Patents by Inventor Tracy Thomas

Tracy Thomas 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: 20240207119
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus includes a support surface adapted to support a person, a display, a plurality of controls, a memory, and a controller. The controller is adapted to collect a batch of data regarding the operation of the patient support apparatus, to store the batch of data in the memory, to update the contents of the batch of data during usage of the patient support apparatus, and to display a coded image on the display in response to activation of a particular control. The coded image, which may be a QR code, encodes the batch of data. The encoded data may include sensor readings, diagnostic data, fault data, a serial number, and/or other data. The controller may also, or alternatively, display (either permanently or semi-permanently) the ward, department, floor, or another identifier (e.g. radiology, maternity, etc.) to which the patient support apparatus is assigned for a particular healthcare facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Sujay Sukumaran, Madhu Thomas, Tracy LeAnne Fried, Seyed Behrad Ghodsi
  • Patent number: 12008504
    Abstract: A system includes a server connected to a network. The server includes a data collection module, a database interaction module, and a predictive analysis module. The data collection module is configured to collect data, via the network, from one or more data sources, the data being related to food safety risk and sanitation compliance tracking of a food establishment. The database interaction module is configured to store, into a database, data collected by the data collection module and to retrieve data from the database. The predictive analysis module is configured to analyze data in the database and calculate, based on the analyzed data, a probability of the food establishment violating a health code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas A. Granucci, Jeffrey L. Testa, Kevin S. Smyth, Adam T. Johnson, Tracy A. Thomas, Darrell B. Wiser, Gregory B. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11988315
    Abstract: A coupler for connecting a tank to a receptacle includes a housing, a probe configured to translate longitudinally within the housing, and a handle assembly configured to cause the probe to translate within the housing. The handle assembly is movable between a decoupled position, a coupled position, and a venting position. The coupler includes a ball cage, a plurality of balls disposed in the ball cage, and a slidable sleeve coupled to the probe and configured to translate longitudinally with the probe. The slidable sleeve is configured to slide in a first longitudinal direction to cause the plurality of balls to translate radially to lock the coupler to the receptacle. The slidable sleeve includes a collar defining a plurality of channels that are positioned radially and extending axially along the collar and configured to receive bearings of the receptacle in the coupled position and the venting position to prevent rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Engineered Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy N. Tickle, Jeffrey S. Howard, Chad Thomas
  • Patent number: 11972280
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a help file including steps for a task and generating a knowledge graph including instructions corresponding to the steps. The method further includes extracting, from a user input of a user, an intent to complete the task. Responsive to extracting the intent to complete the task, obtaining the knowledge graph is obtained. Using the knowledge graph, an instruction of the knowledge graph is presented to perform an action in a workflow to complete the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Shreeshankar Chatterjee, Cynthia Joann Osmon, Daniel Moise, Tracy Fung, Vijay Thomas, Jason Michael Webb
  • Patent number: 11961123
    Abstract: A system for managing advertisements in an in-flight entertainment (“IFE”) system operating on an airplane can include an inventory processing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium can be communicatively coupled to the inventory processing device to cause the inventory processing device to perform operations. The operations can include determining an inventory of targeted advertisements for future flights. The operations can further include receiving a request to use a portion of the inventory for advertisements associated with an advertiser. The operations can further include transmitting instructions to an IFE controller on-board the airplane to cause the IFE controller to provide the advertisements during targeted advertisement opportunities during a flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THALES AVIONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Yves Couleaud, Peter Hong, Jerry Thomas, Tracy Decuir, Cecile Andre
  • Publication number: 20220379183
    Abstract: A portable golf club cleaning system is provided. The club cleaning system may define two separate cleaning stations, each dimensioned and adapted for different types of clubs. Each cleaning station may be defined, along an upper region, by a stacked arrangement of a top cover panel, a splash guard, and a bottom cover panel that are attached along an opening of a container. Adjacent each cleaning station, inside of the container is a brush assembly providing bristles protruding into the volume defined by each respective cleaning station. After the container is filled with liquid, the clubs can be cleaned by urging them into the respective cleaning station by way of cutouts and associated flaps of the stacked arrangement. A screw-on lid can seal the opening to prevent spillage when transporting the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Tracy Thomas Taylor
  • Publication number: 20190354907
    Abstract: A system includes a server connected to a network. The server includes a data collection module, a database interaction module, and a predictive analysis module. The data collection module is configured to collect data, via the network, from one or more data sources, the data being related to food safety risk and sanitation compliance tracking of a food establishment. The database interaction module is configured to store, into a database, data collected by the data collection module and to retrieve data from the database. The predictive analysis module is configured to analyze data in the database and calculate, based on the analyzed data, a probability of the food establishment violating a health code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Nicolas A. Granucci, Jeffrey L. Testa, Kevin S. Smyth, Adam T. Johnson, Tracy A. Thomas, Darrell B. Wiser, Gregory B. Hayes
  • Patent number: D547508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Inventor: Tracy Thomas
  • Patent number: D498626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Handy Healing, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracy Thomas