Patents by Inventor Ian Michael Smith

Ian Michael Smith 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: 20210065293
    Abstract: Methods and processes can include disbursement and/or management of loans or other obligations via a distributed digital ledger system. In embodiments, smart contracts may be instantiated to reflect issued loans and to reflect repayment obligations therefor. In one embodiment, a lending entity loans money in the form of fiat currency (or other currency type) to a borrower. As the borrower repays the loan, equivalent payments may be made to a digital wallet that is associated with the smart contract, thereby causing the smart contract to evaluate that particular repayment obligation as satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Phil Sigler, Ian Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 9554276
    Abstract: A system, machine readable medium and method for utilizing protocol conversions in policy changing enforcement is disclosed. A message, in a first protocol, is received from a network gateway device including identifying information unique to a client attempting to access a resource from a server. The message is processed using one or more portions of the client identifying information as a unique key identifier. A policy access request is generated, in a second protocol, and includes at least the unique key identifier. The policy access request is sent to a policy server, wherein the policy server is configured to provide policy enforcement information of the client associated with the policy access request. The policy enforcement information is received and one or more policies from the policy enforcement information are enforced to network traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Nat Thirasuttakorn, Jason Haworth, Brandon Burns, Ian Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 8628302
    Abstract: An impeller comprising: a top shroud; a bottom shroud, a plurality of vanes extending from the top shroud to the bottom shroud, each said vane including a top edge at a radially inner portion of the vane in contact with the top shroud and a bottom edge at a radially outer portion of the vane in contact with the bottom shroud, such that a radially inner portion of the vane at the bottom edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the bottom shroud and a radially outer portion of the vane at the top edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the top shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Resmed Motor Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, Nicholas Jerome Reed, Andrew Wilson, Ian Michael Smith
  • Publication number: 20120301304
    Abstract: An impeller comprising: a top shroud; a bottom shroud, a plurality of vanes extending from the top shroud to the bottom shroud, each said vane including a top edge at a radially inner portion of the vane in contact with the top shroud and a bottom edge at a radially outer portion of the vane in contact with the bottom shroud, such that a radially inner portion of the vane at the bottom edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the bottom shroud and a radially outer portion of the vane at the top edge of each vane is not in contact with or adjacent the top shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: RESMED LIMITED
    Inventors: Barton John KENYON, Nicholas Jerome REED, Andrew WILSON, Ian Michael SMITH
  • Publication number: 20120240184
    Abstract: A system, machine readable medium and method for utilizing protocol conversions in policy changing enforcement is disclosed. A message, in a first protocol, is received from a network gateway device including identifying information unique to a client attempting to access a resource from a server. The message is processed using one or more portions of the client identifying information as a unique key identifier. A policy access request is generated, in a second protocol, and includes at least the unique key identifier. The policy access request is sent to a policy server, wherein the policy server is configured to provide policy enforcement information of the client associated with the policy access request. The policy enforcement information is received and one or more policies from the policy enforcement information are enforced to network traffic between the client and the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: F5 NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Nat Thirasuttakorn, Jason Haworth, Brandon Burns, Ian Michael Smith