Patents by Inventor Geoffrey A. Hales

Geoffrey A. Hales 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).

  • Patent number: 12087161
    Abstract: Examples provide digital alerts associated with activation of a smart siren device of an emergency vehicle. An alert manager provides digital alerts to recipients when a smart siren device is turned on. The alert manager identifies any recipients within range of the smart siren device. The alert manager generates a notification including notification data. The notification is transmitted to one or more recipients within range of the emergency siren device. The notification data is used to generate a digital alert, which is presented to a user via a user interface device or other output device. The system determines when to provide digital alerts by applying user-configurable rules to notification data for customizable digital alerts to selected recipients. The digital alerts can include emergency vehicle indicators identifying the location of emergency vehicles having activated emergency sirens within digital maps displayed to users in vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Feniex Industries
    Inventors: Hamza Deyaf, Kyle Hale, Nicholas Cameron Marth, Aaron Brown, Geoffrey Salazar, Tom Duong
  • Publication number: 20240239300
    Abstract: Examples provide pre-configuration of emergency vehicle lockable device. A device manager obtains a unique identifier (UID) assigned to a lockable device, such as a multicolor lightbar or a siren device in an uninitialized state. The UID and pre-configuration parameters are received in a request to pre-configure a single device or a batch request to pre-configure a plurality of lockable devices. The device manager updates a lock status of a locked function from a locked state in which the lockable function is inoperable to a pre-unlocked state in accordance with the pre-configuration parameters. The device manager generates, and stores unlock code(s) to unlock the pre-configured lockable function. In response to receiving the UID of a lockable device during initialization, the unlock code(s) are automatically transmitted to a user device associated with the lockable device to unlock and enable the pre-unlocked function to operate in accordance with the pre-configuration parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hamza Deyaf, Kyle Hale, Nicholas Cameron Marth, Aaron Brown, Geoffrey Salazar, Tom Duong
  • Patent number: 12037380
    Abstract: Provided are proteins comprising a variant IgG Fc region, wherein the proteins exhibit significantly reduced binding to human Fc?RI when compared with a reference protein comprising the amino acid substitutions L234A/L235A/P329G. Also provided are compositions, methods of treatment and methods to reduce Fc-induced effector functions in a parent protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MABSOL VE LIMITED
    Inventors: Geoffrey Hale, Ian Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20230235013
    Abstract: Provided are proteins comprising a variant IgG Fc region, wherein the proteins exhibit significantly reduced binding to human Fc?RI when compared with a reference protein comprising the amino acid substitutions L234A/L235A/P329G. Also provided are compositions, methods of treatment and methods to reduce Fc-induced effector functions in a parent protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Geoffrey HALE, Ian Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20230235073
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to treating cancer by targeting CD36, a fatty acid receptor. The claimed invention also relates to treating cancer metastases by targeting CD36. The invention involves using anti-CD36 antibodies as blockers or inhibitors of CD36 activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: ONA Therapeutics, S.L.
    Inventors: Salvador AZNAR BENITAH, Mercè DE FRIAS SÁNCHEZ, Salvador GUARDIOLA BAGÁN, Valerie VANHOOREN, Beatriz MORANCHO ARMISEN, Geoffrey HALE, Ian WILKINSON
  • Patent number: 9196301
    Abstract: A suspension clamp is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The suspension clamp comprises a housing including a spring operable to bias a latching member, wherein the latching member is rotatable about a pivot. After compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in a first direction, the latching member is operable to clamp the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Seymour, Mitchell D. Dougherty, Walter G. Banshak, Jr., Geoffrey A. Hales
  • Patent number: 8705209
    Abstract: A suspension clamp is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The suspension clamp comprises a housing including a spring operable to bias a latching member, wherein the latching member is rotatable about a pivot. After compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in a first direction, the latching member is operable to clamp the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Seymour, Mitchell D. Dougherty, Walter G. Banshak, Jr., Geoffrey A. Hales
  • Publication number: 20130091698
    Abstract: A transfer tool is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The transfer tool comprises a first actuator operable to actuate at least one push pin to compress a spring of a suspension clamp, and a second actuator operable to actuate a driving pin, wherein the driving pin for rotating a latching member of the suspension clamp about a pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: WALTER G. BANSHAK, JR., MARK S. SEYMOUR, MITCHELL D. DOUGHERTY, GEOFFREY A. HALES
  • Publication number: 20130094110
    Abstract: A suspension clamp is disclosed for clamping a disk drive suspension to an actuator arm. The suspension clamp comprises a housing including a spring operable to bias a latching member, wherein the latching member is rotatable about a pivot. After compressing the spring and rotating the latching member in a first direction, the latching member is operable to clamp the suspension to the actuator arm by decompressing the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: MARK S. SEYMOUR, MITCHELL D. DOUGHERTY, WALTER G. BANSHAK, JR., GEOFFREY A. HALES
  • Patent number: 8339747
    Abstract: Removable actuator assemblies for testing head gimbal assemblies of a storage device are provided. One such removable test assembly for a head gimbal assembly (HGA) includes an actuator base including at least one guide pin, a shoe assembly including a body including a first end portion opposite to a second end portion, a first attachment means for releaseably coupling the shoe assembly with the actuator base, the first attachment means positioned along the first end portion and including at least one hole in the body configured to receive the at least one guide pin, and a locking cam configured to rotate such that a portion of the cam is positioned over a portion of the at least one hole, and a second attachment means for releaseably coupling the shoe assembly with the HGA, the second attachment means positioned along the second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Hales, Chunjer C. Cheng, Tao Lin
  • Patent number: 8090841
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7996545
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7830890
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090010177
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Norbert George VOGL, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090012876
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080317026
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080317037
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, JR.
  • Patent number: 7403994
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of doing business over a network that: receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time, determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets in the information and the network speed, schedules a transmit time for the digital information, and accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time. Pricing of the transmission can be determined by the priority of transmission, whether the information is transmitted the first time or rescheduled, and whether the user receives an acknowledgment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7150017
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packets. A transmit time process determines the time required to transmit the digital information based on the number of packets and a network speed. A scheduler schedules a transmit time for the digital information and an acceptance process accepts the digital information for transmission only if the time required to transmit is less than or equal to the difference between the transmit time and the end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6959327
    Abstract: A computer dispatcher connected to one or more respective network buffers has stored file lists that identify one or more of the files in the database that are to be transmitted over networks connected to the respective network buffer. A scheduler(s) schedule one or more portions of one or more of the files to be written to the respective network buffers by defining transmission criteria about each of the files in the file list. These transmission criteria include a quantity to transmit criteria, defining a quantity of one or more of the portions of the respective file to transmit, and one or more release times. The release times define the time at which the respective portion is to be written to the network buffer. The system includes a dispatching process that determines an available space on one or more of the network buffers and a current system time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norbert George Vogl, Geoffrey Hale Purdy, Robert Alan Flavin, Yuan Feng, Edward Payson Clarke, Jr.