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).

  • Publication number: 20200030053
    Abstract: A lamp having a front surface from which light is emitted and that includes a high efficiency light source assembly producing a beam having a 3 dB beamwidth of greater than 100°, and which includes a substrate, a high efficiency light source supported by the substrate; and a dome-lens that contains the high efficiency light source. Also, an optical assembly is positioned to receive light from the light emitting diode assembly and to produce a headlamp light beam emitted from the front surface of the lamp. Further, an annular light block defines an annulus and is placed about the lens, so that the lens protrudes through the annulus, thereby creating a sharp boundary for the output light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
  • Publication number: 20200025365
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
  • Patent number: 10503742
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display for displaying results of a search for data records, and a memory for storing a plurality of applications and, for each application of the plurality of applications, respective associated metadata identifying a location of the data records associated with the application, a mapping for associating data in the data records with a unified format utilized by a search client, and an identification of filterable fields and the filtering method. The portable electronic device also includes a processor coupled to the display and to the memory to utilize the metadata stored in association with the plurality of applications to perform a search of the data records and identify a plurality of the data records that accord with the search query to provide search results, and provide the search results in a unified format on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: James Arthur Bruck, Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Song Tao Qi, Francis Patrick Judge, Cora Lynne Collins
  • Patent number: 10441378
    Abstract: A lamp having a front surface from which light is emitted and that includes a high efficiency light source assembly producing a beam having a 3 dB beamwidth of greater than 100°, and which includes a substrate, a high efficiency light source supported by the substrate; and a dome-lens that contains the high efficiency light source. Also, an optical assembly is positioned to receive light from the light emitting diode assembly and to produce a headlamp light beam emitted from the front surface of the lamp. Further, an annular light block defines an annulus and is placed about the lens, so that the lens protrudes through the annulus, thereby creating a sharp boundary for the output light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10422545
    Abstract: A system includes one or more systems, a controller and a server. The one or more systems including one or more heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, refrigeration systems, or building automation systems. The controller is communicatively coupled to the one or more systems. The server is communicatively coupled to the controller. The controller receives telemetry data associated with the operation of the one or more systems. The received telemetry data includes data associated with individual components of the one or more systems. The controller also determines a subset of the telemetry data that has changed by comparing the received telemetry data to previous telemetry data. The controller also communicates to the server only the subset of the telemetry data that has changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Thomas Ferguson, Veera Reddy Vemula
  • Patent number: 10346921
    Abstract: Proposed are a parametric, event-driven critical illness insurance system based on a resource-pooling system (1) and method for risk sharing of critical illness risks of a variable number of risk exposure components (21, 22, 23) by providing a dynamic self-sufficient risk protection for the risk exposure components (21, 22, 23) by means of the resource-pooling system (1). The resource-pooling system (1) comprises an assembly module (5) to process risk-related component data (211,221,231) and to provide the likelihood (212, 222, 232) of said risk exposure for one or a plurality of the pooled risk exposure components (21, 22, 23, . . . ) based on the risk-related component data (211, 221, 231).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Timothy John Knaust, David Thomas Ferguson, Nicola Plews, Alan James Dott, Helen Elizabeth Chung Patterson
  • Publication number: 20190183603
    Abstract: A medical headlamp and camera system having an articulated linkage-and-headlamp assembly, including an articulated linkage supporting a headlamp and a video camera, which produces a first video data signal. A headband assembly, supporting the articulated linkage-and-headlamp assembly, and including at least one battery port, supporting a battery, and further including an electrical network, including a microcontroller, that supplies electrical power to the headlamp, in reliance on computations performed by the microcontroller, from the battery and also delivers electrical power from the battery to the video camera. Also, a data compression network, is electrically connected to the video camera and receives the first video data signal and compresses it into a compressed data signal, Finally, a wireless transceiver supported by the headband assembly and electrically connected to the data compression network wirelessly transmits the compressed data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
  • Publication number: 20190147169
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Neil Patrick ADAMS, Geordon Thomas FERGUSON, Daniel Jonas MAJOR
  • Patent number: 10258411
    Abstract: A video headband assembly, having a headband structure, made at least in part of polymeric material, a battery port, a power management network having at least one output lead, and which supplies power from the battery port to the output lead and a multi-pin connector, accessible from outside the headband structure. Also, a video data signal transformation network is supported within the polymeric material of the headband structure and electrically connected to the multi-pin connector. Finally, a first video data signal input to the multi-pin connector is transformed by the video data signal transformation network, which produces a transformed video data signal in response to the first video data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20190093862
    Abstract: A medical headlamp, having a tubular housing, an electrical conductor, entering the housing, and an electrical network connected to the electrical conductor. An LED assembly is connected to the electrical network, and has a front surface, through which light is emitted. An iris assembly, including a toroidal housing, an iris diaphragm defining a width-adjustable aperture, seated in the housing, and an actuator, permitting a user to adjust the width of the width adjustable aperture. Further, the toroidal housing defines a front interior space, to the front of the iris diaphragm and a rear interior space, to the rear. A prime lens is placed in front of the iris diaphragm and has a rear surface. A further optical assembly, including at least a light-focusing lens is placed in front of the iris assembly. Finally, the prime lens rear surface has an opaque annular coating, acting as an annular light block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
  • Patent number: 10174912
    Abstract: A medical headlamp that includes a tubular housing an electrical network electrically connected to an electrical conductor, a bare LED assembly electrically connected to the electrical network, an annular light block defining an aperture placed in front of the LED, and an optical assembly including at least a light focusing lens placed in front of the annular light block. A central beam of light from the LED passes through the aperture, and peripheral light from the LED is blocked by the light block such that the central light beam is focused by the optical assembly to create a beam of light having sharp edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: R IVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20180209682
    Abstract: A system includes one or more systems, a controller and a server. The one or more systems including one or more heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, refrigeration systems, or building automation systems. The controller is communicatively coupled to the one or more systems. The server is communicatively coupled to the controller. The controller receives telemetry data associated with the operation of the one or more systems. The received telemetry data includes data associated with individual components of the one or more systems. The controller also determines a subset of the telemetry data that has changed by comparing the received telemetry data to previous telemetry data. The controller also communicates to the server only the subset of the telemetry data that has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Thomas Ferguson, Veera Reddy Vemula
  • Publication number: 20180209679
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: David J. Bon, Charles Thomas Ferguson, Anna Vishinsky, Veera Reddy Vemula, Farhad Abrishamkar
  • Publication number: 20180101422
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mark Justin FLANIGAN, Linda Marie DAMUS, Chad Robert Ford FURNISS, Geordon Thomas FERGUSON, Francis Patrick JUDGE
  • Publication number: 20170325327
    Abstract: A printed circuit board for high-power components includes at least two dielectric layers. A thermally-conductive embedded layer is disposed between two of the dielectric layers and includes one or more internal coolant channels. Thermal vias extend from the embedded layer to an exterior surface of at least one of the dielectric layers. At least one of the dielectric layers in the printed circuit board has an exterior surface on which one or more high power components may be mounted. In some implementations, there are at least two dielectric layers on a same side of the embedded layer and high power components may be located inside the printed circuit board between two dielectric layers. Thermal resistance between the high-power components and the embedded layer is decreased in comparison to typical surface-mounted cold plates, resulting in more efficient heat dissipation. In some implementations the embedded layer is also an electrical ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: James P. Smith, M. David Conway, David Bragdon, David B. Du Russel, Thomas Ferguson, Jeffrey M. Hughes
  • Patent number: 9772102
    Abstract: 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 clip, 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20170252122
    Abstract: A lamp having a front surface from which light is emitted and that includes a high efficiency light source assembly producing a beam having a 3 dB beamwidth of greater than 100°, and which includes a substrate, a high efficiency light source supported by the substrate; and a dome-lens that contains the high efficiency light source. Also, an optical assembly is positioned to receive light from the light emitting diode assembly and to produce a headlamp light beam emitted from the front surface of the lamp. Further, an annular light block defines an annulus and is placed about the lens, so that the lens protrudes through the annulus, thereby creating a sharp boundary for the output light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: JOHN THOMAS FERGUSON
  • Patent number: 9720915
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method for managing data in a user device includes pushing first metadata for a first resource in a first perimeter to a service external to the first perimeter. The first perimeter is configured to prevent external resources from accessing resources in the first perimeter. Second metadata for a second resource in a second perimeter is pushed to the external service. The external service is external to the second perimeter, the second perimeter being configured to prevent external resources from accessing resources in the second perimeter. Information is presented to the user based on a combination of the first metadata and the second metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Geordon Thomas Ferguson, Christopher Lyle Bender, Alberto Daniel Zubiri, Kenneth Cyril Schneider, Oliver Whitehouse, Christopher William Lewis Hobbs
  • Patent number: D875251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson
  • Patent number: D875252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: John Thomas Ferguson