Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Walls

Thomas A. Walls 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: 20240232967
    Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stuart Cotton, Boyd Hodgson Warner, Thomas A. Walls, Levko Zhuravchak, Dan Christian Milius, Jeff Keith Faulkner, Mike Phillip Dullea
  • Patent number: 11790420
    Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AutoAlert, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stuart Cotton, Boyd Hodgson Warner, Thomas A. Walls, Levko Zhuravchak, Dan Christian Milius, Jeff Keith Faulkner, Mike Phillip Dullea
  • Publication number: 20210304274
    Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stuart Cotton, Boyd Hodgson Warner, Thomas A. Walls, Levko Zhuravchak, Dan Christian Milius, Jeff Keith Faulkner, Mike Phillip Dullea
  • Patent number: 10885562
    Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AutoAlert, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stuart Cotton, Boyd Hodgson Warner, Thomas A. Walls, Levko Zhuravchak, Dan Christian Milius, Jeff Keith Faulkner, Mike Phillip Dullea
  • Patent number: 10430848
    Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOALERT, LLC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stuart Cotton, Boyd Hodgson Warner, Thomas A. Walls, Levko Zhuravchak, Dan Christian Milius, Jeff Keith Faulkner, Mike Phillip Dullea
  • Patent number: 5138377
    Abstract: A control technique for monitoring machine status conditions and initiating interactive dialogue with an operator, the control having an expert system, the expert system monitoring predetermined status conditions of the machine for automatic correction or for communication to the operator, including the steps of monitoring with the expert system said predetermined status conditions relative to the operation of the machine, recognizing the deviation of the machine operation from said predetermined status conditions, responding to the deviation of the machine operation from said predetermined status conditions, and optionally atomatically correcting the machine to return the machine to standard operation, or initiating an interactive dialogue with the operator to return the machine to standard operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Craig A. Smith, Mark A. Byers, Thomas A. Wall
  • Patent number: D499956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas A. Wall