Patents by Inventor Keith A. Smith

Keith A. Smith 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).

  • Orienting a user interface of a controller for operating a self-propelled device
    Patent number: 9290220
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • DRILLING FLUID AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160024368
    Abstract: A drilling fluid comprising: a non-ionic surfactant including: a branched alcohol ethoxylate and/or a capped alcohol ethoxylate; and a detergent builder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: CARL KEITH SMITH
  • SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE FOR INTERPRETING INPUT FROM A CONTROLLER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150362919
    Abstract: A self-propelled device operates to interpret an input corresponding to a set of actions that are performed on a controller device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith, Jonathan Carroll
  • Process for providing a quantity of a particulate material, product and apparatus
    Patent number: 9161884
    Abstract: A process for providing a predetermined quantity of a particulate material in which the particulate material is deposited on a defined area of a sticky surface of a substrate. The process is suitable for deposition of particulate drug material on a substrate such as a strip form substrate which can then be compacted to provide a delivery device for delivering the predetermined quantity of the particulate material. Such a delivery device, and an apparatus to perform the process, comprise further aspects of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Barlow, Howard Biddle, Roderick Haines, Keith Smith
  • HIGH CAPACTITY POLYMER CATHODE AND HIGH ENERGY DMENSITY RECHARGEABLE CELL COMPRISING THE CATHODE
    Publication number: 20150280218
    Abstract: The invention features a rechargeable cathode and a battery comprising the cathode. The cathode includes a solid, ionically conducting polymer material and electroactive sulfur. The battery contains a lithium anode; the cathode; and an electrolyte; wherein at least one of anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, include the solid, ionically conducting polymer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Zimmerman, Randy Leising, Alexei B. Gavrilov, Keith Smith, Andy Teoli
  • Self-propelled device for interpreting input from a controller device
    Patent number: 9114838
    Abstract: A self-propelled device operates to interpret an input corresponding to a set of actions that are performed on a controller device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Sphero, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith, Jonathan Carroll
  • Hierarchically tagged cache
    Patent number: 8874850
    Abstract: A hierarchically tagged cache provides abstraction between access requests for data and the cached data. The cache is managed by hierarchical layers of indexes including reference to the data. Access requests indicate a header for the requested data, which is associated with one of the layers. Cache management determines what layer is associated with the header, and can traverse the indexes, beginning at the layer associated with the header, to access the data. If the header does not exist at the index of that layer, it can be created. Indexes can be appropriately updated with indexes at each layer being referenced by one or more indexes of the layer higher up in the hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Goodson, Minglong Shao, Keith Smith
  • Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage system
    Patent number: 8825963
    Abstract: A storage system provides highly flexible data layouts that can be tailored to various different applications and use cases. The system dynamically balances performance with block sharing, based on service level objectives (SLOs). The system defines several types of data containers, including “regions”, “logical extents” and “slabs”. Each region includes one or more logical extents. Allocated to each logical extent is at least part of one or more slabs allocated to the region that includes the extent. Each slab is a set of blocks of storage from one or more physical storage devices. The slabs can be defined from a heterogeneous pool of physical storage. The system also maintains multiple “volumes” above the region layer. Each volume includes one or more logical extents from one or more regions. Layouts of the extents within the regions are not visible to any of the volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Edwards, Keith A. Smith, Jiri Schindler, Steven R. Kleiman
  • ORIENTING A USER INTERFACE OF A CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140236393
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Orbotix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • DRILLING FLUID AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140213489
    Abstract: A drilling fluid comprising: a non-ionic surfactant including: a branched alcohol ethoxylate and/or a capped alcohol ethoxylate; and a detergent builder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: CARL KEITH SMITH
  • Orienting a user interface of a controller for operating a self-propelled device
    Patent number: 8751063
    Abstract: A self-propelled device determines an orientation for its movement based on a pre-determined reference frame. A controller device is operable by a user to control the self-propelled device. The controller device includes a user interface for controlling at least a direction of movement of the self-propelled device. The self-propelled device is configured to signal the controller device information that indicates the orientation of the self-propelled device. The controller device is configured to orient the user interface, based on the information signaled from the self-propelled device, to reflect the orientation of the self-propelled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Orbotix, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Bernstein, Adam Wilson, Brian Keith Smith
  • Dual Component Mixing Bag
    Publication number: 20140140166
    Abstract: A container has elastomeric sheets defining a periphery with four sides. A seal extends about the periphery defining a closed chamber. A separator extends across the closed chamber dividing the closed chamber into a first compartment and a second compartment. The separator includes a rod for wrapping the sheets around the rod to define a dividing portion. A retainer clip presents an inner wall clamped about the dividing portion providing an impermeable closure between the sheets. The sheets define at least two aligned and spaced pockets separated by a gap whereby removing the rod from the retainer clip and inserting the rod into the pockets extending across the gap and clamping the retainer clip over the rod to define a handle. The present invention also includes a method for mixing a first component and a second component in the container and releasing the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald Keith Smith, Matthew Scott Peterson
  • Drilling fluid and methods
    Patent number: 8703658
    Abstract: A drilling fluid comprising: a non-ionic surfactant including: a branched alcohol ethoxylate and/or a capped alcohol ethoxylate; and a detergent builder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canadian Energy Services L.P.
    Inventor: Carl Keith Smith
  • Skid shoe assembly for loading and transporting large structures
    Patent number: 8534213
    Abstract: A system comprising a floating vessel comprising a deck having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a plurality of support structures in an array spaced along the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis; a plurality of lateral support members spanning a lateral distance between adjacent support structures; a plurality of longitudinal support members spanning a longitudinal distance between adjacent support structures; a skid beam resting on the plurality of lateral support members and the plurality of longitudinal support members; and a skid shoe resting on the skid beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: James Scott Chitwood, David Alex Knoll, Edward Stephen Piter, William Michael Pritchett, Roy Keith Smith, Wilbert Ray Ulbricht
  • DRILLING FLUID AND METHOD FOR DRILLING IN COAL-CONTAINING FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20130206479
    Abstract: A drilling fluid and method for drilling in a coal containing formation. The method includes: providing a mixed metal-viscosified drilling fluid including at least 0.05% calcium sulfate; circulating the drilling fluid through the well; and drilling into a coal seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: TECH-STAR FLUID SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Carl Keith Smith
  • Dynamic balancing of performance with block sharing in a storage system
    Patent number: 8443153
    Abstract: A storage system provides highly flexible data layouts that can be tailored to various different applications and use cases. The system dynamically balances performance with block sharing, based on service level objectives (SLOs). The system defines several types of data containers, including “regions”, “logical extents” and “slabs”. Each region includes one or more logical extents. Allocated to each logical extent is at least part of one or more slabs allocated to the region that includes the extent. Each slab is a set of blocks of storage from one or more physical storage devices. The slabs can be defined from a heterogeneous pool of physical storage. The system also maintains multiple “volumes” above the region layer. Each volume includes one or more logical extents from one or more regions. Layouts of the extents within the regions are not visible to any of the volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Edwards, Keith A. Smith, Jiri Schindler, Steven R. Kleiman
  • Drilling fluid and method for drilling in coal-containing formations
    Patent number: 8387723
    Abstract: A drilling fluid and method for drilling in a coal containing formation. The method includes: providing a mixed metal-viscosified drilling fluid including at least 1% potassium salt; circulating the drilling fluid through the well; and drilling into a coal seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Tech-Star Fluid Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Alexandru Stoian, Carl Keith Smith
  • Device and method for providing portable and secure internet-based IT services
    Publication number: 20130039488
    Abstract: The increase in popularity of Internet-based computing services for delivery of their information technology (IT) capability has also created dependences for the user to access their IT facilities and be able to work. The current invention provides solutions to these dependences using a system with a convenient, highly portable data storage device that when connected to a general purpose computer that has access to the internet, provides the user the ability to access and work on large, complex tasks and files on their internet-based IT facilities while simultaneously maintaining the security and integrity of the information and data transmitted over the internet between the user and their IT facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Simon Keith Smith, Clifford Jack Milliner
  • Drilling fluid and methods
    Patent number: 8338340
    Abstract: A drilling fluid comprising: a non-ionic surfactant including at least one of a branched alcohol ethoxylate and a capped alcohol ethoxylate, a detergent builder and a viscosifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tech-Star Fluid Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Alexandru Stoian, Carl Keith Smith
  • SELF-SERVE API FOR GAME MECHANICS TOOL
    Publication number: 20120270661
    Abstract: Game mechanics may be incorporated into a web site, mobile site, and/or app using an automated access, self-serve platform. A user interface may be generated based on input provided by or on behalf of a publisher of a site and/or app. The user interface may be configured to be incorporated with the site and/or app. An economy governing game mechanics associated with the user interface may be defined. The user interface may be provided for integration with the site and/or app. Integration of the user interface with the site and/or app may provide the game mechanics to the site and/or app. In some implementations, generating the user interface may include generating, at a gamification server, a widget configured to provide the user interface, the site and/or app being provided by a site server, the gamification server being separate and distinct from the site server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: BigDoor Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith SMITH, Jeff Malek, Collin Watson, Lee McFadden, Brian Oldfield