Patents by Inventor Peter Kavanagh

Peter Kavanagh 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: 12140938
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar, Frederick J. Arsenault, Nicholas A. Johnson, Brett R. Hemes, Thomas J. Strey, Jonathan B. Arthur, Nathan J. Herbst, Aaron K. Nienaber, Sarah M. Mullins, Mark W. Orlando, Cory D. Sauer, Timothy J. Clemens, Scott L. Barnett, Zachary M. Schaeffer, Patrick G. Zimmerman, Gregory P. Moriarty, Jeffrey P. Adolf, Steven P. Floeder, Andreas Backes, Peter J. Schneider, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Glenn E. Casner, Miaoding Dai, Christopher M. Brown, Lori A. Sjolund, Jon A. Kirschhoffer, Carter C. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11455625
    Abstract: A method of generating electronic monetary tokens (tokens) on a server that supports transmission of the tokens between third parties by means of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and also prevents double spending of the tokens. The tokens are represented by a substring of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), which identifies a resource in a network. As a payment request the substring comprises an indicator of price. As a payment for a resource the substring comprises a set of tokens and a buyer's unique identifier. On receipt of the tokens and before releasing the resource to the buyer the seller requests an indication from the server that the buyer owns the tokens thus preventing double spending of the tokens. Preferably, the URI is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: Gregory Peter Kavanagh
  • Publication number: 20210133736
    Abstract: A method of generating electronic monetary tokens (tokens) on a server that supports transmission of the tokens between third parties by means of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and also prevents double spending of the tokens. The tokens are represented by a substring of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), which identifies a resource in a network. As a payment request the substring comprises an indicator of price. As a payment for a resource the substring comprises a set of tokens and a buyer's unique identifier. On receipt of the tokens and before releasing the resource to the buyer the seller requests an indication from the server that the buyer owns the tokens thus preventing double spending of the tokens. Preferably, the URI is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Gregory Peter Kavanagh
  • Patent number: 10984178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a profile page. A computer system identifies a group of potential profiles images from an image. The computer system identifies a group of features in the image. The computer system generates the profile page based on a potential profile image selected from the group of potential profile images and the group of features in the image. The computer system displays the profile page on a display system, enabling generating the profile page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Hadar Yocobovitz, Gregory Peter Kavanagh, Keith Wilson Fulton
  • Patent number: 10691876
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating networking in a social network. A computer system identifies a group of features in an image for a person in the social network. The computer system also identifies a characteristic for networking from the group of features. Further, the computer system identifies a set of people in the social network having the characteristic. The computer system also performs an action enabling networking in the social network with respect to the person and the set of people in the social network having the characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Hadar Yocobovitz, Gregory Peter Kavanagh, Keith Wilson Fulton
  • Patent number: 9870350
    Abstract: A method for visually accessing information. A computer system displays pie charts in a graphical user interface in a display system. The pie charts have sections that represent pieces of the information, and each of the pie charts represents a type of the information. The computer system receives a user input selecting a portion of the sections from the pie charts displayed in the graphical user interface. The computer system displays a new pie chart in the graphical user interface using the portion of the sections selected by the user input. The new pie chart has new sections representing selected pieces of the information corresponding to the portion of the sections. The new sections have sizes based on a policy, and the sizes for the new sections indicates relative values of the pieces of the information with respect to each other. The new pie chart enables visually accessing the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Keith Wilson Fulton, Gregory Peter Kavanagh
  • Publication number: 20160028803
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating networking in a social network. A computer system identifies a group of features in an image for a person in the social network. The computer system also identifies a characteristic for networking from the group of features. Further, the computer system identifies a set of people in the social network having the characteristic. The computer system also performs an action enabling networking in the social network with respect to the person and the set of people in the social network having the characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Hadar Yocobovitz, Gregory Peter Kavanagh, Keith Wilson Fulton
  • Publication number: 20160027196
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a profile page. A computer system identifies a group of potential profiles images from an image. The computer system identifies a group of features in the image. The computer system generates the profile page based on a potential profile image selected from the group of potential profile images and the group of features in the image. The computer system displays the profile page on a display system, enabling generating the profile page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Hadar Yocobovitz, Gregory Peter Kavanagh, Keith Wilson Fulton
  • Publication number: 20160027193
    Abstract: A method for visually accessing information. A computer system displays pie charts in a graphical user interface in a display system. The pie charts have sections that represent pieces of the information, and each of the pie charts represents a type of the information. The computer system receives a user input selecting a portion of the sections from the pie charts displayed in the graphical user interface. The computer system displays a new pie chart in the graphical user interface using the portion of the sections selected by the user input. The new pie chart has new sections representing selected pieces of the information corresponding to the portion of the sections. The new sections have sizes based on a policy, and the sizes for the new sections indicates relative values of the pieces of the information with respect to each other. The new pie chart enables visually accessing the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jordan Schiffer, Keith Wilson Fulton, Gregory Peter Kavanagh
  • Patent number: 8890608
    Abstract: An audio amplifier receiving a digital input audio signal and generating an output audio signal for driving a speaker includes a digital input class D amplifier configured to receive the digital input audio signal and to generate the output audio signal. The digital input class D amplifier includes a first modulator configured to receive the digital input audio signal and to generate a quasi-digital signal in n-bit, and a class D modulator configured to receive the n-bit quasi-digital signal and to generate the output audio signal, the class D modulator implementing an analog feedback loop. In some embodiments, the class D modulator is implemented using a PWM modulator. In other embodiments, the PWM modulator incorporates enhanced features to improve the output noise characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Farzad Sahandiesfanjani, Peter Kavanagh
  • Publication number: 20130223652
    Abstract: An audio amplifier receiving a digital input audio signal and generating an output audio signal for driving a speaker includes a digital input class D amplifier configured to receive the digital input audio signal and to generate the output audio signal. The digital input class D amplifier includes a first modulator configured to receive the digital input audio signal and to generate a quasi-digital signal in n-bit, and a class D modulator configured to receive the n-bit quasi-digital signal and to generate the output audio signal, the class D modulator implementing an analog feedback loop. In some embodiments, the class D modulator is implemented using a PWM modulator. In other embodiments, the PWM modulator incorporates enhanced features to improve the output noise characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Farzad Sahandiesfanjani, Peter Kavanagh
  • Patent number: 5621821
    Abstract: A system for the analysis of image data 48 that has been subject to one or more processing operations is described. The image data is displayed using a display palette 30 which maps pixel values PV to displayable appearances RGB, I. Under user control, a sub-section of the pixel values are mapped to enhanced displayable appearances so as to make small variations in the pixel values more visible. A palette scale 54 illustrating the mapping being performed by the palette 30 is displayed adjacent to the image 48 being analyzed. In addition, a graph 60 of the variation of pixel value along a given analysis line 62 is displayed to assist quantative analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: James B. Pearman, Peter Kavanagh
  • Patent number: 5499373
    Abstract: Data to be processed is stored within data files 20. Associated with each data file 20 is a header file 18. The header files 18 store data specifying a wide range of attributes of the data within the data files 20. A user selects a particular signal processing function 14 that he desires to use and this then accesses one or mope selected data files 20 and associated header files 18. The selected signal processing tool 14 only needs a set of the attributes stored within the header files 18. The signal processing tool 14 reads those attributes it requires and then manipulates the data within the data file 20. The provision of this structure allows a wide range of signal processing function tools to be integrated into a single system which may also be simply expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: John W. Richards, Jonathan J. Stone, Alan Turner, Carl W. Walters, Mukesh Chouhan, Peter Kavanagh
  • Patent number: D505716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Seamless Aluminium Limited
    Inventor: Peter Kavanagh