Patents by Inventor Richard Christopher

Richard Christopher 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: 20230051221
    Abstract: Automatically updating a full charge capacity (FCC) of a battery of an information handling system, the method including: determining that the SOC of the battery is less than the SOC threshold; determining that the time since the previous update of the FCC of the battery is greater than the time threshold; identifying configuration parameters for an update of the FCC of the battery; comparing the configuration parameters with current conditions of the battery; based on comparing the configuration parameters with current conditions of the battery, determining that the current conditions of the battery are within bounds of the configuration parameters; and in response to determining that the current conditions of the battery are within the bounds of the configuration parameters, updating the FCC of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yan Ning, Nikhil Manohar Vichare, Richard Christopher Thompson
  • Patent number: 11525601
    Abstract: The flexible duct connector processing system of the present invention comprises a decoiler machine and a processing machine. The decoiler machine stores one or more rolls of flexible duct connector stock which are fed to the processing machine. The processing machine beads, notches, and cuts the flexible duct connector stock according to programmed instructions received from a control system. A conveyor system disposed after the processing machine optionally collects the cut flexible duct connector stock and conveys it in batches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRODUCTION PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Gass, Drew Evan Miles, II
  • Patent number: 11520843
    Abstract: A method includes providing a server having a system email address for receiving emails and including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and defining a database organized to store data for a plurality of customer matters, respective matters having matter numbers, and, for each matter, the database including a notes location associated with the matter; providing a graphical user interface using which a user can review information relating to matters, including notes; determining, in response to receiving an email having a subject line and body, if the email subject line contains a matter number matching a database matter number and, if not, rejecting the email; and if the email is not rejected, routing at least a portion of the non-rejected email to the notes location of the matter having the matter number that corresponds to the number contained in the email subject line. Other systems and methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Patent number: 11513928
    Abstract: A variable power bus (VPB) cable, such as a USB Type-C cable, is validated for actual current capacity with respect to a specified power rating for the cable. The power cable validation is performed when the cable is connected to a power storage adapter and a portable information handling system. The validation includes, prior to negotiating a power delivery contract for electrical power to be supplied to the information handling system from the VPB port via the VPB cable, applying a first voltage to the VPB cable to identify a first indication of a current capacity of the VPB cable; and when the first indication confirms that the current capacity of the VPB cable corresponds to a specified power rating for the VPB cable, enabling the power delivery contract to be negotiated according to the specified power rating, otherwise blocking the power delivery contract using the VPB cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Richard Christopher Thompson, Adolfo S. Montero
  • Publication number: 20220344731
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes: may determine that a rechargeable cell of multiple rechargeable cells has reached a top of charge voltage value; in response to determining that the rechargeable cell has reached the top of charge voltage value, may provide an electrical charge current, associated with a charge current value, to the rechargeable cell; may determine a temperature value associated with the rechargeable cell; may determine a charge current termination value based at least on the temperature value; while the charge current value is not at and is not below the charge current termination value: may determine the temperature value associated with the rechargeable cell; and may determine the charge current termination value based at least on the temperature value; and may cease providing the electrical charge current to the rechargeable cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Shao Szu Ho, Wen-Yung Chang
  • Publication number: 20220231532
    Abstract: A disclosed information handling system is coupled to a power adapter that is coupled to an AC line power source. The system includes an embedded controller storing instructions executable to determine that a trigger condition for limiting electrical power drawn by the system from the power adapter is met and, in response to the determination and in accordance with a low power operating mode, to limit electrical power drawn from the power adapter by the system to an amount less than or equal to the lesser of a power rating of the power adapter and a capacity of the AC line power source to supply electrical power. Limiting the electrical power drawn from the power adapter may include limiting the electrical power consumed by operation of the system or limiting a rate at which an internal battery of the system is charged by electrical power supplied by the power adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Sultenfuss, Richard Christopher Thompson, Mohammed K. Hijazi
  • Patent number: 11340678
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may convert first analog signals to first digital values, in which the first analog signals are proportional to current of a battery of an information handling system (IHS); convert the second analog signals to second digital values, in which the second analog signals are proportional to current from a power supply; convert the third analog signals to third digital values, in which the third analog signals are proportional to power consumption of components of the IHS and the battery; and provide a first mean digital value determined from the first digital values, a second mean value determined from the second digital values, and a third mean digital value determined from the third digital values to at least one of IHS firmware, an application, and an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Tyler Ryan Cox, Adolfo Sandor Montero, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Patent number: 11314385
    Abstract: A method includes recording data about an advertising campaign; converting the data about advertising campaigns into ad time slot data including a time range in which a broadcast program runs and average number of times the advertisements run during the time range; and selectively generating an output visually indicating cost of advertisements versus time of day, number of intakes versus time of day, and cost of the advertisements versus time of day. Other systems and methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Patent number: 11302971
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine first multiple impedance values of respective multiple resistors associated with a barrier of an enclosure of a cell of a rechargeable battery that includes multiple cells; determine second multiple impedance values of the respective multiple resistors; determine multiple impedance value changes of the respective multiple resistors based at least on the first multiple impedance values and the second multiple impedance values; determine that at least a portion of the multiple impedance value changes exceed a threshold impedance value change; determine that the cell is compromised based at least on determining that the at least the portion of the multiple impedance value changes exceed the threshold impedance value change; and in response to determining that the cell is compromised, remove the cell from a topology of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karunakar Palicherla Reddy, Richard Christopher Thompson, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Publication number: 20220091190
    Abstract: System and method for battery runtime forecasting, including identifying a power usage of a IHS; identifying a charge profile of a battery of the IHS, the charge profile including charging levels each associated with a respective time period; determining a state of charge of the battery based on a current time; identifying power delivery capabilities of a power source providing power to the battery; generating a predicted relative state of charge (RSOC) profile of the battery based on i) the power usage of the IHS, ii) an entirety of the charge profile of the battery, iii) the state of charge of the battery, and iv) power delivery capabilities of the power source; and identifying a runtime estimate of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tyler Ryan Cox, Richard Christopher Thompson, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Publication number: 20220093980
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine first multiple impedance values of respective multiple resistors associated with a barrier of an enclosure of a cell of a rechargeable battery that includes multiple cells; determine second multiple impedance values of the respective multiple resistors; determine multiple impedance value changes of the respective multiple resistors based at least on the first multiple impedance values and the second multiple impedance values; determine that at least a portion of the multiple impedance value changes exceed a threshold impedance value change; determine that the cell is compromised based at least on determining that the at least the portion of the multiple impedance value changes exceed the threshold impedance value change; and in response to determining that the cell is compromised, remove the cell from a topology of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Karunakar Palicherla Reddy, Richard Christopher Thompson, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Publication number: 20220091655
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may determine a historical discharge rate (dh) from multiple discharge rates a battery of an information handling system (IHS) while the IHS operates on electrical power provided by the battery; receive a current discharge rate (dc) of the battery; determine a full charge capacity correction factor value (Cfcc) associated with the battery; determine a weighting factor (?); determine a difference between a full charge capacity value (FCC) and Cfcc; determine ?·dh; determine (1??)·dc; determine a sum of dh·? and dc·?; determine a quotient value of FCC?Cfcc and ?·dh+(1??)·dc; scale the quotient value based at least on a relative state of charge of the battery to determine an estimated time remaining for the IHS to operate on the electrical power provided by the battery; and display the estimated time remaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Nikhil Manohar Vichare, Michael Raymond Nechay, Tyler Ryan Cox, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Publication number: 20220091650
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may convert first analog signals to first digital values, in which the first analog signals are proportional to current of a battery of an information handling system (IHS); convert the second analog signals to second digital values, in which the second analog signals are proportional to current from a power supply; convert the third analog signals to third digital values, in which the third analog signals are proportional to power consumption of components of the IHS and the battery; and provide a first mean digital value determined from the first digital values, a second mean value determined from the second digital values, and a third mean digital value determined from the third digital values to at least one of IHS firmware, an application, and an operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Christopher Thompson, Tyler Ryan Cox, Adolfo Sandor Montero, Thanh Thien Tran
  • Patent number: 11271942
    Abstract: A method includes defining a database accessible to a plurality of users having respective user IDs and organized to include information for a plurality of matters, respective matters having case numbers, and, for each matter, the database include fields configured to store a name of a client, and fields describing the client, a files location associated with the matter, and a notes location associated with the matter, the database further including reports locations associated with respective users; in response to receiving an email having a subject line, body, and attachment: determining whether the email subject line contains a case number matching a case number in the database and, if so: detaching the attachment from the email and placing the attachment in the files location associated with the matter matching the case number. Other systems and methods are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Patent number: 11243664
    Abstract: A system includes an OAI gateway; and a main server coupled to the OAI gateway via a network, and configured to be accessed by client workstations, the main server including: an OAI listener coupled to the OAI gateway; a notification server coupled to the OAI listener; and a memory defining a database and coupled to the OAI listener; the main server being configured to present to a workstation a user-fillable intake form having a plurality of questions, and the main server configured to receive answers, and to present a score total to the workstation indicating whether to accept the potential customer, the score total varying depending on the received answers; and the system being configured to send an electronic notification in response to the score total being above or below a predetermined threshold value. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GROWPATH, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Jason Sanchez, Jan Schroeder, Richard Christopher Low
  • Publication number: 20220025255
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to photon upconversion nanocapsules for 3D printing and other applications. For example, one aspect is generally related to nanocapsules that contain an upconversion material. Light, such as laser light, focused on a region of liquid containing nanocapsules may be upconverted by the upconversion material to produce wavelengths sufficient to cause polymerization of a polymerizable entity to occur. However, in contrast, although other regions may receive some light, that light may not be of sufficient focus or intensity to be upconverted, and thus, the polymerizable entity in those regions would generally not polymerize. In such a fashion, the extent of polymerization can be controlled, for example, by controlling where light is applied to the liquid. The light could be focused at arbitrary regions within the liquid, thus allowing true 3D-printing to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Daniel N. Congreve, Samuel N. Sanders, Richard Christopher Stokes, Mahesh Kumar Gangishetty
  • Publication number: 20220005147
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide a provisioning framework for a distributed graphics processing unit (GPU) service. A network device in a network receives, from an application, a service request for multi-access edge compute (MEC)-based virtual graphic processing unit (vGPU) services. The network device receives real-time utilization data from multiple MEC clusters in different MEC network locations and generates a utilization view of the multiple MEC clusters in the different MEC network locations. The network device selects, based on the real-time utilization view, one of the different MEC network locations to provide the vGPU services and instructs a of the multiple MEC clusters in the one of the different MEC network locations to perform container provisioning and service provisioning for the vGPU services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Raheel Khalid, William Patrick Dildine, Richard Christopher Lamb, Vinaya Kumar Polavarapu, Paul Duree
  • Publication number: 20210384094
    Abstract: Hybrid microelectronic substrates, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a hybrid microelectronic substrate may include a low-density microelectronic substrate having a recess at a first surface, and a high-density microelectronic substrate disposed in the recess and coupled to a bottom of the recess via solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Starkston, Robert L. Sankman, Scott M. Mokler, Richard Christopher Stamey, Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur
  • Patent number: 11196279
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may: charge a battery from a first end of discharge (EOD) voltage to a first voltage; discharge the battery to a second EOD voltage; in response to discharging the battery to the second EOD voltage, withhold power from one or more cells of the battery to at least one component of a system; charge, from the second EOD voltage to a second voltage, greater than the second voltage and less than the first voltage; discharge the battery to a third EOD voltage; in response to discharging the battery to the third EOD voltage, withhold power from the one or more cells to the at least one component; charge, from the third EOD voltage to a third voltage, greater than or equal to the second EOD voltage; and discharge the battery to the first EOD voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Krishnakumar, Richard Christopher Thompson
  • Patent number: D957773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William Michael Cannon, Richard Christopher Hagee, Victoria Jung, John Charles Van Rens, Kerry Lloyd Weaver