Patents by Inventor Andrew Allen

Andrew Allen 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).

  • Patent number: 9665848
    Abstract: A system for monitoring inventory items, with each inventory item being associated with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The system comprises a check-in station for checking in inventory items. The check-in station comprises a first reader antenna for receiving information from RFID tags of inventory items being checked in, and a first indicator for providing an indication of the inventory items being checked in. The system additionally comprises a check-out station for checking out inventory items. The check-out station comprises a second reader antenna for receiving information from RFID tags of inventory items being checked out, and a second indicator for providing an indication of the inventory items being checked out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: O-Ring Sales & Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Allen Johnson, Jonathan Peter Hansen, Adam Lewis O'Hara
  • Publication number: 20170146399
    Abstract: A system for providing illumination to a measurement head for optical metrology is configured to combine illumination beams from a plurality of illumination sources to deliver illumination at one or more selected wavelengths to the measurement head. The intensity and/or spatial coherence of illumination delivered to the measurement head is controlled. Illumination at one or more selected wavelengths is delivered from a broadband illumination source configured for providing illumination at a continuous range of wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory R. Brady, Andrei V. Shchegrov, Lawrence D. Rotter, Derrick A. Shaughnessy, Anatoly Shchemelinin, Ilya Bezel, Muzammil A. Arain, Anatoly A. Vasiliev, James Andrew Allen, Oleg Shulepov, Andrew V. Hill, Ohad Bachar, Moshe Markowitz, Yaron Ish-Shalom, Ilan Sela, Amnon Manassen, Alexander Svizher, Maxim Khokhlov, Avi Abramov, Oleg Tsibulevsky, Daniel Kandel, Mark Ghinovker
  • Publication number: 20170124735
    Abstract: A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor to receive a set of data elements associated with a user-defined content having a content type. The processor interpolates the set of data elements to produce a first set of content data based on a filter domain associated with the user-defined content. The processor further refines the first set of content data based, at least in part, on the content type to produce a second set of content data. The processor also sends a signal representing the second set of content data such that the user-defined content is displayed based on the second set of content data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Georg PETSCHNIGG, Andrew ALLEN, Julian WALKER
  • Publication number: 20170083854
    Abstract: A system for sharing and tracking tools among users in the field without need of a centralized tool repository, the users include tool owners and tool owners' connections, each user having a mobile device in communication with a remote server to track tools and facilitate transactions between users, a call to action on a mobile device of a requesting user includes a request to borrow, loan, or transfer a specific tool from one user to another, a suitable notification is sent to relevant users based on the call to action, and upon physical transfer of the specific tool to the intended recipient, a tool record associated with the specific tool is updated to identify the current user in physical possession of the specific tool. Tools are selected for a transaction on the mobile device or using a bar code or RFID on or associated with the specific tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: ShareMyToolbox, LLC
    Inventors: Charles E. Elyea, Christopher J. Wirtz, III, Ian Grieve, Gary Boon, Andrew Allen Watts, III
  • Patent number: 9602552
    Abstract: A method is provided for a user equipment (UE) to respond to an emergency-related message sent to the UE. The method comprises the UE receiving a first message containing an indicator indicating that an emergency-related request has been made, the UE recognizing the indicator as an indication that the emergency-related request is related to an emergency, and the UE sending a second message containing emergency-related information about itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Andrew Allen
  • Publication number: 20170048330
    Abstract: A method for a user agent to access a session policy in a network is provided. The method comprises the user agent sending a registration message to a first network node. The method further comprises the user agent receiving policy-related information from the first network node in a response to the registration message. The policy-related information is one of the session policy, a Uniform Resource Locator that points to the session policy, and a Policy-Contact header containing a policyContactURI for a policy document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Montemurro, Andrew Allen, Adrian Buckley
  • Patent number: 9537421
    Abstract: A power converter includes at least one leg having a first string operatively coupled to a second string via a first connecting node and a second connecting node. The first string includes a first branch and a second branch operatively coupled via a third connecting node. Each of the branches has a plurality of switching units, a controllable semiconductor switch and the first connecting node and the second connecting node. The first string is operatively coupled across a first bus and a second bus. Furthermore, the second string includes a plurality of controllable semiconductor switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Dong Dong, Andrew Allen Rockhill
  • Patent number: 9529486
    Abstract: A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor to receive a set of data elements associated with a user-defined content having a content type. The processor interpolates the set of data elements to produce a first set of content data based on a filter domain associated with the user-defined content. The processor further refines the first set of content data based, at least in part, on the content type to produce a second set of content data. The processor also sends a signal representing the second set of content data such that the user-defined content is displayed based on the second set of content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FiftyThree, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Petschnigg, Andrew Allen, Julian Walker
  • Patent number: 9515574
    Abstract: A modular embedded multi-level converter (MEMC) includes a first phase portion and a second phase portion. The first phase portion includes a first switch stack operable to couple a first phase branch between a positive DC bus and a midpoint node. The second phase portion includes a second switch stack operable to couple a second phase branch between the midpoint node and a negative DC bus. A DC voltage between the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus is distributable among switching units disposed in the first phase branch and the second phase branch. A distribution of the DC voltage is controlled by regulating a DC voltage at the midpoint node to balance energy among the switching units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Luis Jose Garces, Andrew Allen Rockhill
  • Patent number: 9512985
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to systems for providing illumination to a measurement head for optical metrology. In some embodiments of the disclosure, illumination beams from a plurality of illumination sources are combined to deliver illumination at one or more selected wavelengths to the measurement head. In some embodiments of the disclosure, intensity and/or spatial coherence of illumination delivered to the measurement head is controlled. In some embodiments of the disclosure, illumination at one or more selected wavelengths is delivered from a broadband illumination source configured for providing illumination at a continuous range of wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory R. Brady, Andrei V. Shchegrov, Lawrence D. Rotter, Derrick Shaughnessy, Anatoly Shchemelinin, Ilya Bezel, Muzammil A. Arain, Anatoly A. Vasiliev, James Andrew Allen, Oleg Shulepov, Andrew V. Hill, Ohad Bachar, Moshe Markowitz, Yaron Ish-Shalom, Ilan Sela, Amnon Manassen, Alexander Svizher, Maxim Khokhlov, Avi Abramov, Oleg Tsibulevsky, Daniel Kandel, Mark Ghinovker
  • Patent number: 9491243
    Abstract: A method for a user agent to access a session policy in a network is provided. The method comprises the user agent sending a registration message to a first network node. The method further comprises the user agent receiving policy-related information from the first network node in a response to the registration message. The policy-related information is one of the session policy, a Uniform Resource Locator that points to the session policy, and a Policy-Contact header containing a policyContactURI for a policy document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Montemurro, Andrew Allen, Adrian Buckley
  • Patent number: 9479075
    Abstract: A power converter is provided. The power converter includes at least one leg. The at least one leg of the power converter includes a plurality of switching units. The switching units are coupled with each other in a serial fashion. Further, in the power converter, the switching units are selected such that at least two switching units in the power converter have different operating voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Luis José Garcés, Di Zhang, Andrew Allen Rockhill
  • Publication number: 20160267223
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to population health management systems and methods. To assess the health of individual patients, data about the patients may be assessed against various criteria. When the criteria is met, the patient or her physician may be notified of potential issues. Population health management may look beyond the health of an individual patient to other individuals in a common group. Embodiments may process aspects of the population health management in real or a non-real time basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew ALLEN, Augusto de la TORRE, Jonathan STACK, Christopher HOGG, Minh NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 9431918
    Abstract: A power converter includes at least one leg with a first string including a plurality of controllable semiconductor switches, a first connecting node, and a second connecting node, wherein the first string is operatively coupled across a first bus and a second bus. The at least one leg also includes a second string operatively coupled to the first string via the first connecting node and the second connecting node, wherein the second string includes a plurality of switching units. The first string includes a first branch and a second branch, wherein the second branch is operatively coupled to the first branch via a third connecting node and the third connecting node is coupled to a ground connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Luis José Garcés Rivera, Ravisekhar Nadimpalli Raju, Rixin Lai, Andrew Allen Rockhill
  • Publication number: 20160239488
    Abstract: A method for sharing changes to an electronic document is described. A share request is received, at a first computing device, that indicates a change to a shared element of the electronic document that is directly changed by a user. A first update set of elements that should be updated based on the change is determined by the first computing device, the first update set including the shared element and one or more elements not directly changed by the user. For each element of the first update set, the first computing device selects between a second update set and a third update set based on a respective dependency relationship with the shared element. Elements of the first update set are associated with the corresponding selected update set. A synchronous update for the second update set and an asynchronous update for the third update set are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Aguilon, Andrew Allen, MacLeod Broad, Josh Hayes-Sheen, Dustin Hiatt, Robert A. Kluin, Beau D. Lyddon, Erik Petersen, Dustin Lessard
  • Patent number: 9401935
    Abstract: A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Andrew Allen
  • Publication number: 20160171124
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are used for three-dimensional models for three-dimensional makers to indicate engineering requirements. In an example, operations may be effectuated that include displaying a graphical user interface including an object in a three-dimensional (3D) space and receiving first data that includes a link between a flag and a component of the object. The flag may be indicative of an engineering requirement associated with the component of the object. The flag in the 3D space approximate to the component of the object may be displayed based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: David D. Briggs, Lloyd James Milton, Andrew Allen Austill, Anthony Robert Davies, Gregory Dean Lane
  • Publication number: 20160141949
    Abstract: A modular embedded multi-level converter (MEMC) includes a first phase portion and a second phase portion. The first phase portion includes a first switch stack operable to couple a first phase branch between a positive DC bus and a midpoint node. The second phase portion includes a second switch stack operable to couple a second phase branch between the midpoint node and a negative DC bus. A DC voltage between the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus is distributable among switching units disposed in the first phase branch and the second phase branch. A distribution of the DC voltage is controlled by regulating a DC voltage at the midpoint node to balance energy among the switching units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Luis Jose Garces, Andrew Allen Rockhill
  • Patent number: 9332041
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a device during an emergency for callback. The method includes storing an address of a user agent (UA) during initiation of an emergency call by the UA, associating an E.164 number with the stored address of the UA that placed the emergency call, and routing the emergency call containing the E.164 number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Adrian Buckley, Andrew Allen
  • Patent number: 9325273
    Abstract: A system for driving an electric machine is provided. The system includes a power converter coupled to an input source and the electric machine. The power converter includes a leg that includes a first and second string. The first string includes plurality of controllable semiconductor switches, a first and second connecting node. The first string is operatively coupled across a first and second bus. The second string is operatively coupled to the first string via the first and second connecting node. The second string comprises plurality of switching modules. The switching modules include fully controllable semiconductor switches and energy storage devices. The system further includes a system controller configured to provide activation commands to the controllable semiconductor switches and the switching modules such that energy stored in the energy storage device is provided to the electric machine when the machine is switched on for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Di Zhang, Luis José Garcés, Andrew Allen Rockhill, Rixin Lai