Patents by Inventor Eric Williams

Eric Williams 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: 12430115
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; updating the data center asset client module to a new version of the data center asset client module, the new version of the data center asset client module including new data center asset module state information and new data center asset connectivity information; and, providing the connectivity management system aggregator with the new data center asset module connectivity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kirk Frey, Tommi Salli, Dominique Prunier, Eric Williams, Elie A. Jreij
  • Patent number: 12353461
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable media enable various techniques related to semantic navigation. One aspect is a technique for displaying semantically derived facets in the search engine interface. Each of the facets comprises faceted search results. Each of the faceted search results is displayed in association with user interface elements for including or excluding the faceted search result as additional search terms to subsequently refine the search query. Another aspect automatically infers new metadata from the content and from existing metadata and then automatically annotates the content with the new metadata to improve recall and navigation. Another aspect identifies semantic annotations by determining semantic connections between the semantic annotations and then dynamically generating a topic page based on the semantic connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Pascal Dimassimo, Steve Pettigrew, Martin Brousseau, Charles-Olivier Simard, Eric Williams, Francis Lacroix, Alex Dowgailenko, Agostino Deligia, Jean-Michel Texier
  • Patent number: 12235938
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a communications management operation. The communications management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a connectivity management system client module; setting the data center asset to a disable until claimed status; providing the data center asset with proof of possession information; establishing a connection between the connectivity management system client module and a connectivity management system of a data center monitoring and management console, establishing a secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client module and a connectivity management system aggregator based upon the proof of ownership information; and, setting the data asset center to a claimed status based upon the information exchanged between the connectivity management system client module and the connectivity management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kirk Frey, Tommi Salli, Dominique Prunier, Christopher Atkinson, Sudhir V. Shetty, Elie A. Jreij, Eric Williams
  • Patent number: 12225072
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module, the data center asset client module comprising a file download module, the data center asset client module storing a file block; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator, the connectivity management system aggregator communicating with a file distribution service, the file distribution service communicating with a file tracker service, the location of the software component being maintained by the file tracker service; and, distributing the file block from the data center asset client module to the data center asset client module via the file download module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Williams, Dominique Prunier, Christoper Atkinson, Damon G. Earley, Michael E. Brown
  • Publication number: 20250015567
    Abstract: A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Greenlee Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Alexander Fiorentini, Anthony J. Bussan, Austin Thomas Peck, Eric Williams
  • Patent number: 12192289
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module, the data center asset client module including an endpoint extension; providing an endpoint with a data center asset client extension; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; and, communicating between the endpoint and the connectivity management system via the data center asset client extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Atkinson, Eric Williams, Damon G. Earley, Dominique Prunier
  • Publication number: 20240372377
    Abstract: A battery system for powering a power tool includes an electrically powered main function and an auxiliary function. The main system includes a removable main battery an auxiliary battery and a controller that causes the main battery to charge the auxiliary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Amaral, Eric Williams
  • Patent number: 12137347
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: establishing a secure communication channel between a connectivity management system client and a connectivity management system; exchanging information between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including a provisioning request, the provisioning request being generated by the baseboard management controller; and, providing provisioning information to the data center asset via the secure communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie A. Jreij, Eric Williams, Dominique Prunier, Michael E. Brown, Kirk Frey, Sudhir V. Shetty, Christopher Atkinson
  • Patent number: 12107399
    Abstract: A cable puller adapter includes a rotatable gripping member which receives and guides a tailing portion of a pulling line coupled between a capstan of a cable puller and the gripping member, an adapter motor which applies torque to the gripping member, and a controller operatively coupled to the gripping member and configured to measure an amount of current drawn by or provided to the adapter motor, and configured to determine a rotational speed of the adapter motor or the gripping member. The controller adjusts a tailing force on a tailing portion of the pulling line by modulating an amount of current provided to the adapter motor, so as to maximize a velocity of the tailing portion of the pulling line as the gripping member rotates. A method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Henry Alexander Fiorentini, Anthony J. Bussan, Austin Thomas Peck, Eric Williams
  • Patent number: 12052224
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module; establishing a connection between an end user device browser and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; submitting a request to the connectivity management system via the end user device browser to establish connectivity with the data center asset client module; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system based upon the request; and, exchanging information between the data center asset client module and the data connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system aggregator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Atkinson, Elie A. Jreij, Dominique Prunier, Eric Williams, Michael E. Brown
  • Patent number: 12052142
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with and an embedded data center asset client module; establishing a connection between the embedded data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator; and, communicating between the embedded data center asset client module and the connectivity management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie A. Jreij, Dominique Prunier, Eric Williams, Sudhir V. Shetty, Christopher Atkinson, Tommi Salli, Michael E. Brown
  • Patent number: 12015252
    Abstract: A control module for controlling a cable pulling or feeding apparatus at one endpoint of a pulling operation and for wirelessly communicating with a cable feeding or pulling apparatus at an opposite endpoint. The control module includes a switch input to receive a start signal from a switch for initiating operation of the apparatus and an equipment output that connects to the pulling/feeding apparatus. A wireless communication interface communicates ready state or stop state messages to the other apparatus to coordinate a pulling operation. The control module operates in one of two modes: endpoint mode or repeater mode. In repeater mode, the control module may be positioned between the endpoints to extend the wireless communications between the endpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel John Marben, Eric Williams, Satishkumar SivaSankaran, Derald Damitric Woods
  • Patent number: 12003382
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and an embedded data center asset client module; establishing a secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and a connectivity management system; exchanging information between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including a data center asset client module authentication request; authenticating the data center asset client module in response to the data center asset module authentication request; and, configuring software in the data center asset in response to authentication of the data center asset client module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dominique Prunier, Christopher Atkinson, Eric Williams, Damon G. Earley, Elie A. Jreij, Susan E. Young
  • Patent number: 12003963
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module; establishing a connection between a mobile device application and a connectivity management system; submitting a request to the connectivity management system via the mobile device application to establish connectivity with the data center asset client module; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system based upon the request; and, exchanging information between the data center asset client module and the data connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sudhir V. Shetty, Elie A. Jreij, Christopher Atkinson, Eric Williams, Kirk Frey, Michael E Brown, Dominique Prunier
  • Patent number: 11997073
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie A. Jreij, Dominique Prunier, Sudhir V. Shetty, Eric Williams, Michael E. Brown
  • Patent number: 11977505
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with an embedded data center asset client module and a passthrough device; establishing a secure communication channel between the embedded data center asset client module and a connectivity management system; exchanging information between the embedded data center asset client module and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including an operating system image; and, provisioning an operating system to the data center asset via the embedded data center asset client module and the passthrough device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher Atkinson, Eric Williams, Michael E. Brown, Jason Shaw
  • Patent number: 11977570
    Abstract: Content of different formats may be sourced from various data sources such as content servers and ingested into a data integration server by an ingestion broker embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium. The ingestion broker may normalize the content of different formats into a uniform representation that can be indexed and delivered across multiple digital channels for a variety of applications. The normalized content may be analyzed and semantic metadata may be determined from the normalized content. The normalized content can be semantically enriched by associating the semantic metadata and the like with the content. The semantic metadata can be stored in a semantic index that can be used for searching via the data integration server. During search, the semantic metadata can be instantiated as facets for user navigation and refinement of search criteria and additional semantic relationships can be assigned to the words in the normalized content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Pascal Dimassimo, Steve Pettigrew, Martin Brousseau, Charles-Olivier Simard, Eric Williams, Francis Lacroix, Alex Dowgailenko, Agostino Deligia, Jean-Michel Texier
  • Patent number: 11943124
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module and a host operating system agent; establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system, the connectivity management system comprising a service mesh proxy; exchanging information between the data center asset and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset and the connectivity management system; and, remotely executing a workload on the data center asset via a workload orchestration operation, the service mesh proxy communicating with the host operating system agent when performing the workload orchestration operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Anurag Sharma, Michael E. Brown, Dominique Prunier, Eric Williams
  • Patent number: 11924285
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center connectivity management operation. The connectivity management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a connectivity management system client; establishing a secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and a connectivity management system; exchanging information between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including a provisioning request; and, providing provisioning information to the data center asset via the secure communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Elie A. Jreij, Eric Williams, Dominique Prunier, Michael E. Brown, Kirk Frey, Sudhir V. Shetty, Christopher Atkinson
  • Patent number: D1106492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Inventor: Eric Williams