ROBERT L HOWARD, AA
Anesthesiologist Assistant at Citywest Blvd, Houston, TX

2011024, Oct 6, 2011

Sep 30, 2010

12/895792

Aide Audra Fitch - Austin TX, US
Robert Barry Howard - Dallas TX, US

G06G 7/48

703 6, 700291

A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes a first data store configured to store a plurality of impact factors, each of which includes a normalized percentage change in an estimated building parameter attributable to a particular design choice associated with a proposed building. The memory further includes a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a first user input selecting at least one of the plurality of impact factors, bundle the at least one of the plurality of impact factors into a group in response to receiving the user input, receive a second user input including a name to associate with the group, and store the group and the name in the memory. At least one instruction, when executed by the processor, causes to the processor to apply the group to adjust a selected baseline model of a building to produce a resulting model.

5056066, Oct 8, 1991

Jun 25, 1990

7/543663

Robert E. Howard - Houston TX

Landmark Graphics Corporation - Houston TX

G01V 130

367 72

A method for tracking seismic events such as boundaries of formation layers of earth formations is disclosed. Especially adapted for tracking such events in a two-dimensional slice of 3-D seismic volume data, the method begins by designating a starting data point on the seismic event. The method tracks such event through the grid of data by sequentially establishing areas or "tiles" of data about the starting point. The tiles are defined by data points of the grid. Each of the data points is then tested to see if it meets an acceptance criterion for the seismic event. Such data points of the tile are stored as identifying the seismic event only if certain of the data points of the tile pass the acceptance citerion. Next, each of the data points of a previously accepted tile are used as a starting data point about which a new tile is defined. The process is repeated until no more tiles are available for testing.

2011024, Oct 6, 2011

Mar 30, 2010

12/750223

Aide Audra Fitch - Austin TX, US
Robert Barry Howard - Dallas TX, US

G06Q 10/00, G06F 7/44, G06F 7/42, G06Q 50/00

705313, 703 2, 705348, 703 6

A modeling system is configured to model a building from incomplete physical constraint information. When initial user input related to the proposed building is received that identifies a building type, a location, and a square footage, the modeling system retrieves a baseline factor based on the user input and multiplies it by the square footage to produce a baseline energy usage model. As additional user inputs are received that further define the proposed building, efficiency factors are selectively applied that model the energy usage impact related to particular user inputs to produce an adjusted energy usage model, which can be compared to the baseline energy usage model.