Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Ferguson
Thomas A. Ferguson 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).
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Patent number: 11106805Abstract: Systems, methods, and software can be used to generate unified data on an electronic device. In some aspects, a request for unified data is received at a unified content provider and from an application. Both the unified content provider and the application are associated with a first container on an electronic device. The requested unified data is determined to include data associated with a second container on the electronic device. A request for the data associated with the second container is sent. The data associated with the second container is received. The unified data is generated based on the data associated with the second container and data associated with the first container. The generated unified data is sent to the application.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Mark Justin Flanigan, Linda Marie Damus, Chad Robert Ford Furniss, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Francis Patrick Judge
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Publication number: 20210259676Abstract: A suture and button construct, having an oblong button defining at least a first aperture and a second aperture; a suture length, including a braid defining a lumen and having a middle section and two end sections, each extending through a button aperture and both terminating in an end. Both ends have a needle attached. Also, two shuttles are engaged to the suture length, each having a free end and a loop end, terminating in a loop. Each shuttle enters the lumen in the middle section and extend through an aperture, while in the lumen and exit on the opposite button side from the middle section, so that both shuttle loops are available outside the lumen, to pull a suture end through the lumen and a button aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventors: Edwin Anderson, Elliot Bixby, John Thomas Ferguson
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Patent number: 11074618Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus accesses a memory to obtain information regarding sharing history (as pertains, for example, to a particular user and/or device) and uses that sharing history to display at least one recommended sharing action (from amongst a plurality of available candidate sharing actions) as regards to a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth). This sharing history can comprise previously-selected sharing actions as correlated to content item types including shared-content recipients, corresponding temporal data, shared-content size, corresponding location data, and so forth. By one approach the apparatus itself serves to automatically track user-based content-sharing selections over time, which information is stored as the aforementioned sharing history.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Cody Stephen Bryant, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Christofer Bengt Thure Leyon, Arun Kumar, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev
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Publication number: 20210097967Abstract: Disclosed herein are implementations of acoustic metamaterial structures and geometric configurations of acoustic metamaterial structures which produce sound amplification or cancellation. An acoustic metamaterial device for using with a sound source includes a plurality of fins, where each fin is made from a very dense material with respect to air which creates the anisotropic properties of the acoustic metamaterial device, where each fin has a length dimension, a width dimension, and a thickness dimension, the width and length dimension being equal and substantially perpendicular to the direction of sound wave propagation from the sound source, where each fin is sized different from other fins along the width and length dimension, and where the plurality of fins are interconnected such that planes formed by the width and length dimension of each fin faces perpendicular to the sound wave propagation direction from the sound source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Jabil Inc.Inventors: David Donald Logan, Katelyn Christensen, Andrew Thomas Ferguson, Arthur Ray Junior Cruz Paquia, Calvin Saechao
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Patent number: 10955125Abstract: A medical headlamp assembly, including a headlamp subassembly and a headstrap subassembly, that has a headstrap having an interior surface that touches the user's head when the headstrap is being worn. Battery holders are supported by the headstrap away from the headstrap interior surface, so that batteries held by the battery holders have no interior surface that is closer than 2 mm away from the headstrap interior surface, and thereby, away from the user's head. Also, battery contacts are positioned to be contacted by batteries held in the battery holders. Finally, an electrical network is electrically connected to the battery contacts and a headlamp subassembly connector, physically connected to the headlamp subassembly and electrically connects the headlamp subassembly to the electrical network.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Patent number: 10941933Abstract: A lighting device, for attachment to an object structured to be worn on at least one facial feature of a human user, having a releasable fastener adapted for attachment to the above-noted object and a pole, having a first end pivotably connected to the releasable fastener, and a second end, opposed to the first end. An electric lamp is pivotably connected to the second end. Further, the pole defines an internal cavity and has battery contacts positioned to contact a battery set placed in the internal cavity. A conductive assembly is electrically connected between the battery contacts and the electric lamp, so as to power the electric lamp.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Patent number: 10928049Abstract: A medical headlamp assembly, including a headlamp subassembly and a headstrap subassembly, that has a headstrap having an interior surface that touches the user's head when the headstrap is being worn. Battery holders are supported by the headstrap away from the headstrap interior surface, so that batteries held by the battery holders have no interior surface that is closer than 2 mm away from the headstrap interior surface, and thereby, away from the user's head. Also, battery contacts are positioned to be contacted by batteries held in the battery holders. Finally, an electrical network is electrically connected to the battery contacts and a headlamp subassembly connector, physically connected to the headlamp subassembly and electrically connects the headlamp subassembly to the electrical network.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Publication number: 20200405001Abstract: A headband assembly, having a preferred orientation relative to a wearer's head, and including a closed form headband adapted to encircle a human head horizontally, thereby defining an inner surface and wherein at least one hard portion of the headband is hard relative to another portion of the headband. Also, a resiliently deformable wingset is supported by the headstrap subassembly on the inner surface, about the hard portion and includes a central part and two wings, each wing extending laterally outwardly from the central part, each wing extending forward as it extends laterally from the central part and having a wing end. A wingset holder, engaged to both the wing ends, so that at least a portion of the holder is suspended between the wing ends, thereby holding a wearer's head away from the hard portion when in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
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Patent number: 10846412Abstract: A method of applying information on the display of the electronic device includes displaying content elements associated with an application running on the electronic device on a display of the electronic device, receiving a selection of a content element associated with the application running on the electronic device, determining an identity profile having an associated key, encrypting information associated with the selected content element utilizing the key associated with the determined identity profile to generate encrypted information, displaying the encrypted information in the selected content element.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Daniel Jonas Major
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Patent number: 10848520Abstract: In some implementations, a method of managing access to resources in a single device including receiving, from a first resource assigned to a first perimeter, a request to access a second resource assigned to a second perimeter different from the first perimeter. The single device includes the first perimeter and the second perimeter. Whether access to the second resource is prohibited is determined based on a management policy for the first perimeter. The management policy defining one or more rules for accessing resources assigned to the second perimeter including the second resource.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Christopher Lyle Bender, Alberto Daniel Zubiri, Kenneth Cyril Schneider, Oliver Whitehouse, Christopher William Lewis Hobbs
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Publication number: 20200337130Abstract: A color-adjustable medical headlamp assembly, including a headband assembly and a bezel, which can be worn around a user's head. The bezel contains a light source assembly that is capable of generating light with different colors and intensities, and an optical train that focuses the light generated by the light source assembly. A user input assembly is included to allow for the selection and adjustment of both the color and brightness of the light from the bezel. Also, the rear surface of the bezel has a higher coefficient of thermal conductance compared to the movable portion of the bezel and is an avenue for heat dissipation. Finally, a heat shield is attached to the bezel to cover its rear surface, which can pose a burn hazard after prolonged usage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
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Patent number: 10767840Abstract: A headlamp includes a tubular housing; an electrical conductor entering the housing and connected to an electrical network; an LED assembly with a ceramic substrate and an LED having a light-emitting front surface; an iris assembly with a toroidal housing, an iris diaphragm and an actuator for adjusting the width of the aperture. A prime lens placed in front of the iris diaphragm and having an annular light block provided proximate a rear surface of the prime lens; and an optical assembly with at least a light focusing lens placed in front of the iris assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Publication number: 20200229891Abstract: A medical headlamp headband assembly, having a preferred orientation relative to a wearer's head, and comprising a closed form headband, adapted to encircle a human head horizontally, thereby defining a head-facing side and having a tightness adjustment feature in a rear central location relative to a wearer's head when the headband assembly is worn in its preferred orientation. A tightness adjustment subassembly, at a central rear location, is opposed to the front location. A resiliently deformable wing-set is supported by the headstrap subassembly on the head-facing side, about the tightness adjustment subassembly and including a central part and two wings, each extending laterally outwardly from the central part. Each wing extends forward as it extends laterally from the central part, to contact the wearer's head at a rear side location, thereby holding the tightness adjustment assembly back from the wearer's head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
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Patent number: 10708990Abstract: A color-adjustable medical headlamp assembly, including a headband assembly and a bezel, which can be worn around a user's head. The bezel contains a light source assembly that is capable of generating light with different colors and intensities, and an optical train that focuses the light generated by the light source assembly. A user input assembly is included to allow for the selection and adjustment of both the color and brightness of the light from the bezel. Also, the rear surface of the bezel has a higher coefficient of thermal conductance compared to the movable portion of the bezel and is an avenue for heat dissipation. Finally, a heat shield is attached to the bezel to cover its rear surface, which can pose a burn hazard after prolonged usage.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Patent number: 10690325Abstract: A medical headlamp having a front from which light is selectively emitted. The headlamp includes a beam origination portion that produces a light beam and an iris assembly, positioned in front of the beam origination portion, having a user accessible actuator and an iris, responsive to the actuator to block a user selectable portion of the light beam. The iris is also responsive to the actuator to block none of the light beam, for maximum efficiency, when a user so selects.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventors: John Thomas Ferguson, Ned Nestorovic
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Patent number: 10634330Abstract: A medical headlamp assembly, including a headlamp subassembly and a headstrap subassembly, that has a headstrap having an interior surface that touches the user's head when the headstrap is being worn. Battery holders are supported by the headstrap away from the headstrap interior surface, so that batteries held by the battery holders have no interior surface that is closer than 2 mm away from the headstrap interior surface, and thereby, away from the user's head. Also, battery contacts are positioned to be contacted by batteries held in the battery holders. Finally, an electrical network is electrically connected to the battery contacts and a headlamp subassembly connector, physically connected to the headlamp subassembly and electrically connects the headlamp subassembly to the electrical network.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Publication number: 20200109844Abstract: A medical headlamp assembly, including a headlamp subassembly and a headstrap subassembly, that has a headstrap having an interior surface that touches the user's head when the headstrap is being worn. Battery holders are supported by the headstrap away from the headstrap interior surface, so that batteries held by the battery holders have no interior surface that is closer than 2 mm away from the headstrap interior surface, and thereby, away from the user's head. Also, battery contacts are positioned to be contacted by batteries held in the battery holders. Finally, an electrical network is electrically connected to the battery contacts and a headlamp subassembly connector, physically connected to the headlamp subassembly and electrically connects the headlamp subassembly to the electrical network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
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Patent number: 10612807Abstract: An equipment management system including a controller and a server. The controller communicatively couples to one or more remote systems. At least one of the remote systems includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, a refrigeration system, or a building automation system. The controller receives telemetry data associated with the operation of the one or more remote systems and with individual components of the one or more remote systems. The controller communicates at least a portion of the received telemetry data to the server. The server determines one or more operational commands for the one or more remote systems. The one or more operational commands are determined based on the telemetry data communicated from the controller to the server. The server communicates the one or more operational commands to the controller. The controller communicates the one or more operational commands to the one or more remote systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: David J. Bon, Charles Thomas Ferguson, Anna Vishinsky, Veera Reddy Vemula, Farhad Abrishamkar
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Patent number: D892723Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson
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Patent number: D918133Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLCInventor: John Thomas Ferguson