Patents by Inventor Steven M. Miller

Steven M. Miller 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: 20240140664
    Abstract: A container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching assemblies. The latch assembly may comprise a latch body, a locking member, a biasing member, and an activating member. The lid may have a handle that has a stowed and a carry position, where the handle may be maintained in the stowed position until acted upon by a first force greater than a threshold force to move the handle from the stowed position to the carry position. Similarly, when in the carry position, the handle may be maintained in the carry position until acted upon by a second force greater than the threshold force to move the handle from the carry position to the stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mark D. Miller, Nicholas James Lombardi, Steven M. Scott, Elizabeth Ruchte, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Liza Morris
  • Patent number: 11912477
    Abstract: A container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching assemblies. The latch assembly may comprise a latch body, a locking member, a biasing member, and an activating member. The lid may have a handle that has a stowed and a carry position, where the handle may be maintained in the stowed position until acted upon by a first force greater than a threshold force to move the handle from the stowed position to the carry position. Similarly, when in the carry position, the handle may be maintained in the carry position until acted upon by a second force greater than the threshold force to move the handle from the carry position to the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Miller, Nicholas James Lombardi, Steven M. Scott, Elizabeth Ruchte, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Liza Morris
  • Patent number: 11520643
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to cut and paste object processing for instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for clipboard object sharing for instant messaging. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for clipboard object sharing in an instant messaging session can include requesting transfer of a clipboard object from a source instant messaging client to a target instant messaging client in an instant messaging session, determining whether or not the target instant messaging client supports a format of the clipboard object, and transferring the clipboard object to the target instant messaging client only if the target instant messaging client supports the format of the clipboard object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Miller, Lawrence Scott Rich, Ritchard L. Schacher
  • Publication number: 20210252204
    Abstract: Dialysis systems and methods are described which can include a number of features. The dialysis systems described can be to provide dialysis therapy to a patient in the comfort of their own home. The dialysis system can be configured to prepare purified water from a tap water source in real-time that is used for creating a dialysate solution. The dialysis systems described also include features that make it easy for a patient to self-administer therapy. For example, the dialysis systems include disposable cartridge and patient tubing sets that are easily installed on the dialysis system and automatically align the tubing set, sensors, venous drip chamber, and other features with the corresponding components on the dialysis system. Methods of use are also provided, including automated priming sequences, blood return sequences, and dynamic balancing methods for controlling a rate of fluid transfer during different types of dialysis, including hemodialysis, ultrafiltration, and hemodiafiltration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Edward HOGARD, Dean HU, Shih-Paul CHEN, James RITSON, Gopi K. LINGAM, Peter Velasco OBICO, James R. CURTIS, Steven M. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210244869
    Abstract: Dialysis systems and methods are described which can include a number of features. The dialysis systems described can be to provide dialysis therapy to a patient in the comfort of their own home. The dialysis system can be configured to prepare purified water from a tap water source in real-time that is used for creating a dialysate solution. The dialysis systems described also include features that make it easy for a patient to self-administer therapy. For example, the dialysis systems include disposable cartridge and patient tubing sets that are easily installed on the dialysis system and automatically align the tubing set, sensors, venous drip chamber, and other features with the corresponding components on the dialysis system. Methods of use are also provided, including automated priming sequences, blood return sequences, and dynamic balancing methods for controlling a rate of fluid transfer during different types of dialysis, including hemodialysis, ultrafiltration, and hemodiafiltration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Edward HOGARD, Dean HU, Shih-Paul CHEN, James RITSON, Gopi K. LINGAM, Peter Velasco OBICO, James R. CURTIS, Steven M. MILLER
  • Patent number: 10997324
    Abstract: Multiple modules are installed, with each module installed in one of multiple outlets to be mapped. A probe is triggered to propagate a signal that provides circuit information at one of multiple circuit interrupts, where the signal is detectable by any of the modules connected by a single circuit to the one circuit interrupt from which the signal is propagated. The circuit information is retrieved from any of the modules that detected the signal as an indication that the modules from which the circuit information is retrieved are connected to the single circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: 10956483
    Abstract: A first selectable slide presentation priority level assigned to a slide presentation is determined responsive to detecting an indication from a user using an input device to start the slide presentation. Individual slides of the slide presentation determined to include an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level are selectively presented. For each presented slide, any additional content-dependent slides with assigned individual slide priority levels lower than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level that are determined, according to inter-slide content dependency data, to include a user-assigned inter-slide content dependency upon content of the presented slide are selectively presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Travis M. Grigsby, Jana H. Jenkins, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: 10579686
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for generating a webpage. In one embodiment, a request may be received from a user to view the webpage that includes portlets. A time of the request may be identified. The portlets may be provided. Based on an interaction history of the user and the identified time of the request, the portlets may be arranged on the webpage. The webpage may be output for display, in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa S. DeLuca, Steven M. Miller
  • Publication number: 20200061273
    Abstract: Dialysis systems and methods are described which can include a number of features. The dialysis systems described can be to provide dialysis therapy to a patient in the comfort of their own home. The dialysis system can be configured to prepare purified water from a tap water source in real-time that is used for creating a dialysate solution. The dialysis systems described also include features that make it easy for a patient to self-administer therapy. For example, the dialysis systems include disposable cartridge and patient tubing sets that are easily installed on the dialysis system and automatically align the tubing set, sensors, venous drip chamber, and other features with the corresponding components on the dialysis system. Methods of use are also provided, including automated priming sequences, blood return sequences, and dynamic balancing methods for controlling a rate of fluid transfer during different types of dialysis, including hemodialysis, ultrafiltration, and hemodiafiltration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Edward HOGARD, Dean HU, Shih-Paul CHEN, James RITSON, Gopi K. LINGAM, Peter Velasco OBICO, James R. CURTIS, Steven M. MILLER
  • Patent number: 10235462
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for generating a webpage. In one embodiment, a request may be received from a user to view the webpage that includes portlets. A time of the request may be identified. The portlets may be provided. Based on an interaction history of the user and the identified time of the request, the portlets may be arranged on the webpage. The webpage may be output for display, in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Steven M. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180336292
    Abstract: Multiple modules are installed, with each module installed in one of multiple outlets to be mapped. A probe is triggered to propagate a signal that provides circuit information at one of multiple circuit interrupts, where the signal is detectable by any of the modules connected by a single circuit to the one circuit interrupt from which the signal is propagated. The circuit information is retrieved from any of the modules that detected the signal as an indication that the modules from which the circuit information is retrieved are connected to the single circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Steven M. Miller
  • Publication number: 20180285367
    Abstract: A first selectable slide presentation priority level assigned to a slide presentation is determined responsive to detecting an indication from a user using an input device to start the slide presentation. Individual slides of the slide presentation determined to include an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level are selectively presented. For each presented slide, any additional content-dependent slides with assigned individual slide priority levels lower than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level that are determined, according to inter-slide content dependency data, to include a user-assigned inter-slide content dependency upon content of the presented slide are selectively presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Lloyd W. Allen, JR., Travis M. Grigsby, Jana H. Jenkins, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: 10055515
    Abstract: A probe is adapted to send a signal over a selected circuit and to provide circuit information. One or more modules have a connector for electrically connecting to an outlet, logic interconnected with the connector for detecting the signal and receiving the circuit information, and an indicator interconnected with the logic for presenting the circuit information in response to the signal. A computer is operably associated with the probe and configured to execute a program of instructions to provide a breaker box representation and an electronic record of one or more rooms showing outlet symbols that identify the location of outlets. The computer is configured to execute the program of instructions to collect the circuit information from the one or more modules and to associate the circuit information with a corresponding breaker on the breaker box representation and on outlet symbols on the electronic record of one or more rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: 10002133
    Abstract: A first selectable slide presentation priority level assigned to a slide presentation is determined responsive to detecting an indication from a user using an input device to start the slide presentation. Individual slides of the slide presentation determined to include an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level are selectively presented. For each presented slide, the slide presentation is dynamically reprioritized to present any additional content-dependent slides determined to include a user-assigned inter-slide content dependency upon content of the presented slide. On any presented slide and any presented additional content-dependent slide that includes multi-priority content, any content item assigned with the first selectable slide presentation priority level is highlighted if any other content item on the respective slide includes a different assigned priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Travis M. Grigsby, Jana H. Jenkins, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: 9419734
    Abstract: A system and method of controlling a portable radio may involve tuning a first receiver of the portable radio to a first broadcast from a first station, where the first broadcast includes specific program content. A switching event can be detected at the portable radio, where a second receiver of the portable radio may be tuned to a second broadcast from a second station in response to the switching event. The second broadcast can include the specific program content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lama R. Abouchakra, Al Chakra, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Ravi K. Kosaraju, Julie A. Meserve, Stephen M. Meserve, Steven M. Miller, Mark E. Peters
  • Patent number: 9327178
    Abstract: A method, system and compute program product for modifying sporting event participant decorations displayed on a fiber optic “Turf TV” playing surface. A utility calculates a direction of movement of a player or object in proximity to the playing surface, which is configured to display images, during a live sporting event. The utility adds a graphical aura to a real-time graphical image displayed in proximity to the player on the playing surface. The utility animates the aura in response to wind and/or noise in proximity to the playing surface. The utility modifies the aura based on pre-defined custom attributes, penalties, errors, and/or player status. If the player moves, the utility adds a graphical player trail to the image. The utility also adds a graphical object trail that includes previous locations of an object. The object trail may also include spin and a visual appearance corresponding to an object height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Travis M. Grigsby, Steven M. Miller, Lisa A. Seacat
  • Patent number: 9256357
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to drag-and-drop operations for content in a portal view and provide a method, system and computer program product for provisioning a portlet viewer for viewing drag-and-drop content in a portal environment. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for provisioning a portlet viewer for viewing drag-and-drop content in a portal page can include determining a content type for content selected externally to the portal page subsequent to rendering the portal page, locating a portlet viewer associated with the determined content type, provisioning the located portlet viewer in the portal page, and rendering the provisioned portlet viewer in the portal page with the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven M. Miller, Faisal M. Rajib
  • Patent number: 9229916
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for rendering a document having collapsible sections of content. In one embodiment, the document may be received and rendered for display. Rendering the document for display may include collapsing all but a first section of the collapsible sections of content. Rendering the document for display may also include collapsing all but a second section of the collapsible sections of content, upon determining that a period of time has elapsed since collapsing all but the first section of the collapsible sections of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Steven M. Miller
  • Publication number: 20150269169
    Abstract: A first selectable slide presentation priority level assigned to a slide presentation is determined responsive to detecting an indication from a user using an input device to start the slide presentation. Individual slides of the slide presentation determined to include an assigned individual slide priority level equal to or higher than the assigned first selectable slide presentation priority level are selectively presented. For each presented slide, the slide presentation is dynamically reprioritized to present any additional content-dependent slides determined to include a user-assigned inter-slide content dependency upon content of the presented slide. On any presented slide and any presented additional content-dependent slide that includes multi-priority content, any content item assigned with the first selectable slide presentation priority level is highlighted if any other content item on the respective slide includes a different assigned priority level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Lloyd W. Allen, JR., Travis M. Grigsby, Jana H. Jenkins, Steven M. Miller
  • Patent number: D1024557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Miller, Nicholas James Lombardi, Steven M. Scott, Elizabeth Ruchte, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Liza Morris