Patents by Inventor John J. Richardson
John J. Richardson 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).
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Patent number: 11864485Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 11825763Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 11793102Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20230247930Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20230247929Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 11330756Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20220142037Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 11229155Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20210282311Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20200267889Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 10694655Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20200120862Abstract: A system for dispensing crop input products from multiple meters per crop row, including: a) a georeferencing module configured to receive and process georeferenced location information; b) a prescriptive control module configured to receive the processed georeferenced location information from the georeferencing module and utilize the georeferenced location information to generate specific prescriptive rate information for individual meters in the field; and, c) a meter controller module operatively connected to the prescriptive control module. The meter controller module is configured to utilize the specific prescriptive rate information to individually control multiple meters per crop row, to simultaneously dispense crop input products at specific prescriptive rates at georeferenced locations throughout the field.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: ERIC G. WINTEMUTE, JOHN J. RICHARDSON, RICHARD L. RICE, LARRY M. CONRAD, REX A. RYSDAM, NATHANIEL R. CLAUSSEN, RICHARD M. PORTER
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Patent number: 10517206Abstract: A system for dispensing crop input products from multiple meters per crop row, including: a) a georeferencing module configured to receive and process georeferenced location information; b) a prescriptive control module configured to receive the processed georeferenced location information from the georeferencing module and utilize the georeferenced location information to generate specific prescriptive rate information for individual meters in the field; and, c) a meter controller module operatively connected to the prescriptive control module. The meter controller module is configured to utilize the specific prescriptive rate information to individually control multiple meters per crop row, to simultaneously dispense crop input products at specific prescriptive rates at georeferenced locations throughout the field.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Eric G. Wintemute, John J. Richardson, Richard L. Rice, Larry M. Conrad, Rex A. Rysdam, Nathaniel R. Claussen, Richard M. Porter
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Publication number: 20180255696Abstract: A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Eric G. Wintemute, Richard L. Rice, Kent James, John J. Richardson
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Publication number: 20170322824Abstract: An operating system running on a computing device, also referred to herein as a host device, uses containers for hardware resource partitioning. A container can include one or more of various different components, such as a base operating system, a user-mode environment, an application, virtual devices, combinations thereof, and so forth. One or more container templates are maintained for a computing device, and in response to a request to create a new container, a template container is copied into memory of the computing device to create the new container. The template container includes the various components of the container, and these components are copied into memory of the computing device rather than being launched or started one after the other. Thus, time need not be expended starting the various components included in the container—the components are just copied into memory as a new container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lars Reuther, David A. Hepkin, Kevin M. Broas, John A. Starks, Arun U. Kishan, John J. Richardson, Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy M. Bak
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Publication number: 20170265374Abstract: A system for dispensing crop input products from multiple meters per crop row, including: a) a georeferencing module configured to receive and process georeferenced location information; b) a prescriptive control module configured to receive the processed georeferenced location information from the georeferencing module and utilize the georeferenced location information to generate specific prescriptive rate information for individual meters in the field; and, c) a meter controller module operatively connected to the prescriptive control module. The meter controller module is configured to utilize the specific prescriptive rate information to individually control multiple meters per crop row, to simultaneously dispense crop input products at specific prescriptive rates at georeferenced locations throughout the field.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: AMVAC Chemical CorporationInventors: ERIC G. WINTEMUTE, JOHN J. RICHARDSON, RICHARD L. RICE, LARRY M. CONRAD, REX A. RYSDAM, NATHANIEL R. CLAUSSEN, RICHARD M. PORTER
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Patent number: 7406698Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automatic interactions between a highly threaded software environment such as an operating system kernel and a module operating in a less threaded environment. This is achieved by supplying adapter objects that employ various automated locking components to synchronize interactions between the environments such as processing of events or interrupts that may be generated in the system. In one aspect, a driver management system is provided that includes a driver framework component (DFC) that is separate from a driver or other type module, wherein the DFC generates objects that facilitate seamless interactions between the driver and a highly threaded system. A presentation component associated with the DFC selectively exposes objects to the driver in a multi-threaded environment.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 7386864Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automatic interactions between a client component and an object supported by an operating system framework. Various components provide automatic locking, or serialization of code execution during selected processing of events that are generated by the object and directed to the client component. The system framework provides automated synchronization services for processing events to a client program. Automated event processing can be configured such that, automated processing can be turned off for all or portions of some tasks and turned on for other tasks. In one aspect, a computer-based event handling system is provided having a framework component that supplies classes of objects that can raise events. A synchronization component automatically controls in part synchronization of access to data based on categorization of objects and/or instances defined by the framework.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: John J. Richardson
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Patent number: 7221746Abstract: The present invention is for a sensing device that monitors the conditions of a remote location. The device has a detecting means which detects the conditions at the remote location; a transmitting module that reads and remotely transmits information containing the detected conditions and the power level of a power source powering the transmitting module; a base module that receives, selectively processes and conveys the information telephonically; and an identifying means that identifies the remote location of the call without incurring a telephone toll charge. The invention is also directed to a method of sensing conditions at a remote location without incurring telephone toll charges.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Inventors: Donald Onken, John J. Richardson, Steve Stone
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Publication number: 20040125927Abstract: The present invention is for a sensing device that monitors the conditions of a remote location. The device has a detecting means which detects the conditions at the remote location; a transmitting module that reads and remotely transmits information containing the detected conditions and the power level of a power source powering the transmitting module; a base module that receives, selectively processes and conveys the information telephonically; and an identifying means that identifies the remote location of the call before the call is completed, and thus the information can be passed without completing a call. The invention is also directed to a method of sensing conditions at a remote location in the least possible time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Inventors: Donald Onken, Tim McDonough, John J. Richardson, Steve Stone