Patents by Inventor Scott A. Steele
Scott A. Steele 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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Patent number: 9366702Abstract: A method of determining whether an electrical appliance can tolerate variations in supplied electrical energy. In some embodiments, the method may include coupling the electrical appliance to a source of electrical energy, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance, wherein the electrical energy is delivered at a first electrical energy level, obtaining a first measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the first electrical energy level, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance at a second electrical energy level different than the first electrical energy level, obtaining a second measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the second electrical energy level, and comparing the first measurement of current to the second measurement of current.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Steele, William P. Alberth, Jr., David K. Hartsfield
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Publication number: 20160155223Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for mapping components of an automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for intelligently controlling one or more energy-consuming devices in a structure such as a residential, commercial, or industrial building. One embodiment includes a method of identifying a location of at least one component of an automation system, comprising obtaining an image of the at least one component, the image being captured by a wireless device; determining a location of the wireless device at the time of capturing the image; determining an identity of the at least one component; and associating the identity of the at least one component with the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: William P. Alberth, JR., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 9337663Abstract: A building automation system including a controller, at least one outlet for providing electrical energy to one or more electrical devices, at least one sensor for detecting one or more characteristics of the electrical devices, and a communication link configured to allow communication between the controller and other components of the system, wherein the controller is configured to control (e.g., interrupt, change, adjust, terminate, increase, and/or meter) the supply of power to the at least one outlet based, in part, on one or more characteristics of the electrical device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 9110450Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for dynamically adjusting functions of an automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for intelligently controlling one or more energy-consuming devices in a structure such as a residential, commercial, or industrial building. One embodiment include determining an identity of a person and/or the direction the person is traveling, and then changing a function of an actuator based on the determination(s).Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, William Rice, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 9100207Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for mapping components of an automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for intelligently controlling one or more energy-consuming devices in a structure such as a residential, commercial, or industrial building. One embodiment includes a method of identifying a location of at least one component of an automation system, comprising obtaining an image of the at least one component, the image being captured by a wireless device; determining a location of the wireless device at the time of capturing the image; determining an identity of the at least one component; and associating the identity of the at least one component with the location.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Seang Yong Chau, David K Hartsfield, Scott A. Steele
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Publication number: 20150066609Abstract: Automation systems and methods of use thereof are generally disclosed. The systems may control devices, and may monitor use of a utility and provide feedback related to the utility usage. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems including personalized incentives to encourage responsible usage of a utility.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Steele, William P. Alberth, JR., David K. Hartsfield, Seang Chau, William D. Rice
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Publication number: 20150057825Abstract: A method of determining whether an electrical appliance can tolerate variations in supplied electrical energy. In some embodiments, the method may include coupling the electrical appliance to a source of electrical energy, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance, wherein the electrical energy is delivered at a first electrical energy level, obtaining a first measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the first electrical energy level, delivering electrical energy to the electrical appliance at a second electrical energy level different than the first electrical energy level, obtaining a second measurement of current consumed by the electrical appliance at the second electrical energy level, and comparing the first measurement of current to the second measurement of current.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Steele, William P. Alberth, JR., David K. Hartsfield
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Publication number: 20140266600Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for dynamically adjusting functions of an automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for intelligently controlling one or more energy-consuming devices in a structure such as a residential, commercial, or industrial building. One embodiment include determining an identity of a person and/or the direction the person is traveling, and then changing a function of an actuator based on the determination(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, JR., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, William Rice, Scott A. Steele
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Publication number: 20140244040Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for associating at least two components of a plurality of components of a building automation system. In one embodiment, the method may include operating a first component of the at least two components in a first mode to issue commands to one of the other components of the automation system and a second component of the at least two components, wherein the first component is a control device and the second component is controlled by the first component. The method may further include operating the first component in a second mode, wherein the second mode facilitates altering a relationship between the first and second components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: William P. Alberth, JR., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, William Rice, Scott A. Steele
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Publication number: 20140226851Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for mapping components of an automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for intelligently controlling one or more energy-consuming devices in a structure such as a residential, commercial, or industrial building. One embodiment includes a method of identifying a location of at least one component of an automation system, comprising obtaining an image of the at least one component, the image being captured by a wireless device; determining a location of the wireless device at the time of capturing the image; determining an identity of the at least one component; and associating the identity of the at least one component with the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, JR., Seang Yong Chau, David K. Hartsfield, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 8639391Abstract: A building automation system including a controller, at least one outlet for providing electrical energy to one or more electrical devices, at least one sensor for detecting one or more characteristics of the electrical devices, and a communication link configured to allow communication between the controller and other components of the system, wherein the controller is configured to control (e.g., interrupt, change, adjust, terminate, increase, and/or meter) the supply of power to the at least one outlet based, in part, on one or more characteristics of the electrical device.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Green Edge Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Seang Yong Chau, David K Hartsfield, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 6758396Abstract: A method and apparatus for securely transferring medical information is provided, which included storing information relating to a medical prescription item on a smart card using an encryption method that provides independent verification as to the source of the information, verifying the source of the information by the provider of the medical prescription item and modifying the stored information relating to the medical prescription item when the prescription is filled, and storing the modified information on the smart card using an encryption method that provides independent verification of the source of the modified information.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Jr., Scott A. Steele
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Publication number: 20040112953Abstract: A method and apparatus for securely transferring medical information is provided, which includes storing information relating to a medical prescription item on a smart card using an encryption method that provides independent verification as to the source of the information, verifying the source of the information by the provider of the medical prescription item and modifying the stored information relating to the medical prescription item when the prescription is filled, and storing the modified information on the smart card using an encryption method that provides independent verification of the source of the modified information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: William P. Alberth, Scott A. Steele
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Patent number: 6094565Abstract: A closeable communication device (102), such as a cellular telephone, has a housing (105), an input device, such as a button (208), carried on the housing (105), and a controller (304) disposed in the housing (105) and coupled to the button (208). The housing (105) is movable between a closed position (200) and an opened position (114). The button (208) is accessible in the closed position (200). The controller (304) is configured to employ one or more features that increase the usability of the device (102) in the closed position (200). For example, the controller (304) answers an incoming call to the device (102) upon opening of the housing (105) and, alternatively, disables answering of the incoming call upon opening of the housing (105) during actuation of the button (208) so as to allow, for example, opening of the device (102) to view caller identification information without answering the call.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1997Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: William P. Alberth, Scott A. Steele, Patricia Ozaki
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Patent number: 6049532Abstract: A mobile station (102) has electrical circuitry (301) that operates to reduce power consumption. A synthesizer (318) is tuned so that a receiver (314) receives a home radio frequency (RF) signal during a receive slot (504) of a PCH subframe (209). A controller (310) detects if an upcoming subframe has an uplink requirement and if data from the home RF signal indicates that an idle condition exists. If the upcoming subframe does not have an uplink requirement, synthesizer (318) is tuned during a long idle slot (506) of PCH subframe (209) to measure signal strengths of two peripheral RF signals. If the idle condition does exist, electrical circuitry (301) is placed into a low power mode throughout a transmit slot (508), a receive slot (512), a long idle slot (514), and a transmit slot (516).Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Scott A. Steele, Louis J. Vannatta, Timothy P. Froehling, William P. Alberth, Jr., Joseph F. Cramer, III
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Patent number: 5867510Abstract: A mobile station (104) processes a paging message having information data mapped to a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error detection code and divided into a plurality of CAC data portions mapped to a plurality of Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) error correction codes. A BCH forward error corrector (FEC) (150) generates a plurality of BCH syndromes (538) to correct single errors that may exist in each of the plurality of CAC data portions (402), and thereby generates a plurality of post-correction CAC data portions (504). A cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error detector (152) detects if an error exists in the plurality of post-correction CAC data portions (504). An error detector (174) detects if BCH syndromes (552-562) corresponding to post-correction CAC data portions (518-528) have values of zero.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventor: Scott A. Steele