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).

  • Publication number: 20220066471
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon D. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 11204612
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 10583920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 10569868
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Publication number: 20190250868
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
  • Patent number: 10303420
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Woodruff Harris, Manoj Sharma, Maura Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: 10293929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Publication number: 20190033889
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 10183741
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hood Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 10176344
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
  • Publication number: 20180321889
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Woodruff HARRIS, Manoj SHARMA, Maura FITZGERALD
  • Publication number: 20180018476
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: MCAFEE, INC.
    Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
  • Publication number: 20170327211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Publication number: 20170297738
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Patent number: 9715597
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
  • Patent number: 9679140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
  • Publication number: 20170158319
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Publication number: 20170158340
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas H. von Flotow, Corydon C. Roeseler, Caleb Andrew Woodruff, Daniel Pepin Reiss
  • Publication number: 20160188880
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Ned M. Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor
  • Publication number: 20160092700
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ned Smith, Esteban Gutierrez, Andrew Woodruff, Aditya Kapoor