Patents by Inventor Alan Horton

Alan Horton 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: 20170336187
    Abstract: A square device and method of operation is disclosed. An example square device includes a first leg having a substantially same size height as width, and a second leg having a substantially same size height as width, the first leg and the second leg joined to form a substantially L-shape. The example square device also includes a substantially V-shaped groove formed all along an outward facing side of the first leg and the second leg, and a substantially flat clamping surface formed all along an inward facing side of the first leg and the second leg. When a first working article is received in the V-shaped groove formed along the first leg, and a second working article is received in the V-shaped groove formed along the second leg, the first working article is held in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the second working article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Randall Alan Horton
  • Patent number: 8731971
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes steps of: receiving data feeds associated with healthcare-related entities, where a data schema of each data feed is unknown prior to the receipt; automatically determining, in real-time, for each entity, at least: a first type data fragment identifying an identifier associated with the entity and ii) second type data fragments containing items of information about the entity; automatically storing the entity information across distributed non-relational computer databases, by: creating, each time, records, where each record includes a row with columns, where the row is associated with the first identifier and where each column of the row has: 1) a name composed of a hierarchical path to a content of each column and 2) the item of information of the second type data fragment; and determining a verified record of the entity at a particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Health Market Science
    Inventors: Brian O'Neill, Isaac Rieksts, Shantha Andrews, P. Taylor Goetz, Alan Horton
  • Patent number: D830205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Randall Alan Horton