Patents by Inventor George A. McKenna

George A. McKenna 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: 20240108844
    Abstract: A humidification system can include a heater base, a humidification chamber, and a breathing circuit. A cartridge can be removably coupled to the heater base. The cartridge can include various sensors, probes, sensor wire connectors, heater wire connectors, and/or other features. The cartridge can include features configured to mate with corresponding features on the humidification chamber and the heater base. The cartridge includes a memory, such as an EEPROM, or other suitable storage device. When the cartridge is installed on the heater base, the memory is electrically connected to a processor and/or memory of the heater base. Various models of cartridges can be produced for use with different humidification chambers, breathing circuits, and/or therapies. A connector can be configured to couple an inspiratory conduit to an outlet port of the humidification chamber. The connector can provide a pneumatic connection to the outlet port and an electrical connection to the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hamish Adrian OSBORNE, Gavin Walsh Millar, Stephen David Evans, Bruce Gordon Holyoake, James William Stanton, David Leon McCauley, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Nicholas James Michael McKenna, Myfanwy Jane Antica Norton, Adrian John Elsworth, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Sandeep Singh Gurm, Tessa Hazel Paris, Joseph Nathaniel Griffiths, Ping Si, Christopher Gareth Sims, Elmo Benson Stoks, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Peter Alan Seekup, Po-Yen Liu, Richard Edward Lang, Paul James Tonkin, Ian Lee Wai Kwan
  • Patent number: 11610192
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting language dialects for a user to improve a user interface of an application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system receives a request to determine a default dialect for an application executing on a user device. The system acquires user information corresponding to a user of the user device. Based on the user information and using a clustering algorithm, the system assigns the user to a cluster associated with a dialect. The system provides the dialect to the user device for display in a user interface as part of a sliding scale of selectable dialects of the application such that the dialect is provided as the default dialect for text and other message communications in the application. The system learns from the user's choice of dialect to provide more accurate dialect predictions in the future for other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Aarti Ashok, Michael George McKenna, Girish Maheswarappa Halavarthi, Joelle Cheng, Sine Rix, Sung-Yan Lu, Gulrez Khan, Lucas Welti
  • Publication number: 20220092578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting language dialects for a user to improve a user interface of an application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system receives a request to determine a default dialect for an application executing on a user device. The system acquires user information corresponding to a user of the user device. Based on the user information and using a clustering algorithm, the system assigns the user to a cluster associated with a dialect. The system provides the dialect to the user device for display in a user interface as part of a sliding scale of selectable dialects of the application such that the dialect is provided as the default dialect for text and other message communications in the application. The system learns from the user's choice of dialect to provide more accurate dialect predictions in the future for other users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Aarti Ashok, Michael George McKenna, Girish Maheswarappa Halavarthi, Joelle Cheng, Sine Rix, Sung-Yan Lu, Gulrez Khan, Lucas Welti
  • Publication number: 20110041431
    Abstract: A timber frame panel (10) comprising a plurality of framing members (14, 16) which form a perimeter of a window opening (12), wherein at least one of the framing members (14, 16) has guidance means (40) provided thereon, and wherein the timber frame panel (10) includes a window unit 30 slidably attached to said at least one of the framing members (14, 16) by said guidance means (40) such that the entire window unit (30) can move from a first position substantially within the timber frame panel (10) to a second position in which part of the window unit (30) projects beyond the timber frame panel (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: George . McKenna
  • Patent number: 5513317
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling re-filtering of trace history data in a debugger without re-executing the program. Trace history data is stored together with its category information when the program is initially executed and trace history text is output to a user. If re-filtering is necessary, the new filtering criteria is applied to the stored trace history data and new text is output to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward K. Borchardt, Scott G. Carley, Anthony H. Lindsey, John T. Mason, George A. McKenna, Pamela B. Owens, Bruce G. Whitenack, Jr., Timothy Wilson