Patents by Inventor James A. Hewitt

James A. Hewitt 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: 20240398416
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. The device includes a self-expanding permeable implant having a radially constrained state and an expanded state with a shortened configuration, a plurality of elongate filaments which are woven together in a tubular braid, and a fixation element. The fixation element may be a hook, barb, protrusion, bioadhesive, or pore. The implant includes at least some nitinol filaments and at least some composite filaments. Methods of treating a cerebral aneurysm are also described. The methods include advancing a permeable implant to the aneurysm, deploying the implant, and delivering embolic material into the cerebral aneurysm adjacent a portion of the permeable implant that spans the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Hewitt, Brian Merritt, William R. Patterson, James M. Thompson, Claudio Plaza, Hung P. Tran, Richard L. Quick
  • Publication number: 20240360828
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump assembly includes an electric motor; a hydraulic pump driveably connected to the electric motor via a rotatable coupling; wherein the rotatable coupling includes a splined connection housed within a chamber comprising a chamber wall, wherein the chamber defines a flow passage for hydraulic oil for lubricating the rotatable coupling, the chamber includes an inlet for receiving a flow of hydraulic oil from the pump and an outlet for exiting the flow of hydraulic oil to the exterior of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventor: James Hewitt
  • Patent number: 12096940
    Abstract: Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. The device includes a self-expanding resilient permeable shell having a radially constrained state and an expanded state with a globular, axially shortened configuration. The permeable shell may be a single layer of braided elongate filaments having first and second ends that are secured at the proximal end of the permeable shell. The devices may also include permeable shells made of woven braided mesh having a variable mesh density, i.e., the average size of pores in one region are a different than the average size of pores in another region. Methods of using the device to treat a cerebral aneurysm are also described. Methods of forming a tubular braid are also described. Methods of forming a tubular braid with variable braid densities are described. Methods of forming a tubular braid using a castellated mandrel are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MICROVENTION, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Hewitt, Brian Merritt, William R. Patterson, James M. Thompson, Claudio Plaza, Hung P. Tran, Richard L. Quick
  • Patent number: 11989521
    Abstract: A non-ontological hierarchy for language models is based on established psycholinguistic and neuro-linguistic evidences. By using non-ontological hierarchies, a more natural understanding of user's inputs and intents improve toward a better potential for producing intelligent responses in a conversational situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy James Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20230280887
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically adjusting a website of an entity using information that has been received, stored, gathered, and/or otherwise obtained about what people want to find on the entity's website. A website may be dynamically adjusted using trending information in response to determining that the usage of the monitored data source is greater than the baseline usage distribution or in response to determining that the usage of the monitored data source is not greater than the baseline usage distribution receiving NLP inputs of the user from the IVA and adjusting dynamic web content displayed on the website based on the NLP inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy James Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11681416
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically adjusting a website of an entity using information that has been received, stored, gathered, and/or otherwise obtained about what people want to find on the entity's website. A website may be dynamically adjusted using trending information. Dynamically adjusting may comprise generating and presenting links on the website to webpages in order of volume over a defined time threshold, or by variance over a standard volume over a longer established time frame. Dynamically adjusting the website may comprise providing an element on a website for what is most urgent to customers. A unit associated with a website may be monitored, and when the unit volume or activity starts to spike beyond normal expectations, then information about the unit is proactively and/or preemptively offered on the website, or a webpage of the website, without ever having a conversation with a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy James Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11637819
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system is provided for establishing connectivity between user devices. The computer-implemented method includes: broadcasting a message to running processes on an operating system of the first user device to indicate that a requesting application is looking for a live connection channel to attempt discovery with a second user device to ascertain virtual proximity of the first user device with the second user device. The computer-implemented method further includes receiving a response from a live connection channel and attempting to verify pairing via the live connection channel to confirm a virtual proximity of the second user device with the first user device. The pairing provides information for establishing a subsequent connection between the first and second user devices via the requesting application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, James Hewitt, Caroline J. Thomas, Richard Jacks
  • Patent number: 11526575
    Abstract: An add-on for, or additional functionality integrated in, a web browser of the kind that logs visited web pages in history with their URL, HTML page title and a date/time stamp is provided. The history may additionally logs category tags and their confidence scores. The category tags may originate at least in part by extracting them from visited page content and may also propagate through from previously visited pages, for example when a page is opened by hyperlink from another page, the latter's category tags propagate through to the new page. The page-specific confidence scores may be determined by applying a scoring formula that mimics a user's mental association between a category tag and a web page. The category tags and their confidence scores may be then stored in the history log entry and the category tags may then be used to search the history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, Caroline J. Thomas, James Hewitt, Richard Jacks
  • Patent number: 11487730
    Abstract: Embodiments for storage resource utilization analytics using metadata tags by a processor. Storage capacity utilization in the plurality of heterogeneous storage systems may be determined using one or more events indexed into a centralized search index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deepavali Bhagwat, Nilesh Bhosale, Joseph Dain, James Hewitt, Frank N. Lee, Wayne Sawdon
  • Publication number: 20220282718
    Abstract: A hydraulic pump system includes a housing defining a tank for containing hydraulic fluid in use; one or more pump modules each comprising a hydraulic pump for supplying hydraulic fluid from the tank to a hydraulic system; and a mounting arrangement; wherein the or each pump module is mounted to the housing by the mounting arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventors: James Hewitt, Paul Brenner, Ravi Shankar
  • Publication number: 20220282454
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working vehicle, the hydraulic system includes a hydraulically actuated device; a hydraulic pump assembly for supplying a variable output of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulically actuated device; and a proportional control valve, wherein the hydraulic system is arranged such that hydraulic fluid exiting the hydraulically actuated device flows through a restriction of the proportional control valve; and wherein the hydraulic system is configured to control a flow of hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulically actuated device by varying the output of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump assembly, and to control a flow of hydraulic fluid exiting the hydraulically actuated device via adjusting a restriction area of the proportional control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventors: James Hewitt, Paul Brenner, Ravi Shankar
  • Publication number: 20220253606
    Abstract: A non-ontological hierarchy for language models is based on established psycholinguistic and neuro-linguistic evidences. By using non-ontological hierarchies, a more natural understanding of user's inputs and intents improve toward a better potential for producing intelligent responses in a conversational situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventor: Timothy James Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20220166761
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system is provided for establishing connectivity between user devices. The computer-implemented method includes: broadcasting a message to running processes on an operating system of the first user device to indicate that a requesting application is looking for a live connection channel to attempt discovery with a second user device to ascertain virtual proximity of the first user device with the second user device. The computer-implemented method further includes receiving a response from a live connection channel and attempting to verify pairing via the live connection channel to confirm a virtual proximity of the second user device with the first user device. The pairing provides information for establishing a subsequent connection between the first and second user devices via the requesting application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, James Hewitt, Caroline J. Thomas, Richard Jacks
  • Publication number: 20220035886
    Abstract: An add-on for, or additional functionality integrated in, a web browser of the kind that logs visited web pages in history with their URL, HTML page title and a date/time stamp is provided. The history may additionally logs category tags and their confidence scores. The category tags may originate at least in part by extracting them from visited page content and may also propagate through from previously visited pages, for example when a page is opened by hyperlink from another page, the latter's category tags propagate through to the new page. The page-specific confidence scores may be determined by applying a scoring formula that mimics a user's mental association between a category tag and a web page. The category tags and their confidence scores may be then stored in the history log entry and the category tags may then be used to search the history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, Caroline J. Thomas, James Hewitt, Richard Jacks
  • Patent number: 11232264
    Abstract: A non-ontological hierarchy for language models is based on established psycholinguistic and neuro-linguistic evidences. By using non-ontological hierarchies, a more natural understanding of user's inputs and intents improve toward a better potential for producing intelligent responses in a conversational situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: VERINT AMERICAS INC.
    Inventor: Timothy James Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11186967
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic system comprising a first actuator, a first variable displacement pump fluidly connected to the first actuator via a first circuit and adapted to drive the first actuator. The system further comprises a second actuator and a second pump fluidly connectable to the second actuator via a second circuit and adapted to drive the second actuator, wherein the second pump is fluidly connectable to the first actuator via a first control valve, and wherein the second pump is fluidly connectable to the second actuator via a second control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
    Inventor: James Hewitt
  • Patent number: 11072584
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic compounds which are capable of releasing carbon monoxide under physiological conditions or pH trigger, and to the use of such compounds for conditioning a cell, tissue or organ, for example, to protect against ischaemic injury during a transplant event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Otago Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew Sammut, Joanne Clare Harrison, Russell James Hewitt, Morgayn Iona Read, Nathan John Stanley, Laura Molly Woods, Jui Thiang Brian Kueh, Morgan Jay-Smith, Robin Andrew James Smith, Gregory Giles, Lesley Larsen, David Rennison, Margaret Anne Brimble, David Samuel Larsen
  • Patent number: 11050815
    Abstract: A method for provisioning resources to a user during a meeting with another user, each user having an associated computing device is provided. The method may include detecting a meeting of a first user with a second user, each of the first and second users having an associated computing device. The method may further include obtaining historical data relating to previous activity of at least one of the first and second users during one or more earlier meetings between the first and second users. The method may further include provisioning one or more resources to at least one of the first and second users based on the obtained historical data associated with the one or more earlier meetings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, Caroline J. Thomas, James Hewitt, Richard Jacks
  • Patent number: 11029842
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a user device, a first touch gesture at a display of the user device visually displaying a virtual object; defining, by the user device, an anchor point of the virtual object visually displayed on the display based on the first touch gesture; receiving, by the user device, a second touch gesture at the display; determining, by the user device, an anchor area and a scrolling area based on the anchor point and the second touch gesture; defining, by the user device, a first layer corresponding to the anchor area and a second layer corresponding to the scrolling area; and stacking, by the user device, the first layer over the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Hewitt, Mark J. Lawrence, Martin A. Ross, Caroline J. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210160306
    Abstract: A method for provisioning resources to a user during a meeting with another user, each user having an associated computing device is provided. The method may include detecting a meeting of a first user with a second user, each of the first and second users having an associated computing device. The method may further include obtaining historical data relating to previous activity of at least one of the first and second users during one or more earlier meetings between the first and second users. The method may further include provisioning one or more resources to at least one of the first and second users based on the obtained historical data associated with the one or more earlier meetings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas James Waterton, Caroline J. Thomas, James Hewitt, Richard Jacks