Patents by Inventor Mark E. MacPherson

Mark E. MacPherson 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: 20020042700
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for integrating and displaying information related to a natural gas pipeline. When characterized as a method, the present invention initially obtains commercial, operational, and modeling information about the natural gas pipeline. Next, the commercial information is related to the operational information. Afterwards, the various types of information are associated with a location on a geographic representation of the natural gas pipeline so that users can visualize from where on the pipeline the information is originating. Finally, the information, and the “map” of the pipeline are displayed together. When characterized as an apparatus, the present invention uses a computer system to collect and store the commercial, operational, and modeling information about the natural gas pipeline. The computer system then executes software to relate the commercial information to the operational information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: William D. Giles, Mark E. MacPherson