Patents by Inventor John A. Murdock

John A. Murdock 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: 20240089911
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Allen Chien, Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Patent number: 11856553
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Allen Chien, Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Publication number: 20230186755
    Abstract: Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, for a multi-tenant dwelling unit (MDU), a map of the MDU, where the map includes locations corresponding to multiple sensors at the MDU and defines multiple sub-areas of the MDU, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, where the sensor data is indicative of a fire event at the MDU, determining, from the sensor data, one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas included in the fire event, generating, based on the sensor data, a targeted fire event response for the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas of the MDU, and providing, to the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas, the targeted fire event response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jed Menard, Alexander Kappler, John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus, Kyle Rankin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230118498
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Allen Chien, Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Publication number: 20230070772
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for active threat tracking and response. One of the methods includes determining, using sensor data generated by one or more sensors located at one or more properties, that an active threat is in progress at the one or more properties; accessing a virtual model i) of the one or more properties ii) that includes a position of each of the one or more sensors; determining, using the sensor data and the virtual model and for each of two or more areas of the one or more properties, a threat level of the active threat at the respective area; and performing, using the threat level of the active threat at each of the two or more areas of the one or more properties, one or more monitoring system actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jasper Bingham, Alexander Kappler, Jed Menard, Allen Chien, John Murdock, Krishna Chaitanya Tummalapalli, Wen-Ting Zhu, Travis Martin Smith
  • Patent number: 11580843
    Abstract: Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, for a multi-tenant dwelling unit (MDU), a map of the MDU, where the map includes locations corresponding to multiple sensors at the MDU and defines multiple sub-areas of the MDU, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, where the sensor data is indicative of a fire event at the MDU, determining, from the sensor data, one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas included in the fire event, generating, based on the sensor data, a targeted fire event response for the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas of the MDU, and providing, to the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas, the targeted fire event response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Jed Menard, Alexander Kappler, John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus, Kyle Rankin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11533701
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Allen Chien, Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Publication number: 20220076555
    Abstract: Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, for a multi-tenant dwelling unit (MDU), a map of the MDU, where the map includes locations corresponding to multiple sensors at the MDU and defines multiple sub-areas of the MDU, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors, where the sensor data is indicative of a fire event at the MDU, determining, from the sensor data, one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas included in the fire event, generating, based on the sensor data, a targeted fire event response for the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas of the MDU, and providing, to the one or more sub-areas of the multiple sub-areas, the targeted fire event response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jed Menard, Alex Kappler, John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus, Kyle Rankin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210392611
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: John Murdock, Jasper Bingham, Allen Chien, Stephen Scott Trundle
  • Patent number: 11051736
    Abstract: A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brunnett, David C. Hacker, John A. Meyer, Kevin Lee McFarlin, John Murdock Murphy, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, John N. Gardi
  • Publication number: 20170164854
    Abstract: A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brunnett, David C. Hacker, John A. Meyer, Kevin Lee McFarlin, John Murdock Murphy, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, John N. Gardi
  • Patent number: 9624984
    Abstract: A clutch assembly configured to engage and disengage a first shaft from a second shaft includes a controlled and predetermined cooling flow to cool the clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes a clutch housing, friction plates, and reaction plates optimized to manage fluid flow through the clutch assembly. A plurality of fluid flow outlets is provided to move fluid from an interior of a clutch housing of the clutch assembly to an exterior of the clutch housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Allison Transmission, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Dick, John Murdock
  • Patent number: 9579037
    Abstract: A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brunnett, David C. Hacker, John A. Meyer, Kevin Lee McFarlin, John Murdock Murphy, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, John N. Gardi
  • Patent number: 9566015
    Abstract: A signal processing module includes an input module electronically coupled to a sensing probe of a nerve integrity monitoring system. The probe senses electrical signals from a patient during operation of an electrosurgical unit. The input module receives an input signal from the probe. An EMG detection module is coupled to the input module and is adapted to detect conditions in the input signal. The conditions are classified as a function of a level of electromyographic activity. An output module, coupled to the EMG detection module, provides an indication of electromyographic activity in the input signal based on the detected conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Murdock Murphy, John A. Meyer, Adnorin Luis Mendez, Kevin Lee McFarlin, David C. Hacker
  • Patent number: 9423049
    Abstract: A reading and adjustment tool for use with a valve having a pressure or flow setting adjustable to a plurality of pressure or flow settings is disclosed. The tool includes a signal generator and an excitation coil coupled to the signal generator. The signal generator includes an adjustment interface configured to generate an adjustment signal to adjust the pressure or flow setting and a reading interface to generate a reading signal to read the pressure or flow setting of the valve. At least one excitation coil is connected to the signal generator and configured to generate an oscillating electromagnetic field based on one of the adjustment signal and reading signal. A sense coil can include two portions positioned on either side of the at least one excitation coil to determine the pressure or flow setting of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Prisco, John Murdock Murphy, Jamie Hei, Laetitia Mayor, Pierre Jaquier
  • Publication number: 20160208865
    Abstract: A clutch assembly configured to engage and disengage a first shaft from a second shaft includes a controlled and predetermined cooling flow to cool the clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes a clutch housing, friction plates, and reaction plates optimized to manage fluid flow through the clutch assembly. A plurality of fluid flow outlets is provided to move fluid from an interior of a clutch housing of the clutch assembly to an exterior of the clutch housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: ELIZABETH DICK, JOHN MURDOCK
  • Publication number: 20150320329
    Abstract: A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: William C. Brunnett, David C. Hacker, John A. Meyer, Kevin Lee McFarlin, John Murdock Murphy, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, John N. Gardi
  • Patent number: 9084551
    Abstract: A nerve monitoring system facilitates monitoring an integrity of a nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Brunnett, David C. Hacker, John A. Meyer, Kevin Lee McFarlin, John Murdock Murphy, Dwayne S. Yamasaki, John N. Gardi
  • Publication number: 20150157237
    Abstract: A signal processing module includes an input module electronically coupled to a sensing probe of a nerve integrity monitoring system. The probe senses electrical signals from a patient during operation of an electrosurgical unit. The input module receives an input signal from the probe. An EMG detection module is coupled to the input module and is adapted to detect conditions in the input signal. The conditions are classified as a function of a level of electromyographic activity. An output module, coupled to the EMG detection module, provides an indication of electromyographic activity in the input signal based on the detected conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Murdock Murphy, John A. Meyer, Adnorin Luis Mendez, Kevin Lee McFarlin, David C. Hacker
  • Patent number: 8989855
    Abstract: A signal processing module includes an input module electronically coupled to a sensing probe of a nerve integrity monitoring system. The probe senses electrical signals from a patient during operation of an electrosurgical unit. The input module receives an input signal from the probe. An EMG detection module is coupled to the input module and is adapted to detect conditions in the input signal. The conditions are classified as a function of a level of electromyographic activity. An output module, coupled to the EMG detection module, provides an indication of electromyographic activity in the input signal based on the detected conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Murdock Murphy, John A. Meyer, Adnorin Luis Mendez, Kevin Lee McFarlin, David C. Hacker