Patents by Inventor James McDevitt

James McDevitt 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: 20240412721
    Abstract: An example system implementing a virtual assistant can include: a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: receive, at a mobile device, a request from an individual; determine contextual data; determine an intent and one or more parameters of the request; based at least in part on the intent, the one or more parameters, and at least some of the contextual data, generate a response to the request; synthesize the response to generate an audio output; and play the audio output using a playback device of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jeff BROWNING, Jody BURNETT, Wayne LUDLUM, Matthew James McDEVITT
  • Patent number: 8250903
    Abstract: Provided are devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, diseases and interventions for particle release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: James McDevitt, Donald Milton, Petros Koutrakis, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jack M. Wolfson
  • Publication number: 20100242633
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to the devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, diseases and interventions for particle release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: The President and Fellows of Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventors: James McDevitt, Donald Milton, Petros Koutrakis, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jack M. Wolfson