Patents by Inventor Ross Thomas

Ross Thomas 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: 11948181
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying information related to items in a store. Stock keeping unit (SKU) information for items in the store and combination information indicating which SKUs were sold together can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Bergsaaker, Adam Whybrew, Lukasz Jerzy Bolikowski, Jesse Denzil Ross Thomas, Zao Wu
  • Publication number: 20230277840
    Abstract: A burr hole device is configured to receive a catheter and a cable of a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive a portion of the catheter and has an electrode. When the catheter and sheath are implanted with the burr hole device, the catheter and electrode of the sheath are implanted in a brain. Systems and apparatuses may include the burr hole device and/or a cranial port device, the catheter, and the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Cerebral Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: 11704330
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes a first set of visual marks that represent values derived from a set of data. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area. The chart-calculations-options area displays a first plurality of options for type of calculation. The device detects user selection of (i) a first option, from the first plurality of options, for type of calculation and (ii) a second option corresponding to a parameter for the selected first option. In response to detecting the user selection, the device visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in the chart. The second set of visual marks is distinct from the first set of visual marks and corresponds to the first option for type of calculation and the second option corresponding to the parameter for the selected first option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Ross Thomas Bunker, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot
  • Publication number: 20230200707
    Abstract: A device is configured to receive a catheter. The catheter may be a catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt or an external ventricular drain. The device includes (ii) an upper flange having an opening, and (ii) elongate body defining a lumen in communication with the opening. The catheter may be inserted through the opening and the lumen. The device includes an electrode disposed on the elongate body. When the device is implanted in a subject, the upper flange rests on a skull of the subject adjacent to a burr hole, the elongate body is inserted through the burr hole, and the electrode is positioned intracranially in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20230037179
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes a first set of visual marks that represent values derived from a set of data. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area. The chart-calculations-options area displays a first plurality of options for type of calculation. The device detects user selection of (i) a first option, from the first plurality of options, for type of calculation and (ii) a second option corresponding to a parameter for the selected first option. In response to detecting the user selection, the device visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in the chart. The second set of visual marks is distinct from the first set of visual marks and corresponds to the first option for type of calculation and the second option corresponding to the parameter for the selected first option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Ross Thomas Bunker, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot
  • Patent number: 11537490
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing event information. A plurality of events associated with entities may be provided. A plurality of state types may be determined based on the plurality of events such that each state type is associated with a state. State keys associated with each entity may be determined based on events associated with each entity and the state types. A state stream for each entity may be provided based on their state keys such that each state stream may be an ordered sequence of the keys associated with each entity. In response to a query that includes a pattern filter, the pattern filter may be employed to determine a portion of the entities based on the state stream for each entity such that the pattern filter matches the state stream for each of the portion of the entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Tableau Software, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Arvold, Ross Thomas Bunker, Daniel Philip Cory, Vivek Anup Maharajh, Britta Claire Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11475028
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes visual marks that represent calculated values derived from a set of data, and panes formed by intersection of rows and columns. A current focus is on a first visual mark at a first position. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area, which includes display options for the type of calculation and the type of data partitioning. Visual marks in a first set of visual marks are visually distinguished from other visual marks. The first set of visual marks includes the first visual mark, and corresponds to a first selected option for the type of calculation and a first selected option for the type of data partitioning. The device detects an input that selects a second option for the type of data partitioning. In response, the device visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in accordance with the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Ross Thomas Bunker, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot
  • Publication number: 20220300525
    Abstract: A computer system displays a graphical user interface that includes a data visualization region, a shelf region, and a schema information region. The computer system receives a first user input to place a first dimension data field from the schema information region into the shelf region. In accordance with the first user input, the computer system determines a visualization level of detail that is based on at least the first dimension data field. The computer system receives a second user input to specify a first aggregation. The first aggregation has a custom level of detail that is distinct from the visualization level of detail. The computer system builds a visual specification that includes the visualization and custom levels of detail. The computer system generates a data visualization corresponding to the visual specification and displays the data visualization in the data visualization region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Justin Talbot, Ross Thomas Bunker, Robin Stewart, Bora Beran
  • Patent number: 11422985
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data models. A data source that includes records may be provided. Source fields may be determined based on the records and the source fields may be displayed in a source panel. A data model that includes a source data object may be displayed. Relationships between the source fields may be determined based on values in the records. In response to providing a relationship between the source fields, a data object that includes a key field and one or more data fields that correspond to the relationship may be generated. The data model may be modified to include the data object and to remove the source fields that correspond to the data fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Tableau Software, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Arvold, Ross Thomas Bunker, Daniel Philip Cory, Daniel William DeKlotz, Vivek Anup Maharajh, Britta Claire Nielsen, Douglas Alan Thomae
  • Patent number: 11321763
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying information related to items in a store. Stock keeping unit (SKU) information for items in the store and combination information indicating which SKUs were sold together can be accepted. Dimension information and structure information for a neural network can be defined. The neural network can be trained using the combination information indicating which SKUs were sold together in a same combination to calculate weight values and bias values for the neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Alex Bergsaaker, Adam Whybrew, Lukasz Jerzy Bolikowski, Jesse Denzil Ross Thomas, Zao Wu
  • Patent number: 11294924
    Abstract: A method displays a graphical user interface for a data visualization application. The user interface includes a schema information region that includes fields from a database. A user specifies a first aggregation using the interface. The first aggregation groups by a first set of fields and specifies an aggregated output field. The user also specifies a second aggregation. The second aggregation references the first aggregation and groups by a second set of fields. The set may include the aggregated output field. The second set is different from the first set. The method builds a visual specification based on the first and second aggregations. The method may retrieve tuples of data from the database using database queries generated from the visual specification, where each tuple includes data calculated based on the second aggregation. The method may display a data visualization, including the data calculated based on the second aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Talbot, Ross Thomas Bunker, Robin Stewart, Bora Beran
  • Publication number: 20220035723
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing event information. A plurality of events associated with entities may be provided. A plurality of state types may be determined based on the plurality of events such that each state type is associated with a state. State keys associated with each entity may be determined based on events associated with each entity and the state types. A state stream for each entity may be provided based on their state keys such that each state stream may be an ordered sequence of the keys associated with each entity. In response to a query that includes a pattern filter, the pattern filter may be employed to determine a portion of the entities based on the state stream for each entity such that the pattern filter matches the state stream for each of the portion of the entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael John Arvold, Ross Thomas Bunker, Daniel Philip Cory, Vivek Anup Maharajh, Britta Claire Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20220035774
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing data models. A data source that includes records may be provided. Source fields may be determined based on the records and the source fields may be displayed in a source panel. A data model that includes a source data object may be displayed. Relationships between the source fields may be determined based on values in the records. In response to providing a relationship between the source fields, a data object that includes a key field and one or more data fields that correspond to the relationship may be generated. The data model may be modified to include the data object and to remove the source fields that correspond to the data fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael John Arvold, Ross Thomas Bunker, Daniel Phillip Cory, Daniel William DeKlotz, Vivek Anup Maharajh, Britta Claire Nielsen, Douglas Alan Thomae
  • Publication number: 20210390564
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may evaluate third-party data for an enterprise (e.g., a potential risk enterprise such as an insurance company), based on information about potential customers received via a first-party data source and additional information about the potential customers from sources other than the enterprise received via a third-party data source. A model factory may provide information about at least one enterprise predictive model, and a third-party data evaluation platform may analyze the additional information to determine an impact on the enterprise predictive model. The third-party data evaluation platform may then output an indication of a result of said analysis to a database of findings (e.g., for use by data scientists).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kudakwashe F. Chibanda, Sterling M. Cutler, Daniela Fassbender, Haibin Li, Jing-Ru Jimmy Li, Cyan Justina Manuel, Ahmad J. Paintdakhi, Alexi Resto, Peter Ross Thomas-Melly
  • Publication number: 20200242106
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes visual marks that represent calculated values derived from a set of data, and panes formed by intersection of rows and columns. A current focus is on a first visual mark at a first position. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area, which includes display options for the type of calculation and the type of data partitioning. Visual marks in a first set of visual marks are visually distinguished from other visual marks. The first set of visual marks includes the first visual mark, and corresponds to a first selected option for the type of calculation and a first selected option for the type of data partitioning. The device detects an input that selects a second option for the type of data partitioning. In response, the device visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in accordance with the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jun KIM, Christopher Richard STOLTE, Jock Douglas MACKINLAY, Ross Thomas BUNKER, Bora BERAN, Justin TALBOT
  • Patent number: 10620793
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes visual marks that represent calculated values derived from a set of data, and panes formed by intersection of rows and columns. A current focus is on a first visual mark at a first position. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area, which includes display options for a type of calculation and a type of data partitioning. Visual marks in a first set of visual marks are visually distinguished from other visual marks. The first set of visual marks includes the first visual mark, and corresponds to a first selected option for a type of calculation and a first selected option for a type of data partitioning. The device detects an input that selects a second option for a type of data partitioning, and, in response, visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in accordance with the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Ross Thomas Bunker, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot
  • Patent number: 10152203
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a chart, which includes visual marks that represent calculated values derived from a set of data, and panes formed by intersection of rows and columns. A current focus is on a first visual mark at a first position. The device concurrently displays a chart-calculations-options area, which includes display options for a type of calculation and a type of data partitioning. Visual marks in a first set of visual marks are visually distinguished from other visual marks. The first set of visual marks includes the first visual mark, and corresponds to a first selected option for a type of calculation and a first selected option for a type of data partitioning. The device detects an input that selects a second option for a type of data partitioning, and, in response, visually distinguishes visual marks in a second set of visual marks in accordance with the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Tableau Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Kim, Christopher Richard Stolte, Jock Douglas Mackinlay, Ross Thomas Bunker, Bora Beran, Justin Talbot
  • Patent number: 9500120
    Abstract: An integration ring is configured to interconnect two components, such as an exhaust manifold and a turbine housing. The integration ring may include an outer wall and an inner wall spaced apart from one another. A spacer may be positioned between the inner wall and outer wall. A first and second pocket may be formed between the inner and outer walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Flexible Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Blackie, Ross Thomas Sawyers, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150292453
    Abstract: Methods and systems to deliver fuel to an engine at a predetermine fuel delivery pressure, such as about zero or a very low fuel pressure, are provided. In some embodiments, a fuel delivery circuit may include a pressure regulating device configured to open a fuel escape path at a predetermined pressure. By providing the fuel escape path, the fuel delivery circuit can maintain a fuel pressure at an outlet of the pressure regulating device at about the predetermined pressure. The fuel delivery circuit may also include a pressure drop device, such as a fuel filter, that requires and causes a pressure drop when fuel flows through the pressure drop device. In some embodiments, the predetermined pressure of the pressure regulating device is about the same as the pressure drop of the pressure drop device. In some embodiments, the pressure regulating device may be integrated inside the pressure drop device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Keith Michael Ricke, Ross Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140137312
    Abstract: An easily removable headwear extension that will attach to a wide variety of headwear utilizing the headwear's structural band. It is for multiple purposes including but not limited to, fashion design; protection from environmental elements (weather, insects, overspray); and/or advertising and promotional expression. The fabric will vary based on artistic and environmental requirements. The extension utilizes a unique attachment method that allows the headwear extension to slide over the any exposed structural band without any mating parts, destructive mounting or permanency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Ross Thomas Charest, Joal Annette Charest