Patents by Inventor Russell B. Schultz

Russell B. Schultz 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).

  • Outage notification device and method
    Patent number: 7586420
    Abstract: An outage notification system for detecting a power outage at a customer location is provided. The outage notification system comprises a first outage notification device operably coupled to a first circuit at the customer location, a second device operably coupled to a second circuit at the customer location. The first device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the first circuit and communicate the status of power supply to the first circuit to the second device. The second device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the second circuit (or other desired parameter in an alternative embodiment) and notify, via a network, a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location based at least in part on the statuses of power supply to the first and/or second circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Basic Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Fischer, Russell B. Schultz
  • Outage notification device and method
    Patent number: 6963285
    Abstract: An outage notification system for detecting a power outage at a customer location is provided. The outage notification system comprises a first outage notification device operably coupled to a first circuit at the customer location, a second device operably coupled to a second circuit at the customer location. The first device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the first circuit and communicate the status of power supply to the first circuit to the second device. The second device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the second circuit (or other desired parameter in an alternative embodiment) and notify, via a network, a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location based at least in part on the statuses of power supply to the first and/or second circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Basic Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger L. Fischer, Russell B. Schultz
  • Outage notification device and method
    Publication number: 20040061616
    Abstract: An outage notification system for detecting a power outage at a customer location is provided. The outage notification system comprises a first outage notification device operably coupled to a first circuit at the customer location, a second device operably coupled to a second circuit at the customer location. The first device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the first circuit and communicate the status of power supply to the first circuit to the second device. The second device is operable to determine a status of power supply to the second circuit (or other desired parameter in an alternative embodiment) and notify, via a network, a receiving system associated with the electric utility of a power outage at the customer location based at least in part on the statuses of power supply to the first and/or second circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Roger L. Fischer, Russell B. Schultz