Patents by Inventor James A. Johnson

James A. Johnson 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: 20230239258
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system generate an accurate mental model of an automated agent. The method includes receiving an input from a user device associated with a user during a communication session between the user and the automated agent. The method includes determining a response to the input. The method includes determining a confidence score of the response relative to a confidence threshold. The method includes determining an assertiveness feature associated with the response, the assertiveness feature comprising an expression of the automated agent based on the confidence score. The method includes transmitting the response and the assertiveness feature to the user device, the expression configured to update anthropomorphic characteristics of a graphical representation of the automated agent shown on a graphical user interface of the communication session displayed on a display device of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Qian Pan, James Johnson, Zahra Ashktorab, Dakuo Wang
  • Patent number: 11701303
    Abstract: An enteral feeding tubing connector comprises a body, a bore extending through the body, and a collet slidably disposed in the bore at a first end of the body. The collet is dimensioned to receive and engage a portion of tubing inserted into the collet, and is configured to resist withdrawal of the tubing from the bore and body upon application of force to the tubing that moves the collet out of the bore. A lock is provided on the first end of the body, and is configured to selectively engage the collet and prevent movement of the collet outward relative to the body. A tubing connection is provided at a second, opposite end of the body, the tubing connection providing fluid communication between another portion of tubing, the bore extending through the body, and the portion of tubing inserted into the collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wealth Acquisition Group LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Deckard, Henry James Johnson, Jr., John Cowan
  • Publication number: 20230193526
    Abstract: A woven fabric comprising spun synthetic polyamide yarn woven in the warp direction and weft direction wherein the polyamide yarn in the woven fabric exhibits a formic acid relative viscosity of at least 60, a halide:copper molar ratio of at least 2.0 and a sodium content of no more than 25 ppm, and wherein the woven fabric exhibits a melt-through resistance at 450° C. of least 2.10 seconds. The invention also provides an airbag made the woven fabric, as well as a method of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: INV Performance Materials, LLC
    Inventors: John Alan BARNES, David James JOHNSON, Jenna OTT, Richard TAILLON, Scott WESTOBY
  • Publication number: 20230141158
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230138590
    Abstract: A non-fan rated ceiling junction box is provided. The junction box includes a main body, an outlet, and fasteners that connect the outlet in the main body. The fasteners have a feature selected from a group consisting of: non-removable, removable only using a non-standard tool, inaccessible without a special tool, positioned on the main body so as to be inaccessible when installed, and any combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11640494
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method which, in one example embodiment, can include receiving text data that includes at least unstructured data and wherein the text data is associated with a plurality of messages communicated between a plurality of entities. The method can also include determining relationships between the entities, based on the text data associated with the plurality of messages, and generating, from a knowledge base assembled from at least the text data, a response to a user interaction representing a query for information that corresponds to at least one of the entities and indicates information on one or more of the determined relationships between the entities. The method can also include detecting a deviation in communication between the entities that indicates unauthorized disclosure of information between a first entity and a second entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Digital Reasoning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Estes, James Johnson Gardner, Matthew Russell, Phillip Daniel Michalak
  • Publication number: 20230122060
    Abstract: A cable connector (100-900) for connecting an electrical cable, the electrical cable including a cable conductor having a terminal end portion, the terminal end portion having an end face, includes an electrically conductive connector body (110), a conductor bore (102) in the connector body (110), a securing mechanism, and a contact mechanism (141). The connector bore (102) defines a conductor bore axis and is configured to receive the terminal end portion of the cable conductor along the conductor bore axis. The securing mechanism is operable to clamp onto the terminal end portion. The contact mechanism (141) includes a pressure member (170A, 170B), an electrical contact surface, and a drive mechanism (151). The drive mechanism (151) is selectively operable to drive the pressure member (170A, 170B) to force the electrical contact surface against the end face of the cable conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Barry James Johnson, Alexandru P. Bulza, Sachidanandan Murugiah, Jonathan Guppy, Sarzil Rahman, Mahmoud Seraj, Benoit Millot, Brian Ayres, Sean Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20230104814
    Abstract: Source code is managed through a source code management system and one or more static application security testing scanners check the source-code for vulnerabilities. The scanners generate vulnerability reports that are processed by a vulnerability tracker. The vulnerability tracker computes the scopes of identified vulnerabilities from the source-code and generates scope and offset fingerprints (e.g., hashes that uniquely identify vulnerabilities based on their surrounding scope). The fingerprints used for deduplication and vulnerability tracking. The vulnerability tracker may generate a refined vulnerability report that includes a set of deduplicated vulnerabilities with the corresponding fingerprints. The refined vulnerability report and related data may be stored in a vulnerability database for use in vulnerability management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: James Johnson, Julian Thome, Lucas Charles
  • Patent number: 11619597
    Abstract: A system for non-destructive evaluation of an object uses a spherical coordinate system to control two robotic arms. In some examples, the system includes a radiation source coupled to one robotic arm, a radiation detector coupled to the other robotic arm; and a control unit configured to determine, based on input, a first position located on a first surface of a first sphere within the spherical coordinate system; determine, based on the input, a second position located on a second surface of a second sphere within the spherical coordinate system, wherein the second position is located opposite a midpoint of the spherical coordinate system from the first position; and control a motion of the source robotic arm and the detector robotic arm such that the radiation source and the radiation detector move to different ones of the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Schlecht, Caleb N. Hay, Jackson Turner, Sean Lin, Sean M. Anderson, Kirk Guillaume, Matthew James Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230090299
    Abstract: A reusable power module for a field device is provided. The reusable power module includes a main body defining a chamber configured to house a battery. A cover is operably coupled to the main body and has a first configuration relative to the main body wherein the main body is open and allows access to the battery. The cover also has a second configuration wherein access to the battery is closed. When the cover is in the second configuration, the reusable power module complies with an intrinsic safety specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jared NEUHARTH, Cory ROBINSON, James JOHNSON, Zachary MARSO, Hun CHHUOY, Greg E. GINDELE, Matthew POKORNY
  • Patent number: 11602422
    Abstract: A chassis of an oral cleansing device is provided. The oral cleansing device may include a first chassis half including a first threaded portion, a second chassis half including a second threaded portion, and a nut threaded onto the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion to at least partially secure the first chassis half to the second chassis half. The threaded portions may be defined on respective ends of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. The nut may engage chamfered edges of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. Engagement of the nut with the first chamfered edge and the second chamfered edge may produce a radial compressive force on the chassis halves. The first chassis half and the second chassis half may at least partially define a chassis that is positioned within a handle of the oral cleansing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Jeremy James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11581718
    Abstract: Electrical box assemblies are provided that have a support that is adjustable to different sizes. The electrical box assemblies provided also include a cable support that moves from a shipping position to an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11556510
    Abstract: An integrated platform system that employ a series of machine learning techniques and prediction and detection units that can process input data and extract and generate meaningful insights and predictions therefrom. The system integrates together multiple different data storage types and applications that generates data of different types, and an associated processing system for processing the different data types, store the data in a common data model to normalize the data, determine the data lineage of the data, and then process the data using different types of techniques. The data can also be processed by a prediction unit for generating meaningful insights and predictions or by an anomaly detection unit for detecting one or more anomalies in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KPMG LLP
    Inventors: Niels Hanson, James Johnson Gardner, Punit S. Orpe, Wendy Du, Laurence Anthony Brown, Ranjan Vivek Mannige, David Green, Michael Ahn, Yang Zhou, Andrew Yuan, Adam Helio Rosa, Kyle B. Chen, Alex Perusse, Christian Alexander Manaog, Yeshwanth Somu, Xin Cheng, Torey C. Bearly, Raghav Saboo, Sphoorthy Pamaraju, Erik Ernst, Can Ozuretmen, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11536029
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11537666
    Abstract: Crowdsourced solutions are provided that can prevent and/or reduce dissemination of selected digital content in a social media platform. In one embodiment, a system can include at least one memory device having computer-executable components stored therein, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable components. Such computer-executable components can include a selection component that identifies multiple reviewer accounts using a selection criterion corresponding to a user account in the social media platform. The multiple reviewer accounts can evaluate presence of particular digital content in the social media platform directed to the user account. The computer-executable components also can include a routing component that can provide portions of digital content directed to the user account to respective reviewer accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, James Johnson, Aabhas Sharma
  • Patent number: 11537662
    Abstract: The invention relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for analyzing and standardizing various types of input data such as structured data, semi-structured data, unstructured data, and images and voice. Embodiments of the systems and the methods further provide for generating responses to specific questions based on the standardized input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KPMG LLP
    Inventors: Timothy J. Cerino, Justin Mathew Edwards, James Johnson Gardner, John Hyung Lee, Gabriel C. Stoenescu, Ricardo Manuel Ramos Dos Santos Neves
  • Patent number: 11529583
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a desiccant saturation monitoring system having a body with a first portion configured to hold a desiccant material and a second portion configured to position a sensor in relation to the desiccant material. A light source can irradiate the desiccant material and the sensor can detect irradiance from the desiccant material for at least one wavelength to determine saturation information for the desiccant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Daniel P. Margavio, Christopher L. Smith, Tiffany Pouw, James Johnson
  • Patent number: 11474883
    Abstract: A reminder method, system, and computer program product include collecting information and an activity of a user, determining an optimum time to send the reminder to the user based on the information and the activity of the user and an optimal platform to deliver the reminder to the user based on the information and the activity of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Aabhas Sharma, James Johnson, Werner Geyer
  • Publication number: 20220324836
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay, James Neels, Naveen Kumar Dhondi, Prashantha Gunaga, Abhisek Banerjee, Ashokkumar Adisechan
  • Publication number: 20220302690
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly having an electrical box and a cable connector is provided. The cable connector includes a mounting bracket cable retaining member and a cable stop. The mounting bracket is secured to or integral with a side wall of the electrical box. The cable retaining member is secured to the mounting bracket and has a cable gripping portion extending into a cable receiving zone of the box. The cable stop extends from a bottom wall of the electrical box into the cable receiving zone. The cable stop permits one or more electrical wires from an electrical cable to pass through the cable stop while blocking sheathing of the electrical cable from passing through the cable stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Steven James Johnson