Patents by Inventor George Irwin

George Irwin 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: 20160379270
    Abstract: A system and method that provides contextualized content to a user is disclosed. The system receives content pieces such as text, audio, or video, and generates a jott for each received content piece. Each generated jott includes a taxonomical classification or a named entity, and a corresponding relevancy score. The system generates a core data structure for a user, which includes one or more taxonomical classifications or named entities in which the user has expressed an interest, and which also includes a corresponding weight value. The system determines matching jotts based on a comparison of the generated jotts to the generated core data structure for the user, and the system displays an indication of the matching jotts in a fashion that allows the user to select a jott for display. In addition, the system allows the user to view, modify, and control the dissemination of information that the system maintains regarding the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jay Shah, George Irwin
  • Patent number: 8851903
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing having a body and a head extending outward from the body. The housing is coupled to an LED circuit board with the head mounted to a front side of the LED circuit board and with the body extending through an opening of the LED circuit board to a rear side of the LED circuit board. The housing has driver card slot in the body configured to receive a driver card from the rear side of the LED circuit board. The housing has a contact channel open to the driver card slot with a contact therein. The contact has a mating interface configured to engage and be electrically connected to the driver card. The contact has a mounting leg extending from the head that is configured to be mounted to the front side of the LED circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Francis Decker, George Irwin Peters, Jr., Matthew Edward Mostoller, Charles Raymond Gingrich, III
  • Patent number: 8825189
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to execute an auxiliary recipe and a batch recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a first recipe, and before completion of execution of the first recipe, receiving an auxiliary recipe. The example method also involves determining whether the first recipe has reached an entry point at which the auxiliary recipe can be executed. The auxiliary recipe is then executed in response to determining that the first recipe has reached the entry point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fisher Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Henry Moore, Jr., Nathan William Pettus, William George Irwin, Tusar Nanda
  • Patent number: 8764459
    Abstract: A connector system includes a substrate having a front side and a rear side with an opening therethrough, and a connector assembly coupled to the substrate. The connector assembly includes a housing having a body at a bottom and a head at a top that extends along the front side with the body extending through the opening to the rear side. The housing has a contact channel extending therethrough. A poke-in contact is received in the contact channel through the top of the housing. The poke-in contact has a wire trap configured to receive a wire therein in a wire loading direction through the bottom of the housing. The poke-in contact has a mounting leg extending from the head and mounted to the front side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Francis Decker, George Irwin Peters, Jr., Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Publication number: 20140024230
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing having a body and a head extending outward from the body. The housing is coupled to an LED circuit board with the head mounted to a front side of the LED circuit board and with the body extending through an opening of the LED circuit board to a rear side of the LED circuit board. The housing has driver card slot in the body configured to receive a driver card from the rear side of the LED circuit board. The housing has a contact channel open to the driver card slot with a contact therein. The contact has a mating interface configured to engage and be electrically connected to the driver card. The contact has a mounting leg extending from the head that is configured to be mounted to the front side of the LED circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Francis Decker, George Irwin Peters, JR., Matthew Edward Mostoller, Charles Raymond Gingrich, III
  • Publication number: 20140024269
    Abstract: A connector system includes a substrate having a front side and a rear side with an opening therethrough, and a connector assembly coupled to the substrate. The connector assembly includes a housing having a body at a bottom and a head at a top that extends along the front side with the body extending through the opening to the rear side. The housing has a contact channel extending therethrough. A poke-in contact is received in the contact channel through the top of the housing. The poke-in contact has a wire trap configured to receive a wire therein in a wire loading direction through the bottom of the housing. The poke-in contact has a mounting leg extending from the head and mounted to the front side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Francis Decker, George Irwin Peters, JR., Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Patent number: 8606379
    Abstract: A method of generating a product recipe for execution by a batch process in an automated manufacturing environment, such the product recipe is associated with a plurality of actions, a set of transitions, and a set of parameters, and such that the plurality of actions define a plurality of logical levels including a phase level at which the batch process interacts with equipment, includes receiving a procedure definition specifying the plurality of actions, receiving a transaction definition specifying the set of transitions so that each one in the set of transitions is associated with two or more of the plurality of actions, and receiving the set of parameters. Receiving the set of parameters includes receiving at least one dynamic input parameter that resolves to a value without obtaining the value from the recipe or an operator prompt associated at the phase level of the recipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dawn Marruchella, William George Irwin, Godfrey Roland Sherriff, Tusar Nanda
  • Patent number: 8165700
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an integrated HMI application for monitoring and interacting with both batch and non-batch processes in a process plant are disclosed. A plurality of independent stand-alone software objects defining various batch process interface views are embedded within a non-batch process control interface application. A blackboard service is provided for storing batch control data used by the various stand alone software objects. The blackboard service may be adapted to communicate with a batch control server to receive batch control data for populating the various batch interface views with data relating to various batch processes being carried out in the process plant and to send instructions for controlling the various batches input by users via the various batch interface views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan William Pettus, Tusar Nanda, Aaron C. Jones, William George Irwin, James Henry Moore, Jr., David L. Deitz, Danny H. Do, Dawn Marruchella
  • Patent number: 8150541
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow during recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a recipe, and before completion of execution of the recipe, receiving process flow change information indicative of a modification to a process flow of the recipe. Process flow rules are then retrieved from a process flow rules data structure. The recipe process flow is modified based on the process flow change information in response to determining that at least one requested change indicated by the process flow change information does not violate one of the process flow rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Henry Moore, Jr., Nathan William Pettus, William George Irwin, Tusar Nanda
  • Patent number: 8057263
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces that are configured to engage board edges of first and second circuit boards, respectively. The connector housing includes a contact channel that extends through the connector housing between the mating and loading faces. The electrical connector also includes a signal contact that is stamped from sheet material along a stamped edge. The signal contact includes a contact body having opposite sheet surfaces. The stamped edge defines a shape of the contact body that includes first and second contact fingers. The signal contact is disposed within the contact channel so that the stamped edge along the first contact finger electrically engages the first circuit board and so that the stamped edge along the second contact finger electrically engages the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Edward John Howard, Steven Lee Flickinger, George Irwin Peters, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110146147
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a plurality of open faced cells fluidly interconnected for retaining a growing medium and live vegetation in a vertical orientation of the panel assembly. The fluid interconnection of the cells provides for gravitationally induced water transfer from the growing medium of a first cell to the growing medium of a second cell, as well as root growth between the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: George A Irwin
  • Patent number: 7962227
    Abstract: A data collection and viewing application provides a user interface that allows a user to quickly and easily examine a particular batch process or a batch run, to compare separate batch runs and/or to determine whether the particular batch run deviates from a norm, without having to perform a lot of manual data manipulation. To this end, the user interface provides or creates a compact graphical representation of a batch, illustrating a number of different types of batch-related data in relation to one another in a manner that enables a user to easily view or understand the operation of the batch run, either alone or as compared with one or more other batch runs. Moreover, process alarms, alerts, events, as well as other information may be placed in one or more additional layers, and the various layers may be shown together to provide a compact graphical view of the batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Worek, Bruce Hubert Campney, William George Irwin, Christopher J. Felts
  • Patent number: 7921599
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a plurality of open faced cells fluidly interconnected for retaining a growing medium and live vegetation in a vertical orientation of the panel assembly. The fluid interconnection of the cells provides for gravitationally induced water transfer from the growing medium of a first cell to the growing medium of a second cell, as well as root growth between the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: George Irwin
  • Patent number: 7814703
    Abstract: A method of supporting vegetation in a multilayer vegetation support system on a roof, the method includes disposing a reservoir substrate on the roof. The reservoir substrate also includes a plurality of concave dimples separated by land areas. The method further includes disposing a composite on the reservoir substrate to overlay the plurality of dimples and forms a corresponding number of chambers defined by the reservoir structure and the composite, the composite having a root barrier layer and a multitude of projecting loops, the loops being interconnected at a multitude of locations spaced from the root barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Inventor: George Irwin
  • Publication number: 20100154302
    Abstract: A method of supporting vegetation in a multilayer vegetation support system on a roof, the method includes disposing a reservoir substrate on the roof. The reservoir substrate also includes a plurality of concave dimples separated by land areas. The method further includes disposing a composite on the reservoir substrate to overlay the plurality of dimples and forms a corresponding number of chambers defined by the reservoir structure and the composite, the composite having a root barrier layer and a multitude of projecting loops, the loops being interconnected at a multitude of locations spaced from the root barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Green Living Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: George Irwin
  • Patent number: 7716873
    Abstract: A multilayer vegetation support system is provided, wherein the system includes a reservoir substrate and an overlying composite, wherein a growing medium and vegetation are disposed on an exposed surface of the composite. The reservoir substrate is a generally planar member having a plurality of recesses or dimples, and can include a plurality of drain apertures in land areas intermediate the dimples. The composite includes a water retention layer, a root barrier layer and a multitude of projecting loops, wherein a growing medium and vegetation overlie and intertwine with the projecting loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Green Living Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: George Irwin
  • Publication number: 20100083571
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a plurality of open faced cells fluidly interconnected for retaining a growing medium and live vegetation in a vertical orientation of the panel assembly. The fluid interconnection of the cells provides for gravitationally induced water transfer from the growing medium of a first cell to the growing medium of a second cell, as well as root growth between the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: GREEN LIVING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: George Irwin
  • Publication number: 20100082132
    Abstract: A method of generating a product recipe for execution by a batch process in an automated manufacturing environment, such the product recipe is associated with a plurality of actions, a set of transitions, and a set of parameters, and such that the plurality of actions define a plurality of logical levels including a phase level at which the batch process interacts with equipment, includes receiving a procedure definition specifying the plurality of actions, receiving a transaction definition specifying the set of transitions so that each one in the set of transitions is associated with two or more of the plurality of actions, and receiving the set of parameters. Receiving the set of parameters includes receiving at least one dynamic input parameter that resolves to a value without obtaining the value from the recipe or an operator prompt associated at the phase level of the recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Dawn Marruchella, William George Irwin, Godfrey Roland Sherriff, Tusar Nanda
  • Patent number: 7684875
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises obtaining a tag of a process control device from the input/output device, and associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Oscar Jundt, Kent Allan Burr, Gary Keith Law, William George Irwin, Marty James Lewis, Michael George Ott, Robert Burke Havekost
  • Publication number: 20100064580
    Abstract: A multilayer vegetation support system is provided, wherein the system includes a reservoir substrate and an overlying composite, wherein a growing medium and vegetation are disposed on an exposed surface of the composite. The reservoir substrate is a generally planar member having a plurality of recesses or dimples, and can include a plurality of drain apertures in land areas intermediate the dimples. The composite includes a water retention layer, a root barrier layer and a multitude of projecting loops, wherein a growing medium and vegetation overlie and intertwine with the projecting loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: GREEN LIVING TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: George Irwin