Patents by Inventor Patrick McDaniel

Patrick McDaniel 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: 11698058
    Abstract: A method, approach, system, apparatus and solution that generates electricity from the removal heat of sustainable thermal cycles combined with a renewable thermal energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: UNM Rainforest Innovations
    Inventors: Nima Fathi, Peter V. Vorobieff, Patrick McDaniel, Seyed Sobhan Aleyasin, Mahyar Pourghasemi
  • Patent number: 11660016
    Abstract: A magnet assembly for a portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a former having a plurality of slots and a plurality of magnet blocks configured to create a single-sided permanent magnet. Each of the plurality of magnet blocks are positioned in one of the plurality of slots of the former. The arrangement of the plurality of magnet blocks is configured to optimize homogeneity over a target field of view for brain imaging and to form a cap-shaped configuration to be positioned on a head of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick McDaniel, Lawrence L. Wald
  • Publication number: 20200305758
    Abstract: A magnet assembly for a portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes a former having a plurality of slots and a plurality of magnet blocks configured to create a single-sided permanent magnet. Each of the plurality of magnet blocks are positioned in one of the plurality of slots of the former. The arrangement of the plurality of magnet blocks is configured to optimize homogeneity over a target field of view for brain imaging and to form a cap-shaped configuration to be positioned on a head of a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick McDaniel, Lawrence L. Wald
  • Patent number: 8813213
    Abstract: An application provisioning device may be used to manage a profile of a host and provide data corresponding to a selected application for installation at a host. A reverse firewall may use the profile of the host to determine whether to allow or block particular network communication from an application running on the host. An indication of a selected application may be received at the application provisioning device. Configuration information may also be received at the application provisioning device. The application provisioning server may request an update to the profile of a host and transmit such a request. The profile may be updated to reflect the configuration information and/or information of the selected application. Data corresponding to the selected application may be updated and transmitted to a host computer, where it may be installed. Therefore, the installed application running on the host may operate without being prematurely blocked by the reverse firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: William A. Aiello, Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., William J. Leighton, III, Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Jacobus E. Van Der Merwe
  • Patent number: 8732293
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a system and method for tracking or locating a target entity on a data network, such as the public Internet, by analyzing network traffic and communication among interacting network nodes. The invention describes a system of creating an information set of data related to the traffic patterns associated with a specific entity over a time period, and comparing the information set to other information related to the traffic patterns associated with a group of entities over the same time period. By excluding information that is common to both the specific entity and the group of entities from the information set, the information set is left with only the information that helps identify the specific entity on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatschek, Jacobus E. Van de Merwe
  • Publication number: 20130263244
    Abstract: An application provisioning device may be used to manage a profile of a host and provide data corresponding to a selected application for installation at a host. A reverse firewall may use the profile of the host to determine whether to allow or block particular network communication from an application running on the host. An indication of a selected application may be received at the application provisioning device. Configuration information may also be received at the application provisioning device. The application provisioning server may request an update to the profile of a host and transmit such a request. The profile may be updated to reflect the configuration information and/or information of the selected application. Data corresponding to the selected application may be updated and transmitted to a host computer, where it may be installed. Therefore, the installed application running on the host may operate without being prematurely blocked by the reverse firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: William A. AIELLO, Charles Robert KALMANEK, JR., William J. LEIGHTON, III, Patrick MCDANIEL, Subhabrata SEN, Oliver SPATSCHECK, Jacobus E. VAN DER MERWE
  • Patent number: 8453227
    Abstract: An application provisioning device may be used to manage a profile of a host and provide data corresponding to a selected application for installation at a host. A reverse firewall may use the profile of the host to determine whether to allow or block particular network communication from an application running on the host. An indication of a selected application may be received at the application provisioning device. Configuration information may also be received at the application provisioning device. The application provisioning server may request an update to the profile of a host and transmit such a request. The profile may be updated to reflect the configuration information and/or information of the selected application. Data corresponding to the selected application may be updated and transmitted to a host computer, where it may be installed. Therefore, the installed application running on the host may operate without being prematurely blocked by the reverse firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: William A. Aiello, Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr., William J. Leighton, III, Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Jacobus E. Van Der Merwe
  • Patent number: 7975044
    Abstract: Provided are methods for partitioning communication data in a network and disambiguating fixed or non-ephemeral communication data from ephemeral communication data and services. In one example, kmeans data clustering is used to partition or cluster server ports based on a location of the server ports in a 2-dimensional space. The location of the server ports may be based on a number of connections per server port and the number of servers using that port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Oliver Spatscheck, Subhabrata Sen, Jacobus E. Van der Merwe, Patrick McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20100198959
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a system and method for tracking or locating a target entity on a data network, such as the public Internet, by analyzing network traffic and communication among interacting network nodes. The invention describes a system of creating an information set of data related to the traffic patterns associated with a specific entity over a time period, and comparing the information set to other information related to the traffic patterns associated with a group of entities over the same time period. By excluding information that is common to both the specific entity and the group of entities from the information set, the information set is left with only the information that helps identify the specific entity on the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatschek, Jacobus E. Van de Merwe
  • Publication number: 20070204338
    Abstract: An application provisioning device may be used to manage a profile of a host and provide data corresponding to a selected application for installation at a host. A reverse firewall may use the profile of the host to determine whether to allow or block particular network communication from an application running on the host. An indication of a selected application may be received at the application provisioning device. Configuration information may also be received at the application provisioning device. The application provisioning server may request an update to the profile of a host and transmit such a request. The profile may be updated to reflect the configuration information and/or information of the selected application. Data corresponding to the selected application may be updated and transmitted to a host computer, where it may be installed. Therefore, the installed application running on the host may operate without being prematurely blocked by the reverse firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: AT&T CORP
    Inventors: William Aiello, Charles Kalmanek, William Leighton, Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Jacobus Van der Merwe
  • Publication number: 20060190998
    Abstract: A reverse firewall for removing undesirable traffic from a computing network, such as a virtual private network (VPN), is disclosed. The reverse firewall uses firewall rules that may be determined and maintained within the enterprise network to control communication sent between computers in the computing network. The reverse firewall rules may be used to identify the communications between computers in the network that are undesirable and/or intrusive. For example, a computer in a network that is infected with a worm or that is surreptitiously hosting a denial-of-service attack may be identified by the reverse firewall and quarantined. The reverse firewall may be implemented in hardware and/or software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: AT&T Corp
    Inventors: William Aiello, Charles Kalmanek, William Leighton, Patrick McDaniel, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Jacobus Van der Merwe