Patents by Inventor Robert A. Barrett

Robert A. Barrett 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: 20170252804
    Abstract: It is currently difficult to deposit metallic conductors as contiguous metal traces during additive manufacturing processes, particularly when dielectric materials are present that are readily heat-softened. Additive manufacturing processes can include: providing a first printing composition containing metal nanoparticles and a second printing composition containing a dielectric material; depositing the first and second printing compositions together to form an object having a desired shape, in which the metal nanoparticles are unconsolidated with one another after being deposited; and heating the object above a fusion temperature of the metal nanoparticles and below a softening temperature of the dielectric material to define one or more contiguous metal traces in the object in which the metal nanoparticles are at least partially fused together with one another in a defined shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: David Guy Hanni, James Charles Beffa, Robert Barrett Geyer, Lawrence C. Loh, Kelly M. Parent, Alfred A. Zinn
  • Publication number: 20170124094
    Abstract: Systems and methods of prioritizing retrieval and/or processing of data related to a subset of attributes based on a prediction of associated values are presented herein. In certain implementations, a request for values associated with respective first attributes may be received. Based on the request, first queries for data related to the first attributes may be performed. Based on the first queries, a first subset of data related to calculating at least some of the associated values may be received. At least some of the associated values may be predicted based on the first subset of data. Based on the prediction of the associated values, retrieval and/or processing of data related to a first subset of the first attributes may be prioritized over retrieval and/or processing of data related to one or more other subsets of the first attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Justin LANGSETH, Jorge ALARCON, Ruhollah FARCHTCHI, Farzad AREF, Quan Cat LUU, Matthew Robert BARRETT, Punit RATHORE
  • Publication number: 20170107498
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions related to generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Improved techniques for establishing highly efficient, reproducible reprogramming using non-integrating episomal plasmid vectors, including generation of iPSCs from lymphoblastoid B-cells and lymphoblastoid B-cell lines. Such methods and compositions find use in regenerative medicine applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Inventors: Dhruv Sareen, Loren Ornelas, Robert Barrett
  • Publication number: 20170006576
    Abstract: A datacenter server information handling system topology is determined from Bluetooth Low Energy beacon signals communicated with a mobile information handling system that provides multiple ranges temporally related as the mobile information handling system moves through the datacenter. Server information handling system positions are determined and mapped relative to each other and also relative to position information detected in the datacenter, such as with a camera or accelerometer disposed in the mobile information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Barrett, Saurav Shrestha
  • Publication number: 20170006410
    Abstract: A datacenter server information handling system topology is determined from Bluetooth Low Energy beacon signals communicated with a mobile information handling system that provides multiple ranges temporally related as the mobile information handling system moves through the datacenter. Server information handling system positions are determined and mapped relative to each other and also relative to position information detected in the datacenter, such as with a camera or accelerometer disposed in the mobile information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Barrett, Saurav Shrestha
  • Patent number: 9401078
    Abstract: A chassis may include a plurality of slots each configured to receive a module having one or more information handling resources, wherein each slot is configured to electrically and communicatively couple the module to other components of the chassis. The chassis may also include a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots. The controller may be configured to receive an electrical signal indicative of a user action associated with the chassis. The controller may also be configured to, responsive to the electrical signal: cause a first visual indicator associated with a first module received in the chassis to indicate a selection; for a period of time following receipt of the electrical signal, cause at least one second visual indicator of modules received in the chassis to mute; and at the conclusion of the period of time, cause the at least one second visual indicator to unmute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: 9357057
    Abstract: In a system for identifying subscriber lines, an end of a subscriber line is coupled to and terminated by a transceiver of interest. The other end of the subscriber line is coupled to a speaker. The transceiver is then selectively activated and deactivated causing it to transmit its normal frequency spectrum in a predefined pattern. The frequency spectrum includes frequencies audible to humans. Thus, the speaker produces sound capable of being heard by a human, and the sound exhibits periods of noise followed by periods of silence. Indeed, the periods of noise and silence are in a pattern according to the activation/deactivation pattern of the transceiver. Thus, a user can identify the subscriber line that is coupled to the transceiver by identifying which of the lines is coupled to the speaker when the speaker emits noise and silence according to the predefined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Barrett, Jeffrey E. Boswell, Christopher R. Hodges
  • Publication number: 20160122060
    Abstract: Robotic pick-and-place automation is used to transfer oral solid pharmaceuticals from moveable trays or canisters. A variety of sensors are used in order to automatically verify that the oral solid pharmaceuticals have been properly placed in the desired oral solid pharmaceutical package locations precisely according to the patient prescription data. A pharmacist places oral solid pharmaceutical products within dispensing trays or canisters which are used to present the oral solid pharmaceutical products for picking and placing via the robotic pick-and-place machinery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Mark SWEET, Edward D. KAMES, Heather GILETA, Robert BARRETT, Alan KRAEMER
  • Publication number: 20160122045
    Abstract: Robotic pick-and-place automation is used to transfer oral solid pharmaceuticals from moveable trays or canisters. A variety of sensors are used in order to automatically verify that the oral solid pharmaceuticals have been properly placed in the desired oral solid pharmaceutical package locations precisely according to the patient prescription data. A pharmacist places oral solid pharmaceutical products within dispensing trays or canisters which are used to present the oral solid pharmaceutical products for picking and placing via the robotic pick-and-place machinery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Edward D. KAMES, Robert BARRETT
  • Publication number: 20160065438
    Abstract: A metric driven method for managing a network can include the step of specifying a profile for a network event. The profile can include multiple discrete factors and can be associated with at least one event operation. Metrics can be received from multiple remotely located components residing within a network space. The metrics can be compared to the discrete factors, where each compared metric can correspond to one of the factors. A determination based on this comparison can indicate whether the network event has occurred. When the network event has occurred, the previously specified event operation associated with the network event can be automatically executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT BARRETT BIRD, WILLIAM WARD SAXON
  • Patent number: 9210036
    Abstract: A metric driven method for managing a network can include the step of specifying a profile for a network event. The profile can include multiple discrete factors and can be associated with at least one event operation. Metrics can be received from multiple remotely located components residing within a network space. The metrics can be compared to the discrete factors, where each compared metric can correspond to one of the factors. A determination based on this comparison can indicate whether the network event has occurred. When the network event has occurred, the previously specified event operation associated with the network event can be automatically executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Robert Barrett Bird, William Ward Saxon
  • Patent number: 9191496
    Abstract: Systems and methods for locating faults in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system in accordance with the disclosure include a handshake messaging procedure that is used to rapidly obtain interconnectivity information of various subscriber loops that are present in a DSL repeater chain. The interconnectivity information is used to provide an identification of one or more faulty loops when such faulty loops are present in the DSL repeater chain. The identification may be provided in the form of a topological representation that can be used to execute targeted line testing procedures on the faulty loops without wasting time on testing loops that are not faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Barrett, Joshua S. Brown, Christopher Ryan Hodges, Emir Adanur
  • Publication number: 20150326437
    Abstract: Server information handling system deployment and maintenance is enhanced with peer-to-peer configuration information transfers that allow a configuration from an existing server information handling system to be copied, modified and then pasted to another server information handling system. In one embodiment, the selection and use of peer-to-peer communications media is managed by a mobile telephone information handling system, such as with one or more of NFC, Bluetooth, and WLAN interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
  • Publication number: 20150243140
    Abstract: A chassis may include a plurality of slots each configured to receive a module having one or more information handling resources, wherein each slot is configured to electrically and communicatively couple the module to other components of the chassis. The chassis may also include a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots. The controller may be configured to receive an electrical signal indicative of a user action associated with the chassis. The controller may also be configured to, responsive to the electrical signal: cause a first visual indicator associated with a first module received in the chassis to indicate a selection; for a period of time following receipt of the electrical signal, cause at least one second visual indicator of modules received in the chassis to mute; and at the conclusion of the period of time, cause the at least one second visual indicator to unmute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: 9118500
    Abstract: A communications system includes at least one telecommunications access module coupled to a plurality of communications subscriber line pairs and comprising at least one bonding engine. A module is configured to receive a provisioning request and determine the total number of communications subscriber line pairs available to form a bonding group and select at least one bonding engine for the bonding group. A data processor is configured to determine a maximum packet fragment size for the data packets based on the total number of available subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group. A maximum packet fragment size is adapted to the number of communications line pairs within the bending group and the bonding engine fragments the data packets into the packet fragments. A transmitter receives the packet fragments and transmits the packet fragments over the communications subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin L. Gieger, Kevin W. Schneider, Arlynn Wilson, Robert A. Barrett
  • Patent number: 9027783
    Abstract: A container including a sidewall having a top and bottom ends, a base attached to or proximate the bottom end defining a cavity bounded by the sidewall and by the base, and the base including at least a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness, such that the second thickness is less than the first thickness. A method for controlling deformation in a container including the steps of manufacturing the container as described above, filling the container with a substance, sealing the container at a top end thereof, inverting the container such that the container rests on its top end, allowing the substance to undergo a volume reduction resulting in a vacuum pressure within the container, wherein when subjected to the vacuum pressure, the base deforms at the second portion due to the second thickness being less than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Polytainers Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Houlton, Gabriel Fekete, Jason Collins, Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: D760075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ileana Irimia, Gabriel Fekete, Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: D764277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Polytainers Inc.
    Inventors: Ileana Irimia, Gabriel Fekete, Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: D777030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Polytainers, Inc.
    Inventors: Ileana Irimia, Gabriel Fekete, Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: D779317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Polytainers Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Fekete, Robert Barrett