Patents by Inventor Robert King

Robert King 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: 11954214
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to share policy information. The policy information may be associated with a smart contract. Accordingly, the policy information may be encrypted using a public key for the smart contract and compiled into a block of the blockchain. In response to a request to provide access to the information to a particular node, the private key for the smart contract may be encrypted using the public key for the particular node and compiled into a block of the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki King, Burton J. Floyd, David Turrentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Shelia Cummings Smith
  • Publication number: 20240111881
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing a blockchain comprising a plurality of immutable sales records corresponding to sales made by agents of an entity are provided. According to certain aspects, a transaction request indicating a sale made by an agent of the entity may be received at a first node. A block including a sales record indicating the sale made by the agent may be added to a blockchain and transmitted to another node for validation. The first node may add the block to a copy of the blockchain, where the block may be identified by a hash value that references a previous block in the blockchain that includes at least one additional sales record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki King, Burton J. Floyd, David Turentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Shelia Cummings Smith
  • Publication number: 20240108356
    Abstract: An applicator of a clip system includes an elongated member and a bushing coupled to a distal end of the elongated member and a coupling movably attached to the bushing. A capsule is coupled to the coupling via a coupling member hooked over a hook of the coupling. Proximal ends of clip arms are received within the capsule and a core member received between and connected to the proximal ends of the arms includes a projection and a failure point distal of the projection. The core member is coupled to a control member so that movement of the control member relative to the elongated member opens and closes the arms. The projection is configured so that, when the clip is clipped over tissue, the coupling is drawn into the body and the projection drives the coupling member radially outward off the hook to free the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jimena CESPEDES BERROCAL, Edgardo Andres VELÁZQUEZ-RAMÍREZ, Joseph W. KING, Alex ROBERTS, Juan Pablo ORTIZ GARCIA
  • Patent number: 11934875
    Abstract: An information handling system for composing composed information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor. The system control processor, after being allocated to a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitors health of computing resources of the composed information handling system; makes a determination, based on the monitoring of the health of the computing resources, that at least one of the computing resources is in a compromised state; and, based on the determination, marks the at least one of the computing resources for recomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Jon Robert Hass, Valerie Diane Padilla, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, James Robert King, Justin A Kenney
  • Patent number: 11927617
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (20) for monitoring a condition of an electrical power transmission medium (22), the apparatus (20) comprising: a signal source (24) for transmitting a signal (30) to travel along the electrical power transmission medium (22); and a monitoring device (26) configured to detect one or more reflected signals (34) in the electrical power transmission medium (22), wherein the monitoring device (24) is configured to use the or each detected reflected signal (34) to determine a change in capacitance of the electrical power transmission medium (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Whitehouse, Rosemary King
  • Patent number: 11914728
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or processing a blockchain to maintain data security for confidential and/or personal data are provided. According to certain aspects, the disclosed data security techniques may enable access sharing functionality utilizing the blockchain. For example, access sharing may be utilized to file documents, share policy information, and/or comply with an audit. The data security techniques disclosed herein also enable the use of smart contracts to transfer funds associated with payment obligations and/or other forms of blockchain based payments, comply with anti-money laundering requirements, report industry data, validate interest payments and/or maintain agent sales data. Data security may be achieved through the use of public key/private key encryption techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Melinda Teresa Magerkurth, Eric Bellas, Jaime Skaggs, Shawn M. Call, Eric R. Moore, Vicki King, Burton J. Floyd, David Turrentine, Steven T. Olson, Timothy Caleb Wells, Corin Rebekah Chapman, Edward W. Breitweiser, Robert Gomez, Shelia Cummings Smith
  • Publication number: 20230328184
    Abstract: A system and method of performing automated reconciliation of devices and features in telecom expense management systems prior to running programs to optimize expense relative to usage or procuring new lines. The reconciliation accessing and carrier systems and devices and using enterprise configurable rules and live data from end point management systems. The system ensures accurate and up to date data is available for processing by downstream robotic process automation systems that perform the procurement/modification of plans and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jordan Kauffman, Joan Schrenkel, Jessie Leigh Sroka, Jason Pineda, Scott Carder, Mark Johnson Bailey, Robert King, Matthew Alan Crouch
  • Patent number: 11775472
    Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a data migration manager, a notification of an event occurrence from an external event source, wherein the event occurrence is predicted to take place in a geographical location, performing a threat assessment on the event occurrence to generate an impact prediction for a local data system located in the geographical location, making a first determination that the impact prediction exceeds an impact threshold for a first application executing in the local data system, performing, in response to the first determination, a location assessment to identify a migration destination for first application data stored in the local data system, and initiating a first data migration of the first application data to the migration destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: James Robert King, Nicole Reineke
  • Publication number: 20230255382
    Abstract: A glass chair mat having a substantially planar sheet of tempered glass. The tempered glass has a thickness of between ? to 1 inch, and an area of the glass chair mat is selected to cover an area that is greater than an area between the legs of the office chair, such that all legs of the office chair can rest upon the glass chair mat at the same time. The glass chair may further includes a printed layer disposed over at least part of the glass chair mat. In one embodiment, the glass chair mat of includes a printed layer that is formed by digital UV printing. In another embodiment, the glass chair mat of includes a printed layer that is formed by digital ceramic printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Robert King
  • Patent number: 11718481
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly includes an extendable conveyor, a cradle configured to at least partially receive the extendable conveyor, a first conveyor that is movable between a first position and a second position, the first conveyor configured to receive a material from a first source, and second conveyor configured to receive a material from a second source. The extendable conveyor may be configured to pivot with respect to the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FMH Conveyors LLC
    Inventors: William Mark Hogan, Barry Wayne Freeman, John David Robert King
  • Patent number: 11663504
    Abstract: A method for managing pool device resources, the method comprising obtaining, by a resource use manager, a plurality of data points, generating a resource prediction model based on the plurality of data points, and initiating access to a PCI bus device operating on a pool device using a virtual switch operating on a second pool device based on the resource prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, James Robert King, Robert Anthony Lincourt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11637935
    Abstract: A system and method of performing automated reconciliation of devices and features in telecom expense management systems prior to running programs to optimize expense relative to usage or procuring new lines. The reconciliation accessing and carrier systems and devices and using enterprise configurable rules and live data from end point management systems. The system ensures accurate and up to date data is available for processing by downstream robotic process automation systems that perform the procurement/modification of plans and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Tangoe US, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Kauffman, Joan Schrenkel, Jessie Leigh Sroka, Jason Pineda, Scott Carder, Mark Johnson Bailey, Robert King, Matthew Alan Crouch
  • Patent number: 11579943
    Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a first data node, a notification, wherein the first data node is associated with a first power zone group (PZG), and in response to the notification: selecting a second data node, wherein the second data node is not associated with the first PZG, sending a data processing request to the second data node, obtaining a response based on the data processing request, wherein the response specifies a confirmation by the second data node to service the data processing request, storing a ledger entry in a ledger service that indicates the confirmation, and initiating a data transfer based on the data processing request, wherein the first data node is associated with the PZG based on a primary power source of the first data node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, James Robert King, Robert Anthony Lincourt, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230026452
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to providing computer implemented services using information handling systems. One or more embodiments of the invention includes identifying a hardware resource requirement in a composition request for a composed information handling system, wherein the hardware resource requirement specifies a hardware resource with data transformation functionality (DTF), identifying a hardware resource that does not have the DTF, connecting the hardware resource to a DTF container, wherein the DTF container implements the DTF and emulates the hardware resource with DTF, and initiating composition of the composed information handling system using the DTF container, wherein the DTF container satisfies the hardware resource requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Valerie Diane Padilla, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Jon Robert Hass, James Robert King
  • Publication number: 20220306393
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly includes an extendable conveyor, a cradle configured to at least partially receive the extendable conveyor, a first conveyor that is movable between a first position and a second position, the first conveyor configured to receive a material from a first source, and second conveyor configured to receive a material from a second source. The extendable conveyor may be configured to pivot with respect to the cradle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: William Mark Hogan, Barry Wayne Freeman, John David Robert King
  • Patent number: 11435938
    Abstract: An asset mapper for managing a deployment includes a storage and a map manager. The storage stores an asset map of the deployment. The map manager obtains a client oriented location request regarding the deployment for a client; in response to obtaining the client oriented location request: obtains location information of the client with respect to an asset of the deployment using a positioning sensor of the client; generates a client oriented asset map of the deployment using the location information and the asset map of the deployment; and performs an action set using the client oriented asset map to service the client oriented location request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, James Robert King
  • Publication number: 20220232130
    Abstract: A system and method of performing automated reconciliation of devices and features in telecom expense management systems prior to running programs to optimize expense relative to usage or procuring new lines. The reconciliation accessing and carrier systems and devices and using enterprise configurable rules and live data from end point management systems. The system ensures accurate and up to date data is available for processing by downstream robotic process automation systems that perform the procurement/modification of plans and devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Tangoe US, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Kauffman, Joan Schrenkel, Jessie Leigh Sroka, Jason Pineda, Scott Carder, Mark Johnson Bailey, Robert King, Matthew Alan Crouch
  • Patent number: 11366693
    Abstract: A system for managing a deployment includes storage for storing an enhanced asset map of the deployment. The system further includes a deployment manager that obtains a deployment interface request for the deployment; in response to obtaining the deployment interface request: displays a visualization including at least one interactive element, the visualization is based on the deployment interface request and the enhanced asset map; obtains input associated with the at least one interactive element using a natural motion interface; and performs an action set, based on the input, to update an operation of the deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Reineke, James Robert King
  • Publication number: 20220179702
    Abstract: An information handling system for composing composed information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor. The system control processor, after being allocated to a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitors health of computing resources of the composed information handling system; makes a determination, based on the monitoring of the health of the computing resources, that at least one of the computing resources is in a compromised state; and, based on the determination, marks the at least one of the computing resources for recomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Jon Robert Hass, Valerie Diane Padilla, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, James Robert King, Justin A. Kenney
  • Patent number: D950839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Sherri L. Williams, Robert King