Patents by Inventor R. Burns

R. Burns 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: 10169653
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for tagging a resource. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a given number of unique electronic tags for tagging a specified resource; for a harvested one of the specified resources, generating image data representing an image of the harvested resource, and selecting one of the electronic tags for the harvested resource; and sending the image data and data identifying the selected electronic tag to a specified entity to register the harvested resource. In an embodiment, the given number of unique physical tags are generated for the specified resource, and the generated image data include data representing one of the physical tags. In an embodiment, a mobile computing device is used to receive the electronic tags, to generate the image data, and to transmit the image data to the specified entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, David R. Burns, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell
  • Publication number: 20180349135
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of development requirements of a software development project. A plurality of possible results for one or more development factors estimated to complete the software development project may be generated based upon, at least in part, the plurality of development requirements for the software development project. A plurality of results for the one or more development factors estimated to complete the software development project may be generated and may include processing a different set of random values from the plurality of possible results for the one or more development factors estimated to complete the software development project during each iteration of a plurality of iterations of one or more probabilistic models. The plurality of results for the one or more development factors may be provided in a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: WILLIAM R. BURNS, Joseph McGovem, Lisa Rodriguez, Henry Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10130191
    Abstract: A convertible children's walker device includes a seated walker portion and a standing walker portion. The standing walker portion is detachably mounted to the seated walker portion in a first seated-support mode wherein the standing walker portion is used in combination with the seated walker portion, and the standing walker portion is detached from the seated walker portion in a standing-support mode of use independent of the seated walker portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen R. Burns
  • Publication number: 20180297623
    Abstract: A mobile child support and entertainment device includes a base panel having roller elements for rolling support along a support surface, an upper support body having a seat positioned generally centrally therein for receiving a child, and at least one support leg extending between the base panel and the upper support body. The device allows a caregiver to move the child in the device from location to location, and provides entertainment and activity for the child. Embodiments of the device are configured for ease of maneuverability and access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. BURNS, Jacob SCLARE
  • Publication number: 20180229025
    Abstract: An electrode array includes a body portion, at least one tail portion, at least one tissue surface contact, and at least one intratissue contact. The electrode array can provide stimulation or record signals from both the surface of a target tissue and within the target tissue. A system for tissue surface and intratissue signal recording and/or stimulation contains an electrode array, a controller or receiver, and at least one connection between the electrode array and the controller or receiver. A method of recording signals and/or stimulating tissue includes contacting the target tissue surface and target tissue interior with an electrode array and providing or recording an electrical, chemical, or optical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jesse J. Wheeler, John R. Burns, IV, John Lachapelle, Caroline K. Bjune, Philip D. Parks, II
  • Publication number: 20180228300
    Abstract: An adjustable bouncing frame for a child support device including a support frame coupled between a base portion and a child seat platform of the child support device. The support frame is configured to support the child seat platform a distance above the base portion which rests on a support surface. The adjustable bouncing frame generally includes at least one support member that is slidingly coupled to the child support device at a first end. Lateral movement of the first end of the support member can adjust the height of the child seat platform relative to the base. The frame can also include a resilient member that allows for reciprocal lateral motion of the first end of the support member which results in an up-and-down bouncing motion of the child seat platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Mark MENDES, Stephen R. BURNS
  • Patent number: 10016067
    Abstract: A convertible children's walker device includes a seated walker portion and a standing walker portion. The standing walker portion is detachably mounted to the seated walker portion in a first seated-support mode wherein the standing walker portion is used in combination with the seated walker portion, and the standing walker portion is detached from the seated walker portion in a standing-support mode of use independent of the seated walker portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen R. Burns
  • Publication number: 20180176370
    Abstract: A method can include accessing, from memory, sensor data in response to detecting an incoming communication to a given communication endpoint, the sensor data representing at least one of a condition of the given communication endpoint or a condition of an operating environment associated with the given communication endpoint. The method can also include applying a profile to the sensor data to determine whether to extend or truncate a duration that the incoming communication at the given communication endpoint. The profile may be learned based on the sensor data associated with one or more previous incoming communication being answered or not answered. The method further includes adapting the duration that the incoming communication is offered at the given communication endpoint based on the applied profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: ROBERT R. BURNS
  • Patent number: 10000225
    Abstract: A mobile child support and entertainment device includes a base panel having roller elements for rolling support along a support surface, an upper support body having a seat positioned generally centrally therein for receiving a child, and at least one support leg extending between the base panel and the upper support body. The device allows a caregiver to move the child in the device from location to location, and provides entertainment and activity for the child. Embodiments of the device are configured for ease of maneuverability and access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burns, Jacob Sclare
  • Patent number: 9955647
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola variety SCV149064 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola variety SCV149064 with itself or with another canola variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola varieties or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola variety SCV149064, to methods for producing other canola varieties, lines or plant parts derived from canola variety SCV149064 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the variety SCV149064 with another canola variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dale R. Burns, Jed Christianson, Jun Liu, Chunren Wu
  • Patent number: 9955799
    Abstract: A child motion device including a support frame, a frame hub coupled to the support frame, a gliding swing mechanism pivotally mounted to the frame hub, and a cantilevered child support portion pivotally mounted to the gliding swing mechanism. In example embodiments, the child support portion can be in the form of a child seat or a bassinet. In example embodiments, the child support portion can be oriented between multiple seat-facing orientations for providing either of a side-to-side gliding movement or a front-to-back gliding movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Chaitanya Tadipatri, Stephen R. Burns, Jacob Sclare
  • Patent number: 9918561
    Abstract: A child support device including a folding frame having front legs and rear legs, and a hub pivotally coupling upper ends of the front and rear legs to move between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration. The hub includes a first coupling element. The device further includes a support component having a second coupling element releasably engageable with the first coupling element, for detachably mounting the support component to the frame. The support component is optionally a dual-mode support, usable in a first mode of use mounted to the frame, and in a second mode of use independent of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Perrin, Stephen R. Burns, Chaitanya Tadipatri, Poon Yuk Tong
  • Publication number: 20180070738
    Abstract: A multi-position support system for supporting a child, the system including a base, a child support assembly supported by the base, and a positional adjustment mechanism allowing a user to selectively position the child support assembly in one of a plurality of activity positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. BURNS, Jacob SCLARE, Trevor MAST, Bryce George RUTTER, PhD, Benjamin Cooper PRIESS, Max William RYAN
  • Patent number: 9907411
    Abstract: A play yard system for infants or small children. They play yard includes a frame, and the system includes at least one child support unit for mounting to the frame of the play yard. The at least one child support unit may take the form of a bassinet and/or a changing table. The play yard frame may be collapsible for storage and transport, and the child support unit may be removable from the play yard frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burns, Chaitanya Tadipatri
  • Publication number: 20180060644
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for tagging a resource. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a given number of unique electronic tags for tagging a specified resource; for a harvested one of the specified resources, generating image data representing an image of the harvested resource, and selecting one of the electronic tags for the harvested resource; and sending the image data and data identifying the selected electronic tag to a specified entity to register the harvested resource. In an embodiment, the given number of unique physical tags are generated for the specified resource, and the generated image data include data representing one of the physical tags. In an embodiment, a mobile computing device is used to receive the electronic tags, to generate the image data, and to transmit the image data to the specified entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, David R. Burns, Andrew R. Jones, Kevin C. McConnell
  • Patent number: 9883031
    Abstract: A method can include accessing, from memory, sensor data in response to detecting an incoming communication to a given communication endpoint. The sensor data represents at least one of a condition of the given communication endpoint or a condition of an operating environment associated with the endpoint. The method can also include analyzing the sensor data to determine endpoint condition data corresponding to at least one of a willingness or availability of a user to answer the incoming communication at the given communications endpoint. The method can also include adapting a duration that the incoming communication is offered to the given communication endpoint based on the endpoint condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Shoretel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert R. Burns
  • Patent number: 9868071
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a powered children's swing. In various embodiments, the swing includes a seat, swing frame, one or more swing arms, a first magnetic component, second magnetic component, swing motion sensor, and swing control circuit. The magnetic components are configured to generate a magnetic force that drives the seat along a swing path. The swing control circuit is configured to control the magnetic components based at least on input from the swing motion sensor and generate control signals causing the seat to swing with substantially constant amplitude as specified by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: David C. Gilbert, Stephen R. Burns, Peter D. Jackson, Charles Simons, Chen Jing Ru
  • Publication number: 20170367492
    Abstract: A child containment device and a mattress support assembly for a child containment device providing a generally flat mattress configuration under load of a child supported thereon; a multi-paneled mattress for a child containment device allowing repositioning of mattress panels between an expanded state and a compact state, and wherein in the expanded state, structural couplings maintain the mattress in a generally flat configuration; and a chamfered corner arrangement for resisting curling of a mattress for a child containment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: John M. THOMSON, Stephen R. BURNS, Joseph W. STALEY, Chaitanya TADIPATRI, Frank (CHIH-FENG) CHEN, Mark MENDES
  • Publication number: 20170360216
    Abstract: A wood gliding bassinet to impart a gliding motion to soothe a child occupant includes a frame and an infant receiving receptacle. In example forms, the frame is wooden and includes four legs for supporting the frame on a support surface. The infant receiving receptacle is pivotally mounted to the frame such that the infant receiving receptacle is capable of gliding relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob SCLARE, Stephen R. BURNS
  • Patent number: 9839984
    Abstract: A method of making a cutting tap includes: providing an elongate tap body having an axial forward end, an axial rearward end and a central longitudinal axis; securing the axial rearward end of the tap body in a grinding machine; and forming in the axial forward end of the tap body a correction grind and a main flute in one continuous grinding operation. A cutting tap made by the invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Steven R. Burns