Patents by Inventor Norman Scott Storkel

Norman Scott Storkel 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: 20190364036
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates systems, apparatus, and methods for security devices, in particular, low-power, security devices and other devices. The devices typically connect to the Internet or other networks only on an intermittent, event-based basis, typically by cellular modem. The invention meets a need for security devices, as well as other devices, that can connect to the Internet and other networks but that are low-power and/or intermittently connected to networks such as the Internet on an intermittent and/or on demand basis. This renders them more secure, less susceptible to hacking and other attacks, less prone to continuously gathering data that a user might consider to be superfluous and/or invasive in terms of data collected, and can make them low-power, thus allowing them to run on battery for long periods of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Simtek, Inc.
    Inventors: William Brady Simpson, Ari Chivukula, Norman Scott Storkel, Steven Shenker, Eric Shrewsberry, Phang Moh Lim, John O'Leary
  • Patent number: 6622147
    Abstract: A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present mechanism includes an apparatus and method for processing te Xt e Xpressions in a computer system, the apparatus including: 1) an object database defining an information object with an associated keyword; 2) a user input device for receiving an input te Xt e Xpression; 3) a parsing device for identifying the keyword in the input te Xt e Xpression, the parsing device including functions for linking the input te Xt e Xpression to the information object based on the keyword identified in the input te Xt e Xpression; and 4) a user output device for displaying to the user the identity of the information object to which the input te Xt e Xpression was linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Actioneer, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Smiga, Dennis Buchheim, Thomas Hagan, David Wadhwani, Norman Scott Storkel
  • Publication number: 20030167279
    Abstract: A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing text expressions in a computer system, the apparatus including: 1) an object database defining an information object with an associated keyword; 2) a user input device for receiving an input text expression; 3) a parsing device for identifying the keyword in the input text expression, the parsing device including functions for linking the input text expression to the information object based on the keyword identified in the input text expression; and 4) a user output device for displaying to the user the identity of the information object to which the input text expression was linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Brian Smiga, Dennis Buchheim, Thomas Hagan, David Wadhwani, Norman Scott Storkel
  • Patent number: 6421678
    Abstract: A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing text expressions in a computer system, the apparatus including; 1) an object database defining an information object with an associated keyword; 2) a user input device for receiving an input text expression; 3) a parsing device for identifying the keyword in the input text expression, the parsing device including functions for linking the input text expression to the information object based on the keyword identified in the input text expression; and 4) a user output device for displaying to the user the identity of the information object to which the input text expression was linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Actioneer, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Smiga, Dennis Buchheim, Thomas Hagan, David Wadhwani, Norman Scott Storkel
  • Publication number: 20020019825
    Abstract: A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing text expressions in a computer system, the apparatus including: 1) an object database defining an information object with an associated keyword; 2) a user input device for receiving an input text expression; 3) a parsing device for identifying the keyword in the input text expression, the parsing device including functions for linking the input text expression to the information object based on the keyword identified in the input text expression; and 4) a user output device for displaying to the user the identity of the information object to which the input text expression was linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: BRIAN SMIGA, DENNIS BUCHHEIM, THOMAS HAGAN, DAVID WADHWANI, NORMAN SCOTT STORKEL
  • Patent number: 6029171
    Abstract: A natural language-based information organization and collaboration tool for a computer system is disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing text expressions in a computer system, the apparatus including: 1) an object database defining an information object with an associated keyword; 2) a user input device for receiving an input text expression; 3) a parsing device for identifying the keyword in the input text expression, the parsing device including functions for linking the input text expression to the information object based on the keyword identified in the input text expression; and 4) a user output device for displaying to the user the identity of the information object to which the input text expression was linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Actioneer, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Smiga, Dennis Buchheim, Thomas Hagan, David Wadhwani, Norman Scott Storkel