Patents by Inventor Gregory Richards

Gregory Richards 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: 8447427
    Abstract: A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has stored thereon identification information for the carrier. Positioned throughout the system are communications devices such as antennas and readers which are employed to read and/or write identification information on the chip. When a carrier is put in the system, a destination location can be associated with the particular carrier ID. This associated information is then employed to, among many things, monitor and confirm identity of the carrier as it moves to its destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Translogic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Gregory Richard Chany, Bennett Charles Hinnen
  • Patent number: 8413141
    Abstract: The disclosure and claims herein are directed to copying segments of a virtual resource definition from an existing virtual resource to create a new virtual resource definition or modifying an existing one to simplify virtualization management. The virtualization manager divides a virtual resource definition into a number of reusable segments. A user may then select one or more segments and place them into a new or existing virtual resource definition. The user can choose to mix and match segments to quickly create or modify a virtual resource definition such as a virtual server, virtual printer or virtual data storage. Any default information in the new virtual resource or old information in the existing resource is replaced by the information in the copied segment. Any dependencies in the existing virtual resource are resolved with user input to break the dependencies or copy dependent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, Gregory Richard Hintermeister
  • Patent number: 8342970
    Abstract: A driveshaft assembly includes a driveshaft with a pair of universal joints disposed at each end of the driveshaft. Each of the universal joints provides torque transfer from the driveshaft to an adapter disposed to driveshaft using a plurality of elliptical projections that mate with interior grooves of the adapter. Stress concentration on the projections may be reduced in some embodiments by providing a variable radius fillet around each of the projections at the intersection of the projection with the driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Precision Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Altimas, Rishi Shankar Gurjar
  • Patent number: 8291330
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment present a main view and at least one peek view of data. When the user selects to move the data from the main view to the peek view, a subset of data objects in the main view is selected based on an importance of the data objects and optionally based on the size of the peek view. The subset is copied to the peek view, and the peek view is dynamically updated when the data objects are updated. In this way, the user can monitor changes to the peek view while working on other data in the main view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, George Francis DeStefano, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Andrew James Streit
  • Patent number: 8258140
    Abstract: The invention concerns bicyclic compounds of Formula I wherein , R1, R2, L1, L2, J, Y, k, n, p and r are as defined in the description. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of androgen-receptor associated conditions, particularly prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Robert Hugh Bradbury, Gregory Richard Carr, Alfred Arthur Rabow, Srinivasa Rao Korupoju, Harikrishna Tumma
  • Publication number: 20120196690
    Abstract: A driveshaft assembly includes a driveshaft with a pair of constant velocity joints disposed at each end of the driveshaft. Each of the constant velocity joints provides torque transfer from the driveshaft to an adapter disposed to driveshaft using a plurality of elliptical projections that mate with interior grooves of the adapter. Stress concentration on the projections may be reduced in some embodiments by providing a variable radius fillet around each of the projections at the intersection of the projection with the driveshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Altimas, Rishi Shankar Gurjar
  • Patent number: 8220040
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a verifier receives requirements for membership in a group from a service and receives proof of attributes from users. The verifier verifies whether the proof of attributes meets the membership requirements and sends acceptance or rejection to the service. If the proof meets the requirements, the service allows the users to become members of the group and allows the members to transfer data to and from other members. If the proof does not meet the requirements, the service prevents the users from becoming members. In this way, the service and group members know that other group members satisfy the group membership requirements without needing to know the identity of the group members or other information unrelated to the group membership requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick S. Botz, Michael John Branson, Gregory Richard Hintermeister
  • Publication number: 20120103920
    Abstract: A filtration apparatus which has a filtration chamber, and the filtration chamber has a fluid inlet, a filtered fluid outlet, a residue outlet, and a filtering element. The filtering element is situated between the fluid inlet and the filtered fluid outlet. The apparatus also includes a wiping member which is situated within, or about, the filtering element and which is adapted to wipe the surface of the filtering element. The wiping member also wipes any residue toward the residue outlet when the apparatus is in use. The filtration apparatus includes a first pumping configured to create a flow toward the filtering chamber, and a second pumping situated within the filtering chamber and configured to induce a counter-flow back toward the first pumping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: LIQUIDSTRIP LIMITED
    Inventor: Gregory Richard Morgan
  • Patent number: 8156501
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product implement dynamic authority for a user to perform tasks on a resource. A user selected task on a resource is identified and analyzed to determine whether the task changes a state of the resource. When determined that the task changes a state of the resource, then a relationship of the resource to related resources is analyzed. Access to tasks on the resource is dynamically determined for the user based upon the identified relationship of the resource to related resources. Based on the analysis performed, access is denied or a summary of side effects with confirmation is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Michael D. Rahn
  • Patent number: 8123935
    Abstract: A system for removing sediment from water is disclosed. The exemplary embodiments described herein disclose a system comprising a filter chamber, having a deck positioned inside to divide it into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The deck may have a plurality of holes to hold filtration elements and also may have a ridge or a skirt or both. An inlet line may be tangentially connected to the filter chamber and introduce influent liquid into the filter chamber below the deck and outside of the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Monteco Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Adam Murray, Darren Francis Kevin Lawless, Gregory Richard Williams, Stephen Eric Braun, Joel Anthony Garbon
  • Publication number: 20120023402
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, method, and system for capturing information on a rendered user interface including user activatable content. A user interface is executed on the computer system. An initial representation is generated of a rendered user interface. A determination is made of locations rendered in the user interface associated with user activatable content, wherein user activatable content is rendered in response to user selection of a location in the user interface associated with the user activatable content. For each determined location, content is captured from the activatable content rendered in response to the user selecting the determined location to create a captured content object having the captured content. The captured content objects and the initial representation are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patricia Narvaez Cifra, Timothy Pressler Clark, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Heidi Louise Saufferer
  • Publication number: 20120011035
    Abstract: A management application implemented in a computational device maintains priorities corresponding to a plurality of resources coupled to the computational device. Indications for actions to be performed corresponding to occurrences of events are stored to a calendar, wherein the calendar is configurable by a user. A selected indication for an action to be performed is stored to the calendar. In response to an occurrence of an event associated with a selected resource, a priority of the selected resource is determined. The action is performed, based on at least the determined priority of the selected resource and the selected indication for the action stored in the calendar, wherein different actions are performed in response to occurrences of a selected event at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Calcaterra, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, David Bruce Lection, Alan David Seid
  • Patent number: 8078951
    Abstract: A storage medium and computer that determine a tree representing links embedded in documents, create a depth indicator having a size proportional to the size of the tree, and display the depth indicator with a root link in a root document. The tree is determined by repeatedly probing the links to retrieve the documents. In various embodiments, the size of the tree may be the number of levels in the tree or the number of links in the tree. The depth indicator may include representations of the links and represents a possible future context of the root document. In various embodiments, a graphical representation of the tree may be displayed, hover help that includes the tree size may be displayed, and an indication of a condition reported by a document may be displayed. In various embodiments, the condition may include a message, updated content, new content, or an error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Michael D. Rahn
  • Publication number: 20110208572
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a referral reward incentive via a networking website is described. Registration information for an item that is associated with a reward may be received. Information relating to an item purchased by a first subscriber of the networking website may be displayed. A recommendation for the purchased item may be posted from the first subscriber to a second subscriber of the networking website. The reward may be distributed to the first subscriber if the second subscriber purchases the item based on the recommendation received from the first subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: ASC Information Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Ladd, Gerald Richard Ladd
  • Patent number: 7996773
    Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture that help system administrators visualize the relationship between a global setting and the setting in each instance. One embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a selection of a setting, determining an inheritance state for the selected setting, and displaying a graphical indication of the inheritance state of the selected setting. In some embodiments, the method further comprises displaying a graphical indication of the inheritance relationship between the selected setting and at least one related setting. The method may also include receiving a change inheritance relationship command, and changing the inheritance relationship for the selected setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Michael D. Rahn
  • Publication number: 20110186630
    Abstract: A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has stored thereon identification information for the carrier. Positioned throughout the system are communications devices such as antennas and readers which are employed to read and/or write identification information on the chip. When a carrier is put in the system, a destination location can be associated with the particular carrier ID. This associated information is then employed to, among many things, monitor and confirm identity of the carrier as it moves to its destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: TRANSLOGIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Gregory Richard Chany, Bennett Charles Hinnen
  • Patent number: 7987192
    Abstract: A first data model in which a large dataset is stored is maintained, wherein a first set of operations is allowed to be performed on the first data model. The first data model is reduced to a second data model that is of a smaller size than the first data model. Selected operations of the first set of operations are restricted from being performed on the second data model. A second set of operations is performed on the second data model, wherein the second set of operations is a subset of the first set of operations, and wherein the second set of operations does not include the selected operations that have been restricted from being performed on the second data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randal Lee Bertram, Anthony Wayne Erwin, Steven Gene Halverson, Gregory Richard Hintermeister
  • Patent number: 7953515
    Abstract: A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has stored thereon identification information for the carrier. Positioned throughout the system are communications devices such as antennas and readers which are employed to read and/or write identification information on the chip. When a carrier is put in the system, a destination location can be associated with the particular carrier ID. This associated information is then employed to, among many things, monitor and confirm identity of the carrier as it moves to its destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Translogic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Michael Hoganson, Gregory Richard Chaney, Bennett Charles Hinnen
  • Patent number: 7904916
    Abstract: A common consolidation management application provides an interface to the multiple different system management software applications and at least one user input console. An adapter in each of the system management software applications supports communication with the consolidation application. A system administrator issues requests to different system management software applications using a common interface provided by the consolidation application. The consolidation application can be installed over an existing complex of computer systems managed by different management applications, without modifying the managed systems or replacing the management applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Branson, Gregory Richard Hintermeister, James Franklin Macon, Jr., Scott Anthony Sylvester
  • Patent number: 7870193
    Abstract: A collaboration system is provided in combination with a system administration monitoring system. The monitoring software for the system may recognize an error or other event in a component that is being monitored. The monitoring software then sends a message to all administrators that may be associated with the error or event. When an administrator receives an alert, the administrator may choose to join a collaborative resolution session. When a plurality of administrators joins a collaborative resolution session, each administrator is presented with a user interface at his or her console. The user interface may present one or more shared system administration elements, such as system administration portals, and one or more collaboration elements, such as instant messaging elements or the like. Participating administrators may then communicate using the collaboration elements to attempt to resolve an error or other event. Users may share additional system administration elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Frank Lawrence Jania, Michael D. Rahn