Patents by Inventor Anne MacDonald

Anne MacDonald 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: 10795744
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying failed customer experience in distributed computer systems. An example method comprises: receiving, by an application performance management (APM) server associated with a distributed computer system, an application layer message associated with a request originated by a client computer system responsive to an action by a user; identifying a failed customer experience error by analyzing the application layer message; and causing a first graph to be rendered by a graphical user interface in a visual association with a second graph representing a number of user login events grouped by a pre-defined period of time, wherein the first graph represents a number of identified failed customer experience errors grouped by the pre-defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
  • Patent number: 10585666
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
    Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
  • Patent number: 10310849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
    Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
  • Patent number: 10265478
    Abstract: An injection device (1) for administering a fixed dose of a medication is provided. The injection device (1) comprises a housing (2) wherein a drive mechanism comprising a drive member (3) is at least partially enclosed and a dosing element (34) which is fixed relative to the drive member (3). Here, a dose can be set by rotating the dosing element (34) relative to the housing (2) in a dose set direction (105) and the dose can be dispensed by pushing the dosing element (34) towards the housing (2). Moreover, a method is provided for operating an injection device (1) for the administration of a fixed dose of a medication: A dose can be set by rotating a dosing element (34), a dose can be dispensed by pushing the dosing element (34) towards the housing (2) and a dose can be cancelled by rotating the dosing element (34) in a direction (106) opposite to the dose set direction (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne MacDonald, James May
  • Publication number: 20190108016
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
  • Patent number: 10213552
    Abstract: A drive member for driving a piston rod in a drug delivery device is provided. The drive member is configured to be driven in a rotational movement by an actuating member. The drive member comprises a track for transmitting a driving load from the actuating member to the drive member. The track comprises both sections running in a distal and sections running in a proximal direction of the drive member. Moreover, a drug delivery device comprising such a drive member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Publication number: 20180329771
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying failed customer experience in distributed computer systems. An example method comprises: receiving, by an application performance management (APM) server associated with a distributed computer system, an application layer message associated with a request originated by a client computer system responsive to an action by a user; identifying a failed customer experience error by analyzing the application layer message; and causing a first graph to be rendered by a graphical user interface in a visual association with a second graph representing a number of user login events grouped by a pre-defined period of time, wherein the first graph represents a number of identified failed customer experience errors grouped by the pre-defined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
  • Patent number: 10048994
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying failed customer experience in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device of a distributed computer system, a first application layer message associated with a request originated by a client computer system responsive to an action by a user, wherein the first application layer message comprises a transaction identifier identifying a sequence of messages originated by one or more components of the distributed computer system and associated with the request; identifying a pre-defined byte pattern comprised by the first application layer message; and identifying, based on the pre-defined byte pattern, at least one of: a system error associated with the transaction or an application error associated with the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
  • Patent number: 9847926
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting application performance monitoring data in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device, one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters; receiving APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application; determining an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and causing the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
  • Patent number: 9750890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly forming a piston rod for advancing a cartridge bung in a drug delivery device, the assembly comprising a first member and a second member wherein in a first state, the first and the second member are moveable with respect to each other to adjust the length of the piston rod and wherein in a second state the first member is locked in position with respect to the second member in order to define a fixed length of the piston rod. Furthermore, it relates to a drug delivery device comprising the assembly and to a method for assembling such a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Matthew Jones
  • Publication number: 20170147334
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visual presentation of metrics reflecting lifecycle events of software artifacts. An example method may comprise: receiving one or more data processing rules, each data processing rule specifying one or more operations to be performed on one or more raw data items reflecting lifecycle events associated with a software artifact; receiving, from one or more data collection agents, a plurality of raw data items; producing, by applying the data processing rules to the plurality of raw data items, a plurality of values of a metric reflecting lifecycle events associated with a plurality of software artifacts; and causing the values to be graphically represented using a graphical user interface (GUI) communicatively coupled to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stanislav Antons, Thomas Steven Joyce, William V. Arneth, III, LeeAnn Marie Flanagan, Weston John Gaddis, Thomas Fredrick Krall, Jennifer D'awn Jeffress, Christopher Joseph Heidenfelder, Elizabeth Anne MacDonald, Nathaniel Bates, Gary R. Couture, Scott M. Blandford, Thomas J. Goodnough, Byron Leslie Griffin, Andrea J. Vient
  • Patent number: 9555192
    Abstract: The instant application is directed to an assembly for a drug delivery device which is arranged to operate in two distinct modes, a priming mode starting from a pre-priming state and a dispense mode operating in a post-priming state, and a drug delivery device comprising this assembly. The assembly comprises a dose member, an actuating member and a piston rod which is configured to act on a bung of an assembled cartridge containing the drug. In the pre-priming state the actuating member is configured to be moved by a user such that the movement of the actuating member causes a movement of the dose member and such that the movement of the dose member causes a movement of the piston rod. In the post-priming state the dose member is configured to be moved by a user without causing a movement of the actuating member in order to perform a set and dispense action of the drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Alexander Ian Bailey
  • Patent number: 9533107
    Abstract: A drive member for driving a piston rod in a drug delivery device is provided. The drive member is configured to be driven in a rotational movement by an actuating member. The drive member comprises a track for transmitting a driving load from the actuating member to the drive member. The track comprises both sections running in a distal and sections running in a proximal direction of the drive member. Moreover, a drug delivery device comprising such a drive member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Publication number: 20160308745
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting application performance monitoring data in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device, one or more application performance monitoring (APM) rules, each APM rule determining an application operational status based on one or more APM parameters; receiving APM data comprising a plurality of APM data items representing values of the APM parameters of a software application; determining an operational status of the software application by applying the APM rules to the APM data; and causing the operational status to be visually represented via a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
  • Patent number: 9463278
    Abstract: A resettable drive mechanism for a drug delivery device (1) comprises a piston rod assembly (32) and an interaction member (23). The piston rod assembly (32) comprises a guide track (18) running along the piston rod assembly (32), the guide track (18) comprising at least one delivery section (18A) and at least one reset section (18B). The reset section (18B) is arranged to continue the delivery section (18A). The delivery section (18A) comprises at least one blocking means (19). The interaction member (23) is configured to cooperate with the guide track (18). For delivering a dose of a drug (24), the piston rod assembly (32) is axially displaceable in a dose delivery direction away from an axial starting position, the interaction member (23) cooperating with the delivery section (18A) and the blocking means (19) passing the interaction member (23) when the piston rod assembly (32) is displaced in the dose delivery direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9446202
    Abstract: A plunger (4) having engaging means and a lever (5) are arranged in a body (1). The lever has a first pivot that is stationary with respect to the body in the direction of an axis, a second pivot, and a third pivot formed by an engaging element of the lever. The pivots are arranged in such a manner that a rotation of the lever with respect to the first pivot moves the second pivot and the third pivot in the same direction with respect to the axis. The engaging element and the engaging means are shaped such that the lever is disengaged from the plunger when the second pivot is moved relatively to the plunger in the proximal direction (30), and the plunger is engaged with the lever when the second pivot is moved in the distal direction (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9402960
    Abstract: A plunger and a lever are arranged in a body and provided with engaging elements engaging the lever with the plunger. The lever is disengageable from the plunger by a shift of the lever, thus enabling a movement of the plunger relatively to the body in the proximal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne Macdonald
  • Patent number: 9402962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for a drug delivery device comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a moveable member, a dose member, a fixed member and coupling means, wherein in a first state, the moveable member is moveable in an axial direction with respect to the fixed member and the dose member and the coupling means retains the dose member to the fixed member, and wherein in a second state of the assembly, the moveable member is permanently connected with the dose member by means of the coupling means and the dose member is released from the fixed member and the assembly is configured to set and dispense a dose of a fluid medicinal product out of an assembled cartridge by movement of the dose member. Furthermore it relates to a method for setting-up a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay
  • Patent number: 9387294
    Abstract: A drug delivery device (4) for dispensing one or more doses of a drug is provided. The device (4) comprises a drive member (1) for driving a piston rod (5) and a dose member (46) for actuating the drive member (1). The piston rod (5) is coupled to the drive member (1) such that a relative translational movement of the drive member (1) and the piston rod (5) is allowed and a relative rotational movement is prevented. The drive member (1) is configured to be driven by the dose member (46) around the longitudinal axis in a first (110) and a second rotational direction (111) opposite to each other. Furthermore, a drug delivery device (4) is provided, wherein the drive member (1) has stable and unstable states and wherein in an unstable state the drive member (1) is biased by biasing means (3) towards a stable state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones
  • Patent number: 9375535
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a resettable drive assembly for a drug delivery device is provided for. The resettable drive assembly may comprise a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, a piston rod being rotatable with respect to the housing and being axially displaceable with respect to the housing between a proximal start position and a distal end position, a drive member for distally displacing the piston rod towards the end position when dispensing a dose, and a stop member. The drive assembly may be configured such that the drive member is operable to interact with the piston rod for forming an unlockable first interlock, the first interlock being operable to block proximal movement of the piston rod with respect to the drive member. The drive assembly may be configured such that the stop member is operable to interact with the piston rod for forming an unlockable second interlock, the second interlock being operable to block proximal movement of the piston rod with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne Macdonald