Patents by Inventor Thomas Hier

Thomas Hier 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).

  • Automated space usage benchmarking for institutions
    Publication number: 20060149699
    Abstract: Space usage benchmarking is provided among multiple institutions, such as academic institutions or schools. The space usage information is obtained relating to usage of space by each of plural participating institutions. The space usage information is obtained as data output from scheduling databases of the participating institutions. A space usage benchmark is formed automatically from the space usage information. The space usage benchmark is then provided to a selected participating institution with a comparison of the space usage benchmark to the space usage of that selected participating institution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: James Wolfston, Andrew Heydon, Elizabeth Bothwell, Steven Fulmer, Thomas Hier