Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Collins
Jeffrey M. Collins 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).
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Patent number: 11814268Abstract: A support assembly including a coupler, a first arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end, and a second arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end. The support assembly is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. When moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm move toward each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 11658883Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content items of the type used in Web sites. In accordance with the disclosure, site objects, channel objects and content objects are associated with each other to form a hierarchical site structure. The content objects are linked to corresponding content items in a content repository, and are grouped together by association with channel objects in the site structure. Each of the objects in the site structure has an associated set of content services and can be deployed individually or in combination, while maintaining references to the related objects in the hierarchical site structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULCInventors: Robert K. Moore, Robert S. Dickerson, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Publication number: 20230049994Abstract: A support assembly including a coupler, a first arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end, and a second arm having a proximate end movably coupled to the coupler, a distal end opposite the proximate end. The support assembly is movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position. When moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position, the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm move toward each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 11035717Abstract: A lifting bracket for a vehicle weighing scale includes a first lifting portion having a first wall, a second wall extending from the first wall, and a third wall coupled to the second wall. The third wall extends opposite and spaced apart from the second wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey M. Collins
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Publication number: 20210080315Abstract: A lifting bracket for a vehicle weighing scale includes a first lifting portion having a first wall, a second wall extending from the first wall, and a third wall coupled to the second wall. The third wall extends opposite and spaced apart from the second wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventor: Jeffrey M. Collins
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Publication number: 20190163715Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a system and method for the dynamic provisioning of static content. In one embodiment, information presented on a content delivery system can be refreshed based on information published on a content management system. One embodiment can interface the content delivery system and the content management system at the page level. More specifically, content dependencies across pages employing the same content or portion(s) thereof can be tracked in a timely, accurate manner. Upon receiving a notification of a change to the content or a portion thereof from the content management system, a content generation system may operate to determine, based on the dependencies, what pages are affected by the change and, based on the determination, dynamically regenerate any and all affected pages. The regenerated pages may then be stored and/or pushed to the web tier for delivery to end users.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Newton Isaac Rajkumar, Mark McCalister, Expeditus Bolanos, Peter Hale, Mark Martin, Richard Nemec, Puhong You, Daun DeFrance, Ching-Fu Chang, Priya Reddy, Ladislav Kis, Robert L. Patterson, Tony Zgarba, Jeffrey M. Collins, Michael C. Tulkoff, Miles Chaston, Dean Moses, John Petersen, Ian Stahl, Lara Long
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Patent number: 10235471Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a system and method for the dynamic provisioning of static content. In one embodiment, information presented on a content delivery system can be refreshed based on information published on a content management system. One embodiment can interface the content delivery system and the content management system at the page level. More specifically, content dependencies across pages employing the same content or portion(s) thereof can be tracked in a timely, accurate manner. Upon receiving a notification of a change to the content or a portion thereof from the content management system, a content generation system may operate to determine, based on the dependencies, what pages are affected by the change and, based on the determination, dynamically regenerate any and all affected pages. The regenerated pages may then be stored and/or pushed to the web tier for delivery to end users.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Open Text SA ULCInventors: Newton Isaac Rajkumar, Mark McCalister, Expeditus Bolanos, Peter Hale, Mark Martin, Richard Nemec, Puhong You, Daun DeFrance, Ching-Fu Chang, Priya Reddy, Ladislav Kis, Robert L. Patterson, Tony Zgarba, Jeffrey M. Collins, Michael C. Tulkoff, Miles Chaston, Dean Moses, John Petersen, Ian Stahl, Lara Long
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Patent number: 10146827Abstract: A method and system disclosed herein can be used to determine relationships between objects, determining which of those relationships are significant for a specific action, and determining physical dependencies between the objects. The method and system can be used to perform actions consistent with integrity constraints, and therefore, performs the actions in the correct order with a reduced likelihood of errors. The method and system are highly beneficial in that they can significantly enhance content management and can be implemented without having to write new or edit existing applications. Also, existing content data and applications may be used without any changes. Accordingly, the method and system can be advantageously useful in deploying or otherwise pushing out new content to existing content systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Open Text SA ULCInventors: Mark R. Scheevel, Timothy A. Ozor, Gregory S. Hilton, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Publication number: 20170331702Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content items of the type used in Web sites. In accordance with the disclosure, site objects, channel objects and content objects are associated with each other to form a hierarchical site structure. The content objects are linked to corresponding content items in a content repository, and are grouped together by association with channel objects in the site structure. Each of the objects in the site structure has an associated set of content services and can be deployed individually or in combination, while maintaining references to the related objects in the hierarchical site structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Robert K. Moore, Robert S. Dickerson, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 9754038Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling a user at an enterprise level to effect individual rules, processes and other functional items in site level environments by creating application objects corresponding to the functional items, wherein the objects have associated services, such as versioning and deployment, that allow them to be handled in the same manner as content objects. The application objects can be deployed to a site, where the associated functional items is implemented, thereby incrementally altering the setup of the site without having to make a wholesale substitution of the old setup with an entirely new one.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Open Text SA ULCInventors: Jeffrey M. Collins, Margaret A. Martin
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Patent number: 9755915Abstract: Systems and methods for managing content items of the type used in Web sites. In accordance with the disclosure, site objects, channel objects and content objects are associated with each other to form a hierarchical site structure. The content objects are linked to corresponding content items in a content repository, and are grouped together by association with channel objects in the site structure. Each of the objects in the site structure has an associated set of content services and can be deployed individually or in combination, while maintaining references to the related objects in the hierarchical site structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Open Text SA ULCInventors: Robert K. Moore, Robert S. Dickerson, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 9686374Abstract: A system and method for provisioning dynamically generated content. One embodiment can interface a content delivery system and a content management system at the fragment level. Depending upon how a page is organized, a fragment may refer to a block within the page, a portion of the page, or a content item presented on the page. When a content item is updated and published onto the content management system, one embodiment can operate to track dependencies of managed pages and invalidate/validate fragment(s) affected by the change(s) accordingly. The updated fragment(s) may then be dynamically assembled on-the-fly or on-demand. The updated fragment(s) may or may not be cached. In this way, changes made to a piece of content can be reflected in all pages which utilize this content almost simultaneously with the changes to the content itself.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Open Text SA ULCInventors: N. Isaac Rajkumar, Mark McCalister, Expeditus Bolanos, Peter Hale, Mark Martin, Richard Nemec, Puhong You, Daun DeFrance, Ching-Fu Chang, Priya Reddy, Ladislav Kis, Robert L. Patterson, Tony Zgarba, Jeffrey M. Collins, Michael C. Tulkoff, Miles Chaston, Dean Moses, John Petersen, Ian Stahl, Lara Long
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Patent number: 9630640Abstract: An interlocking primary and secondary cart assembly may include a primary cart assembly including a primary support platform configured to support a primary working device and wheels operatively connected to the primary support platform that movably support the primary support platform spaced from a floor and a secondary cart assembly including a secondary support platform configured to support a secondary working device and wheel connected to the secondary platform that moveably support the secondary support platform spaced from the floor. The assembly may further include a lock and release mechanism including a primary lock and release component connected to the primary cart assembly and a secondary lock and release component connected to the secondary cart assembly wherein the secondary lock and release component aligns with the primary lock and release component for locking therewith with the secondary cart assembly positioned on the primary support platform of the primary cart assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Collins, Andrew S. Ward, Pradeep Balakrishnan
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Publication number: 20170101119Abstract: An interlocking primary and secondary cart assembly may include a primary cart assembly including a primary support platform configured to support a primary working device and wheels operatively connected to the primary support platform that movably support the primary support platform spaced from a floor and a secondary cart assembly including a secondary support platform configured to support a secondary working device and wheel connected to the secondary platform that moveably support the secondary support platform spaced from the floor. The assembly may further include a lock and release mechanism including a primary lock and release component connected to the primary cart assembly and a secondary lock and release component connected to the secondary cart assembly wherein the secondary lock and release component aligns with the primary lock and release component for locking therewith with the secondary cart assembly positioned on the primary support platform of the primary cart assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Jeffrey M. Collins, Andrew S. Ward, Pradeep Balakrishnan
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Publication number: 20160241668Abstract: A system and method for provisioning dynamically generated content. One embodiment can interface a content delivery system and a content management system at the fragment level. Depending upon how a page is organized, a fragment may refer to a block within the page, a portion of the page, or a content item presented on the page. When a content item is updated and published onto the content management system, one embodiment can operate to track dependencies of managed pages and invalidate/validate fragment(s) affected by the change(s) accordingly. The updated fragment(s) may then be dynamically assembled on-the-fly or on-demand. The updated fragment(s) may or may not be cached. In this way, changes made to a piece of content can be reflected in all pages which utilize this content almost simultaneously with the changes to the content itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: N. Isaac Rajkumar, Mark McCalister, Expeditus Bolanos, Peter Hale, Mark Martin, Richard Nemec, Puhong You, Daun DeFrance, Ching-Fu Chang, Priya Reddy, Ladislav Kis, Robert L. Patterson, Tony Zgarba, Jeffrey M. Collins, Michael C. Tulkoff, Miles Chaston, Dean Moses, John Petersen, Ian Stahl, Lara Long
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Publication number: 20160179873Abstract: A method and system disclosed herein can be used to determine relationships between objects, determining which of those relationships are significant for a specific action, and determining physical dependencies between the objects. The method and system can be used to perform actions consistent with integrity constraints, and therefore, performs the actions in the correct order with a reduced likelihood of errors. The method and system are highly beneficial in that they can significantly enhance content management and can be implemented without having to write new or edit existing applications. Also, existing content data and applications may be used without any changes. Accordingly, the method and system can be advantageously useful in deploying or otherwise pushing out new content to existing content systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Mark R. Scheevel, Timothy A. Ozor, Gregory S. Hilton, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 9338045Abstract: A system and method for provisioning dynamically generated content. One embodiment can interface a content delivery system and a content management system at the fragment level. Depending upon how a page is organized, a fragment may refer to a block within the page, a portion of the page, or a content item presented on the page. When a content item is updated and published onto the content management system, one embodiment can operate to track dependencies of managed pages and invalidate/validate fragment(s) affected by the change(s) accordingly. The updated fragment(s) may then be dynamically assembled on-the-fly or on-demand. The updated fragment(s) may or may not be cached. In this way, changes made to a piece of content can be reflected in all pages which utilize this content almost simultaneously with the changes to the content itself.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Open Text S.A.Inventors: N. Isaac Rajkumar, Mark McCalister, Expeditus Bolanos, Peter Hale, Mark Martin, Richard Nemec, Puhong You, Daun DeFrance, Ching-Fu Chang, Priya Reddy, Ladislav Kis, Robert L. Patterson, Tony Zgarba, Jeffrey M. Collins, Michael C. Tulkoff, Miles Chaston, Dean Moses, John Petersen, Ian Stahl, Lara Long
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Patent number: 9305033Abstract: A method and system disclosed herein can be used to determine relationships between objects, determining which of those relationships are significant for a specific action, and determining physical dependencies between the objects. The method and system can be used to perform actions consistent with integrity constraints, and therefore, performs the actions in the correct order with a reduced likelihood of errors. The method and system are highly beneficial in that they can significantly enhance content management and can be implemented without having to write new or edit existing applications. Also, existing content data and applications may be used without any changes. Accordingly, the method and system can be advantageously useful in deploying or otherwise pushing out new content to existing content systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Open Text S.A.Inventors: Mark R. Scheevel, Timothy A. Ozor, Gregory S. Hilton, Jeffrey M. Collins
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Patent number: 9135089Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for implementing a persistence application programming interface (API) that is platform independent and can make up-calls to business logic. During operation, the system receives a request at the API to execute a command at a persistence tier of an n-tier distributed application. In response to the request, the system determines an entity type for an entity affected by the command. Next, the system identifies a function at a middle tier of the n-tier distributed application that is associated with the entity type and the command, wherein the middle tier includes the business logic. The system then sends an instruction to the middle tier to execute the function. Finally, upon receiving a confirmation at the API that the function executed, the system executes the command at the persistence tier.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: INTUIT INC.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Collins, Calum Murray, Robert A. Luben, James Lee Showalter, Raymond J. Chapman
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Patent number: 9098290Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates diagnostic logging for software components. During operation, the system receives program code for a software component that was generated from an object model, where a key attribute has been specified for the object model. During execution of the program code, the system detects when an instance of the key attribute for the object model is accessed, and attaches state associated with the instance to a thread context in the runtime environment. The system then appends this state to a log during a logging operation to facilitate discovering and analyzing program faults.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: INTUIT INC.Inventors: Nemmara Chithambaram, Jeffrey M. Collins, Deepak Goel