Patents by Inventor Keith A. Mask

Keith A. Mask 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).

  • Systems and methods of monitoring waste
    Patent number: 9721342
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for monitoring waste. Example methods may include monitoring a waste compartment of a waste container, the waste compartment configured to receive waste items, and determining a waste level of waste items in the waste compartment. Methods may include identifying a waste haul threshold indicative of a predetermined waste level at which a waste haul notification is triggered, determining that the waste level meets the waste haul threshold, and triggering the waste haul notification indicating that the waste container is to be emptied based at least in part on the waste level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: COX ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Keith A. Mask
  • Systems and Methods of Monitoring Waste
    Publication number: 20160292862
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for monitoring waste. Example methods may include monitoring a waste compartment of a waste container, the waste compartment configured to receive waste items, and determining a waste level of waste items in the waste compartment. Methods may include identifying a waste haul threshold indicative of a predetermined waste level at which a waste haul notification is triggered, determining that the waste level meets the waste haul threshold, and triggering the waste haul notification indicating that the waste container is to be emptied based at least in part on the waste level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Keith A. Mask
  • Systems and methods of monitoring waste
    Patent number: 9342884
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for monitoring waste. Example methods may include monitoring a waste compartment of a waste container, the waste compartment configured to receive waste items, and determining a waste level of waste items in the waste compartment. Methods may include identifying a waste haul threshold indicative of a predetermined waste level at which a waste haul notification is triggered, determining that the waste level meets the waste haul threshold, and triggering the waste haul notification indicating that the waste container is to be emptied based at least in part on the waste level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Cox Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith A. Mask
  • Systems and Methods of Monitoring Waste
    Publication number: 20150348252
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for monitoring waste. Example methods may include monitoring a waste compartment of a waste container, the waste compartment configured to receive waste items, and determining a waste level of waste items in the waste compartment. Methods may include identifying a waste haul threshold indicative of a predetermined waste level at which a waste haul notification is triggered, determining that the waste level meets the waste haul threshold, and triggering the waste haul notification indicating that the waste container is to be emptied based at least in part on the waste level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Keith A. Mask