Patents by Inventor Allen Smith

Allen Smith 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).

  • Wireless multi-factor authentication with captive portals
    Patent number: 9088891
    Abstract: Systems and methods for device-agnostic, multi-factor network authentication are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wireless network connection can authenticate a device over secure authentication means with a certificate that confirms a device identity. After authenticating the device, a user can be prompted to provide credentials in a captive portal. The captive portal can be inaccessible to devices that have not already authenticated using a certificate. After providing approved credentials to the captive portal, the user can access the network. This embodiment and additional embodiments are readily integrated into private wireless networks and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Belton, Brian Beaty, Timothy H. Morris, Douglas S. Rodgers, Lynn Allen Smith
  • Self Ligating Orthodontic Bracket Having a Rotatable Member
    Publication number: 20150173858
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING
    Publication number: 20150170209
    Abstract: A system and method for generating advertisements is described. The system and method selects from one or more advertisement templates. One or more advertisement types are selected from the one or more advertisement templates. One or more unique primary identifiers are associated with the advertisement and a secondary identifier is associated with each of the one or more unique primary identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Allen Smith, David Smith
  • COMPACTING DATA FILE HISTORIES
    Publication number: 20150120656
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for obtaining one or more metadata files, determining, by one or more computers and in accordance with a minor compaction setting, to perform a minor compaction of the one or more metadata files, creating one or more intermediate metadata files that each include at least compacted contacts of one or more of the metadata files, according to the determination to perform minor compaction of the one or more metadata files, determining, in accordance with a major compaction setting, to perform a major compaction of one or more of the intermediate metadata files, and creating one or more snapshot metadata files that each include at least compacted contents of one or more of the intermediate metadata files, according to the determination to perform the major compaction of one or more of the intermediate metadata files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jagannathan Ramnarayanan, Ashvin Agrawal, Anthony M. Baker, Daniel Allen Smith, Hemant Bhanawat, Swapnil Prakash Bawaskar
  • SELECTING FILES FOR COMPACTION
    Publication number: 20150120684
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying two or more files, each of which include multiple entries, determining a respective size of each of the files, each size being an estimate of how many distinct entries exist in the respective file that are not garbage entries, determining a combined size of the files, where the combined size of the files is an arithmetic sum of the respective sizes of the files, estimating a compacted size of the files, where the estimated compacted size of the files is an estimate of how many distinct entries exist in the files that are not garbage entries, selecting the two or more files for compaction, based at least on a comparison of the combined size of the files to the estimated compacted size of the files, and compacting the two or more selected files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Swapnil Prakash Bawaskar, Ashvin Agrawal, Daniel Allen Smith, Anthony M. Baker, Jagannathan Ramnarayanan, Hemant Bhanawat
  • RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE INTERIOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20150102621
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a reconfigurable vehicle interior assembly is provided. The assembly includes a trim member including a plurality of first elastically deformable mating members and a vehicle interior carrier component including a plurality of second elastically deformable mating members. Each of the first elastically deformable mating members matingly engages with at least one of the second elastically deformable mating members in order to couple the trim member to the vehicle interior carrier component. The first and second elastically deformable mating members collectively form a plurality of elastic averaging couplings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Susan M. Smyth, Mark Allen Smith, Robert Bruce Tilove
  • Customized orthodontic appliance method and system
    Patent number: 8979528
    Abstract: An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Other aspects are directed to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket; embodiments that include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: RMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Aldo Macchi, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh, Dennis Dupray, Christophe Gualano, Leon W. Laub
  • Self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member
    Patent number: 8961172
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: RMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
  • RETAINER SYSTEMS FOR GROUND ENGAGING TOOLS
    Publication number: 20150033595
    Abstract: Disclosed are various exemplary embodiments of a retainer system for a ground engaging tool. In one exemplary embodiment, the retainer system may include a lock configured to receive a portion of a support member to be locked with the ground engaging tool and a retainer bushing including an inner surface configured to rotatably receive the lock. The lock may be rotatable relative to the inner surface of the retainer bushing between an unlocked position and a locked position. The retainer system may also include a plug configured to substantially fill at least a space between the lock and the inner surface of the retainer bushing when the lock is in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Scott Dale Chenoweth, Garrett David KNIGHT, Murray Allen SMITH
  • Method and system for preheating epoxy coatings for spray application
    Patent number: 8919666
    Abstract: A method and system for the spray application of epoxy materials is provided. The system includes a dual walled tank structure as a reservoir for containing and preheating the epoxy materials in preparation for mixing and spray application. Each component of the epoxy material is preheated before the components are mixed. After preheating, the components are then mixed together and spray applied. The method and system of the present invention provides a high quality spray applied epoxy coating while reducing equipment down time and cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Warren Environmental, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Warren, David Allen Smith
  • CIRCULAR EVAPORATING COIL WITH BACKWARD INCLINED BLOWER WHEEL WITH A VERTICAL AXIS ROTATABLE DISCHARGE SHROUD
    Publication number: 20140360221
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit including a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator system having an evaporator coil and a plurality of evaporator fins in contact with the evaporator coil, wherein the evaporator system forms a generally hollow cylindrical shape, a blower having an intake side and an exhaust side, the blower adapted to draw a volume of air through the plurality of evaporator fins and expel the volume of air in a direction generally perpendicular with a longitudinal axis of the evaporator system, and an exhaust shroud arranged adjacent the exhaust side of the blower, wherein the exhaust shroud is adapted for rotational movement about the longitudinal axis of the evaporator system, the compressor is arranged in fluid communication with the evaporator system and the condenser, and the evaporator is arranged in fluid communication with the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: James H. Kyle, Henry E. Bandy, David Allen Smith
  • Indicating desiccant in night vision goggles
    Patent number: 8854220
    Abstract: A night vision goggle system includes a housing, and an eyepiece forming a back end of the housing for viewing an object of interest. An optical field-of-view (FOV) is formed through the eyepiece, where the FOV is defined by a cone having an apex formed adjacent to an exit pupil at the eyepiece and tapering outwardly toward the object of interest. A desiccant is disposed within the housing, and located outside the FOV. The desiccant is visible through the eyepiece when viewed from outside the FOV. In addition, when the eye of a user is placed within the FOV, the desiccant is not visible through the eyepiece; and when the eye of the user is placed outside the FOV, the desiccant is visible through the eyepiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Exelis, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Smith, Scott Joseph Adams, Jean Cathcart
  • PUSH SIGNALING TO RUN JOBS ON AVAILABLE SERVERS
    Publication number: 20140280843
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards push signaling to run jobs on available servers. Users may provide jobs or job instructions to a job control node. Job control node may determine one or more available job target nodes from among a plurality of managed nodes associated with the job control node. The job target nodes may be determined based on information included in the provided job instructions. If there are available job target nodes, the job control node may provide the job instructions to each available job target node. Further, the job control node may receive communications from one or more available job target nodes that indicates that the job target node is prepared and ready to execute the received job instructions. Next, the job control node may issue a job start command that triggers the prepared job target nodes to begin executing the provided job instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Chef Software Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Anderson, Christopher James Brown, Kevin Allen Smith, John Braden Keiser
  • TURBINE CASING INLET ASSEMBLY CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20140271139
    Abstract: A steam turbine inlet assembly and method of constructing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, an annular ring is provided, along with a body affixed to a distal face of the annular ring and extending distally therefrom. The body portion has a curved entrance geometry at the proximal end adjacent the annular ring, and transitions to a substantially polygonal exit geometry at a distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Ross Predmore, Richard Jon Chevrette, Michael Christopher Jones, Erik Eduardo Lopez Partida, Sean Allen Smith
  • MODULAR TURBOMACHINE INLET ASSEMBLY AND RELATED INLET TRANSITION SECTION
    Publication number: 20140271155
    Abstract: An inlet transition section and an inlet bowl entry can be designed to reduce a number of turbomachine casing designs. Using relationships between flow properties, distances between elements, crossover/supply pipe diameter, ideal cross sectional area, aspect ratio, and inlet bowl entry size, a transition from circular cross section to substantially polygonal cross section can be made while enabling adoption of a single size of substantially polygonal inlet bowl entry for a plurality of turbine sizes and/or crossover/supply pipe sizes with minimal losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sean Allen Smith, Michael Christopher Jones, Erik Eduardo Lopez Partida, Daniel Ross Predmore
  • Self Ligating Orthodontic Bracket Having a Rotatable Member
    Publication number: 20140205961
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: RMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
  • Drivetrain range selector control
    Patent number: 8757315
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control system for a machine having a transmission. The control system includes an open gate shift pattern having a plurality of defined positions disposed within an outer perimeter. Each of the defined positions corresponds to one of a plurality of forward and reverse ranges of the transmission. A control lever is movably disposed within the shift pattern. A first set of defined positions is aligned in the shift pattern corresponding to the plurality of forward ranges and a second set of defined positions is aligned in the shift pattern corresponding to the plurality of reverse ranges. The control lever is moveable in a single movement to any of the plurality of defined positions for selecting between a forward range and reverse range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Giovanni Ananda Wuisan, Charles Jon Paul Asp, Nathan Joseph Hortsman, Ronald James Huber, Daniel Robert Klein, Jed Douglas Polzin, Brent Allen Smith
  • Orthodontic bracket
    Patent number: D721811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: RMO, Inc.
    Inventors: Antoun Halim Zakhem, Leon W. Laub, Martin Randolph, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh
  • Defibrillator with bridge back and utility module
    Patent number: D724218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daynes, Mina Lim, Barry D Curtin, Karen Kraft Langman, Neil G. McIlvaine, E. Thomas McKay, Randy L. Merry, Ken Peterson, Mitchell Allen Smith
  • Utility module with a bridge back for receiving a defibrillator
    Patent number: D724219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: John Daynes, Mina Lim, Barry D Curtin, Karen Kraft Langman, Neil G. McIlvaine, E. Thomas McKay, Randy L. Merry, Ken Peterson, Mitchell Allen Smith