Patents by Inventor Bernard Williams

Bernard Williams 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: 20240157383
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes a first conduit that provides a first flow path for a first type of fluid, a second conduit that provides a second flow path for a second fluid that is different from the first fluid, a first dispensing aperture that ejects therefrom a spray that includes the first type of fluid and/or the second type of fluid, and at least one balancing outlet in fluid communication with the second conduit. The at least one balancing outlet permit the second type of fluid to exit therefrom to balance a force of ejection of the spray from the first dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Ambarish J. Kulkarni, Andrew Crispin Graham, Byron A. Pritchard, Todd William Danko, Bernard P. Bewlay, Stuart James Briggs, Trevor Owen Hawke
  • Patent number: 11925765
    Abstract: A gas delivery apparatus configured for use with a mechanical ventilator having an atmospheric inlet for drawing in atmospheric gas includes a connecting device configured to connect to an oxygen supply and an air supply and to deliver mixed air and oxygen gas to the atmospheric inlet of the mechanical ventilator. The connecting device further includes a user control for adjusting a fraction of oxygen in the mixed air and oxygen gas. The connecting device comprises a reservoir configured to hold a volume of the mixed air and oxygen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bernard F Hete, Peter R Doyle, Kenneth E Cole, Jr., Robert William Murdoch
  • Patent number: 11924192
    Abstract: A method for automatically attaching a purpose-built electronic device to a provider network includes steps of discovering, by a Wi-Fi module of the purpose-built electronic device, a wireless data network in operable communication with the provider network selecting, by the Wi-Fi module, the wireless data network, transmitting a primary authentication certificate from the Wi-Fi module to an authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network, receiving, by an application server of the provider network, a secondary authentication certificate from a functionality module of the purpose-built electronic device authenticating, by the provider network, the primary and secondary authentication certificates, and attaching the purpose-built device to the provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph William Brown, Bernard McKibben, Stuart Hoggan, Brian A. Scriber
  • Patent number: 11815899
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving data regarding an area to be cleaned, the data comprising data regarding movement of people or machines through the area to be cleaned; training a machine learning cleaning model based on the data; creating a floor cleaning plan using the machine learning cleaning model, the floor cleaning plan identifying a cleaning time to minimize a likelihood of a robotic cleaning device encountering a person or a machine while cleaning; and transmitting the floor cleaning plan to a robotic cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Bernard Williams, Jr., Zachary James Goodman, Henry Ramsey Bissex, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11618864
    Abstract: A fragrance premix composition that includes a silicone polymer, an aminofunctional material characterized by a molecular weight of less than about 1000 Daltons and having at least one primary or secondary amine moiety, and a fragrance material that includes one or more perfume raw materials having an aldehyde or ketone moiety, where the silicone, the aminofunctional material, and the fragrance material are reasonably miscible. Consumer products that include such fragrance premix compositions. Related methods of making and using such premixes and products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener, Chathurika R. K. Jayasundara
  • Publication number: 20230037431
    Abstract: A fragrance premix composition that includes a silicone polymer, an aminofunctional material characterized by a molecular weight of less than about 1000 Daltons and having at least one primary or secondary amine moiety, and a fragrance material that includes one or more perfume raw materials having an aldehyde or ketone moiety, where the silicone, the aminofunctional material, and the fragrance material are reasonably miscible. Consumer products that include such fragrance premix compositions. Related methods of making and using such premixes and products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav PANANDIKER, Bernard William Kluesener, Chathurika R.K. Jayasundara
  • Patent number: 11494732
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system a computer program product, and a method that comprises predicting details associated with collected data of an activity by generating a simulated activity based on a result associated with a plurality of attributes within the collected data associated with the activity; simulating the activity within a virtual reality environment by generating virtual items for assistance with a performance of the simulated activity within the virtual reality environment; in response to receiving user feedback for each generated virtual item based on the simulated activity, generating a need-based inventory from user input based on an analysis of the received user feedback for each respective item associated with the simulated activity within the virtual environment; and automatically obtaining each respective item within the generated need-based inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary James Goodman, Ernest Bernard Williams, Jr., H. Ramsey Bissex, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220330779
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving data regarding an area to be cleaned, the data comprising data regarding movement of people or machines through the area to be cleaned; training a machine learning cleaning model based on the data; creating a floor cleaning plan using the machine learning cleaning model, the floor cleaning plan identifying a cleaning time to minimize a likelihood of a robotic cleaning device encountering a person or a machine while cleaning; and transmitting the floor cleaning plan to a robotic cleaning device
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ernest Bernard Williams, JR., Zachary James Goodman, Henry Ramsey Bissex, Jeremy R. Fox, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11447724
    Abstract: Consumer product compositions that include siloxane compounds having pendant silyl ether moieties, which may include perfume raw material fragments. Such siloxane compounds. Methods related to such compounds and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener
  • Patent number: 11431664
    Abstract: An enterprise communication computing device for initiating communication between groups of computing devices may be provided. The communication device may include a processor in communication with memory and may include an interface having modules for telephonic and text-based communication. The processor may generate an interface with icons representative of corresponding modules. The processor may receive selections of icons and may initiate selected modules. The processor may receive user input defining content and recipients and may generate an input field enabling entry of response options. The processor may receive user input of the options and may format the options to generate a response-request portion of the message in a drop-down menu. The processor may transmit the message to each recipient including the content and the response-request. Receipt of the message may cause recipient computing devices to display the response options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Linda Wunderlich, Andrew J. Watt, Cesar Bryan Acosta, Mercy St James, Christopher Chickoree, Emre Ozgener, Alexander Ralph Schneck, Tobiah Rothlingshofer, Steven Stiles, Garrett Bernard Williams, Julian Loreti
  • Patent number: 11367355
    Abstract: In an approach for contextual event awareness, a processor receives contextual information including motion and sound detection. A processor analyzes the contextual information to determine a proximity sequencing including context of an event. A processor applies machine learning to the proximity sequencing to form a risk assessment based on the context of the event impacting a user. A processor determines that the risk assessment exceeds a predetermined threshold. A processor provides a notification of a risk to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shikhar Kwatra, Jeremy R. Fox, Zachary James Goodman, H. Ramsey Bissex, Ernest Bernard Williams, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220177813
    Abstract: Treatment compositions that include pro-fragrance silicone polymers, where the pro-fragrance silicone polymers include one or more heterocyclic moieties, where the heterocyclic moieties include a residue of an aldehyde-containing perfume raw material, a ketone-containing perfume raw material, or a mixture thereof. Related premix compositions. Methods of making and using such pro-fragrance silicone polymers, related premix compositions, and treatment compositions. Related pro-fragrance silicone polymers and precursor silicone polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Nicholas NATOLI, Bernard William KLUESENER, Rajan Keshav PANANDIKER, Gregory Scot MIRACLE
  • Publication number: 20220138670
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system a computer program product, and a method that comprises predicting details associated with collected data of an activity by generating a simulated activity based on a result associated with a plurality of attributes within the collected data associated with the activity; simulating the activity within a virtual reality environment by generating virtual items for assistance with a performance of the simulated activity within the virtual reality environment; in response to receiving user feedback for each generated virtual item based on the simulated activity, generating a need-based inventory from user input based on an analysis of the received user feedback for each respective item associated with the simulated activity within the virtual environment; and automatically obtaining each respective item within the generated need-based inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary James Goodman, Ernest Bernard Williams, Jr., H. Ramsey Bissex, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220086112
    Abstract: An enterprise communication computing device for initiating communication between groups of computing devices may be provided. The communication device may include a processor in communication with memory and may include an interface having modules for telephonic and text-based communication. The processor may generate an interface with icons representative of corresponding modules. The processor may receive selections of icons and may initiate selected modules. The processor may receive user input defining content and recipients and may generate an input field enabling entry of response options. The processor may receive user input of the options and may format the options to generate a response-request portion of the message in a drop-down menu. The processor may transmit the message to each recipient including the content and the response-request. Receipt of the message may cause recipient computing devices to display the response options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Linda Wunderlich, Andrew J. Watt, Cesar Bryan Acosta, Mercy St James, Christopher Chickoree, Emre Ozgener, Alexander Ralph Schneck, Tobiah Rothlingshofer, Steven Stiles, Garrett Bernard Williams, Julian Loreti
  • Publication number: 20220064191
    Abstract: Silicone compounds, delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays comprising such silicone compounds, and processes for making and using such benefit agent delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays. Such compositions have improved deposition and retention properties that may impart improved benefit characteristics to a composition and/or situs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav PANANDIKER, Bernard William KLUESENER, Rafael (NMN) TRUJILLO, Zaiyou (NMN) LIU, Rebecca Ann LANGEVIN
  • Patent number: 11192904
    Abstract: Silicone compounds, delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays comprising such silicone compounds, and processes for making and using such benefit agent delivery compositions, compositions, packaged products and displays. Such compositions have improved deposition and retention properties that may impart improved benefit characteristics to a composition and/or situs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener, Rafael Trujillo, Zaiyou Liu, Rebecca Ann Langevin
  • Patent number: 11164341
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for identifying one or more objects of interest in augmented reality. The exemplary embodiments may include detecting one or more cues selected from a group comprising one or more audio cues and one or more visual cues, identifying one or more objects of interest based on the detected one or more cues and a model, and emphasizing the one or more objects of interest within an augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: H. Ramsey Bissex, Ernest Bernard Williams, Jr., Zachary James Goodman, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11146675
    Abstract: An enterprise communication computing device enabling communication with recipient computing devices based upon unique, non-telephonic-based recipient computing device identifiers associated with recipient computing devices may be provided. The communication device may include a processor and a memory device and a communication interface. The communication interface may include a plurality of modules including telephonic communication, text-based messaging, and two-way radio communication. The processor may be programmed to generate a user interface with a plurality of icons, each representative of a module. The processor may receive a selection of a first icon representative of a first module, and may execute the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Linda Wunderlich, Andrew J. Watt, Cesar Bryan Acosta, Mercy St James, Christopher Chickoree, Emre Ozgener, Alexander Ralph Schneck, Tobiah Rothlingshofer, Steven Stiles, Garrett Bernard Williams, Julian Loreti
  • Patent number: 11130929
    Abstract: A siloxane polymer. A composition including the polymer. A method of treating and/or cleaning a situs using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Bernard William Kluesener
  • Publication number: 20210277327
    Abstract: A fragrance premix composition that includes a silicone polymer, an aminofunctional material characterized by a molecular weight of less than about 1000 Daltons and having at least one primary or secondary amine moiety, and a fragrance material that includes one or more perfume raw materials having an aldehyde or ketone moiety, where the silicone, the aminofunctional material, and the fragrance material are reasonably miscible. Consumer products that include such fragrance premix compositions. Related methods of making and using such premixes and products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Rajan Keshav PANANDIKER, Bernard William KLUESENER, Chathurika R.K. JAYASUNDARA