Patents by Inventor Lee Curtis

Lee Curtis 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).

  • Publication number: 20230195932
    Abstract: Protecting sensitive data from unauthorized disclosure is provided. For example, systems, methods, and computer readable storage devices are described that may be operable or configured to tokenize sensitive data attributes that may be included in a data file received from a client. Tokens that are anonymized but representative of the attributes may be generated and mapped to the sensitive data attributes. A tokenized data file may be de-tokenized and re-tokenized to perform processes that require the sensitive data attributes. A document may be transformed to protect the sensitive data attributes while reducing risk of disclosure of the sensitive data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: RevSpring, Inc.
    Inventors: Lino Etollo Carnesecca, Shawn Michael Mox, Scott Andrew Astheimer, Eric Edward Martin, Cliff Lee Curtis, Jesse Alan Yeager, Miguel Dawson
  • Patent number: 11407573
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
    Inventors: Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Publication number: 20220186842
    Abstract: There is provided a seal assembly comprising: a first component and a second component spaced apart from the first component so as to define a passage for the transfer of fluid from an inlet of the seal assembly to an outlet of the seal assembly, wherein the first component comprises a concavity at least partially defining the passage, and wherein no part of the second component extends into the portion of the passage bounded by the concavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Daniels, James Alexander McEwen, Levinia Mathews, Christopher Parry, Thomas Roberts, George E. Sandford, Stephen Caddy, Thomas Hulson, Dave Lee, Martin Selway, Kevin Franks, Lisa Jane Hill, Henry David Lambton Carr, Jonathan Wilson, Lee Curtis, Fahim Ismail Patel, Matthew Whittlesea, Matthew J. Purdey, Donald E. Willey
  • Publication number: 20220154801
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Patent number: 11242909
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a case, one or more environmental buffers, a platform suspended within the case by a plurality of wire rope isolators, a crumple zone beneath the platform and configured with one or more shock-absorbing structures, and a container assembly configured on the platform. The container assembly is operable to protect a payload comprising a flexible panel. The container assembly comprises a back panel positioned behind the flexible panel and offset by a first substantially airtight compartment, a front panel positioned in front of the flexible panel and offset by a second substantially airtight compartment, and a stiffener panel positioned in front of the front panel and offset by a third substantially airtight compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION FOR THE GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
    Inventors: Dale Kronkright, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Patent number: 11145322
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes fabricating a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials. The method also includes applying the organic coating to the applicator portion of the tape, the organic coating being for coating a tape bearing surface of the magnetic head with the organic coating upon the applicator portion being run over the tape bearing surface of the magnetic head. The method further includes applying a lubricant to a data portion of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lionel Bradshaw, Icko Eric Timothy Iben, Wayne Alan McKinley, Lee Curtis Randall
  • Patent number: 11011198
    Abstract: A tape drive may arrange timing-based-servo marks into a timing-based-servo pattern. The timing-based-servo pattern may be at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may select the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may match at least two timing-based-servo marks in the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may determine, from the matching, whether an alignment of the at least two timing-based-servo marks is demonstrative of tape-creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Nhan Xuan Bui, Lee Curtis Randall, Richard Bradshaw
  • Publication number: 20210125632
    Abstract: A tape drive may arrange timing-based-servo marks into a timing-based-servo pattern. The timing-based-servo pattern may be at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may select the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may match at least two timing-based-servo marks in the at least one M-pattern. The tape drive may determine, from the matching, whether an alignment of the at least two timing-based-servo marks is demonstrative of tape-creep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Nhan Xuan Bui, Lee Curtis Randall, Richard Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 10964350
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor is corroded using resistance, amplitude and signal to noise ratio (SNR) measurements of the sensor. A method to determine whether a TMR sensor is corroded includes determining an expected initial resistance value, RTMRoUse and measuring a resistance value, RTMR, of the sensor. The method includes calculating a ratio of the RTMR value and the expected initial resistance value, RTMRoUse and determining whether the ratio is in a predefined range for the TMR sensor. In response to determining that the ratio of the sensor is within the predefined range, the method includes outputting an indication that the TMR sensor is corroded. In response to determining that the ratio of the sensor is outside the predefined range, the method includes outputting an indication that the TMR sensor is not corroded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Icko E. T. Iben, Lee Curtis Randall, Wlodzimierz Stanley Czarnecki, Jason Liang, Ernest Stewart Gale, David Lee Swanson
  • Publication number: 20210059126
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to plants, and specifically to a plant wall including a frame that is configured to secure to a surface and at least one panel that is configured to secure to the frame. The plant wall also includes at least one planter configured to secure to the at least one panel and at least one emitter positioned on the at least one planter, defining a passage therethrough. The plant wall further includes a pressure barrel that is filled with water. The water is transported from the pressure barrel through at least one hose, which contains at least one connector that connects to the at least one emitter between a first end and a second end of the hose, and into the at least one planter, which contains a plant and soil. A related method of watering a plant using a pressure barrel is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Curtis, Lee Malcom Curtis
  • Patent number: 10930309
    Abstract: A tape drive may calculate the slopes for three successive timing-based-servo marks in a timing-based-servo group. The timing-based-servo marks may be arranged in a one or more M-patterns. The three successive timing-based-servo marks may be across the one or more M-patterns. The tape drive may perform a parabolic fit of a gradient of the slopes. The tape drive may determine whether the gradient is demonstrative of tape-creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Nhan Xuan Bui, Lee Curtis Randall, Richard Bradshaw
  • Publication number: 20210039866
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vibration-isolating system comprises a platform adapted to carry one or more loads and an adjustable load-positioning system. The platform is suspended within a support structure by a plurality of isolators. The isolators are tuned to impede vibrations in a pre-determined frequency range for a payload having a pre-determined mass. The adjustable load-positioning system is adapted to facilitate positioning the one or more loads such that the payload having the pre-determined mass is centered at the center of gravity of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dale Paul Kronkright, Alex Padilla, Patricia Witt, Robert Chave, Gregory Bearman, Charles Lee Curtis
  • Publication number: 20210012806
    Abstract: A method includes determining whether a tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor is corroded using resistance, amplitude and signal to noise ratio (SNR) measurements of the sensor. A method to determine whether a TMR sensor is corroded includes determining an expected initial resistance value, RTMRoUse and measuring a resistance value, RTMR, of the sensor. The method includes calculating a ratio of the RTMR value and the expected initial resistance value, RTMRoUse and determining whether the ratio is in a predefined range for the TMR sensor. In response to determining that the ratio of the sensor is within the predefined range, the method includes outputting an indication that the TMR sensor is corroded. In response to determining that the ratio of the sensor is outside the predefined range, the method includes outputting an indication that the TMR sensor is not corroded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Icko E.T. Iben, Lee Curtis Randall, Wlodzimierz Stanley Czarnecki, Jason Liang, Ernest Stewart Gale, David Lee Swanson
  • Patent number: 10832715
    Abstract: A tape drive may calculate a slope for each of the timing-based-servo marks in a timing-based-servo group. The timing-based-servo marks are arranged in one or more M-patterns. The tape drive may average the slope for each of the timing-based-servo marks across the one or more M-patterns. The tape drive may generate a least-squares assessment of the averaged slope. The tape drive may determine, from the least-squares assessment, whether the averaged slope is demonstrative of tape-creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Nhan Xuan Bui, Lee Curtis Randall, Richard Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 10741200
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include obtaining position information of a susceptible zone of a tape. The susceptible zone may be a section of the tape where a stress value of the tape exceeds a threshold. The method may further include storing, based on the position information, a block of data to the tape in a first storage zone. The first storage zone may be positioned outside of the susceptible zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Lee Curtis Randall
  • Patent number: 10741199
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include obtaining position information of a susceptible zone of a tape. The susceptible zone may be a section of the tape where a stress value of the tape exceeds a threshold. The method may further include storing a block of data to the tape in a first storage zone. The method may further include determining that the first storage zone is positioned within the susceptible zone. The method may further include storing, based at least in part on the determining, a duplicate block of data in a second storage zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Winarski, Lee Curtis Randall
  • Publication number: 20190272848
    Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes fabricating a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials. The method also includes applying the organic coating to the applicator portion of the tape, the organic coating being for coating a tape bearing surface of the magnetic head with the organic coating upon the applicator portion being run over the tape bearing surface of the magnetic head. The method further includes applying a lubricant to a data portion of the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Lionel Bradshaw, Icko Eric Timothy Iben, Wayne Alan McKinley, Lee Curtis Randall
  • Patent number: 10373631
    Abstract: A method for protecting a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes applying an organic coating to a magnetic head using a product having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head. The organic coating is on the applicator portion of the tape, and a lubricant is on a data portion of the tape. The lubricant has a different composition than the organic coating. Another method for protecting a magnetic head includes applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials; and storing the magnetic head. Another method includes fabricating a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head for reducing exposure of the head to oxidation promoting materials; applying the organic coating to the applicator portion of the tape; and applying a lubricant to a data portion of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lionel Bradshaw, Icko E.Tim Iben, Wayne Alan McKinley, Lee Curtis Randall
  • Patent number: 10190083
    Abstract: A device for interfacing coatings, the device comprising at least one well each comprising an elastomeric bottom surface. At least one slit is formed on the elastomeric bottom surface. At least one removable divider is removably inserted into the at least one slit, whereby at least one gap is created and the at least one well is divided into at least two compartments. A designated coating is lined on the elastomeric bottom surface of each of the at least two compartments. Removal of the at least one removable divider then causes the at least one gap to close, allowing for the designated coatings lined on the elastomeric bottom surface of each of the at least two compartments to interface with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Elliot En-Yu Hui, Jiang Li, Monica Young Kim, Allison Lee Curtis
  • Patent number: 9947345
    Abstract: A product according to one embodiment includes a tape having an applicator portion for applying an organic coating to a magnetic head; the organic coating on the applicator portion of the tape; and a lubricant on a data portion of the tape. The lubricant has a different composition than the organic coating. A method for protecting a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes applying an organic coating to a magnetic head using the foregoing product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lionel Bradshaw, Icko Eric Timothy Iben, Wayne Alan Mckinley, Lee Curtis Randall