Patents by Inventor Randal Earl Childers

Randal Earl Childers 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: 10269450
    Abstract: Probabilistic event classifications systems and method are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an event narrative, the event narrative comprising textual content describing a safety event, parsing the textual content to identify key terms, searching a safety event database for classifications associated with the key terms, selecting a set of classifications based on the key terms using statistical analysis, the set of classifications comprising potential event types for the event narrative, and displaying the set of classifications for the event narrative via a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Quantros, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryn Thomas Rhodes, Randal Earl Childers, Gerard Francis Livaudais, Stefanie Fenton, Tim Thompson, Sandra Foley, Jeffrey Greene
  • Publication number: 20140350964
    Abstract: Probabilistic event classifications systems and method are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an event narrative, the event narrative comprising textual content describing a safety event, parsing the textual content to identify key terms, searching a safety event database for classifications associated with the key terms, selecting a set of classifications based on the key terms using statistical analysis, the set of classifications comprising potential event types for the event narrative, and displaying the set of classifications for the event narrative via a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Quantros, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryn Thomas Rhodes, Randal Earl Childers, Gerard Francis Livaudais, Stefanie Fenton, Tim Thompson, Sandra Foley, Jeffrey Greene
  • Patent number: 5784560
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing access control to objects in a distributed network directory employing static resolution to resolve object attributes. A first object has a Security Equals attribute and a second object has an Equivalent To Me attribute. Upon receiving a request for the first object to access the second object, authorization of such access is verified by checking if the two attributes are synchronized. The attributes are synchronized when the Security Equals attribute of the first object includes the second object, and the Equivalent To Me attribute of the second object includes the first object. A method of synchronizing the two attributes is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Kingdon, Randal Earl Childers, DeeAnne Higley, Dale R. Olds
  • Patent number: 5677851
    Abstract: A method of providing authoritative access control to computer networks that employs a distributed network directory using a static means of resolving object attributes is disclosed. The method employs the existing directories and an authentication procedure for each server. A first object that is under the physical control of the administrator of one partition of the distributed network directory requests access to a second object that is under the physical control of the administrator of another partition of the distributed network directory. The directory verifies that the access control list of the first object includes the second object. The access control list of the second object is then checked to verify that it includes a reference to the first object as an object that is permitted access to the second object. As a result, access is only granted in response to requests from objects that appear in the access control list of the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Kingdon, Randal Earl Childers, DeeAnne Higley, Dale R. Olds