Patents by Inventor Donald A. Wood

Donald A. Wood 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: 12151733
    Abstract: Physical shopping carts can have product detection systems and associate physical shopping carts with mobile computing devices (e.g., smartphones, tablet computing devices, smart watches, wearable computing devices). For example, physical shopping carts can be equipped with one or more product detection systems (e.g., scanners, sensors, cameras) that can electronically tally products that are placed in physical shopping carts. Mobile computing devices can be associated with and mounted on the physical shopping carts to provide a variety of enhanced shopping cart features not possible with conventional physical shopping carts, such as electronically tracking the contents of a shopping cart, checking-out from the mobile computing device (instead of at conventional check-out areas, such as point of sale terminals), and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Hagen, Josh Michael Dingman, Daniel Woods, Donnie Tolbert, Andrew Wipf, Tomas Kadlec, Donald John Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11989573
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anjali Singhai Jain, Mitu Aggarwal, Parthasarathy Sarangam, Donald Wood, Jesse Brandeburg, Mitchell A. Williams
  • Patent number: 11920976
    Abstract: A system for coupling photometers to an incubation ring for use in in vitro diagnostics comprises one or more light sources, and an incubation ring assembly, and two photometers. An incubation ring assembly comprises an internal trough and an external trough. Each trough comprises (a) an internal wall comprising an internal aperture and (b) an external wall comprising an external aperture. A first photometer comprises: a first optics housing directing light from the light sources through the external aperture of the internal trough, and a first detector positioned to receive the light through the internal aperture of the internal trough. A second photometer comprises a second optics housing directing the light from the light sources through the internal aperture of the external trough, and a second detector positioned to receive the light through the external aperture of the external trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Mizzer, Donald Wood
  • Publication number: 20240036895
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANJALI SINGHAI JAIN, MITU AGGARWAL, PARTHASARATHY SARANGAM, DONALD WOOD, JESSE BRANDEBURG, MITCHELL A. WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11818287
    Abstract: A computer system configured to authenticate the identity of a user who is attempting to access a website or conduct a transaction is provided. The system is configured to receive a geographical location associated with the user and to receive the geographical location of a mobile phone associated with the user, and to determine whether the two geographical locations are within an acceptable distance. The system is configured to take into account the accuracy of the mobile phone location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Spriv LLC
    Inventors: Guy Hefetz, Jacob Heffez, Christopher Donald Wood
  • Publication number: 20230334046
    Abstract: Inferences may be obtained to handle access requests at a non-relational database system. An access request may be received at a non-relational database system. The non-relational database system may determine that the access request uses a machine learning model to complete the access request. The non-relational database system may cause an inference to be generated using data items for the access request as input to the machine learning model. The access request may be completed using the generated inference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akshat Vig, Amit Gupta, Palak Agrawal, Amit Purohit, Benjamin Donald Wood
  • Patent number: 11755620
    Abstract: Non-relational database operations are invoked to provide results consistent with commands specified in a relational query language. A request to access data in a non-relational database is received that includes one or more commands specified in a query language for accessing data according to a relational data scheme. The request may be evaluated to determine one or more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to invoke operations at the non-relational database that provide a result consistent with the commands specified in the query language. The determined APIs are executed and a result returned for the request based on the execution of the APIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vaibhav Jain, Rishabh Jain, Amit Gupta, Palak Agrawal, Sagar Mundra, Benjamin Donald Wood, Lewis Bruck
  • Patent number: 11726999
    Abstract: Inferences may be obtained to handle access requests at a non-relational database system. An access request may be received at a non-relational database system. The non-relational database system may determine that the access request uses a machine learning model to complete the access request. The non-relational database system may cause an inference to be generated using data items for the access request as input to the machine learning model. The access request may be completed using the generated inference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akshat Vig, Amit Gupta, Palak Agrawal, Amit Purohit, Benjamin Donald Wood
  • Publication number: 20230222315
    Abstract: An energy-efficient sequencer comprising inline multipliers and adders causes a read source that contains matching values to output an enable signal to enable a data item prior to using a multiplier to multiply the data item with a weight to obtain a product for use in a matrix-multiplication in hardware. A second enable signal causes the output to be written to the data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Lovell, Robert Michael Muchsel, Donald Wood Loomis III, III
  • Patent number: 11698804
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anjali Singhai Jain, Mitu Aggarwal, Parthasarathy Sarangam, Donald Wood, Jesse Brandeburg, Mitchell A. Williams
  • Patent number: 11696981
    Abstract: A catheter includes: a body comprising a body side wall, a proximal end and a distal end; a septum extending from the proximal end to the distal end; a first lumen and a second lumen separated by the septum, each lumen forming a mouth at the distal end; first and second slots formed in a portion of the body side wall at the distal end and in fluid communication with the first and second lumens respectively. The first and second slots extend linearly along a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body. The distal end of the body and the septum terminate in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The distal end of the body has a substantially round cross section, while the first and second lumens each have a substantially D-shaped cross-section at the distal end. The two slots each have a width that is between 30% and 60% of a longer dimension of the D-shaped cross-section of a corresponding lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Ravenscroft, Donald Woods
  • Patent number: 11610095
    Abstract: An energy-efficient sequencer comprising inline multipliers and adders causes a read source that contains matching values to output an enable signal to enable a data item prior to using a multiplier to multiply the data item with a weight to obtain a product for use in a matrix-multiplication in hardware. A second enable signal causes the output to be written to the data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Lovell, Robert Michael Muchsel, Donald Wood Loomis, III
  • Publication number: 20220287593
    Abstract: A method and assembly for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject is provided. The method includes measuring, with a physiological sensor, data that indicates a change in a value of a physiological parameter of a subject over a time period. The method further includes measuring, with a motion sensor, data that indicates a value of a motion of the subject over the time period. The method further includes determining, with a processor, whether the value of the motion of the subject over the time period is less than a motion threshold. The method includes determining, with the processor, whether the change in the value of the physiological parameter over the time period exceeds a change threshold. The method also includes performing an action based on the determination that the change in the value of the physiological parameter exceeds the change threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Donald A. WOOD
  • Publication number: 20220221333
    Abstract: A system for coupling photometers to an incubation ring for use in in vitro diagnostics comprises one or more light sources, and an incubation ring assembly, and two photometers. An incubation ring assembly comprises an internal trough and an external trough. Each trough comprises (a) an internal wall comprising an internal aperture and (b) an external wall comprising an external aperture. A first photometer comprises: a first optics housing directing light from the light sources through the external aperture of the internal trough, and a first detector positioned to receive the light through the internal aperture of the internal trough. A second photometer comprises a second optics housing directing the light from the light sources through the internal aperture of the external trough, and a second detector positioned to receive the light through the external aperture of the external trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Mizzer, Donald Wood
  • Patent number: 11369289
    Abstract: A method and assembly for monitoring physiological parameters of a subject is provided. The method includes measuring, with a physiological sensor, data that indicates a change in a value of a physiological parameter of a subject over a time period. The method further includes measuring, with a motion sensor, data that indicates a value of a motion of the subject over the time period. The method further includes determining, with a processor, whether the value of the motion of the subject over the time period is less than a motion threshold. The method includes determining, with the processor, whether the change in the value of the physiological parameter over the time period exceeds a change threshold. The method also includes performing an action based on the determination that the change in the value of the physiological parameter exceeds the change threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Inspired Performance Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald A. Wood
  • Patent number: 11341472
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a point-of-sale (POS) system, and more particularly, to systems, devices and methods of making secure payments using a mobile device in addition to a POS terminal that may be an insecure payment device exposed to various tamper attempts under certain circumstances. The mobile device is involved in a trusted transaction between a central financial entity, e.g., a bank, and the payment terminal, such that the insecure payment terminal may be further authenticated based on rolling codes, two-way or three-way authentication, or an off-line mode enabled by incorporation of the mobile device. Although either of the mobile device and the payment terminal provides limited security, a POS system incorporating both of them demonstrates an enhanced level of security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Wood Loomis, III, Edward Tangkwai Ma, Robert Michael Muchsel
  • Patent number: 11308477
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for verifying the identity of an internet user, or for detecting the misuse of an identity, during an on-line transaction. The method involves comparing the geographic location of the transaction to the geographic location of the user's cell phone or other mobile device, and taking a geographically close location relationship between the two as a positive indication of identity. A reasonable travel time between the two locations can be taken into account so as to reduce the incidence of false negatives, and to improve the reliability of positive identifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Spriv LLC
    Inventors: Guy Hefetz, Jaqcob Heffez, Christopher Donald Wood
  • Publication number: 20210149697
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ANJALI SINGHAI JAIN, MITU AGGARWAL, PARTHASARATHY SARANGAM, DONALD WOOD, JESSE BRANDEBURG, MITCHELL A. WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: D963356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc
    Inventor: Donald Woods
  • Patent number: D1007209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Woods