Patents by Inventor Frank Keith McCuen

Frank Keith McCuen 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND SECURING A SUPERVISED OPENING
    Publication number: 20160314684
    Abstract: A system and method of securing an opening or access point may transition to a first alarm state in response to an indication that the access point is open, sound a first audible alarm in response to an open access point, silence the first audible alarm and return to the armed state in response to a disarming action by a user, transition to a first disarmed state in response to an indication of the disarming action by the user, initiate a countdown from a first predetermined time period in response to the disarming action by the user, return to the armed state upon the expiration of the first predetermined period, transition to a second disarmed state in response to an indication of a closed access point, and initiate a countdown from a second predetermined period in response to a remaining first predetermined period being greater than the second predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Frank Keith McCuen
  • System and method for monitoring and securing a supervised opening
    Patent number: 9384653
    Abstract: A method of securing an access point comprises transitioning to a first alarm state in response to: receiving an indication that the access point is open, sounding a first audible alarm in response to the open access point, silencing the first audible alarm and returning to the armed state in response to a disarming action by a user, transitioning to a first disarmed state in response to receiving an indication of the disarming action by the user, initiating a countdown from a first predetermined time period in response to the disarming action by the user, returning to the armed state upon the expiration of the first predetermined time period, transitioning to a second disarmed state in response to receiving an indication of a closed access point, and initiating a countdown from a second predetermined time period in response to a remaining first predetermined time period being greater than the second predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLAND SAFE AND LOCK COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: Frank Keith McCuen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND SECURING A SUPERVISED OPENING
    Publication number: 20150015393
    Abstract: A method of securing an access point comprises transitioning to a first alarm state in response to: receiving an indication that the access point is open, sounding a first audible alarm in response to the open access point, silencing the first audible alarm and returning to the armed state in response to a disarming action by a user, transitioning to a first disarmed state in response to receiving an indication of the disarming action by the user, initiating a countdown from a first predetermined time period in response to the disarming action by the user, returning to the armed state upon the expiration of the first predetermined time period, transitioning to a second disarmed state in response to receiving an indication of a closed access point, and initiating a countdown from a second predetermined time period in response to a remaining first predetermined time period being greater than the second predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Rolland Safe and Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Frank Keith McCuen, Mengxiao Yuan