Patents by Inventor Eric Lawrence

Eric Lawrence 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: 20240034509
    Abstract: A product display container having a plurality of panels operatively connected to define an internal space operable to receive one or more packable product items therein and a plurality of corners in the internal space, and a plurality of reinforcement structures positioned in the internal space at the corners to provide resistance of the product display container to internal and/or external loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: THE HERSHEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Connor F. Anderson, Eric Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11888725
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supporting multicast for virtual networks. In some embodiments, a native multicast approach can utilized in which packet replication is performed on a host node of a virtual machine (VM) with a multicast data packet encapsulated in uniquely address unicast packets. In some embodiments, a network virtual appliance can be utilized. A multicast packet sent from the VM can be unicasted to the network virtual appliance. The multicast appliance can then replicate the packet into multiple copies and send the packets to the receivers in the virtual network as unicast data packets encapsulating the multicast packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Harish Kumar Chandrappa, Adarsh Kirnelli Rangaiah, Milan Dasgupta, Daniel Max Firestone, Michal Czeslaw Zygmunt, Xinyan Zan, Rishabh Tewari, Eric Lawrence Albert Lantz, Deepak Bansal, Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11769048
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a single machine learned model that allows for ranking of entities across all of the different combinations of node types and edge types is provided. The solution calibrates the scores from Edge-FPR models to a single scale. Additionally, the solution may utilize a per-edge type multiplicative factor dictated by the true importance of an edge type, which is learned through a counterfactual experimentation process. The solution may additionally optimize on a single, common downstream metric, specifically downstream interactions that can be compared against each other across all combinations of node types and edge types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Parag Agrawal, Ankan Saha, Yafei Wang, Yan Wang, Eric Lawrence, Ashwin Narasimha Murthy, Aastha Nigam, Bohong Zhao, Albert Lingfeng Cui, David Sung, Aastha Jain, Abdulla Mohammad Al-Qawasmeh
  • Patent number: 11714926
    Abstract: Product displays are used to hold and present products. A method of manufacturing a product display can include forming display unit and cartridge blanks for assembly into a product display that has been designed using a product display design model executed on a computing device. A dataset of standardized units is created and includes products, cartridges, and display units. The product display design model generates product display design options that specify geometric arrangements of cartridges within display units, where the cartridges are each associated with a product type. The geometric arrangements are based on inputs that include combinations of a target total product count, a target mix ratio, product types, and a product display type. Display unit blanks and cartridge blanks used to construct display units and cartridges of the product display are formed by a manufacturing device based on a generated product display design option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: THE HERSHEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Lawrence, Christopher P. Gantz, Gregory M. Gressel
  • Patent number: 11687857
    Abstract: The novel invention provides methods and systems for automated production of merchandising displays. The displays can be assembled in whole, shipped in whole and filled with customer-selected products in customer-selected amounts, filled with criteria-selected products in criteria-selected amounts or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: THE HERSHEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Greg Gressel, Eric Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20220150156
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supporting multicast for virtual networks. In some embodiments, a native multicast approach can utilized in which packet replication is performed on a host node of a virtual machine (VM) with a multicast data packet encapsulated in uniquely address unicast packets. In some embodiments, a network virtual appliance can be utilized. A multicast packet sent from the VM can be unicasted to the network virtual appliance. The multicast appliance can then replicate the packet into multiple copies and send the packets to the receivers in the virtual network as unicast data packets encapsulating the multicast packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Harish Kumar CHANDRAPPA, Adarsh Kirnelli RANGAIAH, Milan DASGUPTA, Daniel Max FIRESTONE, Michal Czeslaw ZYGMUNT, Xinyan ZAN, Rishabh TEWARI, Eric Lawrence Albert LANTZ, Deepak BANSAL, Young LEE
  • Patent number: 11299313
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shipping and display container which can be formed from one or more blanks folded and formed according to a method for creating the container. A portion of the blank forming the front wall can be formed from two stacked, joined layers including an interior and an exterior blank layer. The exterior blank layer includes top flaps and bottom flaps, the top flaps being significantly smaller in height compared to the bottom flaps such that when the container is formed, the top flaps form a bearing surface along the border of the container, on which a second container may be stacked, while defining a central window that displays the interior contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Hershey Company
    Inventors: Eric Lawrence, Katelyn R. Rocheleau, Gregory Gressel
  • Publication number: 20220083853
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a single machine learned model that allows for ranking of entities across all of the different combinations of node types and edge types is provided. The solution calibrates the scores from Edge-FPR models to a single scale. Additionally, the solution may utilize a per-edge type multiplicative factor dictated by the true importance of an edge type, which is learned through a counterfactual experimentation process. The solution may additionally optimize on a single, common downstream metric, specifically downstream interactions that can be compared against each other across all combinations of node types and edge types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Parag Agrawal, Ankan Saha, Yafei Wang, Yan Wang, Eric Lawrence, Ashwin Narasimha Murthy, Aastha Nigam, Bohong Zhao, Albert Lingfeng Cui, David Sung, Aastha Jain, Abdulla Mohammad Al-Qawasmeh
  • Patent number: 11184274
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supporting multicast for virtual networks. In some embodiments, a native multicast approach can utilized in which packet replication is performed on a host node of a virtual machine (VM) with a multicast data packet encapsulated in uniquely address unicast packets. In some embodiments, a network virtual appliance can be utilized. A multicast packet sent from the VM can be unicasted to the network virtual appliance. The multicast appliance can then replicate the packet into multiple copies and send the packets to the receivers in the virtual network as unicast data packets encapsulating the multicast packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Harish Kumar Chandrappa, Adarsh Kirnelli Rangaiah, Milan Dasgupta, Daniel Max Firestone, Michal Czeslaw Zygmunt, Xinyan Zan, Rishabh Tewari, Eric Lawrence Albert Lantz, Deepak Bansal, Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20210334921
    Abstract: Software tools serve universities and their prospective and enrolled students in the development of clearly understood career pathways, attainment of skills, and transition to employment. Exemplary embodiments are designed to better reveal the connections between chosen majors, required coursework, developed skills, future employment, and regional labor markets, while also providing data to better understand a student's process of making educational and career choices when exposed to this data. An overall goal of the product is to affect increased enrollment and successful outcomes of underserved and non-traditional students through exposure to guaranteed transfer pathways, cost savings, timely matriculation, higher retention, and increased post-graduation job opportunities focused on regional job markets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Marc T. Austin, Eric Lawrence Woodall, Audra Meckstroth, David Anthony Lewis, Peter Rea
  • Publication number: 20210130033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shipping and display container which can be formed from one or more blanks folded and formed according to a method for creating the container. A portion of the blank forming the front wall can be formed from two stacked, joined layers including an interior and an exterior blank layer. The exterior blank layer includes top flaps and bottom flaps, the top flaps being significantly smaller in height compared to the bottom flaps such that when the container is formed, the top flaps form a bearing surface along the border of the container, on which a second container may be stacked, while defining a central window that displays the interior contents of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: The Hershey Company
    Inventors: Eric Lawrence, Katelyn R. Rocheleau, Gregory Gressel
  • Publication number: 20200382412
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for supporting multicast for virtual networks. In some embodiments, a native multicast approach can utilized in which packet replication is performed on a host node of a virtual machine (VM) with a multicast data packet encapsulated in uniquely address unicast packets. In some embodiments, a network virtual appliance can be utilized. A multicast packet sent from the VM can be unicasted to the network virtual appliance. The multicast appliance can then replicate the packet into multiple copies and send the packets to the receivers in the virtual network as unicast data packets encapsulating the multicast packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Harish Kumar CHANDRAPPA, Adarsh Kirnelli RANGAIAH, Milan DASGUPTA, Daniel Max FIRESTONE, Michal Czeslaw ZYGMUNT, Xinyan ZAN, Rishabh TEWARI, Eric Lawrence Albert LANTZ, Deepak BANSAL, Young LEE
  • Patent number: 10428588
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of designing a drill bit comprises determining placements on a drill bit for a plurality of cutting elements at a plurality of radial coordinates of the drill bit. The method further comprises determining a substrate-based critical depth of cut for a substrate of each cutting element and generating a substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve based on the substrate-based critical depth of cut at each radial coordinate. The method also comprises comparing the substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve and the threshold critical depth of cut control curve and adjusting a drill bit design parameter if the substrate-based critical depth of cut control curve is less than or equal to the threshold critical depth of cut control curve at a radial coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilin Chen, Eric Lawrence Helgesen
  • Patent number: 10289194
    Abstract: A ride system for an amusement park includes a ride vehicle configured to accommodate a rider and configured to travel along a ride path, a head mounted display configured to be worn by the rider, and a control system. The control system is configured to display a virtual instruction to the rider via the head mounted display, receive a signal from a user input device associated with the rider, determine that the signal received from the user input device corresponds to the virtual instruction, and trigger a movement of the ride vehicle in response to determining that the signal corresponds to the virtual instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Sean David McCracken, Eric Lawrence Merz, Patrick Devin Boyle, Justin Michael Schwartz, Thomas Martin Geraghty
  • Patent number: 10268741
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are described being used to distribute a database across a plurality of compute nodes of a parallel computing system. That is, a method is described for creating a fully in-memory database on the parallel computing system. Further, data compression techniques are described being used to increase the performance of the in-memory database by compressing some portions of the database to fit within a single node or a logically or physically related group of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Lawrence Barsness, Amanda Peters, John Matthew Santosuosso
  • Patent number: 10251532
    Abstract: A system and method for using a variable direction of view endoscope in conjunction with an electromechanical endoscope holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Jon Schara, Eric Lawrence Hale, Hans David Hoeg
  • Publication number: 20180253905
    Abstract: A ride system for an amusement park includes a ride vehicle configured to accommodate a rider and configured to travel along a ride path, a head mounted display configured to be worn by the rider, and a control system. The control system is configured to display a virtual instruction to the rider via the head mounted display, receive a signal from a user input device associated with the rider, determine that the signal received from the user input device corresponds to the virtual instruction, and trigger a movement of the ride vehicle in response to determining that the signal corresponds to the virtual instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Sean David McCracken, Eric Lawrence Merz, Patrick Devin Boyle
  • Patent number: 9847702
    Abstract: A method for sealing fluid cooled conduits in-situ for a generator is provided. The fluid or liquid cooled conduits are located external to a stator of the generator and substantially outward of stator bars. The method includes draining coolant from the fluid cooled conduits, and drying interior surfaces of the fluid cooled conduits. In inserting step inserts a borescope and a sealant applicator through an opening in one of the fluid cooled conduits. A locating step locates a brazed joint in the fluid cooled conduit, and a positioning step positions the borescope and the sealant applicator near the brazed joint. An applying step applies a sealant to the inside of the fluid cooled conduit at the brazed joint A viewing step may be used to view the brazed joint with the borescope to confirm that the applying step has been successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Oldham Lambert, Eric Lawrence Schilf
  • Patent number: 9694949
    Abstract: An airtight container for storing comestibles and other articles is disclosed that includes a bottom container portion having a bottom seal section, a top container portion having a top seal section, the top seal section engaged with the bottom seal section to form a container seal at a circular interface, an opening in the top portion, the opening recessed from an outer surface of the top portion and a lid door movably secured to the top portion in which the lid door is configured to selectively engage the opening to form an access seal and in which the top container portion is configured to promote laminar flow across the top portion outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Hershey Company
    Inventors: William J. Hendricks, Jonathon K. Markey, Eric Lawrence, Michael J. Van Driest
  • Patent number: 9615772
    Abstract: A graphical model provides a dynamic representation of the endoscopic view and viewing direction relative to a virtual world. The model can be oriented and adjusted to approximate a real world situation. Angular image navigation coordinates are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lawrence Hale, Nathan Jon Schara, Hans David Hoeg