Patents by Inventor John Elder

John Elder 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).

  • Patent number: 12242482
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to graph queries with reduced latencies. In one example of the technology, there is a cross-tenancy collaboration between two different tenancies: a first tenancy that is homed in a first geographical region and a second tenancy that is homed in a second geographical region. In the first geographical region, a first set of graph data is stored. The first set of the graph data is associated with the first tenancy. A portion of the first set of the graph data to be copied from the first geographical region to the second geographical region is determined. In response to determining the portion of the first set of the graph data, a copy of the portion of the first set of the graph data is stored in the second geographical region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Åge Andre Kvalnes, Kaare Koehler Hoevik, Tim Schmidt, Nicholas John Elder, Charitha Herath Daskon Herath Mudiyanselage
  • Publication number: 20250032697
    Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source supported by the housing and configured to aspirate fluid from a wound covered by a wound dressing, a switch positioned on an exterior surface of the housing, and a controller configured to operate the negative pressure source. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a first user input via the switch, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a first fluid flow rate. The controller can be configured to, responsive to receiving a second user input via the switch subsequent to receiving the first user input, operate the negative pressure source to aspirate fluid from the wound at a second fluid flow rate greater than the first fluid flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, David Michael Elder, Mark John Ellerington, Benjamin James Gardner, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Reece James Knight, Andrea Maggiore, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Fraser George Weedon, Amy Nicole Wheldrake
  • Publication number: 20250025622
    Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy device can be configured to monitor motion and determine that the device is falling as well as duration and height of the fall. Flat falls and rotating falls can be accurately detected. The device can provide an indication of the fall, including deactivating therapy. The device can monitor the amount exudate removed from a wound and determine whether transition to a low-exudate rate negative pressure wound therapy and suggest such transition. The device can utilize proportional-inte-gral-derivative (PID) control loop to drive a negative pressure source of the device. The PID control loop can utilize different proportional gain and integral gain for different negative pressure setpoint to achieve target pressure quickly and without any large overshoots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Angela Boscaro, David Michael Elder, Grant Howarth, Pavel Ivan, Reece James Knight, Andrea Maggiore, Christopher John Webb
  • Patent number: 12151225
    Abstract: A feedstock gas, such as natural gas, is introduced into a mixing chamber. A combustible gas is introduced into a combustion chamber, for example simultaneously to the introduction of the feedstock gas. Thereafter, the combustible gas is ignited so as to cause the combustible gas to flow into the mixing chamber via one or more fluid flow paths between the combustion chamber and the mixing chamber, and to mix with the feedstock gas. The mixing of the combustible gas with the feedstock gas causes one or more products to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: EKONA POWER INC.
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hinkey, Jr., Timothy John Elder, Kenneth William Kratschmar, Christopher Edwin John Reid
  • Publication number: 20240185305
    Abstract: A system includes at least one processor to execute computer-readable instructions to ingest data from at least one third party data source associated with determining an artificial intelligence audience, receive a response to each question associated with determining the artificial intelligence audience, generate a prompt based on the response to each question and transmit the prompt to a large language model (LLM) application programming interface (API), generate the artificial intelligence audience based on the response to each question and the LLM API, and transmit at least one generative image of a member of the artificial intelligence audience, demographic information associated with the member of the artificial intelligence audience, personality information associated with the member of the artificial intelligence audience, and a text box to receive input from a user to allow the user to ask at least one realtime query to the member of the artificial intelligence audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Mike Barrett, John Elder, Paul Caiozzo, Lucas Shuman
  • Publication number: 20240152518
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to graph queries with reduced latencies. In one example of the technology, there is a cross-tenancy collaboration between two different tenancies: a first tenancy that is homed in a first geographical region and a second tenancy that is homed in a second geographical region. In the first geographical region, a first set of graph data is stored. The first set of the graph data is associated with the first tenancy. A portion of the first set of the graph data to be copied from the first geographical region to the second geographical region is determined. In response to determining the portion of the first set of the graph data, a copy of the portion of the first set of the graph data is stored in the second geographical region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Åge Andre KVALNES, Kaare Koehler HOEVIK, Tim SCHMIDT, Nicholas John ELDER, Charitha Herath DASKON HERATH MUDIYANSELAGE
  • Patent number: 11708220
    Abstract: A low-profile, high-capacity elevator conveying system that is operably able to reduce spatial requirements for the elevating system to not less than about one third (?) of the overall lift height, and preferably having a height to base ratio in a range of between 4:1 to 8:1. The present invention also relates to a high capacity elevator conveying system which can elevate both fine and coarse materials through a range of between 300 ?m and 300 mm, while limiting belt side travel to 150 mm maximum, or +/?75 mm as required to prevent edge damage to the conveyor belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: EMS-Tech Inc.
    Inventor: John Elder
  • Patent number: 11701632
    Abstract: A feedstock gas, such as natural gas, is introduced into a mixing chamber. A combustible gas is introduced into a combustion chamber, for example simultaneously to the introduction of the feedstock gas. Thereafter, the combustible gas is ignited so as to cause the combustible gas to flow into the mixing chamber via one or more fluid flow paths between the combustion chamber and the mixing chamber, and to mix with the feedstock gas. The mixing of the combustible gas with the feedstock gas causes one or more products to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: EKONA POWER INC.
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hinkey, Jr., Timothy John Elder, Kenneth William Kratschmar, Christopher Edwin John Reid
  • Publication number: 20230201790
    Abstract: A feedstock gas, such as natural gas, is introduced into a mixing chamber. A combustible gas is introduced into a combustion chamber, for example simultaneously to the introduction of the feedstock gas. Thereafter, the combustible gas is ignited so as to cause the combustible gas to flow into the mixing chamber via one or more fluid flow paths between the combustion chamber and the mixing chamber, and to mix with the feedstock gas. The mixing of the combustible gas with the feedstock gas causes one or more products to be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hinkey, JR., Timothy John Elder, Kenneth William Kratschmar, Christopher Edwin John Reid
  • Patent number: 11674388
    Abstract: Boreholes used for generating geothermal energy or other purposes are formed at least in part by accelerating projectiles toward geologic material. Interaction between a projectile and the geologic material may generate debris or other material. The temperature of this generated material may be used to determine the potential for generation of geothermal energy using the borehole. Based on the temperature of the material, a fluid having a different temperature than that of the material is provided into the borehole for generation of power using geothermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HYPERSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Hossam Elbadawy, Mark C. Russell, Charles T. Russell, Timothy John Elder, Minh Button
  • Publication number: 20230126348
    Abstract: A low-profile, high-capacity elevator conveying system that is operably able to reduce spatial requirements for the elevating system to not less than about one third (?) of the overall lift height, and preferably having a height to base ratio in a range of between 4:1 to 8:1. The present invention also relates to a high capacity elevator conveying system which can elevate both fine and coarse materials through a range of between 300 ?m and 300 mm, while limiting belt side travel to 150 mm maximum, or +/?75 mm as required to prevent edge damage to the conveyor belts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: John Elder
  • Publication number: 20220203326
    Abstract: A feedstock gas, such as natural gas, is introduced into a mixing chamber. A combustible gas is introduced into a combustion chamber, for example simultaneously to the introduction of the feedstock gas. Thereafter, the combustible gas is ignited so as to cause the combustible gas to flow into the mixing chamber via one or more fluid flow paths between the combustion chamber and the mixing chamber, and to mix with the feedstock gas. The mixing of the combustible gas with the feedstock gas causes one or more products to be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hinkey, Timothy John Elder, Kenneth William Kratschmar, Christopher Edwin John Reid
  • Publication number: 20220023824
    Abstract: A feedstock gas, such as natural gas, is introduced into a mixing chamber. A combustible gas is introduced into a combustion chamber, for example simultaneously to the introduction of the feedstock gas. Thereafter, the combustible gas is ignited so as to cause the combustible gas to flow into the mixing chamber via one or more fluid flow paths between the combustion chamber and the mixing chamber, and to mix with the feedstock gas. The mixing of the combustible gas with the feedstock gas causes one or more products to be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: John Benjamin Hinkey, JR., Timothy John Elder, Kenneth William Kratschmar, Christopher Edwin John Reid
  • Publication number: 20210327190
    Abstract: A system for election document processing is disclosed. Image data representative of a scanned election document is matched with a template for processing and consideration of a new elections record. The template defines areas of interest and rules for processing the image data. Data associated with picture elements defining the areas of interest is applied to predetermined validation functions to validate whether the image data includes sufficient information for populating predefined fields and accepting the scanned election document. Additional functions are applied to the image data to compare the image data with information of a voter registration database in order to verify a voter associated with the election document. The scanned election document is further processed for validation sampling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: William O'Neill, Wei He, Chris Schiffhauer, Don Ingels, John Elder, Steve Prussing, David Siegel, Jon Miller, Joshua Bonebrake
  • Patent number: 11004291
    Abstract: A system for election document processing is disclosed. Image data representative of a scanned election document is matched with a template for processing and consideration of a new elections record. The template defines areas of interest and rules for processing the image data. Data associated with picture elements defining the areas of interest is applied to predetermined validation functions to validate whether the image data includes sufficient information for populating predefined fields and accepting the scanned election document. Additional functions are applied to the image data to compare the image data with information of a voter registration database in order to verify a voter associated with the election document. The scanned election document is further processed for validation sampling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Runbeck Election Services Inc.
    Inventors: William O'Neill, Wei He, Chris Schiffhauer, Don Ingels, John Elder, Steve Prussing, David Siegel, Jon Miller, Joshua Bonebrake
  • Patent number: 10914168
    Abstract: Methods for generating boreholes used for generating geothermal energy or other purposes include forming the borehole by accelerating a projectile into contact with geologic material. Interaction between the projectile and the geologic material generates an acoustic signal, such as vibrations within the formation, that is detected using acoustic sensors along a drilling conduit, at the surface, or within a separate borehole. Characteristics of the geologic material, such as hardness, porosity, or the presence of fractures, may be determined based on characteristics of the acoustic signal. The direction in which the borehole is extended may be modified based on the characteristics of the geologic material, such as to create a borehole that intersects one or more fractures for generation of geothermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HYPERSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Hossam Elbadawy, Mark C. Russell, Charles T. Russell, Timothy John Elder, Minh Button
  • Patent number: 10697242
    Abstract: One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator includes one or more baffles that are downhole. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second. An endcap may be deployed within a tube of the ram accelerator device to prevent incursion of formation pressure products such as oil, water, mud, gas, and so forth into a guide tube of the ram accelerator. The endcap may be maintained in place within the hole at least in part by the one or more baffles. During operation the projectile penetrates the endcap and at least a portion thereof impacts a working face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HYPERSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark C. Russell, Timothy John Elder, Jonathan M. Wolff
  • Publication number: 20190311563
    Abstract: A system for election document processing is disclosed. Image data representative of a scanned election document is matched with a template for processing and consideration of a new elections record. The template defines areas of interest and rules for processing the image data. Data associated with picture elements defining the areas of interest is applied to predetermined validation functions to validate whether the image data includes sufficient information for populating predefined fields and accepting the scanned election document. Additional functions are applied to the image data to compare the image data with information of a voter registration database in order to verify a voter associated with the election document. The scanned election document is further processed for validation sampling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: William O'Neill, Wei He, Chris Schiffhauer, Don Ingels, John Elder, Steve Prussing, David Siegel, Jon Miller, Joshua Bonebrake
  • Publication number: 20180254066
    Abstract: A portable multi-view system and method for combining multiple audio and video streams is provided. The system comprises one or more adjustable arms attached to a base station, each of the one or more arms comprising one or more sensors, including a first camera transmitting a first video signal and a second camera transmitting a second video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Lloyd John ELDER
  • Patent number: D833446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NexVidea, Inc.
    Inventor: Lloyd John Elder