Patents by Inventor Colin D. Schoonover

Colin D. Schoonover 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).

  • Patent number: 11928750
    Abstract: A system (10) and method of this disclosure identifies and prioritizes utility services infrastructure assets and other structures located within a selected service territory that may be potentially impacted by a natural hazard event. The method dynamically displays a map on a graphical user interface, the map containing virtual representations of the utility services infrastructure assets, the non-utility services structures, and a magnitude of the natural hazard event in relation to those assets and structures. Using one of more predetermined rules, a prioritized list of the utility services infrastructure assets that should be inspected within the selected service territory may be dynamically generated. The predetermined rules may include a likelihood of damage and a consequence severity such as, but not limited to, effect on service or public health or safety. Users may be automatically notified when a magnitude of the event is at least as great as a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ONE Gas, Inc.
    Inventor: Colin D. Schoonover
  • Publication number: 20220405873
    Abstract: A system (10) and method of this disclosure identifies and prioritizes utility services infrastructure assets and other structures located within a selected service territory that may be potentially impacted by a natural hazard event. The method dynamically displays a map on a graphical user interface, the map containing virtual representations of the utility services infrastructure assets, the non-utility services structures, and a magnitude of the natural hazard event in relation to those assets and structures. Using one of more predetermined rules, a prioritized list of the utility services infrastructure assets that should be inspected within the selected service territory may be dynamically generated. The predetermined rules may include a likelihood of damage and a consequence severity such as, but not limited to, effect on service or public health or safety. Users may be automatically notified when a magnitude of the event is at least as great as a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Colin D. Schoonover
  • Patent number: 11379940
    Abstract: A system and method of this disclosure identifies and prioritizes utility services infrastructure assets and other structures located within a selected service territory that may be potentially impacted by a natural hazard event. The method dynamically displays a map on a graphical user interface, the map containing virtual representations of the utility services infrastructure assets, the non-utility services structures, and a magnitude of the natural hazard event in relation to those assets and structures. Using one of more predetermined rules, a prioritized list of the utility services infrastructure assets that should be inspected within the selected service territory may be dynamically generated. The predetermined rules may include a likelihood of damage and a consequence severity such as, but not limited to, effect on service or public health or safety. Users may be automatically notified when a magnitude of the event is at least as great as a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: One Gas, Inc.
    Inventor: Colin D. Schoonover
  • Publication number: 20200090293
    Abstract: A system and method of this disclosure identifies and prioritizes utility services infrastructure assets and other structures located within a selected service territory that may be potentially impacted by a natural hazard event. The method dynamically displays a map on a graphical user interface, the map containing virtual representations of the utility services infrastructure assets, the non-utility services structures, and a magnitude of the natural hazard event in relation to those assets and structures. Using one of more predetermined rules, a prioritized list of the utility services infrastructure assets that should be inspected within the selected service territory may be dynamically generated. The predetermined rules may include a likelihood of damage and a consequence severity such as, but not limited to, effect on service or public health or safety. Users may be automatically notified when a magnitude of the event is at least as great as a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Colin D. Schoonover