Patents by Inventor Patrick DeBourke

Patrick DeBourke 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).

  • Method and system for controlling a network of water appliances
    Patent number: 7756590
    Abstract: An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for controlling the plurality of appliances, at least one client station being associated with at least one of the plurality of appliances and being adapted for allowing a user to make requests to the control station for using the at least one of the plurality of appliances, actuators connected to the control station and the at least one of the plurality of appliances for receiving control signals from the control station and controlling the at least one of the plurality of appliances, and sensors connected to the water appliance and the control station for recording information about the at least one of the plurality of appliances and providing the information to the control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: DyMOCOM, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Debourke, Matthew Troke
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK OF WATER APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20090118871
    Abstract: An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for controlling the plurality of appliances, at least one client station being associated with at least one of the plurality of appliances and being adapted for allowing a user to make requests to the control station for using the at least one of the plurality of appliances, actuators connected to the control station and the at least one of the plurality of appliances for receiving control signals from the control station and controlling the at least one of the plurality of appliances, and sensors connected to the water appliance and the control station for recording information about the at least one of the plurality of appliances and providing the information to the control station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: DYMOCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick DEBOURKE, Matthew TROKE
  • Method and system for controlling a network of water appliances
    Patent number: 7477950
    Abstract: An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for controlling the plurality of appliances, at least one client station being associated with at least one of the plurality of appliances and being adapted for allowing a user to make requests to the control station for using the at least one of the plurality of appliances, actuators connected to the control station and the at least one of the plurality of appliances for receiving control signals from the control station and controlling the at least one of the plurality of appliances, and sensors connected to the water appliance and the control station for recording information about the at least one of the plurality of appliances and providing the information to the control station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: DyMOCOM, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick DeBourke, Matthew Troke
  • Dynamic water controller
    Publication number: 20060069453
    Abstract: An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for controlling the plurality of appliances, at least one client station being associated with at least one of the plurality of appliances and being adapted for allowing a user to make requests to the control station for using the at least one of the plurality of appliances, actuators connected to the control station and the at least one of the plurality of appliances for receiving control signals from the control station and controlling the at least one of the plurality of appliances, and sensors connected to the water appliance and the control station for recording information about the at least one of the plurality of appliances and providing the information to the control station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick DeBourke, Matthew Troke, Gary Dinn
  • Fish sorting machine
    Patent number: 4963035
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sorting fish comprising receiving the image of a fish in a video camera and storing it in an image plane memory. The boundary values of the image are determined, as well as the areas, length and width of the image. Ratios of predetermined ones of the areas, length and/or width, are determined, and the specie of the fish is indicated from predetermined ratios of those areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Grove Telecommunications Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin McCarthy, Patrick DeBourke