Patents by Inventor Robert Sim

Robert Sim 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: 20250068764
    Abstract: A system for development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model while protecting sensitive user information includes: a confidential computing environment in which original prompts to the AI model written by users are collected; a trained synthetic prompt generator to generate synthetic prompts based on the original prompts, wherein the synthetic prompt generator generates anonymized synthetic prompts without sensitive user information identifiable from the original prompts; and a developer computing environment in which the synthetic prompts are submitted to the AI model under development to generate a dataset that includes the synthetic prompts and corresponding AI model output for analysis to determine updates for the AI model while protecting the sensitive user information of actual users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dhruv JOSHI, Robert SIM, Antonio Andre MONTEIRO MANOEL, Sumithra BHAKTHAVATSALAM, Ji LI, John Christian LEONE, Dolly SOBHANI
  • Publication number: 20250036800
    Abstract: A data processing system implements receiving a plurality of natural language prompts for a language model; storing the prompts in a privacy protecting datastore in which the prompts are inaccessible from outside of the privacy protecting datastore; analyzing the prompts stored to generate embedding vectors representing the plurality of natural language prompts; storing the embedding vectors in the privacy protecting datastore; analyzing the embedding vectors using a clustering algorithm to generate clusters of related embedding vectors in the privacy protecting datastore; generating, for each cluster, theme information summarizing the embedding vectors of the cluster; and storing the theme information associated with each cluster of the plurality of clusters in a second datastore outside of the privacy protecting datastore, the second datastore being accessible for querying the data stored therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dhruv JOSHI, Robert SIM
  • Patent number: 11592926
    Abstract: A computing device including a wireless communication device, an electrostatic interface, and a processor. The processor may be configured to, via the electrostatic interface, detect a peripheral device proximate the surface. In response to detecting the peripheral device, the processor may be further configured to establish wireless pairing with the peripheral device at least in part by performing an identifier exchange via the electrostatic interface. Subsequently to performing the identifier exchange, establishing wireless pairing may further include generating a temporary key and transmitting the temporary key to the peripheral device via the electrostatic interface. Subsequently to transmitting the temporary key, establishing wireless pairing may further include receiving a first wireless pairing signal from the peripheral device via the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sylvester Tate, II, Frank Gorgenyi, Arie Yehuda Gur, Uri Ron, Rahul Ramadas, Sebastian Perez Juarez, J Robert Sims, III, Jay Gilbert
  • Patent number: 11281186
    Abstract: A system and method that relies on the principles of material science, deformable body mechanics, continuum mechanics and additive manufacturing to reduce the costs associated with additive manufacturing. Physical properties are used by numerical solution methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to deform an original model of an object to be manufactured into a viable configuration that reduces fabrication material, time, and cost when manufacturing an object through additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sims, Jim Inziello, Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Jack Stubbs
  • Patent number: 11173501
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating with shear and moisture sensitive materials are disclosed. A method of coating a product includes filling an inner bellows chamber of a bellows, which is provided within and isolated from an outer bellows chamber of a tank, with a predetermined amount of the coating material. The method of coating the product further includes supplying a pressurized material to the outer bellows chamber to pressurize the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to an operating pressure, and supplying the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to a spray gun at the operating pressure. The method of coating also includes determining that a measured actual pressure is within a predetermined control range of the target pressure and subsequently coating the product by spraying the product with the coating material from the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: John Roos, Todd Frenk, Robert Sims, Benjamin S. Price
  • Patent number: 11042671
    Abstract: Methods of optimizing additive manufacturing processes for improved efficiencies and accuracies, particularly by simplifying the user interface portions of the processes. The methods use path-finding calculations, such as vector fields, vector trails, and texture maps, to form accurate models from which replica composite objects can be printed, without requiring complex parameter inputs and calculations from the user. The methods measure and plot vector fields by considering the location of a particle within the volume of an object at various points of time to develop a strand-like model that is used to manufacture a replica object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sims, James Joseph Inziello, Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Jack Stubbs
  • Publication number: 20210031460
    Abstract: A method of selecting, printing, and removing a support removal structure from an additive manufactured object, such that the support removal structure provides structural support for the object during printing. The inclusion of support removal structure within a printed object prevents the object from collapsing during printing. After the printed object is completed and cured during post-processing, the support removal structure is removed from the object to provide an object including accurate physical properties. The support removal structure is elongated and compliant and is specially designed for an individual printed object to provide optimal support during a printing process without tangling during removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Robert Sims, James Joseph Inziello, Jack Stubbs
  • Publication number: 20210004924
    Abstract: In a least one embodiment, a processor of a data processing system maintains, in data storage, a record identifying a plurality of assets managed by a manager. The processor also maintains, in data storage, a record identifying a plurality of contacts for communication regarding the plurality of assets and associations between selected ones of the plurality of assets and different ones of the plurality of contacts. The processor detects occurrence of an event in which the managing party fails to communicate electronically within a time period, based on detecting occurrence of the event, transmits an electronic communication regarding an asset among the plurality of assets to an associated contact among the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Sims, Eric Jaslow
  • Publication number: 20200406273
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating with shear and moisture sensitive materials are disclosed. A method of coating a product includes filling an inner bellows chamber of a bellows, which is provided within and isolated from an outer bellows chamber of a tank, with a predetermined amount of the coating material. The method of coating the product further includes supplying a pressurized material to the outer bellows chamber to pressurize the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to an operating pressure, and supplying the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to a spray gun at the operating pressure. The method of coating also includes determining that a measured actual pressure is within a predetermined control range of the target pressure and subsequently coating the product by spraying the product with the coating material from the spray gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: John Roos, Todd Frenk, Robert Sims, Benjamin S. Price
  • Publication number: 20200379437
    Abstract: A system and method that relies on the principles of material science, deformable body mechanics, continuum mechanics and additive manufacturing to reduce the costs associated with additive manufacturing. Physical properties are used by numerical solution methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to deform an original model of an object to be manufactured into a viable configuration that reduces fabrication material, time, and cost when manufacturing an object through additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Sims, Jim Inziello, Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Jack Stubbs
  • Patent number: 10838402
    Abstract: A system and method that relies on the principles of material science, deformable body mechanics, continuum mechanics and additive manufacturing to reduce the costs associated with additive manufacturing. Physical properties are used by numerical solution methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to deform an original model of an object to be manufactured into a viable configuration that reduces fabrication material, time, and cost when manufacturing an object through additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sims, Jim Inziello, Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Jack Stubbs
  • Patent number: 10786821
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating with shear and moisture sensitive materials are disclosed. A method of coating a product includes filling an inner bellows chamber of a bellows, which is provided within and isolated from an outer bellows chamber of a tank, with a predetermined amount of the coating material. The method of coating the product further includes supplying a pressurized material to the outer bellows chamber to pressurize the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to an operating pressure, and supplying the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to a spray gun at the operating pressure. The method of coating also includes determining that a measured actual pressure is within a predetermined control range of the target pressure and subsequently coating the product by spraying the product with the coating material from the spray gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: John Roos, Todd Frenk, Robert Sims, Benjamin S. Price
  • Patent number: 10646032
    Abstract: An adjustable desk mountable workstation (90) comprising: a platform (12) adapted to support a computer keyboard thereon; and a pair of symmetrically opposed legs (91) for standing or mounting on a desk and on which the platform (12) is mounted, the legs (91) being adjustable so as to alter the height of the platform (12) above the desk, each leg (91) having outer and inner ends, wherein adjustment of the legs (91) involves concomitant pivoting without displacement at their respective outer ends and pivoting plus horizontal displacement at their respective inner ends, thereby altering the height of the platform (91) with respect to the desk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Movi Workspace Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Angelini, Robert Sim
  • Publication number: 20200070034
    Abstract: A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Anthony Sukup, J. Robert Sims, Ravi M. Krishnamurthy, David B. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20200064812
    Abstract: A system and method that relies on the principles of material science, deformable body mechanics, continuum mechanics and additive manufacturing to reduce the costs associated with additive manufacturing. Physical properties are used by numerical solution methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) or Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), to deform an original model of an object to be manufactured into a viable configuration that reduces fabrication material, time, and cost when manufacturing an object through additive manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Sims, Jim Inziello, Fluvio Lobo Fenoglietto, Jack Stubbs
  • Publication number: 20200038883
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coating with shear and moisture sensitive materials are disclosed. A method of coating a product includes filling an inner bellows chamber of a bellows, which is provided within and isolated from an outer bellows chamber of a tank, with a predetermined amount of the coating material. The method of coating the product further includes supplying a pressurized material to the outer bellows chamber to pressurize the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to an operating pressure, and supplying the coating material within the inner bellows chamber to a spray gun at the operating pressure. The method of coating also includes determining that a measured actual pressure is within a predetermined control range of the target pressure and subsequently coating the product by spraying the product with the coating material from the spray gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: John Roos, Todd Frenk, Robert Sims, Benjamin S. Price
  • Publication number: 20190151743
    Abstract: A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Anthony Sukup, J. Robert Sims, Ravi M. Krishnamurthy, David B. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20190125073
    Abstract: An adjustable desk mountable workstation (90) comprising: a platform (12) adapted to support a computer keyboard thereon; and a pair of symmetrically opposed legs (91) for standing or mounting on a desk and on which the platform (12) is mounted, the legs (91) being adjustable so as to alter the height of the platform (12) above the desk, each leg (91) having outer and inner ends, wherein adjustment of the legs (91) involves concomitant pivoting without displacement at their respective outer ends and pivoting plus horizontal displacement at their respective inner ends, thereby altering the height of the platform (91) with respect to the desk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Angelini, Robert Sim
  • Patent number: 10158633
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a human interactive proof portal 140 may use a biometric input to determine whether a user is a standard user or a malicious actor. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive an access request 302 for an online data service 122 from a user device 110. The human interactive proof portal 140 may send a proof challenge 304 to the user device 110 for presentation to a user. The human interactive proof portal 140 may receive from the user device 110 a proof response 306 having a biometric metadata description 430 based on a biometric input from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Mills, Robert Sim, Scott Laufer, Sung Chung
  • Publication number: 20180256964
    Abstract: A process for the verification and validation testing of equipment and components for drilling, completion, production and general well construction (typically such as subsurface safety valves, wellhead trees, blowout preventers and wireline pressure control equipment) to determine the suitability of such equipment for use in oil and gas wells in high pressure high temperature environments. In particular, the process of the present invention comprises, among other steps, the steps of analyzing such components using an elastic-plastic finite element model with respect to certain preset load conditions and establishing stable model convergence, conducting a ratcheting assessment by running analysis on such model on all components that exhibit local plasticity, and examining all components to determine fatigue sensitive locations and subjecting such components to a fatigue analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Richard Anthony Sukup, J. Robert Sims, Ravi M. Krishnamurthy, David B. Lewis