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).
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Publication number: 20210149961Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining a user-preferred attribute type. An embodiment operates by maintaining user-presented attributes associated with user-presented records, wherein the user-presented attributes comprise one or more user-presented attribute types. After receiving a user-desired attribute of the user-presented attributes, a user-preferred attribute type of the user-presented attribute types is determined based on the user-presented attributes and the user-desired attribute. Thereafter, a new record and associated attribute are to be presented with the new attribute being of the user-preferred type.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Brian J. Lonsdorf, Jessica Lundin, Owen Winne Schoppe, Sönke Rohde, Alan Ross, David James Woodward
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Patent number: 10908573Abstract: A system for improving the overall performance of an energy generation system to a home includes an engagement platform, an energy generation system, an electronic device, and a home digital assistant. By drawing data across a disparate array of sources, including data from before the energy generation system is put online, the system generates and provides users and components of the energy generation system with personalized interactions, thereby effecting improvements in energy efficiency beyond those realized in behavior-agnostic control and monitoring systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: 17TeraWatts, Inc.Inventors: Scott Vinh Nguyen, Stanley Pipkin, Matthew Alan Ross
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Publication number: 20200353495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: William Garnet KENDALL, Sean Joseph MCQUERREY, JR., Garron Alan ROSS, Lyle Abraham CRUM, Robert Dean BURGESS
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Publication number: 20200252304Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Hubertus FRANKE, Christoph RAISCH, Marcio Augusto SILVA, Gheorghe ALMASI, Marc COCHRAN, Alan ROSS
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Publication number: 20200179067Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Alan Ross, Paul Shiels
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Publication number: 20200112591Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Tarun Viswanathan, Uri Kahana, Alan Ross, Eran Birk
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COMPOSITIONS HAVING AN OIL-IN-WATER DISPERSION OF SUBMICRON PARTICLES TO ENHANCE FOODS AND BEVERAGES
Publication number: 20200100518Abstract: A composition having an oil-in-water dispersion with enhanced stability is provided. The oil-in-water dispersion has particles of a hydrophobic agent with an average particle size between about 100 to about 999 nm, where the distribution of particle sizes are a monodispersity about the average particle size, and the negative charge on the particles generates a force of repulsion that exceeds the force of coalescence among the particles of the hydrophobic agent in the oil-in-water dispersion. A method for applying the composition to a food and/or beverage is also provided. The submicron average particle size, dispersity, and force of repulsion of the particles in the dispersion increase the extent of penetration and accelerate diffusion of the particles of the hydrophobic agent throughout a water phase of a food or beverage, to enhance the physical, chemical, nutritional and/or sensory properties of the food or beverage, and to prevent freezer burn.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: LEADING EDGE INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: James Michael WILMOTT, Michael Alan ROSS -
Patent number: 10603119Abstract: 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 frame member, a pair of wheels, and a steering mechanism. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis that extends a length of the cart. The frame member is coupled to the chassis of the cart. The pair of wheels are pivotably coupled to the frame member. The steering mechanism is coupled to the pair of wheels. The steering mechanism is configured to facilitate selectively pivoting the pair of wheels to steer the cart in a plurality of steering modes. The plurality of steering modes include at least one of a fore-and-aft steering mode, a turn-on-axis steering mode, and a lateral steering mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Alan Ross, Paul Shiels
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Publication number: 20200050160Abstract: A system for improving the overall performance of an energy generation system to a home includes an engagement platform, an energy generation system, an electronic device, and a home digital assistant. By drawing data across a disparate array of sources, including data from before the energy generation system is put online, the system generates and provides users and components of the energy generation system with personalized interactions, thereby effecting improvements in energy efficiency beyond those realized in behavior-agnostic control and monitoring systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Scott Vinh Nguyen, Stanley Pipkin, Matthew Alan Ross
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Compositions having an oil-in-water dispersion of submicron particles to enhance foods and beverages
Patent number: 10531674Abstract: A composition having an oil-in-water dispersion with enhanced stability is provided. The oil-in-water dispersion has particles of a hydrophobic agent with an average particle size between about 100 to about 999 nm, where the distribution of particle sizes are a monodispersity about the average particle size, and the negative charge on the particles generates a force of repulsion that exceeds the force of coalescence among the particles of the hydrophobic agent in the oil-in-water dispersion. A method for applying the composition to a food and/or beverage is also provided. The submicron average particle size, dispersity, and force of repulsion of the particles in the dispersion increase the extent of penetration and accelerate diffusion of the particles of the hydrophobic agent throughout a water phase of a food or beverage, to enhance the physical, chemical, nutritional and/or sensory properties of the food or beverage, and to prevent freezer burn.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Leading Edge Innovations, LLCInventors: James Michael Wilmott, Michael Alan Ross -
Patent number: 10502139Abstract: A method of starting a gas turbine engine having a rotor comprising at least a shaft-mounted compressor and turbine, with a casing surrounding the rotor includes 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.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Alan Ross, Mark Edward Linz, Joseph Daniel Garrett, III, Amid Ansari, Joseph Roger Broda, Thomas Earl Gillingham, Kevin Richard Graziano, Robert Charles Hon, Kenneth Kirchmayer, Daniel Roy Kiracofe, Andrew Todd Lehmann, Michael Scott McCambridge, Tod Robert Steen, Thomas Charles Swager
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Patent number: 10291576Abstract: Embodiments of techniques and systems for sharing user information between proximate devices are described. In embodiments, a first device may identify a physically-proximate device that may receive user information. Upon receiving an indication that a user of the first device may desire to share user information with a user of the second device, a determination may be made as to whether the two users have matching interests. In embodiments, the interest match determination may be made by a separate interest match evaluator. Upon determination of an interest match, the first device may then send a request to share user information to the second device. If a user of the second device approves the request, user information for the user of the first device may be shared with the user of the second device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jim Baca, Tobias Kohlenberg, Burges Karkaria, Dennis Morgan, David Stanasolovich, Selim Aissi, Mark Price, Alan Ross
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Patent number: 10231792Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Paul Shiels, Alan Ross
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Publication number: 20190004817Abstract: Preparing a plurality of computer nodes to boot in a multidimensional fabric network is provided. The method includes a fabric processor (FP) generating a plurality of DHCP discovery packets using a baseboard management controller (BMC) MAC address, and placing them into the multi-host switch. A dedicated connection directly connects the BMC and the FP. All ports of the multi-host switch broadcast DHCP discovery packets into the fabric network. The BMC, FP, and switch are all within the node. A designated exit node inside the fabric connects to a provisioning node not part of the fabric. The exit node relays DHCP traffic from the fabric. A location-based IP address uniquely identifies the nodes' physical location in the fabric. The IP address is calculated based on inventory records describing physical location information about the nodes. The FP calculates a host MAC address using its IP address and configures it onto the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Malcolm S. Allen-Ware, Jeffrey Bloom, James H. H. Chou, Marc Cochran, Kevin A. Hughes, Alexander T. Iannicelli, Jason G. Pearce, Alan Ross
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Patent number: 10169048Abstract: Preparing a plurality of computer nodes to boot in a multidimensional fabric network is provided. The method includes a fabric processor (FP) generating a plurality of DHCP discovery packets using a baseboard management controller (BMC) MAC address, and placing them into the multi-host switch. A dedicated connection directly connects the BMC and the FP. All ports of the multi-host switch broadcast DHCP discovery packets into the fabric network. The BMC, FP, and switch are all within the node. A designated exit node inside the fabric connects to a provisioning node not part of the fabric. The exit node relays DHCP traffic from the fabric. A location-based IP address uniquely identifies the nodes' physical location in the fabric. The IP address is calculated based on inventory records describing physical location information about the nodes. The FP calculates a host MAC address using its IP address and configures it onto the switch.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Malcolm S. Allen-Ware, Jeffrey Bloom, James H. H. Chou, Marc Cochran, Kevin A. Hughes, Alexander T. Iannicelli, Jason G. Pearce, Alan Ross
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Patent number: 10033683Abstract: Embodiments of techniques and systems for sharing user information between proximate devices are described. In embodiments, a first device may identify a physically-proximate device that may receive user information. Upon receiving an indication that a user of the first device may desire to share user information with a user of the second device, a determination may be made as to whether the two users have matching interests. In embodiments, the interest match determination may be made by a separate interest match evaluator. Upon determination of an interest match, the first device may then send a request to share user information to the second device. If a user of the second device approves the request, user information for the user of the first device may be shared with the user of the second device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jim Baca, Tobias Kohlenberg, Burges Karkaria, Dennis Morgan, David Stanasolovich, Selim Aissi, Mark Price, Alan Ross
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Patent number: 9980886Abstract: A composition is provided to apply to the skin, hair, or external mucosa of a human or animal, and a method for using the composition. The composition includes for example a composition for application to skin, hair or external mucosa comprising: a) dispersed submicron particles of hydrophobic agent(s) having average particle size from 100 nm to 999 nm; b) an aqueous-solvent fluid; and c) rheological modifying agent(s); wherein the aqueous-solvent fluid is 10% to 95% wt. of one or more water miscible solvent(s), 4.99% to 89.99% wt. water, and 0.01% to 10% wt. of the rheological modifying agent(s); and wherein the hydrophobic agents comprise 0.01 to 70% wt. of the skin, hair or mucosal composition; and wherein the composition is substantially surfactant-free.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Leading Edge Innovations, LLCInventors: James Michael Wilmott, Michael Alan Ross
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Patent number: 9695550Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a process for adjusting a papermaking process for producing parent rolls of convolutely wound web material having a machine direction (MD) and a cross-machine direction (CD) coplanar and orthogonal thereto that improves the characteristics of the parent rolls of wound web material to improve downstream convertability.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bryan J. Lindsey, David Alan Ross, Brent William Broehm
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Publication number: 20170093786Abstract: Embodiments of techniques and systems for sharing user information between proximate devices are described. In embodiments, a first device may identify a physically-proximate device that may receive user information. Upon receiving an indication that a user of the first device may desire to share user information with a user of the second device, a determination may be made as to whether the two users have matching interests. In embodiments, the interest match determination may be made by a separate interest match evaluator. Upon determination of an interest match, the first device may then send a request to share user information to the second device. If a user of the second device approves the request, user information for the user of the first device may be shared with the user of the second device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Jim Baca, Tobias Kohlenberg, Burges Karkaria, Dennis Morgan, David Stanasolovich, Selim Aissi, Mark Price, Alan Ross
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Publication number: 20170065355Abstract: 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 frame member, a pair of wheels, and a steering mechanism. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis that extends a length of the cart. The frame member is coupled to the chassis of the cart. The pair of wheels are pivotably coupled to the frame member. The steering mechanism is coupled to the pair of wheels. The steering mechanism is configured to facilitate selectively pivoting the pair of wheels to steer the cart in a plurality of steering modes. The plurality of steering modes include at least one of a fore-and-aft steering mode, a turn-on-axis steering mode, and a lateral steering mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Alan Ross, Paul Shiels