Patents by Inventor William S. O'Dell

William S. O'Dell 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: 11169681
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data from components of a smart window system and, responsive to determining that a first portion of the data corresponds to a first identifier, storing the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier. The method further includes receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device, a view request and, responsive to determining that the view request corresponds to the first identifier, retrieving the first portion of the data. The method further includes causing the GUI to be modified to display the first portion of the data and, responsive to user interaction with the GUI that was modified based on the view request, receiving, via the GUI presented on the user device, a change request to implement a change associated with electrochromic windows. The method includes causing a first component to implement the change associated with the electrochromic windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum, Jason Aaron Litzinger, William S. O'Dell
  • Publication number: 20210327390
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, by a processing device based on an electronic model of at least a portion of a building, a plurality of components of a smart window system. Responsive to a first component of the plurality of components being replaced by a new component, the method includes causing the new component to be configured based on one or more of a first physical linking, a first network linking, or an application linking of the first component. The method further includes updating a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the new component that has been configured based on the one or more of the first physical linking, the first network linking, or the application linking of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum, Jason Aaron Litzinger, William S. O'Dell
  • Patent number: 11056074
    Abstract: A method includes identifying components of a smart window system. The components include electrochromic devices, drivers, and one or more gateways. Each of the drivers is to control a corresponding electrochromic device and each of the drivers is to receive instructions from a server device via a corresponding gateway. The method further includes determining physical linking, network linking, and application linking of the smart window system. The method further includes displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the components of the smart window system, the physical linking, the network linking, and the application linking. The method further includes determining a first component of the plurality of components is to be replaced by a new component, causing the new component to be configured based on configurations of the first component, and updating the GUI based on the new component that has been configured based on the configurations of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KINESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum, Jason Aaron Litzinger, William S. O'Dell
  • Publication number: 20200293186
    Abstract: A method includes receiving data from components of a smart window system and, responsive to determining that a first portion of the data corresponds to a first identifier, storing the first portion of the data in association with the first identifier. The method further includes receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented on a user device, a view request and, responsive to determining that the view request corresponds to the first identifier, retrieving the first portion of the data. The method further includes causing the GUI to be modified to display the first portion of the data and, responsive to user interaction with the GUI that was modified based on the view request, receiving, via the GUI presented on the user device, a change request to implement a change associated with electrochromic windows. The method includes causing a first component to implement the change associated with the electrochromic windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum, Jason Aaron Litzinger, William S. O'Dell
  • Publication number: 20200258470
    Abstract: A method includes identifying components of a smart window system. The components include electrochromic devices, drivers, and one or more gateways. Each of the drivers is to control a corresponding electrochromic device and each of the drivers is to receive instructions from a server device via a corresponding gateway. The method further includes determining physical linking, network linking, and application linking of the smart window system. The method further includes displaying, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the components of the smart window system, the physical linking, the network linking, and the application linking. The method further includes determining a first component of the plurality of components is to be replaced by a new component, causing the new component to be configured based on configurations of the first component, and updating the GUI based on the new component that has been configured based on the configurations of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Thomas Barnum, Jason Aaron Litzinger, William S. O'Dell