Patents by Inventor Alexander Thomas Ryan

Alexander Thomas Ryan 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: 20260024050
    Abstract: Systems and methods to attribute automated actions within a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including attribution information and automation records for automated actions to carry out in response to trigger events; detect occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate automated actions corresponding to detected occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate presentation of attribution labels for the effectuated ones of the automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin
  • Patent number: 12499416
    Abstract: Systems and methods to attribute automated actions within a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including attribution information and automation records for automated actions to carry out in response to trigger events; detect occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate automated actions corresponding to detected occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate presentation of attribution labels for the effectuated ones of the automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin
  • Publication number: 20250292210
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on freeform arrangement of visual content items are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; effectuate presentation of instances of a user interface of the collaboration environment on client computing platforms associated with the users; obtain arrangement information for the visual content items displayed in the user interface; modify, based on the arrangement information, one or more of the values of one or more of the work unit parameters for one or more of the work unit records represented by the collections of the visual content items; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Ryan, Micah Hanan Fenner
  • Patent number: 12412156
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on freeform arrangement of visual content items are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; effectuate presentation of instances of a user interface of the collaboration environment on client computing platforms associated with the users; obtain arrangement information for the visual content items displayed in the user interface; modify, based on the arrangement information, one or more of the values of one or more of the work unit parameters for one or more of the work unit records represented by the collections of the visual content items; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Ryan, Micah Hanan Fenner
  • Publication number: 20250252402
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on stages within a workflow are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; manage workflow information characterizing workflows comprising stages; responsive to work unit records being at individual stages, select the rules that apply at the individual stages; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Lili Jiang Rachowin, Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, John Joseph Welsh, Michael Shengyang Chen, Ariel Janover, Louis Benjamin Lafair, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Shirley Yang
  • Patent number: 12367460
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on freeform arrangement of visual content items are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; effectuate presentation of instances of a user interface of the collaboration environment on client computing platforms associated with the users; obtain arrangement information for the visual content items displayed in the user interface; modify, based on the arrangement information, one or more of the values of one or more of the work unit parameters for one or more of the work unit records represented by the collections of the visual content items; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Thomas Ryan, Micah Hanan Fenner
  • Patent number: 12346881
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on stages within a workflow are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; manage workflow information characterizing workflows comprising stages; responsive to work unit records being at individual stages, select the rules that apply at the individual stages; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Lili Jiang Rachowin, Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, John Joseph Welsh, Michael Shengyang Chen, Ariel Janover, Louis Benjamin Lafair, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Shirley Yang
  • Publication number: 20250061398
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectuating sets of automated actions within a collaboration environment based on trigger events are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including values of environment parameters; generate automation information based on user entry and/or selection of the automation information into a user interface, the automation information specifying sets of automated actions to carry out in the collaboration environment in response to occurrence of trigger events; detect occurrence of the trigger events based on changes in the values of the environment parameters; responsive to the detection of the occurrence of individual trigger events, effectuate individual sets of automated actions within the collaboration environment; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin, Sika Gasinu
  • Publication number: 20240273469
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on stages within a workflow are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; manage workflow information characterizing workflows comprising stages; responsive to work unit records being at individual stages, select the rules that apply at the individual stages; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Lili Jiang Rachowin, Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, John Joseph Welsh, Michael Shengyang Chen, Ariel Janover, Louis Benjamin Lafair, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Shirley Yang
  • Patent number: 12051045
    Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize work unit records of a collaboration environment based on stages within a workflow are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment including work unit records; manage workflow information characterizing workflows comprising stages; responsive to work unit records being at individual stages, select the rules that apply at the individual stages; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Lili Jiang Rachowin, Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, John Joseph Welsh, Shirley Yang, Michael Shengyang Chen, Ariel Janover, Louis Benjamin Lafair, Alexander Thomas Ryan
  • Publication number: 20240046213
    Abstract: Systems and methods to attribute automated actions within a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including attribution information and automation records for automated actions to carry out in response to trigger events; detect occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate automated actions corresponding to detected occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate presentation of attribution labels for the effectuated ones of the automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin
  • Patent number: 11847613
    Abstract: Systems and methods to attribute automated actions within a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including attribution information and automation records for automated actions to carry out in response to trigger events; detect occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate automated actions corresponding to detected occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate presentation of attribution labels for the effectuated ones of the automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir L. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin
  • Publication number: 20230394406
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectuating sets of automated actions within and/or outside a collaboration environment based on trigger events occurring within and/or outside the collaboration environment are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin, Sika Gasinu
  • Patent number: 11783253
    Abstract: Systems and methods for effectuating sets of automated actions within and/or outside a collaboration environment based on trigger events occurring within and/or outside the collaboration environment are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin, Sika Gasinu
  • Patent number: 11599855
    Abstract: Systems and methods to attribute automated actions within a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment, the collaboration environment being configured to facilitate interaction by users with the collaboration environment, the environment state information including attribution information and automation records for automated actions to carry out in response to trigger events; detect occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate automated actions corresponding to detected occurrences of the trigger events; effectuate presentation of attribution labels for the effectuated ones of the automated actions; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Seth Pelz, Micah Hanan Fenner, Abigail Lorean Kelly, Cvetomir I. Cankov, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adrian Van Yen, John Wesley Graham, Anna Marie Clifton, Lili Jiang Rachowin
  • Patent number: 10283312
    Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
  • Publication number: 20180061611
    Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
  • Patent number: 8971480
    Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting an x-ray tube on a CT rotatable gantry is disclosed. The mounting structure includes base plates that are boltable to the CT rotatable gantry and have bearing strut connections formed thereon. Spherical bearing struts are provided in the mounting structure to mechanically couple the x-ray tube to the base plates, with the spherical bearing struts each having a first end secured in a respective bearing strut connection of the x-ray tube casing and a second end secured in a respective bearing strut connection of the base plates. The spherical bearing struts constrain a gantry-load direction displacement of the x-ray tube and enable rotation and displacement of the x-ray tube around at least one axis of rotation or in one direction other than a gantry load direction, so as to accommodate thermal displacements in the x-ray tube created during operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ron Kent Hockersmith, Michael Scott Hebert, Kenwood P. Dayton, Alexander Thomas Ryan
  • Publication number: 20140362969
    Abstract: A mounting structure for mounting an x-ray tube on a CT rotatable gantry is disclosed. The mounting structure includes base plates that are boltable to the CT rotatable gantry and have bearing strut connections formed thereon. Spherical bearing struts are provided in the mounting structure to mechanically couple the x-ray tube to the base plates, with the spherical bearing struts each having a first end secured in a respective bearing strut connection of the x-ray tube casing and a second end secured in a respective bearing strut connection of the base plates. The spherical bearing struts constrain a gantry-load direction displacement of the x-ray tube and enable rotation and displacement of the x-ray tube around at least one axis of rotation or in one direction other than a gantry load direction, so as to accommodate thermal displacements in the x-ray tube created during operation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ron Kent Hockersmith, Michael Scott Hebert, Kenwood P. Dayton, Alexander Thomas Ryan