Patents by Inventor Robert Whitney

Robert Whitney 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: 20250110818
    Abstract: A cluster health reporting engine may be a software tool which generates compiled health data reported by data collection hosts, being health data of computing resources of backend computing clusters whose failure during the ordinary course of data query and processing functions may impede the normal functioning of those data query and processing functions. Such techniques may generate compiled health data reported by a data collection host for a particular host of a computing cluster, enabling administrative personnel to quickly narrow specificity of health data reported. Such techniques may aggregate health data reported by a data collection host over a dimension of hosted services, and may configure a reporting sub-system to visualize this aggregated health data, enabling administrative personnel to quickly view storage capacity consumed by various hosted services and identify hosted services or sub-services generating adverse health data by visual highlighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Marcus Laster, Robert Whitney, Logan Ritter, James Risoli
  • Patent number: 12181954
    Abstract: A cluster health reporting engine may be a software tool which generates compiled health data reported by data collection hosts, being health data of computing resources of backend computing clusters whose failure during the ordinary course of data query and processing functions may impede the normal functioning of those data query and processing functions. Such techniques may generate compiled health data reported by a data collection host for a particular host of a computing cluster, enabling administrative personnel to quickly narrow specificity of health data reported. Such techniques may aggregate health data reported by a data collection host over a dimension of hosted services, and may configure a reporting sub-system to visualize this aggregated health data, enabling administrative personnel to quickly view storage capacity consumed by various hosted services and identify hosted services or sub-services generating adverse health data by visual highlighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Marcus Laster, Robert Whitney, Logan Ritter, James Risoli
  • Publication number: 20220391277
    Abstract: A cluster health reporting engine may be a software tool which generates compiled health data reported by data collection hosts, being health data of computing resources of backend computing clusters whose failure during the ordinary course of data query and processing functions may impede the normal functioning of those data query and processing functions. Such techniques may generate compiled health data reported by a data collection host for a particular host of a computing cluster, enabling administrative personnel to quickly narrow specificity of health data reported. Such techniques may aggregate health data reported by a data collection host over a dimension of hosted services, and may configure a reporting sub-system to visualize this aggregated health data, enabling administrative personnel to quickly view storage capacity consumed by various hosted services and identify hosted services or sub-services generating adverse health data by visual highlighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus Laster, Robert Whitney, Logan Ritter, James Risoli
  • Publication number: 20210333894
    Abstract: A pull tool is provided having a tool body with at least one tool arm extending transverse from a main body and a pointer tip formed at a distal end of the main body. A deformable tip is formed of an elastomer having a conductive additive. The deformable tip secured to and covers the pointer tip of the tool body to provide conductive touch with the deformable tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MacLean-Fogg Company
    Inventors: Robert WHITNEY, Addison WHITNEY, Aaron LONGSTREET, Brian DUFFY, Jeff DEMUTH, David J. DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20130086040
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for clinical data analysis. Certain examples provide a clinical data analysis system including a user interface, a task manager, and a process manager. The example user interface is to facilitate user input and provide output to the user regarding a data query and analysis. The example task manager is to create and manage one or more analyzers to identify at least one of a trend and a correlation in query results. The example process manager is to facilitate querying of one or more data sources according to the data query and a flexible data model, the process manager to allocate tasks to the one or more analyzers for the data query and analysis. The example process manager and task manager are to facilitate user queries and automated system queries performed automatically during periods of non-peak usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arpita Patadia, Robert Whitney, York W. Davis, Rajakumari Pavuluri, Muhammad Azhar
  • Publication number: 20100064252
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for expanding and collapsing data entry regions based on user input. An expander includes one or more items each having a header portion and a body portion. The header portion includes an identifier or label and can display additional information and/or control such as a set of physiologic normals. The body portion includes one or more options. A processor processes user input to update display of the expander. Contents of the expander are expanded or collapsed based on the user input. In an expanded state, the header portion and all options of the body portion for each of the one or more items are visible in the expander. In an collapsed state, the header portion and only options of the body portion selected by the user for each of the one or more items are visible in the expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Kramer, Robert Whitney, Nicole Cragun
  • Patent number: 7237663
    Abstract: A torque fuse device having a bi-directional release mechanism that releases the torque carrying capability of the shafts upon torque overload is provided. The torque fuse device includes a sleeve, a hub positioned within the sleeve, and a hydraulic torque coupler. The sleeve and the hub are adapted to be coupled with two axially aligned shafts. The hub includes a feedback ring having at least one tooth formed therein. The hydraulic torque coupler includes a piston, a cylinder and a collet. The piston is positioned between the collet and the feedback ring and slides along an inclined surface of collet. One ore more fuse pins are selectively positioned between the tooth, the piston and the cylinder to frictionally engage the sleeve to the hub. Upon a torque overload condition, the pins release from the teeth thereby releasing the torque carrying capability of the shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventor: Robert Whitney
  • Publication number: 20070088724
    Abstract: By modeling real-world application objects with complex structures, behaviors, and operations described by a schema which is enforced by the hardware/software interface system, various embodiments of the present invention provide rich sub-typing functionality by extending Items (and Item types) using “Extensions” which provide additional data structures (Properties, Relationships, etc.) to already existing Items type structures. Extensions are strongly typed instances that cannot exist independently and must be attached to an Item or a Nested Element. Extensions are also intended to address “multi-typing” issues by enabling the overlap of type instances (e.g., a Document may be a “legal document” as well a “secure document”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bekim Demiroski, Robert Whitney, J. Thompson, Anil Nori
  • Publication number: 20070088725
    Abstract: By modeling real-world application objects with complex structures, behaviors, and operations described by a schema which is enforced by the hardware/software interface system, various embodiments of the present invention provide rich sub-typing functionality by extending Items (and Item types) using “Extensions” which provide additional data structures (Properties, Relationships, etc.) to already existing Items type structures. Extensions are strongly typed instances that cannot exist independently and must be attached to an Item or a Nested Element. Extensions are also intended to address “multi-typing” issues by enabling the overlap of type instances (e.g., a Document may be a “legal document” as well a “secure document”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bekim Demiroski, Robert Whitney, J. Thompson, Anil Nori
  • Publication number: 20060283682
    Abstract: A torque fuse device having a bi-directional release mechanism that releases the torque carrying capability of the shafts upon torque overload is provided. The torque fuse device includes a sleeve, a hub positioned within the sleeve, and a hydraulic torque coupler. The sleeve and the hub are adapted to be coupled with two axially aligned shafts. The hub includes a feedback ring having at least one tooth formed therein. The hydraulic torque coupler includes a piston, a cylinder and a collet. The piston is positioned between the collet and the feedback ring and slides along an inclined surface of collet. One ore more fuse pins are selectively positioned between the tooth, the piston and the cylinder to frictionally engage the sleeve to the hub. Upon a torque overload condition, the pins release from the teeth thereby releasing the torque carrying capability of the shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Whitney
  • Patent number: 7090060
    Abstract: A torque fuse device having a bi-directional release mechanism that releases the torque carrying capability of the shafts upon torque overload is provided. The torque fuse device includes a sleeve, a hub positioned within the sleeve, and a hydraulic torque coupler. The sleeve and the hub are adapted to be coupled with two axially aligned shafts. The hub includes a feedback ring having at least one tooth formed therein. The hydraulic torque coupler includes a piston, a cylinder and a collet. The piston is positioned between the collet and the feedback ring and slides along an inclined surface of collet. One ore more fuse pins are selectively positioned between the tooth, the piston and the cylinder to frictionally engage the sleeve to the hub. Upon a torque overload condition, the pins release from the teeth thereby releasing the torque carrying capability of the shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Riverhawk Company
    Inventor: Robert Whitney
  • Publication number: 20050091671
    Abstract: A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of the following groups of types or functions: those related to core file system concepts, those related to entities that a human being can contact, those related to documents, those common to multiple kinds of media, those specific to audio media, those specific to video media, those specific to image media, those specific to electronic mail messages, and those related to identifying particular locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Deem, Michael Pizzo, John Thompson, Denise Chen, Alexander Vaschillo, Bekim Demiroski, Srinivasmurthy Acharya, Robert Whitney
  • Publication number: 20050050073
    Abstract: By modeling real-world application objects with complex structures, behaviors, and operations described by a schema which is enforced by the hardware/software interface system, various embodiments of the present invention provide rich sub-typing functionality by extending Items (and Item types) using “Extensions” which provide additional data structures (Properties, Relationships, etc.) to already existing Items type structures. Extensions are strongly typed instances that cannot exist independently and must be attached to an Item or a Nested Element. Extensions are also intended to address “multi-typing” issues by enabling the overlap of type instances (e.g., a Document may be a “legal document” as well a “secure document”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Bekim Demiroski, Robert Whitney, J. Thompson, Anil Nori
  • Patent number: 5010915
    Abstract: A shut off valve assembly for preventing overfilling of an underground fuel storage tank or other storage tanks where the incoming flow is not metered, utilizes a two stage valve closure, the first stage closure signaling the tank is nearly filled to capacity and the second stage closure subsequently completely stopping flow into the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: EBW, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Johnson, Robert Whitney