Patents by Inventor Stephen James Watt

Stephen James Watt 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: 20080047282
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for identifying an optimal placement of an item within a storage unit. The process identifies an item for placement in the storage unit. The process determines a preferred storage temperature range for the identified item. The process then selects an optimal placement location within the storage unit for the identified item based on the preferred storage temperature range and a set of temperature readings for the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael Lee Masterson, Stephen James Watt
  • Publication number: 20080052202
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for mapping a content description to a container. The process identifies a container placed in a storage unit to form an identified container. The identified container includes an unidentified content. The process displays a set of predictive content descriptions for the unidentified content. In response to receiving a selection of a content description from the set of predictive content descriptions, the process maps the selected content description to the unidentified container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael Lee Masterson, Stephen James Watt
  • Publication number: 20080052200
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, and computer usable program code for monitoring a real-time depletion of an item in a storage unit. A controller identifies an item placed in the storage unit to form an identified item. The controller detects a change in mass sensor data from a mass sensor shelf in a set of mass sensor shelves associated with the storage unit. The controller associates the change in mass sensor data with the identified item to form a current mass for the identified item. The controller determines a depletion of the identified item based a difference between the current mass and a previous mass for the identified item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael Lee Masterson, Stephen James Watt