Patents by Inventor Christopher A. McLaughlin

Christopher A. McLaughlin 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: 11782759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are configured to perform prioritized processing of a plurality of processing objects under a time constraint. In various embodiments, a priority policy that includes deterministic prioritization rules, probabilistic prioritization rules, and a priority determination machine learning model is applied to the objects to determine high and low priority subsets. Here, the subsets are determined using the deterministic prioritization rules and a probabilistic ordering of the low priority subset is determined using the probabilistic prioritization rules and the priority determination machine learning model. In particular embodiments, the ordering is accomplished by determining a hybrid priority score for each object in the low priority subset based on a rule-based priority score and a machine-learning-based priority score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
    Inventors: David T. Cleere, Amanda McFadden, Barry A. Friel, William A. Dunphy, Christopher A. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20220365814
    Abstract: Systems and methods are configured to perform prioritized processing of a plurality of processing objects under a time constraint. In various embodiments, a priority policy that includes deterministic prioritization rules, probabilistic prioritization rules, and a priority determination machine learning model is applied to the objects to determine high and low priority subsets. Here, the subsets are determined using the deterministic prioritization rules and a probabilistic ordering of the low priority subset is determined using the probabilistic prioritization rules and the priority determination machine learning model. In particular embodiments, the ordering is accomplished by determining a hybrid priority score for each object in the low priority subset based on a rule-based priority score and a machine-learning-based priority score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: David T. Cleere, Amanda McFadden, Barry A. Friel, William A. Dunphy, Christopher A. McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11449359
    Abstract: Systems and methods are configured to perform prioritized processing of a plurality of processing objects under a time constraint. In various embodiments, a priority policy that includes deterministic prioritization rules, probabilistic prioritization rules, and a priority determination machine learning model is applied to the objects to determine high and low priority subsets. Here, the subsets are determined using the deterministic prioritization rules and a probabilistic ordering of the low priority subset is determined using the probabilistic prioritization rules and the priority determination machine learning model. In particular embodiments, the ordering is accomplished by determining a hybrid priority score for each object in the low priority subset based on a rule-based priority score and a machine-learning-based priority score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
    Inventors: David T. Cleere, Amanda McFadden, Barry A. Friel, William A. Dunphy, Christopher A. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210389978
    Abstract: Systems and methods are configured to perform prioritized processing of a plurality of processing objects under a time constraint. In various embodiments, a priority policy that includes deterministic prioritization rules, probabilistic prioritization rules, and a priority determination machine learning model is applied to the objects to determine high and low priority subsets. Here, the subsets are determined using the deterministic prioritization rules and a probabilistic ordering of the low priority subset is determined using the probabilistic prioritization rules and the priority determination machine learning model. In particular embodiments, the ordering is accomplished by determining a hybrid priority score for each object in the low priority subset based on a rule-based priority score and a machine-learning-based priority score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: David T. Cleere, Amanda McFadden, Barry A. Friel, William A. Dunphy, Christopher A. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210231851
    Abstract: An optical system includes an oriented polymeric multilayer optical film having a first reflection band, and a light source configured to produce light in an output band and/or a sensor configured to receive light in an input band. The light source and/or sensor is in optical communication with the oriented polymeric multilayer optical film. In some cases, the first reflection band overlaps the input and/or output band at normal incidence, but not at an oblique incidence angle. In some cases, the first reflection band overlaps the input and/or output band at an oblique incidence angle, but not at normal incidence. The optical system can further include a non-birefringent optical filter having a first blocking band where the first blocking band overlaps the first reflection band for at least one of normal incidence or an oblique incidence angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath, Christopher A. McLaughlin, Sherie A. Kristie
  • Patent number: 11009637
    Abstract: An optical stack including an oriented polymeric multilayer optical film and a non-birefringent optical filter is described. The oriented polymeric multilayer optical film has a first reflection band with a first band edge and the non-birefringent optical filter has a first blocking band. In some cases, the first blocking band contains the first band edge and the first blocking band provides a reduction in variation of a band edge of an overall blocking band of the optical stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath, Christopher A. McLaughlin, Sherie A. Kristie
  • Publication number: 20190331837
    Abstract: An optical stack including an oriented polymeric multilayer optical film and a non-birefringent optical filter is described. The oriented polymeric multilayer optical film has a first reflection band with a first band edge and the non-birefringent optical filter has a first blocking band. In some cases, the first blocking band contains the first band edge and the first blocking band provides a reduction in variation of a band edge of an overall blocking band of the optical stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath, Christopher A. McLaughlin, Sherie A. Kristie