Patents by Inventor Douglas K. Smith

Douglas K. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124776
    Abstract: Novel high purity dimethylaluminium chloride compositions are provided that are suitable for semiconductor applications, such as atomic layer etch and aluminum ion implantation. The reduction or minimization of specified gaseous impurities allows the vapor phase of the DMAC to have purity levels of 99.9 mol % or higher to selectively etch various atomic layers with high selectivity and high etch precision at acceptable etch rates and 99 mol % or higher to ion implant aluminum ions without substantial implantation of C2H3 ions into a wafer device, thereby avoiding degradation or failure of the wafer device. Storage conditions are established that are conducive to maintaining the high purity levels required for such semiconductor applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Laurence E. Spurgeon, Ashwini K. Sinha, Douglas C. Heiderman, Stanley M. Smith, Oleg Byl
  • Patent number: 11920833
    Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant loop having a compressor, where the compressor is configured to circulate a refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a first heat exchanger disposed along the refrigerant loop, where the first heat exchanger is configured to place the refrigerant in a first heat exchange relationship with a working fluid, and an air handling unit having a second heat exchanger, where the second heat exchanger is configured to place the working fluid in a second heat exchange relationship with an airflow, and where the air handling unit is isolated from the first heat exchanger to reduce or eliminate mixing of refrigerant with the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Ryan L. Snider, Rajiv K. Karkhanis, Chandra S. Yelamanchili, Curtis W. Caskey, Kevin R. Stockton, Nicholas P. Mislak, Douglas A. Kester, Troy E. Smith
  • Patent number: 11611453
    Abstract: Network interface provisioning of containerized instances based on tenant policies. A network interface assignment process (NIAP) receives a first request to assign a network interface to a first containerized instance comprising at least one container. The NIAP determines that a first tenant of a plurality of different tenants is associated with the first containerized instance. The NIAP accesses a first network assignment tenant policy (NATP) that corresponds to the first tenant. Based on the first NATP, the NIAP assigns, to the first containerized instance, a first network interface via which the first containerized instance can communicate with other containerized instances associated with the first tenant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Huamin Chen, Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220271975
    Abstract: Network interface provisioning of containerized instances based on tenant policies. A network interface assignment process (NIAP) receives a first request to assign a network interface to a first containerized instance comprising at least one container. The NIAP determines that a first tenant of a plurality of different tenants is associated with the first containerized instance. The NIAP accesses a first network assignment tenant policy (NATP) that corresponds to the first tenant. Based on the first NATP, the NIAP assigns, to the first containerized instance, a first network interface via which the first containerized instance can communicate with other containerized instances associated with the first tenant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Huamin Chen, Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20190251288
    Abstract: An ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system that provides single, controlled access, editable in real-time, to an individual patient's medical information that remains remotely stored within internal network architecture from a variety of disparate healthcare professionals, medical systems, and vendors networks. The ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system is an independent, cloud-based architecture to ensure that inherent infrastructure does not compromise existing privacy requirements and the proprietary interests of partnered platformed networks. The ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system includes user equipment and a cloud-based vetting system. The cloud-based vetting system includes a Software as a Service (SaaS) module and a Platform as a Service (PaaS) module. The SaaS module provides user authentication at login.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20170185715
    Abstract: A cloud-based, federated collaborative medical records system and methods, in the preferred embodiments, features a variety of mechanisms to enable end users to store, access, edit, and share health information, on demand. A key aspect of said embodiments involves the circumvention of barriers preventing the transfer of health information placed upon other electronic medical records systems and related systems preventing users who are not part of a specific business entity from accessing the records. The preferred embodiments of the present invention delegate control over medical information to those individuals who need access to such medical information at the appropriate time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20170140105
    Abstract: A cloud-based, federated collaborative medical records system and methods, in the preferred embodiments, features a variety of mechanisms to enable end users to store, access, edit, and share health information, on demand. A key aspect of said embodiments involves the circumvention of barriers preventing the transfer of health information placed upon other electronic medical records systems and related systems preventing users who are not part of a specific business entity from accessing the records. The preferred embodiments of the present invention delegate control over medical information to those individuals who need access to such medical information at the appropriate time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20160162637
    Abstract: A viewing system and methods for medical consultation includes an electronic medical records (EMR) system and a cloud viewing network. The EMR system includes a PACS having a PACS image file and the cloud viewing network includes a non-diagnostic viewing module having a non-diagnostic radiological viewer and a tooling module. The non-diagnostic radiological viewer displays a non-diagnostic PACS image based on the corresponding PACS image file to an authorized user accessing the non-diagnostic PACs image through user equipment interfaced with the network. With successful user verification, methods for medical consultation with the viewing system includes the step of sharing network status with the at least one authorized user of the viewing system via a network status social network indicator. The viewing system sends a consultation session invitation for a cloud-based, physician curbside consultation session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Virtual Viewbox, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150261917
    Abstract: A cloud-based, federated collaborative medical records system and methods, in the preferred embodiments, features a variety of mechanisms to enable end users to store, access, edit, and share health information, on demand. A key aspect of said embodiments involves the circumvention of barriers preventing the transfer of health information placed upon other electronic medical records systems and related systems preventing users who are not part of a specific business entity from accessing the records. The preferred embodiments of the present invention delegate control over medical information to those individuals who need access to such medical information at the appropriate time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150220691
    Abstract: The preferred embodiment of the invention generates customized reporting templates in response to actions taken by healthcare payer organizations. The templates are generated in response to the bases of rejection relied upon in previous rejections. As appropriate, responses to specific criteria and references to commonly utilized medical coding are incorporated as necessary into the generated templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: VIRTUAL VIEWBOX, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20150012300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system of collecting medical information from patients and other sources and distributing information as necessary to medical providers and the devices used by medical providers in the preferred embodiment. The information collected generates triggers of suggested orders and notifications among patients and medical providers. The preferred embodiment of the present invention also relates to an efficient, automated system of generating orders related to patient care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Virtual Viewbox, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140337053
    Abstract: A system and method for healthcare administration enabling a patient to simply provide a single login through the system as a trigger that permits the system to subsequently login to patient portals from a plurality of participant medical entities such as EMR networks based on the single initial login, among other operations. Specifically, a federated patient portal system assigns a meaningful use credit to a corresponding participant medical entity as the patient interacts with a user device, such as a patient medical records kiosk. The patient provides a biometric input to initiate a login session with the federated patient portal system through the user device. The biometric input enables the patient to quickly authenticate with the federated patient portal system while eliminating the need for initially providing alpha numerical text input for login.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: VIRTUAL VIEWBOX, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140040040
    Abstract: A system for distributing messages to consumers. A consumer may opt-in to receive messages by sending a text message with a keyword to an aggregator. The aggregator is a message distributor and the opt-in message opts in for a particular advertiser and other advertisers. The advertiser may send messages to the consumer and other consumers who specifically opt in for the advertiser. Other advertisers may send messages to the consumer if sufficiently nearby or related to the advertiser, or if sharing a consumer cloud of the advertiser. The advertisers may manage all messages using a mobile or other interface. Messages are sent for a fee. A portion of the fee is remitted to charitable organizations identified for such purpose by recipient consumers receiving the messages. Messages sent by advertisers may include text messages, emails or instant messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Scot B. Townsend, Jordan S. Townsend, Ramon R. Smith, Daniel S. Smith, Jeffrey S. Taylor, Mark A. Mann, Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140026194
    Abstract: An ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system that provides single, controlled access, editable in real-time, to an individual patient's medical information that remains remotely stored within internal network architecture from a variety of disparate healthcare professionals, medical systems, and vendors networks. The ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system is an independent, cloud-based architecture to ensure that inherent infrastructure does not compromise existing privacy requirements and the proprietary interests of partnered platformed networks. The ePHI-compliant gatekeeper system includes user equipment and a cloud-based vetting system. The cloud-based vetting system includes a Software as a Service (SaaS) module and a Platform as a Service (PaaS) module. The SaaS module provides user authentication at login.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130110537
    Abstract: A viewing system and methods for medical consultation includes an electronic medical records (EMR) system and a cloud viewing network. The EMR system includes a PACS having a PACS image file and the cloud viewing network includes a non-diagnostic viewing module having a non-diagnostic radiological viewer and a tooling module. The non-diagnostic radiological viewer displays a non-diagnostic PACS image based on the corresponding PACS image file to an authorized user accessing the non-diagnostic PACs image through user equipment interfaced with the network. With successful user verification, methods for medical consultation with the viewing system includes the step of sharing network status with the at least one authorized user of the viewing system via a network status social network indicator. The viewing system sends a consultation session invitation for a cloud-based, physician curbside consultation session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Douglas K. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120116816
    Abstract: A system and method for healthcare administration and, particularly, radiologic practice workflow. A referring physician applies chosen selection sets of policy configurations to at least one dashboard before an order is placed by the referring physician. Each dashboard includes a real time augmentation function and a plurality of ranged selection sets of policy configurations whereby each selection set is initially created by the referring physician. The policy configurations are updated in real time with, at least in part, shared data input received at a group application function of a radiology social network referral system. The referring physician generates a patient preorder workfile with at the at least one dashboard in response to a patient need. The group application function collects data input for the patent preorder workfile. After a physician order entry is entered, the patient preorder workfile is actively interfaced with an electronic medical records system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: DOUGLAS K. SMITH
  • Patent number: 6024694
    Abstract: A humidifier module is provided for a patient support apparatus which includes an opening into which the module is inserted, an electrical service connector, an air inlet port, and an air outlet port. The humidifier module includes a water reservoir and a heater configured to heat water in the reservoir. An air chamber with an air inlet port and an air exhaust port for mating with air inlet and outlet ports of the patient support apparatus and an electrical connector for mating with the electrical service connector of the patient support apparatus is included in the humidifier module. When the humidifier module is inserted into the patient support apparatus, the patient support apparatus is provided with a humidified environment for a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Hill-Rom, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Goldberg, Douglas K. Smith, Floyd G. Speraw
  • Patent number: 5964031
    Abstract: A PCB support for supporting PCBs during surface mounting processing and other PCB assembly processes. In one embodiment, a PCB stand has a support structure attachable to an elevator table of a PCB processing machine and a platform connected to the support structure. The support structure may be a superstructure that can project away from the elevator table, and the platform may be a beam or other member that can support a significant portion of the surface area on the backside of the PCB. The superstructure and platform operate together to position the height of the platform with respect to the elevator table at an elevation at which the platform supports and interior region of the PCB assembly when the elevator table is in a processing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: MCMS, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas K. Smith, Randal D. Lewis