Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Ryan

Thomas R. 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).

  • Publication number: 20220312824
    Abstract: A system and method for preparing hemp for rolling hemp cigarettes may trim bucked hemp including dried and cured leaves and flowers of hemp plants to generate trimmed hemp, kief the trimmed hemp to generate kiefed hemp, filter the kiefed hemp to generate rolling hemp, and provide the rolling hemp for rolling hemp cigarettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas R. Ryan
  • Patent number: 11178846
    Abstract: The present application is directed to an environmental control system for an agricultural animal housing facility. This system includes a plurality of air handling systems configured to deliver supply air to an agricultural animal housing facility, wherein each air handling system is configured to receive a portion of fresh air and a portion of recirculated internal air, and wherein each air handling system is configured to mix the fresh air and internal air and provide the resultant mixture to the agricultural animal housing facility as supply air. The plurality of air handling systems are configured to regulate a proportion of fresh air to internal air in response to an internal temperature of the agricultural animal housing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: David Andress, Mikel Robinson, Matthew D. Andress, Thomas R. Ryan, Brian L. Whitesell, Brian Rueschhoff
  • Patent number: 10922698
    Abstract: A method for detecting fraudulent communications receives gift card data associated with a gift card offered for sale by a customer. The method receives customer information about the customer associated with an identity document of the customer and associates the gift card data with the customer information. The method determines a balance of the gift card at an initial point in time based on the gift card data. The method determines the balance of the gift card at a subsequent point in time. The method compares the balance of the gift card at the initial point in time to the balance of the gift card at the subsequent point in time. The method associates a fraud alert with the customer information if the balance of the gift card at the initial point in time is different than the balance of the gift card at the subsequent point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NGE South, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Ryan, Nicholas M. Maurizi
  • Publication number: 20190133070
    Abstract: The present application is directed to an environmental control system for an agricultural animal housing facility. This system includes a plurality of air handling systems configured to deliver supply air to an agricultural animal housing facility, wherein each air handling system is configured to receive a portion of fresh air and a portion of recirculated internal air, and wherein each air handling system is configured to mix the fresh air and internal air and provide the resultant mixture to the agricultural animal housing facility as supply air. The plurality of air handling systems are configured to regulate a proportion of fresh air to internal air in response to an internal temperature of the agricultural animal housing facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Enviro-Max, Inc.
    Inventors: David Andress, Mikel Robinson, Mathew D. Andress, Thomas R. Ryan, Brian L. Whitesell, Brian Rueschhoff
  • Patent number: 10192224
    Abstract: A method and system for communicating transactional data determines gift card data from a gift card offered for sale by a customer and customer information about the customer from an identity document of the customer. The gift card data is associated with the customer information. A balance of the gift card is determined based at least partly on the gift card data. A purchase offer for purchasing the gift card from the customer is calculated based at least partly on the balance. If the balance of the gift card changes, a fraud alert may be associated with the customer information of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NGE South, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Ryan, Nicholas M. Maurizi
  • Publication number: 20130066747
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a customer profile, managing a customer profile, providing customer profile security and providing a payment service associated with a customer profile are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas R. Bartz, Thomas R. Ryan, Philip N. McKee, Brent K. Droullard
  • Patent number: 5465294
    Abstract: A telephone disaster recovery process for quickly re-establishing long distance telephone service to a telephone LEC office after a telephone central office connected to the LEC office has been rendered inoperable by a disaster is described. The central office is located at a disaster site. The process operates by assessing the disaster and identifying elements of an on-site component needed to address the disaster. The elements of the on-site component are transported to the disaster site, and are mapped to corresponding elements of the inoperable central office. These elements of the on-site component are configured and interconnected according to the mapping to enable the on-site component to functionally emulate the inoperable central office. Then, the on-site component is connected to the LEC office, and is also connected to an off-site component using communication media in a long distance telephone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: John M. Chapman, Jr., David N. Decker, Sondra L. Diles, Nicholas P. DeVito, William C. Leach, Richard Lechner, Allen D. Langham, Willard R. Manning, Thomas R. Ryan, Edward J. Smith, William C. Thompson, Jr., Robert Yursis