Patents by Inventor Edward A. Tennant

Edward A. Tennant 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: 20140258138
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product provide for management of interfaces in a construction project. An interface point may have one or more interface agreements for performance by various contractors to complete the interface point under management of an owner/operator of the project. The workflow provides owner/operator interface managers control over the performance by the contractors. The workflow is configured to provide a user interface for brokering, by the owner/operator, respective interface agreement requests and responses by the contractors for completing a particular interface agreement. The user interface is configured to receive input from the interface managers to endorse the respective requests and responses and the workflow forwards the endorsed requests and responses accordingly thereby to control the performance. The workflow may be configurable to operate in accordance with more than one endorsement model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Edward Tennant, Tony Yeung, Kelly Ann Maloney
  • Patent number: 5568280
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for logging or identifying each page of a facsimile transmission or reception by a facsimile machine with a facsimile access controller is disclosed. The method involves several steps which include monitoring the transmission or reception of data by the facsimile machine for a resolution signal and end-of-line signals in the data, determining the number of lines which will be on a page based upon the resolution signal, counting the number of the end-of-line signals transmitted, detecting an end-of-page signal, and logging a transmission or reception of a page when the total count of the end-of-line signals indicates that a page has been transmitted or the end-of-page signal is detected. The apparatus includes a monitor coupled to the signal line from a facsimile machine for monitoring data on the signal line during facsimile transmissions or receptions. A converter is coupled to the monitor for converting the data from the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Jamex
    Inventors: James Wells, David B. Johnson, Edward A. Tennant, Walid Elsoufi