Patents by Inventor Norman Williams

Norman Williams 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: 11956194
    Abstract: A text communication management system is provided that receives, analyzes, and enforces recipient actions regarding phone-based text communications. The text communication management system can obtain recipient action data regarding a recipient's action with respect to a particular text communication, and enforce the recipient action with respect to future text communications. The management system can also or alternatively analyze the recipient action data in connection with recipient action data from multiple other recipients to generate a model for use in determining whether future phone-based text communications should be permitted, determining the likelihood that such communications will cause recipients to opt-out, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Callfire, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Elizabeth Donohue, Vijesh Rajnikant Mehta, Norman William Happ, Aaron Horvath
  • Publication number: 20240104295
    Abstract: Systems and methods for joint document signing are described. According to one aspect, a method for joint document signing includes establishing a live communication session including a plurality of users. In some cases, the plurality of users correspond to a set of signers of a document. The method further includes initiating a signing process during the live communication session, receiving a signature for the document from each of the plurality of users during the live communication session based on the signing process, and generating a signed document including the signature from each of the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Norman A. Stratton, Jacob Scott Munsey, Krishna Kishore Pilla, Justin Gerald Shillingford, James William Weider, Polai Av Eppert, Thu Hien Nguyen, Sharon Hershon, Christine Kuo
  • Patent number: 11934744
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing a building floor plan are provided. In one embodiment, a method for customizing a building floor plan comprises: at an electronic device with a display: receiving a request to modify one or more building components of a base plan associated with a building; in response to receiving the request to modify the one or more building components, determining whether the request to modify the one or more building components satisfy one or more compliance requirements; in accordance with a determination that the request to modify the one or more building components satisfy one or more compliance requirements: displaying, on the display, an updated base plan incorporating the request to modify the one or more building components; and in accordance with a determination that the request to modify the one or more building components is non-compliant, not updating of the base plan in accordance with the requested modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UTECTURE GLOBAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Ronan Williams, Kyle Francis Donovan, Brett Norman Donovan
  • Patent number: 11349772
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multi-level resource reservation system that obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. The multi-level resource reservation system creates, or modifies existing, peer-to-peer protocol(s) to complete a continuous chain of configured ports to support QoS feature(s), e.g., bound latency and guaranteed jitter, for a data flow that traverses an arbitrary sequence of bridges, routers, and virtual links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Norman William Finn
  • Publication number: 20220014489
    Abstract: A text communication management system is provided that receives, analyzes, and enforces recipient actions regarding phone-based text communications. The text communication management system can obtain recipient action data regarding a recipient's action with respect to a particular text communication, and enforce the recipient action with respect to future text communications. The management system can also or alternatively analyze the recipient action data in connection with recipient action data from multiple other recipients to generate a model for use in determining whether future phone-based text communications should be permitted, determining the likelihood that such communications will cause recipients to opt-out, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Shannon Elizabeth Donohue, Vijesh Rajnikant Mehta, Norman William Happ, Aaron Horvath
  • Patent number: 11180721
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising: a) 2-20 w.t. % functionalised fabric softening silicone; b) Less than 5 w.t. % surfactant; c) 0.35-10 w.t. % cationic cellulose polymer d) Water 10 wherein the functionalised fabric softening polymer and cationic cellulose polymer are present in a ratio of 5:2 to 1:6 by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Charles Crossman, Andrew David Green, Jonathan Osler, Geraint Paul Roberts, Adrian Kevin Norman Williams
  • Patent number: 11165731
    Abstract: A text communication management system is provided that receives, analyzes, and enforces recipient actions regarding phone-based text communications. The text communication management system can obtain recipient action data regarding a recipient's action with respect to a particular text communication, and enforce the recipient action with respect to future text communications. The management system can also or alternatively analyze the recipient action data in connection with recipient action data from multiple other recipients to generate a model for use in determining whether future phone-based text communications should be permitted, determining the likelihood that such communications will cause recipients to opt-out, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CALLFIRE, INC.
    Inventors: Shannon Elizabeth Donohue, Vijesh Rajnikant Mehta, Norman William Happ, Aaron Horvath
  • Publication number: 20210136001
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multi-level resource reservation system that obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. The multi-level resource reservation system creates, or modifies existing, peer-to-peer protocol(s) to complete a continuous chain of configured ports to support QoS feature(s), e.g., bound latency and guaranteed jitter, for a data flow that traverses an arbitrary sequence of bridges, routers, and virtual links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Norman William Finn
  • Patent number: 10653763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an immersion vaccine for fish comprising at least one isolated antigen, specifically a recombinant antigen, such as is F. psychrophilum and/or infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BENCHMARK ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED
    Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Crump, Jan Burian, Joseph Michale Bricker, William Wayne Kay, Norman William Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200056128
    Abstract: An ancillary laundry composition comprising: a) 2-20 w.t. % functionalised fabric softening silicone; b) Less than 5 w.t. % surfactant; c) 0.35-10 w.t. % cationic cellulose polymer d) Water 10 wherein the functionalised fabric softening polymer and cationic cellulose polymer are present in a ratio of 5:2 to 1:6 by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Charles Crossman, Andrew David Green, Jonathan Osler, Geraint Paul Roberts, Adrian Kevin Norman Williams
  • Patent number: 10415255
    Abstract: Disclosed is a handrail and railing assembly, which is made up of a handrail, a plurality of support frames, a movable corner, connecting sleeves and a corner connecting rod; wherein the handrail is connected by a plurality of handrail units and connecting sleeves, and connected by a movable corner or corner connecting rod at a corner; the spaced support frames are provided to hold the handrail. The handrail and railing assembly meets the strength requirements of different sites and can be adjusted according to the on-site installers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Chingyao Kuo, Norman William Liefke
  • Patent number: 10184267
    Abstract: A supporting mechanism for a glass fence is provided. The supporting mechanism has a base, a main body, two sets of anti-collision rubber for contacting with the glass fence, an height-adjustment block, an adjustment slider, and an installation slot for insertion of the glass fence in vertical direction. The installation slot is provided on the main body along a vertical direction of the main body, the installation slot divides the main body into two sub-bodies, each sub-body has an inner wall facing the installation slot. The height-adjustment block is provided at a lower end position of the installation slot, an inner space is provided within the height-adjustment block for receiving an LED device generating light. The adjustment slider selectively moves by an adjustment screw such that height of the height-adjustment block is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventors: Chingyao Kuo, Norman William Liefke
  • Publication number: 20180258648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a handrail and railing assembly, which is made up of a handrail, a plurality of support frames, a movable corner, connecting sleeves and a corner connecting rod; wherein the handrail is connected by a plurality of handrail units and connecting sleeves, and connected by a movable corner or corner connecting rod at a corner; the spaced support frames are provided to hold the handrail. The handrail and railing assembly meets the strength requirements of different sites and can be adjusted according to the on-site installers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Chingyao KUO, Norman William LIEFKE
  • Patent number: 10075391
    Abstract: A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman William Finn, Rong Pan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Linda Tin-Wen Cheng, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Hariprasada Rao Ginjpalli, Rudolph Benedict Klecka
  • Publication number: 20180002949
    Abstract: A supporting mechanism for a glass fence is provided. The supporting mechanism has a base, a main body, two sets of anti-collision rubber for contacting with the glass fence, an height-adjustment block, an adjustment slider, and an installation slot for insertion of the glass fence in vertical direction. The installation slot is provided on the main body along a vertical direction of the main body, the installation slot divides the main body into two sub-bodies, each sub-body has an inner wall facing the installation slot. The height-adjustment block is provided at a lower end position of the installation slot, an inner space is provided within the height-adjustment block for receiving an LED device generating light. The adjustment slider selectively moves by an adjustment screw such that height of the height-adjustment block is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Chingyao KUO, Norman William LIEFKE
  • Publication number: 20170359274
    Abstract: A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Norman William Finn, Rong Pan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Linda Tin-Wen Cheng, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Hariprasada Rao Ginjpalli, Rudolph Benedict Klecka
  • Publication number: 20170348406
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an immersion vaccine for fish comprising at least one isolated antigen, specifically a recombinant antigen, such as is F. psychrophilum and/or infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Crump, Jan Burian, Joseph Michale Bricker, William Wayne Kay, Norman William Johnson
  • Patent number: 9822521
    Abstract: An assembly outdoor balcony are made up of a plurality of columns, cross beams, beams, adjustable hanging elements, wall-assembled hanging elements and balcony panels, wherein the columns are disposed at interval to form the whole periphery of the balcony; the cross beams can be quickly assembled onto the columns through a beam hanger; the adjustable hanging element allows the joint angle between two beams to be different depending on the environment and needs. All component elements are aluminum alloy materials, which are assembled by mutual engagement. Therefore, the assembly outdoor balcony can be assembled, disassembled and adjusted quickly based on the on-site environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventors: Chingyao Kuo, Norman William Liefke
  • Patent number: 9749259
    Abstract: A method for allocating port assignments for transmitting a reserved network stream across a network node comprises determining a cycle time associated with a network node. The method also comprises establishing, for at least one port of the network node, a plurality of virtual layers associated with the cycle time, wherein each of the plurality of virtual layers is divided into 2n equally-spaced slots per cycle (where n>0). The method further comprises receiving a reserved stream request associated with transmission of a reserved stream across the node, and determining a number of slots required to transmit the reserved stream. The method also comprises assigning one or more slots associated with a port of the network node to the transmission of packets associated with the reserved stream based on the determined number of slots. The method further comprises transmitting the stream according to the slot assignment associated with the port of the network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman William Finn, Rong Pan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Linda Tin-Wen Cheng, Peter Geoffrey Jones, Hariprasada Rao Ginjpalli, Rudolph Benedict Klecka
  • Patent number: 9732528
    Abstract: An accessible passageway assembly is assembled by a plurality of railing units, a plurality of columns, a plurality of step plates and slope guide plates; specifically, the plurality of railing units are spaced by columns to form inner fences and outer fences of the passageway. A support bar is positioned between the lower end of columns of the inner fences and the lower end of columns of the outer fences. A platen is disposed above the support bar. The rear and front end of the support bar and the platen include an extending tongue piece respectively for fast snap-fit of the step plate and the slope guide plate of the passageway. The connection part of the railing unit and the column can be a movable hinge, such that the angle of the railing unit can be adjusted according to the passageway height difference and change, such that the accessible passageway can be quickly assembled and disassembled indoors or outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventors: Chingyao Kuo, Norman William Liefke