Patents by Inventor Michael Tracy

Michael Tracy 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: 20250247320
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for symmetric routing and split-brain handling in high-availability (HA) networks using route priority and route affinity inversion. In one aspect, the method includes receiving, at a controller associated with a communication network, first status information associated with at least one of a first node or a second node. The first node and the second node are used in service of a first VPN. The controller determines, from the first status information, a preference associated with the first node over the second node for servicing traffic of the first VPN, and generates routing information for a third node of the communication network. The routing information specifies that the first node is preferred for serving traffic of the first VPN, and that the second node is available, but less preferred for servicing traffic of the first VPN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Arul Murugan Manickam, Satyajit Das, Avinash Shah, Pritam Baruah, Michael Tracy, Satish Kumar Mahadevan
  • Patent number: 12192408
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server for electronic requests routing and distribution. The server receives a plurality of requests from a plurality of electronic user devices. Aiming to routing the plurality of requests to appropriate agents, the server trains an artificial intelligence model for each agent based on historical data. For each request, the server executes the artificial intelligence model to determine a score indicating the probability of the agent converting the request to a successful sale. The server determines an entropy value for each request based on the scores and order the requests into a queue based on the entropy values. The server also calculates a capacity for each agent based on historical agent data. For each request in the queue, the server routes the request to an agent based on at least one of the score and capacity of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Asieh Ahani, Tara Zayac, Michael Tracy
  • Patent number: 11729317
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server for electronic requests routing and distribution. The server receives a plurality of requests from a plurality of electronic user devices. Aiming to routing the plurality of requests to appropriate agents, the server trains an artificial intelligence model for each agent based on historical data. For each request, the server executes the artificial intelligence model to determine a score indicating the probability of the agent converting the request to a successful sale. The server determines an entropy value for each request based on the scores and order the requests into a queue based on the entropy values. The server also calculates a capacity for each agent based on historical agent data. For each request in the queue, the server routes the request to an agent based on at least one of the score and capacity of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Asieh Ahani, Tara Zayac, Michael Tracy
  • Patent number: 11463585
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an analytic server for electronic requests routing and distribution. The server receives a plurality of requests from a plurality of electronic user devices. Aiming to routing the plurality of requests to appropriate agents, the server trains an artificial intelligence model for each agent based on historical data. For each request, the server executes the artificial intelligence model to determine a score indicating the probability of the agent converting the request to a successful sale. The server determines an entropy value for each request based on the scores and order the requests into a queue based on the entropy values. The server also calculates a capacity for each agent based on historical agent data. For each request in the queue, the server routes the request to an agent based on at least one of the score and capacity of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Asieh Ahani, Tara Zayac, Michael Tracy
  • Patent number: 10563984
    Abstract: An angular rate sensor has a ring, a plurality of sensor-drivers, circuitry, a controller, an energy sensor, and an output signal generator. The sensors-drivers may be capacitors, inductors, or a sensor having a piezoelectric material. The sensor-drivers each have a component that vibrates along with the ring, and the sensor-drivers are arranged in cooperating sets, each cooperating set having two sensor-drivers positioned 180° apart. The circuitry can selectively engage some of the cooperating sets as sensors and others of the cooperating sets as drivers. Those sets used as sensors sense motion of the ring. Those sets used as drivers apply forces to the ring. Some of the drivers cause the ring to vibrate at its natural frequency, and some of the drivers seek to inhibit motion of the ring at particular locations. Locations at which drivers seek to inhibit motion are those locations that would be nodes in the absence of angular motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tracy, Martin Turon, Derek Tat
  • Publication number: 20190078885
    Abstract: An angular rate sensor has a ring, a plurality of sensor-drivers, circuitry, a controller, an energy sensor, and an output signal generator. The sensors-drivers may be capacitors, inductors, or a sensor having a piezoelectric material. The sensor-drivers each have a component that vibrates along with the ring, and the sensor-drivers are arranged in cooperating sets, each cooperating set having two sensor-drivers positioned 180° apart. The circuitry can selectively engage some of the cooperating sets as sensors and others of the cooperating sets as drivers. Those sets used as sensors sense motion of the ring. Those sets used as drivers apply forces to the ring. Some of the drivers cause the ring to vibrate at its natural frequency, and some of the drivers seek to inhibit motion of the ring at particular locations. Locations at which drivers seek to inhibit motion are those locations that would be nodes in the absence of angular motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Tracy, Martin Turon, Derek Tat
  • Publication number: 20150174685
    Abstract: A self-contained integrated unit (10), including an engine (11) driving an electric generator (12), air compressor (21) and plasma cutter (30). The engine (11) drives the air compressor (21) for producing compressed air for the plasma cutter (30). A pair of compressed air tanks (20) provides for storage of the compressed air. The compressed air tanks (20) are situated at bottom opposite sides of the structure that houses the components of the unit (10) so that the tanks (20) also act as skids for ease of movement of the unit (10) to the next cutting site. The structure that houses the engine (11), electrical generator (12), air compressor (21), plasma cutter (30) and related auxiliary equipment includes suitable covers and access ports. The structure also includes attachment points (31) and devices for ease of lifting and moving the entire unit (10) as needed for cutting work and transport. Compressed air and electric power is supplied to the torch of the plasma cutter (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: BARRACUDA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tracy Ward, Mark Dane Hartness
  • Publication number: 20140103016
    Abstract: The invention features methods and apparatuses for cutting a section of a pipe having a non-linear longitudinal axis. A mounting structure attaches to a first portion of the pipe. A track is connected to the mounting structure and defines a drive plane. A moveable structure is coupled to the track and configured to move circumferentially along the track. A tool holder is connected to the moveable structure and positions a cutting tool relative to a cutting plane in a second portion of the section of pipe, the cutting plane substantially perpendicular to the non-linear longitudinal axis at a cutting location on the pipe. The mounting structure adjusts to position the track such that the drive plane is parallel to the cutting plane, separated from the cutting plane, substantially non-perpendicular to the non-linear longitudinal axis at the first portion on the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Tracy Ward, Jerry Wayne Ebert, Gerald Wade Beck, Bruce Peter Altobelli
  • Patent number: 7255436
    Abstract: An eyeglass retention device that allows eyewear to be securely worn and alternately securely retained on headwear. This device provides the above in a sporty, practical, yet low profile manner for all types of eyewear users, and with all types of headwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Tracy
  • Publication number: 20060268222
    Abstract: An eyeglass retention device that allows eyewear to be securely worn and alternately securely retained on headwear. This device provides the above in a sporty, practical, yet low profile manner for all types of eyewear users, and with all types of headwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Tracy
  • Publication number: 20060268221
    Abstract: An eyeglass retention device that allows eyewear to be securely worn and alternately securely retained on headwear. This device provides the above in a sporty, practical, yet low profile manner for all types of eyewear users, and with all types of headwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Tracy
  • Publication number: 20050153961
    Abstract: A method of using 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides, some of which are novel compounds, as radiosensitizers and selective cytotoxic agents is disclosed. These compounds are shown to specifically radiosensitize hypoxic tumor cells. Some are additionally disclosed to be useful as specific cytotoxic agents for these cells. They also show an unexpected ability to radiosensitize aerobic cells following or preceding a hypoxic incubation of the cells with the drug. This provides a basis for selective radiosensitization of tumors compared to normal cells. A novel method for preparing the 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: William Lee, J. Brown, Edward Grange, Abelardo Martinez, Michael Tracy, Daniel Pollart
  • Publication number: 20050078668
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing redirect services are described herein. According to one embodiment, there is a service selection network element used to provide access of computing devices to a set of one or more services provided by one or more providers. In addition, the service selection network element includes a redirect facility and a set of routing policies stored in a machine readable medium within the service selection network element to handle redirect services within the service selection network element. Furthermore, the routing policies optionally include one or more replacement routing policies for each of the routing policy corresponding to the respective context. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Joel Wittenberg, Robert Kilfoyle, Michael Tracy, Thomas Stoner
  • Patent number: 6828321
    Abstract: A method of using 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides, some of which are novel compounds, as radiosensitizers and selective cytotoxic agents is disclosed. These compounds are shown to specifically radiosensitize hypoxic tumor cells. Some are additionally disclosed to be useful as specific cytotoxic agents for these cells. They also show an unexpected ability to radiosensitize aerobic cells following or preceding a hypoxic incubation of the cells with the drug. This provides a basis for selective radiosensitization of tumors compared to normal cells. A novel method for preparing the 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: William W. Lee, J. Martin Brown, Edward W. Grange, Abelardo P. Martinez, Michael Tracy, Daniel J. Pollart
  • Publication number: 20040183269
    Abstract: An elongated composite board having a top surface, bottom surface, front, back, left and right sides. Tubular sections are sandwiched between the top and bottom surfaces, with multiple pocket areas throughout the board directly connecting the top surface to the bottom surface, and multiple foam filled sections which can be oriented longitudinally, laterally and diagonally throughout the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: David Herbert Hadzicki, Joseph Robert Hadzicki, Michael Tracy Lopez
  • Publication number: 20030222420
    Abstract: An elongated composite board having a top surface, bottom surface, front, back, left and right sides. Tubular sections are sandwiched between the top and bottom surfaces, with multiple pocket areas throughout the board directly connecting the top surface to the bottom surface, and multiple foam filled sections which can be oriented longitudinally, laterally and diagonally throughout the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: David Herbert Hadzicki, Joseph Robert Hadzicki, Michael Tracy Lopez
  • Publication number: 20020103200
    Abstract: A method of using 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides, some of which are novel compounds, as radiosensitizers and selective cytotoxic agents is disclosed. These compounds are shown to specifically radiosensitize hypoxic tumor cells. Some are additionally disclosed to be useful as specific cytotoxic agents for these cells. They also show an unexpected ability to radiosensitize aerobic cells following or preceding a hypoxic incubation of the cells with the drug. This provides a basis for selective radiosensitization of tumors compared to normal cells. A novel method for preparing the 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: William W. Lee, J. Martin Brown, Edward W. Grange, Abelardo P. Martinez, Michael Tracy, Daniel J. Pollart
  • Patent number: 6362184
    Abstract: A method of using 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides, some of which are novel compounds, as radiosensitizers and selective cytotoxic agents is disclosed. These compounds are shown to specifically radiosensitive hypoxic tumor cells. Some are additionally disclosed to be useful as specific cytotoxic agents for these cells. They also show an unexpected ability to radiosensitize aerobic cells following or preceding a hypoxic incubation of the cells with the drug. This provides a basis for selective radiosensitization of tumors compared to normal cells. A novel method for preparing the 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: William W. Lee, J. Martin Brown, Edward W. Grange, Abelardo P. Martinez, Michael Tracy, Daniel J. Pollart
  • Patent number: 5849738
    Abstract: A method of using 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides, some of which are novel compounds, as radiosensitizers and selective cytotoxic agents is disclosed. These compounds are shown to specifically radiosensitize hypoxic tumor cells. Some are additionally disclosed to be useful as specific cytotoxic agents for these cells. They also show an unexpected ability to radiosensitize aerobic cells following or preceding a hypoxic incubation of the cells with the drug. This provides a basis for selective radiosensitization of tumors compared to normal cells. A novel method for preparing the 1,2,4-benzotriazine oxides is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: William W. Lee, J. Martin Brown, Edward W. Grange, Abelardo P. Martinez, Michael Tracy, Daniel J. Pollart
  • Patent number: 5724830
    Abstract: A device for increasing heat transfer and reducing suspended vapor within a fluid. The inventive device includes a main body having at least one pair of conduits positionable into communication with a fluid or refrigerant line. A radial diffuser effects plating or coating of fluid entering the main body onto the interior walls thereof to increase heat transfer. A radial infuser receives collected fluid and directs the fluid into a containment chamber within the main body. A rotational turbulence inducer agitates the fluid as it exits the main body for increasing heat transfer between the fluid and the conduit. Alternative forms of the invention include a turbine mounted within the containment chamber for extracting rotational torque from movement of fluid through the device, and a lower main body having a pair of selectively valved radial infusers permitting reverse flow through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventors: Michael Tracy Otis, Mark Stephen Shepherd