Patents by Inventor Ronald William

Ronald William 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: 10810109
    Abstract: A collaboration session is provided in which an owner computer system and a participant computer system are both members. While working within this session, the participant computer system is provided access to a multi-file workspace that is stored locally on the owner computer system. The owner computer system receives a request from the participant computer system. The request is used to gain access to the owner computer system's language service. In response to this request, the owner computer system remotes its language service so that the language service is accessible to the participant computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kesavan Shanmugam, Srivatsn Narayanan, Jason Ronald William Ramsay, Erich Gamma, Dirk Baumer, Charles Eric Lantz, Jonathan Preston Carter, Simon Calvert
  • Patent number: 10793349
    Abstract: A container or pod is specially constructed for hauling proppant in support of oilfield hydraulic fracturing operations. Dimensions are provided that comport with common dimensions in use for transportation of intermodal containers, with the containers being sized so as not to require special permitting from a regulatory standpoint when two such containers are loaded on a single trailer. A method of filling the containers is also provided, which include inverting the container to fill from a bottom gate that also serves as the discharge opening when the filled container is rotated back into an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mark John D'Agostino, Scott Joseph D'Agostino, Ronald William Gusek, Marc Kevin Fisher
  • Publication number: 20200313588
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling an electric motor using a motor controller including a processor are provided. The method includes transmitting, by the processor, a no-spin signal commanding the electric motor not to spin, receiving temperature information associated with a temperature of the electric motor, comparing the temperature information to a predetermined threshold temperature to determine whether the temperature is at a sufficient level to prevent icing, and adjusting current applied to the electric motor when the temperature measurement is below the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Mark Lyon Klopp, David Allen Clendenen, Ronald William Blotkamp, Maung Saw Eddison, Ludovic Andre Chretien
  • Publication number: 20200304168
    Abstract: The representative embodiments discussed in the present disclosure relate to techniques in which isolation between transmission signals and received signals in a transceiver may be maintained during downlink carrier aggregation. More specifically, in some embodiments, the transceiver may be implemented to include an electrical balance duplexer that isolates a signal component of a signal transmitted via the transceiver from a receiver signal path of the transceiver. The transceiver may also include analog interference cancellation circuitry implemented to isolate a noise component of the signal transmitted via the transceiver from the receiver signal path (e.g., from one or more downlink receiver channels). As such, the transceiver may operate using inter-band, non-contiguous downlink carrier aggregation, intra-band, non-contiguous downlink carrier aggregation, intra-band, contiguous carrier aggregation, and/or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Joonhoi Hur, Rastislav Vazny, Ronald William Dimpflmaier
  • Patent number: 10776888
    Abstract: A datastore that includes property listings (e.g., for rental properties) may be accessed by a computing resource configured to execute a thumb printing algorithm to generate summary data values (e.g., thumbprint values, hash values) of digital data included one or more images of a property listing. The summary data values along with listing attributes (e.g., address, zip code, geolocation, brand, number of bedrooms/bathrooms/sleeps, amenities) of the property listing may be compared with summary data values and listing attributes of other property listings to determine if the summary data values of one or more images match and if one or more listing attributes match. A threshold number of image matches and listing attribute matches may indicate that the property listings are duplicate property listings, which may be merged, removed or replaced with links/pointers by the computer resource to increase data storage space and/or reduce data search latency times of the datastore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: HomeAway.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald William Corbett, Bryon Kristen Jacob, David Petty
  • Publication number: 20200286311
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for checking brake operation suitable to be executed by a single person is disclosed. A trigger is received from a trigger device. In response to the trigger, it is determined whether the vehicle is in motion. If the vehicle is determined to be substantially not in motion entering the test mode. In the test mode, sending a waveform to a brake actuator and causing the brake actuator to generate a sound audible to the person performing the test if a brake circuit is operational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ronald William SAGE, Michael Anthony BAIBAK, Frank William TICKNOR, James Anthony POIRIER
  • Publication number: 20200267077
    Abstract: A packet classifier and methods of processing data packets in a data communications network can include receiving a data packet comprising packet header data; performing rule-based classification of the received data packet to generate rule-based classification data; and processing the data packet in accordance with the rule-based classification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Ian Ronald WILLIAMS, Michael Jeffrey EVANS
  • Publication number: 20200260505
    Abstract: In one aspect, a control plane Interworking Function (IWF-C) is used to establish a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session in a data communications network. A create session request is received, for example from a Mobile Management Entity (MME). A create session management context request is generated by the IWF-C and transmitted to a Session Management Function (SMF). A create session management context request response is received from the SMF. A create session request response is generated by the IWF-C and sent, for example to the MME. In other aspects, control plane policy interworking and user plane interworking is provided between components of 4G and 5G networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Leland Douglas BENSON, David REEKIE, Benjamin Thomas WRIGHT, Matthew Ian Ronald WILLIAMS, Richard HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20200260506
    Abstract: In one aspect, a control plane Interworking Function (IWF-C) is used to establish a Packet Data Unit (PDU) session in a data communications network. A create session request is received, for example from a Mobile Management Entity (MME). A create session management context request is generated by the IWF-C and transmitted to a Session Management Function (SMF). A create session management context request response is received from the SMF. A create session request response is generated by the IWF-C and sent, for example to the MME. In other aspects, control plane policy interworking and user plane interworking is provided between components of 4G and 5G networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Leland Douglas BENSON, David REEKIE, Benjamin Thomas WRIGHT, Matthew Ian Ronald WILLIAMS, Richard HEWITT
  • Publication number: 20200230256
    Abstract: An antibody production process in mammalian cells in which engineered unpaired cysteine residues are post-translationally modified and capped with particular chemical entities, which capped antibodies are well suited to further site-specific conjugation steps to form antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) or protein drug conjugates; ADCs produced using these capped antibodies including in particular ADCs formed by the selective reduction of the capped antibodies' cysteine residues, and ADCs formed using chemical handles such as aldehyde/azide/alkyne biorthogonal groups, which permit additional drug conjugation chemistry; and uncapped antibodies produced by cells in low cysteine, cysteine and glutathione media, and ADCs produced via direct conjugation to these uncapped antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhong, Amarnauth Shastrie Prashad, Ronald William Kriz, Tao He, Will Somers, Wenge Wang, Leo Joseph Letendre
  • Patent number: 10720867
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling an electric motor using a motor controller including a processor are provided. The method includes transmitting, by the processor, a no-spin signal commanding the electric motor not to spin, receiving temperature information associated with a temperature of the electric motor, comparing the temperature information to a predetermined threshold temperature to determine whether the temperature is at a sufficient level to prevent icing, and adjusting current applied to the electric motor when the temperature measurement is below the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary Joseph Stauffer, Mark Lyon Klopp, David Allen Clendenen, Ronald William Blotkamp, Maung Saw Eddison, Ludovic Andre Chretien
  • Publication number: 20200214885
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods and systems for treating back pain associated with a nerve. A needle of a cryogenic system may be inserted beneath a skin surface. The needle may include an electrically conducting structure at least partially surrounded by an electrical insulator for conducting electrical energy. The needle may include an outer lumen and an inner lumen extending distally within the outer lumen, the inner lumen include a distal opening open to the outer lumen. The needle may be positioned at a desired location in proximity to the nerve, and a cooling therapy including cooling cycles and thawing periods may be performed to cool tissue at the desired location. The cooling therapy may sufficiently reduce the back pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Burger, Lisa Elkins, Ronald Williams
  • Patent number: 10708289
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for a monitor security process is provided. The present invention may include configuring monitors in a chain configuration where sensors communicate with the monitors. The present invention may include receiving a first set of information from the sensor to a primary and backup monitor based on an event. The present invention may include broadcasting the information from the primary and backup monitor to a plurality of monitors and logging the information. The present invention may include receiving a second set of information from within the chain of monitors. The present invention may include determining that the sets of information conflict. The present invention may include marking at least one temporary log within the plurality of temporary logs as conflicting. The present invention may include determining that a conflicting threshold has been exceeded and then generate an audit and recovery plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guo Qiang Li, June-Ray Lin, Ronald Williams
  • Publication number: 20200213336
    Abstract: Unauthenticated client access to an application (e.g., a SaaS-based web application) that employs unauthenticated API endpoints is monitored and protected by an access control system and method that leverages a neural network. The neural network is trained to recognize user behaviors that should be deemed to be “inappropriate” according to a policy. Using the neural network, the system provides effective discrimination with respect to unauthenticated user behavior, and it enables access controls to be more effectively enforced with respect to users that are not using the application according to an enterprise security policy. By training the neural network to recognize pattern(s) behind regular user behavior, the approach enables robust access control with respect to users that are unauthenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xuejie Yu, Matthias Bartelt, Manuel Hauptmann, Ronald Williams, Lidiya Mekbib Tilahun, Archana Kumari
  • Publication number: 20200188165
    Abstract: Embodiments include methods and systems for treating joint pain associated with a nerve. A needle of a cryogenic system may be inserted beneath a skin surface. The needle may include an electrically conducting structure at least partially surrounded by an electrical insulator for conducting electrical energy. The needle may include an outer lumen and an inner lumen extending distally within the outer lumen, the inner lumen include a distal opening open to the outer lumen. The needle may be positioned at a desired location in proximity to the nerve, and a cooling therapy including cooling cycles and thawing periods may be performed to cool tissue at the desired location. The cooling therapy may sufficiently reduce the joint pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Pacira CryoTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Burger, Lisa Elkins, Ronald Williams
  • Publication number: 20200188005
    Abstract: Embodiments include cryogenic systems and methods for treating pain or spasm associated with a nerve of a patient. A target nerve may be located and a distal end of a cryogenic system needle may be inserted into a tissue at a desired location in proximity to the target nerve. The needle includes an outer lumen and an inner lumen extending distally within the outer lumen, the inner lumen including a distal opening that is open to the outer lumen. A cooling fluid may be delivered from a cooling fluid source to the needle via a fluidic pathway, the fluidic pathway including the cooling fluid source, the inner lumen, and the outer lumen, wherein a flow of the cooling fluid cools the needle so that the needle cools the target nerve at the desired location sufficiently such that the pain or spasm is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Pacira CryoTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Elkins, Ronald Williams
  • Patent number: 10653794
    Abstract: An antibody production process in mammalian cells in which engineered unpaired cysteine residues are post-translationally modified and capped with particular chemical entities, which capped antibodies are well suited to further site-specific conjugation steps to form antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) or protein drug conjugates; ADCs produced using these capped antibodies including in particular ADCs formed by the selective reduction of the capped antibodies' cysteine residues, and ADCs formed using chemical handles such as aldehyde/azide/alkyne biorthogonal groups, which permit additional drug conjugation chemistry; and uncapped antibodies produced by cells in low cysteine, cysteine and glutathione media, and ADCs produced via direct conjugation to these uncapped antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhong, Amarnauth Shastrie Prashad, Ronald William Kriz, Tao He, Will Somers, Wenge Wang, Leo Joseph Letendre
  • Patent number: 10618724
    Abstract: A reusable proppant pod provides a containerized system for transport of oilfield proppant to a well location, and facilitates rapid discharge of the proppant in support of hydraulic fracturing operation. The proppant pod has a cylindrical sidewall, a top, and a frustoconical bottom that tapers towards a discharge gate. An external frame may be provided in rectilinear form to stabilize the proppant pod for road transport and to facilitate storage-stacking of a plurality of such proppant pods, one atop the other. The proppant pod is provided with fork lift tubes extending through the cylindrical sidewall. The proppant pod may have a solid top, in which case the proppant pod is inverted for filling operations that introduce proppant into the proppant pod through the discharge gate. A vent assembly is provided to facilitate entry of air during proppant discharge operations, where the vent assembly provides also a seal against proppant leakage during the inverted fill operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Proppant Express Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Kevin Fisher, Ronald William Gusek
  • Publication number: 20200111112
    Abstract: A system and method for event ticketing is provided. The system and method may include acquiring a ticket for an event, determining a start time of the event, establishing a sale price of the ticket for the event, offering the ticket for sale at the sale price, and providing a purchaser of the ticket access to the event after the start time of the event. The system and method may include acquiring a ticket for an event, determining a start time of the event, establishing a sale price of the ticket for the event, establishing a pre-determined portion of access to the event, offering the ticket for sale at the sale price, and providing a purchaser of the ticket the pre-determined portion of access to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald William Warner
  • Patent number: 10592476
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to a system, a device and a method provide for enabling clients to expose secured files via virtual hosts. A request may be received from a user device such that the request is associated with a content item. The request may include a file path and a content identifier. A host name of the file path may be determined from the request. Data representing a physical location of the content item within a file storage system may then be determined based on a mapped bucket associated with the host name and the content identifier. The content item may be retrieved based on the data representing the physical location within the file storage system and provided to the user device responsive to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: HOMEAWAY.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Bryon Kristen Jacob, Ronald William Corbett