Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Smith

Douglas A. Smith 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: 10378918
    Abstract: A user of a mapping application can use a user interface to draw a line between an origin address and a destination address on a map. The mapping application uses a zoom level associated with the map to determine if the user intended that the route consist mostly of highways or mostly of local roads. Segments of the line are replaced by similar road sections selected from the map based on the determined zoom level. The line replaced by the selected road sections is presented to the user as a route between the origin address and the destination address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Thommen, Kenneth Douglas Smith, Kshitij Sethi
  • Publication number: 20190214109
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to finding genome rearrangements from sequencing data. DNA sequence analysis systems and methods directed to identifying all sequence variants in a genome are described herein. Such systems and methods demonstrate distinct and improved features relating to the accuracy and speed with which all sequence variants in a genome are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Andrey Grigoriev, Sean Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 10339167
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a full question generation system, the method comprising ingesting a query dataset derived from one or more search queries entered by one or more users of an internet search engine; identifying questions from the ingested query dataset; separating one or more prior full questions from the ingested dataset; identifying one or more question intent queries from the query dataset; for each identified question intent query; sorting the question intent query into one or more bins based on one or more missing interrogative words; and appending the missing interrogative word and a verb onto the question intent query to generate a full question. The full question generation method can additionally generate un-canonical questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bryn R. Dole, William S. Ko, Malous M. Kossarian, Douglas A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10336774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which p, q, Y1, Y2, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R7 and R8 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Christine Hiu-Tung Chen, Zhuoliang Chen, Michael Dore, Jorge Garcia Fortanet, John William Giraldes, Rajesh Karki, Mitsunori Kato, Matthew J. LaMarche, Lawrence Blas Perez, Martin Sendzik, Troy Douglas Smith, Bakary-Barry Toure, Sarah Williams
  • Patent number: 10339168
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer implemented method, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a full question generation system, the method comprising ingesting, into the full question generation system, a query dataset derived from one or more search queries entered by one or more users of an internet search engine; identifying questions from the ingested query dataset; separating, through a full question identification module, one or more prior full questions from the ingested dataset; identifying, through a question intent query identification module, one or more question intent queries from the query dataset; for each identified question intent query: sorting, through a sorting module, the question intent query into one or more bins based on one or more missing interrogative words; and appending, through an appending module, the missing interrogative word and a verb onto the question intent
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bryn R. Dole, William S. Ko, Malous M. Kossarian, Douglas A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190185475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 R1, R2, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R6a and R6b are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Bagdanoff, Zhuoliang Chen, Michael Dore, Jorge Garcia Fortanet, Mitsunori Kato, Matthew J. LaMarche, Patrick James Sarver, Michael Shultz, Troy Douglas Smith, Sarah Williams
  • Patent number: 10314573
    Abstract: Suture clip deployment devices for applying suture clips to sutures are described. Some embodiments can include a generally tubular main body and a vacuum port located at the distal end, a hollow inner body longitudinally slidable within the main body and extending from the main body at its distal end, and a suture recess located in the generally tubular main body. At least one suture clip configured to frictionally fit on an outer surface of the inner body is deployed during use. Clip deployment can occur after a vacuum source is applied to the device so as to draw the suture into the device. The suture lines can be retrieved through the suture recess, and the device can be actuated so as to deliver the suture clip off the delivery device and onto the suture, locking the suture in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Zenyo Oba, Michael C. Murad, Manouchehr A. Miraki, Anthony P. Carcia, Fabian Daniel Schroeder, Raffaele Mazzei, Tyler Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 10311490
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the editing of computer programming tags associated with a website. A user interface displaying a representation of a website may be presented on a display screen. The representation may include a plurality of webpage identifiers that each identifies a respective webpage associated with the website. The representation may also include a plurality of active tag indicators that are each associated with a respective one of the webpages. Each active tag indicator may identify a respective portion of computer programming code included in the respective webpage with which the active tag indicator is associated. User input indicating an editing action to be performed with respect to one or more of the computer programming code portions may be received, and a message identifying the editing action may be transmitted via a communications interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Amobee, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20190152495
    Abstract: A locomotive engine control system includes one or more processors operably connected to fuel supply devices. The fuel supply devices are configured to supply fuel into different corresponding cylinders of an engine. The one or more processors are configured to monitor a fuel quantity injected into the cylinders of the engine before and after communication of an overfuel control signal. The overfuel control signal commands the fuel supply device corresponding to a first cylinder of the cylinders to supply excess fuel into the first cylinder. Responsive to the fuel quantity that is monitored not decreasing after the communication of the overfuel control signal, the one or more processors are configured to determine that the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder is defective, and may generate one or more control signals indicative of the fuel supply device corresponding to the first cylinder being defective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Altonji, Jesse A. Brigden, Todd Hayden, Paul Gerard Nistler, Mark Douglas Smith, Neeraj Agrawal, Glenn Shaffer, David Joseph Schroeck
  • Patent number: 10296574
    Abstract: A computing device and method for use in enabling contextual ink annotation in a mapping interface are disclosed. In one aspect, the computing method may include receiving a map view request to render a map view of map data based upon a current map rendering context, determining that a previously created virtual ink annotation is associated with a location within the map view, the virtual ink annotation having a previous map rendering context captured at a time of creation of the virtual ink annotation, and comparing the current map rendering context to the previous map rendering context associated with the virtual ink annotation. The method may further include, based on a result of the comparison, controlling display of the virtual ink annotation in a rendered map view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Smith, Chad Estes, Kshitij Sethi, Felix Andrew, Jeff West
  • Patent number: 10290026
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the storage of an image of a rendered webpage on a storage medium. A first message including a request for a webpage may be transmitted to a web server via a communications interface. The webpage request may generate an advertising opportunity bid request for bids to place an advertisement on the requested webpage. A second message to place a bid on the generated advertising opportunity bid request may be transmitted. Information for rendering the webpage is received in response to the webpage request, and an image of the rendered webpage may be stored on a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Amobee, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 10277572
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to share content. In some aspect, an enterprise mobility management (EMM) server receives a command for provisioning a user for an enterprise service at an identity provider (IDP). The EMM server sends a user provisioning request to the IDP. The user provisioning request includes a user identity attribute and a user entitlement attribute, the user identity attribute identifies the user, and the user entitlement attribute indicates an access level associated with the user for the enterprise service. The EMM server receives a user provisioning response from the IDP. The user provisioning response indicates that the user is provisioned at the IDP for the enterprise service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mendel Elliot Spencer, Kirk Douglas Smith, David Brian Seel, Robert Lorne Bowerman, Aleksandar Susnjar, Calin Marius Bozsitz
  • Publication number: 20190121905
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes identifying a plurality of documents associated with a predetermined subject, where each of the plurality of documents contains textual data, analyzing the textual data of each of the plurality of documents to identify one or more categories within the plurality of the documents, and returning the one or more categories identified within the plurality of the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Charles E. McManis, Jr., Douglas A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10255281
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a document are described. In one described method, a document comprising a portion selected by a first member of a social network is hoisted for the first member. The portion is dynamically updated with content. An audience criterion for the portion and a type of relationship between the first member and a second member of the social network are identified. If the type of relationship between the first member and the second member satisfies the audience criterion, the second member is provided access to at least the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Adam Douglas Smith, Amin Zoufonoun
  • Patent number: 10253837
    Abstract: Structural devices for energy dissipation can be designed to provide asymmetrical responses to cyclic axial loading. The energy dissipation devices can be designed to provide a known or predictable response to tensile loading, along with a different known or predictable response to compressive loading. The devices may include a filament which bears a portion of both tensile and compressive loads and a bracing device which provides lateral support to the filament to prevent buckling. Interlocks or a similar restraining mechanism can be used to resist part of either a compressive or tensile load. These components can be configured in such a manner as to provide an asymmetric response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: STRUCTURAL FUSE, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Douglas Smith, Kyle Aaron Turner
  • Patent number: 10242002
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a system and method for semantic distance calculation. The method can involve receiving a plurality of documents having a set of subjects extracted through the use of latent dirichlet allocation; for each document in the plurality of documents, generating a classification list comprising a ranking of the one or more subjects based on the relevance of each subject to the document; for each classification list, calculating the semantic distance between each subject present on the classification list; aggregating the plurality of classification lists; and creating a distance matrix containing the relative semantic distances between each member of the set of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer A. English, Malous M. Kossarian, Charles E. McManis, Jr., Douglas A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190090131
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provides for user authentication. In an example, the method and apparatus includes establishing a very short range wireless communication link between the first apparatus and the second apparatus and authenticating a user of the first apparatus by the second apparatus directly using a different and short range peer to peer wireless communication link between the first apparatus and the second apparatus in response to establishing the very short range wireless communication link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: CLAYTON DOUGLAS SMITH, LINDSEY MARTIN KENT
  • Patent number: 10229184
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a system and method for semantic distance calculation. The method can involve ingesting a plurality of documents; extracting a set of subjects from the plurality of documents using latent dirichlet allocation; for each document in the plurality of documents, generating a classification list comprising a ranking of the one or more subjects based on the relevance of each subject to the document; for each classification list, calculating the semantic distance between each subject present on the classification list; aggregating the plurality of classification lists; and creating a distance matrix containing the relative semantic distances between each member of the set of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer A. English, Malous M. Kossarian, Charles E. McManis, Jr., Douglas A. Smith
  • Patent number: 10223470
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a document are described. In one described method, a document comprising a portion selected by a first member of a social network is hosted for the first member. The portion is dynamically updated with content. An audience criterion for the portion and a type of relationship between the first member and a second member of the social network are identified. If the type of relationship between the first member and the second member satisfies the audience criterion, the second member is provided access to at least the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Adam Douglas Smith, Amin Zoufonoun
  • Patent number: 10223205
    Abstract: Various embodiments for failure recovery in a computing environment following a data restoration are provided. A catalog locate is performed for each of a plurality of data sets on a base catalog structure (BCS), identifying a plurality of BCS entries. If a first BCS entry is cataloged incorrectly, the first BCS entry is designated to be re-cataloged. The plurality of BCS entries is compared with a plurality of volume table of contents and a plurality of VSAM volume data set (VTOC/VVDS) entries. If a second BCS entry found in the plurality of BCS entries is not found in the plurality of VTOC/VVDS entries, and the second BCS entry indicates that a data set associated with the second BCS entry is located on a volume, an attempt is made to vary on the volume. If the volume cannot be varied on, a request is created to restore the volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darrell Christopher Clarke, Kyle Barret Dudgeon, Miguel Angel Perez, David Charles Reed, Max Douglas Smith