Patents by Inventor Andrew Woodruff
Andrew Woodruff 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).
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Publication number: 20220066471Abstract: A rotorcraft-assisted launch and retrieval system, and a method for controlling an airborne rotorcraft which includes controlling by a controller a first feedback loop about a longitudinal roll axis of the airborne rotorcraft and controlling by the controller a second feedback loop about a horizontal pitch axis of the airborne rotorcraft, without controlling a vertical yaw axis of the airborne rotorcraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon D. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 11204612Abstract: A rotorcraft-assisted launch and retrieval system, and a method for controlling an airborne rotorcraft which includes controlling by a controller a first feedback loop about a longitudinal roll axis of the airborne rotorcraft and controlling by the controller a second feedback loop about a horizontal pitch axis of the airborne rotorcraft, without controlling a vertical yaw axis of the airborne rotorcraft.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Hood Technology CorporationInventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 10583920Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Hood Technology CorporationInventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 10569868Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Hood Technology CorporationInventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Publication number: 20190250868Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
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Patent number: 10303420Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Woodruff Harris, Manoj Sharma, Maura Fitzgerald
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Patent number: 10293929Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Hood Technology CorporationInventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Publication number: 20190033889Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a rotocraft-assisted launch and retrieval system, and a method for controlling an airborne rotorcraft which includes controlling by a controller a first feedback loop about a longitudinal roll axis of the airborne rotocraft and controlling by the controller a second feedback loop about a horizontal pitch axis of the airborne rotocraft, without controlling a vertical yaw axis of the airborne rotocraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 10183741Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Hood Technology CorporationInventors: Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 10176344Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive untrusted input data at an enclave in an electronic device, isolate the untrusted input data from at least a portion of the enclave, communicate at least a portion of the untrusted data to an integrity verification module using an attestation channel, and receive data integrity verification of the untrusted input data from the integrity verification module. The integrity verification module can perform data integrity attestation functions to verify the untrusted data and the data integrity attestation functions include a data attestation policy and a whitelist.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: McAfee, LLCInventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
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Publication number: 20180321889Abstract: To enable prompt presentation of a user interface that displays documents that other users have accessed or edited, distribution of document activity indicators is performed in a proactive manner such that the document activity indicators are already available at a time when such a user interface is to be presented. Document activity triggers the creation of corresponding document activity identifiers, which are distributed to the workspaces of one or more users in accordance with document activity itself, the type of activity, the user performing the activity, a user who initially created the document, or combinations thereof. When another user utilizes a content creation computer application program, the activity by other users is selectively reflected within the user interface presented by such a content creation computer application program.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
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Publication number: 20180018476Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive untrusted input data at an enclave in an electronic device, isolate the untrusted input data from at least a portion of the enclave, communicate at least a portion of the untrusted data to an integrity verification module using an attestation channel, and receive data integrity verification of the untrusted input data from the integrity verification module. The integrity verification module can perform data integrity attestation functions to verify the untrusted data and the data integrity attestation functions include a data attestation policy and a whitelist.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
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Publication number: 20170327211Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Publication number: 20170297738Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Patent number: 9715597Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive untrusted input data at an enclave in an electronic device, isolate the untrusted input data from at least a portion of the enclave, communicate at least a portion of the untrusted data to an integrity verification module using an attestation channel, and receive data integrity verification of the untrusted input data from the integrity verification module. The integrity verification module can perform data integrity attestation functions to verify the untrusted data and the data integrity attestation functions include a data attestation policy and a whitelist.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
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Patent number: 9679140Abstract: In an example, a system and method for outbreak pathology inference are described. In certain computational ecosystems, malware programs and other malicious objects may infect a machine, and then attempt to infect additional machines that are “networked” to the first machine. In some cases, the network may be a physical or logical network, such as an enterprise network. However, “social networking” may also connect one machine to another, because users may share files or data with one another over social networks. In that case, client devices may be equipped with a telemetry engine to gather and report data about the machine, while a system management server receives reported telemetry. The system management server may use both logical networks and social networks to infer potential outbreak paths and behaviors of malware.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
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Publication number: 20170158319Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Publication number: 20170158340Abstract: The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a multicopter-assisted launch and retrieval system generally including: (1) a multi-rotor modular multicopter attachable to (and detachable from) a fixed-wing aircraft to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; (2) a storage and launch system usable to store the modular multicopter and to facilitate launch of the fixed-wing aircraft into wing-borne flight; and (3) an anchor system usable (along with the multicopter and a flexible capture member) to retrieve the fixed-wing aircraft from wing-borne flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
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Publication number: 20160188880Abstract: In an example, a system and method for outbreak pathology inference are described. In certain computational ecosystems, malware programs and other malicious objects may infect a machine, and then attempt to infect additional machines that are “networked” to the first machine. In some cases, the network may be a physical or logical network, such as an enterprise network. However, “social networking” may also connect one machine to another, because users may share files or data with one another over social networks. In that case, client devices may be equipped with a telemetry engine to gather and report data about the machine, while a system management server receives reported telemetry. The system management server may use both logical networks and social networks to infer potential outbreak paths and behaviors of malware.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: McAfee, Inc.Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
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Publication number: 20160092700Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive untrusted input data at an enclave in an electronic device, isolate the untrusted input data from at least a portion of the enclave, communicate at least a portion of the untrusted data to an integrity verification module using an attestation channel, and receive data integrity verification of the untrusted input data from the integrity verification module. The integrity verification module can perform data integrity attestation functions to verify the untrusted data and the data integrity attestation functions include a data attestation policy and a whitelist.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor