Patents by Inventor James K. Stark

James K. Stark 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: 6115713
    Abstract: A networked system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems has multiple levels of software in processing nodes. The levels include a "features" processing level which communicates requests for data to a software object level containing databases of processes and attributes and database managers. The database managers in the software object level operate to provide data to the high level features in the same format. The software object level communicates with a hardware object level which also contains databases and database managers to mask differences between operational hardware units. By categorizing operational units by type, additional units of a known type can be added with only low level hardware object database changes. Adding units of a new type is facilitated by software changes confined to the lower level hardware and software objects, avoiding software changes at high level features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5598566
    Abstract: A networked system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems has multiple levels of software in processing nodes. The levels include a "features" processing level which communicates requests for data to a software object level containing databases of processes and attributes and database managers. The database managers in the software object level operate to provide data to the high level features in the same format. The software object level communicates with a hardware object level which also contains databases and database managers to mask differences between operational hardware units. By categorizing operational units by type, additional units of a known type can be added with only low level hardware object database changes. Adding units of a new type is facilitated by software changes confined to the lower level hardware and software objects, avoiding software changes at high level features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5550980
    Abstract: A networked system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems has multiple levels of software in processing nodes. The levels include a "features" processing level which communicates requests for data to a software object level containing databases of processes and attributes and database managers. The database managers in the software object level operate to provide data to the high level features in the same format. The software object level communicates with a hardware object level which also contains databases and database managers to mask differences between operational hardware units. By categorizing operational units by type, additional units of a known type can be added with only low level hardware object database changes. Adding units of a new type is facilitated by software changes confined to the lower level hardware and software objects, avoiding software changes at high level features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5522044
    Abstract: A networked system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems has multiple levels of software in processing nodes. The levels include a "features" processing level which communicates requests for data to a software object level containing databases of processes and attributes and database managers. The database managers in the software object level operate to provide data to the high level features in the same format. The software object level communicates with a hardware object level which also contains databases and database managers to mask differences between operational hardware units. By categorizing operational units by type, additional units of a known type can be added with only low level hardware object database changes. Adding units of a new type is facilitated by software changes confined to the lower level hardware and software objects, avoiding software changes at high level features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5511188
    Abstract: A networked system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems has multiple levels of software in processing nodes. The levels include a "features" processing level which communicates requests for data to a software object level containing databases of processes and attributes and database managers. The database managers in the software object level operate to provide data to the high level features in the same format. The software object level communicates with a hardware object level which also contains databases and database managers to mask differences between operational hardware units. By categorizing operational units by type, additional units of a known type can be added with only low level hardware object database changes. Adding units of a new type is facilitated by software changes confined to the lower level hardware and software objects, avoiding software changes at high level features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5463735
    Abstract: A network system having a wide variety of applications and particularly applicable to facilities management systems includes network controllers which continuously process data related to building and industrial, environmental, security and other automated system controls. Each network controller has a network address indicative of a communication link to which the network controller is connected, a local address and a node drop ID to determine whether the network controller is a configured or non-configured device. Data stored in an archive device is downloaded to a destination network controller in the absence of a routing table in the destination network controller by transmitting a download request message from the archive device to an intermediate network controller with a routing table. The intermediate network controller assumes control of the download request by transmitting the message to the destination controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, David E. Rasmussen, Gaylon M. Decious, James R. Garbe, Susan M. Hyzer, Karen L. Woest, Vairavan Vairavan, David L. Koch, Donald A. Gottschalk, Jr., Dennis E. Burkhardt, Darrell E. Standish, Paul W. Madaus, Dan J. Spacek, Clay G. Nesler, James K. Stark, Otto M. Mageland, Robert R. Singers, Michael E. Wagner
  • Patent number: 5249184
    Abstract: A timer manager for use in a network control system of one node of a connectionless communication network provides message receipt reliability. The network control system includes a buffer pool for storing messages to be transmitted from the one node and a data link stage for receiving the buffer pool storage address of a message to be transmitted and causing the message to be accessed and transmitted onto the bus. The timer manager is coupled to the buffer pool and to the data link stage and includes a table including a plurality of entry slots for storing the buffer pool storage address of a message to be transmitted with an associated timer entry index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Woest, James K. Stark, David E. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 5243595
    Abstract: A network control system controls the receipt and transmission of messages at one node of a communication network which includes a plurality of nodes coupled together on a bi-directional bus. Both short messages having a length less than a predetermined number of bytes and long messages having a length greater than the predetermined number of bytes may be conveyed between nodes. The network control system incudes a connectionless network control portion for controlling the receipt and transmission of the short messages and a connection-oriented network control portion for controlling the receipt and transmission of the long messages including establishing a connection between its node and another node before a long message is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Woest, James K. Stark, David E. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 5237568
    Abstract: A network control system of one node of a communication network includes a data link stage and a session stage which provide a priority protocol. The network control system includes a storage and the data link stage stores received messages in the storage. When the number of stored messages reaches a predetermined limit, the data link stage limits the receipt of messages to priority messages. The session stage is arranged such that if it and a session stage of another node simultaneously initiate a session service, a connection is established, the session stage having a higher priority completes its session first, and the connection is maintained to permit the lower priority session stage to complete its session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Woest, James K. Stark, David E. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 5224095
    Abstract: A network control system for use in a communication network controls the receipt and transmission of messages between at least a pair of nodes of the network. Messages conveyed within the network include short messages having a length less than a predetermined number of bytes and long messages having a length greater than the predetermined number of bytes. The network control system is located at least at one of the nodes and includes a connectionless network control portion for controlling the transmission and receipt of the short messages and a connection-oriented network control portion coupled to the connectionless network control portion for establishing a connection with the other node for controlling the transmission and receipt of the long messages between the pair of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Johnson Service Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Woest, James K. Stark, David E. Rasmussen