Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Whapham

Robert Michael Whapham 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 computer program for device configuration
    Patent number: 10419297
    Abstract: A method and computer program are provided for graphically configuring devices in a control area network that includes providing one or more application programming interfaces, creating one or more graphical objects on a computer display using a graphical user interface, and associating one or more functions of an application programming interface with one or more of the devices using the graphical user interface. Each application programming interface corresponds to a class of devices and includes a set of functions. Each class of devices includes one or more devices. At least one of the graphical objects represents one or more of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Ward, Robert Michael Whapham, Joseph P. Kessler
  • Method and computer program for device configuration
    Patent number: 9063739
    Abstract: A method and computer program are provided for graphically configuring devices in a control area network that includes providing one or more application programming interfaces, creating one or more graphical objects on a computer display using a graphical user interface, and associating one or more functions of an application programming interface with one or more of the devices using the graphical user interface. Each application programming interface corresponds to a class of devices and includes a set of functions. Each class of devices includes one or more devices. At least one of the graphical objects represents one or more of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Ward, Robert Michael Whapham, Joseph P. Kessler