Patents by Inventor Tim A. Williams

Tim A. Williams 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: 20250039295
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a toll-free telecommunications validation system determines a confidence value that an incoming phone call to an enterprises' toll-free number is originating from the station it purports to be by incorporating one or more layers of signals and data in determining said confidence value. The data and signals can include one or more call identifiers and/or toll-free call routing logs, service control point (SCP) signals and data, service data point (SDP) signals and data, dialed number information service (DNIS) signals and data, session initiation protocol (SIP) signals and data, carrier identification code (CIC) signals and data, location routing number (LRN) signals and data, jurisdiction information parameter (JIP) signals and data, charge number (CN) signals and data, billing number (BN) signals and data, and originating carrier information (such as information derived from the ANI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Pindrop Security, Inc.
    Inventors: MohammedAli MERCHANT, Matthew WILLIAMS, Tim PRUGAR
  • Publication number: 20250033017
    Abstract: A chemical synthesis plant comprising: one or more reactors configured for producing, from one or more reactants, a process stream comprising at least one chemical product; a feed preparation system configured to prepare one or more feed streams comprising one or more of the one or more reactants for introduction into the one or more reactors; and/or a product purification system configured to separate the at least one chemical product from reaction byproducts, unreacted reactants, or a combination thereof within the process stream, wherein the chemical synthesis plant is configured such that a majority of the net energy needed for heating, cooling, compressing, or a combination thereof utilized via the one or more reactors, the feed preparation system, the product purification system, or a combination thereof is provided from a non-carbon based energy source, from a renewable energy source, and/or from electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Scott STEVENSON, Andrew Mark WARD, Tim ABBOTT, Kenneth Francis LAWSON, Joseph William SCHROER, Michael Edward HUCKMAN, Arno OPRINS, Zhun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12206306
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation, by way of which an axial direction of the electrical machine may be defined, a stator having electrically conductive stator windings, and at least one cooling channel through which a coolant may be flowable for cooling the stator windings. The stator may have stator teeth extending along the axial direction, arranged spaced apart from another along a circumferential direction of the rotor, and bearing the stator windings. The at least one cooling channel and at least one stator winding may be arranged in at least one intermediate space formed between two stator teeth adjacent in the circumferential direction. A plastic for transferring heat from the at least one stator winding to the at least one cooling channel may be arranged in the at least one intermediate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Roberto Almeida E Silva, Bernd Blankenbach, Terry Cox, Philip Grabherr, Niklas Kull, Tim Male, Peter Pisek, Peter Sever, Josef Sonntag, Martin Williams
  • Publication number: 20230284705
    Abstract: A smoking article and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Patent number: 11684087
    Abstract: A smoking article and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Patent number: 11449507
    Abstract: In response to a query to a database, the identity of a slave machine which stores the requested data is resolved, and the query is parsed to identify one or more shards at the slave machine. Each shard corresponds to a partition of the requested data stored at the slave, and rows inside of the shard are respectively assigned a fixed-size local ID. Tasks corresponding to each shard are placed into a thread pool, and the threads are processed using the respective local IDs to obtain the requested data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Dillon Uzar, Tim Williams, Alex Sabella
  • Patent number: 11376940
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle can include a plurality of motors coupled to a plurality of gearboxes, each gearbox of the plurality of gearboxes configured to be rotated, a plurality of nested driveshafts coupled to the plurality of gearboxes and including at least a first driveshaft and a second driveshaft, and a plurality of appendages operably coupled to the plurality of gearboxes. A particular appendage of the plurality of appendages can be configured to be rotated in response to a rotational motion of the first driveshaft. The robotic vehicle can include a plurality of wheels coupled to the plurality of appendages and configured to rotate about a plurality of wheel axles. Each wheel of the plurality of wheels can be configured to cause the robotic vehicle to be transported across a contacting surface in response to the rotational motion of the second driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Carl D. Crane, Shannon Ridgeway, Tim Williams
  • Patent number: 10917232
    Abstract: Embodiments of a data encryption and/or decryption technique are disclosed. In accordance with one example embodiment, a method may include enciphering a message, based at least in part, on a hierarchical symbol assignment system, and modifying an enciphering key signal value to modify a level of security of enciphering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees of the Jenkins Family Trust Dated Feb. 8, 2002
    Inventors: Mark Gesley, Richard Crandall, Edlyn Teske, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20210022402
    Abstract: A smoking article and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Patent number: 10834973
    Abstract: Smoking articles and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20200293532
    Abstract: In response to a query to a database, the identity of a slave machine which stores the requested data is resolved, and the query is parsed to identify one or more shards at the slave machine. Each shard corresponds to a partition of the requested data stored at the slave, and rows inside of the shard are respectively assigned a fixed-size local ID. Tasks corresponding to each shard are placed into a thread pool, and the threads are processed using the respective local IDs to obtain the requested data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dillon UZAR, Tim WILLIAMS, Alex SABELLA
  • Publication number: 20200189376
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle can include a plurality of motors coupled to a plurality of gearboxes, each gearbox of the plurality of gearboxes configured to be rotated, a plurality of nested driveshafts coupled to the plurality of gearboxes and including at least a first driveshaft and a second driveshaft, and a plurality of appendages operably coupled to the plurality of gearboxes. A particular appendage of the plurality of appendages can be configured to be rotated in response to a rotational motion of the first driveshaft. The robotic vehicle can include a plurality of wheels coupled to the plurality of appendages and configured to rotate about a plurality of wheel axles. Each wheel of the plurality of wheels can be configured to cause the robotic vehicle to be transported across a contacting surface in response to the rotational motion of the second driveshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Carl D. CRANE, Shannon Ridgeway, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20200179652
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for articulating elongate flexible structures such as catheters optionally include an array of fluid-expandable bodies such as balloons. The array can be formed using separate strings of balloons formed along single-lumen balloon tube material. The balloon strings can be twisted together to form a multi-channel bundle, or the balloon strings may be circumferentially separated, each extending axially. Regardless, the balloons along a common lumen may be aligned so as to bend the catheter in a desired lateral direction. The fluid-expandable bodies may include an elastomeric bladder with a fiber braid so that inflation of the bladder shortens the assembly and applies axial tension to articulate the catheter. The elongate flexible structures may be pre-biased so as to form a bend when in a relaxed configuration, with the structures being articulatable from the bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Project Moray, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald G. Williams, Keith Phillip Laby, Mark D. Barrish, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20200170304
    Abstract: A smoking article and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20200147346
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for articulating elongate flexible structures such as catheters optionally include an array of fluid-expandable bodies such as balloons. A user may alter a bend characteristic of the flexible structure by manually moving a handle of a pump. The pump may induce a flow of inflation fluid into a subset of the expandable bodies, and the resulting expansion can change a bend characteristic of the flexible structure. The pump may comprise a threaded syringe pump, one or more balloon that is manually compressed by movement of the handle (so that the balloon acts as a displacement pump), a multi-axis displacement pump (optionally with laterally offset piston-cylinder assemblies coupled to the handle to induce laterally offset bending of the flexible structure), or the like, providing easily-modulated articulation with a low-cost, light-weight, and/or at least partially disposable user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Project Moray, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Sutton, Tim Williams, Keith Phillip Laby, Mark D. Barrish
  • Patent number: 10575562
    Abstract: Smoking articles and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Patent number: 10505954
    Abstract: Graph-based detection systems and techniques are provided to identify potential malicious lateral movement paths. System and security events may be used to generate a network connection graph and detect remote file executions and/or other detections, for use in tracking malicious lateral movement across a computer network, such as a compromised computer network. Lateral movement determination across a computer network may be divided into two subproblems: forensic analysis and general detection. With forensic analysis, given a malicious node, possible lateral movement leading into or out of the node is identified. General detection identifies previously unknown malicious lateral movement on a network using a remote file execution detector, and/or other detectors, and a rare path anomaly detection algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Wilson Stokes, III, Robert James Mead, Tim William Burrell, Ian Hellen, John Joseph Lambert, Weidong Cui, Andrey Marochko, Qingyun Liu
  • Publication number: 20190256815
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for obtaining a plurality of biomass measurements from one or more biological medium and to biomass sensing probes (1) for use in such methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Steffan Keri JONES, Paul Gerraint YEOMANS, Peter John Cameron TWIDDY, Tim William PRYCE
  • Publication number: 20190000144
    Abstract: A smoking article and a method for making a smoking article are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Rajesh Sur, Stephen Benson Sears, Tim Williams
  • Publication number: 20180367548
    Abstract: Graph-based detection systems and techniques are provided to identify potential malicious lateral movement paths. System and security events may be used to generate a network connection graph and detect remote file executions and/or other detections, for use in tracking malicious lateral movement across a computer network, such as a compromised computer network. Lateral movement determination across a computer network may be divided into two subproblems: forensic analysis and general detection. With forensic analysis, given a malicious node, possible lateral movement leading into or out of the node is identified. General detection identifies previously unknown malicious lateral movement on a network using a remote file execution detector, and/or other detectors, and a rare path anomaly detection algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jack Wilson STOKES, III, Robert James MEAD, Tim William BURRELL, Ian HELLEN, John Joseph LAMBERT, Weidong CUI, Andrey MAROCHKO, Qingyun LIU