Patents by Inventor Michael E. Powers

Michael E. Powers 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).

  • Patent number: 12136333
    Abstract: An emergency preparedness alert notification system includes a central siren control system (CSCS) (102) remotely located from a multiplicity of rotating siren systems (104, 106, 108) distributed over diverse wide geographic regions, and which can be automatically tested by the CSCS. The testing method can be automatically repeated to accurately and timely capture test result data, and alarm conditions, from each of the multiplicity of remotely located at least one rotating siren system. Individual components of each rotating siren system are diagnosed and the test results, including any alarm conditions, can be automatically reported via wirelessly transmitted messages 702 to the CSCS. Technical and repair personnel can be dispatched to a particular siren site based on the automatic testing results reported at the CSCS. The retrofittable system can predict a future occurrence of a failure of a particular component of a rotating siren system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
    Inventors: Kurt E. Ellmers, James B. Patterson, Wryan Tyler Cross, Jow H. Ortiz, Michael E. Powers
  • Publication number: 20240203235
    Abstract: An emergency preparedness alert notification system includes a central siren control system (CSCS) (102) remotely located from a multiplicity of rotating siren systems (104, 106, 108) distributed over diverse wide geographic regions, and which can be automatically tested by the CSCS. The testing method can be automatically repeated to accurately and timely capture test result data, and alarm conditions, from each of the multiplicity of remotely located at least one rotating siren system. Individual components of each rotating siren system are diagnosed and the test results, including any alarm conditions, can be automatically reported via wirelessly transmitted messages 702 to the CSCS. Technical and repair personnel can be dispatched to a particular siren site based on the automatic testing results reported at the CSCS. The retrofittable system can predict a future occurrence of a failure of a particular component of a rotating siren system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kurt E. ELLMERS, James B. PATTERSON, Wryan Tyler CROSS, Jow H. ORTIZ, Michael E. POWERS
  • Patent number: 9392006
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus connected to a processing system including a data collector to gather and store data regarding operation of the processing system, a device relationship manager to send data regarding the operation of the processing system to a remote administrative console, and a security policy manager to control the sending of data regarding the operation of the processing system by the device relationship manager to the remote administrative console based on a security policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NETAPP, INC.
    Inventors: Steven D. Yee, Rod Bagg, Michael E. Powers, Joseph A. Thomson, Richard L. Ehrhart, James M. Korntved, Brian M. Hackworth, Pradeep Kalra, Diptish Datta
  • Publication number: 20140317743
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus connected to a processing system including a data collector to gather and store data regarding operation of the processing system, a device relationship manager to send data regarding the operation of the processing system to a remote administrative console, and a security policy manager to control the sending of data regarding the operation of the processing system by the device relationship manager to the remote administrative console based on a security policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Yee, Rod Bagg, Michael E. Powers, Joseph A. Thomson, Richard L. Ehrhart, James M. Korntved, Brian M. Hackworth, Pradeep Kalra, Diptish Datta
  • Patent number: 8745199
    Abstract: The present invention includes an apparatus connected to a processing system including a data collector to gather and store data regarding operation of the processing system, a device relationship manager to send data regarding the operation of the processing system to a remote administrative console, and a security policy manager to control the sending of data regarding the operation of the processing system by the device relationship manager to the remote administrative console based on a security policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Netapp, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Yee, Rod Bagg, Michael E. Powers, Joseph A. Thomson, Richard L. Ehrhart, James M. Korntved, Brian M. Hackworth, Pradeep Kalra, Diptish Datta
  • Patent number: D246170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1977
    Inventor: Michael E. Powers