Patents by Inventor Thomas Landrum

Thomas Landrum 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).

  • Patent number: 9215779
    Abstract: The touch screen lighting control device provides a multitude of graphical user interface (GUI) displays at a touch screen and is capable of detecting location specific selections based on the GUI to determine control actions for lighting devices, fans and other electrical fixtures. The device includes a mounting strap configured to couple the device to an in-wall junction box, a touch screen, and a thin film transistor communicably coupled to the touch screen for displaying the different displays and receiving selections at the touch screen. A glass panel can also be positioned between the touch screen and the thin film transistor. The GUI presents an interactive template to a user, and the touch screen and thin film transistor determines an interaction from the user based on the user interacting with the interactive template displayed on the GUI a the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, Darron Kirby Lacey, Richard A. Pabst, Jr., Thomas Landrum, Sheldon Zhang, Lily Du
  • Publication number: 20130257315
    Abstract: The touch screen lighting control device provides a multitude of graphical user interface (GUI) displays at a touch screen and is capable of detecting location specific selections based on the GUI to determine control actions for lighting devices, fans and other electrical fixtures. The device includes a mounting strap configured to couple the device to an in-wall junction box, a touch screen, and a thin film transistor communicably coupled to the touch screen for displaying the different displays and receiving selections at the touch screen. A glass panel can also be positioned between the touch screen and the thin film transistor. The GUI presents an interactive template to a user, and the touch screen and thin film transistor determines an interaction from the user based on the user interacting with the interactive template displayed on the GUI a the touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, Darron Kirby Lacey, Richard A. Pabst, JR., Thomas Landrum, Sheldon Zhang, Lily Du
  • Patent number: 6820135
    Abstract: A system and method is described for event-driven data transformation. Generally, the system and method is directed to a transformation engine that iterates through one or more data sources, transforms data received from the data sources, and stores the output to one or more data targets. More specifically, the transformation engine is driven by executing specified event actions upon occurrence of specified triggering events. Thus, flexible, adaptable, highly tailored transformations can be implemented without incurring the often substantial expense of developing customized point-to-point solutions from scratch. The present invention supports one-to-one mappings, many-to-one mappings, one-to-many mappings, and many-to-many mappings. In addition, the present invention supports both hierarchical and flat data sources and targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Pervasive Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul C. Dingman, Kathryn E. Van Dyken, William G. Bunton, Thomas Landrum