Patents by Inventor Raymond Crowley

Raymond Crowley 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: 9922386
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats in a network environment. A canine detection unit may initially inspect items at a screening location. A local workstation is used to further inspect the items that are identified as raising potential security concerns. Requests for assistance are submitted to remote experts for assistance with resolving the potential security concerns. One or more servers receive the requests over a network and retrieve dialing plans associated with the origins of the requests. The one or more servers utilize the dialing plans to route the requests to expert groups assigned to dialing plans. In response to the requests being accepted by remote expert devices in one of the expert groups, the one or more servers establish connections between the local workstations and the remote expert devices that accept the requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Michael Stapleton Associates, LTD
    Inventors: Raymond Crowley, Michael Wynn, Joe Atherall, Matthew Ryan Dimmick
  • Publication number: 20160196628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats in a network environment. A canine detection unit may initially inspect items at a screening location. A local workstation is used to further inspect the items that are identified as raising potential security concerns. Requests for assistance are submitted to remote experts for assistance with resolving the potential security concerns. One or more servers receive the requests over a network and retrieve dialing plans associated with the origins of the requests. The one or more servers utilize the dialing plans to route the requests to expert groups assigned to dialing plans. In response to the requests being accepted by remote expert devices in one of the expert groups, the one or more servers establish connections between the local workstations and the remote expert devices that accept the requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond Crowley, Michael Wynn, Joe Atherall
  • Patent number: 9306970
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats in a network environment. A local workstation is used to inspect an item and submit a request for assistance to determine whether the item raises a security threat. A server receives the request for assistance from the local workstation over a network and retrieves a dialing plan associated with the origin of the request. The server utilizes the dialing plan to route the request to expert groups assigned to the dialing group. In response to the request being accepted by a remote expert device in one of the expert groups, the server establishes a connection between the local workstation and the remote expert device that accepted the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: MSA Security, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Crowley
  • Publication number: 20150121523
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats in a network environment. A local workstation is used to inspect an item and submit a request for assistance to determine whether the item raises a security threat. A server receives the request for assistance from the local workstation over a network, selects a remote expert device that is available to receive the request and routes the request to the remote expert device. In response to the request being accepted at the remote expert device, the server may transmit information associated with the local workstation to the remote expert device and establish a connection between the local workstation and the remote expert device. The remote expert device utilizes attribute information pertaining to the local workstation or local operator to facilitate effective communications between the local workstation and remote expert device for determining whether the item raises a security threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Raymond Crowley, Brian Roberds, Daniel Krantz, Timothy Surface, Shawn Wood
  • Publication number: 20150121528
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting security threats in a network environment. A local workstation is used to inspect an item and submit a request for assistance to determine whether the item raises a security threat. A server receives the request for assistance from the local workstation over a network and retrieves a dialing plan associated with the origin of the request. The server utilizes the dialing plan to route the request to expert groups assigned to the dialing group. In response to the request being accepted by a remote expert device in one of the expert groups, the server establishes a connection between the local workstation and the remote expert device that accepted the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Raymond Crowley
  • Patent number: 4032319
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel fertilizer particles having an inner core and an outer water permeable sulfur coating; to a method of preparing these fertilizer particles by contacting a particulate core material in a fluidized bed, or other suitable coating apparatus, with molten sulfur which solidifies upon the core material; the process preferably being conducted in a fluidized bed having an inert atmosphere in the material contacting zone. This invention is particularly useful in preparing triple superphosphate fertilizers with a water permeable coating of elemental sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: J. R. Simplot Company
    Inventors: Jack Lee Smith, Charles Raymond Crowley, Roger Benton Humberger