Patents by Inventor Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens 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: 20220179696
    Abstract: A system control processor manager for performing workloads using composed information handling systems instantiated using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a workload manager. The workload manager obtains performance information for a workload of the workloads; makes a determination, based on the performance information, to suspend performance of the workload; in response to the determination: deallocates a first computing resource of a composed information handling system performing the workload to a reserved pool; and deallocates a second computing resource of the composed information handling system to a freely allocable pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Elie Antoun Jreij, Walter A. O'Brien III, Mukund P. Khatri, Yossef Saad, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, Robert Wayne Hormuth
  • Publication number: 20220179695
    Abstract: A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor manager. The system control processor manager instantiates composed information handling systems using the information handling systems; monitors, using system control processors of the composed information handling systems, operation of the composed information handling systems to obtain operation information; makes a determination, based on the operation information, that the computing implemented services provided by the composed information handling systems are substandard; and in response to the determination: manages operation of the composed information handling systems to provide standards compliant computer implemented services by modifying a composition of at least one of the composed information handling systems using a system control processor of the system control processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Mark Steven Sanders, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Elie Antoun Jreij, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Gaurav Chawla, Yossef Saad
  • Publication number: 20220179700
    Abstract: A system control processor manager for servicing workloads using composed information handling systems instantiated using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a workload manager. The workload manager obtains a workload request for a workload of the workloads; predicts future resource needs for the workload during a future time period; makes a determination that a portion of free resources of the information handling systems are available to meet the future resource needs; reserves the portion of the free resources based on the determination to obtain reserved resources during the future time period; and composes a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems using the reserved resources during the future time period to service the workload request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Elie Antoun Jreij, William Price Dawkins, Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Yossef Saad, Jimmy Doyle Pike
  • Publication number: 20220179707
    Abstract: A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems includes a composed information handling system that provides, at least in part, the computer implemented services and a system control processor manager. The system control processor manager instantiates a utilization monitor in a system control processor of the composed information handling system; and monitors, using the utilization monitor, a use rate of computing resources of the composed information handling system by a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Elie Antoun Jreij, Gaurav Chawla, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien III, Mukund P. Khatri, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Yossef Saad, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins
  • Publication number: 20220179699
    Abstract: A method includes after being allocated to a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitoring, by a system control processor manager, health of computing resources of the composed information handling system, making a determination that a computing resource of the computing resources is in a compromised state, based on the determination, identifying a second computing resource currently allocated to a second composed information handling system, wherein the composed information handling system is associated with a first priority and the second composed information handling system is associated with a second priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority, and replacing, after the deallocating, the compute resource with the second compute resource in the composed information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mark Steven Sanders, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Mukund P. Khatri, Yossef Saad, Elie Antoun Jreij, Jimmy Doyle Pike, William Price Dawkins, Gaurav Chawla, John S. Harwood
  • Publication number: 20220179712
    Abstract: An information handling system for instantiating a composed information handling includes hardware computing resources. The hardware computing resources includes a compute resource set that includes computing resources including a processor and a memory, and a hardware resource set including resources distinct from the compute resource set. The information also includes a hardware system control processor adapted to present a portion of the hardware resource set to a compute resource set of the composed information handling system as bare metal resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Wayne Hormuth, Elie Antoun Jreij, Jimmy Doyle Pike, William Price Dawkins, Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, Mukund P. Khatri, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Yossef Saad
  • Publication number: 20220179718
    Abstract: A method for managing composed information handling systems includes obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system, making a first determination that a first information handling system is not capable of servicing the composition request local, and based on the first determination: allocating, an available resource on the first information handling system to the composed information handling system, sending a resource allocation request to a system control processor manager for access to an additional resource, obtain, in response to the allocation request, a notification for access to a second information handling system of the information handling systems that provides the available resource, setting up management services for available resource and the additional resource to obtain logical hardware resources, and presenting the logical hardware resources to at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Elie Antoun Jreij, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Yossef Saad
  • Publication number: 20220179672
    Abstract: A device for managing composition of composed information handling includes persistent storage and a computer processor that obtains a composition request for a composed information handling system; makes a determination that the composition request is an intent based request; in response to the determination: matches an application specified by the composition request to computing resource requirements for the application; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one compute resource set having resources meeting the computing resources requirement; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one hardware resource set having resources meeting the computing resource requirements; sets up management services for the at least one hardware resource set using at least one control resource set to obtain logical hardware resources; and presents the logical hardware resources to the at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Elie Antoun Jreij, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Yossef Saad
  • Publication number: 20220179698
    Abstract: A method for managing composed information handling systems includes obtaining, by a system control processor, a composition request for a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems, wherein the composition request comprises an operational instances requirement, and initially allocating only a minimum number of instances of a resource based on the operational instances requirement to the composed information handling system, wherein at least one of the minimum number of instances of the resource is provided by a first information handling system, wherein the first information handling system is operatively connected to the system control processor manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Yossef Saad, Mukund P. Khatri, Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, Elie Antoun Jreij, Jimmy Doyle Pike
  • Patent number: 11351975
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, a battery, and at least one controller. The vehicle may further comprise a port for supplying power to a load external to the vehicle. The controller is programmed to operate the engine at a power level based on a difference between a battery voltage and a reference voltage such that a power output by the electric machine reduces the difference. The power level may define an engine operating point that minimizes fuel consumption. The operating point may be an engine torque and an engine speed. The power level may be further based on a state of charge of the battery. The electric machine may be operated to cause the engine to rotate at an engine speed corresponding to the selected power level. The difference may be caused by varying power drawn by a load external to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Liang, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Xiaoyong Wang, Rajit Johri, Ryan Abraham McGee, Ming Lang Kuang
  • Publication number: 20220168515
    Abstract: An inhalation monitoring system includes an inhaler having a medicament delivery apparatus configured to deliver medicament to a user during an inhalation of the user; inhalation monitoring apparatus, configured to, during the inhalation, gather data for determining a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health; and a processor configured to receive the data from the inhalation monitoring apparatus and, using the data, determine a measure of the user's lung function and/or lung health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Norton (waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Milton-Edwards, Henry Chrystyn, Mark Steven Morrison, Douglas E. Weitzel
  • Publication number: 20220169414
    Abstract: An enclosable and stackable container comprising a tray and lid is provided with structural elements to permit rapid covering and uncovering of the tray, efficient stacking of containers, and safe transportation. At least one catching mechanism may be engaged quickly to securely cover the tray and its food contents and disengaged quickly to uncover the tray and its food contents, improving food hygiene practices. Foldable flange flaps enhance stacking strength to permit safe transportation of stacked containers and their food contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Southern Champion Tray, L.P.
    Inventors: David Chapman, Elton Ross Farren, Pascale Didit Grenier, Daniel Albert McCallie, Mark Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20220167821
    Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Steven Schnittman, Daniel N. Ozick, Gregg W. Landry
  • Patent number: 11346755
    Abstract: Methods of calibration are provided. A method comprises introducing a material with cell-like properties and a known mass into a sensor on a measurement instrument to generate a calibration reading and adjusting an output module of the measurement instrument until the measurement instrument calibrates to the known mass for the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Travera, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Kimmerling, Anthony Minnah, Selim Olcum, Mark Stevens, Madeleine Vacha
  • Patent number: 11345326
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle that may be automatically stopped and started is described. In one example, the method includes starting an engine via expansion stroke combustion in response to a request to urgently start the engine. In addition, the method includes adjusting a position of a compression relief valve in response to a predicted urgency of an engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Doering, Kevin Ray Ruybal, Jason Meyer, Mark Steven Yamazaki, Rajit Johri, Ming Lang Kuang
  • Patent number: 11349331
    Abstract: A system includes a PTO device that selectively couples to a driveline of a vehicle, a motor/generator electrically coupled to an electrical power storage system, and a shared load selectively powered by one of the driveline or the motor/generator. The PTO device further includes a coupling actuator that couples the shared load to the motor/generator at a first selected ratio in a first position, and couples the shared load to the driveline at a second selected ratio in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Mahesh Prabhakar Joshi, Matthew R. Busdiecker, Kaylah J. Berndt, Glenn Clark Fortune, Sarah E. Behringer, Mark Steven George, Dennis Dukaric, Thomas A. Genise, Gary Baker
  • Publication number: 20220162016
    Abstract: In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Steven Pettinga
  • Patent number: 11343094
    Abstract: Methods and systems for encrypting shared information through its life cycle are described. The method includes receiving and storing a document. The method further includes encrypting document using a primary key. Further, the method includes receiving sharing request from current user of document for sharing document with a next user. The method includes, for each time the document is to be shared with next user in a series, generating a key for next user specified in sharing request. The method further includes encrypting document for next user using key generated for corresponding next user. Furthermore, the method includes binding access rights to document for authorizing request to access document by next user. The method includes sharing encrypted document with next user. Thereafter, the method includes receiving a request to access the document from the next user and providing the access to encrypted document meant for next user to next user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: I2Chain, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Manasse, Sanjay Jain, Ajay Jotwani
  • Patent number: 11339740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that may selectively enter and exit a fuel cut-off mode are described. In one example, the method holds the engine in the fuel cut-off mode even though a propulsive effort pedal is applied. An electric machine may provide torque to a vehicle driveline while the engine is in the fuel cut-off mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yanan Zhao, Judhajit Roy, Christopher John Teslak, Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Rajit Johri, Mark Steven Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220153553
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a stairlift overspeed safety system are disclosed. The overspeed safety system may include a centripetal cam assembly, a trigger assembly, and a jammer assembly. The centripetal cam assembly may include a spring-loaded plate and a plurality of centripetal cams connected to the spring-loaded plate, configured to move to an extended position when the rail speed exceeds the speed threshold. The trigger assembly may include a trigger plate configured to be pushed by at least one of the centripetal cams when moved to the extended position. Pushing the trigger plate may cause a switch to open to shut off power to the motorized stairlift. The jammer assembly may include a jammer configured to wedge between teeth of a rack and pinion of the motorized stairlift to initiate a deceleration to stop movement of the motorized stairlift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Pratt, IV, Derek J. Nash, Mark L. Hill, Mark Steven Jackson