Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. James

Kenneth A. James 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating and transmitting targeted data within an enterprise
    Patent number: 10990929
    Abstract: The present approach relates to providing targeted content to a user (e.g., employee) of an enterprise. In certain implementations, the present techniques involve receiving filter data (e.g., data identifying an employee) from a user and providing content in the form of knowledge blocks to a user based on metadata of the knowledge blocks that is associated with the filter data. In other implementations, the present techniques involve receiving trigger data (e.g., data of an employee satisfying a condition) and providing a set of activities (e.g., social activities or work related) to a user based on the trigger data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshitha Kota Ram Gopal, Kenneth James Hamer, Lucinda Kathryn Foss, Anil Kumar Bathula, Ismail Sencan, Harivijay Srikanth Gunuru, Regis Michel Cridlig, Akhilesh Kondra, Kaho Lee, Sarup Paul, Maria Svoisky Goldberg
  • Variable phone selection options based on location
    Patent number: 10992814
    Abstract: A computing device can detect that a first call has taken place on a desk phone, which triggers recording of location-specific information indicating a location of the computing device. The location-specific information can be established as the base of the desk phone. Later, the computing device can again record location-specific information indicating a current location of the computing device and compare the current location of the computing device with the location-specific information for the location of the desk phone. When the current location of the computing device is substantially the same as the location of the desk phone, the computing device can enable computer telephony integration (CTI) controls on the computing device to control the desk phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Mccann, Kenneth James Ward
  • MULTI-CLUSTER MANAGEMENT PLANE FOR NETWORK DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210099343
    Abstract: A method for managing networking devices. The method includes receiving, by a second management system, first network device state information (NDSI) for a first plurality of network devices, where the first NDSI is obtained by a first management system and where the first management system manages the first plurality of network devices. The method further includes initiating performance of a management action based on a result, wherein the result is obtained by processing at least the first NDSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Kenneth James Duda
  • Clamshell bucket with aux-bail carriage assembly
    Patent number: 10961084
    Abstract: A crop bucket having an aux-bail release mechanism wherein movement of the chains is restrained such that an auxiliary hook actuating the release mechanism can do so in a smooth and controlled manner from a variety of angles and positions, while reducing or eliminating bucket roll from offset pulling. The release mechanism can include a carriage configured to translate along at least a portion of a mast and operatively connected to first and second clamshell portions such that movement of the carriage away results in rotation of the clamshell portions toward the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony E. Scotto, Kenneth James Platt
  • ION GENERATOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210086195
    Abstract: An ion generating device can include a housing having an opening, an anode and a cathode disposed within the housing and having a space between them in fluid communication with the opening, a power source having a negative terminal and a positive terminal with a first connection between the negative terminal and the anode and a second connection between the positive terminal and the cathode, and an air mover disposed to direct an air flow through the space and out of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Warren Edwin Guthrie, John Gregory Videtich, Kenneth James Orr, Eric Joshua Emens
  • Method and system for monitoring soot production
    Patent number: 10947920
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for using an engine laser ignition system to take images, in real-time, of a cylinder during combustion and estimate cylinder soot generation. If excess soot generation is determined, cylinder fueling is adjusted by varying an injection pressure, amount, and ratio. An air-fuel ratio of the cylinder is also adjusted in view of exhaust temperature constraints to reduce soot generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Raymond Martin, Kenneth James Miller
  • Leg and flap elastic composite for an absorbent article and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 10932957
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions. The article comprises an outer cover, a body-side liner, an absorbent assembly between the outer cover and the body-side liner, and leg and flap elastic composites including a containment flap portion and a gasket portion. Each of the composites are attached to the liner such that one of the composites is disposed adjacent one side edge of the liner and the other composite is disposed adjacent the other side edge of the liner, each of the composites extend longitudinally from the front waist region to the back waist region, and each of the composites have a deadened portion in the front waist region or the back waist region. The article further includes a waist elastic member extending longitudinally between the deadened portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Luis Alberto Tenorio, Jeffrey Alan DeBroux, David Kyle Stankewicz, Darin Allen Engelhart, James Richard Schermerhorn, Michael Donald Sperl, Daniel Mark Duhm, Michael Lee Lohoff, Anita Marie-Nanette Gilgenbach, Kenneth James Quella
  • Optical signature generation, distribution and display
    Patent number: 10929731
    Abstract: A system generates, distributes, and displays an optical signature on devices with a display and wearable devices. The optical signature can be provided as part of an optical signature set to one or more users to allow them to communicate information to each other visually. The optical signature is displayed by a device associated with a first user for interpretation by a second user. The optical signature conveys information about the first user such as interaction type being sought with a second user and characteristics of the user being sought to interact with. The optical signature may be composed of any combination of shapes, colors, geometric patterns, pictures or video displayed statically or in motion or holographic images. A user with a displayed optical signature can find other users locally and remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cyberline, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth James Beitel
  • Real-time bottom-hole flow measurements for hydraulic fracturing with a doppler sensor in bridge plug using DAS communication
    Patent number: 10920580
    Abstract: A system and method for obtaining real time down hole flow measurements and proppant concentrations between perforations and/or perforation clusters during hydraulic fracturing in multistage stimulated wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman R. Warpinski, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Kenneth James Smith, Brian Park
  • Methods and system for improving hybrid vehicle transmission gear shifting
    Patent number: 10919518
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, a rear drive unit electric machine, an integrated starter/generator, and a transmission are described. In one example, inertia torque compensation is provided to counter inertia torque during a power-on upshift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Meyer, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Xiaoyong Wang, Matthew John Shelton, Christopher John Teslak, Kenneth James Miller
  • Scanning Method And Apparatus Comprising A Buoyancy Material For Scanning An Underwater Pipeline Or A Process Vessel
    Publication number: 20210033545
    Abstract: The invention discloses a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the vessel to be detected by an array of detectors which are each collimated to detect radiation over a narrow angle relative to the width of the emitted radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Bowdon, Paul David Featonby, James Stephen Howstan, Peter Jackson, Kenneth James, Emanuele Ronchi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LOW COMPUTING RESOURCE STATE
    Publication number: 20210034427
    Abstract: A network device includes computing resources for utilization by processes hosted by the network device and a computing resources manager. The computing resources manager automatically instantiate a new instance of a first process of the processes upon termination of the first process; makes a determination that the network device has entered an out of computing resources state; and in response to the determination: performs an action set to increase a quantity of the computing resources that are available for allocation to the processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth James Duda, Itthichok Jangjaimon, Andre Abreu Calfa, Robert Eugene Gilligan, Roman Olegovich Chertov
  • RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES WITH COLORED BLADES
    Publication number: 20210031388
    Abstract: Razors cartridges including a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap are provided. The first blade has a first color and a second blade has a second color, where the first color is different than the second color. The blade color corresponds to an attribute of the blade (e.g., low cut force) that the color is disposed on or an attribute of the razor cartridge (e.g., sensitive skin). The color of the blade corresponds to a target user of the razor cartridge (e.g., male or female). The first blade defines a blade edge near or nearest the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge near or nearest the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: LAURA XU, Kenneth James Skrobis, Neville Sonnenberg, Ronald Richard Duff, JR, Joseph Allan DePuydt
  • RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES
    Publication number: 20210031390
    Abstract: A razor cartridge having a first blade proximal to a front of the cartridge and having one or more first coatings disposed thereon, a second blade proximal to a back of the cartridge, the second blade having one or more second coatings disposed thereon, wherein a thickness of at least one of the one or more first coatings disposed on the first blade is less than a thickness of at least one of the one or more second coatings disposed on the second blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth James Skrobis, John Lawrence Maziarz, Joseph Allan DePuydt, William Owen Jolley
  • Electrified vehicles equipped with secondary battery packs
    Patent number: 10910614
    Abstract: This disclosure details electrified vehicles that are equipped with secondary battery packs for increasing the electric range of the vehicles. An exemplary electrified vehicle includes a cargo space, such as a truck bed, and a secondary battery pack positioned within the cargo space. The secondary battery pack is adapted to selectively supply power for propelling one or more vehicle drive wheels. In some embodiments, the secondary battery pack is shaped like, and therefore disguised as, a toolbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Joseph Ortmann, Thomas J. Coupar, Kenneth James Miller
  • DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210026803
    Abstract: Techniques relate to managing a document throughout its lifecycle according to configurable metadata associated with the document. A processor may receive the document in association with an operation and may determine suitable metadata, which may be configurable, to associate with the document. After the operation is closed, the processor may suitably handle the document based on the metadata. Handling the document may include moving the document to an associated profile and/or purging the document. Further, with the configurable metadata, the processor may control the document with increased granularity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Leena Gian Dudani, Shaleen Shankar, Alexander James Richberg, Kenneth James Rudy Hamer
  • Method and system for processing encapsulated wireless traffic
    Patent number: 10904035
    Abstract: A method for processing network traffic data units (NTDUs). The method includes receiving, by a wireless access point (WAP), a NTDU from a client device. The method further includes identifying a virtual tunnel upon which to transmit the NTDU, where the virtual tunnel is associated with a network device and transmitting, via the virtual tunnel, the NTDU to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth James Duda, Venkata Ramchandra Murthy Jonnalagadda
  • MULTI-DRONE GROUND VEHICLE JUMP START
    Publication number: 20210017945
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system including a computer programmed to actuate a plurality of drones to first establish one or more electrical connections therebetween and then to provide a jump start to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Aed M. DUDAR, Douglas Raymond MARTIN, Kenneth James MILLER
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING RESOURCES USING NETWORK DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210021515
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to processing network traffic data units (NTDUs). More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to processing NTDUs transmitted between client device and the one or more protected resources. The protected resources are logically surrounded by a perimeter, which is implemented as a set of network devices that manage the flow of NTDUs between client devices and the protected resources. The perimeter works in conjunction with a set of filtering devices to determine whether a given NTDU can ultimately be transmitted to, and processed by, a protected resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Francis Capper, Kenneth James Duda, Hugh Holbrook
  • OPTICAL SIGNATURE GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20210012172
    Abstract: A system generates, distributes, and displays an optical signature on devices with a display and wearable devices. The optical signature can be provided as part of an optical signature set to one or more users to allow them to communicate information to each other visually. The optical signature is displayed by a device associated with a first user for interpretation by a second user. The optical signature conveys information about the first user such as interaction type being sought with a second user and characteristics of the user being sought to interact with. The optical signature may be composed of any combination of shapes, colors, geometric patterns, pictures or video displayed statically or in motion or holographic images. A user with a displayed optical signature can find other users locally and remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Kenneth James Beitel