Patents by Inventor Ian David

Ian David 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: 20220406426
    Abstract: A system for providing clinical decision support to a user is presented. The system comprises a Point-of-Care (POC) testing device comprising an integrated clinical decision support module. The POC testing device and the clinical decision support module are connected via a testing module-clinical decision support module interface. The system comprises a testing module between the user and the POC testing device. The testing module requests tests from the user to the POC testing device and sends completed test results from the POC testing device to the user and to the clinical decision support module via the internal interface. The system comprises outside data sources to provide external data via a communication connection to the clinical decision support module of the POC testing device. The clinical decision support module uses the external data and the completed test results to determine and provide clinical decision support information specifically tailored to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Florian Schindler, Ian David Parfrement, Ulrich Porsch
  • Publication number: 20220350475
    Abstract: A computing device and method for providing a user interface for summarizing and presenting information regarding dynamic provisioning and deployment of media processing resources, in a manner that is easy and intuitive and analogizes well to conventional physical media processing deployment. Users are not required to understand hypervisor configuration or virtual machine deployment, or switch through various layers and screens to find configuration information or controls, a process that may be particularly slow, complex, and difficult to learn, particularly for media and broadcast engineers unfamiliar with virtualization technologies. Instead, the present user interface improves efficiency of use of the computing environment for media processing, by providing deployment information in a format similar to physical processing deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Ian David FLETCHER
  • Publication number: 20220333360
    Abstract: A backflow preventer for preventing a reverse flow of water in a plumbing system including a body having an inlet and an outlet. The body forms an intermediate zone between the inlet and outlet. An inlet check valve prevents the reverse flow of water from the intermediate zone through the inlet. An outlet check valve prevents the flow of water from the outlet into the intermediate zone. An inlet pressure sensor, an intermediate pressure sensor and an outlet pressure sensor provide readings for the respective zones. A controller monitors a pressure differential between the outlet pressure zone and the intermediate pressure zone to compare the pressure differential to a pre-set range. The controller generates a warning/error message when the pressure differential is outside the pre-set range. The controller can also monitor an inlet pressure in the inlet zone to generate a message if the inlet pressure varies inappropriately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Michael BURKE, Kevin SIMON, Ian David BAYNES
  • Patent number: 11473322
    Abstract: An apparatus for tying a wire around one or more objects, such as concrete reinforcing includes a wire feed roller configured to pass a wire around the objects to form a loop, a wire twister configured to twist the sides of the loop together, and a guiding surface arranged to deflect the wire as it is being twisted so that the ends of the wire finish pointing at least partially in the direction of the objects being tied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Ian David Coles, Graham Frank Barnes, Paul Anthony Goater, Matthew John Wilson, Roger Frank Duckworth
  • Publication number: 20220326663
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling an agent. One of the methods includes sampling one or more index variables from a continuous space of possible index variables in accordance with a probability distribution over the continuous space; for each index variable: processing the index variable using a hypermodel, in accordance with values of a plurality of parameters of the hypermodel, to generate an output that specifies values of a plurality of parameters of an environment model; and generating an action selection output using the environment model in accordance with the values of the plurality of parameters of the environment model that are specified by the hypermodel output for the index variable; and selecting the action to be performed by the agent at the time step using the one or more action selection outputs for the one or more index variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Van Roy, Xiuyuan Lu, Vikranth Reddy Dwaracherla, Zheng Wen, Morteza Ibrahimi, Ian David Moffat Osband
  • Patent number: 11448348
    Abstract: A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of the backflow prevention valves and assemblies with and without certification. A coupling assembly is connected to a backflow prevention valve and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve that is slidingly received within the outer sleeve. The lay-length is adjusted by slidably moving the inner and outer sleeves with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Jason Doughty, Ian David Baynes, Joseph Michael Burke, Frank DiBenedetto, Muhannad A. Bagegni
  • Publication number: 20220290767
    Abstract: A vacuum system non-return valve has a baffle for extending across a flow path The baffle has an aperture, a perimeter of the aperture having a valve seat. The valve also has a valve member having a protrusion extending from a surface configured to mate with the valve seat, the protrusion extending through the aperture; wherein the protrusion includes a retaining portion extending outwardly from the protrusion and configured such that the retaining portion cannot pass through the aperture. The valve member and aperture are configured such that the valve member obscures the aperture and seals with the valve seat to impede a flow of fluid from an outlet end to an inlet end in a closed position and is displaceable in use to move away from the valve seat and allow a fluid flow from the inlet end to the outlet end in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: David Alan Turrell, Phillip North, Neil Turner, Michael Henry North, Clifford George Burt, Sivabalan Kailasam, Cainan Long, Ian David Stones
  • Patent number: 11427992
    Abstract: A backflow preventer including a body having an inlet for connection to an upstream portion of a plumbing system and an outlet for connection to a downstream portion of the plumbing system, a first check valve and a second check valve located in the body for preventing the reverse flow of water between the outlet and the inlet. An inlet pressure zone is positioned between the inlet and the first check valve, an outlet pressure zone is positioned between the outlet and the second check valve, and an intermediate pressure zone is positioned between the first and the second check valves. Position sensors sense the positions of the check valves, and pressure sensors sense the pressures in the zone. A controller in communication with the position sensors and the pressure sensors calculates the opening and closing pressures of the check valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Burke, Kevin Simon, Ian David Baynes
  • Patent number: 11429268
    Abstract: A computing device and method for providing a user interface for summarizing and presenting information regarding dynamic provisioning and deployment of media processing resources, in a manner that is easy and intuitive and analogizes well to conventional physical media processing deployment. Users are not required to understand hypervisor configuration or virtual machine deployment, or switch through various layers and screens to find configuration information or controls, a process that may be particularly slow, complex, and difficult to learn, particularly for media and broadcast engineers unfamiliar with virtualization technologies. Instead, the present user interface improves efficiency of use of the computing environment for media processing, by providing deployment information in a format similar to physical processing deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GRASS VALLEY CANADA
    Inventor: Ian David Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11424930
    Abstract: Systems and methods for accessing account information are provided. For example, an indication to launch an application that may provide account information may be received. A determination may be made regarding whether the indication is an initial interaction with the application. If the indication is an initial interaction, one or more credentials may be received via an interface that may be displayed via the application. If the indication is not the initial interaction, a token may be accessed. A request that may include the credentials or token may then be generated and transmitted such that credentials or token may be used to authenticate a device that includes the application and a user thereof, a new token may be generated, and a response with the new token and/or account information may be transmitted. The account information may then be displayed by an interface of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Barclays Bank Delaware
    Inventors: Ryan Wesley Grier, Sr., Jeffrey Douglas Cardillo, Alexander Brown, Simon Ralph Dennis, James P. Kittridge, Ian David Sayers, Robert William Bethanis, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220261774
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in facilitating fund transfers between source accounts and destination accounts. One exemplary method includes capturing a computer-readable indicia representative of: a destination account identifier specific to a destination account of a first party and a name of the first party associated with the destination account and, in response to the captured indicia, displaying the name of the first party as a confirmation that the first party is associated with the destination account. The method also includes identifying a source account identifier associated with a source account based on a selection of the source account or on the source account being a default account, and compiling and transmitting a transfer request for a fund transfer based on: the destination account identifier, the source account identifier associated with the identified source account, and a payment amount for the fund transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Sandeep Malhotra, Ian David Alan Maddocks
  • Publication number: 20220252170
    Abstract: Fluid detection systems and methods using the same are disclosed. In embodiments the fluid detection systems include a sensor module and an electronics module. The sensor module includes a sensor housing that includes a liquid flow path and a sensor element disposed around at least part of the liquid flow path. The sensor element can detect a capacitance of the liquid flow path and provide a sensor signal to a controller in the electronics module. The electronics module can determine a detected capacitance in the liquid flow path based at least in part on the sensor signal, and can determine whether a wet event has occurred based on a comparison of the detected capacitance to a threshold capacitance. Methods using the fluid detection systems and fluid supply systems including the fluid detection systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Kevin Simon, Joseph Michael Burke, Ian David Baynes
  • Publication number: 20220235779
    Abstract: A vacuum pump, vacuum pump arrangement and method are disclosed. The vacuum pump includes at least one rotor; and a stator, an inlet for receiving gas during operation; and an exhaust for exhausting the gas. The vacuum pump includes a shaft extending through a centre of said pump and comprising a plate mounted on an end of the shaft towards the inlet. The vacuum pump includes control circuitry configured to control an axial position of the plate, a change in axial position of the plate providing a change in inlet conductance of gas to the vacuum pump. The plate is mounted such that it extends beyond the inlet in at least some axial positions of the rotor such that the plate is not on the same side of the inlet as the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ian David Stones, Christopher Mark Bailey
  • Publication number: 20220234056
    Abstract: An inlet assembly for an abatement apparatus includes an inlet nozzle defining a non-circular inlet aperture coupleable with an inlet conduit providing an effluent gas stream for treatment by the abatement apparatus, at least one outlet aperture and a nozzle bore extending along a longitudinal axis between the non-circular inlet aperture and the outlet aperture for conveying the effluent gas stream from the non-circular inlet aperture to the outlet aperture for delivery to a treatment chamber of the abatement apparatus, the nozzle bore defining an inlet portion extending from the non-circular inlet aperture, a flow-dividing structure positioned downstream of the inlet portion and configured to separate the effluent gas stream into at least a pair of effluent gas streams and an outlet portion extending to the outlet aperture and configured to convey the pair of effluent gas streams to the treatment chamber of the abatement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew James Seeley, Ian David Stones, Duncan Michael Price
  • Patent number: 11385041
    Abstract: A fixturing apparatus is described that can be used with metrology apparatus, such as coordinate measuring machines, flexible gauges and the like. The fixturing apparatus has a base and a plurality of supports extending from the base that are configured to retain an object. At least one of the plurality of supports comprises a floating support having a floating support element that is moveable relative to the base upon contact with an object being loaded into the fixture. A locking mechanism, such as a pneumatic locking mechanism, is provided that can be actuated to immobilise each floating support element relative to the base. The object may have a glass sheet. A corresponding method of fixturing an object is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nigel James Silvey, Ian David Stroud
  • Publication number: 20220213892
    Abstract: A pump includes a pump housing element and a further element; one of the pump housing and the further element comprising a helical protrusion extending towards the other element, the other element comprising at least one liquid opening. The helical protrusion, pump housing and further element form a path from a gas inlet to a gas outlet. The helical protrusion has an axial cross section that is wider at its attached end than it is at its free end. The pump housing and further element are mounted rotatably with respect to each other; and the at least one liquid opening is configured such that liquid output from the at least one liquid opening forms a liquid blade, the liquid blade being operable to drive gas along the path from the gas inlet to the gas outlet on rotation of one of the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Ian David Stones
  • Patent number: 11328271
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in facilitating fund transfers between source accounts and destination accounts. One exemplary method includes capturing a computer-readable indicia representative of: a destination account identifier specific to a destination account of a first party and a name of the first party associated with the destination account and, in response to the captured indicia, displaying the name of the first party as a confirmation that the first party is associated with the destination account. The method also includes identifying a source account identifier associated with a source account based on a selection of the source account or on the source account being a default account, and compiling and transmitting a transfer request for a fund transfer based on: the destination account identifier, the source account identifier associated with the identified source account, and a payment amount for the fund transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sandeep Malhotra, Ian David Alan Maddocks
  • Patent number: 11327843
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for managing data storage. A first log structured array stores data in a storage device. A second log structured array in the storage device stores metadata for the data in the first log structured array, wherein the second log structured array storing the metadata for the first log structured data storage system is nested within the first log structured array, and wherein the first and second log structured arrays comprise separate instances of log structured arrays. Address space is allocated in the second log structured array for metadata when the allocation of address space is required for metadata for data stored in the first log structured array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Esmond Butterworth, Ian David Judd
  • Patent number: 11319307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No.2) Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Atkinson, Emmanuel Hubert Demont, Lee Andrew Harrison, Simon Christopher Cranko Lucas, Alexander G. Preston, Jonathan Thomas Seal, Ian David Wall, Robert J. Watson, James Michael Woolven
  • Patent number: 11320783
    Abstract: A system or device includes a member structure, a plurality of flexible members, and a plurality of tips disposed at ends of the flexible members. The member structure includes an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit an ultrasonic imaging signal. The plurality of flexible members are coupled to the member structure. The plurality of tips are disposed at ends of the flexible members. At least one tip of the plurality of tips includes an image sensor configured to receive an infrared exit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Open Water Internet Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Newswanger, Mary Lou Jepsen, Ian David O'Donnell