Patents by Inventor James McElhannon

James McElhannon 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).

  • Check-in system for traveling passengers
    Publication number: 20060145852
    Abstract: A system and method for checking in ship-board passengers and their baggage for an airline flight includes issuing a valet receipt for the passenger prior to baggage check-in, to be replaced by the airline bag tag when the passenger is ready to hand over bags to baggage handling personnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: ARINC Incorporated
    Inventors: James McElhannon, Brian McCormick, Tony Eberle
  • Error detection and recovery system and method for common use self-service kiosks
    Publication number: 20050137916
    Abstract: In an automated common use self-service kiosk, an automated error detection and recovery system automatically reports errors to an agent and prints a recovery coupon to be delivered to a user and presented to an agent. The recovery coupon contains a pointer to error condition data to allow the agent to quickly determine the cause of the error and possible corrections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: ARINC INCORPORATION
    Inventor: James McElhannon
  • Systems and methods for host/client communications
    Publication number: 20050131985
    Abstract: A method for determining the contents of a host response to a client query by detecting patterns expected in the data displayed in the host response, and outputting the data in the format of the detected pattern to the client. The pattern may be expressed using extensible markup language and regular expressions to form a compact and precise notation for the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: ARINC INCORPORATED
    Inventor: James McElhannon