Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Andersen

Timothy J. Andersen 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: 20240151416
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are described herein for enabling performance of maintenance tasks on one or more load control devices in a load control system. An indication of maintenance task may be received, from a cloud server, at a local controller configured to control the one or more load control devices in one or more rooms of a building. The local controller may identify triggering criteria for triggering a performance of the maintenance task on one or more load control devices in the one or more rooms of the building. The local controller may determine that the triggering criteria of the at least one rule has been met and perform the maintenance task on the one or more load control devices in the one or more rooms of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Arya Abraham, Adam J. Andersen, Timothy Gill
  • Patent number: 8515839
    Abstract: A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from a user knowledgeable about the distinguished property that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from the user adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. On a later day, facility displays to the user a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Zillow, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Chi-Yat Ma, Jonathan L. Burstein, Timothy J. Andersen
  • Publication number: 20080077458
    Abstract: A facility for representing home attribute values for a plurality of homes and a plurality of home attributes is described. The facility incorporates a data structure comprising, for each of the plurality of homes, for each of the plurality of attribute value sources, the capacity to store values for any of the plurality of home attributes obtained from the attribute value source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy J. Andersen, Fred F. Sadaghiani, Stephen M. McNamee, Marcin Szuster, Chloe L. Harford, Jeffrey T. Brinker, Randy W. Puttick