Patents by Inventor Frank Markus

Frank Markus 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: 20160188433
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test. Based on identified faults, one or more mitigation techniques may be implemented in an automated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan John Walter Kube, Daniel Malcolm Hoffman, Frank Markus
  • Patent number: 9280434
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar. Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test. Based on identified faults, one or more mitigation techniques may be implemented in an automated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Wurldtech Security Technologies
    Inventors: Nathan John Walter Kube, Daniel Malcolm Hoffman, Frank Markus
  • Publication number: 20150121143
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test. Based on identified faults, one or more mitigation techniques may be implemented in an automated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Nathan John Walter Kube, Daniel Malcolm Hoffman, Frank Markus
  • Publication number: 20120265490
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the automated testing of a system that includes software or hardware components. In some embodiments, a testing framework generates a set of test cases for a system under test using a grammar Each test case may perform an action, such as provide an input to the system under test, and result in an output from the system under test. The inputs and outputs are then compared to the expected results to determine whether the system under test is performing correctly. The data can then be interpreted in the grammar system or used as input to a fault isolation engine to determine anomalies in the system under test. Based on identified faults, one or more mitigation techniques may be implemented in an automated fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Nathan John Walter Kube, Daniel Malcolm Hoffman, Frank Markus
  • Publication number: 20050165370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent hygiene article, comprising (a) a stiff element which stiffens on contact with body fluids, or (b) a gas element which forms a gas on contact with body fluids, or both as an indicator and (c) At least one hygiene article component, wherein the stiff element or the gas element which forms a gas or both are in contact with the hygiene article component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Scott Smith, Frank Markus
  • Patent number: 4018598
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of reducing the content of a particular substance in molten steel, which includes placing the molten steel and a quantity of slag in a refractory container, submerging a refractory rotor into the molten steel beneath the slag, and rotating the rotor about its axis at a speed sufficient to draw part of the interface between the molten steel and the slag down to the upper face of the rotor. The rotor has downwardly and outwardly extending passageways through which the slag is pumped during rotation of the rotor, whereby the interface area between the slag and the molten steel is increased. During such rotation, the slag is treated from above with a material which preferentially reacts with said particular substance to remove the same from the molten steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: The Steel Company of Canada, Limited
    Inventor: Frank Markus
  • Patent number: 3961775
    Abstract: This invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing interface contact between two immiscible liquids. A rotor with internal pumping passages is immersed beneath the interface and rotated to draw the interface down to the rotor, whereby the upper, less dense liquid is pumped into the lower, more dense liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The Steel Company of Canada, Limited
    Inventor: Frank Markus