Patents by Inventor Walter Flugel

Walter Flugel 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).

  • Automated service broker
    Patent number: 7912744
    Abstract: An automated service broker can include a Global Positioning System (GPS) data processor for processing GPS data associated with communicatively linked service providers wherein the GPS data corresponds to a geographic position. The automated service broker also can include an event handler for responding to maintenance and repair events received from communicatively linked systems. Finally, the automated service broker can include a service provider selector for selecting a particular service provider to respond to a particular received maintenance and repair event received from a particular communicatively linked system. More particularly, the service provider can be selected based on whether the selected service provider is suitable to perform required maintenance and repair on the particular communicatively linked system, and the geographic position of the particular service provider relative to the particular system as reported by GPS data associated with the particular service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Energy Control Technologies
    Inventors: Richard Combs, Walter Flugel
  • AUTOMATED SERVICE BROKER
    Publication number: 20070033087
    Abstract: An automated service broker can include a Global Positioning System (GPS) data processor for processing GPS data associated with communicatively linked service providers wherein the GPS data corresponds to a geographic position. The automated service broker also can include an event handler for responding to maintenance and repair events received from communicatively linked systems. Finally, the automated service broker can include a service provider selector for selecting a particular service provider to respond to a particular received maintenance and repair event received from a particular communicatively linked system. More particularly, the service provider can be selected based on whether the selected service provider is suitable to perform required maintenance and repair on the particular communicatively linked system, and the geographic position of the particular service provider relative to the particular system as reported by GPS data associated with the particular service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: ENERGY CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Richard Combs, Walter Flugel
  • Automated building service broker
    Patent number: 7058508
    Abstract: An automated building service broker can include a Global Positioning System (GPS) data processor for processing GPS data associated with communicatively linked service providers wherein the GPS data corresponds to a geographic position. The automated service broker also can include an event handler for responding to maintenance and repair events received from communicatively linked building systems. Finally, the automated building service broker can include a service provider selector for selecting a particular service provider to respond to a particular received maintenance and repair event received from a particular communicatively linked building system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Energy Control Technologies
    Inventors: Richard Combs, Walter Flugel
  • Automated building service broker
    Publication number: 20020095323
    Abstract: An automated building service broker can include a Global Positioning System (GPS) data processor for processing GPS data associated with communicatively linked service providers wherein the GPS data corresponds to a geographic position. The automated service broker also can include an event handler for responding to maintenance and repair events received from communicatively linked building systems. Finally, the automated building service broker can include a service provider selector for selecting a particular service provider to respond to a particular received maintenance and repair event received from a particular communicatively linked building system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Combs, Walter Flugel