Patents by Inventor John Arndt
John Arndt 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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Publication number: 20240127610Abstract: An example system for bacteria, algae and/or bacteria detection is provided. The system includes a database configured to electronically store data. The data includes a detection model trained based on historical bacteria, algae and/or cyanobacteria identification and cell count data. The system includes a processing device in communication with the database. The processing device is configured to receive as input an electronic image of a water sample, electronically detect bacteria, algae and/or cyanobacteria in the electronic image, execute the detection model to identify an organism responsible for the detected bacteria, algae and/or cyanobacteria, and estimate a cell count of the responsible organism based on the electronic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: RAMBOLL AMERICAS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Igor Mrdjen, Christopher Charles Nack, Zacharias John Tarr Smith, Edward Bryan Arndt
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Publication number: 20240082879Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail items to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail item.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Publication number: 20230201880Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail items to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail itemType: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Publication number: 20210237124Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail items to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail itemType: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Patent number: 10981199Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail item to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail item.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Publication number: 20200156117Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail item to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail itemType: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Patent number: 10543513Abstract: A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail items to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail item.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Frank Delfer, John Arndt, Kevin T. Malone
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Patent number: 8922384Abstract: A method for calibrating a moving object impact detector is disclosed. A controller may receive input indicative of movement of an impact element from a first position to a second position. The controller may also receive an activation signal corresponding to the movement of the impact element. The controller may further receive input indicative of instructions to correlate the activation signal with the movement of the impact element. The controller may selectively set the activation signal as a reference signal for the detector, with the reference signal being indicative of an impact the moving object impact detector is set to detect.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Mark Joseph Bartonek, Donald John Arndt, Steven Conrad Hamerle
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Patent number: 8805576Abstract: A system and method of operation for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility, wherein the system and method utilize a manufacturing completion schedule for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs and the system and method maximizes profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: DST Output West, LLCInventors: Charles B. Clupper, Marc Fagan, Raymond H. Thill, III, William T. Kohrummel, John Arndt, Frank W. Delfer, Mury Lee Albert Salls, Charles E. Preston
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Publication number: 20140118152Abstract: A method for calibrating a moving object impact detector is disclosed. A controller may receive input indicative of movement of an impact element from a first position to a second position. The controller may also receive an activation signal corresponding to the movement of the impact element. The controller may further receive input indicative of instructions to correlate the activation signal with the movement of the impact element. The controller may selectively set the activation signal as a reference signal for the detector, with the reference signal being indicative of an impact the moving object impact detector is set to detect.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONInventors: MARK JOSEPH BARTONEK, DONALD JOHN ARNDT, STEVEN CONRAD HAMERLE
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Patent number: 8682479Abstract: A system and method of operation for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility, wherein the system and method utilize a manufacturing completion schedule for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs and the system and method maximizes profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: DST Output West, LLC.Inventors: Charles B. Clupper, Marc Fagan, Raymond H. Thill, III, William T. Kohrummel, John Arndt, Frank W. Delfer, Mury Lee Albert Salls, Charles E. Preston
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Patent number: 7693131Abstract: A communication system provides PSTN access to a user device coupled to a packet network over a packet connection. The user device exchanges telephony signaling and telephony communications in an analog format with an analog telephone, exchanges the telephony signaling and the telephony communications in the packet format over the packet connection, and exchanges Internet communications over the packet connection. A service node exchanges the telephony signaling in the packet format with the user device, processes the telephony signaling to select a PSTN connection, transfers a control message indicating the PSTN connection, and exchanges the telephony signaling in a PSTN format with the PSTN. An interworking unit receives the control message, and in response, exchanges the telephony communications in the packet format with the user device and exchanges the telephony communications in the PSTN format with the selected PSTN connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Martin Joseph Kaplan, Frank Anthony DeNap, John Arndt Strand, III, William Lee Edwards, Bryan Lee Gorman, Murat Bog, Michael Thomas Swink, Harold Wayne Johnson
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Patent number: 7234392Abstract: An open fire cooking utensil which has a simple and effective detachable skewless wiener holding end portion. The simplicity of the design makes it rugged, and easy to clean. The rotisserie utensil for roasting food comprises: a handle portion; an elongate shaft having one end attached to the handle portion and an other opposite end; and, a spiral food receptacle made from a spiralling member and having a cylindrical interior opening therein, said spiral food receptacle carried by the other opposite end of the elongate shaft. After food is roasted in, and removed from the interior opening, the spiralling member can be readily wiped clean. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the spiralling member and the elongate shaft comprise stainless steel tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Inventor: Darren John Arndt
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Publication number: 20070023129Abstract: A method of coupling tubular bodies is provided, particularly for use in fluid handling systems requiring a fluid-tight, pressurized joint. One tubular body is made from a polymer. The other tubular body is formed as a laminate having a metallic layer and a polymeric layer (e.g., nylon coated aluminum tubing). The tubular bodies are positioned relative to one another (e.g., the laminated tubular body may be inserted within the polymeric tubular body when the polymeric layer of the laminated tubular body is outward of the metallic layer). The tubular bodies are then joined together by induction welding to cause heat transfer from the laminated tubular body's metallic layer to its polymeric layer thereby resulting in deformation of the polymeric layer and bonding of the polymeric layer to a surface of the polymeric tubular body, forming the joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Inventors: David Stieler, Dale Sleep, John Arndt
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Patent number: 6993011Abstract: The invention is a residential communication hub for a communication system that provides communications services to an end-user. The residential hub is connected to the communications system over a DSL connection. The residential hub converts voice traffic to ATM for transmission over the DSL connection. The communications system includes broadband networks and a service node to facilitate communications services for the end-user.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2000Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Martin Joseph Kaplan, Frank Anthony DeNap, John Arndt Strand, III, William Lee Edwards, Bryan Lee Gorman, Murat Bog, Michael Thomas Swink, Harold Wayne Johnson
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Publication number: 20040264444Abstract: A communication system provides PSTN access to a user device coupled to a packet network over a packet connection. The user device exchanges telephony signaling and telephony communications in an analog format with an analog telephone, exchanges the telephony signaling and the telephony communications in the packet format over the packet connection, and exchanges Internet communications over the packet connection. A service node exchanges the telephony signaling in the packet format with the user device, processes the telephony signaling to select a PSTN connection, transfers a control message indicating the PSTN connection, and exchanges the telephony signaling in a PSTN format with the PSTN. An interworking unit receives the control message, and in response, exchanges the telephony communications in the packet format with the user device and exchanges the telephony communications in the PSTN format with the selected PSTN connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Applicant: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Martin Joseph Kaplan, Frank Anthony DeNap, John Arndt Strand, William Lee Edwards, Bryan Lee Gorman, Murat Bog, Michael Thomas Swink, Harold Wayne Johnson
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Patent number: 6829234Abstract: The invention is a communications system that provides communications services to an end-user. The system includes a residential hub that is connected to the communications system over a DSL connection. The residential hub converts voice traffic to ATM for transmission over the DSL connection. The communications system includes an asynchronous communication system that is connected to a POTS system. The asynchronous communication system converts the ATM transmission to a PSTN format and transfers the PSTN format to the POTS system.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2000Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Martin Joseph Kaplan, Frank Anthony DeNap, John Arndt Strand, III, William Lee Edwards, Bryan Lee Gorman, Murat Bog, Michael Thomas Swink, Harold Wayne Johnson
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Patent number: 6490273Abstract: The invention comprises a series of architectures that are implemented in four phases to provide a migration path from an initial ATM service offering to a full service ATM network. The initial ATM network includes several metropolitan ATM networks that are interconnected by a core ATM network. Each metropolitan ATM network includes a service node that controls ATM network elements to deliver services. In Phase I, a business hub that is connected to the metropolitan ATM network integrates voice, data, and Internet traffic over a single ATM connection that contains permanent Virtual Connections (PVCs) to various destinations, such as other business hubs, a gateway to local and long distance networks, the Internet, a frame relay network. In Phase II, the architecture is extended to smaller business markets. Businesses are provided with the PVC-based ATM service using xDSL/ATM connections that are multiplexed at a central office and then provided to the service node over the metropolitan ATM network.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Frank Anthony DeNap, Harold Wayne Johnson, Bryan Lee Gorman, William Lee Edwards, Michael Thomas Swink, Timothy Gene Kelley, James William Baumgart, Martin Joseph Kaplan, Abdullah Murat Bog, John Arndt Strand, III
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Patent number: 6407997Abstract: The invention is an ATM communications system that provides the option of advanced communications services or conventional telephone service to the customer. Advantageously, the ATM communications system does not require the widespread deployment of class 5 telephone switches to provide telephone service. A residential communications hub is located at a residence and communicates with the telephones at the residence using the analog telephony format. The residential communications hub converts between the analog telephony format and the ATM format. The residential communications hub is connected to a DSL mux by telephone wiring that carries the ATM/DSL format. The residential communications hub and the DSL mux communicate using the ATM/DSL format. The DSL mux converts between the ATM/DSL format and the ATM/SONET format. The DSL mux is connected to the an ATM switch by a broadband connection that carries the ATM/SONET format. The DSL mux and the ATM switch communicate using the ATM/SONET format.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Frank Anthony DeNap, Harold Wayne Johnson, Bryan Lee Gorman, William Lee Edwards, Michael Thomas Swink, Timothy Gene Kelley, James William Baumgart, Martin Joseph Kaplan, Abdullah Murat Bog, John Arndt Strand, III
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Patent number: 6141339Abstract: The invention is a communications system that provides communications services to an end-user. The system includes a residential hub that is connected to the communications system over a DSL connection. The residential hub converts voice traffic to ATM for transmission over the DSL connection. The communications system includes broadband networks and a service node to facilitate communications services for the end-user.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: Sprint Communications Company, L.P.Inventors: Martin Joseph Kaplan, Frank Anthony DeNap, John Arndt Strand, III, William Lee Edwards, Bryan Lee Gorman, Murat Bog, Michael Thomas Swink, Harold Wayne Johnson