Patents by Inventor Kenneth M. Partyka

Kenneth M. Partyka 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).

  • Vending data collection system
    Patent number: 6250452
    Abstract: A monitoring system monitors a plurality of remote product dispensers. Vends are detected indicating that products have been dispensed from the dispenser during a given time period. Vend data indicative of the products dispensed is stored. The vend data is communicated to a base unit and a base unit provides a display indicative of products dispensed and a service schedule based on the vend data received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Cimetrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Partyka, David J. Pogoff, Michell H. Cochran, Michael L. Gannon
  • Vending data collection system
    Patent number: 5941363
    Abstract: A monitoring system monitors a plurality of remote product dispensers. Vends are detected indicating that products have been dispensed from the dispenser during a given time period. Vend data indicative of the products dispensed is stored. The vend data is communicated to a base unit and a base unit provides a display indicative of products dispensed and a service schedule based on the vend data received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Proactive Vending Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Partyka, David J. Pogoff, Michell H. Cochran, Michael L. Gannon
  • Data server for transferring selected blocks of remote file to a distributed computer network involving only single data transfer operation
    Patent number: 5394526
    Abstract: A pipelined data server having an improved data transfer architecture is used with a distributed computer network and a plurality of secondary storage devices to efficiently transfer data between the network and the secondary storage devices. The pipelined, multiprocessor data server includes a common inter-processor bus that connects one or more communication processors and file processors to one or more device processors, each having a buffer memory as part of the device processor. The common bus provides for global direct access to each of the buffer memories in the device processors by any of the other processors. The buffer memories are also connected to the secondary storage device attached to the device processor by a DMA transfer path in the device processor. In this way, data transfers can occur between the secondary storage device and the network with only one data transfer across the common bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: LSC, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald D. Crouse, Kenneth M. Partyka