Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Ruddell

Benjamin L. Ruddell 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: 12298971
    Abstract: Implementations of a system for downscaling commodity flow data may include a first commodity flow database at a first level of geographic/temporal granularity, a second commodity flow database including commodity data for a plurality of commodities at a second level of geographic/temporal granularity and a group of high speed multiple core processor clusters where each core of may be assigned to process data associated with a commodity from the second commodity flow database and data of the first commodity flow database. The system may also include a downscaling module to generate downscaled and a quality check module to generate quality checked data; and a merging module configured for merging downscaled data and quality checked data in parallel. The system may also include a database module configured for writing data asynchronously according to a first-in first-out queue system in a commodity flow database within a period of hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents acting for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University
    Inventors: Richard Rushforth, Benjamin L. Ruddell
  • Patent number: 12051028
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of modeling a flow of resources may include generating a stage resource database when the resources reach one or more stages from one or more supply nodes. The method may also include using a mass balance module to maintain an outflow less than or equal to a supply at the one or more supply nodes and an inflow greater than or equal to demand at the one or more stages. The method may include enforcing movement of resources to or from one or more supply nodes of the supply chain to the one or more stages. The method may include using a non-negativity constraint module to maintain a non-negative amount to be transported. The method may also include using a flow generation module and one or more constraint thresholds to report to a user the flow of the resources using one or more computer interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents Acting For and on Behalf of North Arizona University, Arizona State University
    Inventors: Kevin Gurney, Deborah Huntzinger, Taha Moiz, Nathan Parker, Richard Rushforth, Benjamin L. Ruddell