Patents by Inventor George Thomas

George Thomas 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: 12046236
    Abstract: Training data can be received, which can include pairs of speech and meaning representation associated with the speech as ground truth data. The meaning representation includes at least semantic entities associated with the speech, where the spoken order of the semantic entities is unknown. The semantic entities of the meaning representation in the training data can be reordered into spoken order of the associated speech using an alignment technique. A spoken language understanding machine learning model can be trained using the pairs of speech and meaning representation having the reordered semantic entities. The meaning representation, e.g., semantic entities, in the received training data can be perturbed to create random order sequence variations of the semantic entities associated with speech. Perturbed meaning representation with associated speech can augment the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hong-Kwang Kuo, Zoltan Tueske, Samuel Thomas, Brian E. D. Kingsbury, George Andrei Saon
  • Publication number: 20240238117
    Abstract: A temperature management system controls a temperature of a body of a patient and determines a value indicative of a thermoregulatory activity of the patient. The system includes a heat exchange system configured to exchange heat with a body of a patient and to record operational data while controlling the temperature of the body of the patient. The temperature management system receives temperature data from a sensor, controls the heat exchange system to maintain the temperature of the body of the patient within a target temperature range, receives, in response to the controlling, operational data, determines, based on the temperature data and the operational data, a value indicative of a thermoregulatory activity of the patient, and generates, based on the value, an alert through the user interface indicating the thermoregulatory activity of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: George L. Walls, Richard A. Helkowski, Jeremy Thomas Dabrowiak, Byron Reynolds, IIjong Lee, Michael W. Dae, Sean W. YIP
  • Publication number: 20240214447
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick McWilliams, Jason Lap-Wing Koo, Chad Major Hartman, George Thomas Webster, IV, Son Phi Hoang
  • Publication number: 20240185993
    Abstract: Techniques are described that employ a multifactorial, machine-learning based system and prioritization framework for optimizing patient placement to beds at a medical facility. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented is provided that comprises receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a patient placement request requesting placement of a patient to a hospital bed of the healthcare facility, wherein the request is associated with information identifying a medical service for the patient and a bed type. The method further comprises, selecting, by the system, a placement prioritization model from a set of placement prioritization models based on the medical service and the bed type, and employing, by the system, the prioritization model and state information regarding a current state of the healthcare facility to determine a prioritization score reflective of a priority level of the patient placement request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Savanoor Rai, Bex George Thomas, Andrew Day
  • Publication number: 20240146548
    Abstract: A testing system includes one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: perform, on each array of an SRAM of a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), the SRAM having a plurality of arrays, one or more tests to determine one or more biased cells in the array, generate bias characteristics for each array of the SRAM based on the one or more biased cells of the array, compare bias characteristics of each of the plurality of arrays, select, based on the comparison, an array of the plurality of arrays as a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) array, and store an identifier of the PUF array into a memory of the SoC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sudhir Satpathy, Renji George Thomas, Shrirang Madhav Yardi
  • Patent number: 11944437
    Abstract: According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include having a user input one or more speech commands into an input device of a user device. The user device may communicate with one or more components or devices at a local office or headend. The local office or the user device may transcribe the speech commands into language transcriptions. The local office or the user device may determine a mood for the user based on whether any of the speech commands may have been repeated. The local office or the user device may determine, based on the mood of the user, which content asset or content service to make available to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Scot Zola, Vikrant Sagar
  • Publication number: 20240095376
    Abstract: An example method includes identifying, by processing circuitry, a Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) array selected from a static random-access memory (SRAM) device of a System-on-a-Chip (SoC); reading, by the processing circuitry, from a memory, helper data associated with the PUF array and usable for generating a cryptographic key based on the PUF array; determining, by the processing circuitry, whether the helper data associated with the PUF array has been altered after its initial generation by a test system; and in response to determining that the helper data associated with the PUF array has been altered, disabling access to data, software, or functions protected by the cryptographic key generated based on the PUF array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sudhir Satpathy, Renji George Thomas, Shrirang Madhav Yardi
  • Publication number: 20240055285
    Abstract: A system for controlling of wafer bow in plasma processing stations is described. The system includes a circuit that provides a low frequency RF signal and another circuit that provides a high frequency RF signal. The system includes an output circuit and the stations. The output circuit combines the low frequency RF signal and the high frequency RF signal to generate a plurality of combined RF signals for the stations. Amount of low frequency power delivered to one of the stations depends on wafer bow, such as non-flatness of a wafer. A bowed wafer decreases low frequency power delivered to the station in a multi-station chamber with a common RF source. A shunt inductor is coupled in parallel to each of the stations to increase an amount of current to the station with a bowed wafer. Hence, station power becomes less sensitive to wafer bow to minimize wafer bowing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Edward Augustyniak, David French, Sunil Kapoor, Yukinori Sakiyama, George Thomas
  • Patent number: 11863611
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TEALIUM INC.
    Inventors: Patrick McWilliams, Jason Lap-Wing Koo, Chad Major Hartman, George Thomas Webster, IV, Son Phi Hoang
  • Publication number: 20230395241
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for predicting a discharge date of a patient of a healthcare facility. In one embodiment, a method for a patient management system of a healthcare facility comprises receiving a selected confidence level from a user of the patient management system; predicting a date for discharging a patient of the healthcare facility using a trained discharge date prediction model, based on a set of patient data of the patient, the discharge date prediction model trained on historical patient data of the healthcare facility; based on the received confidence level and an output of the trained discharge date prediction model, predict a discharge date window of the patient; generating a predicted discharge date window element summarizing the discharge window prediction in a user interface (UI) of the patient management system; and displaying the UI on a display device of the patient management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jehoshua Joon Chang, Jeffrey R. Terry, Bex George Thomas, Kathleen P. Martin
  • Patent number: 11823928
    Abstract: A system for controlling of wafer bow in plasma processing stations is described. The system includes a circuit that provides a low frequency RF signal and another circuit that provides a high frequency RF signal. The system includes an output circuit and the stations. The output circuit combines the low frequency RF signal and the high frequency RF signal to generate a plurality of combined RF signals for the stations. Amount of low frequency power delivered to one of the stations depends on wafer bow, such as non-flatness of a wafer. A bowed wafer decreases low frequency power delivered to the station in a multi-station chamber with a common RF source. A shunt inductor is coupled in parallel to each of the stations to increase an amount of current to the station with a bowed wafer. Hence, station power becomes less sensitive to wafer bow to minimize wafer bowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Augustyniak, David French, Sunil Kapoor, Yukinori Sakiyama, George Thomas
  • Patent number: 11823700
    Abstract: A system for removing noise from an audio signal is described. For example, noise caused by content playing in the background during a voice command or phone call may be removed from the audio signal representing the voice command or phone call. By removing noise, the signal to noise ratio of the audio signal may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Patent number: 11798835
    Abstract: Methods for removing an oxide film from a silicon-on-insulator structure are disclosed. The oxide may be stripped from a SOI structure before deposition of an epitaxial silicon thickening layer. The oxide film may be removed by dispensing an etching solution toward a center region of the SOI structure and dispensing an etching solution to an edge region of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles R. Lottes, Shawn George Thomas, Henry Frank Erk
  • Patent number: 11743319
    Abstract: A web application has a limit on the total number of concurrent users. As requests from client devices are received from users, a determination is made whether the application can accept those users. When the threshold number of users has been exceeded, new users are prevented from accessing the web application and are assigned to a queue system. A webpage may be sent to the users indicating queue status and may provide their estimated wait time. A cookie may be sent to the client for tracking the position of the user in the application queue. The users are assigned to a user bucket associated with a time interval of their initial request. When user slots become available, the users queued in the user bucket (starting from the oldest user bucket) are allowed access to the web application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: George Thomas, Dimitrios Antonellis, Mathew Jacob, Fabienne Heitiare Semeria
  • Publication number: 20230257879
    Abstract: A liner assembly for a substrate processing system includes a first liner and a second liner. The first liner includes an annular body and an outer peripheral surface including a first fluid guide. The first fluid guide is curved about a circumferential line extending around the first liner. The second liner includes an annular body, an outer rim, an inner rim, a second fluid guide extending between the outer rim and the inner rim, and a plurality of partition walls extending outwardly from the second fluid guide. The second fluid guide is curved about the circumferential line when the first and second liners are positioned within the processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Arash Abedijaberi, Shawn George Thomas
  • Patent number: 11709749
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for capturing diagnostics data in a distributed computing environment comprising a plurality of computing devices executing a plurality of Kubernetes pods. A worker node is configured with a staging area for storing temporary diagnostics data. An agent is configured to upload the temporary diagnostics data. Each container in the worker node is assigned a directory in the staging area for writing the container's temporary diagnostics data. When a container in the worker node has written a temporary diagnostics data file to the container's directory in the staging area, the temporary diagnostics data file is uploaded to the persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Alex John Hockey, James Turner, Huw Ivor George Thomas, Thomas Robert Steavenson
  • Publication number: 20230229687
    Abstract: According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include determining, by a device and based on historical data associated with a first user, a first user profile comprising one or more content recommendation periods each associated with a time period and a content classification, and in response to detecting a user interaction, selecting a first content recommendation period of the one or more content recommendation periods. The methods and system may also include determining one or more content candidates corresponding to the content classification from a plurality of content assets based on an amount of remaining time in the time period associated with the first content recommendation period and a correlation between the historical data associated with the first user and one or more contextual features associated with the plurality of content assets, and transmitting, to a client device, an indication of the one or more content candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Erik M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20230224541
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for power control in a media receiver device having a plurality of electronic components, using a trained model. Input signals are received from at least one electronic component. An alertness state of the device is determined using a machine learning based determiner trained to process the received input signals and predict a subsequent alertness state identifying at least one additional component or device. Power consumption by the identified components and devices is controlled based on the predicted alertness state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Sky CP Limited
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Adam Rees, Stephen Craig
  • Publication number: 20230222153
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy in media content searches are described. An advertisement for a media content item is analyzed to identify keywords that may describe the media content item. The identified keywords are associated with the media content item for use during a voice search to locate the media content item. A user may speak the one or more of the keywords as a search input and be provided with the media content item as a result of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Patent number: 11699615
    Abstract: A semiconductor on insulator multilayer structure is provided. The multilayer comprises a high resistivity single crystal semiconductor handle substrate, an optionally relaxed semiconductor layer comprising silicon, germanium, or silicon germanium, an optional polycrystalline silicon layer, a dielectric layer, and a single crystal semiconductor device layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Peidous, Lu Fei, Jeffrey L. Libbert, Andrew M. Jones, Alex Usenko, Gang Wang, Shawn George Thomas, Srikanth Kommu