Patents by Inventor Gregory J. Small
Gregory J. Small 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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Publication number: 20240066425Abstract: A system for an entertainment venue includes an enclosure comprising a display surface, a light emitter disposed within the enclosure and configured to output a light, and a tube disposed within the enclosure. The tube is configured to receive the light and transmit the light through the display surface of the enclosure to form imagery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Clayton James Tripp, Gregory Addison Hill, JR., Stephen Burnham Swift, Eli J. Romaire, Jonathan Harris Sangel, Alex Christopher Merryman, Anthony Joseph Domingo, Jeffrey Gontar Small, Camille Ann Smolucha
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Patent number: 10454931Abstract: Methods and systems for securing communications with an enterprise from a remote computing system are disclosed. One method includes initiating a secured connection with a VPN appliance associated with an enterprise using service credentials maintained in a secure applet installed on a remote computing device, and initiating communication with an authentication server within an enterprise via the secured connection. The method also includes receiving specific credentials from the authentication server, terminating the secured connection with the VPN appliance, and initiating a second secured connection with the VPN appliance using the specific credentials, the specific credentials providing access to one or more computing devices within the enterprise being within a same community of interest as the remote computing device and obfuscating one or more other computing systems within the enterprise excluded from the community of interest.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: UNISYS CORPORATIONInventors: Ted Hinaman, Steven J Rajcan, Matthew Mohr, William Gunn, Sarah K Inforzato, Robert A Johnson, Gregory J Small, David S Dodgson
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Publication number: 20190097968Abstract: A method of communicatively connecting first and second endpoints across a NAT and/or PAT router to form an IPSec encrypted tunnel is disclosed. A message is received by the first endpoint from the second endpoint. The message includes an encrypted portion including a source port, a destination port, a source IP address, and a destination IP address. It is determined whether a table entry exists for the message. If Yes, it is determined by the first endpoint whether a NAT router and/or a PAT router is between the first endpoint and the second endpoint based, at least in part, on the table entry and the encrypted portion of the message. If Yes, an IPSec encrypted tunnel is created using IPSec transport mode for further communications between the first and second endpoints. An apparatus and a computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Sarah K. Inforzato, Gregory J. Small, Robert A. Johnson, Barry C. Andersen, Kathleen Wild
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Patent number: 9830564Abstract: A method for creating, executing and communicating customized, automated checklists may include dynamically creating a customized checklist including a plurality of checklist items. The method may also include transmitting a notification to a predetermined recipient that the customized checklist is available. The method may additionally include displaying the customized checklist on an interface device in response to the customized checklist being selected by the recipient. The method may additionally include updating a status of each checklist item in response to each checklist item being completed. The method may further include determining if a new checklist is available during execution of an existing checklist and allowing a user to switch to the new checklist during the execution of the existing checklist.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Gregory J. Small, Christopher R. Small
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Patent number: 9781168Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Inventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Patent number: 9742816Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Publication number: 20170208038Abstract: Methods and systems for securing communications with an enterprise from a remote computing system are disclosed. One method includes initiating a secured connection with a VPN appliance associated with an enterprise using service credentials maintained in a secure applet installed on a remote computing device, and initiating communication with an authentication server within an enterprise via the secured connection. The method also includes receiving specific credentials from the authentication server, terminating the secured connection with the VPN appliance, and initiating a second secured connection with the VPN appliance using the specific credentials, the specific credentials providing access to one or more computing devices within the enterprise being within a same community of interest as the remote computing device and obfuscating one or more other computing systems within the enterprise excluded from the community of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Ted Hinaman, Steven J. Rajcan, Matthew Mohr, William Gunn, Sarah K. Inforzato, Robert A. Johnson, Gregory J. Small, David S. Dodgson
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Patent number: 9692500Abstract: A method and apparatus for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft. In response to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, a number of aircraft is identified to send microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of identified aircraft based on a location of the aircraft and a location of the source. The number of identified aircraft is configured to send the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of configured aircraft. The number of configured aircraft forms a mobile network. The microwave signals are sent between the source and the aircraft using the number of configured aircraft. The information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Gregory J. Small, Timothy M. Mitchell, Duke McMillin
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Publication number: 20160365917Abstract: A method and apparatus for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft. In response to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, a number of aircraft is identified to send microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of identified aircraft based on a location of the aircraft and a location of the source. The number of identified aircraft is configured to send the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of configured aircraft. The number of configured aircraft forms a mobile network. The microwave signals are sent between the source and the aircraft using the number of configured aircraft. The information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Gregory J. Small, Timothy M. Mitchell, Duke McMillin
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Patent number: 9426768Abstract: A method and apparatus for exchanging information between a source and an aircraft. In response to a request to exchange the information between the aircraft and the source, a number of aircraft is identified to send microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of identified aircraft based on a location of the aircraft and a location of the source. The number of identified aircraft is configured to send the microwave signals between the source and the aircraft to form a number of configured aircraft. The number of configured aircraft forms a mobile network. The microwave signals are sent between the source and the aircraft using the number of configured aircraft. The information is exchanged between the aircraft and the source using the microwave signals sent through the mobile network.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Gregory J. Small, Timothy M. Mitchell, Duke McMillin
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Patent number: 9392034Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Patent number: 9386049Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Patent number: 9380083Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Publication number: 20150296083Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P. Davis, Lynnette K. Evans, Richard L. Fuller, Gregory J. Small, Scott S. Preston
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Publication number: 20150295980Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide sip signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P. Davis, Lynnette K. Evans, Richard L. Fuller, Gregory J. Small, Scott S. Preston
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Publication number: 20150295956Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P Davis, Lynnette K Evans, Richard L Fuller, Gregory J Small, Scott S Preston
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Publication number: 20150295981Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide sip signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P. Davis, Lynnette K. Evans, Richard L. Fuller, Gregory J. Small, Scott S. Preston
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Publication number: 20150295979Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide sip signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P. Davis, Lynnette K. Evans, Richard L. Fuller, Gregory J. Small, Scott S. Preston
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Publication number: 20150256680Abstract: The embodiments described herein recite a telephone communication system used for handling information such as messages, typically voice mail messages, and, more particularly, is directed to a system that provides distributed session initiation protocol (SIP) silos. Distributed SIP silos (DSS) is a Communications Application Platform (CAP) feature that maintains the site's call capacity even when a signaling server fails. DSS uses multiple non-redundant signaling servers to provide SIP signaling for the same set of media ports. Because there are multiple signaling servers providing signaling for the same set of ports, the failure of one signaling server only terminates the calls it was actively processing and once those calls have been cleaned up, all the available (non-suspended) ports in the configuration are available to the remaining signaling servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: September 10, 2015Applicant: Unisys CorporationInventors: Jon P. Davis, Lynnette K. Evans, Richard L. Fuller, Gregory J. Small, Scott S. Preston
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Patent number: 8862680Abstract: Methods and systems for data prioritization are described. In one example embodiment, the method includes the steps of assigning data an urgency and importance, and prioritizing the data using the assigned urgency and importance. In one specific example, such prioritization is then used in communicating, e.g., dispatching, the data. For example, such urgency and importance are used in prioritizing data to be communicated between an onboard aircraft system and a ground based system.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kim Van Wyck Gould, Gregory J. Small, Steven R. Galipeau, Carey J. Kirkland