Patents by Inventor Andrew T. Miller

Andrew T. Miller 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: 20150220404
    Abstract: A method of for system management, comprising initiating a workflow operating on a processor. Initiating a sub-workflow operating on the processor from the workflow. Electronically reading state data for one or more resources designated by the sub-workflow prior to performing a first logical process of the sub-workflow. Storing the state data in a non-transient data memory. Performing logical processes associated with the sub-workflow using the processor. Restoring the state data for the one or more resources if it is determined that an error has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Borden, Andrew T. Miller, Michael D. Condon, Aaron Merkin, Gavin D. Scott
  • Publication number: 20150189038
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for pre-fetching remote resource data from a remote mapping system for display on a client computing device is disclosed. Data received at a client device from an online mapping system in response to a query from the client device includes vector and remote resource data. Vector data is rasterized by the client device to depict graphical elements that are easily described by mathematical formulas. Remote resource data includes digital map elements that are not easily described by vectors, but instead, must be relayed to the client device as either bitmaps or references (e.g., URLs) to remote resources that are resolved at the backend or the client device. This remote resource data is prefetched to a client device so that it will be available for subsequent mapping application searches without resolving a corresponding reference to the remote resource data for each search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Nourse, Hans-Olav CaveLie, Ronghui Zhu, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 8977719
    Abstract: A server supporting mapping applications serves map data to a client device. The map data includes one or more references to copyright information about a feature or image in the map data. The reference may be used to locate the copyright data when the feature is requested and the copyright information is also served to the client device. Alternatively, copyright information can be associated with a tile that includes some or all of the features. When map data contains copyrighted content, a size threshold of the feature or zoom level can be used to determine if the copyright information is to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 8896630
    Abstract: A computer server prepares application-specific map data responsive to a request from a client device. The application-specific map data includes map feature data and label data which itself includes information that specifies one or more zoom levels for which the label information is appropriate to display. When generating the label data, a type table that designates label style information by feature type and by zoom level may be used at the server. The map feature data may also include a relative rank for each feature that is passed to its corresponding label. The display order allows the map client, when generating the map, to select the most appropriate labels to display when the display of all possible labels would cause clutter or otherwise violate label display rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20140298360
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a management controller, which in turn includes a device access manager. The device access manager detects a new device within the information handling system, and performs a matching process between properties of the new device and matching criteria for a plurality of drivers in the information handling system. The device access manager also receives matching values from each of the plurality of drivers, and selects one of the drivers in response to the one driver having a highest matching value. The matching process for a driver is ended without a matching value being returned to the device access manager in response to a property of the new device not matching a corresponding matching criteria of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventor: Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 8803920
    Abstract: The present application describes techniques for fetching map data as a selected subset of entire map data available by selecting map data tiles corresponding to an area that encompasses a route. An amount of map data accessed may be adjusted based on a priority assigned to areas or points along the route. A sequence of map data may be accessed based on a priority assigned to sets of map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Iljya Kalai, Michael Siliski, Jerry Morrison, Keith Ito, Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20140066954
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and single or multi-functional element device that can be inserted and temporarily placed or implanted into a structure having a lumen or hollow space, such as a subject's abdominal cavity to provide therewith access to the site of interest in connection with minimally invasive surgical procedures. The insertable device may be configured such that the functional elements have various degrees of freedom of movement with respect to orienting the functional elements or elements to provide access to the site from multiple and different orientations/perspectives as the procedure dictates, e.g., to provide multiple selectable views of the site, and may provide a stereoscopic view of the site of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Dennis L. Fowler, Peter K. Alllen, Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20130147846
    Abstract: The present application describes techniques for fetching map data as a selected subset of entire map data available by selecting map data tiles corresponding to an area that encompasses a route. An amount of map data accessed may be adjusted based on a priority assigned to areas or points along the route. A sequence of map data may be accessed based on a priority assigned to sets of map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Iljya Kalai, Michael Siliski, Jerry Morrison, Keith Ito, Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20130147820
    Abstract: The present application describes techniques for fetching map data as a selected subset of entire map data available, by selecting map data tiles corresponding to an area that encompasses a first route and to an area encompassing a secondary route based on the first route. An amount of map data accessed may be adjusted based on a priority of the secondary route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Iljya Kalai, Michael Siliski, Jerry Morrison, Keith Ito, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 8363068
    Abstract: A method for providing map data to a client device includes receiving, at a server from the client device over a network, a request for parameters related to map data for a region of interest, where each region of interest is a separate geographic area. The method also includes providing, for use by the client device, a local zoom table indicating each zoom level for which new map data is available and usable by the client to determine whether or not to request new map data in response to a zoom command. Providing the local zoom table includes generating the local zoom table by analyzing tile data from multiple zoom levels to determine a progression order of map tile zooms to be requested by the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew T. Miller, Keith Ito
  • Publication number: 20120158015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and single or multi-functional element device that can be inserted and temporarily placed or implanted into a structure having a lumen or hollow space, such as a subject's abdominal cavity to provide therewith access to the site of interest in connection with minimally invasive surgical procedures. The insertable device may be configured such that the functional elements have various degrees of freedom of movement with respect to orienting the functional elements or elements to provide access to the site from multiple and different orientations/perspectives as the procedure dictates, e.g., to provide multiple selectable views of the site, and may provide a stereoscopic view of the site of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Dennis L. Fowler, Peter K. Allen, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 8096941
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and single or multi-functional element device that can be inserted and temporarily placed or implanted into a structure having a lumen or hollow space, such as a subject's abdominal cavity to provide therewith access to the site of interest in connection with minimally invasive surgical procedures. The insertable device may be configured such that the functional elements have various degrees of freedom of movement with respect to orienting the functional elements or elements to provide access to the site from multiple and different orientations/perspectives as the procedure dictates, e.g., to provide multiple selectable views of the site, and may provide a stereoscopic view of the site of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Dennis L. Fowler, Peter K. Allen, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 7739212
    Abstract: Metadata is used to determine rules that can be applied to facts. In one embodiment, correlations are identified among types of objects and the attributes of the facts associated with those objects. In another embodiment, correlations are identified among types of objects, the attributes of the facts associated with the objects, and the format and/or range of the values of the facts having those attributes. When a correlation exists between objects of a given type and the attributes of the facts associated with objects of that type, a rule is created for objects of that type. The rule is applied to objects of the given type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Reynar, Andrew T. Miller, Daniel J. Yehuda
  • Patent number: 7695259
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) includes a plate assembly (17) having a plate member (71) and at least one cover plate (105), which defines a mounting surface (107) adapted for sealing engagement with an exterior surface (77) of the plate member (71), or at least one control valve assembly (105), which defines a mounting surface (117) adapted for sealing engagement with the exterior surface (77). The cover plate assembly (105), when mounted to the exterior surface (77), provides fluid communication between openings (95, 97) of upstream and downstream fluid passages (91, 93), thereby providing single-speed functionality. The control valve assembly (115), when mounted to the exterior surface (77), provides selective fluid communication between the openings (95, 97) of upstream and downstream fluid passages (91, 93), thereby providing multi-speed functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20080075617
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) includes a plate assembly (17) having a plate member (71) and at least one cover plate (105), which defines a mounting surface (107) adapted for sealing engagement with an exterior surface (77) of the plate member (71), or at least one control valve assembly (105), which defines a mounting surface (117) adapted for sealing engagement with the exterior surface (77). The cover plate assembly (105), when mounted to the exterior surface (77), provides fluid communication between openings (95, 97) of upstream and downstream fluid passages (91, 93), thereby providing single-speed functionality. The control valve assembly (115), when mounted to the exterior surface (77), provides selective fluid communication between the openings (95, 97) of upstream and downstream fluid passages (91, 93), thereby providing multi-speed functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 7125020
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) having a housing (13,31), inlet and outlet ports (21,23), a gerotor gear set (15), a valve member (51) and an input-output shaft (49). A seal assembly (73) is disposed radially between the shaft (49) and the housing (31). The seal assembly comprises, in the order of leakage flow from a case drain region (63), a high pressure shaft seal (77), an annular chamber (71) in which is disposed a rigid back-up member (79;91) for the seal (77), a drain passage (81) communicating from the annular chamber (71) to a case drain port (47), and a low pressure shaft seal (83). The back-up member (79;91) may cooperate with either the housing (31) or the seal (77) or the input-output shaft (49) to define a fluid passage (87,89;93,95), so that any leakage flow past the high pressure shaft seal (77) flows through the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James M. LeClair, Jr., Jarett D. Millar, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 7066879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and single or multi-functional element device that can be inserted and temporarily placed or implanted into a structure having a lumen or hollow space, such as a subject's abdominal cavity to provide therewith access to the site of interest in connection with minimally invasive surgical procedures. The insertable device may be configured such that the functional elements have various degrees of freedom of movement with respect to orienting the functional elements or elements to provide access to the site from multiple and different orientations/perspectives as the procedure dictates, e.g., to provide multiple selectable views of the site, and may provide a stereoscopic view of the site of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Dennis L. Fowler, Peter K. Allen, Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20040208979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of ensuring acceptance of a foodstuff to said cat by providing said foodstuff with specific macronutrient content parameters. The present invention provides a method of ensuring the acceptance of a foodstuff to a cat, the method comprising feeding to said cat, a foodstuff having a protein:energy ratio of from 40 to 60%, a carbohydrate:energy ratio of 25% or less and a fat:energy ratio of from 15 to 60%, wherein the energy ratios are based on the total energy content of the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Mars UK Limited
    Inventors: Andrew T. Miller, Sandy M. Bollengier-Lee, Simon R. Hall
  • Publication number: 20040160013
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) having a housing (13,31), inlet and outlet ports (21,23), a gerotor gear set (15), a valve member (51) and an input-output shaft (49). A seal assembly (73) is disposed radially between the shaft (49) and the housing (31). The seal assembly comprises, in the order of leakage flow from a case drain region (63), a high pressure shaft seal (77), an annular chamber (71) in which is disposed a rigid back-up member (79;91) for the seal (77), a drain passage (81) communicating from the annular chamber (71) to a case drain port (47), and a low pressure shaft seal (83). The back-up member (79;91) may cooperate with either the housing (31) or the seal (77) or the input-output shaft (49) to define fluid passage means (87,89;93,95), so that any leakage flow past the high pressure shaft seal (77) flows through the drain passage (81) to the case drain port (47).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: James M. LeClair, Jarett D. Millar, Andrew T. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030227140
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) having a housing (13,31), inlet and outlet ports (21,23), a gerotor gear set (15), a valve member (51) and an input-output shaft (49). A seal assembly (73) is disposed radially between the shaft (49) and the housing (31). The seal assembly comprises, in the order of leakage flow from a case drain region (63), a high pressure shaft seal (77), an annular chamber (71) in which is disposed a rigid back-up member (79) for the seal (77), a drain passage (81) communicating from the annular chamber (71) to a case drain port (47), and a low pressure shaft seal (83). The back-up member (79) may cooperate with either the housing (31) or the seal (77) to define radial fluid passage means (87,89), so that any leakage flow past the high pressure shaft seal (77) flow to the case drain port (47).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: James M. LeClair, Jarett D. Millar, Andrew T. Miller