Patents by Inventor Robert G. Urfer

Robert G. Urfer 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: 20170091882
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automated menu planning for an event via a social network. Aspects include receiving a request for an event from a host via the social network and identifying a plurality of attendees for the event and one or more of a food preference and a food restriction for one or more of the plurality of attendees. Aspects further include determining a menu for the event based on the one or more of the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees, wherein the menu includes a general set of constraints on a type of food that can be served at the event that will meet the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: JOHN CANALE, THERESA S. DOWDEN, GREGORY L. DUNLAP, PATRICK J. FADDEN, JOHN A. STAUBI, ROBERT G. URFER
  • Publication number: 20170091881
    Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for automated menu planning for an event via a social network. Aspects include receiving a request for an event from a host via the social network and identifying a plurality of attendees for the event and one or more of a food preference and a food restriction for one or more of the plurality of attendees. Aspects further include determining a menu for the event based on the one or more of the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees, wherein the menu includes a general set of constraints on a type of food that can be served at the event that will meet the food preference and the food restriction for the one or more of the plurality of attendees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: JOHN CANALE, THERESA S. DOWDEN, GREGORY L. DUNLAP, PATRICK J. FADDEN, JOHN A. STAUBI, ROBERT G. URFER
  • Patent number: 4941830
    Abstract: An improved edge design for a printed circuit board used with a connector having spring biased contact members. The printed circuit board has a nose piece bonded thereon which is made of a lubritious, insulating material for deflecting the spring biased contact members without causing damage to the members or the electrical contacts thereon. In a preferred embodiment, each spring biased member is fixed in the connector at one end and has a bent portion with an electrical contact on the bent portion. The electrical contact is in an impact protected position when its spring biased member is undeflected, and moves to a contact making position for contact with an input/output tab on the printed circuit board as the spring biased member is deflected around its fixed end during the plugging in operation of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: William J. Tkazyik, Robert G. Urfer