Patents by Inventor William J. Green
William J. Green 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).
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Publication number: 20240045951Abstract: Techniques are presented for physically incapacitating data storage functionality of a computer data storage device for preventing access of data stored on the device. A security breach can be detected of a device housing a component communicable with a computer and where digital data is storable on the component. A mechanism can be activated for physically disabling the component in the device, in response to the detecting of the security breach. The incapacitating of the component can be a result of the mechanism physically contacting the component, in response to the activation of the mechanism, and the incapacitating of the component renders digital data stored on the component unretrievable by a computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Jeremy Miner, Carolina Garcia Delgado, Jennifer I. Bennett, William J Green
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Patent number: 11811336Abstract: A piezoelectric generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform that includes a lower piezoelectric pad, an upper piezoelectric pad, and a connecting shaft. The lower piezoelectric pad coupled to the upper piezoelectric pad via the connecting shaft, where the lower piezoelectric pad is configured to compress under a downward motion of the upper platform during a compression movement due to an additional load being applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform, where the lower piezoelectric pad produces a first voltage due to the compression movement. The upper piezoelectric pad configured to compress under an upward motion of the upper platform during a rebound movement of the upper platform, where the upper piezoelectric pad produces a second voltage due to the rebound movement. The generator structure configured to provide the first and the second voltage to a coupled power storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William J Green, Cedric D. Cook, Myneeka Holloway, Jimmie Lamar Powell, Jr.
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Patent number: 11776118Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for recognition of partially digested medications are provided. Aspects include receiving an image depicting regurgitated stomach contents of an individual and obtaining medical data regarding the individual. Aspects also include analyzing the image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested. Aspects further include performing an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William J. Green, Brian W. Hart, Anil Kalavakolanu, Douglas Griffith, Callum Foshee
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Patent number: 11569724Abstract: A faraday generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform, where the faraday generator structure includes a magnet, a coil structure, and a guide shaft. The magnet, of the faraday generator structure, coupled to the guide shaft configured to pass through an inner aperture area of the ring structure during a compression and rebound of a dampener positioned between the upper platform and the lower platform, where a voltage is produced as the magnet passes through the inner aperture area of the ring structure. The dampener, of the faraday generator structure, configured to compress under an additional load applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform. The faraday generator structure configured to provide the voltage to an electrically coupled power storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William J Green, Cedric D. Cook, Myneeka Holloway, Jimmie Lamar Powell, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220172349Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for recognition of partially digested medications are provided. Aspects include receiving an image depicting regurgitated stomach contents of an individual and obtaining medical data regarding the individual. Aspects also include analyzing the image, by a recognition model, to identify one or more pills depicted in the image and a percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested. Aspects further include performing an action based on the medical data, the identification of the one or more pill and the percentage of the one or more pills that has not been digested.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: WILLIAM J. GREEN, BRIAN W. HART, ANIL KALAVAKOLANU, DOUGLAS GRIFFITH, CALLUM FOSHEE
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Publication number: 20220156688Abstract: A method for managing a ping rate for a shipment tracking device includes determining, a battery life for a power source of a shipment tracking device associated with a shipment between an origin location and a destination location. The method further includes determining a budget of pings for data transfer by the shipment tracking device, where a ping includes various data collected by a plurality of sensors on the shipment tracking device. The method further includes determining, based on the battery life for the power source and the budget of pings for the data transfer, a transit ping rate for an initial portion of a transit route. The method further includes responsive to receiving a first ping from the shipment tracking device with a first set of the various data, updating the transit ping rate based on the first ping with the first set of data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: William J. Green, Galen Kilpatrick Smith, Vienna C. Polanco, Ryan Castronovo
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Patent number: 11247825Abstract: Impact indicators which include an impact registering structure are provided for a package. The impact registering structure registers a location and an elapsed time of an impact of excessive force on the package. The structure includes a first region, a second region, and a barrier film. The first region contains a first element, and the second region contains a second element. The first and second elements are selected to register the location and the elapsed time of the impact when coming in contact. The barrier film separates the first and second regions, and is calibrated to rupture with a specified impact force. Once ruptured, the first element and the second element contact, in part, to provide a location indication of the rupture in the barrier film and a time elapsed indication indicative of the elapsed time from the rupture in the barrier film.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Brett Ward, William J. Green, Callum Foshee
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Publication number: 20220029560Abstract: A piezoelectric generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform that includes a lower piezoelectric pad, an upper piezoelectric pad, and a connecting shaft. The lower piezoelectric pad coupled to the upper piezoelectric pad via the connecting shaft, where the lower piezoelectric pad is configured to compress under a downward motion of the upper platform during a compression movement due to an additional load being applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform, where the lower piezoelectric pad produces a first voltage due to the compression movement. The upper piezoelectric pad configured to compress under an upward motion of the upper platform during a rebound movement of the upper platform, where the upper piezoelectric pad produces a second voltage due to the rebound movement. The generator structure configured to provide the first and the second voltage to a coupled power storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: William J. Green, CEDRIC D. Cook, Myneeka Holloway, Jimmie Lamar Powell, JR.
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Publication number: 20220029516Abstract: A faraday generator structure disposed between an upper platform and a lower platform, where the faraday generator structure includes a magnet, a coil structure, and a guide shaft. The magnet, of the faraday generator structure, coupled to the guide shaft configured to pass through an inner aperture area of the ring structure during a compression and rebound of a dampener positioned between the upper platform and the lower platform, where a voltage is produced as the magnet passes through the inner aperture area of the ring structure. The dampener, of the faraday generator structure, configured to compress under an additional load applied to an existing load on a top surface of the upper platform. The faraday generator structure configured to provide the voltage to an electrically coupled power storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: William J. Green, CEDRIC D. Cook, Myneeka Holloway, Jimmie Lamar Powell, JR.
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Patent number: 11183071Abstract: Provided are embodiments drone flight optimization using drone to drone permissioning. The embodiments include determining a potential route for a first drone, and broadcasting the potential route to one or more drones of a network of drones. The embodiments also include receiving path information and routing condition information associated with the potential route from the one or more drones of the network of drones, and updating the potential route of the first drone based at least in part on the path information and routing condition information.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Delaney, Brett Ward, Melissa Restrepo Conde, William J. Green
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Patent number: 11174025Abstract: A delivery system includes a drone including a prime mover and a payload attachment system including a selectively deployable magnet, and a reusable tote including a body having a base, sides, and a lid, the reusable tote including an attachment member provided on the lid operable to engage with the selectively deployable magnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Green, Sharon T. Spaulding, Marc Henri Coq
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Patent number: 11130570Abstract: A delivery system includes a drone including a prime mover, one or more rotors operatively connected to the prime mover, and a payload attachment system including a latch mechanism having a first selectively deployable clamp member and a second selectively deployable clamp member. The delivery system also includes a plurality of nested reusable totes. Each of the plurality of nested reusable totes includes a body having a base, sides, and a lid, at least two of the sides include a gripping feature. The selectively deployable clamp members are operable to engage with the gripping feature on one or more of the plurality of nested reusable totes.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Green, Sharon T. Spaulding, Marc Henri Coq
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Patent number: 11120381Abstract: Systems and methods for product declaration validation are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, component data for a component. Obtaining, by the processor, environmental compliance data. Obtaining, by the processor, historical component data associated with the component. Determining a risk score for the component based on a feature vector, generated by a machine learning model, comprising a plurality of features extracted from the component data, environmental compliance data, and the historical component data and presenting the risk score for the component to a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Poh Lin Chong, William J. Green, Keh Ser Koo, Curtis T. Grosskopf
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Patent number: 11009624Abstract: Examples of techniques for controlling a cooking apparatus based on weather and location information are disclosed. In one example implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, a recipe for cooking a food item using a cooking apparatus, the recipe comprising a suggested cooking time and a suggested cooking temperature. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, a location associated with the cooking apparatus. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, weather conditions associated with the location. The method further includes analyzing, by the processing device, the recipe, based at least in part on the location and the weather conditions, to determine whether to adjust one or more of the suggested cooking time and the suggested cooking temperature. The method further includes controlling, by the processing device, the cooking apparatus, based at least in part on the analysis, to cook the food item.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Enrique AlanĂs Valle, William J. Green
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Patent number: 10945741Abstract: This invention presents a non-pneumatic tourniquet device designed for quick, easy application to an injured digit, such as a finger or a toe. One preferred embodiment comprises a frame, which is affixed to a flexible layer or membrane, and allows for an opening for the insertion of the injured digit through the device. This easy to use apparatus temporarily checks the bleeding or blood flow by applying an external pressure or a compression to the blood vessels in an appendage and also allows for exsanguination of the injured area.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: PRECISION MEDICAL DEVICES, LLCInventors: William J. Green, Ted J. Brackett
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Publication number: 20210019783Abstract: Goods/service recommendation that includes: accessing a consumer's computerized calendar to retrieve consumer calendar data and identifying an event in the calendar data; removing calendar data that is restricted data; determining first key words of the event representative of the event; identifying a target from the event; determining second key words of the target being descriptive of the target; determining third key words of the calendar data being descriptive of the consumer; combining the first, second and third key words; determining similarities and relationships between the target and the consumer to find groups of key words that form the strongest similarities and relationships; identifying the group of key words as having the strongest similarities and relationships between the target and the consumer; using the group of key words having the strongest similarities to identify a recommendation for providing a goods/service to the target; and providing the recommendation to the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: JAMES HOEY, Chanchal Saha, William J. Green
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Patent number: 10885550Abstract: Goods/service recommendation that includes: accessing a consumer's computerized calendar to retrieve consumer calendar data and identifying an event in the calendar data; removing calendar data that is restricted data; determining first key words of the event representative of the event; identifying a target from the event; determining second key words of the target being descriptive of the target; determining third key words of the calendar data being descriptive of the consumer; combining the first, second and third key words; determining similarities and relationships between the target and the consumer to find groups of key words that form the strongest similarities and relationships; identifying the group of key words as having the strongest similarities and relationships between the target and the consumer; using the group of key words having the strongest similarities to identify a recommendation for providing a goods/service to the target; and providing the recommendation to the consumer.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James Hoey, Chanchal Saha, William J. Green
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Publication number: 20200367908Abstract: This invention presents a non-pneumatic tourniquet device designed for quick, easy application to an injured digit, such as a finger or a toe. One preferred embodiment comprises a frame, which is affixed to a flexible layer or membrane, and allows for an opening for the insertion of the injured digit through the device. This easy to use apparatus temporarily checks the bleeding or blood flow by applying an external pressure or a compression to the blood vessels in an appendage and also allows for exsanguination of the injured area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: William J. Green, Ted J. Brackett
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Patent number: 10831212Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for defining a functional area of operation of an autonomous roving vehicle with laser barriers are provided. Aspects include one or more laser barriers. Aspects also include a controller configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate a selection of the one or more laser barriers to define a functional area. Aspects also include an autonomous roving vehicle including one or more sensors capable of detecting a laser barrier. The autonomous roving vehicle being configured to autonomously rove within the functional area and change direction to remain within the functional area upon detecting a laser barrier.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Marc H. Coq, William J. Green
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Patent number: 10768640Abstract: A self-actuating device and method for facilitating preventing product tip over are provided. The self-actuating device includes an anti-tip mechanism associated with a product to facilitate preventing tip over of the product when in an extended state. Further, the self-actuating device includes an actuator associated with the product. The actuator is configured and operatively coupled to automatically switch the anti-tip mechanism from a retracted state to the extended state based on the actuator detecting a tilt of a specified tilt angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Marc H. Coq, Michael D. O'Connell, Sharon T. Spaulding, William J. Green