Patents by Inventor Robert Lees

Robert Lees 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: 11775189
    Abstract: A method of operating a storage system having solid-state storage memory with segment level heterogeneity is provided. The method includes mapping data into data segments, and mapping the data segments into data stripes. The method includes writing a first data stripe from a first data segment across a first plurality of blades of the storage system comprising heterogeneous total amounts of the solid-state storage memory per blade, and writing a second data stripe from the first data segment across a second plurality of blades of the storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Shantanu Gupta, Sankara Vaideeswaran, Ding Zou, Wing-Yin Chan, Robert Lee
  • Publication number: 20230298082
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for data mesh-based environmental augmentation are presented. Attribute data associated with a user may be received from a plurality of attribute sources. A portion of the attribute data may include real-time data. A portion of the real-time data indicative of an identity of the user may be identified. The identity of the user may be authenticated with respect to the real-time data by analyzing the identified portion of the real-time data. Based on the authentication of the identity of the user, a user activity being performed by the user may be identified based on the real-time data, and the user activity may be augmented according to a user setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, John Tapley, Robert Lee
  • Patent number: 11760534
    Abstract: A system and method of at least partially forming reinforced packages. The method comprises moving a construct in a machine direction on a construct conveyor. The construct conveyor can comprise a primary lug belt with a primary lug, the construct can be disposed on the primary lug belt, and the moving the construct can comprise moving the primary lug belt in the machine direction to push the construct in the machine direction. The method further can comprise positioning a liner on the construct conveyor so that the liner at least partially extends over the construct and moving the liner in the machine direction on a secondary lug belt of the construct conveyor. The secondary lug belt can comprise a secondary lug and the moving the liner can comprise moving the secondary lug belt in the machine direction to push the liner in the machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. Walsh, Robert Lee Conatser, Nicholas P. Lupfer, William Allen Cox
  • Patent number: 11756531
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for audio detection are described. A security and automation system may include a control system that includes a hub device and one or more user interfaces. The control system is configured to receive, at a microphone included in the control system, an audio signal from a zone within the premises. In some examples, the control system may be configured to communicate with nodes of the security and automation system using one or more wireless access technologies and one or more wired access technologies. The control system may determine, at a first processor of the control system, that a set of characteristics of the audio signal satisfies a threshold. The control system may transmit a notification of an event in the zone of the premises based on determining that the set of characteristics of the audio signal satisfies the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: VIVINT, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Farnsworth, J. Robert Lee, Jared Bruton, Stephen Sainsbury
  • Patent number: 11756043
    Abstract: A system to identify and update expired payment cards may include servers that can perform operations including determining that a transaction performed with first payment card is denied due to expiration of the first payment card, determining that the expired first payment card is replaced with a second payment card, and sending information associated with the second payment card to a merchant payment server for performing the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Massie, Brian Francisco Shipley, Priyadarshini Badugu, Timothy Chalmers, Robert Lee Black, David Joaquin Harris, Christopher Flores
  • Publication number: 20230281177
    Abstract: A storage system is provided. The storage system include a primary storage node that includes a primary processing device. The primary storage node is communicatively coupled to a secondary storage node. The secondary storage node includes a secondary processing device and a set of non-volatile memory modules. The primary processing device is to identify one or more storage operations to be performed on the set of non-volatile memory modules of the secondary storage node and transmit one or more instructions to the secondary storage node to perform the one or more storage operations, the one or more storage operations performed by the secondary processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: HARI KANNAN, YING GAO, BORIS FEIGIN, ROBERT LEE
  • Patent number: 11750493
    Abstract: Correlating captured packets with synthetic application testing is provided. A device captures packets associated with a plurality of processes that include one or more synthetic transactions and one or more transactions responsive to user input. A packet capture data set can lack process identifiers (PIDs). The device captures first finger-printing data including first PIDs and attributes associated with the plurality of processes, and second finger-printing data comprising second PIDs corresponding to the one or more synthetic transactions. The device applies a first filter generated from the second PIDs in the second finger-printing data to a first finger-printing data set, and a second filter generated from the filtered attributes of a filtered finger-printing data set to the packet capture data set. The device provides a filtered packet capture data set to manage a performance of one or more processes of the plurality of processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NetScout Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Robert Lee, Robert Alan Vogt
  • Publication number: 20230275965
    Abstract: A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a first storage cluster, the first storage cluster having a first plurality of storage nodes coupled together and a second storage cluster, the second storage cluster having a second plurality of storage nodes coupled together. The system includes an interconnect coupling the first storage cluster and the second storage cluster and a first pathway coupling the interconnect to each storage cluster. The system includes a second pathway, the second pathway coupling at least one fabric module within a chassis to each blade within the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: PRABHATH SAJEEPA, DANIEL TALAYCO, QING YANG, ROBERT LEE
  • Publication number: 20230274628
    Abstract: A high water alarm system for a water containing or wastewater treatment system including a main body containing a generally cylindrical outer and inner wall, a bottom portion and an open top portion, a battery container secured within the main body portion, and a high water sensor secured through the main body, which sensor is connected to an alarm located within the system. Another embodiment adds a gas filter and a vent valve seal to the high water alarm system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Ulliman, Jason Nett, Robert Lee, Paul Weller
  • Patent number: 11734186
    Abstract: A method for preserving a media access control (MAC) address of a virtual server is provided. The method includes assigning a physical computing resource to a virtual server, assigning a physical storage memory resource to the virtual server, and assigning a physical network resource to the virtual server. The method includes assigning a virtual MAC address to the virtual server, the virtual MAC address to remain with the virtual server despite reassignment of one or more of the physical computing resource, the physical storage memory resource or the physical network resource, wherein at least one method operation is performed by a processor. A computing and storage system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: John Hayes, Par Botes, Robert Lee, Peter Vajgel
  • Publication number: 20230255793
    Abstract: A system for dilating tissue includes a retractor having a pair of retractor blades that are movable towards and away from each other to retract tissue of a patient. The retractor blades have longitudinal guide channels. A first pin is attachable to a first vertebra. The system also includes an interbody spacer insertion device that has a guide channel for slidably engaging the longitudinal channel guide and is releasably attachable to an interbody spacer. The interbody spacer insertion device is configured to guide the interbody spacer into a space between adjacent vertebrae. A method for using the system includes advancing the retractor blades towards first and second vertebrae. The first retractor blade is attached to the first vertebra using the first pin and the retractor blades are moved away from each other. The interbody spacer insertion device is translated towards the vertebrae to position the interbody spacer between the vertebrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Frank LaMarca, Robert Lee, Gregory Poulter, Steven Tresser, Michael Wang, Josh Rubin, Hadley Sis, Nick Padovani
  • Publication number: 20230259184
    Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an interface, a graphics card connected to the interface, and a controller communicatively coupled to the interface. The graphics card includes an air moving device. The controller is to send a logic control to the graphics card to activate the air moving device in response to a performance parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew L. Wiltzius, Sheng-Lung Liao, Robert Lee Crane, Jonathan D. Bassett
  • Publication number: 20230259951
    Abstract: A roll-out cart warranty processing system includes a mobile device app and a server. The mobile device app prompts a resident to take at least one image of the roll-out cart, particularly any damaged portion(s) of the roll-out cart. The mobile device app then uploads the at least one image to a server. The server analyzes the at least one image to determine whether the roll-out cart is covered by warranty. The server also analyzes the at least one image to determine whether any identifiable damage would be covered by warranty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Vance Asher Weintraub, Robert Lee Martin, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230252409
    Abstract: A pallet sled includes a pair of tines extending forward from a base. A camera is mounted on the pallet sled and is configured to record images, such as video, as the pallet sled brings pallets of items from a truck into a store. At least one processor is used to analyze the images from the pallet sled. The images are used to determine inventory levels in the store, conditions of the store, conditions of the pathways of the pallet sled. An accelerometer on the pallet sled detects hard braking and accidents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Lee Martin, JR., Justin Corless, Daniel James Thyer
  • Publication number: 20230251783
    Abstract: A method of distributed file deletion, performed by a storage system, is provided. The method includes receiving, at the storage system, a request to delete a directory and contents of the directory and adding the directory to a first set, listed in a memory in the storage system. The method includes operating on the first set, by examining each directory in the first set to identify subdirectories, adding each identified subdirectory to the first set as a directory, and adding each examined directory to a second set listed in the memory. The method includes deleting in a distributed manner across the storage system without concern for order, contents of directories, and the directories listed in the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: ROBERT LEE, IGOR OSTROVSKY, RONALD KARR
  • Patent number: 11722137
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include a capacitive proximity sensor that increases capacitance in response to proximity of an object; a reference capacitor in parallel with the capacitive proximity sensor; a switch that connects and disconnects the capacitive proximity sensor and the reference capacitor; and a capacitance sensing block that generates a capacitance signal based on a capacitance of the reference capacitor when the switch is in a disconnecting state and based on the capacitance of the reference capacitor and a capacitance of the capacitive proximity sensor when the switch is in a connecting state. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Robert Lee
  • Patent number: 11714572
    Abstract: A redundant array of independent drives (RAID) stripe is formed across a set of storage controllers of a plurality of storage controllers, wherein the RAID stripe comprises two or more of a plurality of modular storage devices of at least one of the set of storage controllers. The RAID stripe is written across the set of storage controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Hari Kannan, Robert Lee, Yuhong Mao, Ronald Karr, Boris Feigin
  • Publication number: 20230233545
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, uses, and compositions for treating AF in a patient, such as a patient exhibiting heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Francois TAMBY, Jay M. EDELBERG, Gregory Howard Takeo KURIO, Cynthia Lyle KELLY, Chun YANG, Marcus Patrick HENZE, Carlos L. DEL RIO, Robert Lee ANDERSON, Marius P. SUMANDEA, Jitendra GANJU
  • Patent number: 11709291
    Abstract: Optically transparent fiber glass cover substrates for electronic displays. The cover substrates include an optically transparent fiberglass composite layer including a fiberglass layer embedded in a matrix material and an optically transparent hard-coat layer bonded to a top surface of the optically transparent fiberglass composite layer. A bottom surface of the optically transparent fiberglass composite layer may define a bottommost exterior surface of a cover substrate. The bottommost exterior surface of a cover substrate may be disposed over a display surface of an electronic display to protect the display surface from damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Hou, Kuan-Ting Kuo, Kevin Robert McCarthy, Robert Lee Smith, III
  • Patent number: 11702405
    Abstract: The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to HbS modulators of formula (I) or tautomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said modulators or tautomers thereof, wherein X, Y, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. HbS modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, including sickle cell disease (SCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Ariamala Gopalsamy, Shawn Cabral, Agustin Casimiro-Garcia, Ming Zhu Chen, Chulho Choi, Robert Lee Dow, Olugbeminiyi Omezia Fadeyi, David Hepworth, Jayasankar Jasti, Lyn Howard Jones, Arjun Venkat Narayanan, Mihir Dineshkumar Parikh, David Walter Piotrowski, Lee Richard Roberts, Ralph Pelton Robinson, Jr., Hatice Gizem Yayla