Patents by Inventor Robert McDonald

Robert McDonald 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: 20260127033
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to artificial intelligence agent systems for user-specific tasks. The systems and methods disclosed herein can obtain a query descriptive of a task to be performed by an agent system; generate a routing prompt based on the query; provide the routing prompt as input to a routing mechanism of the agent system; determine to access a user-specific memory layer of the agent system based on an output of the routing mechanism of the agent system in response to the routing prompt; generate a retrieval prompt based on the query; and generate an output of the agent system using the user-specific memory layer and based on the retrieval prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Pengfei Xing, Andrew Gallagher, Ting Liu, Robert McDonald
  • Publication number: 20250005533
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
  • Publication number: 20240412126
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240321002
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computing systems and methods that perform whole person association with face screening and/or face hallucination. In particular, one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a multi-headed person and face detection model that performs both face and person detection in one model. Each of the face and person detection can find landmarks or other pose information and also a confidence score. The pose information for the face and person detections can be used to select certain face and person detections to associate together as a whole person detection, which can be referred to as an “appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Robert McDonald, Shrenik Lad, Andrew Gallagher
  • Patent number: 12045747
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12039498
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
  • Patent number: 12026975
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computing systems and methods that perform whole person association with face screening and/or face hallucination. In particular, one aspect of the closure is directed to a multi-headed person and face detection model that performs both face and person detection in one model. Each of the face and person detection can find landmarks or other pose information and also a confidence score. The pose information for the face and person detections can be used to select certain face and person detections to associate together as a whole person detection, which can be referred to as an “appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert McDonald, Shrenik Lad, Andrew Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20240058862
    Abstract: Methods and build materials are provided for producing articles with additive manufacturing processes. The methods comprise providing a build material comprising a powder mixture of about 95.0 wt. % to about 99.95 wt. % metallic powder and about 0.05 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % graphene powder and performing an additive manufacturing process to produce the article from the build material. The graphene powder comprises nanoplatelets having between 1 and 30 layers of graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Vasisht Dilip, Kedar Sharma, Riyazahmmad Kurlgeri, Venkata Sai Manohar Gollakota, Eswara Naidu Chikkala, Brian Baughman, Harry Kington, Robert McDonald
  • Publication number: 20230368090
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11720834
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20230021978
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
  • Patent number: 11410131
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien
  • Patent number: 11397906
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a predictive delivery planning system that includes a forecaster that predicts simulated orders (e.g., forecasted orders) for multiple different demand scenarios. Once the simulated orders are selected, a route planner can generate routes for delivering the simulated and actual customer orders for each scenario. The planning system then converts these routes in labor plans indicating the amount of time a delivery driver would need to deliver the orders. The planning system identifies a set of labor blocks from the labor plans and determines whether these blocks satisfy a utilization threshold. Put differently, the planning system uses a releasing policy that releases labor blocks whose expected utilization is higher than a predetermined threshold. The released labor blocks are then displayed to delivery drivers who can then select how many of the labor blocks they would like to work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Fillebeen, Ziyan Huang, Joshua Hum, Felipe Lagos, Robert McDonald, Prashanth Paramanandan, Margaret P. Pierson, John Schroder, Wilko Ziggy Schulz-Mahlendorf, Meghna Singla
  • Publication number: 20220101646
    Abstract: Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computing systems and methods that perform whole person association with face screening and/or face hallucination. In particular, one aspect of the closure is directed to a multi-headed person and face detection model that performs both face and person detection in one model. Each of the face and person detection can find landmarks or other pose information and also a confidence score. The pose information for the face and person detections can be used to select certain face and person detections to associate together as a whole person detection, which can be referred to as an “appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Robert McDonald, Shrenik Lad, Andrew Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11174856
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for counterbalancing a pumping unit. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for operation a pumping unit. The method includes measuring an orientation of a component and one or more parameters of the pumping unit while running the pumping unit, and determining an imbalance of the pumping unit according to the measured orientation and one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Clark E. Robison, Jeffrey John Lembcke, Ross E. Moffett, Bryan A. Paulet, Phillip Andrew Briggs, Brent Wesley Pickens, Benson Thomas, Robert McDonald
  • Patent number: 10754352
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-robot gradient-based adaptive navigation are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kitts, Thomas Adamek, Ignacio Mas, Michael Neumann, Robert McDonald
  • Publication number: 20200226532
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for automatically matching recruiters to job openings. The system may train one or more models that determine a measure of compatibility between a recruiter and a job opening. The system may train the model(s) using stored records of activity tracked by the system. The measure of compatibility may be used to determine whether a recruiter is likely to place a candidate for a job opening. Some embodiments provide a system that can collect objective data about recruiters and hiring parties, and use the objective data to train the model(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Lazarus, Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert Green, Robert McDonald, Johan Bilien, Paul Miller, Tuan Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20200139799
    Abstract: A sealing module for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one elongated profile and at least one seal configured to cooperate with a window of the vehicle, and further comprising a support for supporting at least one electronic equipment, such as a camera. The support can be integral with the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Olivier Blottiau, Eddy Skraburski, Robert McDonald, Jack Tallent
  • Patent number: 10633798
    Abstract: Resin systems and methods for making and using same are provided. The method for making a paper product can include contacting a plurality of pulp fibers with a resin system. The resin system can include a first polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin and a second resin that can include a second polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin, a urea-formaldehyde resin, or a mixture thereof to produce a paper product. The first resin and the second resin can be sequentially or simultaneously contacted with the plurality of pulp fibers. The period for sequential addition between the first resin and the second resin is about 1 second to about 1 hour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Cornel Hagiopol, David F. Townsend, Clay E. Ringold, James W. Johnston, Robert McDonald, Metric M. Simpson, Frederick S. Potter
  • Publication number: 20200104800
    Abstract: According to various aspects, systems and methods are provided for tracking actions performed in various disparate talent platforms, and generating ratings for parties that use the talent platforms based on the tracked actions. Some embodiments provide objective ratings of hiring and staffing parties that are automatically determined based on stored data records of tracked actions. The hiring and staffing party ratings may build transparency of activity performed by the parties within the disparate talent platforms. This in turn builds trust among users of the online system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Scout Exchange LLC
    Inventors: Igor M. Oliynyk, Robert McDonald, Kenneth Lazarus, Robert Green, Johan Bilien