Patents by Inventor Robert A. Flint
Robert A. Flint 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).
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Publication number: 20210076656Abstract: A system (10) for remote detection of pests, in this case as applied to a domestic dwelling (11) where a base station (12) communicates with eight detector or monitor units (13). The dotted (lines (14) indicate wired or wireless communication between the units (13) and the base station (12). As used herein the expressions “monitor” and “detector” are used interchangeably or where the detector is used as part of a box or cartridge where the detector is part (and may be reusable and separable) the whole unit including the detector part may be referred to as a monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: PESENSE PTY LTDInventors: Anthony Robert Flint, Peter Kenyon Simpson, Ion Leslie Staunton
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Patent number: 10798932Abstract: A system (10) for remote detection of pests, in this case as applied to a domestic dwelling (11) where a base station (12) communicates with eight detector or monitor units (13). The dotted (lines (14) indicate wired or wireless communication between the units (13) and the base station (12). As used herein the expressions “monitor” and “detector” are used interchangeably or where the detector is used as part of a box or cartridge where the detector is part (and may be reusable and separable) the whole unit including the detector part may be referred to as a monitor.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: PESENSE PTY LTDInventors: Anthony Robert Flint, Peter Kenyon Simpson, Ion Leslie Staunton
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Publication number: 20190191689Abstract: A mounting and positioning device 10 comprises a disc 11 having a termite detection region in the form of a hole 12. The device entices termites to the detection region 12 using termite scaffold as an array of slats 13 made from a termite consumable material fitted around the hole 12 using an array of flanges 14 which frictionally grip the slats. Concentric frangible sections in the form of weakened rings 22, 23, 24 and 25 permit marginal sections of the device to be removed so that it may fit inside different sized termite monitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: PESENSE PTY LTDInventors: Anthony Robert Flint, Peter Kenyon Simpson, Ion Leslie Staunton
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Publication number: 20190143773Abstract: An improved amphibious vehicle comprising: a drive train; a plurality of ground engaging wheels; a cooling system; a water propulsion system; and a hull which defines a passenger compartment, wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: SALAMANDER A.V. LIMITEDInventors: Ian George Mervyn Thompson, Robert Flint McDowell, Steven Barr, Andrew Colhoun
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Patent number: 10207553Abstract: An improved amphibious vehicle comprising: a drive train; a plurality of ground engaging wheels; a cooling system; a water propulsion system; and a hull which defines a passenger compartment, wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Salamander A.V. LimitedInventors: Ian George Mervyn Thompson, Robert Flint McDowell, Steven Barr, Andrew Colhoun
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Publication number: 20180341886Abstract: A decision support engine for dynamically scheduling interactions between a first party and a second party includes: a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory having stored therein instructions, that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive an inputted target file including a target number of first channel interactions and a target number of second channel interactions; receive an inputted date period; receive calendar data of the first party; distribute the first and second channel interactions over the date period; compare the date of a first one of the assigned first channel interactions with the corresponding date of the first party's calendar data, and when the calendar data indicates there is a conflict, shifting the first one of the assigned first channel interactions by one day and comparing the new date with the corresponding date of calendar data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Robert Flint, Jin Huang, Derek Choy, David Ehrlich
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Publication number: 20170240013Abstract: An improved amphibious vehicle comprising: a drive train; a plurality of ground engaging wheels; a cooling system; a water propulsion system; and a hull which defines a passenger compartment, wherein the form/shape of the hull below the waterline is substantially defined by a plurality of buoyancy modules that are demountably mountable to the amphibious vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: SALAMANDER A.V. LIMITEDInventors: Ian George Mervyn Thompson, Robert Flint McDowell, Steven Barr, Andrew Colhoun
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Publication number: 20170238521Abstract: A system (10) for remote detection of pests, in this case as applied to a domestic dwelling (11) where a base station (12) communicates with eight detector or monitor units (13). The dotted (lines (14) indicate wired or wireless communication between the units (13) and the base station (12). As used herein the expressions “monitor” and “detector” are used interchangeably or where the detector is used as part of a box or cartridge where the detector is part (and may be reusable and separable) the whole unit including the detector part may be referred to as a monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: PESENSE PTY LTDInventors: Anthony Robert Flint, Peter Kenyon Simpson, Ion Leslie Staunton
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Patent number: 7133848Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic pricing system that generates pricing recommendations for each product in each market. In particular, the system normalizes historic pricing and sales data, and then analyzes this historic data using parameters describing the user's business objectives to produce a pricing list to achieve these objectives. The system uses historical market data to forecast expected sales according to a market segment, product type, and a range of future dates and to determine the effects of price changes on the forecasted future sales. The system further calculates unit costs for the product. The system then estimates profits from sales at different prices by using the sales forecasts, adjusting these sales forecasts for changes in prices, and the costs determinations. The system optionally optimizes prices given current and projected inventory constraints and generates alerts notices according to pre-set conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Manugistics Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Phillips, Michael S. Gordon, Ozgur Ozluk, Stefano Alberti, Robert A. Flint, Jorgen K. Andersson, Keshava P. Rangarajan, Tom Grossman, Raymond Mark Cooke, Jeremy S. Cohen
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Patent number: 6992695Abstract: A surveillance system having two or more monitoring devices moving on a single track. The monitoring devices are suitably video cameras but may also include audio monitoring. Power for the monitoring devices, control signals and signals from the monitoring devices are all transmitted on the track. Power is suitably DC and other signals are suitably RF. The system incorporates collision avoidance means to prevent collision between adjacent moving cameras. The collision avoidance means includes hand-over software so that a person can seamlessly scan a region with camera control being passed to adjacent cameras to avoid collision.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2000Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Lextar Technologies, LtdInventors: Peter Kenyon Simpson, Anthony Robert Flint
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Publication number: 20060004598Abstract: The system for implementing Customized Pricing includes, in a preferred embodiment, four modules operable within a server or workstation environment, including a CP Statistics Calibration module, a CP Pricer, a CP Strategy Tool, and a CP Performance Monitor. The CP Statistics Calibration module examines the historical pricing proposals and their corresponding subsequent fulfillment data (e.g., what products were delivered at the offered prices). The historical pricing proposals are generated from or stored within databases coupled to the system. The CP Statistics Calibration module generates the market response parameters that are key to quantifying predicted future buyer behavior. Customer response behavior to various offers for products is preferably modeled using a Zero Inflated Regression Model approach. The CP Pricer software module is operative to construct a pricing proposal using the market response parameters generated by the CP Statistics Calibration module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Dean Boyd, Thomas Guardino, Henry Schwarz, Robert Flint
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Publication number: 20050028189Abstract: A system to provide access to information related to an audio or video signal being distributed to a multiplicity of people at a given time includes a watermarking arrangement for inserting identification codes into the audio or video signal before or at the time of distribution, the codes consisting of information identifying the time of distribution and the identity of the distributor, a reader for reading the identification codes and associating a block of data stored in a data store with the identification codes, and a communicator, such as, a mobile phone for one or more person who has received the audio or video signal to access the block of data using either the identification codes or the identity of the distributor and the time of distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2004Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Jeffrey Heine, Robert Kilbride-Newman, Robert Flint
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Publication number: 20030216090Abstract: A drive train for an amphibious vehicle provided with a propellor disengaging mechanism aft of the transfer case, thus allowing the output drive shafts to be continuously driven at all times. The drive train includes a motor attached to a transmission which is attached to a transfer case. The attachments are accomplished by rotatably coupled drive shafts. The drive train transfers rotational movement from the motor to the transmission, then to a transfer case where it is output to the various drive shafts enabling the vehicle to be propelled on land and in water.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2003Publication date: November 20, 2003Inventor: Robert Flint McDowell
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Patent number: 6575796Abstract: A drive train for an amphibious vehicle provided with a propellor disengaging mechanism aft of the transfer case, thus allowing the output drive shafts to be continuously driven at all times. The drive train includes a motor attached to a transmission which is attached to a transfer case. The attachments are accomplished by rotatably coupled drive shafts. The drive train transfers rotational movement from the motor to the transmission, then to a transfer case where it is output to the various drive shafts enabling the vehicle to be propelled on land and in water.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2000Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignee: Ozarks Scenic Tours, Inc.Inventor: Robert Flint McDowell
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Publication number: 20020116348Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic pricing system that generates pricing recommendations for each product in each market. In particular, the system normalizes historic pricing and sales data, and then analyzes this historic data using parameters describing the user's business objectives to produce a pricing list to achieve these objectives. The system uses historical market data to forecast expected sales according to a market segment, product type, and a range of future dates and to determine the effects of price changes on the forecasted future sales. The system further calculates unit costs for the product. The system then estimates profits from sales at different prices by using the sales forecasts, adjusting these sales forecasts for changes in prices, and the costs determinations. The system optionally optimizes prices given current and projected inventory constraints and generates alerts notices according to pre-set conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2001Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Robert L. Phillips, Michael S. Gordon, Ozgur Ozluk, Stefano Alberti, Robert A. Flint, Jorgen K. Andersson, Keshava P. Rangarajan, Tom Grossman, Raymond Mark Cooke, Jeremy S. Cohen
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Patent number: 6152527Abstract: A passenger seat for a vehicle which travels over or on water includes a base attached to the vehicle and for supporting the lower extremities of the passenger. A seat back extends upwardly from the base and supports the back of the passenger. At least one life vest constitutes a portion of the seat back. The life vest is capable of being removed from the seat back to provide flotation assistance to the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Ozarks Scenic Tours, Inc.Inventor: Robert Flint McDowell