Patents by Inventor James A. Madison

James A. Madison 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: 20200302351
    Abstract: System and methods may facilitate user guidance to risk relationship documents for an enterprise. A risk relationship document data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a risk relationship document and including a document identifier and a set of document metadata values. A document navigation computer may receive information from a user associated with the enterprise, and, based on the information received from the user and document metadata values, dynamically create a sub-set of the documents in the risk relationship data document data store. An interactive user interface display computer may provide indications associated with the documents in the dynamically created sub-set to the user via an interactive user interface and receive a selected document of the dynamically created sub-set. The user interface display computer may then, responsive to the selection, deliver the selected document to a remote user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Thomas Clark, James A. Madison, Moon Nagar, Scott Mitchell Mackenthun
  • Patent number: 10710430
    Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature a within an interior volume of a cargo trailer adapted to transport perishable goods is described herein. The system includes a fluid distribution assembly and a monitoring system. The fluid distribution assembly is configured to selectively channel a flow of cryogenic cooling fluid into the cargo trailer interior volume to facilitate adjusting a temperature within the interior volume. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor for sensing an environmental parameter of the cargo trailer, and a controller coupled to the sensor and to the fluid distribution assembly. The controller is configured to receive a monitoring signal indicative of the sensed environmental parameter, determine an environmental condition of the cargo trailer as a function of the environmental parameter, and provide a notification signal if the determined environmental condition is different than a predefined environmental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: RSC Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Eric William Bryant, Edward John Bratkowski, Andrew D. Frost, Fred Jackson Norvell, III, James Madison Reid, Robert C. Rabine, Paul M. Walling, Thomas Zagotta, Robert S. Rau
  • Patent number: 10650329
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an analytics computing environment data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a predictive analytic algorithm and including an algorithm identifier and a set of algorithm characteristic values. An analytics environment computer may receive an adjustment from a user associated with an enterprise, the adjustment changing at least one of the set of algorithm characteristic values for a predictive analytic algorithm. Deployment of the predictive analytic algorithm may then be initiated in an enterprise operations workflow and at least one result may be generated. The deployed predictive analytic algorithm may then monitor the result and generate an alert signal when the result exceeds a boundary condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Shane Eric Barnes, Tyler L. Kapushinski, Mohan Subramaniam, Ludwig Steven Wasik
  • Publication number: 20190188797
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a risk monitoring data store may contain a set of electronic data records, with each electronic data record being associated with a stream of sensor data received via a communication network from a remote set of sensor systems located at a risk monitoring site. A risk analytics platform computer may receive information associated with the sensor data in substantially real-time and analyze the received sensor data, using at least one risk analytics algorithm, to detect an abnormal pattern associated with a predicted elevated level of risk at the risk monitoring site. The risk analytics platform computer may also automatically transmit a result of the analysis to a risk operations platform. The risk operations platform may then implement an active risk mitigation adjustment at the risk monitoring site responsive to the result of the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph M. Przechocki, Evan Van Dam, James A. Madison
  • Publication number: 20190188294
    Abstract: The present system and method is directed to a process to facilitate trusted sources of information in an enterprise. The present system and method positions data governance to move away from the element level and focus on the data asset (i.e. repository, interface, subject) level. When data persons are having any issue with their data asset, whether it is a conflicting data asset, interface issues, competing data asset, new data asset build, data subject issue, or the like, a certifier may operate to assess the asset based on our well defined metrics, determine the health through the data asset scoring process, recommend asset services, and provide those services to the data owner who is ultimately responsible for implementing them to improve the data and the data processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Mitchell Mackenthun, James A. Madison
  • Patent number: 10255066
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and performing project development for a project within a company is disclosed. These include a communication interface that receives information regarding the project development. These include a processor and memory that identify an initial analysis of the project, produce a storyboard of the project and general projection for completing the project, input the storyboard into an initial monitoring gate, perform a series of sprints to complete ones of the plurality of storyboard stories, monitor the burndown in the storyboarding, review the backlog of the plurality of stories, and interactively perform a second series of sprints until project is complete. The system and method include a display device for displaying the status of the project development and identifies infrastructure of the company in use in the project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Laif A. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 10129237
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for managing electronic access from remote devices to a plurality of back-end computer platforms. The system includes a front-end computing system connected to the plurality of computerized back-end services by a data network, the front-end computer system including a network interface, a profile utility, and security utility. The network interface is configured to receive a registration request for a user identity. The front-end computer system invokes services of the security utility to verify information concerning the user identity and to register a global user account for the user. The front-end computer system invokes the profile utility to merge or link pre-existing user accounts associated with the user identity for the plurality of computerized back-end services. The front-end computer system also invokes the profile utility to determine roles for the user identity in relation to each of the computerized back-end services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark S. Cashman, Cornell N. Bogdan, James A. Madison, Hugh J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20180322438
    Abstract: A system for accessing business metadata within a distributed network is disclosed. The system facilitates metadata driven for using social constructs in combination with metadata management to enhance metadata. The system includes a data storage device configured to store business information and metadata related to the business information, a processor configured to: selectively receive rated user input that provides supplemental information regarding at least one of the business information and the metadata, determine the context of the supplemental information and the at least one of the business information and the metadata; template the supplemental information by type and using pointers in the system provide non-redundancy, store the organized supplemental information in the data storage device, and generate a user interface element, and a display device configured to display the user interface element as the definition of the business information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Balachandar Kandaswamy, Teresa Mullen-Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20180260217
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring software development and project flow in the insurance industry using user stories is disclosed. The system and method include a communication interface that receives information included in communications; a processor and memory to: identify from the monitored communication a plurality of user stories; estimate a priority and assign a value to each story; store each story and associated priority and value as a product backlog; calibrate the difference in the assigned value of each story by comparing each story and the associated assigned value, and iteratively adjusting the assigned value based on the calibrated difference; and update the product backlog of user stories and associated calibrated assigned value; and a display device for displaying the status of the software development and project flow based on the stories remaining in the product backlog as compared to the completed user stories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Laif A. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 10026051
    Abstract: A system for accessing business metadata within a distributed network is disclosed. The system facilitates metadata driven for using social constructs in combination with metadata management to enhance metadata. The system includes a data storage device configured to store business information and metadata related to the business information, a processor configured to: selectively receive rated user input that provides supplemental information regarding at least one of the business information and the metadata, determine the context of the supplemental information and the at least one of the business information and the metadata; template the supplemental information by type and using pointers in the system provide non-redundancy, store the organized supplemental information in the data storage device, and generate a user interface element, and a display device configured to display the user interface element as the definition of the business information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Balachandar Kandaswamy, Teresa Mullen-Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20180194195
    Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature a within an interior volume of a cargo trailer adapted to transport perishable goods is described herein. The system includes a fluid distribution assembly and a monitoring system. The fluid distribution assembly is configured to selectively channel a flow of cryogenic cooling fluid into the cargo trailer interior volume to facilitate adjusting a temperature within the interior volume. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor for sensing an environmental parameter of the cargo trailer, and a controller coupled to the sensor and to the fluid distribution assembly. The controller is configured to receive a monitoring signal indicative of the sensed environmental parameter, determine an environmental condition of the cargo trailer as a function of the environmental parameter, and provide a notification signal if the determined environmental condition is different than a predefined environmental condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Eric William Bryant, Edward John Bratkowski, Andrew D. Frost, Fred Jackson Norvell, III, James Madison Reid, Robert C. Rabine, Paul M. Walling, Thomas Zagotta, Robert S. Rau
  • Publication number: 20180174056
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an analytics computing environment data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a predictive analytic algorithm and including an algorithm identifier and a set of algorithm characteristic values. An analytics environment computer may receive an adjustment from a user associated with an enterprise, the adjustment changing at least one of the set of algorithm characteristic values for a predictive analytic algorithm. Deployment of the predictive analytic algorithm may then be initiated in an enterprise operations workflow and at least one result may be generated. The deployed predictive analytic algorithm may then monitor the result and generate an alert signal when the result exceeds a boundary condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Shane Eric Barnes, Tyler L. Kapushinski, Mohan Subramaniam, Ludwig Steven Wasik
  • Patent number: 9965272
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring software development and project flow in the insurance industry using user stories is disclosed. The system and method include a communication interface that receives information included in communications; a processor and memory to: identify from the monitored communication a plurality of user stories; estimate a priority and assign a value to each story; store each story and associated priority and value as a product backlog; calibrate the difference in the assigned value of each story by comparing each story and the associated assigned value, and iteratively adjusting the assigned value based on the calibrated difference; and update the product backlog of user stories and associated calibrated assigned value; and a display device for displaying the status of the software development and project flow based on the stories remaining in the product backlog as compared to the completed user stories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Laif A. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9950590
    Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature a within an interior volume of a cargo trailer adapted to transport perishable goods is described herein. The system includes a fluid distribution assembly and a monitoring system operatively coupled to the fluid distribution assembly for selectively channeling a flow of cryogenic cooling fluid into the cargo trailer interior volume to facilitate adjusting a temperature within the interior volume. The monitoring system includes at least one sensor for sensing an environmental parameter of the cargo trailer, and a controller coupled to the sensor and to the fluid distribution assembly. The controller is configured to receive a monitoring signal indicative of the sensed environmental parameter, determine an environmental condition of the cargo trailer as a function of the environmental parameter, and provide a notification signal if the determined environmental condition is different than a predefined environmental condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: RSC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Eric William Bryant, Edward John Bratkowski, Andrew D. Frost, Fred Jackson Norvell, III, James Madison Reid, Robert C. Rabine, Paul M. Walling, Thomas Zagotta, Robert S. Rau
  • Patent number: 9940353
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable relationship information to be carried along with data objects when serializing/deserializing data objects among application tiers. A tracking component tracks information on relationships associated with a data object, and further enables subsequent change processing on the data object's relationship information. Accordingly, relationship information can be carried along with the data object, such that database operation can be performed without requirement of additional information from the database (e.g., foreign key information that is part of associated graphs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah M. Parra, Ravinder R. Vuppula, Jeffrey M. Derstadt, Brian Dawson, Michael J. Pizzo, James Madison Stone, III, Patrick T. Magee, Nadejda V. Poliakova, Daniel G. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20170262499
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable relationship information to be carried along with data objects when serializing/deserializing data objects among application tiers. A tracking component tracks information on relationships associated with a data object, and further enables subsequent change processing on the data object's relationship information. Accordingly, relationship information can be carried along with the data object, such that database operation can be performed without requirement of additional information from the database (e.g., foreign key information that is part of associated graphs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Sarah M. Parra, Ravinder R. Vuppula, Jeffrey M. Derstadt, Brian Dawson, Michael J. Pizzo, James Madison Stone, III, Patrick T. Magee, Nadejda V. Poliakova, Daniel G. Simmons
  • Patent number: 9690825
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable relationship information to be carried along with the entity when serializing/deserializing entities among application tiers. A tracking component tracks information on relationships associated with an entity, and further enables users to perform subsequent change processing on the entity's relationship information. Accordingly, relationship information can be carried along with the entity such that database operation can be performed without requirement of additional information from the database (e.g., foreign key information that is part of associated graphs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah M. Parra, Ravinder R. Vuppula, Jeffrey M. Derstadt, Brian Dawson, Michael J. Pizzo, James Madison Stone, III, Patrick T. Magee, Nadejda V. Poliakova, Daniel G. Simmons
  • Publication number: 20160299757
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring software development and project flow in the insurance industry using user stories is disclosed. The system and method include a communication interface that receives information included in communications; a processor and memory to: identify from the monitored communication a plurality of user stories; estimate a priority and assign a value to each story; store each story and associated priority and value as a product backlog; calibrate the difference in the assigned value of each story by comparing each story and the associated assigned value, and iteratively adjusting the assigned value based on the calibrated difference; and update the product backlog of user stories and associated calibrated assigned value; and a display device for displaying the status of the software development and project flow based on the stories remaining in the product backlog as compared to the completed user stories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Laif A. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9367308
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring software development and project flow in the insurance industry using user stories is disclosed. The system and method include a communication interface that receives information included in communications; a processor and memory to: identify from the monitored communication a plurality of user stories; estimate a priority and assign a value to each story; store each story and associated priority and value as a product backlog; calibrate the difference in the assigned value of each story by comparing each story and the associated assigned value, and iteratively adjusting the assigned value based on the calibrated difference; and update the product backlog of user stories and associated calibrated assigned value; and a display device for displaying the status of the software development and project flow based on the stories remaining in the product backlog as compared to the completed user stories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James A. Madison, Laif A. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20160105421
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for managing electronic access from remote devices to a plurality of back-end computer platforms. The system includes a front-end computing system connected to the plurality of computerized back-end services by a data network, the front-end computer system including a network interface, a profile utility, and security utility. The network interface is configured to receive a registration request for a user identity. The front-end computer system invokes services of the security utility to verify information concerning the user identity and to register a global user account for the user. The front-end computer system invokes the profile utility to merge or link pre-existing user accounts associated with the user identity for the plurality of computerized back-end services. The front-end computer system also invokes the profile utility to determine roles for the user identity in relation to each of the computerized back-end services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mark S. Cashman, Cornell N. Bogdan, James A. Madison, Hugh J. Quinn