Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Wald

Joseph A. Wald 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: 20240164846
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Victor D. SNYDER, Brad JACOBSEN, Joseph MOCTEZUMA, Jerald Lamont REDMOND, Katharine E. DARLING, Justin KEMP, Andrew WALD
  • Patent number: 11911110
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members and may be registered to selected coordinate systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor D. Snyder, Brad Jacobsen, Joseph Moctezuma, Jerald Lamont Redmond, Katharine E. Darling, Justin Kemp, Andrew Wald
  • Patent number: 8326888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Joseph A. Wald, Richard George Esau, Truls Arnegaard, Stephen Whitley, Herman Veldhuizen, Hallgrim Ludvigsen, Andrew John Round
  • Patent number: 8041018
    Abstract: System and method for conferencing communication devices associated with participants conversant in different languages has a system for connecting communication devices with one or more other communication devices where each communication device is associated with one of a plurality of different languages, and one of the different languages is designated as the main language. The system in response to receiving a request for a conference call, connects two or more of the communication devices in a conference call when two or more of said communication devices are associated with the main language, connects each of the communication devices associated with a different language than the main language with the communication device of an interpreter selected for interpreting between the different language and the main language, and then connects the communication device of the interpreter for each of the different languages than the main language to the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Wald, Israel Mayer Stein
  • Publication number: 20110167089
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Joseph A. Wald, Richard George Esau, Truls Arnegaard, Stephen Whitley, Herman Veldhuizen, Hallgrim Ludvigsen, Andrew John Round
  • Patent number: 7895241
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Joseph A. Wald, Richard George Esau, Truls Arnegaard, Stephen Whitley, Herman Veldhuizen, Hallgrim Ludvigsen, Andrew John Round
  • Publication number: 20100135478
    Abstract: “System and method for conferencing communication devices associated with participants conversant in different languages has a system for connecting communication devices with one or more other communication devices where each communication device is associated with one of a plurality of different languages, and one of the different languages is designated as the main language. The system in response to receiving a request for a conference call, connects two or more of the communication devices in a conference call when two or more of said communication devices are associated with the main language, connects each of the communication devices associated with a different language than the main language with the communication device of an interpreter selected for interpreting between the different language and the main language, and then connects the communication device of the interpreter for each of the different languages than the main language to the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Wald, Israel Mayer Stein
  • Publication number: 20090089042
    Abstract: A system having a computer system with one or more interfaces enabling communication with one or more communication devices, and memory storing a first database associating geographic regions with the most commonly spoken language(s) of those regions, and a second database associating interpreters with different languages, and a third database providing demographics of members who previously enrolled with the service and including information such as telephone numbers and languages spoken. In response to a requesting communication device, the computer system determines the language(s) spoken by the member associated with that requesting device as identified in the third database, determines a geographic region associated with the requesting communication device and a language of that region as identified by the first database, and selects a matching interpreter from the second database who can assist in both the regional language and one of the languages spoken by the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Samuel Joseph Wald, Israel Mayer Stein
  • Publication number: 20080235280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jonathan Schoen, Joseph A. Wald, Richard George Esau, Truls Arnegaard, Stephen Whitley, Herman Veldhuizen, Hallgrim Ludvigsen, Andrew John Round