Patents by Inventor Rick Morris

Rick Morris 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).

  • Publication number: 20230316223
    Abstract: The present system and methods generally relate to managing stock of unforecastable supply items and various goods sold by a retailer and/or wholesaler. The present system and methods can employ various techniques to integrate with retailers computing infrastructure and receive data to determine unforecastable supply items of the retailers and/or wholesalers. Using novel techniques, the present system and methods can employ machine learning techniques to predict minimum and maximum stocking requirements for goods sold by the retailers and/or the wholesalers. The present system methods can employ other machine learning model to generate reports, data analyses, predictions, and recommendations associated with the goods sold by the retailer and/or wholesaler. The present system and methods can produce stocking outcomes based on the analyses performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Louis Rick Morris
  • Publication number: 20220188756
    Abstract: The present systems and methods generally relate to optimizing inventory levels using machine learning methodologies. Using novel techniques, the present systems and methods can process and analyze inventory data to determine inventory items that are stocked out or overstocked and provide recommendations for mitigating these events, such that users can optimize their inventory levels with minimal manual intervention. For example, in various embodiments, the present systems and methods ingest inventory data, normalize and extract relevant portions of the inventory data, and sort the inventory data into one or more categories based on the root cause of any identified stockout or overstock events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Louis Rick Morris
  • Publication number: 20220188757
    Abstract: The present systems and methods generally relate to optimizing inventory levels using machine learning methodologies. Using novel techniques, the present systems and methods can process and analyze inventory data to determine inventory items that are stocked out or overstocked and provide recommendations for mitigating these events, such that users can optimize their inventory levels with minimal manual intervention. For example, in various embodiments, the present systems and methods ingest inventory data, normalize and extract relevant portions of the inventory data, and sort the inventory data into one or more categories based on the root cause of any identified stockout or overstock events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Louis Rick Morris
  • Patent number: 10813112
    Abstract: A method, wireless device, and network entity for communicating real time data communication requirements for applications running on a wireless device. The method includes identifying a change in a data communication requirement for an application running on an application layer of a communication reference model of the wireless device, and providing to a lower layer of the communication reference model, the lower layer being lower than the application layer, a data profile, the data profile representing the change in the data requirements for the application running on the application layer of the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Rick Morris
  • Publication number: 20190261392
    Abstract: A method, wireless device, and network entity for communicating real time data communication requirements for applications running on a wireless device. The method includes identifying a change in a data communication requirement for an application running on an application layer of a communication reference model of the wireless device, and providing to a lower layer of the communication reference model, the lower layer being lower than the application layer, a data profile, the data profile representing the change in the data requirements for the application running on the application layer of the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Rick MORRIS
  • Patent number: 8792634
    Abstract: An induced loss value is retrieved from a configuration file of an MTA device. The loss value is provided to a signal generator that generates call progress/alerting signals and FSK signals in the MTA telephony device. To mitigate the imbalance between incoming voice signal levels and call progress/alerting signals that may occur because the call progress/alerting signals are not generated at a level equal to that of the incoming voice signals, the loss/attenuation amount from the configuration file is used to adjust the levels of the generated call progress/alerting and FSK signals by a corresponding amount before they are attenuated along with the incoming voice signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Wade Carter, Rick Morris, Kristi Helton
  • Publication number: 20130311232
    Abstract: A method, system and program product comprise selecting at least one item and historical demand information for the item from a storage portion. A plurality of discrete values for use with forecast models are specified. The item, historical demand information and discrete values are communicated to a forecasting unit comprising at least one test portion being configured for testing the historical demand information to determine a type for the historical demand information. A selection portion is configured for selecting at least a one of a plurality of forecast model portions and for transferring the historical demand information to the selected forecast model portion. A model selection portion is configured for selecting at least one of a plurality of forecast models from the selected forecast model portion. A forecast portion is configured to generate a forecast using at least the historical demand information and the selected forecast model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Louis Rick Morris
  • Publication number: 20060182267
    Abstract: An induced loss value is retrieved from a configuration file of an MTA device. The loss value is provided to a signal generator that generates call progress/alerting signals and FSK signals in the MTA telephony device. To mitigate the imbalance between incoming voice signal levels and call progress/alerting signals that may occur because the call progress/alerting signals are not generated at a level equal to that of the incoming voice signals, the loss/attenuation amount from the configuration file is used to adjust the levels of the generated call progress/alerting and FSK signals by a corresponding amount before they are attenuated along with the incoming voice signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Wade Carter, Rick Morris, Kristi Helton
  • Publication number: 20030190388
    Abstract: A method of adding to wine must large quantities of yeast combined with yeast nutrients, minerals, vitamin B complex, and magnesium sulphate to ferment the wine must to wine in little as four days in a closed container between 20-30° C. Adding quantities of potassium metabisulfite and potassium sorbate sufficient to release CO2 from the fermented wine and stop the fermation process. Adding Sparkolloid clearing and filtering aid in sufficient quantity to clear the fermented wine in two days in a cool environment. A kit for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Rick A. Morris
  • Patent number: 6626845
    Abstract: This invention relates to instruments, particularly medical and research instruments that are used for assessing gas volumes of cavities, particularly, cavities that may exhibit a compliance to changes in pressure, such as in vivo volumes of the lung, thorax, oropharynx and/or nasopharynx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignees: New York Medical College, DFI Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell Edwin Lingo, Jr., Rick Morris Roark
  • Publication number: 20030129017
    Abstract: A display binder having a spine, a first cover connected to the spine, and a second cover also connected to the spine. A support clip is removably attached to the first cover and the second cover. In a preferred embodiment, the support clip has a first ear and a second ear. The ears function to provide a compressive force to the first cover and second cover, thereby attaching the support clip to the first and second covers. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the support clip is attached to the first and second covers along their bottom edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: Rick Morris
  • Publication number: 20010037071
    Abstract: This invention relates to instruments, particularly medical and research instruments that are used for assessing gas volumes of cavities, particularly, cavities that may exhibit a compliance to changes in pressure, such as in vivo volumes of the lung, thorax, oropharynx and/or nasopharynx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Lowell Edwin Lingo, Jr., Rick Morris Roark
  • Patent number: 5906742
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field synthetic polymeric microfiltration membrane materials that are fabricated to separate liquids from solids contained therein. One aspect of the invention relates to a sulfone polymer membrane with high surface porosity (high pore density) and distinctive asymmetry that can separate solids (i.e., blood cells) from a liquid (i.e., plasma) without the need for centrifugation. The membrane is further rendered hydrophilic through co-casting the sulfone polymer (which is a hydrophobic polymer) with a hydrophilic polymer, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone. Because of these properties and the fact that it requires only a small amount of the solid containing liquid (i.e., whole blood) to be applied to the larger pore surface, the membranes of the invention are highly useful in testing devices for the quick detection of properties or components contained in liquid samples, such as diagnostic applications (i.e., the detection of physiological conditions (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: USF Filtration and Separations Group Inc.
    Inventors: I-Fan Wang, Jerome F. Ditter, Rick Morris
  • Patent number: 4865162
    Abstract: This invention provides a roller screw drive mechanism (60) driven by an electric torque motor (50) through a gear drive (58,58',58") associated with either the screw (64,94) or nut (62,92) member of the roller screw drive mechanism. Rotation of the gear drive (58, 58', 58") by the torque motor (50) effectively moves the other member of the roller screw drive mechanism into axial engagement with the brake pressure plate (32) for braking action in response to an electrical control signal fed to the torque motor. A plurality of torque motor driven roller screw drive mechanisms are mounted in a balanced arrangement about the axis of the wheel and brake assembly to effectively apply and release a brake pressure force on the brake pressure plate in response to an electrical control signal to the torque motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Opus Acquisition Corporation
    Inventors: Rick Morris, Moseley Douglas D., Gary M. Rimlinger, Thomas L. Soldat
  • Patent number: D436137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Strath Elgin Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Grant, Rick Morris