Patents by Inventor Padraig Hood

Padraig Hood 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: 20220237116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method of obtaining a computation result, comprising: obtaining a first input; determining a distance measure between the first input and each of a plurality of stored entries, each of the plurality of stored entries comprising a stored input, a stored computation result and a stored uncertainty measure; determining if a stored entry meets a first criteria, wherein the first criteria is based on the distance measure and the stored uncertainty measure; if a stored entry meets the first criteria, determining a first computation result and a first computation uncertainty for the first input using a first set of one or more stored entries meeting the first criteria; and storing the first input, the first computation result and the first computation uncertainty as a first stored entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Padraig HOOD, Richard Hannam WEBB
  • Patent number: 8868489
    Abstract: A method and system for users to concurrently edit a digital file to achieve a predetermined goal. Each iteration creates a copy of the digital file for each user; enables the users to create an altered digital file by making a change having a magnitude within predetermined limits; creates a voting set containing a plurality of digital files, the plurality of digital files including at least one altered or unaltered digital file; enables the users to cast votes in relation to the digital files in the voting set; repeats the steps of creating a voting set and enables the users to cast votes until one of the digital files in one of the voting sets receives a number of votes above a predetermined voting threshold; and includes in the next iteration the digital file which received a number of votes above the predetermined voting threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Codigital Limited
    Inventor: Padraig Hood
  • Publication number: 20120130954
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for a plurality of users to concurrently edit at least one digital file to achieve a predetermined goal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Padraig Hood