Patents by Inventor Patricia J. Smith

Patricia J. Smith 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: 20240086240
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for allocating computing resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving intent data specifying one or more computing services to be hosted by a computing network, requested characteristics of computing resources for use in hosting the computing service, and a priority value for each requested characteristic. A budget constraint is identified for each computing service. Available resources data is identified that specifies a set of available computing resources. A resource allocation problem for allocating computing resources for the one or more computing resources is generated based on the intent data, each budget constraint, and the available resources data. At least a portion of the set of computing resources is allocated for the one or more computing services based on results of evaluating the resource allocation problem to meet a particular resource allocation objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: David J. Helstroom, Patricia Weir, Cameron Cody Smith, Zachary A. Hirsch, Ulric B. Longyear
  • Patent number: 9101219
    Abstract: Described is an adjustable lounge chair having adjustable armrests. The lounge chair comprises an upper section, a middle section, a lower section, legs, support members, and armrests. The upper and lower sections are pivotally adjustable so that the user may configure the chair in a seated, reclined, or prone position. The support members are attached to the middle section near the upper section, and are attached on opposite sides of the middle section. Each support member has a joint at its upper end which is pivotally connected to an armrest such that the armrests can be rotated upwards or outward from the chair. Further, the support members have a means for adjusting the height of the armrests. Overall, the present invention discloses a lounge chair with armrests that are adjustable so as to provide support for the user's arms regardless of the configuration of the lounge chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Inventor: Patricia J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20140183909
    Abstract: Described is an adjustable lounge chair having adjustable armrests. The lounge chair comprises an upper section, a middle section, a lower section, legs, support members, and armrests. The upper and lower sections are pivotally adjustable so that the user may configure the chair in a seated, reclined, or prone position. The support members are attached to the middle section near the upper section, and are attached on opposite sides of the middle section. Each support member has a joint at its upper end which is pivotally connected to an armrest such that the armrests can be rotated upwards or outward from the chair. Further, the support members have a means for adjusting the height of the armrests. Overall, the present invention discloses a lounge chair with armrests that are adjustable so as to provide support for the user's arms regardless of the configuration of the lounge chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Patricia J. Smith
  • Patent number: 4483002
    Abstract: Testing apparatus monitors signals at selected test points in a tested device. An operator specifies sets of signals defining a display window during which all signals at the selected test points will be available to the operator for immediate or later examination. One set of signals defines the beginning of the window. Another set defines the end of the window, but only after other sets or conditions, also specified by the operator, occur. For each set, the operator specifies test points monitored, signal states expected and what happens when the expected states occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jay L. Groom, Jr., Patricia J. Smith, Gary G. Vair