Patents by Inventor Matthew Ford

Matthew Ford 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: 20250363082
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to systems and methods for merging records from multiple database systems. A method may include comparing, by one or more processors, two or more records of a plurality of records. The plurality of records may be from a plurality of database systems. Each of the plurality of records may be a patient record or an employee record. The method may also include determining, by the one or more processors, that a threshold match exists between the two or more records based upon a set of threshold matching criteria. The method may also include merging, by the one or more processors, the two or more records, based upon determining that the threshold match exists, into a person database entity. A unique entity identifier may be associated with the person database entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Rebecca Ellen AMBROSE, Matthew FORD, Eric SOUTHERN, Alexandra GILLILAND, Brian TRACEY, Corey O'CONNOR, Nicholas CULBERTSON
  • Patent number: 12277099
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to systems and methods for merging records from multiple database systems. A method may include comparing, by one or more processors, two or more records of a plurality of records. The plurality of records may be from a plurality of database systems. Each of the plurality of records may be a patient record or an employee record. The method may also include determining, by the one or more processors, that a threshold match exists between the two or more records based upon a set of threshold matching criteria. The method may also include merging, by the one or more processors, the two or more records, based upon determining that the threshold match exists, into a person database entity. A unique entity identifier may be associated with the person database entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BLUESIGHT, INC.
    Inventors: Rebecca Ellen Ambrose, Matthew Ford, Eric Southern, Alexandra Gilliland, Brian Tracey, Corey O'Connor, Nicholas Culbertson
  • Publication number: 20240403279
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to systems and methods for merging records from multiple database systems. A method may include comparing, by one or more processors, two or more records of a plurality of records. The plurality of records may be from a plurality of database systems. Each of the plurality of records may be a patient record or an employee record. The method may also include determining, by the one or more processors, that a threshold match exists between the two or more records based upon a set of threshold matching criteria. The method may also include merging, by the one or more processors, the two or more records, based upon determining that the threshold match exists, into a person database entity. A unique entity identifier may be associated with the person database entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Protenus, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Ellen AMBROSE, Matthew FORD, Eric SOUTHERN, Alexandra GILLILAND, Brian TRACEY, Corey O'CONNOR, Nicholas CULBERTSON
  • Patent number: 12050572
    Abstract: Various aspects described herein relate to systems and methods for merging records from multiple database systems. A method may include comparing, by one or more processors, two or more records of a plurality of records. The plurality of records may be from a plurality of database systems. Each of the plurality of records may be a patient record or an employee record. The method may also include determining, by the one or more processors, that a threshold match exists between the two or more records based upon a set of threshold matching criteria. The method may also include merging, by the one or more processors, the two or more records, based upon determining that the threshold match exists, into a person database entity. A unique entity identifier may be associated with the person database entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Protenus, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Ellen Ambrose, Matthew Ford, Eric Southern, Alexandra Gilliland, Brian Tracey, Corey O'Connor, Nicholas Culbertson
  • Patent number: 11717103
    Abstract: A hanger for items of clothing comprises a rigid support member (12) and a hanging portion (14). The 5 hanging portion comprises a plurality of clamping elements (16) which are resiliently movable to receive, hold and release clothing items therebetween and are arranged in a line in side-by-side relationship extending from the rigid support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FORD INVEST PTY LTD
    Inventors: David Ford, Matthew Ford
  • Publication number: 20200221891
    Abstract: A hanger for items of clothing comprises a rigid support member (12) and a hanging portion (14). The 5 hanging portion comprises a plurality of clamping elements (16) which are resiliently movable to receive, hold and release clothing items therebetween and are arranged in a line in side-by-side relationship extending from the rigid support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: David FORD, Matthew FORD
  • Patent number: 7935058
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for characterizing biomechanical properties of tissue within an eye. A perturbation component introduces a stress to the eye tissue. An imaging component is operative to obtain an image of the eye tissue. A first image of the tissue can be obtained prior to the introduction of the stress and a second image of the tissue can be obtained after the introduction of the stress. An image analysis component compares the first image and the second image as to determine at least one biomechanical property of the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: William J. Dupps, Jr., Andrew M. Rollins, Matthew Ford
  • Publication number: 20100228623
    Abstract: Methods and computer storage media for tracking and reporting ad unit performance are described. Tags are associated with ad units and may be manually associated and/or extracted from content items to be presented on a webpage associated with an ad unit. Upon receipt of a request for an advertisement to be presented in association with an ad unit, one or more associated tags are also received. Performance of the ad unit may be tracked utilizing the associated tags and one or more performance data elements, for instance, click-through-rate, income generated by the ad unit, visitor data, number of impressions, and expected cost per thousand impressions (eCPM). Reports on the tracked performance may be generated as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: CHRISTO DEVARAJ, BRETT MORIEN, MICHAEL LUTHER, RISHI BAL, MATTHEW FORD, SARANATH ARAVAMUDHAN, YANLIN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20080086048
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for characterizing biomechanical properties of tissue within an eye. A perturbation component introduces a stress to the eye tissue. An imaging component is operative to obtain an image of the eye tissue. A first image of the tissue can be obtained prior to the introduction of the stress and a second image of the tissue can be obtained after the introduction of the stress. An image analysis component compares the first image and the second image as to determine at least one biomechanical property of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: William Dupps, Andrew Rollins, Matthew Ford
  • Patent number: D753955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Inventor: Matthew Ford