Patents by Inventor David A. FRANCUS

David A. FRANCUS 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).

  • Monitoring food products
    Patent number: 9477962
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to improve food safety in a food and beverage supply chain. Embodiments disclosed herein utilize prepared product tags to continuously monitor food and beverage temperatures. The temperatures and other associated data may be wirelessly transmitted to centralized locations for aggregation and storage. Mobile devices may directly communicate with the product tags to receive the temperature data. A host of management applications may utilize the data in order to ensure that safety rules and guidelines are met, while also providing valuable business insight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Worrall, Brian R. Jones, Peter Stepniewicz, Jo Gray, David A. Francus
  • MONITORING FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20160034907
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to improve food safety in a food and beverage supply chain. Embodiments disclosed herein utilize prepared product tags to continuously monitor food and beverage temperatures. The temperatures and other associated data may be wirelessly transmitted to centralized locations for aggregation and storage. Mobile devices may directly communicate with the product tags to receive the temperature data. A host of management applications may utilize the data in order to ensure that safety rules and guidelines are met, while also providing valuable business insight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: John David WORRALL, Brian R. JONES, Peter STEPNIEWICZ, Jo GRAY, David A. FRANCUS