Patents by Inventor Keith R. Smith
Keith R. 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).
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Patent number: 11959046Abstract: A method of creating a protective coating on an alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid is provided. The method includes providing carbon dioxide to an alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid and allowing the alkali metal hydroxide and carbon dioxide to react thereby forming a carbonate or bicarbonate-containing layer on the exterior of the solid wherein the carbonate or bicarbonate-containing layer is non-hygroscopic and water soluble, and wherein greater than 80% of the hydroxide in the hydroxide-containing solid does not react with the carbon dioxide, and further wherein the alkali metal hydroxide-containing solid is substantially free of lithium hydroxide. A method of testing for the presence of carbonate-containing coating on an alkali metal hydroxide containing solid is also provided. The method includes exposing the coated solid to 95 weight percent ethanol, collecting the ethanol effluent and testing the effluent for alkali metal hydroxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Mark P. Peterson, Keith E. Olson
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Publication number: 20240085949Abstract: An apparatus can include a display, a facial interface, and a connector between the display and the facial interface. The facial interface can at least translate or rotate relative to the display via the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Darshan R. Kasar, Samuel G. Smith, Jonathan M. Anderson, Erin M. Bosch, Muhammad F. Hossain, Liam R. Martinez, Andrew Gallaher, Ian A. Guy, Brian Baillargeon, Keith W. Kirkwood, Timothy J. Rasmussen
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Patent number: 11061750Abstract: A method for analyzing data corruption is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes identifying a data set to analyze for data corruption. This data set resides on tracks of a volume. The method further determines, from control information associated with the volume, on which tracks of the volume the data set resides. The method reads content of the data set without opening the data set by performing full-track reads of the tracks. The method further determines an expected format of the content by analyzing the control information. An actual format of the content is compared to the expected format to identify areas of the data set that may be corrupt. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip R. Chauvet, David C. Reed, Franklin E. McCune, Keith R. Smith
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Publication number: 20200081762Abstract: A method for analyzing data corruption is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes identifying a data set to analyze for data corruption. This data set resides on tracks of a volume. The method further determines, from control information associated with the volume, on which tracks of the volume the data set resides. The method reads content of the data set without opening the data set by performing full-track reads of the tracks. The method further determines an expected format of the content by analyzing the control information. An actual format of the content is compared to the expected format to identify areas of the data set that may be corrupt. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip R. Chauvet, David C. Reed, Franklin E. McCune, Keith R. Smith
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Patent number: 10423576Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium that predict times where cost of catalog caching is not efficient and deactivating catalog caching for that catalog during the predicted times. More specifically, an optimized catalog caching operation conducts historical analysis on catalog usage via records such as resource measurement facility (RMF) records and catalog statistical data.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Franklin E. McCune, David C. Reed, Keith R. Smith, Max D. Smith
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Publication number: 20180101523Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium that predict times where cost of catalog caching is not efficient and deactivating catalog caching for that catalog during the predicted times. More specifically, an optimized catalog caching operation conducts historical analysis on catalog usage via records such as resource measurement facility (RMF) records and catalog statistical data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Franklin E. McCune, David C. Reed, Keith R. Smith, Max D. Smith
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Patent number: 9892126Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium that predict times where cost of catalog caching is not efficient and deactivating catalog caching for that catalog during the predicted times. More specifically, an optimized catalog caching operation conducts historical analysis on catalog usage via records such as resource measurement facility (RMF) records and catalog statistical data.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Franklin E. McCune, David C. Reed, Keith R. Smith, Max D. Smith
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Patent number: 9037901Abstract: An approach to providing auto recovery of data sets in volumes. When an error condition results from an attempt to access an unintentionally deleted data set, an event is generated and sent to other systems with access to the volume in which the data set existed. The volume is also locked to prevent corruption during the recovery process. A system that has the unintentionally deleted data set open retrieves location information for the data set from control blocks in the system's memory. This location information is used to build a new entry for the data set in the VTOC for the volume. When the data set is thus recovered, the data set is validated, the lock removed, and the data set is made available to the systems sharing the volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip R. Chauvet, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith, Keith R. Smith
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Publication number: 20140201459Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium that predict times where cost of catalog caching is not efficient and deactivating catalog caching for that catalog during the predicted times. More specifically, an optimized catalog caching operation conducts historical analysis on catalog usage via records such as resource measurement facility (RMF) records and catalog statistical data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Franklin E. McCune, David C. Reed, Keith R. Smith, Max D. Smith
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Publication number: 20130047032Abstract: An approach to providing auto recovery of data sets in volumes. When an error condition results from an attempt to access an unintentionally deleted data set, an event is generated and sent to other systems with access to the volume in which the data set existed. The volume is also locked to prevent corruption during the recovery process. A system that has the unintentionally deleted data set open retrieves location information for the data set from control blocks in the system's memory. This location information is used to build a new entry for the data set in the VTOC for the volume. When the data set is thus recovered, the data set is validated, the lock removed, and the data set is made available to the systems sharing the volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Philip R. Chauvet, David C. Reed, Max D. Smith, Keith R. Smith
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Patent number: 5109468Abstract: A fiber optic attenuator having a predetermined, fixed attenuation value and low back reflection properties across a broad wavelength spectrum is disclosed. Attenuation is achieved by providing an optical fiber pathway having an attenuation region which causes a predetermined signal loss. The medium defining the pathway is of a substantially constant index of refraction through the device to minimize or eliminate interference caused by Fresnel reflections.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1990Date of Patent: April 28, 1992Assignee: M/A-COM Light Control Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas W. Tamulevich, Keith R. Smith, Stanley V. Paquette