Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Kessler

Joseph P. Kessler 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).

  • Method and computer program for device configuration
    Patent number: 10419297
    Abstract: A method and computer program are provided for graphically configuring devices in a control area network that includes providing one or more application programming interfaces, creating one or more graphical objects on a computer display using a graphical user interface, and associating one or more functions of an application programming interface with one or more of the devices using the graphical user interface. Each application programming interface corresponds to a class of devices and includes a set of functions. Each class of devices includes one or more devices. At least one of the graphical objects represents one or more of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Ward, Robert Michael Whapham, Joseph P. Kessler
  • Method and computer program for device configuration
    Patent number: 9063739
    Abstract: A method and computer program are provided for graphically configuring devices in a control area network that includes providing one or more application programming interfaces, creating one or more graphical objects on a computer display using a graphical user interface, and associating one or more functions of an application programming interface with one or more of the devices using the graphical user interface. Each application programming interface corresponds to a class of devices and includes a set of functions. Each class of devices includes one or more devices. At least one of the graphical objects represents one or more of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Ward, Robert Michael Whapham, Joseph P. Kessler
  • Method and computer program for implementing interactive bargraphs of any shape or design on a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 7342584
    Abstract: A method and computer program are provided for implementing an interactive bargraph that includes associating an interactive bargraph with an independent touch map image having a plurality of pixel values, displaying the interactive bargraph, determining a current level of the interactive bargraph based on the content of the touch map image, and updating the display of the interactive bargraph based on the current level of the interactive bargraph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: AMX, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kessler, Mark R. Lee, Robert M. Whapham