Patents by Inventor Barry Walker

Barry Walker 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: 20260061256
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Publication number: 20250390077
    Abstract: A GPI device includes a communication port for receiving a GPI signal from a first device, one or more processors; and a memory comprising program instructions. The program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the GPI device to assign a command to the GPI signal when the GPI device receives the GPI signal from the first device and transmit the command to a second device. The transmission of the command may be triggered by the received GPI signal. The command may include a script, such as a python script. The command may also include triggering transmission of a live broadcast, switching between graphics during the live broadcast, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Johnson, Barry Walker, Jonathan Fegan, Tung Vo
  • Patent number: 12458842
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Patent number: 12403375
    Abstract: A golf tournament management system configured to use course simulated and historical data to give insight and guidance for the setup of a golf course for a competitive play event. A visualization system generates graphical display data that when rendered in a user interface provides a plurality of course visualizations. A course variable specification unit includes course setup features enabling users to interact with the user interface and input or cause to be ingested course variables comprising tee and pin placements, environmental variables, and player characteristics. A simulation engine performs simulation modeling and outputs predicted player performance using the input or ingested course variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: William Henry Schroder, IV, Jacqueline Shelly, Barry Walker, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Patent number: 12399476
    Abstract: A GPI device includes a communication port for receiving a GPI signal from a first device, one or more processors; and a memory comprising program instructions. The program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the GPI device to assign a command to the GPI signal when the GPI device receives the GPI signal from the first device and transmit the command to a second device. The transmission of the command may be triggered by the received GPI signal. The command may include a script, such as a python script. The command may also include triggering transmission of a live broadcast, switching between graphics during the live broadcast, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Johnson, Barry Walker, Jonathan Fegan, Tung Vo
  • Publication number: 20250186836
    Abstract: A method of tracking golf play includes receiving a plurality of coordinate sets corresponding to a plurality of shot to locations of golf balls hit by a plurality of players on a hole in a golf event. The plurality of coordinate sets were automatically captured in sensor data of a plurality of sensor device coordinate sources positioned around the hole. Hole events corresponding to strokes of the plurality of players on the hole in the golf event are received that were automatically detected in sensor data of a sensor device hole event sources. Each hole event may be automatically associated with one of the plurality of coordinate sets that correspond to the shot to location of the golf ball for the stroke the hole event corresponds to generate detailed scoring data for the plurality of players on the hole in the golf event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Craven, Troy Cooke, Jeff Howell, Barry Walker, Jonas Gredenhag, Scott Ross, Nathan Verlin, Jason Legler, Alexander Grach, Marianne Davis, Walter Lovell
  • Publication number: 20250158448
    Abstract: A hybrid power system for providing power to a golf tournament includes a power module including a case for housing a battery. Input and output ports are provided to receive and output power with respect to the battery. A control system is provided to monitor statuses and conditions of the power module and includes a controller to execute operations of the power module. A communication port is included to provide electronic communicate with a communication network. The module includes a remote interface accessible via the communication network and configured to interface a monitoring station with the control system and receive or access monitored data collected by the control system related to the operations of the power module. A solar array may be included that couples to one of the one or more input ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: PGA TOUR, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Rabhan, Scott Ross, Barry Walker, Bryan Lenz, Gregory Young, Jonas Gredenhag, Walter Lovell
  • Publication number: 20250155862
    Abstract: A GPI device includes a communication port for receiving a GPI signal from a first device, one or more processors; and a memory comprising program instructions. The program instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the GPI device to assign a command to the GPI signal when the GPI device receives the GPI signal from the first device and transmit the command to a second device. The transmission of the command may be triggered by the received GPI signal. The command may include a script, such as a python script. The command may also include triggering transmission of a live broadcast, switching between graphics during the live broadcast, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Johnson, Barry Walker, Jonathan Fegan, Tung Vo
  • Publication number: 20250099808
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Patent number: 12161913
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Publication number: 20240299806
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: PGA TOUR Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Publication number: 20240173591
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Patent number: 11986699
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Publication number: 20240101612
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Patent number: 11787842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Publication number: 20210371474
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Patent number: 11014969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Publication number: 20190322709
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Patent number: 10266574
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker
  • Publication number: 20140377300
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Ravi Anantha, Nathalie Cadieux, Thomas G. Evans, Michele Stone, Barry Walker