Patents by Inventor Keith Pickens

Keith Pickens 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: 7979288
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device, system and method of automated interpretation of medical prescription text. Prescription text may be entered into a user interface that may be analogous to a paper prescription entry such as manually written text. The system may then provide parsing, prompts and/or hints along with validity feedback as the prescription information is entered by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Jeff Wilkinson, William Arensman, Nathan Price, John Madrid, Keith Pickens
  • Publication number: 20090099870
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device, system and method of automated interpretation of medical prescription text. Prescription text may be entered into a user interface that may be analogous to a paper prescription entry such as manually written text. The system may then provide parsing, prompts and/or hints along with validity feedback as the prescription information is entered by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jeff WILKINSON, William ARENSMAN, Nathan PRICE, John MADRID, Keith PICKENS
  • Patent number: 7429698
    Abstract: An acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface is attached adjacent to the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell. A first resilient pad, that provides a percussion surface that does not require periodic adjustment, is attached adjacent to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate. A raised rim circumscribes the first resilient pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Kieffa Drums, LLC
    Inventor: Keith A. Pickens
  • Publication number: 20070169610
    Abstract: An acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface is attached adjacent to the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell. A first resilient pad, that provides a percussion surface that does not require periodic adjustment, is attached adjacent to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate. A raised rim circumscribes the first resilient pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Keith Pickens
  • Publication number: 20070127448
    Abstract: A system and method of telephony resource management and security for monitoring and/or controlling incoming and outgoing calls between an enterprise's end-user stations and a public circuit-switched network and/or a public packet-switched network. A security policy is made up of one or more rules designating at least one action to be performed based on at least one attribute of the incoming or outgoing call. Calls are detected and sensed on the line, trunk and/or cabling, and analyzed to determine attributes associated with each call. Actions are performed based upon the determined attributes, in accordance with the security policy rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: David Buntin, Keith Pickens
  • Patent number: 7179985
    Abstract: A hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface is attached to at least the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell. A first resilient pad is attached to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate. An electroacoustic transducer is attached to the inside cylindrical surface of the hollow cylindrical shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kieffa Drums, LLC
    Inventor: Keith A Pickens
  • Publication number: 20060230912
    Abstract: A hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an inside surface is attached to at least the first end of the hollow cylindrical shell. A first resilient pad is attached to the outside surface of the first substantially rigid plate. An electroacoustic transducer is attached to the inside cylindrical surface of the hollow cylindrical shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Keith Pickens
  • Publication number: 20050047570
    Abstract: A system and method to provide secure communication across the untrusted public switched telephone network includes a set of rules in a security policy which are implemented by a virtual private switched telecommunications network (VPSTN). The VPSTN provides for intercepting voice calls and modifying their set-up to include a request for bearer capability to support a data call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Greg Schmid, Kirk Smith, Keith Pickens, Craig Heilmann
  • Publication number: 20050025302
    Abstract: A system and method to provide secure communication across the untrusted public switched telephone network includes a set of rules in a security policy which are implemented by a virtual private switched telecommunications network (VPSTN). The VPSTN provides for intercepting voice calls and modifying their set-up to include a request for bearer capability to support a data call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Greg Schmid, Kirk Smith, Keith Pickens, Craig Heilmann