Patents by Inventor Donald R. Garner

Donald R. Garner 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: 20250053383
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof for providing a platform for developing an application that interacts with a set of IoT devices. An embodiment provides a source code editor that enables a user to generate source code of the application and an application builder that generates an executable version of the application based at least on the generated source code. Generating the source code includes defining an input or output of the application as an event that is mappable to a first set of IoT devices in a first network of IoT devices when the application is installed thereto and to a second set of IoT devices in a second network of IoT devices when the application is installed thereto, the first set of IoT devices including at least one device type not included in the second set of IoT devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: DONALD R. WOODWARD, JR., Anthony J. Wood, David L. Stern, Gregory M. Garner
  • Publication number: 20250053399
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof for implementing an Internet of Things (IoT) application store. An embodiment provides a digital marketplace service and a smart installation service. The digital marketplace service enables a user to browse a plurality of IoT applications and select one for installation. The smart installation service determines an input or an output of the selected IoT application, selectively assigns a first IoT device in a set of IoT devices associated with the user to the input or the output, and installs an instance of the selected IoT application on one or more devices that comprise or are communicatively connected to the first IoT device, wherein the installing comprises configuring the instance of the selected IoT application to obtain the input from the first IoT device or provide the output to the first IoT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Donald R. Woodward, JR., Robert C. Curtis, Gregory M. Garner
  • Patent number: 4574515
    Abstract: A cone-shaped fishing bobber features a fixed line retention member and a releasable leader line retention member. A movable plunger in the central bore of the bobber retains the fishing line by a slot and a movable ring at the plunger top. The releasable leader line retention member comprises a movable rigid wire set in the plunger bottom so as to bridge a recessed spool area at the cone base. Leader line is wound on the spool and held in place by the rigid wire during casting and released by the plunger and wire dropping down when the bobber hits the water. In the water the cone shape gives indication of the direction of current flow. The retention of the fishing line at the narrow end of the cone causes the cone to flip base-side-up when the weight of a fish attaches to the line. Ballast may be provided within the base of the cone body. The retainer ring and the movable rigid wire present no protruding parts to cause entanglement of the fishing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Inventor: Donald R. Garner
  • Patent number: 4406081
    Abstract: A bobber having an automatic line release feature wherein line to be released is stored on a spool formed by an annular flange on one side and a bobber on the other side. A pin extends through the bobber with a hook-shaped end which retains the fishing line in place. An opposite end of the pin is terminated in a cylindrical stub which is free to move up and down within a well. Fishing line is connected to the stub so that upward tension occurs during casting, forcing the pin and in particular the hook-shaped portion retaining the line upwardly, closing the spool. When line tension is released, the cylindrical stub falls and so does the hook which retains the line. The line is now free to slide off of the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Inventor: Donald R. Garner