Patents by Inventor Alan Ross

Alan Ross 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: 20220160442
    Abstract: A surgical robot includes a robotic arm, a cart supporting the robotic arm and including a steering assembly. The steering assembly comprises wheels and a handle. The handle is moveable to a first position, a second position, and a third position. The steering assembly is configured such that the wheels allow the cart to roll in a longitudinal direction when the handle is in the first position, the wheels allow the cart to be roll a rotational direction when the handle is in the second position, and the wheels allow the cart to roll in a lateral direction when the handle is in the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Paul Shiels
  • Publication number: 20220125691
    Abstract: A composition for reducing transient flora on skin and improving the condition of the skin includes Ethanol or Isopropanol in an amount that is in a range from at least 60% to about 95% v/v of the composition and a hydrophobe-in-water dispersion. The composition can be prepared by homogenizing and high-pressure high-shearing a mixture of water, humectants, and one or more hydrophobes to form a hydrophobe-in-water dispersion, separately preparing an aqueous medium having the ethanol or isopropanol, and combining hydrophobe-in-water dispersion with the aqueous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: LEADING EDGE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: James Michael WILMOTT, Michael Alan ROSS
  • Patent number: 11314871
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a component of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the component of the cyber kill chain by affecting performance of the security related activity by the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Patent number: 11295023
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a plurality of events of analytic utility associated with the plurality of security related activities; generating a set of entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity, the set of entity behavior catalog data comprising an associated group of behaviors; and, storing the set of entity behavior data and the associated group of behaviors within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Ruchika Pandey
  • Patent number: 11295022
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing identifying an event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; generating entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; and, storing the entity behavior catalog data within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Forcepoint, LLC
    Inventors: Raffael Marty, Alan Ross, Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Matthew P. Moynahan, Chad Anson
  • Patent number: 11278363
    Abstract: A portable surgical robot includes a surgical device and a cart. The surgical device is coupled to the cart. The cart includes a chassis, a mount coupled to the chassis, a carriage pivotally coupled to the mount, and a set of wheels. The carriage includes a first bracket positioned at a first lateral end of the carriage and a second bracket positioned at a second lateral end of the carriage. A first wheel of the set of wheels is coupled to the first bracket and a second wheel of the set of wheels is coupled to the second bracket. The carriage is configured to pivot relative to the mount to prevent at least one of (i) rocking of the portable surgical robot, (ii) fluttering of the first wheel, (iii) fluttering of the second wheel, and (iv) tipping of the portable surgical robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Paul Shiels
  • Patent number: 11268446
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine and method of starting, the gas turbine engine having a rotor comprising at least a shaft mounted compressor and turbine, with a casing surrounding the rotor. The method comprises an acceleration phase, a bowed-rotor cooling phase, during the acceleration, and a combustion phase. The bowed-rotor cooling phase comprises a time where the rotational speed of the rotor is maintained below a bowed-rotor threshold speed until a non-bowed condition is satisfied, wherein the air forced through the gas turbine engine cools the rotor. The combustion phase occurs after the bowed-rotor cooling phase and upon reaching the combustion speed, wherein fuel is supplied to the gas turbine engine is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Daniel Garrett, III, Mark Edward Linz, Tod Robert Steen, Thomas Charles Swager, Andrew Todd Lehmann, Michael Scott McCambridge, Robert Charles Hon, Thomas Earl Gillingham, Daniel Roy Kiracofe, Kenneth Kirchmayer, Joseph Roger Broda, Kevin Richard Graziano, Steven Alan Ross, Amid Ansari
  • Patent number: 11252198
    Abstract: Technologies for providing policy-based secure containers for multiple enterprise applications include a client computing device and an enterprise policy server. The client computing device sends device attribute information and a request for access to an enterprise application to the enterprise policy server. The enterprise policy server determines a device trust level based on the device attribute information and a data sensitivity level based on the enterprise application, and sends a security policy to the client computing device based on the device trust level and the data sensitivity level. The client computing device references or creates a secure container for the security policy, adds the enterprise application to the secure container, and enforces the security policy while executing the enterprise application in the secure container. Multiple enterprise applications may be added to each secure container. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tarun Viswanathan, Uri Kahana, Alan Ross, Eran Birk
  • Publication number: 20210342441
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for detecting malicious entity behavior and providing accurate indicator of behaviors indicating occurrence of malicious behavior. Data input as to the entity behavior is received and monitored from different sources. The entity behavior is monitored over time at time periods. Detection probability is determined at each time period, where the detection probability relates to malicious behavior and increases over time. A trigger indicator of behavior is provided if the detection probability reaches a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Tobias Johnathon Ryan
  • Patent number: 11103887
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a surface has a vehicle including an extensible boom. A multi-purpose hood is attached to the boom. The hood includes at least one nozzle for spraying a fluid through an outlet of the hood, the nozzle adapted for reciprocating, non-rotational movement in a generally linear direction relative to the opening in the hood. The multi-purpose hood may be adapted for rotating independently about three different axes, and may include a first actuator for controlling a roll of the hood, a second actuator for controlling a yaw of the hood, a third actuator for controlling a pitch of the hood, and a fourth actuator for controlling an extension of the boom and a second actuator for controlling a swing of the boom. The extensible boom may be connected to a telescoping conduit for communicating fluid along the boom to or from the multi-purpose hood. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: J.H. FLETCHER & CO.
    Inventors: William Garnet Kendall, Sean Joseph McQuerrey, Jr., Garron Alan Ross, Lyle Abraham Crum, Robert Dean Burgess
  • Publication number: 20210224400
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing identifying an event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; generating entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; and, storing the entity behavior catalog data within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Nicolas Christian Fischbach
  • Publication number: 20210224399
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing identifying an event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; generating entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; and, storing the entity behavior catalog data within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Nicolas Christian Fischbach
  • Publication number: 20210224385
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; associating the security related activity with a component of a cyber kill chain; and, performing a security operation on the security related activity via a security system, the security operation disrupting performance of the component of the cyber kill chain by affecting performance of the security related activity by the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Clifford Charles Wright
  • Publication number: 20210224395
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a plurality of events of analytic utility associated with the plurality of security related activities; generating a set of entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity, the set of entity behavior catalog data comprising an associated group of behaviors; and, storing the set of entity behavior data and the associated group of behaviors within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Ruchika Pandey
  • Publication number: 20210226969
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing identifying an event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; generating entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity, the entity behavior catalog data comprising an associated abstraction level; using the entity behavior catalog data and the associated abstraction level to generate a hierarchical set of entity behaviors representing a security risk; and, storing the hierarchical set of entity behaviors within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Tobias Johnathon Ryan, Raffael Marty
  • Publication number: 20210224394
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon an observable from an electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing identifying an event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; generating entity behavior catalog data based upon the event of analytic utility associated with the security related activity; and, storing the entity behavior catalog data within an entity behavior catalog, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Raffael Marty, Alan Ross, Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Matthew P. Moynahan, Chad Anson
  • Publication number: 20210226970
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing an entity behavior cataloging operation. The entity behavior cataloging operation includes: identifying a plurality of security related activities, the plurality of security related activities being based upon observables from an electronic data source; analyzing the plurality of security related activities, the analyzing identifying a set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities; and, performing a security operation via a security system, the security operation accessing entity behavior catalog data stored within an entity behavior catalog based upon the set of entity behaviors associated with the plurality of security related activities, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors for use when performing the security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Margaret Cunningham, Ruchika Pandey
  • Publication number: 20210226982
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Raffael Marty, Alan Ross, Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Matthew P. Moynahan, Chad Anson
  • Publication number: 20210224382
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a security operation. The security operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing at least one electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity of the entity, the security related activity being based upon the observable derived from the electronic data source, the security related activity being of analytic utility; converting the security related activity to entity behavior catalog data, the entity behavior catalog providing an inventory of entity behaviors; and, accessing an entity behavior catalog based upon the entity behavior catalog data; and performing a security operation via a security system, the security operation using the entity behavior catalog data stored within the entity behavior catalog based upon the security related activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Ross, Raffael Marty, Nicolas Christian Fischbach, Matthew P. Moynahan, Chad Anson
  • Patent number: 11050635
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing bare metal networking in a cloud computing environment. A network communication module that receives a configuration instruction over a direct network link from an external remote management device on a network endpoint may be initialized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hubertus Franke, Christoph Raisch, Marcio Augusto Silva, Gheorghe Almasi, Marc Cochran, Alan Ross