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).

  • Publication number: 20250173448
    Abstract: An interactive distributive platform apparatus configured to be a single source of truth. The platform may include entity identifier data stored in a database. The data may be placed in a grid through an AI algorithm. The AI algorithm may place the data in the grid using one or more rules. The data may be extracted into datasets. The datasets may be placed in corresponding selected nodes. Placement of the datasets may occur using smart contracts. The nodes may be part of a holochain. The datasets and rules may be validated in an interactive distributive platform. The interactive distributive platform may be the single source of truth. The interactive distributive platform may direct any request that enters the system to the correct node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Frency George Thomas, Shailendra Singh, Deepiga Venkatachalam, Shoumi Mukherjee, Suhasini Mullapudi
  • Publication number: 20250132026
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for monitoring, predicting and/or alerting for census periods in medical inpatient units are presented. A system can include a grouping component that defines a group of beds at a medical facility based on at least one grouping factor, and a group stability component that determines a measure of occupancy variability for the group based on historical census data for respective beds in the group. The system can further include a model selection component that selects one or more census forecasting models for the group based on the measure of occupancy variability, and a patient census component that applies the one or more census forecasting models to current patient flow data for the medical facility to forecast an expected occupancy level for the group during one or more future periods of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Bex George Thomas, Vijay K. Veeraghattam, Hong Yang, Gregory Peter Betman
  • Publication number: 20250126327
    Abstract: This application describes methods, systems, and apparatus for allowing a user to easily determine whether the user and/or other user(s) have viewed content. For example, a program guide may display one or more graphics associated with the content (e.g., a movie poster), and in response to determining whether the user has viewed the content, the program guide may include an indication of whether the user has viewed the content. The program guide may include indications associated with multiple users (e.g., different colors, icons, graphics, or text). The program guide may filter the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., only display content the user has not viewed). A computing device storing the content may manage recording of the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., delete the recording if the user has viewed the content). A viewing history of the user may be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Alan Leech, Mehul Patel, Edward David Monnerat, George Thomas Des Jardins, Erik M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20250070741
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting impedances or power or a combination thereof across multiple plasma processing stations are described. One of the systems includes a first radio frequency (RF) generator that generates a first RF signal having a first frequency, a second RF generator that generates a second RF signal having a second frequency, and a first matching network coupled to the first RF generator to receive the first RF signal. The first impedance matching network outputs a first modified RF signal upon receiving the first RF signal. The system further includes a second matching network coupled to the second RF generator to receive the second RF signal. The second matching network outputs a second modified RF signal upon receiving the second RF signal. The system further includes a combiner and distributor coupled to an output of the first matching network and an output of the second matching network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Sunil KAPOOR, George Thomas, Yaswanth Rangineni, Edward Augustyniak
  • Patent number: 12224058
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for monitoring, predicting and/or alerting for census periods in medical inpatient units are presented. A system can include a grouping component that defines a group of beds at a medical facility based on at least one grouping factor, and a group stability component that determines a measure of occupancy variability for the group based on historical census data for respective beds in the group. The system can further include a model selection component that selects one or more census forecasting models for the group based on the measure of occupancy variability, and a patient census component that applies the one or more census forecasting models to current patient flow data for the medical facility to forecast an expected occupancy level for the group during one or more future periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bex George Thomas, Vijay K. Veeraghattam, Hong Yang, Gregory Peter Betman
  • Patent number: 12167091
    Abstract: This application describes methods, systems, and apparatus for allowing a user to easily determine whether the user and/or other user(s) have viewed content. For example, a program guide may display one or more graphics associated with the content (e.g., a movie poster), and in response to determining whether the user has viewed the content, the program guide may include an indication of whether the user has viewed the content. The program guide may include indications associated with multiple users (e.g., different colors, icons, graphics, or text). The program guide may filter the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., only display content the user has not viewed). A computing device storing the content may manage recording of the content based on whether the user has viewed the content (e.g., delete the recording if the user has viewed the content). A viewing history of the user may be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Alan Leech, Mehul Patel, Edward David Monnerat, George Thomas Des Jardins, Erik M. Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20240405993
    Abstract: A client device determines that a telephony outage is occurring. The client device connects to an on-premises telephony node using an encrypted password at the client device. The client device accesses a set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: George Thomas
  • Patent number: 12143087
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting impedances or power or a combination thereof across multiple plasma processing stations are described. One of the systems includes a first radio frequency (RF) generator that generates a first RF signal having a first frequency, a second RF generator that generates a second RF signal having a second frequency, and a first matching network coupled to the first RF generator to receive the first RF signal. The first impedance matching network outputs a first modified RF signal upon receiving the first RF signal. The system further includes a second matching network coupled to the second RF generator to receive the second RF signal. The second matching network outputs a second modified RF signal upon receiving the second RF signal. The system further includes a combiner and distributor coupled to an output of the first matching network and an output of the second matching network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunil Kapoor, George Thomas, Yaswanth Rangineni, Edward Augustyniak
  • Publication number: 20240306850
    Abstract: A moisture control apparatus for a cooking chamber of a cooking device. A cooking system that can include the cooking device and the moisture control apparatus connected to the cooking chamber of the cooking device. The moisture control apparatus can include a control portion and a dispersal portion. The control portion can be located on the outside of the cooking device. The control portion can control the flow of water to the dispersal portion so as to control moisture on a food in the cooking chamber of the cooking device by providing, by the dispersal portion, a mist or fog of water particles to the cooking surface of the cooking chamber. The dispersal portion can be located inside the cooking chamber of the cooking device, and the control portion can be located outside the cooking chamber of the cooking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: James McMillan, George T. Hazelton, JR., George Thomas Hazelton, III
  • Patent number: 12094452
    Abstract: Methods for automatically evaluating ASR outputs and providing annotations, including corrections, on the transcriptions—in order to improve recognition—may be based on an analysis of sessions of user voice queries, utilizing time-ordered ASR transcriptions of user voice queries (i.e., user utterances). This utterance-based approach may involve extracting both session-level and query-level characteristics from a voice query sessions and identifying patterns of query reformulation in order to detect erroneous transcriptions and automatically determine an appropriate correction. Alternative, or in addition, ASR outputs may be evaluated based on user behavior. The outcomes may be classified as positive or negative. An ASR transcription may be labeled using the description of the outcome. The labeled transcription may be used as training data to train a model to output improved transcriptions of voice queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Wenyan Li, Ferhan Ture, Jose Casillas, George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Publication number: 20240304207
    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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Patent number: 12071686
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Arash Abedijaberi, Shawn George Thomas
  • Patent number: 12059097
    Abstract: A moisture control apparatus for a cooking chamber of a cooking device. A cooking system that can include the cooking device and the moisture control apparatus connected to the cooking chamber of the cooking device. The moisture control apparatus can include a control portion and a dispersal portion. The control portion can be located on the outside of the cooking device. The control portion can control the flow of water to the dispersal portion so as to control moisture on a food in the cooking chamber of the cooking device by providing, by the dispersal portion, a mist or fog of water particles to the cooking surface of the cooking chamber. The dispersal portion can be located inside the cooking chamber of the cooking device, and the control portion can be located outside the cooking chamber of the cooking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Method Barbecue, LLC.
    Inventors: James McMillan, George T. Hazelton, Jr., George Thomas Hazelton, III
  • Patent number: 12052366
    Abstract: A client device determines that a telephony outage is occurring. The client device connects to an on-premises telephony node using an encrypted password at the client device. The client device accesses a set of telephony services via the on-premises telephony node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: George Thomas
  • 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