Patents by Inventor Eric Harper

Eric Harper 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: 9716971
    Abstract: A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Olivier Steiger, Yannick Maret, Eric Harper, Martin Naedele, Michal Orkisz
  • Publication number: 20150112820
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a page including content includes the steps of inserting, with a computing device, one or more placeholders in the page, requesting, with a computing device, parameters, receiving, with a computing device, meta data in response to the step of requesting parameters, creating, with a computing device, frames in the page based on the meta data at positions corresponding to the placeholders, requesting, with a computing device, content, receiving, with a computing device, content in response to the request for content, and placing the content in the frames for display on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Monica Stroud, Eric Harper
  • Publication number: 20150099531
    Abstract: A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Olivier STEIGER, Yannick Maret, Eric Harper, Martin Naedele, Michal Orkisz
  • Patent number: 8904277
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a page including content includes the steps of inserting, with a computing device, one or more placeholders in the page, requesting, with a computing device, parameters, receiving, with a computing device, meta data in response to the step of requesting parameters, creating, with a computing device, frames in the page based on the meta data at positions corresponding to the placeholders, requesting, with a computing device, content, receiving, with a computing device, content in response to the request for content, and placing the content in the frames for display on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Kroger, Eric Harper
  • Publication number: 20120054596
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a page including content includes the steps of inserting, with a computing device, one or more placeholders in the page, requesting, with a computing device, parameters, receiving, with a computing device, meta data in response to the step of requesting parameters, creating, with a computing device, frames in the page based on the meta data at positions corresponding to the placeholders, requesting, with a computing device, content, receiving, with a computing device, content in response to the request for content, and placing the content in the frames for display on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: CBS Interactive Inc.
    Inventors: Monica KROGER, Eric HARPER
  • Publication number: 20100217618
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for initiating actions in a healthcare environment are disclosed. Illustrative embodiments receive identification data from tags assigned to healthcare resources via local positioning sensors. The illustrative embodiments also determine proximity of the healthcare resources based upon the identification data received via local positioning sensors. The embodiments also determine that an event has occurred in response to the proximity of the healthcare resources satisfying a relational condition of the event that relates the healthcare resources, and the healthcare resources satisfying a status condition of the event. The embodiments further initiate an action associated with the event in response to determining that the event has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Charles J. Piccirillo, Timothy D. Wildman, Carl William Riley, Christopher Andrew Mathura, Williams F. Collins, JR., Karl Eric Harper, David E. Beuning, James Richard Jester, Katherine Vigneron
  • Publication number: 20050132347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer system comprising a plurality of computers, each capable of running a given software application, and a server. A transaction arrangement is operable between each computer and the server for activating and deactivating a license for the given software application selectively at each computer. In the preferred embodiment, each computer comprises an application store for storing a copy of the given software application, and a license store for storing details of the license including license rights. The server comprises a data store for storing a serial code for the given software application, a data store for storing an identification code for any computer where the license is activated, and data store containing details of the license rights allocated to each computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Harper, David Meredith