Patents by Inventor Michael C. Pearson

Michael C. Pearson 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).

  • Publication number: 20250068308
    Abstract: A virtual presence system and method integrates multiple virtual presence technologies, including the ability to enable a user to experience a remote location through a plurality of different types of virtual presence devices. The different types of virtual presence devices might include virtual presence robots, as well drones, land vehicles, devices arranged to be worn by a person, and other virtual presence devices, all of which are accessible through a single website hosted on a server that provides links to the different types of virtual presence devices at selectable locations through a hierarchical query database that stores geographic coordinates, types, and features of the virtual presence devices, GIS to analyze and display geographic information, and communication methods, together with IP addresses and/or aliases that enable the devices to be accessed and controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Herbert C. Pearson, James J. Murray, Margaret A. Phillips, Michael C. Pearson, Englebert Jimenez
  • Patent number: 12153777
    Abstract: A virtual presence system and method integrates multiple virtual presence technologies, including the ability to enable a user to experience a remote location through a plurality of different types of virtual presence devices. The different types of virtual presence devices might include virtual presence robots, as well drones, land vehicles, devices arranged to be worn by a human, and other virtual presence devices, all of which are accessible through a single website hosted on a server that provides links to the different types of virtual presence devices at selectable locations through a hierarchical query database that stores geographic coordinates, types, and features of the virtual presence devices, GIS to analyze and display geographic information, and communication methods, together with IP addresses and/or aliases that enable the devices to be accessed and controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cre8 Ideaz, LLC
    Inventors: Herbert C. Pearson, James J. Murray, Englebert Jimenez, Margaret A. Phillips, Michael C. Pearson
  • Publication number: 20230214097
    Abstract: A virtual presence system and method integrates multiple virtual presence technologies, including the ability to enable a user to experience a remote location through a plurality of different types of virtual presence devices. The different types of virtual presence devices might include virtual presence robots, as well drones, land vehicles, devices arranged to be worn by a human, and other virtual presence devices, all of which are accessible through a single website hosted on a server that provides links to the different types of virtual presence devices at selectable locations through a hierarchical query database that stores geographic coordinates, types, and features of the virtual presence devices, GIS to analyze and display geographic information, and communication methods, together with IP addresses and/or aliases that enable the devices to be accessed and controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Herbert C. Pearson, James J. Murray, Englebert Jimenez, Peggy Phillips, Michael C. Pearson
  • Publication number: 20190213531
    Abstract: A method of supplying inventory includes sorting inventory into flexible inventory bags or soft-sided containers. Each flexible inventory bag or soft-sided container that receives the inventory corresponds with a final desired location in a building of a retailer. Each flexible inventory bag or soft-sided container is transported to the final desired location and inventory from the flexible inventory bag or soft-sided container is set into the final desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Neal T. Anderson, Fatima H. Ayubi, Andrew T. Bean, Sukie C. Ewald, Amy E. Furfori, Terrence J. Hornsby, JR., Katherine E. Kelly, Thomas E. McMillan, Michael C. Pearson, Chris W. Prater, Neil Z. Witte