Patents by Inventor Matthew R. Peterson
Matthew R. Peterson 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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Publication number: 20240111450Abstract: A computer-implemented method for effectively delivering notifications in data storage environments includes, receiving, by a storage controller from a host system, a request to register the host system with the storage controller to receive notifications. These notifications may be associated with a selected type of event detected by the storage controller. In certain embodiments, the selected type of event is a space-related condition associated with a particular storage resource controlled by the storage controller. The computer-implemented method registers the host system with the storage controller. In response to detecting an event of the selected type on the storage controller, the computer-implemented method transmits a notification from the storage controller to the host system to provide notice of the event. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Beth Ann Peterson, Matthew Richard Craig, John G. Thompson, John R. Paveza, Nicolas Marc Clayton, Terry O'Connor, David Michael Shackelford
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Patent number: 11753278Abstract: A rail segment for a stairlift and its method of formation are provided. The rail segment includes an elongate tube made of a first material, the tube comprising a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal retaining slot extending from the first end to the second end; a rack made of a second material, the rack comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rack is held within the retaining slot; and anchor securing the rack within the retaining slot to the tube at or adjacent to ends of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BRUNO INDEPENDENT LIVING AIDS, INC.Inventors: Allen Edward Brook, Terrence E. O'Brien, Roy E. McDaniels, Scott Martin Hall, Matthew R. Peterson, Jeffrey Franklin Marcheske
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Publication number: 20230101536Abstract: A thermochemical energy conversion unit includes a heat expansion assembly including a reactor configured to receive a biomass and convert the biomass into a burnable gas having undesirable materials therein and a biochar. The heat expansion assembly also includes a heat expansion discharge pipe configured to discharge the burnable gas from the heat expansion assembly. The thermochemical energy conversion unit also includes a gas scrubber assembly operatively connected to the heat expansion assembly and configured to receive the burnable gas therefrom and to remove the undesirable materials from the burnable gas. The gas scrubber assembly includes a scrubber discharge pipe configured to discharge the burnable gas from the gas scrubber assembly. The heat expansion assembly and the gas scrubber assembly are configured to be continuously fluidly connected from the heat expansion discharge pipe to the scrubber discharge pipe for generating a continuous flow of the burnable gas therealong.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Garrett Gordon, Miles Murray, Matthew R. Peterson, Joshua S. Rasey
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Publication number: 20220081257Abstract: A rail segment for a stairlift and its method of formation are provided. The rail segment includes an elongate tube made of a first material, the tube comprising a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal retaining slot extending from the first end to the second end; a rack made of a second material, the rack comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rack is held within the retaining slot; and anchor securing the rack within the retaining slot to the tube at or adjacent to ends of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Allen Edward Brook, Terrence E. O'Brien, Roy E. McDaniels, Scott Martin Hall, Matthew R. Peterson, Jeffrey Franklin Marcheske
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Patent number: 10304346Abstract: A method and system of training in conjunction with a computer animation executed by a computing environment is described. The method includes recognizing a task to be performed in the computer animation, recognizing a problem, displayed in the computer animation, to accomplish the task, and solving the problem by manipulation of a virtual apparatus having virtual components displayed in the computer animation. The virtual components are manipulated by a student or user desiring to learn. The student is taught to understand logically consistent goals by using the virtual apparatus and without language interaction. Rules and properties for a subject area are modeled to the student by the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is taught to operate the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is requested to operate the virtual apparatus to reach goals in a sequence of problems having progressive difficulty and without language interaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: MIND Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Mark Bodner
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Patent number: 9754511Abstract: Devices and methods for hands-on learning of mathematical parabolic concepts are provided. For example, a device for teaching mathematics includes a base having a plurality of channels for accepting vertical rods of varying lengths; a lever movably attached to the base at a pivot, the lever passing through the plurality of channels; and a plurality of vertical rods, each of the plurality of vertical rods located at least partially in one of the plurality of channels and resting on the lever; wherein the plurality of vertical rods are sized and arranged so that the tops of the vertical rods illustrate a parabolic function; and wherein moving the lever about the pivot moves the plurality of rods within the plurality of channels and illustrates changes to the parabolic function represented by the vertical rods.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Matthew R. Peterson
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Publication number: 20170115868Abstract: Method and system for presenting a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes is provided. The method includes initializing a fixed variable for a first keyframe; detecting an input from a user at an interactive display device; correlating the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains; displaying an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input; manipulating the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and transitioning to a next keyframe using animation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: Mind Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Theodore Altenader
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Patent number: 9633570Abstract: Systems and methods for teaching in a virtual learning environment. In one example method comprises displaying a problem on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing system, receiving a user input of one or more potential solutions to the problem, animating, via the GUI, one or more graphical representations of the one or more potential solutions, receiving a user input selecting a first one of the one or more potential solutions, and displaying, on the GUI, an animation that illustrates a workability or accuracy of the one or more potential solutions.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Tanya Jordan, Theodore Alteneder, Michael Sepulveda
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Patent number: 9620030Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhancing a working memory of a human is provided. A computing system having a processor executing instructions out of a memory device presents a plurality of selectable working memory domains corresponding to cognitive functions of a human brain, where each working memory domain is associated with a corresponding training game that is configured to enhance a selected working memory domain.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Ki Karou, Nicholas Chen, Paul B. Blair, Delicia Woon, Marc Humpert
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Publication number: 20160351076Abstract: Devices and methods for teaching and learning mathematical concepts are provided as a mathematics manipulative having a base with a plurality of receptacles, each configured for accepting one of a plurality of blocks in an orientation such that faces of the block are angled with respect to a horizontal bottom surface of the base. Each of the blocks has a plurality of faces, each face having an indication of a value; wherein the plurality of receptacles are sized and arranged such that, when blocks are placed in the receptacles, adjacent blocks define a space configured for accepting another block; and wherein the values indicated on the faces of each of the blocks are combinable with the values indicated on the faces of the other blocks in accordance with a mathematical operation. Games played in accordance with a method of using the mathematics manipulative blocks teach mathematics concepts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: MIND Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Brandon Smith
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Patent number: 9449415Abstract: Method and system for presenting a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes is provided. The method includes initializing a fixed variable for a first keyframe; detecting an input from a user at an interactive display device; correlating the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains; displaying an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input; manipulating the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and transitioning to a next keyframe using animation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: MIND Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Theodore Alteneder
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Publication number: 20160133156Abstract: Devices and methods for hands-on learning of mathematical parabolic concepts are provided. For example, a device for teaching mathematics includes a base having a plurality of channels for accepting vertical rods of varying lengths; a lever movably attached to the base at a pivot, the lever passing through the plurality of channels; and a plurality of vertical rods, each of the plurality of vertical rods located at least partially in one of the plurality of channels and resting on the lever; wherein the plurality of vertical rods are sized and arranged so that the tops of the vertical rods illustrate a parabolic function; and wherein moving the lever about the pivot moves the plurality of rods within the plurality of channels and illustrates changes to the parabolic function represented by the vertical rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventor: Matthew R. Peterson
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Publication number: 20140272840Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhancing a working memory of a human is provided. A computing system having a processor executing instructions out of a memory device presents a plurality of selectable working memory domains corresponding to cognitive functions of a human brain, where each working memory domain is associated with a corresponding training game that is configured to enhance a selected working memory domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Ki Karou, Nicholas Chen, Paul B. Blair, Delicia Woon, Marc Humpert
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Publication number: 20140267305Abstract: Method and system for presenting a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes is provided. The method includes initializing a fixed variable for a first keyframe; detecting an input from a user at an interactive display device; correlating the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains; displaying an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input; manipulating the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and transitioning to a next keyframe using animation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Mind Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Nigel Nisbet, Theodore Alteneder
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Publication number: 20140186816Abstract: Systems and methods for teaching in a virtual learning environment. In one example method comprises displaying a problem on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing system, receiving a user input of one or more potential solutions to the problem, animating, via the GUI, one or more graphical representations of the one or more potential solutions, receiving a user input selecting a first one of the one or more potential solutions, and displaying, on the GUI, an animation that illustrates a workability or accuracy of the one or more potential solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Mind Research InstituteInventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Tanya Jordan, Theodore Alteneder, Michael Sepulveda
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Patent number: 8491311Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are disclosed that analyze student performance and provide feedback regarding the student performance, for example, to an instructor, other school official, parent or directly to the student. In certain embodiments, the methods and systems communicate in real time with the educational program, for example, math or science games, lessons, quizzes or tests, to provide contemporaneous feedback or recommendations to the instructor regarding student performance. In addition, embodiments of the systems and methods evaluate and provide feedback of the effectiveness of the educational program itself, and track progress at different levels, for example, a student, class, school or district level, over a multitude of different durations and time periods. Still further, embodiments of the systems and methods perform comprehensive data analysis and statistical computations.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Mind Research InstituteInventors: Mark Bodner, Gordon L. Shaw, Matthew R. Peterson
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Publication number: 20090325137Abstract: A method and system of training in conjunction with a computer animation executed by a computing environment is described. The method includes recognizing a task to be performed in the computer animation, recognizing a problem, displayed in the computer animation, to accomplish the task, and solving the problem by manipulation of a virtual apparatus having virtual components displayed in the computer animation. The virtual components are manipulated by a student or user desiring to learn. The student is taught to understand logically consistent goals by using the virtual apparatus and without language interaction. Rules and properties for a subject area are modeled to the student by the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is taught to operate the virtual apparatus without language interaction. The student is requested to operate the virtual apparatus to reach goals in a sequence of problems having progressive difficulty and without language interaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Matthew R. Peterson, Mark Bodner
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Publication number: 20040180317Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods are disclosed that analyze student performance and provide feedback regarding the student performance, for example, to an instructor, other school official, parent or directly to the student. In certain embodiments, the methods and systems communicate in real time with the educational program, for example, math or science games, lessons, quizzes or tests, to provide contemporaneous feedback or recommendations to the instructor regarding student performance. In addition, embodiments of the systems and methods evaluate and provide feedback of the effectiveness of the educational program itself, and track progress at different levels, for example, a student, class, school or district level, over a multitude of different durations and time periods. Still further, embodiments of the systems and methods perform comprehensive data analysis and statistical computations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Mark Bodner, Gordon L. Shaw, Matthew R. Peterson
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Patent number: D845393Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: MIND Research InstituteInventors: Martin Buschkuehl, Matthew R. Peterson
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Patent number: D933330Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BRUNO INDEPENDENT LIVING AIDS, INC.Inventors: Allen Edward Brook, Terrence E. O'Brien, Roy E. McDaniels, Jr., Scott Martin Hall, Matthew R. Peterson