Patents by Inventor Robert C. Pratt

Robert C. Pratt 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: 11957526
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products monitor a person's regimen for medicinal and dietary restrictions. When the person's regimen requires a liquid medication or supplement, an oral instrument is commanded to dispense a dosage of fluid. The oral instrument stores a reservoir of the fluid. If the oral instrument is a spoon, for example, the spoon may automatically dispense cough syrup or other medicine. A toothbrush, likewise, may automatically dispense mouthwash. A sensor may confirm presence of the oral instrument in the person's mouth, thus ensuring the dosage of fluid is ingested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Li, Troy C. Meuninck, Robert Raymond Miller, II, James H. Pratt, Horst J. Schroeter, Behzad Shahraray
  • Patent number: 6502086
    Abstract: An automated data processing system includes a relational database engine, storage devices having a database table, registry and binary large objects created and updated by the relational database engine and a user defined function engine retrieving data elements stored in the binary large objects. The registry includes data element classifications. The database table includes relational information of the data elements, the data element classifications and pointers to the binary large objects, and the relational database engine creates and updates the binary large objects based on the database table and the registry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert C. Pratt
  • Publication number: 20010049693
    Abstract: An automated data processing system includes a relational database engine, storage devices having a database table, registry and binary large objects created and updated by the relational database engine and a user defined function engine retrieving data elements stored in the binary large objects. The registry includes data element classifications. The database table includes relational information of the data elements, the data element classifications and pointers to the binary large objects, and the relational database engine creates and updates the binary large objects based on the database table and the registry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventor: ROBERT C. PRATT