Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Smith

Gregory A. Smith 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: 20200400406
    Abstract: A method of indicating an aiming adjustment in a riflescope of a shooting device. The method includes receiving, at a controller in the riflescope, a ballistics solution signal, the ballistics solution signal corresponding to a path of a projectile to be fired from the shooting device toward a target; receiving, at the controller, a first electronic signal corresponding to a position of an elevation adjustment selector of the riflescope relative to a zero point of the elevation adjustment selector; determining, by the controller, a magnitude and a direction of an aiming adjustment based on at least the first electronic signal and the ballistics solution signal; and activating an electronic indicator to provide a notification signal to a user, the notification signal conveying the magnitude and the direction of the aiming adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew York, Gregory Smith, Richard Brumfield, Joseph Fruechtel, Chia-Kan Chang
  • Patent number: 10842001
    Abstract: A control system including a high voltage device, a low voltage device, and a central control module. The central control module includes a first low voltage connection for receiving at least one first control signal from the low voltage device and a high voltage connection for providing at least one second control signal to the high voltage device. The central control module is configured to determine a daylight conversion factor based on the at least one control signal, wherein the at least one second control signal is based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Stuart Middleton-White, Gregory Smith, Robert Martin, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Theodore Eric Weber, Mike Crane, Terry Arbouw, Dawn R. Kack, David J. Rector
  • Patent number: 10827060
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a sending party and performing a lookup of information relating to the sending party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection. The lookup is based on an identifier of at least one of the sending party and the receiving party. Subsequently, the information is provided to the receiving party based on the availability of the information in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Monica Rose Martino, Kevin V. Nguyen, M. Gregory Smith
  • Patent number: 10819846
    Abstract: A system for providing additional information to called parties, the system comprises a base unit device for sending additional information to called parties, the base unit comprises a microprocessor, at least one Ethernet port, at least one telephone port, a first transceiver, and a first wireless antenna; and a display unit for receiving the additional information from the base unit device and displaying the additional information to the called parties, the display unit comprises a second transceiver, a liquid crystal display, a second wireless antenna, and a set of keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: James N. White, Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith, Thomas M. Buie
  • Patent number: 10805446
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for providing audio announcement of communications to a called party in a communication network. The method includes receiving communication from a calling party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database via an Internet Protocol connection based on an identifier of at least one of the calling party and the called party. The information comprises one or more audio files. The method then provides the audio announcement to a called party based on the audio files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Monica Rose Martino, Kevin V. Nguyen, M. Gregory Smith
  • Publication number: 20200294318
    Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony ERNST, George O. JOHNSTON, Valeriy TROFIMOV, Gregory SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200263147
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for vaccination and research applications. In particular, provided herein are non-neuroinvasive herpesviruses and alpha herpesviruses and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: Northwestern University, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Trustees of Tufts College (AKA Tufts University)
    Inventors: Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Jane Sollars, Gary Edward Pickard, Ekaterina E. Heldwein
  • Publication number: 20200263146
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for vaccination and research applications. In particular, provided herein are non-neuroinvasive herpesviruses and alpha herpesviruses and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: Northwestern University, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Trustees of Tufts College (AKA Tufts University)
    Inventors: Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Jane Sollars, Gary Edward Pickard, Ekaterina E. Heldwein
  • Patent number: 10731066
    Abstract: The present invention includes refrigerant composition, including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I); 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf); difluoromethane (HFC-32); and pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), for use in a heat exchange system, including refrigeration applications and in particular aspects to the use of such compositions as a replacement of the refrigerant R-404A for heating and cooling applications and to retrofitting heat exchange systems, including systems designed for use with R-404A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Yana Motta, Michael Petersen, Ankit Sethi, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Yang Zou, Gustavo Pottker, Joshua Close, Gregory Smith
  • Publication number: 20200244071
    Abstract: A dwelling power management system includes a smart power integrated node located at a dwelling and configured to transit information to and receive information from a remote server arrangement. The smart power integrated node selectively controls power applied to dwelling electrical power hardware components according to a recommended operating procedure (ROP). The system also includes a utility switch connected to the smart power integrated node, the utility switch configured to control distribution of electrical power received from a dwelling external power source. The smart power integrated node transmits dwelling power usage information and dwelling user preferences to the remote server arrangement that evaluates relevant information including dwelling power usage information and dwelling user preferences and dwelling external factors to develop an optimized ROP. The smart power integrated node operates according to the optimized ROP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Flex Power Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Smith, Lloyd Linder, Robert Dawsey, David Ouwerkerk, May Jang, James T. Burdette, Ted Peterson, George Bellino
  • Patent number: 10713132
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for migrating virtual machines in a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines implementing the virtualization environment and a migration controller. Each of the host machines includes a hypervisor, one or more user virtual machines (UVMs) and a virtual machine controller. The system further implements a virtual disk comprising a plurality of storage devices, the virtual disk being accessible by the virtual machine controllers, which conduct I/O transactions with the virtual disk. The migration controller determines a segment size and, for each host machine, determines a number of required segments for the UVMs running on the host machine. The controller computes a number of reserved segments based on a total number of host machines and a largest one of the numbers of required segments. The reserved segments are then assigned among the plurality of host machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NUTANIX, INC.
    Inventors: Igor Grobman, Hexin Wang, Gregory A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10709680
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods for improving the quality of the meibum composition of the meibomian glands to enhance or improve the lipid layer of the tear and increase tear breakup time by way of elevating the omega-3 index in patients suffering from symptoms of dry eye, posterior blepharitis, and/or meibomian gland dysfunction. The methods comprise administering a supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids to a patient having an inflamed meibomian gland so as to facilitate an increase in the amount of omega-3's acting as an anti-inflammatory and, respectively, decrease the amount of omega-6's (arachidonic acid) acting as an inflammatory in the composition of the meibum, thereby normalizing the lipid layer of the tear and effectively reducing the associated symptoms. In certain embodiments, the supplementation of omega-3's comprises the esterified or re-esterified triglyceride form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventors: S. Gregory Smith, Michael B. Gross, Olav E. Sandnes
  • Publication number: 20200162607
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information of a calling party to an alert party, wherein the calling party is in communication with the receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a calling party to a receiving party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database, wherein the lookup is based on an identifier associated with the message, Thereafter, an alert is sent to the alert party if the calling party information is unavailable in a contact list of the receiving party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith, Kevin V. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10652020
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of switching data sources during a rolling upgrade of a leader-based distributed service. In at least one implementation, the method includes establishing, at a computing device in a cluster of devices in a network, a watch for notification of completion of a rolling upgrade on all devices in the cluster; restarting the computing device on completion of the rolling upgrade; switching, at the computing device, from a first data source to a second data source once the rolling upgrade is complete on all devices in the cluster; if the computing device is a leader device in the cluster, migrating tasks from the first data source to the second data source after completion of the rolling upgrade; and if the computing device is a non-leader device in the cluster, determining if task migration to the second data source is done and, when done, sending a store object to the second data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NUTANIX, INC.
    Inventors: Arun Navasivasakthivelsamy, Gregory A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10647964
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for vaccination and research applications. In particular, provided herein are non-neuroinvasive herpesviruses and alpha herpesviruses and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Gregory A. Smith, Patricia Jane Sollars, Gary Edward Pickard, Ekaterina E. Heldwein
  • Patent number: 10650603
    Abstract: Controlling a mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) (collectively, MR) environment visualization may involve obtaining a plurality of sensor data from a plurality of data sources; processing the obtained plurality of sensor data using a plurality of data analyzers to identify at least one feature; generating a plurality of annotated data sets, wherein the annotated data sets contain an annotation of the at least one feature; aggregating the plurality of annotated data sets to correlate the at least one feature as a common feature across different annotated data sets of the plurality of annotated data sets; and based at least on the common feature, providing a visualization output representing the MR (VR, AR, or specifically mixed-reality) environment. Disclosed examples enable utilizing of disparate data types from different data sources, localizing the different data a common space, and aggregating results for visualization and/or further analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Ernst, George O. Johnston, Valeriy Trofimov, Gregory Smith
  • Patent number: 10641820
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting and identifying a cause of a hot-switching event in an automated test system. One or more antennae positioned near mechanical relays in the system may be used to sense electromagnetic radiation. The antennae may be configured to respond to electromagnetic radiation of the type generated during a hot-switching event. Signals measured by the antennae may be processed to determine whether the signals have characteristics of hot-switching events. Processing may entail generating a signal envelope and determining whether the envelope has characteristics indicative of a hot-switching event. When a hot-switching event is detected, information to correlate the event to other events in the test system may also be captured. That information may be time information, enabling program test-system program instructions executing at the time of the event to be identified, such that the test system may be reprogrammed to avoid hot-switching events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Hussey, Richard John Burns, Gregory Smith, Mark Alan Levin
  • Publication number: 20200124661
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting and identifying a cause of a hot-switching event in an automated test system. One or more antennae positioned near mechanical relays in the system may be used to sense electromagnetic radiation. The antennae may be configured to respond to electromagnetic radiation of the type generated during a hot-switching event. Signals measured by the antennae may be processed to determine whether the signals have characteristics of hot-switching events. Processing may entail generating a signal envelope and determining whether the envelope has characteristics indicative of a hot-switching event. When a hot-switching event is detected, information to correlate the event to other events in the test system may also be captured. That information may be time information, enabling program test-system program instructions executing at the time of the event to be identified, such that the test system may be reprogrammed to avoid hot-switching events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan B. Hussey, Richard John Burns, Gregory Smith, Mark Alan Levin
  • Publication number: 20200125434
    Abstract: A method and system for managing communication connections in a virtualization environment implemented by a cluster of host machines, each of the host machines comprises a hypervisor, at least one user virtual machine (UVM), a connection manager, and an I/O controller. The system includes a virtual disk accessible by all of the I/O controllers and comprising a plurality of storage devices. The system includes a first host machine of the host machines designated as a leader node, wherein the leader node configured to confirm a second one of the host machines is unreachable; and transmit, in response to the confirmation, an update message to other host machines in the cluster. The update message identifies the unreachable host machine and causes the other host machines to block messages from the unreachable host machine and send an acknowledgement of the update message back to the leader node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Smith, Igor Grobman, Miao Cui
  • Publication number: 20200086704
    Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a container assembly for applying grease to the ball of a trailer hitch. Specifically, the grease applicator comprises a lower housing with an upper concave surface and an upper housing with an upper concave surface further comprising at least one aperture. Grease is introduced between the upper concave surface of the lower housing and the upper concave surface of the upper housing such that when the two surfaces are pressed together grease is emitted from the at least one aperture in the upper concave surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: MICHAEL CZEMSKE, GREGORY SMITH, CHRISTOPHER KOZLIK