Patents by Inventor Ian Alexander

Ian Alexander 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: 20140278667
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards generating and managing schedules. In at least one of the various embodiments, these schedules may be configured to schedule team members, rotating which team member is active (“on-call”). In at least one of the various embodiments, these may be employed to determine which resource is responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. In at least one of the various embodiments, if a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, the notification engine may determine the methods for notify die responsible of the incidents. Schedules previews may be updated in real-time as the schedule is edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: PagerDuty, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Alexandru Solomon, John Gary Ryan Laban, Ian Alexander Enders, Ali Basiri, Andrew Gregory Miklas
  • Publication number: 20140258175
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for generating personalized investment recommendations. An embodiment operates by determining a high level asset allocation for a user, generating a baseline asset allocation based on current market data and performance analysis, adjusting the baseline asset allocation based on one or more user parameters, formulating an optimal asset allocation profile across one or more axes, and selecting particular assets satisfying the optimal asset allocation profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: The Motley Fool Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Alexander TWOMBLY, Alexander Pape
  • Patent number: 8768737
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards generating schedules for managing team members that may be responsible to be on-call for responding to incidents. Schedules may be configured to schedule team members and manage the rotation of one or more team members assigned to one or more schedule layers. Also, schedules may be employed to determine which team member may be responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. If a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, a notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Further, the notification engine may monitor whether the responsible team has received the notification. The notification engine may employ one or more other notification methods to ensure that the responsible team member may be notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: PagerDuty, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Alexandru Solomon, John Gary Ryan Laban, Ian Alexander Enders, Ali Basiri, Andrew Gregory Miklas
  • Publication number: 20140180748
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards generating schedules for managing team members that may be responsible to be on-call for responding to incidents. Schedules may be configured to schedule team members and manage the rotation of one or more team members assigned to one or more schedule layers. Also, schedules may be employed to determine which team member may be responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. If a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, a notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Further, the notification engine may monitor whether the responsible team has received the notification. The notification engine may employ one or more other notification methods to ensure that the responsible team member may be notified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: PagerDuty, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Alexandru Solomon, John Gary Ryan Laban, Ian Alexander Enders, Ali Basiri, Andrew Gregory Miklas
  • Publication number: 20140180747
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards generating and managing schedules. In at least one of the various embodiments, these schedules may be configured to schedule team members, rotating which team member is active (“on-call”). In at least one of the various embodiments, these may be employed to determine which resource is responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. In at least one of the various embodiments, if a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, the notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Schedules previews may be updated in real-time as the schedule is edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: PagerDuty, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Alexandru Solomon, John Gary Ryan Laban, Ian Alexander Enders, Ali Basiri, Andrew Gregory Miklas
  • Patent number: 8762190
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards generating and managing schedules. In at least one of the various embodiments, these schedules may be configured to schedule team members, rotating which team member is active (“on-call”). In at least one of the various embodiments, these may be employed to determine which resource is responsible to respond and/or resolve incidents that may be reported and/or detected. In at least one of the various embodiments, if a team member is determined to be the on-call or responsible team member, the notification engine may determine the methods for notify the responsible of the incidents. Schedules previews may be updated in real-time as the schedule is edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: PagerDuty, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Alexandru Solomon, John Gary Ryan Laban, Ian Alexander Enders, Ali Basiri, Andrew Gregory Miklas
  • Patent number: 8706437
    Abstract: A method of calibrating an optical detector arrangement (38,42) comprises simultaneously generating a plurality of entangled photon pairs, such that one photon from each pair traverses a first path (36-38-42) and the other photon from each pair traverses a second path (36-40-44). The number of photons received along the first path is calculated using the detector arrangement (38,42), while the number of simultaneously-generated photons received along the second path is calculated using a second detector arrangement (40,44). These photon numbers are used to calculated an estimate of the detection efficiency (50) of the first detector arrangement (38,42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Isis Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Walmsley, Brian John Smith, Jeffrey Stephen Lundeen, Peter James Mosley, Graciana Puentes, Hendrik Bernd Coldenstrodt-Ronge, Nicholas Lloyd Thomas-Peter, Andrew Philip Worsley
  • Patent number: 8688622
    Abstract: A system disclosed includes a temporal data warehouse and a platform independent temporal data warehouse load application operable to run on the system. The load application uses timestamp data from incoming data in conjunction with a relational algebra of set operators to identify and sequence net changes between the incoming data and data previously stored within the data warehouse. The load application loads the identified and sequenced net changes into the data warehouse with relatively little intrusion into normal operation of the data warehouse. Optimizations, including but not limited to, distinct partitioning of the workload into parallel streams are selectable via metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ian Alexander Willson
  • Publication number: 20140069107
    Abstract: A turboprop engine including an annular outer case including a mount ring for attachment to an aircraft along a plane to transfer loads from a propeller and having an annular flange extending radially inwardly therefrom within the plane, an annular turbine support case received within the outer case and connected to the outer case only through a direct connection with the annular flange allowing a limited relative pivoting motion between the turbine support case and the mount ring, and a turbine section including a rotor closely surrounded by a shroud with an annular tip clearance being defined therebetween, the shroud being directly connected to and located by the turbine support case. A method of isolating a turbine shroud from propeller loads in a propeller engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Ian Alexander Macfarlane
  • Patent number: 8622469
    Abstract: An apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle may have an elongated frame, a clamp member mounted to the frame at or near one end thereof, and an elongated base member movably mounted to the frame between the clamp member and an opposite end of the frame. The base member may include a curved portion having a support surface defining a curvature and a linear portion between the curved portion and the clamp member. The base member may be movable relative to the frame to an object transition position in which a free end of the linear portion extends outwardly away from the frame and the curved portion retracts upwardly toward the clamp member along a path defined by the curvature to allow the object to be received between, and removed from between, the clamp member and the support surface of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Hogg, Chris P. Jessup, Steve Gale, Douglas W. Bittner
  • Patent number: 8557783
    Abstract: Methods of using phosphotetrahydropyran compounds for treatment of fibrotic and scarring disorders, e.g. pulmonary fibrosis, fibrosis associated with surgical procedures, wound healing disorders, scar formation, sclerotic disorders, ocular fibrotic disorders, ocular healing disorders, ocular fibrosis after surgery, glaucoma, tendon scarring disorders, joint scarring disorders, kidney interstitial fibrosis and glomerular fibrosis and tubular fibrosis of the kidney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Pharmaxis Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alan D. Robertson, Diego Silva, Ian Alexander McDonald
  • Publication number: 20130133105
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules that encode cytochrome P450 polypeptides from a Papaver somniferum cultivar; uses in the production of noscapine and identification of poppy cultivars that include genes that comprise said nucleic acid molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Thilo Winzer, Tracy Carol Walker, Ian Alexander Graham
  • Publication number: 20130104258
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules that encode methyltransferase polypeptides from a Papaver somniferum cultivar; and uses in the production of noscapine and identification of poppy cultivars that include the genes that comprise said nucleic acid molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Thilo Hans Winzer, Tracy Carol Walker, Ian Alexander Graham
  • Patent number: 8377142
    Abstract: A distal component for an interphalangeal prosthesis suitable for insertion into a proximal end of a distal phalangeal bone includes a stem portion shaped to be received within a surgically prepared bore in the proximal end of the distal bone. A head portion has an under-surface and an upper-surface, the under-surface of which in use will bear on the bone into which the stem is implanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Finsbury (Development) Limited
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Trail, Roderick John Mathias
  • Publication number: 20130007617
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of media player navigation is provided. A media selection context for each of a plurality of media items selected for playback by the media player is stored. A selection context display input is received by the media player and the selection context of the currently playing media item is determined and displayed in the media player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: QNX Software Systems Limited
    Inventors: Stephen James Mackenzie, Ian Alexander Shaw
  • Patent number: 8346207
    Abstract: A location and control system automatically locates, identifies, and corrects faults on a distribution system. The fault location and control system includes a central computer connected at one end of the distribution network and one casing installed at various locations along the distribution network. Each casing encloses a radio transceiver, plus an amplitude modulation detector connected to the radio transceiver. Each casing is installed at a predetermined distance from each other. When a fault is produced in the distribution line, each of the amplitude modulation detectors adjacent to a place where the fault is produced emits a signal that is detected by the central computer. The central computer detects and compares the location of the place where the fault is produced by comparing the time of arrival of the signals. The central computer may then automatically or manually disconnect any part of the distribution network in order to extinguish the fault arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Ian Alexander Stewart
  • Patent number: 8327681
    Abstract: A method includes making coiled tubing at a coiled tubing manufacturing unit coupled to a coiled tubing transportation system. One or more coiled tubing reels are transported from the coiled tubing manufacturing unit to one or more moveable well drilling systems using the coiled tubing transportation system. The coiled tubing transportation system runs from the tubing manufacturing unit to one or more movable well drilling systems, and then back to the coiled tubing manufacturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Davidson, Cameron James Geddes, Randall Lynn Rudolf, Bruce Allen Selby, Duncan Charles MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20120302493
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel cyclic compounds which have the ability to modulate the activity of G protein-coupled receptors. The compounds preferably act as antagonists. In preferred embodiments, the invention provides cyclic peptidic and peptidomimetic antagonists of C5a receptors, which are active against C5a receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages. The compounds of the invention are both potent and selective, and are useful in the treatment of a variety of inflammatory conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Promics PTY Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Maxwell Taylor, Ian Alexander Shiels, David Fairlie, Darren March, Michael W. Whitehouse
  • Patent number: 8271430
    Abstract: A system is described that includes a data warehouse and a platform independent data warehouse load application operable to run on the system. The load application includes a sequencing unit configured to utilize timestamp data from incoming data to be stored in the data warehouse and a relational algebra of set operators to identify and sequence net changes between the incoming data and data previously stored within the data warehouse. The load application is configured to non-intrusively load the identified and sequenced net changes into the data warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ian Alexander Willson
  • Publication number: 20120150791
    Abstract: A system disclosed includes a temporal data warehouse and a platform independent temporal data warehouse load application operable to run on the system. The load application uses timestamp data from incoming data in conjunction with a relational algebra of set operators to identify and sequence net changes between the incoming data and data previously stored within the data warehouse. The load application loads the identified and sequenced net changes into the data warehouse with relatively little intrusion into normal operation of the data warehouse. Optimizations, including but not limited to, distinct partitioning of the workload into parallel streams are selectable via metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Ian Alexander Willson