Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Stanford

Jeffery A. Stanford 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).

  • Succession of an asset in control in response to a level of user intervention
    Patent number: 8209208
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system includes a processor configured to determine or receive a candidate to succeed an asset in control in response to a level of user intervention selected by a user from a plurality of levels of user intervention, determine if the candidate is available and determine if the candidate is qualified. The processor is also configured to designate the candidate as successor to succeed the asset in control if the candidate is available and qualified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John J. Lipasek, Cheryl R. Erickson, Barry E. Thelen, Jeffery A. Stanford
  • CONTROL SUCCESSION
    Publication number: 20110054975
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system includes a processor configured to determine if a candidate to succeed an asset in control is available and determine if the candidate is qualified. The processor is also configured to designate the candidate as the successor if the candidate to succeed the asset in control is available and qualified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John J. Lipasek, Cheryl R. Erickson, Barry E. Thelen, Jeffery A. Stanford