Patents by Inventor Stefano Foresti

Stefano Foresti 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: 20210367945
    Abstract: A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The invention makes all information potentially searchable on the Internet, and distinguishes finding the existence of an object of information from its access, and the ability for a searcher to request access to an object that is not permitted, and to enable the object owner to approve requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Patent number: 11115415
    Abstract: A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The invention makes all information potentially searchable on the Internet, and distinguishes finding the existence of an object of information from its access, and the ability for a searcher to request access to an object that is not permitted, and to enable the object owner to approve requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Publication number: 20210273541
    Abstract: An electric motor with multiple electric gears to achieve an effect equivalent to mechanical gears in transmissions, enabling more efficient use of electricity at a wider range of speeds and torques is described. The Gears for Electric Motor (GEM) comprises a multi-phase motor having a concentric set of dedicated rotors to specific ranges of revolutions per minute (RPMs), and corresponding stators. The rotors and stators may be fitted within each other or positioned approximately parallel to each other along the longitudinal axis of the motor shaft. A controller determines which rotors are activated based on desired efficiency, torque and speed. Alternately, or in addition, magnets and coil pairs are constructed with varying properties to make more efficient use of electricity at a wider range of speeds and torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stefano FORESTI, Christopher CHALABI, Johnathan DEAS, Sonia DESAIDAMLE, Samuel GOTTESFELD, Blair MACLEOD, Christopher REPS, Michiro ROBINSON
  • Patent number: 10719541
    Abstract: A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The method improves capturing information and the user intentions, while minimizing the work that needs to be done by the user to obtain a benefit from the computer system. The invention includes the following methods for the computer: to simplify account creation for new users; to identify them progressively by requesting just the information necessary to provide a service; to authenticate an identity without a priori preparation of security questions and by requesting a user an effort proportional to the value of the service; and to capture the user intentions of permission of information by progressively and interactively asking who can and must not find it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Publication number: 20160277409
    Abstract: A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The invention makes all information potentially searchable on the Internet, and distinguishes finding the existence of an object of information from its access, and the ability for a searcher to request access to an object that is not permitted, and to enable the object owner to approve requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Patent number: 8949268
    Abstract: A method and system to improve personal and collaborative information management and search. The method is to actively or passively capture pieces of information and the connections among them across disparate technologies and the human mind, while people keep working with familiar tools, and to snapshot such information objects to be globally addressed, persistent in time, and hyperlinked based on the connections. The system can be injected in existing digital information technology (servers and the cloud or personal and mobile computing devices) to capture, connect, share, synchronize, search and serve the information objects and their connections. This is particularly effective in finding information that is buried and disorganized across devices, applications, internet accounts, and people, or information and connections in the users' mind and actions that otherwise do not get captured in digital form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Publication number: 20140373133
    Abstract: A method and system to improve the computer in light of the global information network with numerous computer devices services, and apps, so that a user can capture and find information with high security and usability. The method improves capturing information and the user intentions, while minimizing the work that needs to be done by the user to obtain a benefit from the computer system. The invention includes the following methods for the computer: to simplify account creation for new users; to identify them progressively by requesting just the information necessary to provide a service; to authenticate an identity without a priori preparation of security questions and by requesting a user an effort proportional to the value of the service; and to capture the user intentions of permission of information by progressively and interactively asking who can and must not find it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Publication number: 20140304592
    Abstract: A method and system to improve personal and collaborative information management and search. The method is to actively or passively capture pieces of information and the connections among them across disparate technologies and the human mind, while people keep working with familiar tools, and to snapshot such information objects to be globally addressed, persistent in time, and hyperlinked based on the connections. The system can be injected in existing digital information technology (servers and the cloud or personal and mobile computing devices) to capture, connect, share, synchronize, search and serve the information objects and their connections. This is particularly effective in finding information that is buried and disorganized across devices, applications, internet accounts, and people, or information and connections in the users' mind and actions that otherwise do not get captured in digital form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Patent number: 8825697
    Abstract: A method and system to improve personal and collaborative information management and search. The method is to actively or passively capture pieces of information and the connections among them across disparate technologies and the human mind, while people keep working with familiar tools, and to snapshot such information objects to be globally addressed, persistent in time, and hyperlinked based on the connections. The system can be injected in existing digital information technology (servers and the cloud or personal and mobile computing devices) to capture, connect, share, synchronize, search and serve the information objects and their connections. This is particularly effective in finding information that is buried and disorganized across devices, applications, internet accounts, and people, or information and connections in the users' mind and actions that otherwise do not get captured in digital form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Stefano Foresti
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Publication number: 20130297645
    Abstract: A method and system to improve personal and collaborative information management and search. The method is to actively or passively capture pieces of information and the connections among them across disparate technologies and the human mind, while people keep working with familiar tools, and to snapshot such information objects to be globally addressed, persistent in time, and hyperlinked based on the connections. The system can be injected in existing digital information technology (servers and the cloud or personal and mobile computing devices) to capture, connect, share, synchronize, search and serve the information objects and their connections. This is particularly effective in finding information that is buried and disorganized across devices, applications, internet accounts, and people, or information and connections in the users' mind and actions that otherwise do not get captured in digital form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Stefano Foresti
  • Patent number: 8065424
    Abstract: An integrated mail and file transfer (IMFT) system is a web-based data transport system including automatic and authenticated access mechanisms. The integrated mail and file transfer system includes an attachment filter, a message & file control server and data storage. The attachment filter receives emails, and for each email generates a metadata file and one or more content files. The metadata and content files are provided to the message & file control server for storage, indexing and further processing. The message & file control server includes a control module, an account creation module, a user interface module, an access control module, an attachment processing module, and a file store and database interaction module. These modules operate on the message & file control server to provide the functionality for automatically creating user accounts, automatically providing access to file, and automatically storing files and emails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Stefano Foresti, William Luke Stebbing, Paolo Lamponi
  • Publication number: 20090267946
    Abstract: A visualization system for heterogeneous data sets comprises: a unique visualization interface created by a visualization engine. The visualization interface comprises a window or canvas having a first area defining a center of attention, second area defining a parameter space and a plurality of correlation elements. The first area is a two-dimensional space for the display of items of interest. The second area provides a space in which parameters associated with the items of interest can be displayed. The correlation elements indicate relationships and their strength between items of interest and parameters in the second area. The visualization engine creates the unique visualization interface and is coupled to a data source, such as a database. The visualization engine preferably comprises an input module, a control module, a retrieving module, a rendering module, and an analysis module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: James Agutter, Stefano Foresti, Shaun Moon, Julio Bermudez, Yarden Livnat, Thomas Morahan
  • Patent number: 7603631
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and/or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a critical function with respect to a dynamic system. The system provides for displayed objects which change in real-time to show the changes of the functions of the system. It is a highly flexible system which works with a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, environmental systems, engineering systems, economic systems, mechanical systems, chemical systems and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Julio C. Bermudez, Stefano Foresti, Dwayne R. Westenskow, James Agutter, Debra Gondeck-Becker
  • Patent number: 7593013
    Abstract: A visualization system for heterogeneous data sets comprises: a unique visualization interface created by a visualization engine. The visualization interface comprises a first area defining a center of attention, second area defining a parameter space and a plurality of correlation elements. The first area is a two-dimensional space for the display of items of interest. The second area provides a space in which parameters associated with the items of interest can be displayed. The correlation elements indicate relationships and their strength between items of interest and parameters in the second area. The visualization engine preferably comprises an input module, a control module, a retrieving module, a rendering module, and an analysis module. These components are coupled together to receive input from a user, retrieve data from a data source, and present the unique visualization interface to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: James Agutter, Stefano Foresti, Shaun Moon, Julio Bermudez, Yarden Livnat, Thomas Morahan
  • Publication number: 20070188494
    Abstract: A visualization system for heterogeneous data sets comprises: a unique visualization interface created by a visualization engine. The visualization interface comprises a window or canvas having a first area defining a center of attention, second area defining a parameter space and a plurality of correlation elements. The first area is a two-dimensional space for the display of items of interest. The second area provides a space in which parameters associated with the items of interest can be displayed. The correlation elements indicate relationships and their strength between items of interest and parameters in the second area. The visualization engine creates the unique visualization interface and is coupled to a data source, such as a database. The visualization engine preferably comprises an input module, a control module, a retrieving module, a rendering module, and an analysis module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: James Agutter, Stefano Foresti, Shaun Moon, Julio Bermudez, Yarden Livnat, Thomas Morahan
  • Publication number: 20070016613
    Abstract: An integrated mail and file transfer (IMFT) system is a web-based data transport system including automatic and authenticated access mechanisms. The integrated mail and file transfer system includes an attachment filter, a message & file control server and data storage. The attachment filter receives emails, and for each email generates a metadata file and one or more content files. The metadata and content files are provided to the message & file control server for storage, indexing and further processing. The message & file control server includes a control module, an account creation module, a user interface module, an access control module, an attachment processing module, and a file store and database interaction module. These modules operate on the message & file control server to provide the functionality for automatically creating user accounts, automatically providing access to file, and automatically storing files and emails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Stefano Foresti, William Stebbing, Paolo Lamponi
  • Publication number: 20060031235
    Abstract: A system and method of electronically managing expression comprises receiving an expression object, the expression object comprising a data expression being determined by a creator and based on a creator-defined structure, the data expression and the structure being definable by the creator independent of any predefined structure of a software application and transmitting the expression object for storage at a data storage system. The expression object may be stored in a data storage system using a permanent expression object identifier associated with the creator to enable the creator to have permanent access to the expression object using the permanent expression object identifier. The creator or others may define one or more relationships relative to at least a first portion of a data expression object and a second portion of a data expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: Xoopit, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Foresti, Bijan Marashi, Shane Adams
  • Publication number: 20040210850
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and/or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a critical function with respect to a dynamic system. The system provides for displayed objects which change in real-time to show the changes of the functions of the system. It is a highly flexible system which works with a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, environmental systems, engineering systems, economic systems, mechanical systems, chemical systems and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicants: University of Utah, University of Utah Research Foundation.
    Inventors: Julio C. Bermudez, Stefano Foresti, Dwayne R. Westenskow, James Agutter, Debra Gondeck-Becker