Patents by Inventor William A. Gray

William A. Gray 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: 20240172010
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for identification of connection areas in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing connection type and a collection of network sites including the connection type is generated from the customer set. An overlay of customer sites without the connection type may be applied to the collection of network sites to generate an intersection of non-connected customer sites within the collection of network sites including the connection type. The intersection provides an indication of underserviced sites connection to the telecommunication network for potential network growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Patent number: 11991585
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for correlating one or more service areas of a network with one or more geolocation coordinates to determine available services for customers to the network. A service polygon may be generated that define an area in which a particular service offered by a communications network is available. The boundaries of the service polygons may be adjusted based on information corresponding to physical features of the initial area. The service polygons may aid a communications network in providing a list of available services to potential customers or devices connected to the network by determining one or more geolocation coordinate values of a potential connection site and comparing the values to the service polygons. A network management system may determine the available services, current or in the future, to offer such services to a customer to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Draper, Vamsi Kaza, Jerry Matthews, William Gray
  • Publication number: 20240136055
    Abstract: Systems for visualization and management of a travel policy for a clinical study have a study dataset having a first travel policy condition, a study travel policy dataset having a main travel policy and a specialized travel policy, and a GUI having a travel policies interface and a travel policy control. The first travel policy condition may be a country, a clinical site, a traveler policy label, a visit attribute, a visit policy label, and combinations thereof. The specialized travel policy (a country policy, a site policy, a first visit policy, a second visit policy, a custom policy, and combinations thereof) is programmatically associated with the first travel policy condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: SCOTT GRAY, WILLIAM WING, TREVOR SMITH, BRENT SNYDER, DONNA BRUMBACK
  • Publication number: 20240135267
    Abstract: A privacy enabled system for managing clinical study participant travel has a database (stores data: clinical study, participant, clinical site and trip data sets) and a graphical user interface that has a Travel Planning Interface and is in data communication with an input device and the database. The data sets include a Study Travel Policy, a Study Visit Schedule (appointment procedure, appointment schedule), a traveler profile, traveler personal data (traveler contact information), a site appointment location associated with the appointment procedure, and site contact information. The travel planning interface receives the trip data set (trip segment data) from the database and the input device. The travel planning interface transmits the trip segment data to and receives booked travel data from a travel booking module, generates an itinerary that has booked travel and trip segment data, and transmits the itinerary according to the traveler contact information and the site contact information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: SCOTT GRAY, WILLIAM WING, TREVOR SMITH, BRENT SNYDER, DONNA BRUMBACK
  • Patent number: 11944600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of cannabinoids in the treatment of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder. In particular the cannabinoids cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) and cannabidivarin (CBDV) were able to produce neuroprotective effects in a mouse model of neurodegenerative disease. In particular these effects were associated with the symptoms associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Furthermore, the combination of the cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) with the drug olexisome provided a synergistic disease modifying effect in a mouse model of neurodegenerative disease. In particular these effects were associated with the symptoms associated with ALS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GW Research Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Whalley, William Hind, Royston Gray, Javier Fernandez-Ruiz, Eva De Lago, Carmen Rodriguez-Cueto, Laura Garcia-Toscano, Irene Santos-Garcia
  • Patent number: 11948786
    Abstract: A night vision system, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a planetary deposition system and methodology are provided for selectively depositing an electrode contact metal on one side of MCP channel openings. One or more MCPs can be releasably secured to a face of a platter that rotates about its central platter axis. The rotating platter can be tilted on a rotating ring fixture surrounding an evaporative source of contact metal. Therefore, the rotating platter further rotates so that it orbits around the evaporative source of contact metal. A mask with a variable size mask opening is arranged between the rotating platter and the evaporative source. While the mask orbits around the evaporative source with the rotating platter, the mask does not rotate along its own axis as does the rotating platter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Elbit Systems of America, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Carroll, William J. Baney, Cooper Gray Temple, Matthew Robert Curtis
  • Patent number: 11895515
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for identification of connection areas in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing connection type and a collection of network sites including the connection type is generated from the customer set. An overlay of customer sites without the connection type may be applied to the collection of network sites to generate an intersection of non-connected customer sites within the collection of network sites including the connection type. The intersection provides an indication of underserviced sites connection to the telecommunication network for potential network growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Publication number: 20230393054
    Abstract: A measurement system is disclosed and includes a light source, a receiver, a measurement subject, and a reflector. The reflector is disposed on an opposite side of the measurement subject than are the light source and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, William Gray, Bharat R. Acharya, Aaron M. Marcella, Stephen M. Kennedy, Brett J. Sitter, Micheal L. Steiner, Mark A. Roehrig, Jonah Shaver, Jessica E. DeMay
  • Publication number: 20230354068
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for intelligent node type selection in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set. A set of customer events is generated for a node type of the communications node using a simulator. The set of customer events is generated by simulating the customer set over time through a discrete event simulation. An impact of the customer events is modeled for the node type of the communications node. The node type is identified from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Publication number: 20230354069
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for intelligent node type selection in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set. A set of customer events is generated for a node type of the communications node using a simulator. The set of customer events is generated by simulating the customer set over time through a discrete event simulation. An impact of the customer events is modeled for the node type of the communications node. The node type is identified from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Patent number: 11751802
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a posture measuring device for determining the forward head posture of a patient. Forward head posture (FHP) is the anterior positioning of the cervical spine that is caused by sleeping with the head elevated, extended use of computers and cellphones, lack of developed back muscle strength and lack of nutrients such as calcium. This deformation is associated with headaches, neck pain, thoracic spine pain and symptoms of pain, parastesia or numbness in the upper extremities. The device of the disclosure provides a numerical measurement of the displacement of the skull from the vertical as defined by a datum between the two most posterior points of a patient's spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Kurt William Gray
  • Publication number: 20230283982
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for correlating one or more service areas of a network with one or more geolocation coordinates to determine available services for customers to the network. A service polygon may be generated that define an area in which a particular service offered by a communications network is available. The boundaries of the service polygons may be adjusted based on information corresponding to physical features of the initial area. The service polygons may aid a communications network in providing a list of available services to potential customers or devices connected to the network by determining one or more geolocation coordinate values of a potential connection site and comparing the values to the service polygons. A network management system may determine the available services, current or in the future, to offer such services to a customer to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Draper, Vamsi Kaza, Jerry Matthews, William Gray
  • Patent number: 11706645
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for intelligent node type selection in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set. A set of customer events is generated for a node type of the communications node using a simulator. The set of customer events is generated by simulating the customer set over time through a discrete event simulation. An impact of the customer events is modeled for the node type of the communications node. The node type is identified from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Patent number: 11700539
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for intelligent node type selection in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, a customer set is obtained for a communications node in the telecommunications network. The customer set includes an existing customer set and a new customer set. A set of customer events is generated for a node type of the communications node using a simulator. The set of customer events is generated by simulating the customer set over time through a discrete event simulation. An impact of the customer events is modeled for the node type of the communications node. The node type is identified from a plurality of node types for a telecommunications build based on the impact of the customer events for the node type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, James Sayre, Stephen Limburg
  • Publication number: 20230213026
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a vacuum system. The vacuum system includes a vacuum pump; and a heat exchanger for receiving a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid comprising a gas. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the vacuum pump and is operable to absorb thermal energy from the vacuum pump. Aspects of the present invention also relate to a method of operating a vacuum system; and a controller for controlling operation of a vacuum system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sivabalan Kailasam, Malcolm William Gray
  • Patent number: 11647355
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for correlating one or more service areas of a network with one or more geolocation coordinates to determine available services for customers to the network. A service polygon may be generated that define an area in which a particular service offered by a communications network is available. The boundaries of the service polygons may be adjusted based on information corresponding to physical features of the initial area. The service polygons may aid a communications network in providing a list of available services to potential customers or devices connected to the network by determining one or more geolocation coordinate values of a potential connection site and comparing the values to the service polygons. A network management system may determine the available services, current or in the future, to offer such services to a customer to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Draper, Vamsi Kaza, Jerry Matthews, William Gray
  • Publication number: 20230108022
    Abstract: A data system is provided for analyzing and maintaining data obtained from one or more data sources on which the data system depends. The system includes a primary database including current values used by the system and a collection of executable algorithms used to generate the data maintained in the primary database. In response to receiving a notification regarding a change in one of the data sources, a dependency database is used to establish an execution order for algorithms of the algorithm collection that are directly or indirectly dependent on the changed data. The algorithms identified in the execution order are then executed in accordance with the execution order and the corresponding result is stored in the primary database. The system may include data harvesters adapted to recognize changes in the data sources and to generate and transmit corresponding change notifications when such changes occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications LLC
    Inventors: William Gray, Binchao Chen, Steven D. Meyer
  • Patent number: 11619233
    Abstract: An enclosure system may be formed of a lightweight panel with a thin non-porous membrane that enables the extraction and leak detection of hazardous gases from housing equipment such as vacuum pumps, valves, abatement equipment and the like. Additionally, the enclosure system includes a one or multiple layers of wire mesh which prevent projectiles with a high kinetic energy from escaping from the housing equipment thereby minimising the risk of an explosion causing parts or panels to be ejected from the enclosure system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventor: Malcolm William Gray
  • Patent number: D994468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: BIGROCK INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Allen Chance, William Gray
  • Patent number: D1015902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: RAPID PHENOTYPING PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Giovanni Ciampa, William Palmer, Michael Easdown, Nathan John Burke, Siao Hau Teh, Brenton Gray, Mark Bigland, Antony Martin, Jamie Flynn