Mary Lee Ellis

US Patent:

20120307490, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

May 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/134229

Inventors:

Mary L. Ellis - Chapel Hill NC, US

International Classification:

F21V 11/00
F21V 29/00

US Classification:

362235

Abstract:

An illumination system including an elongate rectangular mirror; a first diffuser mounted on a first side of said mirror in parallel relation along an longitudinal axis thereof; a second diffuser mounted on a second side of said mirror in parallel relation along said longitudinal axis; and an array of light emitting diodes mounted along an edge of said first and said second diffusers. The light emitting diodes are mounted on a heat sink disposed on a backplane behind the mirror and the diffusers. Arrangements are provided for adjusting the color temperature and intensity of the system and for sensing motion and activating the system in response thereto.

US Patent:

20170085514, Mar 23, 2017

Filed:

Sep 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/272690

Inventors:

- Monroe NC, US
Tony Burrus, JR. - Monroe NC, US
Mary Brooks Ellis - Monroe NC, US
Michael Rudolph Webb - Monroe NC, US
Jason Mooneyham - Raleigh NC, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/58
G06Q 50/20
G06F 3/0482
G06Q 20/40

Abstract:

Embodiments are disclosed for facilitating Internet-based communication between educators and parents. In the context of a method, an example embodiment includes populating a database with one or more communications associated with one or more students and categorized within one or more alert categories, and one or more action plans associated with one or more parents and at least one of the one or more alert categories. The method includes detecting occurrence of a triggering event corresponding to a particular communication in the database, and identifying one or more parents impacted by the particular communication. The method thereafter includes retrieving one or more action plans for the one or more parents impacted by the particular communication, and causing transmission of one or more notification messages based on the retrieved one or more action plans. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.