Patents by Inventor Thomas Dwyer
Thomas Dwyer 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: 11927086Abstract: A method of pumping an oilfield fluid from a well surface to a wellbore is provided that includes providing a clean stream; operating one or more clean pumps to pump the clean stream from the well surface to the wellbore; providing a dirty stream including a solid material disposed in a fluid carrier; and operating one or more dirty pumps to pump the dirty stream from the well surface to the wellbore, wherein the clean stream and the dirty stream together form said oilfield fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Rod Shampine, Paul Dwyer, Ronnie Stover, Mike Lloyd, Jean-Louis Pessin, Edward Kent Leugemors, Larry D. Welch, Joe Hubenschmidt, Philippe Gambier, William Troy Huey, Thomas Allan
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Publication number: 20230177433Abstract: A system includes a memory and a queue manager that maintains a virtual queue in the memory for a consumable event. The virtual queue defines a current order of a plurality of a first class of agents for the consumable event. The queue manager is configured to summon one or more agents of the plurality of the first class of agents to the consumable event, and output an instruction to one or more agents of a plurality of a second class of agents configured to perform one or more actions related to the consumable event, wherein the queue manager is configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices associated with an agent of the plurality of the first class of agents and to communicate with the plurality of the second class of agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: David Dominic WALSH, Jacob Colin Thomas DWYER HASLEHURST, Timothy STROH, Nicholas Samuel FORGE, Nicolas Aodhan WHYTE
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Patent number: 11593738Abstract: The present invention provides a system that comprises a memory and a queue manager that maintains a virtual queue in the memory for a consumable event, the virtual queue defining a current order of a plurality of agents, and summons one or more agents of the plurality of agents to the consumable event, wherein the queue manager is configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices associated with an agent of the plurality of agents, wherein the queue manager communicates with each mobile device in order to monitor the associated agent, and wherein the queue manager is configured to dynamically determine when to summon one or more agents of the plurality of agents in the virtual queue to the consumable event based on the monitoring of the plurality of agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: ART PROCESSORS PTY LTDInventors: David Dominic Walsh, Jacob Colin Thomas Dwyer Haslehurst, Timothy Stroh, Nicholas Samuel Forge, Nicolas Aodhan Whyte
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Patent number: 11400886Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein include an evacuation deterrence system that includes a vehicle having a member configured to deter evacuation of passengers from the vehicle. The evacuation deterrence system also includes an evacuation deterrence device configured to latch onto the member of the vehicle. The evacuation deterrence device includes an elongated main body, a handle portion, a latch mechanism configured to latch onto the member of the vehicle, an actuation mechanism configured to actuate the latch mechanism, and a positioning mechanism configured to fix a first location of the elongated main body relative to the vehicle. The elongated main body is configured to be extended relative to the vehicle when the first location of the elongated main body is fixed relative to the vehicle via the positioning mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: David Thomas Swerzenski, Mark Andrew Thomas, Jerald Thomas Dwyer
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Publication number: 20220161620Abstract: A rail gear assembly includes a base, a first wheel arm, and a second wheel arm. The first wheel arm may have a first end pivotally coupled to the base at a first arm connection and may have a second end rotatably connected to a first wheel by a first axle. The second wheel arm may have a first end pivotally coupled to the base at a second arm connection and a second end rotatably connected to a second wheel by a second axle. The second axle may be independent of the first axle. The rail gear assembly may include actuators that move the first wheel arm and second wheel arm between retracted positions and extended positions. The actuators may permit adjustment of the first wheel arm and the second wheel arm in their respective extended positions such that a net adjustment of the first wheel arm and the second wheel arm with respect to the base is approximately zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Thomas DWYER, Britt CALLOWAY, Barry ISRINGHAUSEN
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Patent number: 10888483Abstract: A motion compensation system includes a plurality of RF transmitters, a plurality of direction of arrival sensors, and a positioning table which together are usable to compensate for intrafraction motion of a patient during a medical procedure. The positioning table may be a secondary table arranged next to or above a primary table such as a radiotherapy couch, allowing for repositioning of part of patient such as the head and neck relative to a remainder of the body. The motion compensation system employs a direction of arrival sensor that includes rotating antenna elements in a configuration that improves the ease and accuracy of signal processing and analysis to identify the position of an RF transmitter affixed to a patient. The repositioning table has six degrees of freedom and is safe for use in imaging and radiation intensive environments.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYInventors: Mark Ostyn, Siyong Kim, Woon-Hong Yeo, Thomas Dwyer, Melvin Rosario, Ross Cruikshank, Daniel Martinez, Charles Cartin
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Publication number: 20200394584Abstract: The present invention provides a system that comprises a memory and a queue manager that maintains a virtual queue in the memory for a consumable event, the virtual queue defining a current order of a plurality of agents, and summons one or more agents of the plurality of agents to the consumable event, wherein the queue manager is configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices associated with an agent of the plurality of agents, wherein the queue manager communicates with each mobile device in order to monitor the associated agent, and wherein the queue manager is configured to dynamically determine when to summon one or more agents of the plurality of agents in the virtual queue to the consumable event based on the monitoring of the plurality of agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: DAVID DOMINIC WALSH, Jacob Colin Thomas Dwyer Haslehurst, Timothy Stroh, Nicholas Samuel Forge, Nicolas Aodhan Whyte
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Publication number: 20200369236Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein include an evacuation deterrence system that includes a vehicle having a member configured to deter evacuation of passengers from the vehicle. The evacuation deterrence system also includes an evacuation deterrence device configured to latch onto the member of the vehicle. The evacuation deterrence device includes an elongated main body, a handle portion, a latch mechanism configured to latch onto the member of the vehicle, an actuation mechanism configured to actuate the latch mechanism, and a positioning mechanism configured to fix a first location of the elongated main body relative to the vehicle. The elongated main body is configured to be extended relative to the vehicle when the first location of the elongated main body is fixed relative to the vehicle via the positioning mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: David Thomas Swerzenski, Mark Andrew Thomas, Jerald Thomas Dwyer
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Patent number: 10591375Abstract: A pressure sensor is provided, the sensor comprising an inlet for connecting to a body of gas; a diaphragm assembly comprising a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the first and second diaphragms defining a chamber therebetween, the chamber being connected to the inlet; a first transducer responsive to movement of the first diaphragm and operable to produce a first electrical signal in response to the same; and a second transducer responsive to movement of the second diaphragm and operable to produce a second electrical signal in response to the same; and an amplifier disposed in the chamber of the diaphragm assembly and connected to the first and second transducers to receive the first and second electrical signals therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Frequency Precision Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Dwyer
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Publication number: 20190015685Abstract: A motion compensation system includes a plurality of RF transmitters, a plurality of direction of arrival sensors, and a positioning table which together are usable to compensate for intrafraction motion of a patient during a medical procedure. The positioning table may be a secondary table arranged next to or above a primary table such as a radiotherapy couch, allowing for repositioning of part of patient such as the head and neck relative to a remainder of the body. The motion compensation system employs a direction of arrival sensor that includes rotating antenna elements in a configuration that improves the ease and accuracy of signal processing and analysis to identify the position of an RF transmitter affixed to a patient. The repositioning table has six degrees of freedom and is safe for use in imaging and radiation intensive environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Mark Ostyn, Siyong Kim, Woon-Hong Yeo, Thomas Dwyer, Melvin Rosario, Ross Cruikshank, Daniel Martinez, Charles Cartin
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Patent number: 10140616Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Publication number: 20180266905Abstract: A pressure sensor is provided, the sensor comprising an inlet for connecting to a body of gas; a diaphragm assembly comprising a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the first and second diaphragms defining a chamber therebetween, the chamber being connected to the inlet; a first transducer responsive to movement of the first diaphragm and operable to produce a first electrical signal in response to the same; and a second transducer responsive to movement of the second diaphragm and operable to produce a second electrical signal in response to the same; and an amplifier disposed in the chamber of the diaphragm assembly and connected to the first and second transducers to receive the first and second electrical signals therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Frequency Precision Ltd.Inventor: Thomas Dwyer
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Publication number: 20180101852Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Patent number: 9842336Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: VISA International Service AssociationInventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Publication number: 20150178735Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Patent number: 8924279Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Patent number: 8473415Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for reducing fraud in payment transactions by identifying a potential point of compromise (POC) that may lead to subsequent fraudulent transactions, or confirming that a suspected point of compromise is in fact responsible for a security breach leading to fraudulent payment transactions. The invention is also directed to a system, apparatus, and method for identifying data or transaction characteristics that may be used to most effectively identify a point of compromise in a payment transaction system.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Inventors: Kevin Paul Siegel, Randi Annette Paynter, Robert L. Grossman, Christopher Brown, Charles Raymond Byce, Thomas Dwyer, Aoyu Chen
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Publication number: 20110307382Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for reducing fraud in payment transactions by identifying a potential point of compromise (POC) that may lead to subsequent fraudulent transactions, or confirming that a suspected point of compromise is in fact responsible for a security breach leading to fraudulent payment transactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Kevin Paul Siegel, Randi Annette Paynter, Robert L. Grossman, Christopher Brown, Charles Raymond Byce, Thomas Dwyer, Aoyu Chen
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Publication number: 20100287099Abstract: Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Frederick Liu, Nancy Hilgers, Mark Nelsen, Kevin Siegel, Christopher Brown, Thomas Dwyer
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Patent number: 6845206Abstract: Interbay housing assemblies for use with fiber optic management system racks, include a first enclosure having sidewalls, a rear opening and a plurality of front openings. Mounting brackets are attached to the sidewalls for attachment to adjacent equipment racks. Additional enclosures are positioned adjacent to the front openings. Each of the additional enclosures defines a slot for receiving cables. Each of the additional enclosures can include built-in radius control guides adjacent to the slot for receiving cables. A fiber optic cable management system including an interbay housing assembly positioned between two equipment racks is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2002Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Alcoa Fujikura LimitedInventors: Thomas Dwyer, Gerald K. Creswell, Jr., Conley L. McGee, Gaines N. Massey, Kevin T. Monroe