Patents by Inventor KERRY LYNNE MCALEER-FORTE

KERRY LYNNE MCALEER-FORTE 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).

  • Methods and systems for device management with sharing and programming capabilities
    Publication number: 20140180847
    Abstract: A system which includes a network of appliances functions to retrieve from a data repository, such as a centralized server, at least one data set containing food preparation instructions and to control one or more operations of at least one food preparation device, such as cooking temperatures and times associated with a stove, in accordance with the retrieved at least one data set containing food preparation instructions. The retrieved data set may additional be utilized to cause one or more devices to provide voice prompts to assist a user in the performance of the corresponding food preparation task. The data sets provided for this purpose may be standardized to allow recipes to be shared and used across multiple different appliance types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jason Silverstein, Christa Lynne Kuminski, Kerry Lynne McAleer-Forte, Anthony Kim, Jude S. Reter, Uki D. Lucas
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT WITH SHARING AND PROGRAMMING CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20130052616
    Abstract: A system which includes a network of appliances functions to retrieve from a data repository, such as a centralized server, at least one data set containing food preparation instructions and to control one or more operations of at least one food preparation device, such as cooking temperatures and times associated with a stove, in accordance with the retrieved at least one data set containing food preparation instructions. The retrieved data set may additional be utilized to cause one or more devices to provide voice prompts to assist a user in the performance of the corresponding food preparation task. The data sets provided for this purpose may be standardized to allow recipes to be shared and used across multiple different appliance types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: JASON SILVERSTEIN, CHRISTA LYNNE KUMINSKI, KERRY LYNNE MCALEER-FORTE, JUDE S. RETER