Patents by Inventor Ray Thomas
Ray Thomas 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).
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Publication number: 20250005083Abstract: Techniques for generating and presenting search filter recommendations are disclosed. A system determines a composition of search filter tiles, including a relative number of machine learning-generated search filter tiles and non-machine learning-generated search filter tiles, based on recommendation criteria. The recommendation criteria include an amount of user search history data that exists. The system applies search filter recommendation policies to generate a set of search filter recommendations, including hard-coded search filters, search filter recommendations generated by a user-specific machine learning model, search filter recommendations generated by a machine learning model trained on data from multiple different users, and algorithm-based recommendations. The system generates different sets of search filter recommendations made up of different ratios of recommendations from different sources based on determining if search filter criteria are met.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Anshuk Pal Chaudhuri, Vishal Jain, Varun Bharti, Raj Karpana Alagumalai, Uzair Bin Tariq, Subash Bhamidipati, Kuldip Oberoi, Karan Nayyar, John Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20240403980Abstract: The subscription-Based Brokerage Model for Real Estate Brokerages introduces a novel approach to the traditional commission-based structure in the real estate industry. This innovative model enables agents to select and subscribe to a brokerage through a plan selection in exchange for a subscription fee, receiving up to their full commission instead of adhering to a commission-split arrangement. These plans provide services and benefits tailored to the needs and preferences of real estate agents, including essential resources. Leveraging digital platforms, agents can easily subscribe, access services, communicate with clients, and track their performance. By offering a subscription-based alternative to the traditional commission-based structure, the Subscription-Based Brokerage Model brings greater flexibility and cost control for agents. It empowers agents to focus on providing exceptional service to clients and expanding their business.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventor: Stephen Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20240338233Abstract: Techniques for generating recommendations for form fields are disclosed. A system obtains user interaction data based on a user's interaction with a digital form. The digital form includes form fields mapped to attribute fields of data object resources. The data object resources specify criteria for when recommendations should be permitted or prohibited for the attribute fields of the business objects. The system obtains the criteria from the data object resources corresponding to the form fields in the digital form. The system compares the user interaction data with the recommendation enablement criteria to determine whether to allow the generation and presentation of recommendations for respective form fields. If the recommendation enablement criteria are met, the system applies a recommendation-type machine learning model to a set of input data including the user interaction data to generate a set of recommendations for a form field.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicant: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Subash Bhamidipati, Kuldip Oberoi, Karan Nayyar, John Ray Thomas, Blake Thomas Sullivan, Raj Karpana Alagumalai, Van Hieu Tran, Kevin Ng
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Patent number: 12073196Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for using an application platform to design an application, an interface for developing an application is displayed at a computer system, the interface including a plurality of components for use in visually designing the application. A selection of a component is received at the interface. A placement of the component in the application is received within the interface. The application is compiled such that the application executes natively on a target processor, and where the application is bound directly to a native graphics library associated with the target processor. A parameter selection for the component of the application is received, the parameter selection modifying an appearance of the component. The application including the parameter selection is executed within the interface during design time such that the component is rendered according to the parameter selection without re-compiling the application.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Evgeny Kryukov, Michael L. Swindell, John Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20240258862Abstract: An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of electrical machines, such as motors and generators. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. The resulting system is highly adaptable to different machine designs and ratings, and affords superior resistance to degradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Ray Thomas Reid, Mark D. Nikrandt, Donald Dolence, David N. Scherer
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Patent number: 11979070Abstract: An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of electrical machines, such as motors and generators. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. The resulting system is highly adaptable to different machine designs and ratings, and affords superior resistance to degradation.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Integrated Power Services LLCInventors: Ray Thomas Reid, Mark D. Nikrandt, Donald Dolence, David N. Scherer
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Patent number: 11422775Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for using an application platform to design an application, an interface for developing an application is displayed at a computer system, the interface including a plurality of components for use in visually designing the application. A selection of a component is received at the interface. A placement of the component in the application is received within the interface. The application is compiled such that the application executes natively on a target processor, and where the application is bound directly to a native graphics library associated with the target processor. A style selection for the component of the application is received, the style selection modifying an appearance of the component. The application including the style selection is executed within the interface during design time such that the component is rendered according to the style selection without re-compiling the application.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Evgeny Kryukov, Michael L. Swindell, John Ray Thomas
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Patent number: 11356494Abstract: A technique implements an administrative user interface of a backend service used to manage and administer on-premises resources, such as storage nodes of a cluster, within a private customer network. The backend service includes a browser configured to issue cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests among target storage nodes and a publicly-hosted web application on remote computing systems accessed via a public computer network (i.e., internet) that can be loaded on the browser within the customer network to manage and administer the on-prem resources on the private network. The technique involves the use of CORS over HyperText Transfer Protocol to access an origin that is not reachable via the public internet from a predetermined location of the browser, e.g., within the same customer network as the target storage nodes, particularly to facilitate management of the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: NetApp, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Ray Thomas, III, John Mears, Nathan Hammernik
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Patent number: 11325738Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a stackable storage rack system suitable for storing containers is provided. The system includes a base. The system also includes a plurality of compartments positionable within the base, wherein the compartments form a cavity within the base and have an opening on a top of the base designed to store containers. The system further includes at least 4 legs, wherein a top of the legs are connected to a bottom of the base at four separate bottom corners of the base. Additionally, the system includes an operational space formed by stacking at least two storage racks one on top of another wherein users of the system can retrieve containers from the bottom storage rack without interference from the top storage rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventor: Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20210337008Abstract: A technique implements an administrative user interface of a backend service used to manage and administer on-premises resources, such as storage nodes of a cluster, within a private customer network. The backend service includes a browser configured to issue cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests among target storage nodes and a publicly-hosted web application on remote computing systems accessed via a public computer network (i.e., internet) that can be loaded on the browser within the customer network to manage and administer the on-prem resources on the private network. The technique involves the use of CORS over HyperText Transfer Protocol to access an origin that is not reachable via the public internet from a predetermined location of the browser, e.g., within the same customer network as the target storage nodes, particularly to facilitate management of the nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Joseph Ray Thomas, III, John Mears, Nathan Hammernik
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Publication number: 20210145040Abstract: A system according to various embodiments can include a source for supplying a material to be treated, an extruder, at least two screws, and a drive coupled to the screws for axially rotating the screws. The extruder includes an inlet for receiving the material, which is fed therein in a controlled manner. The screws are provided within the housing of the extruder. The screws have a plurality of compression and release stages that create mechanical heat which is directly applied to the material to change the mechanical properties of the material thereby facilitating a conversion of a physical state of the material from a non-compactable state to a compactable state as the screws rotate and move the material longitudinally along the screws to produce a final product, for example, a feed tub for use as an animal feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Patent number: 10992199Abstract: An insulation system and method are disclosed for insulating formed coils of hydroelectric machines, such as a hydroelectric generator. The system includes strand/turn insulation that may include one or more layers of different materials, depending upon the dielectric requirements. A ground wall insulation is applied over the group of turns. The coil may be sized in a slot cell section. Additional insulation layers are provided, including a slot corona suppression insulation that extends just beyond stator slots, a voltage grading layer, and an armor layer. Time temperature profiles and preheating may be used to cure coil sections via press and heat. The resulting system is suitable for installation in situ, and affords superior resistance to degradation.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Integrated Power ServicesInventors: Mark D. Nikrant, Donald Dolence, Ray Thomas Reid
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Patent number: 10960632Abstract: A process for producing a substantially dry product, according to various embodiments, may include receiving wet grain at a first screw The process includes receiving the wet grain at a second screw from the first screw. The process includes compressing the wet grain between the first screw and the second screw and dehydrating the wet grain when the wet grain is located within at least one zone of the first screw and the second screw to cause a physical property change to the wet grain.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Patent number: 10863765Abstract: A system according to various embodiments can include a source for supplying a material to be treated, an extruder, at least two screws, and a drive coupled to the screws for axially rotating the screws. The extruder includes an inlet for receiving the material, which is fed therein in a controlled manner. The screws are provided within the housing of the extruder. The screws have a plurality of compression and release stages that create mechanical heat which is directly applied to the material to change the mechanical properties of the material thereby facilitating a conversion of a physical state of the material from a non-compactable state to a compactable state as the screws rotate and move the material longitudinally along the screws to produce a final product, for example, a feed tub for use as an animal feed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NATIONWIDE 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20200147916Abstract: A device according to various embodiments for preparing wet grain can include at least a first screw configured to receive wet grain. A second screw receives the wet grain from the first screw. At least one of a compressing element and a dehydrating element is included with at least one of the first screw and the second screw to cause a physical property change to the wet grain.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Patent number: 10500805Abstract: A substantially dry product is produced by a process comprising the steps of: removing moisture from a raw material having a first moisture content to produce the substantially dry final product having a final moisture content; (b) advancing the raw material longitudinally along and between at least a first screw and a second screw comprising at least a compression zone and a dehydrating zone which are arranged successively within the first and second screws; and (c) entrapping and removing a predetermined percentage of moisture as the raw material moves through the compression zone and dehydrating zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20190360239Abstract: A locking system includes a tamper-resistant lock and key. The tamper-resistant lock can include a cylindrical lock body with an upper portion having an engagement surface defining a pattern of engagement features, a housing, and a hidden component sized and shaped to fit within the housing that includes an internal lock base into which the cylindrical lock body fastens and a padlock pin configured to secure the internal lock base to a hasp or staple. The key operable for use with the tamper-resistant lock can include a cylindrical key body defining an engagement cavity configured to receive the engagement surface of the cylindrical lock body, a set of complementary engagement features, a plurality of retractable engagement members, and a retractable collar at least partially covering the cylindrical key body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Eddy Z. Engibarov, Larrie Ray Thomas, Dontcho Mihaylov Denkov
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Publication number: 20180370171Abstract: A device according to various embodiments for preparing wet grain can include at least a first screw configured to receive wet grain. A second screw receives the wet grain from the first screw. At least one of a compressing element and a dehydrating element is included with at least one of the first screw and the second screw to cause a physical property change to the wet grain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20170313013Abstract: A device according to various embodiments for preparing wet grain can include at least a first screw configured to receive wet grain. A second screw receives the wet grain from the first screw. At least one of a compressing element and a dehydrating element is included with at least one of the first screw and the second screw to cause a physical property change to the wet grain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas
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Publication number: 20170258125Abstract: A system according to various embodiments can include a source for supplying a material to be treated, an extruder, at least two screws, and a drive coupled to the screws for axially rotating the screws. The extruder includes an inlet for receiving the material, which is fed therein in a controlled manner. The screws are provided within the housing of the extruder. The screws have a plurality of compression and release stages that create mechanical heat which is directly applied to the material to change the mechanical properties of the material thereby facilitating a conversion of a physical state of the material from a non-compactable state to a compactable state as the screws rotate and move the material longitudinally along the screws to produce a final product, for example, a feed tub for use as an animal feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Nationwide 5, LLCInventor: Michael Ray Thomas