Patents by Inventor Tom Yates

Tom Yates 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).

  • Method for deploying containerized protocols on very small devices
    Patent number: 11875167
    Abstract: A method includes: accessing a set of hardware parameters characterizing an embedded device; identifying a set of supported container functions based on the set of hardware parameters; accessing a selection of container functions; identifying a set of selected container functions based on the selection of container functions and the set of supported container functions; generating a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) including a set of libraries supporting the set of selected container functions; generating a container runtime environment (CRE) configured to execute, at the embedded device, a containerized application via the HAL, the containerized application including the set of selected container functions; installing the HAL and the CRE onto the embedded device; installing the containerized application onto the embedded device via the CRE; and at the embedded device, executing the containerized application via the CRE and the HAL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nubix, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Gray, Tom Yates, Rachel Taylor
  • METHOD FOR DEPLOYING CONTAINERIZED PROTOCOLS ON VERY SMALL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210294624
    Abstract: A method includes: accessing a set of hardware parameters characterizing an embedded device; identifying a set of supported container functions based on the set of hardware parameters; accessing a selection of container functions; identifying a set of selected container functions based on the selection of container functions and the set of supported container functions; generating a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) including a set of libraries supporting the set of selected container functions; generating a container runtime environment (CRE) configured to execute, at the embedded device, a containerized application via the HAL, the containerized application including the set of selected container functions; installing the HAL and the CRE onto the embedded device; installing the containerized application onto the embedded device via the CRE; and at the embedded device, executing the containerized application via the CRE and the HAL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Gray, Tom Yates, Rachel Taylor
  • Compass
    Patent number: D247958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Inventor: Tom Yates