Patents by Inventor Thomas Bernardy

Thomas Bernardy 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).

  • Method, system and computer program product for correlating information and location
    Patent number: 8407111
    Abstract: In one aspect, embodiments of a method of correlating information and location comprise establishing a reference point for an entity. A three-dimensional coordinate is assigned to a device that comprises the entity. The assigned three-dimensional coordinate is relative to the reference point. Information about the device is correlated with the assigned three-dimensional coordinate and stored in a computing device. The computing device receives secondary information, and in response to the secondary information received by the computing device, the computing device provides at least one of the three-dimensional coordinate of the device or at least a portion of the information about the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Bernardy, Stefan Pieper
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CORRELATING INFORMATION AND LOCATION
    Publication number: 20120253996
    Abstract: In one aspect, embodiments of a method of correlating information and location comprise establishing a reference point for an entity. A three-dimensional coordinate is assigned to a device that comprises the entity. The assigned three-dimensional coordinate is relative to the reference point. Information about the device is correlated with the assigned three-dimensional coordinate and stored in a computing device. The computing device receives secondary information, and in response to the secondary information received by the computing device, the computing device provides at least one of the three-dimensional coordinate of the device or at least a portion of the information about the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Bernardy, Stefan Pieper