranne P. Eichel
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for generating storyboards of interior design surface treatments for interior spaces
    Publication number: 20020030689
    Abstract: A storyboard of interior design surface treatments for a commercial and/or residential interior space is generated by obtaining a plurality of arrays of patterns that correspond to user search criteria, from a stored set of patterns for interior design surface treatments. The arrays of patterns are displayed on a computer display. Each array of patterns corresponds to a surface treatment product type, such as floor treatments, upholstery, textiles (fabrics), wall treatments and solid surface materials or laminates (countertops). The product type also can include product subtypes, such as carpet, vinyl composition tile, resilient sheet flooring, porcelain tile and ceramic tile for floor treatments. A plurality of subarrays of patterns then are generated, each subarray corresponding to a surface treatment product type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Lauranne P. Eichel, Alan S. Kabus, Nathan A. Kredich, Stephen N. Cole