Patents by Inventor Douglas W. Swartz
Douglas W. Swartz 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).
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Publication number: 20210234767Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing modules may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 10671600Abstract: The present invention is directed to architectures for receiving, from requestors, requests for information, identifying appropriate responders, unknown to the requestors, to provide the requested information, and effecting interactions between the requestors and responders.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: David Charles Bengtson, Andrew J. Cammer, Andrew D. Flockhart, Eugene Mathews, Christopher Moss, Douglas W. Swartz, John Z. Taylor
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Patent number: 10445703Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for preparing reminders for calendar items (i.e., tasks). More specifically, a calendar item may be created using a calendar application or the like. Once created the reminder is strategically scheduled to provide the reminder to the user associated with the calendar item early enough such that the user can be reminded in a convenient and helpful manner, and will have a chance to perform any necessary tasks prior to the calendar item.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Atkins, Sunny Singh Kalsi, Rohan Lenard, David Thambiratnam, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20190222484Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing modules may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 10020995Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing modules may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: AUTOCONNECT HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 9769319Abstract: An automated method and system is provided for resolving conflicts in presence and availability information stored at differing network nodes and configuring interparty communications.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: David L. Chavez, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20170093643Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing modules may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20160185222Abstract: The present disclosure describes a microprocessor executable network controller operable to cache media intended for a vehicle occupant in response to a vehicle state change, vehicle function, change in vehicle location, actual or expected change in a signal parameter associated with a selected channel and/or request by the vehicle occupant and/or a signal source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20160103980Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing modules may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 9081653Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing module may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 8811597Abstract: A contact center is provided that includes a plurality of agents for servicing incoming contacts and an a performance analysis module that compares a proposed contact center configuration and/or change in secondary contact center performance parameter against a set of contact center templates, the contact center templates defining a historical contact center configuration as of respective points in time and, based on the results of this operation, predicts an impact on a primary contact center performance parameter if the proposed contact center configuration and/or change in secondary performance parameter were to be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Kenneth R. Hackbarth, Murray Jenson, Sarah H. Kiefhaber, Joylee Kohler, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 8800049Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to the use of separate communication pathways over different types of networks to handle bearer and control signaling in connection with a license transaction.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Paul Roller Michaelis, David S. Mohler, Douglas W. Swartz, Roger L. Toennis
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Patent number: 8594315Abstract: The present invention is directed to an auto-configuration agent that guides the user to configure automatically a communication device based on observed user behavior and an auto-completion agent that, as numbers of a telephone address are received from the user, provides a list of matching complete telephone addresses for the user to choose from.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Daily, Christopher R. Gentle, Lisa Y. Kawahara, Ashis Maity, Michael J. Thomas, David Volejnicek, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20130282238Abstract: The present disclosure describes a vehicle implementing one or more processing modules. These modules are configured to connect and interface with the various buses in the vehicle, where the various buses are connected with the various components of the vehicle to facilitate information transfer among the vehicle components. Each processing module is further modularized with the ability to add and replace other functional modules now or in the future. These functional modules can themselves act as distinct vehicle components. Each processing module may hand-off processing to other modules depending on its health, processing load, or by third-party control. Thus, the plurality of processing modules helps to implement a middleware point of control to the vehicle with redundancy in processing and safety and security awareness in their applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Christopher P. Ricci, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 8488764Abstract: An automated method and system is provided for configuring conference calls in which participants can be joined automatically at different times and in response to differing stimuli and in which presence information is used to configure and/or initiate the conference calls.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventor: Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 8400309Abstract: A system and method of monitoring compliance with a hygiene protocol is disclosed. The movement of person within or otherwise associated with a facility may be tracked and hygiene requirements may be imposed based on the movement. In monitoring hygiene compliance, a number of hygiene levels may be defined that are associated with difference hygiene requirements. A hygiene level may be associated with an individual and that level may be raised or lowered based on hygiene related activity associated with the individual. An individual's hygiene level and/or his compliance with multi-level hygiene requirements may be tracked through the use of monitored hygiene stations and/or location tracking stations.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Resurgent Health & Medical, LLCInventors: James Glenn, Paul R. Barnhill, Timothy Prodanovich, Thomas M. Johannsen, Stephan Jerome Heim, Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20110288738Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and enabling apparatus for integrating a new fuel or fuels into an operating transportation system in a continuous, seamless manner. The method disclosed overcomes the economic risk associated with developing a new fuel when there is little or no fuel distribution infrastructure in place for the new fuel. Integrating a new fuel into an existing transportation system can be implemented with two enabling technologies. The first is an engine capable of operating seamlessly on multiple fuels. The second is a system of determining a driving strategy that makes the transition from one fuel to another seamless to the driver. A compact, high-performance gas turbine engine is an enabling apparatus of the above strategy. The system of driving strategy disclosed herein allows the operator of the vehicle or the fleet manager to minimize operational costs by estimating the best combination of fuels, fuel dispensers and driving strategies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: ICR TURBINE ENGINE CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Wegner Donnelly, David William Dewis, Douglas W. Swartz
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Patent number: 8060565Abstract: In one embodiment, a communication system is provided that includes: (a) an input operable to receive incoming instant messages; (b) a text-to-speech converter 220 operable to convert a text message in an incoming instant message into a voiced equivalent thereof; (c) a speech-to-text converter 232 operable to convert a voice signal into a text equivalent thereof; (d) a message completion agent 428 operable to convert the text equivalent into an outgoing instant message; and (e) an output operable to send the outgoing instant message to a selected recipient.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventor: Douglas W. Swartz
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Publication number: 20110055555Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to the use of separate communication pathways over different types of networks to handle bearer and control signaling in connection with a license transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: Paul Roller Michaelis, David S. Mohler, Douglas W. Swartz, Roger L. Toennis
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Publication number: 20100326472Abstract: A system is provided for providing automated washing and verifying compliance of use. The system provides for identifying individual users of one or more cleaning stations through various technologies, such as RFID. Individual's use of cleaning stations is monitored to determine compliance with hand-washing requirements. A compliance report may be generated based on data associated with one or more individuals' use of the cleaning station(s). Educational and/or entertainment content may be displayed to the user when he or she is using the cleaning station. Additionally, the cleaning station may identify containers having authorized consumables such as soap or disinfectant. Optional automated collection and forwarding of hygiene compliance information is performed to provide compliance monitors, such as a regulatory agency, with such information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: RESURGENT HEALTH & MEDICAL, LLCInventors: James Glenn, Douglas W. Swartz