Patents by Inventor Daniel Jay MacDonald

Daniel Jay 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).

  • Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to a representation of a plot having the parameter as a dimension
    Patent number: 8949084
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, generator, and determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representation of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to representations of plots having the parameter as a dimension
    Patent number: 8938374
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, a generator, and a determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter. The generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a first plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system, and a representation of a region of a second plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to another characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representations of the regions of the first and second plots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Determining a next value of a parameter for system simulation
    Patent number: 8855973
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator and a determiner. The a simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to a characteristic of another state of the model and a representation of at least one level set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to representations of plots having the parameter as a dimension
    Publication number: 20130046515
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, a generator, and a determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter. The generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a first plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system, and a representation of a region of a second plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to another characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representations of the regions of the first and second plots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOKITAE LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Determining a next value of a system-simulation parameter in response to a representation of a plot having the parameter as a dimension
    Publication number: 20130046517
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator, generator, and determiner. The simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the generator is configured to generate a representation of a region of a plot having dimensions that respectively correspond at least to the parameter and to a characteristic of a state of the simulated system. And the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to the representation of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOKITAE LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Determining a next value of a parameter for system simulation
    Publication number: 20130046516
    Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus includes a simulator and a determiner. The a simulator is configured to simulate a system and to propagate at least one state of the simulated system through time in response to a value of a parameter, and the determiner is configured to determine a next value of the parameter in response to a characteristic of another state of the model and a representation of at least one level set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOKITAE LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Baym, Philip Andrew Eckhoff, Daniel Jay MacDonald, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Karima R. Nigmatulina, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.