Patents by Inventor Michael Seifert

Michael Seifert 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: 8825841
    Abstract: A method and a system for analyzing traffic on a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. The method comprises the steps of allowing a visitor to perform multiple visits on the website, and monitoring navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during each visit while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining a value point score for each visit. An origin of the first visit, leading the visitor to the website, is registered and categorized according to type of origin in accordance with two or more predefined categories of origin. An accumulated value point score for the visitor is obtained by adding the obtained value point scores of the first visit and each of the subsequent visit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sitecore A/S
    Inventors: Michael Seifert, Ralph Ronald Person
  • Publication number: 20140244800
    Abstract: A visitor to a website is allocated to a server cluster which delivers content to the visitor. Online analytics data is collected by means of the servers of the server cluster, and the collected information is stored in a cluster cache database of the server cluster. When the visit is completed, the collected information is communicated to a central database. The system is scalable and communication between the server clusters and the central database is minimised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Dmytro KOSTENKO
  • Publication number: 20140244354
    Abstract: A person performs online interactions with an entity, and one or more interactions are registered as a partial sequence of interactions. The partial sequence is compared to stored sequences and associated final events defining an outcome, of persons who have previously performed interactions with the entity. A final event and/or a probability of a final event of the partial sequence is/are predicted, based on the comparing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventor: Michael SEIFERT
  • Publication number: 20140207332
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for measuring coupling misalignment of a rotorcraft drive shaft includes a reference device and a sensor. The sensor is configured to receive a signal from the reference device indicative of a distance between the reference device and the sensor. The reference device and the sensor are configured to be disposed on opposite sides of a flexible coupling coupled to the drive shaft and disposed between the engine and the pylon. The flexible coupling is configured to rotate with the drive shaft and comprises a flexure portion configured to flex in response to a difference in alignment between the engine and the pylon. A misalignment measurement system may be configured to generate a misalignment value in response to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Matthew VanBuskirk, Michael Seifert
  • Publication number: 20140199781
    Abstract: Presented herein are methods of diagnosing or assessing an individual at increased risk of developing chronic rejection, or chronic allograft vasculopathy, based on analysis the individual's biomarker profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicants: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Briscoe, Kevin P. Daly, Ananth Karumanchi, Michael Seifert
  • Publication number: 20140173418
    Abstract: A method for configuring an object to be injected into one or more webpages of a website, in which a remote server obtains information required in order to configure the object, and provides the information to a content management system (CMS). The object is configured, based on the obtained information. No additional program code is required at the CMS because the process is controlled by the remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Mikkel Høy SØRENSEN
  • Patent number: 8731743
    Abstract: A system and method to isolate vibrations from a vibrating structure. The system includes an adjustable vibration isolator that creates a reacting force matching the vibratory force of the vibrating structure. The method includes continuously monitoring the reacting force and vibratory force with a sensor system operably associated with a control unit having an algorithm to determine if adjustment of the vibration isolator is required. If required, the control unit commands a driver to selectively adjust the vibration isolator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Seifert, Frank Bradley Stamps, Michael R. Smith, David E. Heverly
  • Publication number: 20130332817
    Abstract: A method and system for managing a website by a content management system (CMS) are provided. The website and the CMS reside on a server. The CMS obtains, from a remote server, information regarding objects which may form part of webpages supplied to a visitor of the website. Each of the objects includes reference to one or more third party services, e.g. in the form of websites, web services or web servers. When a visitor requests a webpage of the website, the CMS dynamically generates a webpage matching the request of the visitor. This includes the CMS injecting one or more objects into the webpage in accordance with one or more predefined rules and the information obtained from the remote server. Finally, the CMS supplies the generated webpage to the visitor. The CMS controls the injections of objects, e.g., in the form of tags, into the webpages of the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Peter Christian LAUB, Mikkel Høy SØRENSEN
  • Publication number: 20130282204
    Abstract: A system and method to adjustably create a reacting force in response to a vibrating force of a vibrating structure. The system includes an adjustable vibration absorber that creates a range of reacting forces. The method includes continuously monitoring the reacting force and the vibrating force with a sensor system operably associated with a control unit having an algorithm to determine if adjustment of the vibration absorber is required. If required, the control unit commands a driver to selectively adjust the vibration absorber such that the reacting force equals the vibrating force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Michael Seifert, Frank B. Stamps, Michael R. Smith, David E. Heverly
  • Publication number: 20130274961
    Abstract: A system and method to isolate vibrations from a vibrating structure. The system includes an adjustable vibration isolator that creates a reacting force matching the vibratory force of the vibrating structure. The method includes continuously monitoring the reacting force and vibratory force with a sensor system operably associated with a control unit having an algorithm to determine if adjustment of the vibration isolator is required. If required, the control unit commands a driver to selectively adjust the vibration isolator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Michael Seifert, Frank B. Stamps, Michael R. Smith, David E. Heverly
  • Patent number: 8429019
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for scheduled delivery of shipments with multiple shipment carriers are described. Various embodiments may include a scheduled delivery component configured to receive delivery availability information for multiple shipment carriers. In various embodiments, for each shipment carrier, delivery availability information may specify one or more delivery periods during which that shipment carrier is available to deliver shipments of one or more items to designated locations. This delivery availability information may be utilized to generate a scheduled delivery tool that enables users to select a particular delivery period during which an item is to be delivered. The scheduled delivery tool may provide multiple selectable delivery periods based on the delivery availability information of multiple shipment carriers. The scheduled delivery component may determine that a particular delivery period has been selected and generate a delivery instruction based on such selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Yeatts, Neha Goswami, Andrew Korytko, Michael Seifert, Charles M. Griffith, Girish S. Lakshman, Gregory Ignatov, Trenton M. Tatro
  • Publication number: 20120331128
    Abstract: A method and a system for managing a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. According to the method, a website administrator initially performs changes to content of the website. Then the traffic to the website is analysed, including obtaining information regarding value generated for the website owner by the traffic, and the impact on the value generated for the website owner by the traffic, due to the performed changes, is evaluated. In the case that the evaluating step reveals that the performed changes decrease the value generated for the website owner by the traffic, a warning is generated for the website administrator. Thereby the website administrator is alerted if the changed content causes the value generated for the website owner by the visitors visiting the website to decrease, thereby allowing the website administrator to reverse the changes and/or perform further changes to the content in order to once again increase the generated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Jacob Hjort CHRISTENSEN, Lars Fløe NIELSEN
  • Publication number: 20120331129
    Abstract: A method and a system for analysing traffic on a website are disclosed. The website is arranged on a server and comprises at least two webpages. A plurality of visitors is allowed to visit the website. For each visit navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during the visit are monitored, while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining an accumulated value point score for the visit. Furthermore, an origin of the visit, leading the visitor to the website, and a landing webpage being the first webpage of the website which the visitor visits when arriving from the origin of the visit, said landing webpage being designated by the origin, are registered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventor: Michael SEIFERT
  • Publication number: 20120246296
    Abstract: A method and a system for analysing traffic on a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. The method comprises the steps of allowing a visitor to perform multiple visits on the website, and monitoring navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during each visit while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining a value point score for each visit. An origin of the first visit, leading the visitor to the website, is registered and categorised according to type of origin in accordance with two or more predefined categories of origin. An accumulated value point score for the visitor is obtained by adding the obtained value point scores of the first visit and each of the subsequent visit(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael Seifert, Ralph Ronald Person
  • Patent number: 8255526
    Abstract: A method for collecting human experience analytics data for visitors browsing a Web site and a web analytics data collection engine are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of registering an action performed by a visitor browsing the Web site, categorizing said registered action as a navigation action between web pages of the Web site and/or as an event action within a web page of the Web site. In the case that the registered action is categorized as an event action, the event is associated with a web page of the Web site, and the action is recorded as an event within the associated web page. In the case that the registered action is categorized as a navigation action, the action is either recorded as a navigation from a current web page to a subsequent web page, or recording of the action is cancelled, based on previously defined criteria. Finally, the recorded events and navigations are stored in a data storage facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sitecore A/S
    Inventors: Jakob Hjort Christensen, Michael Seifert
  • Publication number: 20120158951
    Abstract: A method and a system for analysing traffic on a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. The method comprises the steps of allowing a visitor to visit the website, and monitoring navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during the visit while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining an accumulated value point score for the visit. An origin of the visit, leading the visitor to the web site, is registered and stored along with the accumulated value point score. Finally, the stored information is categorised in accordance with two or more predefined categories of origin. Thereby the web site owner obtains information regarding where value generated during visit originates from.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventor: Michael SEIFERT
  • Publication number: 20120158952
    Abstract: A method and a system for analysing traffic on a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. The method comprises the steps of allowing a plurality of visitors to visit the website; for each visit, registering a sequence of pages viewed by the visitor and/or actions performed by the visitor during the visit; for each visit, monitoring navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during the visit while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining an accumulated value point score for the visit; and defining a set of visits from the plurality of visits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Jeppe GRUE
  • Publication number: 20120158950
    Abstract: A method and a system for managing a website are disclosed, the website being arranged on a server. The method comprises the steps of selecting a set of n profile key parameters, said set of n profile key parameters defining an n-dimensional profile key, and creating content for the website while assigning profile key values to the content, each profile key value being associated to a profile key parameter. A plurality of visitors are allowed to visit the website. For each visitor, the behaviour of the visitor is monitored, and a profile key for the visitor is generated by continuously adjusting profile key parameter values in accordance with content viewed and/or actions taken by the visitor, and in accordance with the profile key values assigned to the content of the website. The generated profile key thereby reflects behaviour and preferences of the visitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SITECORE A/S
    Inventors: Michael SEIFERT, Dmytro KOSTENKO
  • Publication number: 20120050523
    Abstract: A system and method of inspecting an optical fiber junction is provided. The method includes moving an optical fiber having a junction, a recoat portion overlaying the junction and non-recoat portions on opposite sides of the recoat portion through an imaging region imaged by a pair of cameras. The optical fiber is imaged to acquire a plurality of images with the cameras as the optical fiber continuously moves through a distance to capture images of the recoat portion and the non-recoat portions adjacent to the recoat portion. The plurality of acquired images are evaluated for potential imperfections, and an output is provided indicative of detected images having potential imperfections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Ian D. Cook, Igor Rafaelyevich Mejouev, Michael Seifert, Larry B. Stansell
  • Patent number: 8058410
    Abstract: Disclosed is an affinity matrix comprising a solid phase and an affinity ligand comprising peptide bonds coupled to this solid phase, wherein the affinity ligand comprising peptide bond is selected from the following group of ligands: a) peptides comprising the formula X1X2X3X4, wherein X1 to X4 are amino acid residues and at least two of X1 to X4 is W, Y or F; b) peptides comprising the formula X5X6X7X8, wherein X5 to X8 are amino acid residues, at least one of X5 to X8 is W, and at least one of X5 to X8 is E or D; and c) poly-amino acids consisting of an amino acid monomer of the group consisting of R, K, E and D and an amino acid monomer of the group consisting of Y, F and W, preferably poly-KY, poly-KF, poly-KW, poly-RY, poly-RF, poly-RW, poly-EY, poly-DY, poly-EF, poly-EW, poly-DF and poly-DW, with the proviso that the peptides according to a) and b) have a maximum length of 35 amino acid residues and that the poly-amino acids according to c) have a minimum length of 20 amino acid residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignees: Sandoz AG, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Alois Jungbauer, Rainer Hahn, Waltraud Kaar, Michael Seifert, Bernhard Auer, Clemens Achmüller, Philipp Wechner