Patents by Inventor Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts 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: 20180349517
    Abstract: A journal of operations persistently stores a collection of user and machine interactions with documents, concepts within documents, and relationships/mentions among such documents and concepts. A knowledge graph or other visual expression can be used to provide an interactive format for user interactions with this information, and to visually display the accumulated information in the journal of operations on user's device of choice. Such accumulations are often called aggregations or aggregates. Both human users and computer users such as automated recommendation engines, machine learning algorithms, and the like can interact with the journal of operations to facilitate computer-assisted discovery and organization of data around a topic of interest to the human user. The resulting journal of operations and aggregations of those operations such as a knowledge graph or other visual expression(s) also provides a useful medium for sharing knowledge with other users and collaborating on investigation of a topic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Max Kleiman-Weiner, Andrew Richard Gallant, Jason Rastrick Briggs, Cogan Dwayne Culver, Kevin John Doyle, Thomas Michael DuBois, John Randolph Frank, Keith Michael Gabryelski, Andrew Wilson Haskell, David Zachary Maze, Geoffrey Ira Milstein, Emily Brooks Pavlini, Daniel Adam Roberts, Aaron Michael Taylor, Henry Forrest Leanna Wallace
  • Publication number: 20180340015
    Abstract: The presently described compounds relate to the treatment of diabetes and/or hyperglycemia. More particularly, the described compounds relate to acylated insulin compounds that lower blood glucose, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic uses of such compounds, and an intermediate compound used to make the acylated insulin compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Wen Liu, Adam Robert Mezo, Francisco Alcides Valenzuela
  • Publication number: 20180343216
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message attachment modification based upon determined context. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message attachment modification based upon determined context is provided. The method includes loading into memory a message referencing a file to be transmitted to a recipient, determining a context for the transmission of the message, modifying the file according to the determined context, and transmitting the message with the modified file to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Patent number: 10119263
    Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Coflex S.A. de C.V.
    Inventors: Eduardo Coronado, Pedro Gonzalez, Adam Robert Sampson, Tuan Van Le, Krishnaditya Arkalgud
  • Publication number: 20180315071
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for offering loyalty rewards for transactions. One exemplary method includes associating, by a computing device, a merchant with a group of reward offerors, and associating, by the computing device, a consumer payment account with a group of reward offerees. The method also includes receiving, by the computing device, and advertising to the reward offerees, a reward offer from the merchant; receiving a transaction associated with the merchant and with the consumer payment account, and identifying, in a data structure, the merchant as a member of the group of reward offerors and the consumer payment account as associated with the group of reward offerees. The method then further includes, based on the advertised reward offer and on the identified merchant, updating, by the computing device, a loyalty reward account associated with the consumer payment account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Robert Bell, Benjamin M. Berger, Edward R. Tempesta, Nikhil Anand Malgatti, Pavel Umanski, Pranit Flora
  • Patent number: 10113486
    Abstract: A method of transferring a fluid flow from a static component to a rotor of a gas turbine engine and a modulated flow transfer system are provided. The modulated flow transfer system includes an annular inducer configured to accelerate the fluid flow in a substantially circumferential direction in a direction of rotation of the rotor. The system further includes a first fluid flow supply including a compressor bleed connection, a feed manifold formed of bendable tubing, and a feed header extending between the compressor bleed connection and the feed manifold. The feed header includes a modulating valve configured to control an amount of fluid flow into the feed manifold. The system also includes a flow supply tube that extends between the feed manifold and the inducer and is couplable to at least one of the plurality of first fluid flow inlet openings through a sliding piston seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Herman Mueller, Andrew Bradley Gebbia, Adam Robert Kahn
  • Patent number: 10105885
    Abstract: A method of coating a field joint and a coated field joint formed thereby. The field joint coating includes a first thermal insulation material injection molded over the uncoated field joint to form a first layer, and a second thermal insulation material injection molded over the first layer to form a second layer. The second material has a greater flexibility than the first material and a lower maximum operating temperature than the first material. In certain embodiments, the second material forms a significant part of the volume of the field joint coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Shawcor Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Robert Wright, Ole Thomas Ustad, Suresh Choudhary
  • Patent number: 10089588
    Abstract: A system and method that enables the ongoing communication, tracking, and management review of feedback among a population of workers and their management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Adam Robert Frederico, Naveen Seshadri, John C. Schneider
  • Patent number: 10068557
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage a machine-learned neural synthesizer model. Unlike a traditional synthesizer which generates audio from hand-designed components like oscillators and wavetables, the neural synthesizer model can use deep neural networks to generate sounds at the level of individual samples. Learning directly from data, the neural synthesizer model can provide intuitive control over timbre and dynamics and enable exploration of new sounds that would be difficult or impossible to produce with a hand-tuned synthesizer. As one example, the neural synthesizer model can be a neural synthesis autoencoder that includes an encoder model that learns embeddings descriptive of musical characteristics and an autoregressive decoder model that is conditioned on the embedding to autoregressively generate musical waveforms that have the musical characteristics one audio sample at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Engel, Mohammad Norouzi, Karen Simonyan, Adam Roberts, Cinjon Resnick, Sander Etienne Lea Dieleman, Douglas Eck
  • Patent number: 10044652
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for message attachment modification based upon determined context. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message attachment modification based upon determined context is provided. The method includes loading into memory a message referencing a file to be transmitted to a recipient, determining a context for the transmission of the message, modifying the file according to the determined context, and transmitting the message with the modified file to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Patent number: 10035192
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to novel methods and novel devices for the continuous manufacture of nanoparticles, microparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s) (e.g., colloids). The nanoparticles (and/or micron-sized particles) comprise a variety of possible compositions, sizes and shapes. The particles (e.g., nanoparticles) are caused to be present (e.g., created and/or the liquid is predisposed to their presence (e.g., conditioned)) in a liquid (e.g., water) by, for example, preferably utilizing at least one adjustable plasma (e.g., created by at least one AC and/or DC power source), which plasma communicates with at least a portion of a surface of the liquid. At least one subsequent and/or substantially simultaneous adjustable electrochemical processing technique is also preferred. Multiple adjustable plasmas and/or adjustable electrochemical processing techniques are preferred. Processing enhancers can be utilized alone or with a plasma. Semicontinuous and batch processes can also be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Clene Nanomedicine, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kyle Pierce, Mark Gordon Mortenson, David Andrew Bryce, Adam Robert Dorfman, Mikhail Merzliakov, Arthur Maxwell Grace
  • Patent number: 9974381
    Abstract: A device for cleaning debris from a target surface. The device has a sole plate with permanent cleaning material, such as bristles, and a removable/replaceable pad. The device also has a replaceable, on-board supply of cleaning solution. The pad/cleaning solution may be replaced when depleted and replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution or may simply be replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution when that pad/cleaning solution is more suitable for a particular cleaning task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: The procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Robert-George Shafer, David William Schuller, Igor Ivanovich Zemskov, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane, Sun-Jan Alan Huang
  • Patent number: 9976746
    Abstract: A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor assembly generally includes an annular dome and a liner. The liner at least partially defines a combustion chamber and includes the forward end received within a slot defined by the annular dome. Additionally, a heat shield is provided. The heat shield includes an end also received within the slot defined by the annular dome. A mounting assembly attaches the forward end of the liner and the end of the heat shield to the annular dome, such that the forward end of the liner and the end of the heat shield are co-mounted within the slot defined by the annular dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas John Bloom, Daniel Kirtley, Adam Robert Kahn
  • Patent number: 9938335
    Abstract: The present invention provides glucagon and GLP-1 co-agonist compounds that are useful in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and/or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Adam Robert Mezo, Yanyun Chen, Francisco Alcides Valenzuela, Hongchang Qu
  • Patent number: 9935982
    Abstract: Methods to perform an operation comprising determining that a first component of a first compute node violates a compliance rule, wherein the first compute node executes a plurality of workloads and is of a plurality of compute nodes in a computing cluster, performing a predefined operation to defer need to apply a software update configured to correct the violation of the compliance rule by the first component of the first compute node, and executing, by the first compute node, at least one of the plurality of workloads without applying the software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9917975
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for facsimile requirements monitoring during facsimile transmission of a form. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of facsimile requirements monitoring during facsimile transmission of a form is provided. The method includes loading a document directed for facsimile transmission by a facsimile data processing system, identifying within the document a facsimile requirement that a particular location within the document include end user supplied data, determining whether or not the particular location specified by the facsimile requirement includes end user supplied data, and generating an error message in the facsimile device responsive to a determination that the particular location lacks any end user supplied data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Patent number: 9906559
    Abstract: Systems and computer program products to perform an operation comprising determining that a first component of a first compute node violates a compliance rule, wherein the first compute node executes a plurality of workloads and is of a plurality of compute nodes in a computing cluster, performing a predefined operation to defer need to apply a software update configured to correct the violation of the compliance rule by the first component of the first compute node, and executing, by the first compute node, at least one of the plurality of workloads without applying the software update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts, Adrian X. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 9881269
    Abstract: A method, system, and/or computer program product manages update operations for a hardware resource. A time, date, and location of the future meeting for which a predetermined feature from a hardware resource has been designated as being required for the future meeting is retrieved from a calendar. A determination is made as to whether or not the predetermined feature of the hardware resource is scheduled for updating during the time and date of the future meeting at said location. A level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource is determined. A schedule for updating the hardware resource is then adjusted according to the level of detriment that will occur to the future meeting if the future meeting proceeds without the updating of the predetermined feature from the hardware resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Lydia M. Do, Christopher J. Hardee, Adam Roberts
  • Publication number: 20170370087
    Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Eduardo Coronado, Pedro Gonzalez, Adam Robert Sampson, Tuan Van Le, Krishnaditya Arkalgud
  • Publication number: 20170349262
    Abstract: A decompression panel assembly for use in an aircraft includes a frame including a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the frame defines a grille opening and at least partially defines a flow path opening that are each defined between the first and second surfaces. The decompression panel assembly also includes a first panel and a second panel pivotally coupled together at a central hinge. A retention plate is releasably coupled to the first and second panels and is configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The first and second panels at least partially cover the grille opening in a planar position when the retention plate is in the closed position, and the first and second panels move away from the grille opening to a folded position when the retention plate is in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas Alan Brown, Adam Robert Weston, Brian Tatsuo Imada