Patents by Inventor David E. Kimmel

David E. Kimmel 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: 20130169817
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder firefighter to take command of a building having a potential fire event. Using the method and system herein, the firefighter is able to clearly signal and guide the safe evacuation of that building. Also mounted in the building are signal arrays that are controlled and triggered by the firefighter to clearly delineate a safe and efficient evacuation route from the building. Room signal stations are provided and can be shown to the first responder firefighter to help prioritize the rescue of a building and allows for interaction and communication between an occupant and a firefighter in order to facilitate or enable more efficient and safer rescue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NetTalon Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Jones, Hussein Mohammed Nosair, Ronald Dubois, David E. Kimmel
  • Publication number: 20130147604
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder firefighter to take command of a building having a potential fire event. Using the method and system herein, the firefighter is able to clearly signal and guide the safe evacuation of that building. A group of sensors are mounted throughout the building to monitor various possible fire/smoke events. Also mounted in the building are signal arrays that are controlled and triggered by the firefighter to clearly delineate a safe and efficient evacuation route from the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Donald R. Jones, JR., Ronald Dubois, David E. Kimmel, Thomas G. Hahn, III, Kenneth Raymond Curley
  • Publication number: 20090121860
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real-time information which can readily permit distinguishing false alarms, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in an interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in near real-time. In embodiments, communications can be handed from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). Additional embodiments include the measurement of environmental parameters such as temperature, carbon monoxide and differential air pressure to detect, monitor and manage a fire event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: NetTalon Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, Donald R. Jones, Ronald Dubois, Daniel C. Colin
  • Patent number: 6972676
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit false alarms to be distinguished, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In exemplary embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time over preexisting communication networks, such as the Internet. A wireless network can also be established using browser encapsulated communication programs (for example, active X control, Java applets, and so forth) to transmit data packets which comply with any standard wireless local area network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: NetTalon Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, James T. Byrne, Jr., Donald R. Jones, Jr., Ronald Dubois
  • Patent number: 6917288
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit distinguishing false alarms, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time. In embodiments, communications can be handed from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). Additional embodiments include high, low, and rate-of-change alarms; chromagraphic representation of the value of an environmental or other parameter measured in a space; and detection and location of portable interface devices in a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: NetTalon Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, James T. Byrne, Jr., Donald R. Jones, Jr., Ronald Dubois
  • Publication number: 20030208692
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit distinguishing false alarms, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time. In embodiments, communications can be handed from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). Additional embodiments include high, low, and rate-of-change alarms; chromagraphic representation of the value of an environmental or other parameter measured in a space; and detection and location of portable interface devices in a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, James T. Byrne, Donald R. Jones, Ronald Dubois
  • Publication number: 20020174367
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit distinguishing false alarms, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time. In embodiments, communications can be handed from the centrally located host monitoring station to a mobile monitoring station (for example, a laptop computer in a responding vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle). Additional embodiments include high, low, and rate-of-change alarms; chromagraphic representation of the value of an environmental or other parameter measured in a space; and detection and location of portable interface devices in a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, James T. Byrne, Donald R. Jones, Ronald Dubois
  • Patent number: 6281790
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for remotely monitoring sites to provide real time information which can readily permit false alarms to be distinguished, and which can identify and track the precise location of an alarm. In exemplary embodiments, monitoring capabilities such as intrusion/fire detection and tracking capabilities, can be implemented through the use of multistate indicators in a novel interface which permits information to be transmitted using standard network protocols from a remote site to a monitoring station in real-time over preexisting communication networks, such as the Internet. A wireless network can also be established using browser encapsulated communication programs (for example, active X control, Java applets, and so forth) to transmit data packets which comply with any standard wireless local area network protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Net Talon Security Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Kimmel, James T. Byrne, Jr., Donald R. Jones, Jr., Ronald Dobois