Patents by Inventor Brian A. Schultz

Brian A. Schultz 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: 20120246217
    Abstract: A system includes a web server having a server storage component including web page information, a rules engine, and a plurality of rules, and a client processor communicating with the web server over a global communication network. The client processor includes a processor component, a web browser, a web browser plug-in tool, and a processor storage component storing copies of the web page information, the rules engine, and the rules as downloaded from the server. The server embeds at least one of the rules engine and the rules with the web page information for download to the client processor. The rules establish a single valid data entry for a selected field of a web page for each combination of values for designated other fields of the web page. The rules engine executes the rules to select the single valid data entry dependent upon the values of the designated other fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: ERIC D. SCHMIDT, Benjamin D. Farren, Brian A. Schultz, Ronald J. Franke-Polz, Robert J. Teverino, Thomas G. Forsyth, IV
  • Patent number: 6295092
    Abstract: A system that automatically captures one or more local news program broadcasts and separates the broadcasts into the individual news stories or segments. The system then compares the stories to historical data concerning the competitive characteristics of the stories for each station and determines the topic (local, national, crime, etc.), talent (newscaster 1, newscaster 2, etc.) and production (live, studio, voice-over-tape, etc.) characteristics of the stories. Other characteristics that affect the popularity and therefor the competitive characteristics of the broadcasts can also be displayed, such as pacing, average story length, news-to-advertisement ratio, broadcast ordering (news then weather then news then sports, etc.), etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: CBS Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Hullinger, William J. Trosky, Alan F. Mandel, Robert Ross, John D. Bartels, Brian A. Schultz
  • Patent number: 5412756
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. A user interface module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to view blackboard status information. A control module, in communication with the blackboard module and the knowledge source modules, receives input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Douglas A. Bauman, Simon Lowenfeld, Brian A. Schultz, Robert W. Thompson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5402526
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source interruptibility/priority scheme. The control module including an event detector module having a hash table defined by a chaining algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Douglas A. Bauman, Simon Lowenfeld, Brian A. Schultz, Robert W. Thompson, Jr., Hatsuhiko Naitoh
  • Patent number: 5402524
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module and a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. The case-based knowledge source module includes cases having past data points on a time scale. Present data is compared with the past data in the cases both on a time scale and on a magnitude scale for determining levels of closeness in time and magnitude. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Douglas A. Bauman, Simon Lowenfeld, Brian A. Schultz, Robert W. Thompson, Jr., Nobuyoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 5398304
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence software shell for plant operation simulation includes a blackboard module including a database having objects representing plant elements and concepts. A rule-based knowledge source module or a case-based knowledge source module, in communication with the blackboard module, operate on specific predefined blackboard objects. An input data module, in communication with the blackboard module, enables a user to input data to the shell. A control module, in communication with the knowledge source modules and the input data module, receives all input data and controls operation of the knowledge source modules in accordance with a predetermined knowledge source priority scheme. The control module including an event detector module having a message evaluator that checks messages for syntax errors before searching a hash table structure in the event detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Douglas A. Bauman, Simon Lowenfeld, Brian A. Schultz, Robert W. Thompson, Jr.