Patents by Inventor Paul DiBenedetto

Paul DiBenedetto 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tracking sequences of an electrical device controllable from multiple locations
    Patent number: 6917167
    Abstract: In an electric system that controls electrical or state variable devices through inputs received from device operators such as switches, buttons and the like, where some of the button control or set sequences for the electrical devices and others predefined “presets”, an automatic sequence tracking process monitors the system and adjusts the position of the sequence steps for buttons that are associated therewith, to ensure that they always track the current condition of the electrical devices. Thereby, actuation of sequence generating buttons will always choose the next step in a sequence for the corresponding electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Courtney, Neil Orchowski, Kevin Kocher, Paul DiBenedetto, William H. Howe, Matthew Bamberger
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING SEQUENCES OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTROLLABLE FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20050046360
    Abstract: In an electric system that controls electrical or state variable devices through inputs received from device operators such as switches, buttons and the like, where some of the buttons control or set sequences for the electrical devices and others predefined “presets”, an automatic sequence tracking process monitors the system and adjusts the position of the sequence steps for buttons that are associated therewith, to ensure that they always track the current condition of the electrical devices. Thereby, actuation of sequence generating buttons will always choose the next step in a sequence for the corresponding electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Courtney, Neil Orchowski, Kevin Kocher, Paul DiBenedetto, William Howe, Matthew Bamberger