Patents by Inventor David A. Norman
David A. Norman 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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Patent number: 11630986Abstract: A method for generating an executable program to run on a system of one or more processor chips each comprising a plurality of tiles. The method comprises: receiving a graph comprising a plurality of data nodes, compute vertices and directional edges, wherein the graph is received in a first graph format that does not specify which data nodes and vertices are allocated to which of the tiles; and generating an application programming interface, API, for converting the graph, to determine a tile-mapping allocating the data nodes and vertices amongst the tiles. The generating of the API comprises searching the graph to identify compute vertices which match any of a predetermined set of one or more compute vertex types. The API is then called to convert the graph to a second graph format that includes the tile-mapping, including the allocation by the assigned memory allocation functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: GRAPHCORE LIMITEDInventor: David Norman
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Publication number: 20230105001Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a multi-layered urine capture device suitable for collecting and transporting urine away from the body. The urine capture device can be positioned adjacent a urethra of a female user. The urine capture device can include a plurality of layers, for example, one or more fluid permeable layers, one or more absorbent layers, one or more hydrophobic layers, one or more wicking layers, one or more fluid impermeable layers, and other suitable layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Samuel Edmund Whittome, Emily Lucy Triggs, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Leanne Yip Heung Win
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Publication number: 20230049860Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for secure multi-party computations. The system performs operations including establishing an API for coordinating joint operations between a first access point and a second access point related to performing a secure prediction task in which the first access point and the second access point will perform private computation of first data and second data without the parties having access to each other's data. The operations include storing a list of assets representing metadata about the first data and the second data, receiving a selection of the second data for use with the first data, managing an authentication and authorization of communications between the first access point and the second access point and performing the secure prediction task using the second data operating on the first data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Babak POOREBRAHIM GILKALAYE, David Norman WAGNER, Riddhiman DAS, Andrew James RADEMACHER, Craig GENTRY, Gharib Gharibi, Greg STORM, Stephen Scott PENROD
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Patent number: 11504473Abstract: A mixing and/or reconstitution system reduces the possibility of user error and provides a well mixed and/or reconstituted drug in a short time. The system comprises a device containing a first material within a first chamber, a housing, and a plunger, the plunger comprising a second chamber containing a second material, wherein one of the first and the second material is a fluid, and a movable element with an electric, magnetic, or paramagnetic characteristic, wherein the second chamber is initially closed; and a base unit comprising a recess for accommodation of the device, a control unit, and an electromagnetic unit which is adapted to produce an electromagnetic field penetrating the recess, wherein the control unit can electrically operate the electromagnetic unit such that the element contained in the second chamber moves in a direction of the device determined by the electromagnetic field and fluidly communicates the first and second chambers.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: Sanofi, Sagentia Ltd.Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Dieter Kadereit, Andrea Heiberger, Claus Geiger, Charlotte Emma Harvey, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Alexander David Norman
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Patent number: 11489601Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for auto-adjustment signal quality. A method may include determining one or more cable modem devices configured to communicate with a device via a network. The method may include sending poll requests to the one or more cable modem devices to determine a signal power level associated with each of the one or more cable modem devices. The method may include receiving a first poll response from a first cable modem device. The method may include determining, based on the first poll response, a first signal strength associated with the first cable modem device. The method may include determining that the first signal strength deviates from a signal strength threshold. The method may include determining, based on the determination that the first signal strength deviates from the signal strength threshold, a first adjustment to an output power of the device for the first cable modem device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.Inventors: Shane Yates, Joseph Keller, Christian Welin, Amrit Shaswat, Brian Stublen, Brad Pfaff, Drew Milley, Alexis Hwang, David Norman
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Patent number: 11456586Abstract: Cabling of equipment at a work site may require lengthy or bulky lines or cables to be run from a power source. A system of cabling control to reduce the length and weight of cables or lines is disclosed. The system uses cable assemblies coupled to work site equipment to facilitate quick and easy coupling and decoupling of cables or lines. The disclosed cabling system may provide for more efficient set up or configuration of a location and operation of work site equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: David Norman Todd
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Patent number: 11400266Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Morningside Venture Investments LimitedInventors: Zita S. Netzel, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Charles Frazer Kilby, Patrick H. Ruane, Alan J. Levy, Kevin W. Gelston, Jennifer Darmour, Jenny E. Hapgood, David Evans Roth, Ronald A. Overbeck, Ling-Kang Tong
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Publication number: 20220127693Abstract: A remote control and monitoring apparatus for heat-treatment equipment, including heating elements installed on a workpiece at a work site to perform a heat-treatment operation, has a data acquisition and control unit, a heat-treatment unit, a communication bridge, and a control center, to permit the heat-treatment equipment installed at the work site to be controlled and monitored at a distant control facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventor: DAVID NORMAN MACARTHUR
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Publication number: 20220107224Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods of characterising a single unknown pulse signal. They create multiple replica of the original that may be more reliably measured, by dividing the signal through nodes and using different signal pathways that may apply a temporal delay. The device and methods have multiple fields of application, most notably with the internal confinement fusion industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: David Lanto Hillier, David Norman Winter
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Publication number: 20220069925Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for auto-adjustment signal quality. A method may include determining one or more cable modem devices configured to communicate with a device via a network. The method may include sending poll requests to the one or more cable modem devices to determine a signal power level associated with each of the one or more cable modem devices. The method may include receiving a first poll response from a first cable modem device. The method may include determining, based on the first poll response, a first signal strength associated with the first cable modem device. The method may include determining that the first signal strength deviates from a signal strength threshold. The method may include determining, based on the determination that the first signal strength deviates from the signal strength threshold, a first adjustment to an output power of the device for the first cable modem device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Cox Communications, Inc.Inventors: Shane Yates, Joseph Keller, Christian Welin, Amrit Shaswat, Brian Stublen, Brad Pfaff, Drew Milley, Alexis Hwang, David Norman
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Publication number: 20220009918Abstract: A compound of formula (I), wherein Ar1, R21, R23, R24, R25, R26, R27, A, X, Y and W are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) and can be useful in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting H-PGDS activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Rodolfo Cadilla, David Norman Deaton, Andrew L. Larkin, Christie Schulte, Terrence L. Smalley
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Publication number: 20210376608Abstract: A grid power configuration may provide a reliable, efficient, inexpensive and environmentally conscious power source to a site, for example, a remote site such as a well services environment. Grid power may be provided for one or more operations at the site by coupling a main breaker to a switchgear unit coupled to one or more loads. The switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via a main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more loads. At least one of a grid power unit and a switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via the main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more additional loads. A control center may be communicatively coupled to the main breaker or any one or more other components to control one or more operations of the grid power configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Glenn Howard Weightman, Carlos Alfredo Vallejo, David Norman Todd, Mohamad Alshutlawy, John Harold Fischer
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Patent number: 11178003Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to resetting observable channel knockouts. A device may transmit a poll request frame to a cable modem to solicit information associated with the cable modem. The device may receive a response frame from the cable modem, wherein the response frame includes information indicating the cable modem is in a partial operation state. The device may store at least a portion of the information in the memory. The device may determine a command configured to cause the cable modem to transition from the partial operation state. The device may transmit the command to the cable modem.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Cox Communications, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Milley, David Norman, Brad Pfaff, James Thompson
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Patent number: 11149035Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, and A are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of hematopoletic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) and can be useful in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting H-PGDS activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DFVELOPMENT LIMITEDInventors: David Norman Deaton, Barry George Shearer, Mark Andrew Youngman
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Patent number: 11108234Abstract: A grid power configuration may provide a reliable, efficient, inexpensive and environmentally conscious power source to a site, for example, a remote site such as a well services environment. Grid power may be provided for one or more operations at the site by coupling a main breaker to a switchgear unit coupled to one or more loads. The switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via a main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more loads. At least one of a grid power unit and a switchgear unit may be coupled to the main breaker via the main power distribution unit and may also be coupled to one or more additional loads. A control center may be communicatively coupled to the main breaker or any one or more other components to control one or more operations of the grid power configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Howard Weightman, Carlos Alfredo Vallejo, David Norman Todd, Mohamad Alshutlawy, John Harold Fischer
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Patent number: 11093732Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a biometric authentication system. In one aspect, a method includes broadcasting, through a transceiver, a signal that includes a kiosk identifier; receiving, from a server system, a reference image of the user based on a mobile computing device associated with the user having received the signal and providing the kiosk identifier to the server system; capturing, with a camera, an image of the user; and authenticating the user based on a comparison of the captured image of the user to the reference image of the user based on a comparison of the captured image of the user to the reference image of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gregory Lee Storm, David Norman Wagner, Reza R. Derakhshani, Mark Nuetzman, Ike Ellis
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Publication number: 20210238162Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (XI): wherein R1a, R2a, R3a, R4a, R5a, R6a, and Aa are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) inhibitors and can be useful in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting H-PGDS activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Rodolfo CADILLA, David Norman DEATON, Ashley Paul HANCOCK, Heather HOBBS, Simon Teanby HODGSON, Andrew L. LARKIN, Joelle LE, Paul N. MORTENSON, Daniel J. PRICE, Gordon SAXTY, Lee T. SCHALLER, Christie SCHULTE, Ian Edward David SMITH, Stephen Andrew THOMSON, Joseph Wendell WILSON
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Patent number: 11053234Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R, R1, R2, R3, Y, Y1, a, X, and Z are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) and can be useful in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting H-PGDS activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development LimitedInventors: David Norman Deaton, Yu Guo, Ashley Paul Hancock, Christie Schulte, Barry George Shearer, Emilie Despagnet Smith, Eugene L. Stewart, Stephen Andrew Thomson
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Publication number: 20210139507Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, and A are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (H-PGDS) and can be useful in the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting H-PGDS activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: David Norman DEATON, Rodolfo CADILLA
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Publication number: 20210119856Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to resetting observable channel knockouts. A device may transmit a poll request frame to a cable modem to solicit information associated with the cable modem. The device may receive a response frame from the cable modem, wherein the response frame includes information indicating the cable modem is in a partial operation state. The device may store at least a portion of the information in the memory. The device may determine a command configured to cause the cable modem to transition from the partial operation state. The device may transmit the command to the cable modem.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Andrew Milley, David Norman, Brad Pfaff, James Thompson