Patents by Inventor Anil Varma

Anil Varma 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: 20170098164
    Abstract: A method for determining fleet conditions and operational management thereof, performed by a central system includes receiving fleet data from at least one distributed data repository. The fleet data is substantially representative of information associated with a fleet of physical assets. The method also includes processing the received fleet data for the fleet using at least one process of a plurality of processes. The plurality of processes assess the received fleet data into processed fleet data. The method additionally includes determining a fleet condition status using the processed fleet data and the at least one process of the plurality of processes. The method further includes generating a fleet response. The fleet response is substantially representative of a next operational step for the fleet of physical assets. The method also includes transmitting the fleet response to at least one of a plurality of fleet response recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Naresh Sundaram IYER, Anil VARMA, James Kenneth ARAGONES, Weizhong YAN, Piero Patrone BONISSONE, Feng XUE
  • Patent number: 9552567
    Abstract: A method for determining fleet conditions and operational management thereof, performed by a central system includes receiving fleet data from at least one distributed data repository. The fleet data is substantially representative of information associated with a fleet of physical assets. The method also includes processing the received fleet data for the fleet using at least one process of a plurality of processes. The plurality of processes assess the received fleet data into processed fleet data. The method additionally includes determining a fleet condition status using the processed fleet data and the at least one process of the plurality of processes. The method further includes generating a fleet response. The fleet response is substantially representative of a next operational step for the fleet of physical assets. The method also includes transmitting the fleet response to at least one of a plurality of fleet response recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Anil Varma, James Kenneth Aragones, Weizhong Yan, Piero Patrone Bonissone, Feng Xue
  • Patent number: 9552270
    Abstract: A method for analyzing data is disclosed that includes receiving an analysis request to analyze selected data corresponding to one or more monitored assets, wherein the analysis request includes one or more parameters corresponding to performance categories of computing resources for processing the analysis request, the performance categories include at least one of a time for processing the analysis request or a cost for processing the analysis request; determining a computing resource allocation plan for processing the analysis request based on the one or more parameters; and processing the analysis request using the determined computing resource allocation plan to provide analysis results. Also disclosed is an analytic router that includes a mapper, an estimator, an optimizer, and a resource provisioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anil Varma, Nicholas Roddy, Feng Xue
  • Patent number: 9245116
    Abstract: A system includes a physical analysis module, a cyber analysis module, and a determination module. The physical analysis module is configured to obtain physical diagnostic information, and to determine physical analysis information using the physical diagnostic information. The cyber analysis module is configured to obtain cyber security data of the functional system, and to determine cyber analysis information using the cyber security data. The determination module is configured to obtain the physical analysis information and the cyber analysis information, and to determine a state of the functional system using the physical analysis information and the cyber analysis information. The state determined corresponds to at least one of physical condition or cyber security threat. The determination module is also configured to identify if the state corresponds to one or more of a non-malicious condition or a malicious condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Richard Brownell Arthur, Bouchra Bouqata, Piyush Mishra, Weizhong Yan, Anil Varma
  • Patent number: 8990826
    Abstract: A method for analyzing data is disclosed that includes receiving an analysis request to analyze selected data corresponding to one or more monitored assets, wherein the analysis request includes one or more parameters corresponding to performance categories of computing resources for processing the analysis request; determining a computing resource allocation plan for processing the analysis request based on the one or more parameters; and processing the analysis request using the determined computing resource allocation plan to provide analysis results. Also disclosed is an analytic router that includes a mapper, an estimator, an optimizer, and a resource provisioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anil Varma, Nicholas Roddy, Feng Xue
  • Publication number: 20140380331
    Abstract: A method for analyzing data is disclosed that includes receiving an analysis request to analyze selected data corresponding to one or more monitored assets, wherein the analysis request includes one or more parameters corresponding to performance categories of computing resources for processing the analysis request, the performance categories include at least one of a time for processing the analysis request or a cost for processing the analysis request; determining a computing resource allocation plan for processing the analysis request based on the one or more parameters; and processing the analysis request using the determined computing resource allocation plan to provide analysis results. Also disclosed is an analytic router that includes a mapper, an estimator, an optimizer, and a resource provisioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Anil Varma, Nicholas Roddy, Feng Xue
  • Publication number: 20140289852
    Abstract: A system includes a physical analysis module, a cyber analysis module, and a determination module. The physical analysis module is configured to obtain physical diagnostic information, and to determine physical analysis information using the physical diagnostic information. The cyber analysis module is configured to obtain cyber security data of the functional system, and to determine cyber analysis information using the cyber security data. The determination module is configured to obtain the physical analysis information and the cyber analysis information, and to determine a state of the functional system using the physical analysis information and the cyber analysis information. The state determined corresponds to at least one of physical condition or cyber security threat. The determination module is also configured to identify if the state corresponds to one or more of a non-malicious condition or a malicious condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Richard Brownell Arthur, Bouchra Bouqata, Piyush Mishra, Weizhong Yan, Anil Varma
  • Publication number: 20140188777
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for identifying a precursor to a failure of a particular type of component in a physical system is provided. The physical system includes sensors coupled to the physical system. The computer-implemented system includes a computing device, a database, a processor, and a memory device. The memory device includes historical data including sensor measurements. When instructions are executed by the processor, the processor receives the historical data from the memory device. The processor generates a predictive model. The predictive model uses, as inputs, sensor measurements in the historical data. The predictive model is able to differentiate between sensor measurements taken before the repair event and those taken after the repair event without a time of the repair event being an input to the predictive model. The processor designates at least one sensor measurements used as inputs to the predictive model as precursors to the failure of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Weizhong Yan, Anil Varma, Brock Estel Osborn, James Kenneth Aragones, Piero Patrone Bonissone, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Hai Qiu
  • Publication number: 20140189702
    Abstract: A system includes a library of algorithms, and a request module configured to receive an execution request. The system also includes a job scheduler/optimizer module configured to select algorithms from the library and to create at least one execution job based on the algorithms and the execution request. The system further includes a resource module configured to determine execution computing resources from multiple computing sources, including internal computing resources and external computing resources. The system also includes an executor module configured to transmit an execution job to the computing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Weizhong Yan, Anil Varma, Piero Patrone Bonissone, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Feng Xue
  • Publication number: 20140188767
    Abstract: A method for determining fleet conditions and operational management thereof, performed by a central system includes receiving fleet data from at least one distributed data repository. The fleet data is substantially representative of information associated with a fleet of physical assets. The method also includes processing the received fleet data for the fleet using at least one process of a plurality of processes. The plurality of processes assess the received fleet data into processed fleet data. The method additionally includes determining a fleet condition status using the processed fleet data and the at least one process of the plurality of processes. The method further includes generating a fleet response. The fleet response is substantially representative of a next operational step for the fleet of physical assets. The method also includes transmitting the fleet response to at least one of a plurality of fleet response recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Anil Varma, James Kenneth Aragones, Weizhong Yan, Piero Patrone Bonissone, Feng Xue
  • Publication number: 20140032079
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosing or prognosing mobile and/or fixed client assets in a logical and interactive manner. Embodiments of the present invention provide a data analyzer with one or more asset diagnostic models. An asset diagnostic model is configured to logically and systematically interact with a client asset and analyze operational parameter data obtained from the client asset to diagnose a problem with the client asset and/or to predict or forecast future problems or conditions of the client asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Anil VARMA, Bret Dwayne WORDEN, Nicholas Edward RODDY, Feng XUE, Bendict George LANDER, Gregory W. WOLZ
  • Publication number: 20130332935
    Abstract: A method for analyzing data is disclosed that includes receiving an analysis request to analyze selected data corresponding to one or more monitored assets, wherein the analysis request includes one or more parameters corresponding to performance categories of computing resources for processing the analysis request; determining a computing resource allocation plan for processing the analysis request based on the one or more parameters; and processing the analysis request using the determined computing resource allocation plan to provide analysis results. Also disclosed is an analytic router that includes a mapper, an estimator, an optimizer, and a resource provisioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Anil VARMA, Nicholas Roddy, Feng Xue
  • Patent number: 8412659
    Abstract: A semi-automated method for interactively analyzing a patent landscape in one embodiment includes retrieving a plurality of relevant patents indicative of a predetermined conceptual region of the patent landscape from a patent repository using a query. Competitive analysis of the plurality of relevant patents is conducted using an interactive network-based visualization technique. The competitive analysis is used for intellectual property enforcement, due diligence, and strategic investment analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Viswanath Avasarala, John Erik Hershey, Anil Varma, Piero Patrone Bonissone
  • Patent number: 7958062
    Abstract: A method and system for creating healthy operating envelope from only data samples obtained during normal operation/behavior of dynamic systems is provided. This method determines healthy operating envelope by clustering a stream of discrete event code sequences from the underlying system under normal operation condition only. The method is unsupervised, that is, requiring no prior knowledge of event code patterns corresponding to different operation conditions. Such created envelope can be used for fault detection and health monitoring of dynamic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Weizhong Yan, Anil Varma, Piero Patrone Bonissone
  • Patent number: 7937334
    Abstract: Monitoring dynamic units that operate in complex, dynamic environments, is provided in order to classify and track unit behavior over time. When domain knowledge is available, feature-based models may be used to capture the essential state information of the units. When domain knowledge is not available, raw data is relied upon to perform this task. By analyzing logs of event messages (without having access to their data dictionary), embodiments allow the identification of anomalies (novelties). Specifically, a Normalized Compression Distance (such as one based on Kolmogorov Complexity) may be applied to logs of event messages. By analyzing the similarity and differences of the event message logs, units are identified that did not experience any abnormality (and locate regions of normal operations) and units that departed from such regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Weizhong Yan, Naresh Sundaram Iyer, Kai Goebel, Anil Varma
  • Patent number: 7844476
    Abstract: A process for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies is described. Based on the similarity to previous insurance applications, a decision on the current request for underwriting may be made. This decision-making process represents an analogical approach to the placement of an insurance application to an underwriting category, whereby a given insurance application request is compared to previous requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Genworth Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Richard Paul Messmer, Dan Yang, Marc Pavese, Angela Neff Patterson, Antonio Mogro-Campero, Anil Varma, William Michael Durham, Diane Marie Russell, Rajesh Venkat Subbu
  • Publication number: 20100287478
    Abstract: A semi-automated method for interactively analyzing a patent landscape in one embodiment includes retrieving a plurality of relevant patents indicative of a predetermined conceptual region of the patent landscape from a patent repository using a query. Competitive analysis of the plurality of relevant patents is conducted using an interactive network-based visualization technique. The competitive analysis is used for intellectual property enforcement, due diligence, and strategic investment analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Viswanath Avasarala, John Erik Hershey, Anil Varma, Piero Patrone Bonissone
  • Patent number: 7725293
    Abstract: A method to predict remaining life of a target is disclosed. The method includes receiving information regarding a behavior of the target, and identifying from a database at least one piece of equipment having similarities to the target. The method further includes retrieving from the database data prior to an end of the equipment useful life, the data having a relationship to the behavior, evaluating a similarity of the relationship, predicting the remaining life of the target based upon the similarity, and generating a signal corresponding to the predicted remaining equipment life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Feng Xue, Anil Varma, Kai Frank Goebel, Weizhong Yan, Neil Holger White Eklund
  • Patent number: 7630910
    Abstract: A system for at least a partial underwriting of insurance policies is described. based on the similarity to previous insurance applications, a decision on the current request for underwriting may be made. this decision-making process represents an analogical approach to the placement of an insurance application to an underwriting category, whereby a given insurance application request is compared to previous requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Genworth Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Richard Paul Messmer, Dan Yang, Marc Pavese, Angela Neff Patterson, Antonio Mogro-Campero, Anil Varma, William Michael Durham, Diane Marie Russell, Rajesh Venkat Subbu
  • Patent number: 7509235
    Abstract: A method and system of forecasting reliability of an asset is provided. The method includes identifying peer units of the asset by using selected criteria, performing a search for the peer units based upon the selected criteria, and constructing local predictive models using the peer units. The method also includes estimating the future behavior of the asset based upon the local predictive models and dynamically updating the local predictive models to reflect at least one change in the criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Piero Patrone Bonissone, Kareem Sherif Aggour, Anil Varma