Patents Examined by Filip Kowalewski
  • Patent number: 7223234
    Abstract: An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module is stored in the memory and is configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for determining a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable. The compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable. The determining includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Monitrix, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Elliot Stupp, Chris Carpenter, Lawrence Newman, Gert Lanckriet
  • Patent number: 7192398
    Abstract: A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes at least one hard disk drive. An enclosure surrounds the at least one hard disk drive. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the at least one hard disk drive. A transmitter and receiver produces and transmits signals, and include a GPS transmitter and a receiver for producing and receiving transmission signals in the radio frequency range, where the GPS sends satellite communication signals via the public GPS frequencies and protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Feliss, Donald Ray Gillis, Karl Arthur Flechsig