Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Ryan
Thomas J. Ryan 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: 9444939Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Patent number: 8751222Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited DublinInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Patent number: 8676588Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Patent number: 8480862Abstract: An improved system and method for controlling ozone concentration in connection with a multi-chamber tool. The system and method involve a first and a second concentration controller in combination with an ozone generator. The first concentration controller detects an EVENT (i.e., one of the chambers in the multi-chamber tool coming on-line or off-line) and in response provides a power instruction to the ozone generator in accordance with a predictive control algorithm. The first concentration controller has a fast (i.e, about 1 second) response time. The second concentration controller is masked from the ozone generator during the EVENT, but otherwise controls the generator after an interval of time has lapsed after the EVENT. The second concentration controller has a slower response time than the first concentration controller, however the second concentration controller provides the system with long-term stability and can be used to provide updated data to the predictive control algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Vitaly J. Berkman, Thomas J. Ryan
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Publication number: 20110108122Abstract: An improved system and method for controlling ozone concentration in connection with a multi-chamber tool. The system and method involve a first and a second concentration controller in combination with an ozone generator. The first concentration controller detects an EVENT (i.e., one of the chambers in the multi-chamber tool coming on-line or off-line) and in response provides a power instruction to the ozone generator in accordance with a predictive control algorithm. The first concentration controller has a fast (i.e, about 1 second) response time. The second concentration controller is masked from the ozone generator during the EVENT, but otherwise controls the generator after an interval of time has lapsed after the EVENT. The second concentration controller has a slower response time than the first concentration controller, however the second concentration controller provides the system with long-term stability and can be used to provide updated data to the predictive control algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Vitaly J. Berkman, Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: 7892502Abstract: An improved system and method for controlling ozone concentration in connection with a multi-chamber tool. The system and method involve a first and a second concentration controller in combination with an ozone generator. The first concentration controller detects an EVENT (i.e., one of the chambers in the multi-chamber tool coming on-line or off-line) and in response provides a power instruction to the ozone generator in accordance with a predictive control algorithm. The first concentration controller has a fast (i.e, about 1 second) response time. The second concentration controller is masked from the ozone generator during the EVENT, but otherwise controls the generator after an interval of time has lapsed after the EVENT. The second concentration controller has a slower response time than the first concentration controller, however the second concentration controller provides the system with long-term stability and can be used to provide updated data to the predictive control algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Vitaly J. Berkman, Thomas J. Ryan
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Publication number: 20090292531Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBHInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Publication number: 20090292532Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBHInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Publication number: 20090292533Abstract: Streaming voice signals, such as might be received at a contact center or similar operation, are analyzed to detect the occurrence of one or more unprompted, predetermined utterances. The predetermined utterances preferably constitute a vocabulary of words and/or phrases having particular meaning within the context in which they are uttered. Detection of one or more of the predetermined utterances during a call causes a determination of response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s). Based on the response-determinative significance of the detected utterance(s), a responsive action may be further determined. Additionally, long term storage of the call corresponding to the detected utterance may also be initiated. Conversely, calls in which no predetermined utterances are detected may be deleted from short term storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbHInventors: Thomas J. Ryan, Biji K. Janan
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Patent number: 6699683Abstract: Provided is the active site of human gamma glutamyl hydrolase. The active site resides in amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 and 222 of SEQ ID NO:1. Thus provided is an inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein, as well as a fragment thereof. A method of inactivating a gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein is also provided, as is a molecule capable of binding to one or more of amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 or 222 of SEQ ID NO:1 which can be used in such a method. A method for identifying a molecule that inactivates gamma glutamyl hydrolase is provided, as is a nucleic acid molecule encoding the inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Health Research IncorporatedInventors: John H. Galivan, Thomas J. Ryan, Ivan E. Auger
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Patent number: 6573077Abstract: Provided is the active site of human gamma glutamyl hydrolase. The active site resides in amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 and 222 of SEQ ID NO:1. Thus provided is an inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein, as well as a fragment thereof. A method of inactivating a gamma glutamyl hydrolase protein is also provided, as is a molecule capable of binding to one or more of amino acid residues 110, 171, 220 or 222 of SEQ ID NO:1 which can be used in such a method. A method for identifying a molecule that inactivates gamma glutamyl hydrolase is provided, as is a nucleic acid molecule encoding the inactive gamma glutamyl hydrolase.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Health Research IncorporatedInventors: John H. Galivan, Thomas J. Ryan, Ivan E. Auger
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Patent number: 6076080Abstract: An order entry system is provided comprising a first computer system, a printing station computer system, a form design repository, a second computer system, a validation engine, and a pricing engine. The first computer system captures form design data and the second computer generates a form price, validates the form, and transmits a validated and priced order to the printing station computer system. The second computer is also programmed to store an index of form design files in the form design repository. The forms order entry system is also programmed to determine manufacturability of an ordered form by comparing its form design data to a set of validation rules and route manufacturability exceptions to a selected one of a plurality of exception handling locations. The pricing engine determines identified labor, material, burden, and mark-up cost components, and applies a set of pricing rules to them, to enable calculation of a form price.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1997Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: The Standard Register CompanyInventors: William F. Morscheck, Kenneth W. Miller, Thomas J. Ryan, David M. Ohlemacher, C. Thomas Russell, Mark A. Burgbacher, Christopher L. Schweikert
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Patent number: 5983418Abstract: A seating and kneeling assembly includes a front base member, a rear base member, a seat and a top member. A top side of the front base member defines kneeling pads for receiving knees of a user. The rear base member at a forward portion is connected to the front base member at a rear portion. The rearward portion of the rear base member has a substantially wedge-shaped configuration narrowing from a front to a rear thereof for accommodating the lower legs and feet of the user along opposite sides of the rearward portion. The seat is mounted to an upper portion of the rear base member for receiving buttocks of the user. The top member is supported by upper and lower support members at a height above a front portion of the front base member. A top side of the top member defines a rest for receiving forearms of the user. A bottom side of the top member is for resting on a top of a wall of a bathtub.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Sidney R. GoodmanInventors: Sidney R. Goodman, Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: 5795275Abstract: An exercise apparatus for strengthening the abdominal muscles, upper legs, and back comprises a large engagement surface and a pair of handles angled away from a body to provide stability. The portable exercise apparatus utilizes a slide member slidably positioned in a channel of a yoke and biased in one direction by an elastic cord. A base, which is positioned at one end of the slide, is placed against the abdomen or the buttocks while the user pulls the yoke towards the abdomen or buttocks by grasping the handles mounted astride the slide. The user contracts the abdominal or buttocks muscles while pulling the hands toward the abdomen or buttocks to hold the apparatus stationary. Strengthening of the abdominal or buttocks muscles is achieved by moving the abdomen or buttocks against the biasing force of the elastic cord.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1996Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Inventors: Martin A. Van Der Hoeven, Jaeson Cayne, Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: H2087Abstract: Refractory metal pickling bath of HF/H2O2 aqueous solution with recovery of the etched metal as a salt thereof and separation of dissolved impurities taken from the refractory metal, with avoidance of drawbacks of state of the art HF/HNO3 pickling solutions.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1998Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: H. C. Starck, Inc.Inventors: Robert W. Balliett, Arthur H. Bronstein, Thomas J. Ryan, Michael Greengart, Daniel J. Moynihan, Douglas A. Ryan, Paul Queneau, Mark Berggren, Brandon Hagen
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Patent number: D382502Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1996Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Fred M. Schildwachter & Sons, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: D391514Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1997Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Fred. M. Schildwachter & Sons, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: D406110Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Fred M. Schildwachter & Sons Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: D408063Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1996Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Inventors: Martin A. Van Der Hoeven, Jaeson Cayne, Thomas J. Ryan
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Patent number: D410436Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1998Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: Fred M. Schildwachter & Sons, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Ryan, David T. Waugh