Patents by Inventor Andrew Beattie

Andrew Beattie 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: 20150290515
    Abstract: A baseball mat that in one embodiment has a plurality of indicia formed in a pattern that enables at least one or both a left-handed and a right-handed batter to know where to place a batting tee. In another embodiment, the batting mat comprises an interval system that enables a player to measure an interval or distance between a player's feet when the player is situated in a batting area associated with the batting mat. The interval system may have foot landing zones to assist the player in placing his or her feet. In another embodiment, a hitting deck graphic is used to define the plurality of indicia either alone or with direction indicia that enable a user to know or understand a direction in which a ball will be hit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew John Menard, Andrew Beattie
  • Patent number: 9002908
    Abstract: A system and method for routing and managing documents based on document content comprises obtain a document, determine a classification for the document based on the document content, determine a storage location for the document based on the document classification, determine whether the document is stored in the determined storage location, when the document is stored in the determined storage location, update the document in the determined storage location, when the document is not stored in the determined storage location, determine whether the document is stored in another storage location, when the document is stored in another storage location, add the document in the determined storage location and delete the document from the other storage location, and when the document is not stored in the other storage location, add the document to the determined storage location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stidworthy, Jamie Peter Bowen, Andrew Beattie
  • Publication number: 20120323976
    Abstract: A system and method for routing and managing documents based on document content comprises obtain a document, determine a classification for the document based on the document content, determine a storage location for the document based on the document classification, determine whether the document is stored in the determined storage location, when the document is stored in the determined storage location, update the document in the determined storage location, when the document is not stored in the determined storage location, determine whether the document is stored in another storage location, when the document is stored in another storage location, add the document in the determined storage location and delete the document from the other storage location, and when the document is not stored in the other storage location, add the document to the determined storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Stidworthy, Jamie Peter Bowen, Andrew Beattie
  • Patent number: 6094501
    Abstract: A method to identify the location and orientation of an article is provided, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining an image of the article with the article having a known orientation and location relative to a camera; creating a X and Y template edge matrix from the image of the article; creating a plurality of sets of modified template edge matrices, each of the sets of modified template edge matrices being a X and Y template edge matrix with the article in a different orientation; capturing an digital visual image containing the article, the digital image being a matrix of pixels; creating X and Y article edge matrices from the matrix of pixels; quantifying difference between each of the sets of modified template edge matrices and the X and Y article edge matrices with the modified template edge matrices placed at a plurality of locations within the bounds of the article edge matrices; and identifying the location and orientation of the article as the orientation of the article represented by the se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: David Andrew Beatty
  • Patent number: D742982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Joe H. Tanner Baseball Products LLC
    Inventors: Andrew John Menard, Andrew Beattie