Patents by Inventor Kenneth Beck
Kenneth Beck 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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Patent number: 11912166Abstract: Methods and systems are described for controlling output of a fuel cell that generates electrical power for an electric machine that propels a vehicle. In one example, a driver demand power reduction is anticipated and output of the fuel cell is adjusted before the driver demand power is reduced so that a greater amount of electric charge may be stored in an electric energy storage device.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Beck, Walter Joseph Ortmann, Kenneth James Miller, Thomas Joseph Cusumano
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Patent number: 9792296Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Kenneth Beck
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Patent number: 9254100Abstract: An implantable activity detector can detect metabolic stress levels, which can be normalized, such as to identify times of activities such as walking and running or to identify trends such as a decrease in metabolic activity. The data can be derived from different sources such as an accelerometer and pedometer. This data can be compared to independently specifiable thresholds, such as to trigger an alert or responsive therapy, or to display one or more trends. The information can also be combined with other congestive heart failure (CHF) indications. The alert can notify the patient or a caregiver, such as via remote monitoring. Metabolic activity data from one or more of the activity detectors can be used to establish a model of metabolic stress, to which further activity data can be compared for identifying periods of increased or decreased metabolic stress.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Beck, Ramesh Wariar, Chie Kawahara, Gerrard M. Carlson
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Patent number: 9020897Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Silicon Graphics International Corp.Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20150019492Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20130346371Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Silicon Graphics International Corp.Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Patent number: 8527463Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Silicon Graphics International Corp.Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20120191654Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: SILICON GRAPHICS INTERNATIONALInventor: Kenneth Beck
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Patent number: 8156080Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Silicon Graphics InternationalInventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20120072558Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventor: Kenneth BECK
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Patent number: 8001222Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Version information about subsystems is acquired by a leader node when forming a cluster membership and distributed to all nodes in the cluster to enable proper messaging during operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Silicon Graphics InternationalInventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20110191297Abstract: A computer system with read/write access to storage devices creates a snapshot of a data volume at a point in time while continuing to accept access requests to the mirrored data volume by copying before making changes to the base data volume. Multiple snapshots may be made of the same data volume at different points in time. Only data that is not stored in a previous snapshot volume or in the base data volume are stored in the most recent snapshot volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Patent number: 7814058Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Access to files on the storage devices is arbitrated by the cluster filesystem using tokens. Upon detection of a change in location of the metadata server, client nodes waiting for a token are interrupted to check on the status of at least one of data and node availability.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Silicon Graphics InternationalInventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20090132000Abstract: A system receives signals indicative of cardiopulmonary conditions sensed by a plurality of sensors and provides for monitoring and automated differential diagnosis of the cardiopulmonary conditions based on the signals. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is detected based on one or more signals sensed by implantable sensors. If the cardiogenic pulmonary edema is not detected, obstructive pulmonary disease and restrictive pulmonary disease are each detected based on a forced vital capacity (FVC) parameter and a forced expiratory volume (FEV) parameter measured from a respiratory signal sensed by an implantable or non-implantable sensor. In one embodiment, an implantable medical device senses signals indicative of the cardiopulmonary conditions, and an external system detects the cardiopulmonary conditions based on these signals by executing an automatic detection algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Marina Brockway, Donald Hopper, Gerrard M. Carlson, Veerichetty Kadhiresan, Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20090069720Abstract: An implantable activity detector can detect metabolic stress levels, which can be normalized, such as to identify times of activities such as walking and running or to identify trends such as a decrease in metabolic activity. The data can be derived from different sources such as an accelerometer and pedometer. This data can be compared to independently specifiable thresholds, such as to trigger an alert or responsive therapy, or to display one or more trends. The information can also be combined with other congestive heart failure (CHF) indications. The alert can notify the patient or a caregiver, such as via remote monitoring. Metabolic activity data from one or more of the activity detectors can be used to establish a model of metabolic stress, to which further activity data can be compared for identifying periods of increased or decreased metabolic stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Beck, Ramesh Wariar, Chie Kawahara, Gerrard M. Carlson
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Publication number: 20090062882Abstract: An inspiratory muscle stimulation system uses an implantable medical device to deliver stimulation to control diaphragmatic contractions for slower and deeper breathing, thereby conditioning and strengthening inspiratory muscles. In various embodiments, respiratory and/or cardiac performance are monitored for controlling parameters of the stimulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Yi Zhang, Shantha Arcot-Krishnamurthy, Lili Liu, Kenneth Beck, Kent Lee, Jonathan Kwok, Zheng Lin
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Patent number: 7480528Abstract: A system receives signals indicative of cardiopulmonary conditions sensed by a plurality of sensors and provides for monitoring and automated differential diagnosis of the cardiopulmonary conditions based on the signals. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is detected based on one or more signals sensed by implantable sensors. If the cardiogenic pulmonary edema is not detected, obstructive pulmonary disease and restrictive pulmonary disease are each detected based on a forced vital capacity (FVC) parameter and a forced expiratory volume (FEV) parameter measured from a respiratory signal sensed by an implantable or non-implantable sensor. In one embodiment, an implantable medical device senses signals indicative of the cardiopulmonary conditions, and an external system detects the cardiopulmonary conditions based on these signals by executing an automatic detection algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Marina Brockway, Donald Hopper, Gerrard M. Carlson, Veerichetty Kadhiresan, Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20080071185Abstract: An implantable respiration monitor can detect disordered breathing events that can be categorized, such as according to one or more of sleep, exercise, and resting awake states. The categorized frequency of such events can be compared to independently specifiable thresholds, such as to trigger an alert or responsive therapy, or to display one or more trends. The information can be combined with detection of one or more other congestive heart failure (CHF) symptoms to generate a CHF status indicator or to trigger an alarm or responsive. The alert can notify the patient or a caregiver, such as via remote monitoring. Respiration patterns from one or more of the activity states can be used to establish model of disordered breathing to which further respiration data can be compared for identifying periods of disordered breathing. Such identification can trigger an alert or response to therapy, or to display one or more trends.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Beck, Kent Lee
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Publication number: 20080010284Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Access to files on the storage devices is arbitrated by the cluster filesystem using tokens. Upon detection of a change in location of the metadata server, client nodes waiting for a token are interrupted to check on the status of at least one of data and node availability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Applicant: SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.Inventor: Kenneth Beck
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Publication number: 20080005196Abstract: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Version information about subsystems is acquired by a leader node when forming a cluster membership and distributed to all nodes in the cluster to enable proper messaging during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.Inventor: Kenneth Beck