Patents by Inventor Michael Rutherford

Michael Rutherford 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: 20240104666
    Abstract: A method and system for scanning claims data, the method comprising receiving, by a computing system, contract details associated with claims, receiving, by the computer system, prescription transactions data associated with the claims, parsing, by the computer system, the transactions data into column values, and executing, by the computer system, analytics on the parsed transactions. The analytics include comparing the parsed transactions against the contract details for accurate pricing, fees, and accepted treatment protocols concerning dose and quantity, comparing the parsed transactions with independent pricing data that is based on third-party pricing data and drug information, identifying material errors in the parsed transactions, determining withholdings from payment of the claims for a portion above a tolerance level based on the identified material errors. The method further comprising presenting, by the computer system, results of the execution of the analytics to a portal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HEALTHPLAN DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Rutherford, Michael Blevins, Jarrod Grossman, Douglas Bell, Detlef Sarbok, Jeff Rabe
  • Patent number: 11934793
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for training an embedding space for content comprehension and response includes, for each layer of a hierarchical taxonomy having at least two layers including respective words resulting in layers of varying complexity, determining a set of words associated with a layer of the hierarchical taxonomy, determining a question answer pair based on a question generated using at least one word of the set of words and at least one content domain, determining a vector representation for the generated question and for content related to the at least one content domain of the question answer pair, and embedding the question vector representation and the content vector representations into a common embedding space where vector representations that are related, are closer in the embedding space than unrelated embedded vector representations. Requests for content can then be fulfilled using the trained, common embedding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Ajay Divakaran, Karan Sikka, Yi Yao, Yunye Gong, Stephanie Nunn, Pritish Sahu, Michael A. Cogswell, Jesse Hostetler, Sara Rutherford-Quach
  • Publication number: 20240077438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an inspection apparatus for inspecting a component. The inspection apparatus including a robotic arm. A micro-XRF instrument having an instrument head coupled to the robotic arm. A seat supporting the component within a scanning area during inspection; and a computer in communication with the robotic arm and the micro-XRF instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Michael Christopher Andersen, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Timothy Hanlon, Wayne Lee Lawrence, Ramkumar Kashyap Oruganti, Jonathan Rutherford Owens, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Adarsh Shukla, Eric John Telfeyan, Gregory Donald Crim, Michael Wylie Krauss, André Dziurla, Sven Martin Joachim Larisch, Falk Reinhardt, Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan, Henning Schroeder
  • Patent number: 10894653
    Abstract: A packing holder for an extractor hood includes a first receiving portion having a first groove configured to receive edges of first and second parts of a chimney cover, the first groove having a bottom surface that is a first distance from an outer surface of an outer side in a thickness direction; a second receiving portion having a second groove configured to receive edges of third and fourth parts of the chimney cover, the second groove having a bottom surface that is a second distance from the outer surface of the outer side in the thickness direction; and a central receiving portion located between the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion along a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to the thickness direction, and configured to receive a chimney frame, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Lambert, Michael Reule, Michael Rutherford, Derek Turner
  • Patent number: 10820736
    Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20200180839
    Abstract: A packing holder for an extractor hood includes a first receiving portion having a first groove configured to receive edges of first and second parts of a chimney cover, the first groove having a bottom surface that is a first distance from an outer surface of an outer side in a thickness direction; a second receiving portion having a second groove configured to receive edges of third and fourth parts of the chimney cover, the second groove having a bottom surface that is a second distance from the outer surface of the outer side in the thickness direction; and a central receiving portion located between the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion along a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to the thickness direction, and configured to receive a chimney frame, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Lambert, Michael Reule, Michael Rutherford, Derek Turner
  • Patent number: 10156366
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and an air gap insulator disposed between the rear wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the rear wall and the exhaust channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20180078074
    Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9872581
    Abstract: A home appliance having a water-fed steaming apparatus, the home appliance including an appliance body housing the steaming apparatus; a water supply vessel for supplying water to the steaming apparatus; a vessel housing within the appliance body for holding the water supply vessel; and a mounting assembly for mounting the vessel housing to the appliance body, the mounting assembly including a bezel having a locking element; a bracket engaged with the vessel housing and the locking element; and a spacer element extending between the appliance body and the bracket to define an air gap between the vessel housing and the appliance body for air flow between the vessel housing and the appliance body for cooling the vessel housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Russell Dorsten, Jeremy Nash, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9857085
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a side wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a side shield disposed between the side wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the side wall and the exhaust channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: BSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9835661
    Abstract: Information to be displayed on a display is generated in such a way that a gateway processes a measured value (with a time stamp) transmitted from a power meter, an appliance monitor, a solar module, and a battery center through a wireless LAN. In the gateway, information relating to the consumed electric energy is synchronized with each other by the time stamp. Further, an integrated value of the consumed electric energy is calculated with respect to time. The information can be secured by obtaining the integrated value of data even if breakdown of devices and the like occurs due to power failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kubota, Antonio Avitabile, Costantino Cristiano Mariella, Christopher Michael Rutherford, Edward Grellier Colby, Nicholas George Bailey, Alexander Charles Knill, Harshul Deepak Mehta
  • Patent number: 9836032
    Abstract: Control of supplying power to a storage device is performed based on carbon emission strength or a power rate. A battery center 13 that constitutes a storage device 11 performs radio communication with a gateway 4 and is controlled by the gateway 4. The gateway 4 collects a measured value of power consumed by electric appliances in a home and obtains the carbon emission strength in real time. A solar panel 9 is provided and a battery of the storage device 11 is charged with an output of the solar panel. The battery is also charged with direct current power obtained from power from outside. The power is stored in the storage device 11 based on the carbon emission strength by charging control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kubota, Antonio Avitabile, Costantino Cristiano Mariella, Christopher Michael Rutherford, Edward Grellier Colby, Nicholas George Bailey, Alexander Charles Knill, Harshul Deepak Mehta
  • Patent number: 9746182
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance having an electrode chamber for a burner assembly is provided. The home cooking appliance includes a burner rail, maintop surface, burner assembly including a burner electrode, igniter box below the burner rail and maintop surface, and an electrode chamber on the burner rail. The electrode chamber includes a body having a cavity and a first opening at a first end of the body, wherein a portion of the burner electrode is disposed in the cavity, an electrical contact surface in the cavity that engages and electrically connects the electrical contact surface to the portion of the burner electrode, and an electrical connector at a second end of the body, the electrical connector being electrically connected to the electrical contact surface and to the igniter box, thereby electrically connecting the igniter box to the portion of the burner electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Blalock, John Freeman, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9723954
    Abstract: A combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit for a household cooking appliance or stand-alone cooking appliance is provided in which the combination griddle and teppanyaki cooking unit includes a cooking surface, a first heating unit for heating a first portion of the cooking surface, and a second heating unit for heating a second portion of the cooking surface, wherein the first heating unit and the second heating unit are selectively operable to uniformly heat an entire area of the cooking surface in a griddle mode of operation and to concentrate a greater amount of heat in a first area of the cooking surface than in a second area of the cooking surface in a teppanyaki mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: William Bringe, John Freeman, Samuel Harward, Michael Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20160215988
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a side wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a side shield disposed between the side wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the side wall and the exhaust channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Publication number: 20160215987
    Abstract: A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a rear wall, a cooking compartment in the housing, an exhaust channel that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and an air gap insulator disposed between the rear wall and the air flowing in the exhaust channel and forming an air gap between the rear wall and the exhaust channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ben Braden, Richard Moyers, Timothy Russell, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9372003
    Abstract: A surface cooking module for a household cooking appliance is provided in which the surface cooking module includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, a front fixation bracket on the front end of the frame, the front fixation bracket for engaging a corresponding first fixation element in a chassis of the household cooking appliance and enabling the frame to pivot about the front end of the frame when engaged with the first fixation element, and a spring clip coupled to the rear end of the frame, the rear end of the frame being opposite the front end of the frame, the spring clip for engaging a second fixation element in the chassis of the household cooking appliance when the cooking module is pivoted downward about the front end of the frame into a mounted position on the household cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Harward, Clifford Henegar, Michael Rutherford, Donnie Smith
  • Patent number: 9356444
    Abstract: To solve problems arising when a power conditioner equivalent to that connected to a solar panel is connected to a power storage device. Direct-current power generated by the solar panel 9 is supplied to a DC-DC converter 51 and output as a predetermined direct-current voltage. The output voltage of the converter 51 is supplied to a DC-AC inverter 52. Direct-current power generated by the power storage device 11 is supplied to a DC-DC converter 55. Predetermined direct-current power from the converter 55 is supplied to a DC-AC inverter 56. Alternating-current power output by the inverter 56 is supplied to an alternating-current power system at home. The converter 55 is configured to have two output voltages. The first output voltage is a standby voltage. The second voltage is a voltage at which the inverter 56 starts power supply to outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichiro Kubota, Antonio Avitabile, Costantino Cristiano Mariella, Christopher Michael Rutherford, Edward Grellier Colby, Nicholas George Bailey, Alexander Charles Knill, Harshul Deepak Mehta
  • Patent number: 9182127
    Abstract: A home appliance defining a width direction and a depth direction, and a control panel extending along the width direction, the control panel having control element components mounted thereat, the home appliance including a chassis within the body adjacent the control panel; first and second spaced brackets mounted to the chassis adjacent the control panel, with fastener portions aligned in the depth direction; and a cross member extending in the width direction between the first bracket and the second bracket with control elements intermediate the cross member and the chassis, the cross member having a fastener portion at each widthwise end thereof and aligned in the depth direction, the cross member being mounted to the first bracket using fasteners aligned in the depth direction, and the second bracket using fasteners aligned in the depth direction, wherein the fasteners are removable from the depth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: John Freeman, Samuel Harward, Jeremiah Nash, Michael Rutherford
  • Patent number: 9179800
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a warming drawer housing having an interior chamber and a warming drawer module having a warming area for placing items to be warmed and a heating device that heats the area. The warming drawer module is movable between a first position in which the warming drawer module is in the interior chamber of the warming drawer housing and the warming area is concealed from an outside of the warming drawer housing by the warming drawer housing, and a second position in which a part of the warming drawer module is outside the warming drawer housing and a portion of the warming area is exposed to the outside of the warming drawer housing. The heating device is coupled to and movable with the warming drawer module between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Harward, Rose Marie Parker, Michael Rutherford