Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Gilbert
Thomas A. Gilbert 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: 9514010Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for cluster configuration information replication, managing cluster-wide service agents, and/or for cluster-wide outage detection. In an example of cluster configuration information replication, a replication workflow corresponding to a storage operation implemented for a storage object (e.g., renaming of a volume) of a first cluster may be transferred to a second storage cluster for selectively implementation. In an example of managing cluster-wide service agents, cluster-wide service agents are deployed to nodes of a cluster storage environment, where a master agent actively processes cluster service calls and standby agents passively wait for reassignment as a failover master in the event the master agent fails. In an example of cluster-wide outage detection, a cluster-wide outage may be determined for a cluster storage environment based upon a number of inaccessible nodes satisfying a cluster outage detection metric.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: NetApp, IncInventors: Gregory Buzzard, Justin Travis Cady, Thomas Gilbert Snyder, Satya R. Venneti, Sakir Yucel
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Patent number: 9440105Abstract: An apparatus for human exercise in certain configurations includes a first foot pad attached to a first guided carrier member. A first curved guide rail is coupled to the first guided carrier member. The first curved guide rail prevents motion of the first guided carrier member except for translation along the first curved guide rail. A weight stack includes a first plurality of weights coupled to a first cable. The first cable is also coupled to the first foot pad. A tension in the first cable may oppose a translation of the first foot pad along the first curved guide rail. A stationary foot platform is fixed to the apparatus between the first curved guide rail and the weight stack. The first curved guide rail is curved away from an underlying ground plane, to define a rail height that decreases towards the stationary foot platform.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: TCDP, LLCInventors: Scott Lee, Thomas Gilbert Jones
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Publication number: 20160085462Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for cluster configuration information replication, managing cluster-wide service agents, and/or for cluster-wide outage detection. In an example of cluster configuration information replication, a replication workflow corresponding to a storage operation implemented for a storage object (e.g., renaming of a volume) of a first cluster may be transferred to a second storage cluster for selectively implementation. In an example of managing cluster-wide service agents, cluster-wide service agents are deployed to nodes of a cluster storage environment, where a master agent actively processes cluster service calls and standby agents passively wait for reassignment as a failover master in the event the master agent fails. In an example of cluster-wide outage detection, a cluster-wide outage may be determined for a cluster storage environment based upon a number of inaccessible nodes satisfying a cluster outage detection metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Gregory Buzzard, Justin Travis Cady, Thomas Gilbert Snyder, Satya R. Venneti, Sakir Yucel
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Publication number: 20160085645Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for cluster configuration information replication, managing cluster-wide service agents, and/or for cluster-wide outage detection. In an example of cluster configuration information replication, a replication workflow corresponding to a storage operation implemented for a storage object (e.g., renaming of a volume) of a first cluster may be transferred to a second storage cluster for selectively implementation. In an example of managing cluster-wide service agents, cluster-wide service agents are deployed to nodes of a cluster storage environment, where a master agent actively processes cluster service calls and standby agents passively wait for reassignment as a failover master in the event the master agent fails. In an example of cluster-wide outage detection, a cluster-wide outage may be determined for a cluster storage environment based upon a number of inaccessible nodes satisfying a cluster outage detection metric.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Gregory Buzzard, Justin Travis Cady, Thomas Gilbert Snyder, Satya R. Venneti, Sakir Yucel
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Patent number: 9208353Abstract: Generally described herein are methods and systems for enhanced tamper and malware resistant computer architectures. A system for enhanced tamper and malware resistance can include a harvardizer configured to receive comingled instructions and data and produce separated instructions and data. A data memory can be configured to receive the separated data. An instruction memory that is physically separate from the data memory can be configured to receive the separated instructions. The system can include one or more computer processors that can be configured to execute the separated instructions and data. The system can include one or more encryptors or decryptors to help thwart injection based attacks.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Thomas Gilbert Roden, III, John-Francis Mergen, Carl Marshall Elliot Powell
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Patent number: 9084722Abstract: Provided herein are methods of preventing, lessening or treating pulmonary fibrosis in a subject. The methods comprise delivering an amount of a powdered extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived material to the respiratory system of the subject effective to prevent, lessen or treat pulmonary fibrosis in a subject. Also provided is an apparatus for delivering the powdered ECM-derived material to a subject.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Thomas Gilbert, Michelle Manni, Tim D. Oury
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Patent number: 9081957Abstract: This disclosure addresses systems and methods for the protection of proprietary information by monitoring operational watermarks of an apparatus. A monitoring device may receive logical or physical watermark data from a defended apparatus. Watermark data may include any operational or environmental variable related to the defended apparatus. The monitoring device may maintain a baseline profile for the defended apparatus that includes watermark data. During monitoring of the defended apparatus by the monitor device, changes in the watermark data may be analyzed to determine if the baseline should be dynamically updated, or if the change indicates an anomaly. Anomalies may indicate an attempt to tamper with the defended apparatus. In response to the change that indicates an anomaly, the monitoring device may scrub the contents of the defended apparatus. In an embodiment, the monitoring device may also scrub its own memory in response to an anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Ryatheon BBN Technologies CorpInventor: Thomas Gilbert Roden, III
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Publication number: 20150112973Abstract: A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second store with at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2015Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: IMS HEALTH INCORPORATEDInventors: N. Stephen Ober, John Grubmuller, Maureen Farrell, Charles Wentworth, Thomas Gilbert, Kevin Barrett, Steven Davis, Erik Nordman, Randell Grenier
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Patent number: 8955281Abstract: A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Certainteed CorporationInventors: Christopher B. Pietruczynik, Kenneth D. Bosler, Thomas Gilbert, Mark Suchyna, Mark Dunmire
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Patent number: 8930404Abstract: A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: IMS Health IncorporatedInventors: N. Stephen Ober, John Grubmuller, Maureen Farrell, Charles Wentworth, Thomas Gilbert, Kevin Barrett, Steven Davis, Erik Nordman, Randell Grenier
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Publication number: 20140229743Abstract: Generally described herein are methods and systems for enhanced tamper and malware resistant computer architectures. A system for enhanced tamper and malware resistance can include a harvardizer configured to receive comingled instructions and data and produce separated instructions and data. A data memory can be configured to receive the separated data. An instruction memory that is physically separate from the data memory can be configured to receive the separated instructions. The system can include one or more computer processors that can be configured to execute the separated instructions and data. The system can include one or more encryptors or decryptors to help thwart injection based attacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Thomas Gilbert Roden, III, John-Francis Mergen, Carl Marshall Elliot Powell
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Publication number: 20140223554Abstract: This disclosure addresses systems and methods for the protection of proprietary information by monitoring operational watermarks of an apparatus. A monitoring device may receive logical or physical watermark data from a defended apparatus. Watermark data may include any operational or environmental variable related to the defended apparatus. The monitoring device may maintain a baseline profile for the defended apparatus that includes watermark data. During monitoring of the defended apparatus by the monitor device, changes in the watermark data may be analyzed to determine if the baseline should be dynamically updated, or if the change indicates an anomaly. Anomalies may indicate an attempt to tamper with the defended apparatus. In response to the change that indicates an anomaly, the monitoring device may scrub the contents of the defended apparatus. In an embodiment, the monitoring device may also scrub its own memory in response to an anomaly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventor: Thomas Gilbert Roden, III
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Publication number: 20140040308Abstract: A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: IMS HEALTH INCORPORATEDInventors: N. Stephen Ober, John Grubmuller, Maureen Farrell, Charles Wentworth, Thomas Gilbert, Kevin Barrett, Steven Davis, Erik Nordman, Randell Grenier
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Publication number: 20110262498Abstract: Provided herein are methods of preventing, lessening or treating pulmonary fibrosis in a subject. The methods comprise delivering an amount of a powdered extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived material to the respiratory system of the subject effective to prevent, lessen or treat pulmonary fibrosis in a subject. Also provided is an apparatus for delivering the powdered ECM-derived material to a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationInventors: Thomas Gilbert, Michelle Manni, Tim D. Oury
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Publication number: 20100107530Abstract: A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Christopher B. Pietruczynik, Kenneth D. Bosler, Thomas Gilbert, Mark Suchyna, Mark Dunmire
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Publication number: 20100032861Abstract: A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: CHRISTOPHER B. PIETRUCZYNIK, KENNETH D. BOSLER, THOMAS GILBERT, MARK SUCHYNA, MARK DUNMIRE
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Publication number: 20090099042Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing allele libraries and vectors for producing these libraries. The present invention also provides methods of identifying interaction domains between proteins. The vectors, kits, and methods of the present invention suitably utilize recombinational cloning to efficiently generate and screen full-length mutant alleles of target sequences of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: INVITROGEN CORPORATIONInventors: Phillip Neal Gray, Thomas Gilbert Chappell
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Patent number: 7398783Abstract: The invention relates to a reconstituted smoking material which comprises a non-polyol aerosol generator, tobacco (optional), binder (optional) and inorganic filler. A further polyol aerosol generator may also be contained in the smoking material. There is also provided a smoking article containing such material in a conventional arrangement or with a core axially disposed within an annulus. A further aspect of the invention is the provision of a polyol or non-polyol aerosol generator disposed in the filter element of a smoking article, which may contain the inventive smoking material. The aerosol material on the filter is eluted into the aerosol of the smoke on burning of the smoking article.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Philip John Biggs, Richard Thomas Gilbert, Kevin Gerard McAdam, Bhasker Natarajan
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Publication number: 20080010924Abstract: A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Inventors: Christopher B. Pietruczynik, Kenneth D. Bosler, Thomas Gilbert, Mark Suchyna, Mark Dunmire
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Publication number: 20070166396Abstract: Provided are medical devices for implantation in patients having suffered the loss of or damage to at least part of their esophagus. The medical device connects the esophagus or remaining part thereof with the stomach to form a gastro-esophageal junction that promotes healing and encourages new host tissue growth while distributing the load and decreasing tension at the anastomotic site. The medical device comprises extracellular matrix shaped into a conformation that more closely approximates the geometry of the native gastro-esophageal junction than does direct attachment of the stomach to the shortened esophagus. Molds useful in manufacturing the medical device and methods of use of the device are also described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2007Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: University of PittsburghInventors: Stephen Badylak, Thomas Gilbert, Alejandro Nieponice