John C Goodman

US Patent:

20040173615, Sep 9, 2004

Filed:

Mar 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/384382

Inventors:

John Goodman - Chanhassen MN, US

International Classification:

B65D025/14

US Classification:

220/495060

Abstract:

Improved fuel storage containers adapted for use with fuel cells comprise a rigid outer container associated with a flexible inner container in which a liquid is stored. The outer container generally comprises a port that allows transport of the filled inner container into the outer container. The flexible inner container can comprise a resealable connection that allows the liquid stored within the inner container to be accessed when the fuel storage container is inserted into a suitable fuel cell. Thus, the rigid outer container can be reused.

US Patent:

20060202533, Sep 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/079597

Inventors:

John Goodman - Minnetonka MN, US

International Classification:

A47C 15/00

US Classification:

297352000

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a unique adjustable backrest. The vertical height of the backrest of the present invention may be adjusted with telescoping vertical supports. The backrest may be coupled to a seat via a unique hinge and mounting hardware. The angle of the backrest relative to the seat may be adjusted with a strap. The backrest may be mounted to various types of seats including bench and bucket seats. The backrest may be used, for example, in a canoe.

US Patent:

20100298026, Nov 25, 2010

Filed:

May 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777869

Inventors:

John Goodman - Minnetonka MN, US

Assignee:

A-VU MEDIA CORP - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

H04M 1/00
H04N 5/225
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

4555521, 34820711, 715825, 348E05024

Abstract:

Media content and communication services are provided to a user. A schedule of media content and communication services provisioned for the user is received, and an interactive menu is generated including selectable options for each of the provisioned media content and communication services. The interactive menu is stored in a host device associated with the user. The interactive menu is displayed on a display connected to the host device, and the host device receives input signals from a remote control that correspond to selections of the selectable options on the interactive menu. The media content or communication service associated with an option on the interactive menu is initiated when selected with the remote control.

US Patent:

52557839, Oct 26, 1993

Filed:

Dec 20, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/811783

Inventors:

John B. Goodman - Chanhassen MN
Kirk J. Mikkelsen - Chanhassen MN

Assignee:

Fluoroware, Inc. - Chaska MN

International Classification:

B65D 8548

US Classification:

206334

Abstract:

A container and a method of storing semiconductor wafers, wherein a closed container has sealed top and bottom portions of molded plastic material and uniquely adapted for storing semiconductor wafers, the container having, in one of its parts, a gas receiving stem and valve for removing a portion of the gaseous atmosphere within the container as to store the semiconductor wafers in a partial vacuum, one portion of the container may incorporate a thin wall of the molded container comprising a flexible membrane adjacent edges of the semiconductor wafers to be drawn against the wafers and hold them in place within the container; the walls of the closed container being covered with a diamond-like coating; and a method of storing semiconductor wafers by confining the wafers in a multipart container, sealing the container, and modifying the atmosphere within the container as by reducing the gas pressure within the container, changing the gaseous atmosphere in the container by, in some cases, substituting an inert gas for the air within the container, and relieving the vacuum pressure within the container as the container is to be opened, by supplying clean air into the container with minimial particulate.

US Patent:

20230051795, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Jul 26, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/815029

Inventors:

- Prosper TX, US
John G. Goodman - Springville UT, US
R. Daniel Platt - Prosper TX, US
David L. Swanson - Orem UT, US
Son Thanh Tran - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

vSpatial, Inc. - Prosper TX

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
G06F 3/01
H04L 65/1069
H04L 65/4053

Abstract:

Disclosed are systems, including client devices and servers, and methods for creating a collaborative virtual session between client devices, wherein each of the client devices is associable with a coupler agent for interfacing with a communicating entity (such as a person). A client device includes a processor and memory operable to: generate a locally instantiated virtual room; instantiate a virtual representation of a first entity associated with the client device in the locally instantiated virtual room; transmit metadata representative of the first entity to a second client device; receive metadata representative of a second entity associated with the second client device; and, instantiate a virtual representation of the second entity as a function of the received metadata, from a perspective of the first entity, in the locally instantiated virtual room. A server can be utilized to join the client devices in the collaborative virtual session and exchange the metadata.

US Patent:

20210319403, Oct 14, 2021

Filed:

Apr 30, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/302384

Inventors:

- Prosper TX, US
John G. Goodman - Springville UT, US
R. Daniel Platt - Prosper TX, US
David L. Swanson - Orem UT, US
Son Thanh Tran - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

vSpatial, Inc. - Prosper TX

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
G06F 3/01
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Disclosed are systems, including client devices and servers, and methods for creating a collaborative virtual session between two or more client devices, wherein each of the client devices is associable with a coupler agent for interfacing with a communicating entity (such as a person). A client device, in accordance with the inventive principles, comprises at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory containing instructions whereby, when executed by the processor, the client device is operable to: generate a locally instantiated virtual room; instantiate a virtual representation of a first entity associated with said client device in said locally instantiated virtual room; transmit metadata representative of the first entity to the second client device; receive metadata representative of the second entity from the second client device; and, instantiate a virtual representation of the second entity as a function of said received metadata, from a perspective of the first entity, in the locally instantiated virtual room. A server, intermediate to the client devices, can be utilized to join the client devices in the collaborative virtual session and exchange the metadata.

US Patent:

20190362312, Nov 28, 2019

Filed:

Feb 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/337524

Inventors:

- Prosper TX, US
John G. Goodman - Springville UT, US
R. Daniel Platt - Prosper TX, US
David L. Swanson - Orem UT, US
Son Trahn Tran - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

vSpatial, Inc. - Prosper TX

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10
G06F 3/01
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A communication system, and method for creating a collaborative virtual session, including a first coupler agent connected to a first entity, a second coupler agent connected to a second entity, and a first client, coupled to the first coupler agent and a server. The first client is configured to initiate a virtual session with the server, receive metadata representing a second virtual representation of the second entity, and instantiate the second virtual representation in a first collaborative virtual room. The communication system includes a second client, coupled to the second coupler agent and the server, configured to join the virtual session with the server, receive metadata representing a first virtual representation of the first entity, and instantiate the first virtual representation in a second collaborative virtual room.