Patents by Inventor Robert A. Carter

Robert A. Carter 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: 10049381
    Abstract: A device, system, and method are directed towards facilitating monetization of mobile devices. A click action server determines click actions that are to be sent to a client device based on one or more factors. The click actions are sent to the client device as links. An action handler receives requests indicating a selected action, and facilitates the performance of the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Whittaker, Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, Cynthia Chichia Wang, Russell Alexander Beattie, Robert Carter Trout
  • Patent number: 10033688
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications associated with delivery conditions in which the occurrence of the delivery condition is determined by monitoring information received from a plurality of sources via multiple communication channels. The message delivery systems allow messages to be delivered to any “Who, What, When, Where” from any “Who, What, When, Where” upon the detection of an occurrence of one or more “Who, What, When, Where” delivery conditions. A message (which may be any data object including text-based messages, audio-based message such as voicemail or other audio such as music or video-based prerecorded messages) is delivered in accordance with delivery conditions based on any available data, including topical, spatial, temporal, and/or social data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Eliot Davis, Marco Boerries, Christopher Williams Higgins, Joseph James O'Sullivan, Ronald Martinez, Robert Carter Trout
  • Publication number: 20180203478
    Abstract: A solar drive system, having: at least one photovoltaic array generating a DC current; at least one inverter electrically connected to the photovoltaic array for inverting the DC current into an AC current; at least one electric motor electrically connected to the inverter for supplying the electric motor with the AC current; and at least one device for determining a present rotational frequency of the electric motor; wherein the inverter is configured to track a maximum power point of the photovoltaic array by performing a Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking method and to determine a step direction of the Perturb and Observe Maximum Power Point Tracking method using the determined present rotational frequency of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Carter, William John Quinn
  • Publication number: 20170227202
    Abstract: An illuminable key chain comprises a housing, a receiving formation on the housing configured to receive a key ring, a band having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends coupled to the housing, and a light source disposed within the housing and configured to project light into or onto the band when the light source is supplied with power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Jiadong Ma, Robert Carter Russell
  • Publication number: 20170193181
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer storage media are provided for automatic management of remote patient monitoring devices. Various, disparate types of remote patient monitoring devices may be used to capture medically relevant data relating to a patient. Device inputs may be received in disparate and are assigned a common format for processing. Inputs are associated with a particular device and a particular patient. Duplicate or conflicting inputs are filtered out. Irrelevant inputs are likewise filtered out. The remaining inputs are passed along for further analysis or recordation into a patient's electronic medical record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: BRIAN ROBERT CARTER, FRANCIS G. RYDZEWSKI, RICK STEURER, BRYAN TAMKE, DAMON MATTHEW HERBST
  • Publication number: 20160127338
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device; authenticating, at the aggregate service device, the user to provide access to at least one remote device; providing, by the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the at least one remote device; receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the at least one remote device; and facilitating data transfer associated with the selection of data. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Donald Oman, Tony Euqene Thompson, Daniel Robert Carter, Christopher Scott Long, Trevin Michael Forket, Philip L. Childs
  • Publication number: 20150324535
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for a patient care card graphical user interface are provided. The patient care card graphical user interface comprises a requirements display area configured to display one or more clinical measures relating to a patient, and a visual indicator that changes depending on whether the at least one or more clinical measures has been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Alan Ash, Brian Robert Carter
  • Publication number: 20150300769
    Abstract: A hand-held device to replicate the entire process of shooting an arrow out of a bow without ever shooting an arrow is disclosed. Our shooting device consists of a simple bungee cord (#4) which is attached on the handle (#1) which forms a loop and at the center of the loop a D-loop (#5) is attached. This provides for an almost fool-proof operation and is nearly identical to holding an actual bow and shooting it. There are no guides that the cord must slip into; the bungee simply moves forward upon release replicating the shooting of an actual bow. We have provided a Wrist Strap (#6) which assures that upon release the shooting device does not leave the shooters hand potentially causing damage or injury. Our shooting device has bubble levels (#2 & 3) which the shooter can view when they are holding the D-loop back at their anchor point which will assist them in knowing whether they are holding the handle (#1) (bow) in a correct level position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Carter Heisser
  • Patent number: 9141622
    Abstract: Techniques of creating a classifier model for a multi-class linear classifier are disclosed. The classifier model includes feature weights for each of a plurality of feature and label combinations. One technique includes selecting an update set of feature weights to be updated from the classifier model, determining an update for each of the feature weights in the selected update set using a processor, a plurality of the updated determined independently of all other updates and determined based on a largest reduction in an output of a loss function, modifying each of the updates using a step size, and updating the classifier model feature weights using the modified, determined updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Carter Moore
  • Patent number: 9111018
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for a patient care card graphical user interface are provided. The patient care card graphical user interface comprises a requirements display area configured to display one or more clinical measures relating to a patient, and a visual indicator that changes depending on whether the at least one or more clinical measures has been met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC
    Inventors: Michael Alan Ash, Brian Robert Carter
  • Patent number: 9098812
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods for training feature weights in a statistical machine translation model. The system can include components that obtain lists of translation hypotheses and associated feature values, set a current point in the multidimensional feature weight space to an initial value, chooses a line in the feature weight space that passes through the current point, and resets the current point to optimize the feature weights with respect to the line. The system can further include components that set the current point to be a best point attained, reduce the list of translation hypotheses based on a determination that a particular hypothesis has never been touched in optimizing the feature weights from at least one of an initial staring point or a randomly selected restarting point, and output the point ascertained to be the best point in the feature weight space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Carter Moore, Christopher Brian Quirk
  • Patent number: 9069755
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which a probability is estimated for a token in a sequence of tokens based upon a number of zero or more times (actual counts) that the sequence was observed in training data. The token may be a word in a word sequence, and the estimated probability may be used in a statistical language model. A discount parameter is set independently of interpolation parameters. If the sequence was observed at least once in the training data, a discount probability and an interpolation probability are computed and summed to provide the estimated probability. If the sequence was not observed, the probability is estimated by computing a backoff probability. Also described are various ways to obtain the discount parameter and interpolation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Carter Moore
  • Patent number: 8930221
    Abstract: A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed, patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed, and biometric surveillance from a peripheral device in a third health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Ackerson, Brian Robert Carter, Clay Patterson
  • Publication number: 20150006274
    Abstract: Activity information is received from users, from devices and information services paired with the users, and from third parties and points are awarded to the users for the activities. Points may be converted into rewards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Marcelo Aizenstein Furman Calbucci, Matthew Robert Carter
  • Publication number: 20140344386
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications associated with delivery conditions in which the occurrence of the delivery condition is determined by monitoring information received from a plurality of sources via multiple communication channels. The message delivery systems allow messages to be delivered to any “Who, What, When, Where” from any “Who, What, When, Where” upon the detection of an occurrence of one or more “Who, What, When, Where” delivery conditions. A message (which may be any data object including text-based messages, audio-based message such as voicemail or other audio such as music or video-based prerecorded messages) is delivered in accordance with delivery conditions based on any available data, including topical, spatial, temporal, and/or social data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Marc Eliot Davis, Marco Boerries, Christopher William Higgins, Joseph James O'Sullivan, Ronald Martinez, Robert Carter Trout
  • Patent number: 8818822
    Abstract: A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed, patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed, and health care assessments in a third health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Ackerson, Brian Robert Carter, Clay Patterson
  • Patent number: 8818823
    Abstract: A graphical user interface provides clinical information in the form of a first health feed and patient-generated information in the form of a second health feed. The graphical user interface may provide improved access to patient-generated information to the provider and improved access to clinical information to the patient or caretaker for the patient. Additional health feeds may include data from peripheral devices, third-party sponsored applications, or other forms of health feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Ackerson, Brian Robert Carter, Clay Patterson
  • Patent number: 8799371
    Abstract: The disclosure describes systems and methods delivering communications associated with deliver conditions in which the occurrence of the delivery condition is determined by monitoring information received from a plurality of sources via multiple communication channels. The message delivery systems allow messages to be delivered to any “Who, What, When, Where” from any “Who, What, When, Where” upon the detection of an occurrence of one or more “Who, What, When, Where” delivery conditions. A message (which may be any data object including text-based messages, audio-based message such as voicemail or other audio such as music or video-based prerecorded messages) is delivered in accordance with delivery conditions based on any available data, including topical, spatial, temporal, and/or social data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Eliot Davis, Marco Boerries, Christopher William Higgins, Joseph James O'Sullivan, Ronald Martinez, Robert Carter Trout
  • Publication number: 20140175179
    Abstract: A three-dimensional quick response code includes a first quick response code appended to a second quick response code to form a stack. The first quick response code has a different generation than a generation of the second quick response code. The stack creates a family tree of codes that belong to a single group of a transactional business process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Carter
  • Patent number: D793075
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jiadong Ma, Robert Carter Russell