Patents by Inventor Michael Wiltshire

Michael Wiltshire 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: 20220350048
    Abstract: A computer system and method for determining subterranean rock composition is described in which user input data is received having a plurality of parameters defining a desired subterranean rock composition from a wellbore. Data associated with at least one geologic environment is received, which data contains data acquired from at least one wellbore. An analytical analysis is then conducted by a computer processor utilizing the user input data and the received geologic environment data to determine a match between the user desired subterranean rock composition and the received geologic environment data. Output graphic data is then determined and generated, based at least in part on the analytical analysis, on a computer graphical display consisting of a two-dimensional (2D) graphical representation indicating a region of the geologic environment having a match between the user desired subterranean rock composition and the received geologic environment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus David Michael WILTSHIRE, Duncan Charles HAY
  • Publication number: 20220350047
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for processing gross depositional environment (GDE) maps. The method includes receiving end-member lowstand systems tract (LST) and maximum flood surface (MFS) gross depositional environment (GDE) maps that represent a particular geographic area at different respective times spaced by a time interval, processing both of the LST and MFS GDE maps in accordance with a predefined set of mles that use geoprocessing operations to relate the content of both the LST and MFS GDE maps, and outputting a transgressive system tract (TST) map based on the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus David Michael WILTSHIRE, Duncan Charles HAY, Dominic Allan RORKE
  • Patent number: 11269105
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and systems to perform fairway analysis on a computing system to automate tasks. The automation of the fairway analysis can reduce bias and uncertainty introduced by a user using their own set of assumptions, estimations, and preferred sequencing of rules and algorithms. The described processes can receive initial input parameters describing the area of interest (AOI) and a geological age range. The processes can retrieve appropriate geological and stratigraphic parameters using the initial input parameters. The combined input parameters can then be geoprocessed using age-aware rules and a determined sequence of algorithms and rules to generate synthesized geological data that can be upscaled and transformed into one or more chance maps indicating the presence and effectiveness of various hydrocarbon elements. The chance maps can be amalgamated and processed to produce a prospective map indicating the likelihood of success of further exploration of the specified AOI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus David Michael Wiltshire, Duncan Charles Hay
  • Publication number: 20210270988
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and systems to perform fairway analysis on a computing system to automate tasks. The automation of the fairway analysis can reduce bias and uncertainty introduced by a user using their own set of assumptions, estimations, and preferred sequencing of rules and algorithms. The described processes can receive initial input parameters describing the area of interest (AOI) and a geological age range. The processes can retrieve appropriate geological and stratigraphic parameters using the initial input parameters. The combined input parameters can then be geoprocessed using age-aware rules and a determined sequence of algorithms and rules to generate synthesized geological data that can be upscaled and transformed into one or more chance maps indicating the presence and effectiveness of various hydrocarbon elements. The chance maps can be amalgamated and processed to produce a prospective map indicating the likelihood of success of further exploration of the specified AOI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Marcus David Michael Wiltshire, Duncan Charles Hay
  • Patent number: 9464424
    Abstract: A toilet tool cleansing system employs a mixing eductor that disperses a disinfectant solution into a water stream that is sprayed onto the tool and thereafter collected and discharged into a toilet via a drain eductor. The cleansing system includes plumbing and a valve adapted to be in fluid communication with an existing water supply source. A housing receives the toilet tool. The housing has at least one spray nozzle in fluid communication with the mixing eductor for dispensing the water and disinfectant on the tool. The drain eductor propels waste liquids from the system into a toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Wiltshire
  • Publication number: 20070281789
    Abstract: A computer gaming system and method of operation thereof are provided that both drastically reduce the cost of gaming stations and allow contemporaneous access to multiple game programs from a single gaming station. The computer gaming system of the present invention allows for transparent modifications and upgrades to the gaming programs by executing gaming programs on a server/host computer connected to a plurality of client/terminal computers via communication pathways. Each client/terminal computer comprises a client/terminal program that allows input and output streams of the gaming program executed on the server/host computer to be separated and redirected to the client/terminal computers. Since the gaming programs are executed entirely on the server/host computer, with only wagering input and display output operations being executed on the client/terminal computers, the cost of the hardware and software required for each client/terminal computer is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Wiltshire, James Lisenbee, Jayant Karmarkar, Timothy Wiltshire
  • Publication number: 20070155509
    Abstract: A computer gaming system and method of operation thereof are provided that both drastically reduce the cost of gaming stations and allow contemporaneous access to multiple game programs from a single gaming station. The computer gaming system of the present invention allows for transparent modifications and upgrades to the gaming programs by executing gaming programs on a server/host computer connected to a plurality of client/terminal computers via communication pathways. Each client/terminal computer comprises a client/terminal program that allows input and output streams of the gaming program executed on the server/host computer to be separated and redirected to the client/terminal computers. Since the gaining programs are executed entirely on the server/host computer, with only wagering input and display output operations being executed on the client/terminal computers, the cost of the hardware and software required for each client/terminal computer is greatly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Wiltshire, James Lisenbee, Jayant Karmarkar, Timothy Wiltshire