Patents by Inventor Gareth Smith
Gareth 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).
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Patent number: 11912545Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Matthew Post, Gareth Mueckl, Matthew N. Thurin, Joshua D. Widder, Timothy J. Bartlett, Patrick D. Gallagher, Jarrod P. Kotes, Karly M. Schober, Kenneth W. Wolf, Terry L. Timmons, Mallory L. Marksteiner, Jonathan L. Lambert, Ryan A. Spiering, Jeremy R. Ebner, Benjamin A. Smith, James Wekwert, Brandon L. Yahr, Troy C. Thorson, Connor P. Sprague, John E. Koller, Evan M. Glanzer, John S. Scott, William F. Chapman, III, Timothy R. Obermann
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Publication number: 20220352570Abstract: A process for the recovery of one or more transition metals and lithium from waste lithium ion batteries or parts thereof is disclosed. The process comprising the steps of (a) providing a particulate material containing a transition metal compound and/or transition metal, wherein the transition metal is selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co, and wherein further at least a fraction of said Ni and/or Co, if present, are in an oxidation state lower than +2, e.g. in the metallic state; which particulate material further contains a lithium salt; (b) treating the material provided in step (a) with a polar solvent and optionally an alkaline earth hydroxide; (c) separating the solids from the liquid, optionally followed by a solid-solid separation step; and (d) treating the solids containing the transition metal in a smelting furnace to obtain a metal melt containing Ni and/or Co provides good separation of transition metal as alloy and of lithium in high purity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Wolfgang ROHDE, Birgit GERKE, Kerstin SCHIERLE-ARNDT, Matthias VOGES, Regina VOGELSANG, Fabian SEELER, Gareth SMITH, Torben ADERMANN
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Patent number: 10380687Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to trade surveillance and monitoring systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective physical trader emotional attributes, and objective activity measures (e.g., trading activity, financial market activity, etc.). Detect scenarios (which may be thought of as logical sequences that define types or patterns used in detecting unwanted incidents) and context scenarios (which may be thought of as logical sequences that help provide additional context in the investigation stage of an incident) may be defined to take into account such information and be used in these and/or regards.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: SOFTWARE AGInventor: Gareth Smith
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Large venue surveillance and reaction systems and methods using dynamically analyzed emotional input
Patent number: 9996736Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Software AG USA, Inc.Inventors: Leighton Smith, Gareth Smith -
Patent number: 9922350Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a dynamically adaptable real-time customer experience manager and/or associated method. Electronic messages are received from different source systems. Each message has an associated message type. Metadata is dynamically and programmatically developed for each received message based on an extensible set of scoring scenarios. The metadata includes at least one metric that is comparable across messages of different types for assessing relative priorities. A determination is made as to where in a queue of pending messages each received message is to be inserted, based on the metadata. A complex event processing query is executed on the queue to dynamically identify a pending message therein that is to be delivered. The identified pending message is subjected to pre-programmed distribution scenarios to identify which possible communication channel(s) that identified pending message is to be sent.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SOFTWARE AGInventor: Gareth Smith
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Patent number: 9654935Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Viavi Solutions UK LimitedInventors: Peter Kenington, Stefan Thiel, Gareth Smith, Michael Joseph Flanagan
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LARGE VENUE SURVEILLANCE AND REACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DYNAMICALLY ANALYZED EMOTIONAL INPUT
Publication number: 20170046566Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Leighton SMITH, Gareth SMITH -
Patent number: 9571982Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for providing continued of streaming content to a mobile device in a distributed wireless network. This includes receiving user location data; receiving user movement history data; receiving user profile data; determining a predicted coverage area based on the user location data and at least one of: the user movement history data and the user profile data; receiving static coverage data for the predicted coverage area; receiving dynamic signal data for the predicted coverage area; determining a predicted probability of network failure in the predicted coverage area based on the static coverage data and the dynamic signal data; determining if the predicted probability exceeds a set threshold value; retrieving desirable data for the predicted coverage area if the predicted probability exceeds a threshold; and storing the desirable data in a computer memory in the mobile device if the predicted probability exceeds the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Software AGInventor: Gareth Smith
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Patent number: 9479944Abstract: A method of deriving cell characteristic values for cells within a wireless communication network. The method for determining a set of cells for which cell characteristic values are to be derived, and using a genetic algorithm to derive cell characteristic values for the set of cells based at least partly on measurement data obtained by wireless communication subscriber units within the wireless communication network.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Viavi Solutions UK LimitedInventors: Stefan Thiel, Peter Kenington, Gareth Smith, Michael Joseph Flanagan
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Large venue surveillance and reaction systems and methods using dynamically analyzed emotional input
Patent number: 9449218Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Software AG USA, Inc.Inventors: Leighton Smith, Gareth Smith -
Publication number: 20160269870Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Peter KENINGTON, Stefan Thiel, Gareth Smith, Michael Joseph Flanagan
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Patent number: 9351126Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Viavi Solutions UK LimitedInventors: Peter Kenington, Stefan Thiel, Gareth Smith, Michael Joseph Flanagan
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LARGE VENUE SURVEILLANCE AND REACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DYNAMICALLY ANALYZED EMOTIONAL INPUT
Publication number: 20160110591Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Leighton SMITH, Gareth SMITH -
Publication number: 20160057639Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for providing continued of streaming content to a mobile device in a distributed wireless network. This includes receiving user location data; receiving user movement history data; receiving user profile data; determining a predicted coverage area based on the user location data and at least one of: the user movement history data and the user profile data; receiving static coverage data for the predicted coverage area; receiving dynamic signal data for the predicted coverage area; determining a predicted probability of network failure in the predicted coverage area based on the static coverage data and the dynamic signal data; determining if the predicted probability exceeds a set threshold value; retrieving desirable data for the predicted coverage area if the predicted probability exceeds a threshold; and storing the desirable data in a computer memory in the mobile device if the predicted probability exceeds the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventor: Gareth Smith
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Publication number: 20160048914Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to trade surveillance and monitoring systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective physical trader emotional attributes, and objective activity measures (e.g., trading activity, financial market activity, etc.). Detect scenarios (which may be thought of as logical sequences that define types or patterns used in detecting unwanted incidents) and context scenarios (which may be thought of as logical sequences that help provide additional context in the investigation stage of an incident) may be defined to take into account such information and be used in these and/or regards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventor: Gareth SMITH
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Publication number: 20160022845Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved [18F]labelled synthon composition, wherein the non-radioactive impurities in said composition have been found to be more straightforward to remove than with known compositions comprising said [18F]labelled synthon. The resultant purified [18F]label led synthon therefore can be used in the production of a positron emission tomography (PET) tracer having improved properties for in vivo imaging. The invention also includes methods of imaging and/or diagnosis using the radiopharmaceutical compositions described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITEDInventors: RAJIV BHALLA, ALEXANDER JACKSON, GARETH SMITH
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Publication number: 20160019608Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to a dynamically adaptable real-time customer experience manager and/or associated method. Electronic messages are received from different source systems. Each message has an associated message type. Metadata is dynamically and programmatically developed for each received message based on an extensible set of scoring scenarios. The metadata includes at least one metric that is comparable across messages of different types for assessing relative priorities. A determination is made as to where in a queue of pending messages each received message is to be inserted, based on the metadata. A complex event processing query is executed on the queue to dynamically identify a pending message therein that is to be delivered. The identified pending message is subjected to pre-programmed distribution scenarios to identify which possible communication channel(s) that identified pending message is to be sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventor: Gareth SMITH
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Publication number: 20150350444Abstract: A multi-channel communication system may include a plurality of agent electronic devices associated with a customer center, and a context electronic device including a processor and a session database. The context electronic device may be communication with each of the plurality of agent electronic devices such that each of the plurality of agent electronic devices is able to access information stored in the session database. The system may include a proxy in communication with one or more user electronic devices and the context electronic device, where the proxy may be configured to route a communication from the user electronic devices to a designated agent electronic device from the plurality of agent electronic devices that is associated with a communication channel, where the communication occurs via the communication channel, and the context electronic device. The context electronic device may be configured to store received context information associated with the communication in the session database.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Kevin J. Glass, Dale O'Connor, Gareth Smith, Craig Williams
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Publication number: 20150276738Abstract: Provided are processes of determining die immimogenicity of a rabies virus vaccine preparation that for the first tiine correlates well with in vivo results. The methods capitalize on an ECL assay for RABV G protein that is sensitive, reproducible, and can be used to quickly assess characteristics of new vaccine preparations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Todd Gareth Smith, Charles Rupprecht
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Publication number: 20150189479Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: JDSU UK LimitedInventors: Peter Kenington, Stefan Thiel, Gareth Smith, Michael Joseph Flanagan