Patents by Inventor Mehul Desai

Mehul Desai 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).

  • Patent number: 11774944
    Abstract: An example data collection system in an industrial environment includes a data collector in communication with a number of input channels for acquiring collected data. The system includes a data storage that stored the collected data as a number of data pools. The system includes a self-organizing data marketplace engine that receives the data pools, and that is organized based on training a marketplace self-organization with a training set, and further based on feedback from measures of marketplace success with respect to the data pools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Mehul Desai, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Tracey Ho, John Segui, Steven Blumenthal, Chun Meng
  • Patent number: 11770196
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring a plurality of components of a pump in an industrial environment include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors operationally coupled to the pump and communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit; a data processing circuit structured to utilize at least one of the plurality of detection values to perform at least one noise processing operation on at least a portion of the plurality of detection values; a signal evaluation circuit structured to determine a pump performance parameter in response to the noise processed plurality portion of the plurality of detection values; and a response circuit structured to perform at least one operation in response to the pump performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230297807
    Abstract: A system includes an expert graphical user interface configured to: present a list of reliability measures of an industrial machine, facilitate a selection by a user of a reliability measure from the list of reliability measures, present a representation of a smart band data collection template associated with the reliability measure selected by the user, and a data routing and collection system configured to, in response to a user indication of acceptance of the smart band data collection template, collect data from a plurality of sensors in an industrial environment in response to a data value from one of the plurality of sensors being detected outside of an acceptable range of data values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11755667
    Abstract: Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to receive or obtain, responsive to transmitting the one or more search terms to a search entity, one or more primary content items that include messages that accord with the one or more search terms. The method may additionally include parsing the messages that accord with the one or more search terms to detect one or more relevant secondary search terms and obtaining secondary content items that accord with the one or more relevant secondary search terms. The method may further include generating signals to represent a report of entities that accord with the one or more relevant secondary search terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Prove Identity, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Goel, Tarun Bansal, Aditya Khurjekar, Nicolo Petrone, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11755878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A system can include a plurality of analog sensors, wherein each of the plurality of analog sensors is operationally coupled to a respective data collection point of a machine component, and generates a respective stream of detection values. A data acquisition and analysis circuit can receive the respective stream of detection values and analyze the respective stream of detection values using an expert system analysis circuit, wherein the expert system analysis circuit determines an occurrence of an anomalous condition based on an analysis of the respective stream of detection values, wherein the expert system analysis circuit utilizes a neural network including one of a probabilistic, a time delay, and a convolutional neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230273600
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a data marketplace in a fluid conveyance device includes a self-organizing data marketplace. The self-organizing data marketplace includes at least one data collector and at least one corresponding fluid conveyance device in an industrial environment, wherein the at least one data collector is structured to collect detection values from the fluid conveyance device; a data storage structured to store a data pool comprising at least a portion of the detection values; a data marketplace structured to self-organize the data pool; and a transaction system structured to interpret a user data request, and to selectively provide a portion of the self-organized data pool to a user in response to the user data request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230273594
    Abstract: A system and method for data collection and frequency analysis with self-organization functionality includes analyzing with a processor a plurality of sensor inputs, sampling with the processor data received from at least one of the plurality of sensor inputs at a first frequency, and self-organizing with the processor a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Mehul Desai, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin
  • Publication number: 20230267156
    Abstract: Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture may be implemented to receive or obtain, responsive to transmitting the one or more search terms to a search entity, one or more primary content items that include messages that accord with the one or more search terms. The method may additionally include parsing the messages that accord with the one or more search terms to detect one or more relevant secondary search terms and obtaining secondary content items that accord with the one or more relevant secondary search terms. The method may further include generating signals to represent a report of entities that accord with the one or more relevant secondary search terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Amit Goel, Tarun Bansal, Aditya Khurjekar, Nicolo Petrone, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11728910
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points related to machine components, wherein at least one of the plurality of input channels is connected to a data collection point on a rotating machine component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels; and an expert system analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data, wherein the expert system analysis circuit determines a failure state for the rotating machine component based on analysis of the plurality of detection values, wherein upon determining the failure state the expert system analysis circuit provides the failure state to a data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230206329
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction platforms include various systems interacting with each other and transacting in various ways. A method for configuring and launching a marketplace includes: identifying, by a processing system having one or more processors, an opportunity to facilitate configuration of a new marketplace; receiving marketplace opportunity data, wherein the marketplace opportunity data includes information related to a set of assets of one or more types; determining configuration parameters to be implemented in the new marketplace; determining the feasibility of implementing the configuration parameters in the new marketplace; determining data resources to support the new marketplace; determining an architecture of the new marketplace; determining the configuration of the data resources in a data model for the marketplace; configuring a marketplace object; connecting selected data resources to populate the marketplace object; and launching the new marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE TX PORTFOLIO 2018, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard CELLA, Brad KELL, Mehul DESAI, Teymour EL-TAHRY
  • Publication number: 20230206261
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transaction platforms include various systems interacting with each other and transacting in various ways. A method for configuring and launching a marketplace includes: identifying, by a processing system having one or more processors, an opportunity to facilitate configuration of a new marketplace; receiving marketplace opportunity data, wherein the marketplace opportunity data includes information related to a set of assets of one or more types; determining configuration parameters to be implemented in the new marketplace; determining the feasibility of implementing the configuration parameters in the new marketplace; determining data resources to support the new marketplace; determining an architecture of the new marketplace; determining the configuration of the data resources in a data model for the marketplace; configuring a marketplace object; connecting selected data resources to populate the marketplace object; and launching the new marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: STRONG FORCE TX PORTFOLIO 2018, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard CELLA, Brad KELL, Mehul DESAI, Teymour EL-TAHRY
  • Patent number: 11663442
    Abstract: An apparatus, methods and systems for data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. A monitoring system can include a data collector coupled to a plurality of sensors to collect data, a data storage structured to store a plurality of data collection management plans, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and select one of the plurality of data collection management plans, wherein the selected one of the plurality of data collection management plans is selected is at least in part based on a data analysis of received data from the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Patent number: 11646808
    Abstract: An apparatus, methods and systems for data collection related to an oil and gas process and disclosed. A system may include a multi-sensor acquisition component including a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, a sensor data storage profile circuit structured to determine a data storage profile including a data storage plan for the plurality of inputs, a sensor communication circuit structured to interpret a plurality of inputs, a sensor data storage implementation circuit structured to store at least a portion of the inputs in response to the data storage profile, a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of inputs and determine a data quality parameter, and a data response circuit structured to adjust at least one of the data storage profile and the data collection routine in response to the data quality parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230111673
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial production system including a plurality of components are disclosed. An example system may include a sensor communication circuit structured to interpret a plurality of data values from a sensed parameter group, the sensed parameter group including a plurality of sensors including a vibration sensor and a temperature sensor, and the plurality of sensors operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of components; a data analysis circuit structured to detect an operating condition of the industrial production system based on detecting that the data values from the vibration sensor indicate a vibration pattern that matches a stored vibration fingerprint together with detecting that the data values from the temperature sensor indicate a change in a temperature; and a response circuit structured to modify a production-related operating parameter of the industrial production system in response to the detected operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230111829
    Abstract: Systems for self-organizing collection and storage in a distribution environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the distribution environment, wherein the sensor inputs sense at least one of an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system selected from a group consisting of a power system, a conveyor system, a robotic transport system, a robotic handling system, a packing system, a cold storage system, a hot storage system, a refrigeration system, a vacuum system, a hauling system, a lifting system, an inspection system, and a suspension system. A system may further include a self-organizing system for: a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation, or a selection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230109195
    Abstract: Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a manufacturing environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the manufacturing system, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system. The system may also include a self-organizing system for self-organizing a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The self-organizing system may organize a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from a plurality of target systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230109165
    Abstract: Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a power generation environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the power generation system, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system. The system may also include a self-organizing system for self-organizing a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The self-organizing system may organize a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from a plurality of target systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230108981
    Abstract: Systems for self-organizing data collection in an industrial environment are disclosed. An example system may include a self-propelled mobile data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the industrial environment, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system. The system may include a self-organizing system for self-organizing at least one of a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The self-organizing system organizes a swarm of self-propelled mobile data collectors to collect data from a plurality of target systems in the industrial environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230104612
    Abstract: System and methods for learning data patterns predictive of an outcome are described. An example system may include a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to a controller; a data collection circuit structured to collect output data from the plurality of input sensors; and a machine learning data analysis circuit structured to receive the output data, learn received output data patterns indicative of an outcome, and learn a preferred input data collection band among a plurality of available input data collection bands. The machine learning data analysis circuit may be structured to learn received output data patterns by being seeded with a model based on industry-specific feedback. The outcome may be at least one of: a reaction rate, a production volume, or a required maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, JR., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Publication number: 20230099267
    Abstract: Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a refining environment are disclosed. An example system may include a swarm of mobile data collectors structured to interpret a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the refining environment, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of a plurality of refining system components disposed in the refining environment, and wherein the plurality of refining system components is structured to contribute, in part, to refining of a product. The self-organizing system organizes a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from the system components, and at least one of a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai