Patents by Inventor William A. Roberts

William A. Roberts 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: 20230350715
    Abstract: Various timing parameter values for a memory system are changed and a workload is run using the changed timing parameter values resulting in workload performance values. The workload is run multiple times with different timing parameter values and the performance values generated by the workload are used to generate and output a performance indication that identifies how sensitive performance of the physical memory is to the one or more timing parameters. The parameter values generated by the workload are optionally used to predict what parameter value the workload would have generated for user selected timing parameter values (e.g., without running the workload).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Taylor Knight, Jayesh Hari Joshi, Anil Harwani, Grant Evan Ley, Jerry Anton Ahrens, William Robert Alverson, Amitabh Mehra
  • Publication number: 20230353811
    Abstract: A system and method for initiating closed captioning. The system includes a processor that can receive an instruction to add closed captioning. The system may also, upon receiving the instruction, determine a time point at which to begin the closed captioning and determining an amount of closed captioning to include, and output, for display, the closed captioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: DISH NETWORK, L.L.C.
    Inventor: William ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20230350696
    Abstract: Real time workload-based system adjustment is described. In accordance with the described techniques, a processor and a memory are operated according to first settings associated with a first workload. A second workload configured to utilize the processor and the memory is detected. The second workload is associated with second settings. Responsive to detecting the second workload, operation of the processor and the memory are adjusted to operate according to the second settings without rebooting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Harwani, William Robert Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Jerry Anton Ahrens, Grant Evan Ley, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Publication number: 20230353604
    Abstract: IoT service layer capabilities may be employed to automate and simplify the service enrollment process for IoT service subscribers/enrollees. These capabilities enable virtualization of a service subscriber and the physical IoT devices, applications, data and authorized users of the subscriber into a software profile that is representative of the subscriber. Once virtualized, a service subscriber may then delegate the complexities and burden of service enrollment to an automated IoT service enrollment software function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Dale N. Seed, William Robert Flynn, IV, Quang Ly, Rocco Di Girolamo, Zhuo Chen, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Shoshana Loeb, Mahmoud Watfa, Michael F. Starsinic, Vinod Kumar Choyi
  • Publication number: 20230338090
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient and/or a catheter. The elongate probe includes an optical fiber and a number of electrical conductors extending along the elongate probe. The probe further includes a tip electrode and a number of band electrodes for obtaining an ECG signal and a bioimpedance, respectively. The optical fiber is configured for shape sensing and to detect strain and fluctuations of the probe. A system includes the probe, and a logic of the system is configured to determine a location of the probe along a vasculature and further determine a location of a catheter with respect to the probe via optical signals and/or electrical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230338003
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging system used to place a catheter within a target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture one or more ultrasound images of the target vessel and other anatomical targets within a target area. The ultrasound array is in communication with a console configured to automatically detect the target vessel within the one or more ultrasound images and determine a catheter purchase. The ultrasound imaging system further includes one or more sensors in communication with the console, the one or more sensors configured to detect and track one or more magnetic signatures of an elongate medical device within the target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin, Steffan Sowards
  • Publication number: 20230337985
    Abstract: Strain-sensing systems, indwelling medical devices, and methods for determining one or more physical attributes are disclosed. A strain-sensing system can include, for example, an indwelling medical device, an optical interrogator, and a console. The medical device can include an optical-fiber probe having fiber Bragg grating (“FBG”) sensors. The optical interrogator can be configured to send input optical signals into the optical-fiber probe and receive FBG sensor-reflected optical signals therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin, Anthony K. Misener
  • Patent number: 11799436
    Abstract: A method of forming a resonator includes forming top and bottom dielectric structures over a substrate. A piezoelectric layer is formed between the top and bottom dielectric structures. A bottom electrode is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the bottom dielectric structure, and a top electrode is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the top dielectric structure. A metal layer is formed over the top dielectric structure and is patterned, thereby forming a first contact pad making electrical contact to the top electrode, a second contact pad making electrical contact with the bottom electrode, and a mass bias located over the top dielectric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Byron Neville Burgess, William Robert Krenik, Stuart M. Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 11799711
    Abstract: Lightweight, dynamic mechanisms are provided to support service layer interworking and resource extensibility. For example, one mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new service layer (SL) resource definition registration procedure that allows for specifying custom attributes of service layer resources to represent third party technology resources. A second mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a new SL data model mapping registration procedure to map service layer resources to third party data models and to provide a new interworked retargeting indicator to the service layer. Further, a third mechanism disclosed herein comprises defining a SL generic interworking procedure to intelligently retarget requests toward interworked resources based on the interworked retargeting indicator provided by the data model mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Quang Ly, Dale N. Seed, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina M. Mladin, Chonggang Wang, Rocco Di Girolamo, Zhuo Chen
  • Publication number: 20230329748
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging system having an ultrasound probe, one or more sensors and a feedback system all in communication with a console. The ultrasound probe includes an ultrasound transducer array configured to capture one or more ultrasound images of a target area. The one or more sensors are coupled to the ultrasound probe and to detect and track a magnetic signature of a needle in three-dimensional space within the target area. The feedback system is configured to provide two or more types of feedback to a user, including feedback related to each of identifying and distinguishing the target vessel from the other anatomical targets, tracking the needle along an optimal needle trajectory, or confirming the needle has accessed the target vessel. The console is configured to activate the feedback system, determine the target vessel, and determine an optimal needle trajectory to access the target vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11792090
    Abstract: A set of point-of-contact information including a service level identifier, an address, a list of interfaces, and a set of interface selection preferences for each of several entities may be used to facilitate communications among the entities by selecting a preferred interface in accordance with the set. Interface preferences may also be derived from a set of policies. The preferred interface may be resolved in accordance with the preferences of multiple entities. Messages may include an interface type parameter to be used for forwarding of the message, and message forwarding may be resolved in accordance with the parameter and the messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Dale N. Seed, Rocco Di Girolamo, Gregory S. Sternberg, William Robert Flynn, IV, Shamim Akbar Rahman, Quang Ly, Zhuo Chen
  • Patent number: 11787768
    Abstract: In one aspect, compounds and compositions that modulate a bromodomain and methods of making and using same are disclosed. The disclosed compounds and compositions can be useful for disorders associated with inhibition of a bromodomain such as, for example, cancer. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    Inventors: R. Kip Guy, P Jake Slavish, William Robert Shadrick, Brandon M. Young, Vincent A. Boyd, Nagakumar Bharatham, Jeanine E. Price, Anang Shelat
  • Patent number: 11792146
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, devices, and computer program products are described. A communication platform may receive a first request indicating a first data object comprising metadata associated with an update to an action of a communication process flow. The metadata may indicate that a user with particular permissions is to approve the update. The communication platform may post an entry displaying the metadata and configured to receive an indication of approval of the update from the user. The communication platform may receive an indication of the approval from the user, for example via a user interface component. The communication platform may generate a second data object indicating the action and the user, ensuring that the update was successfully approved, and transmit a second request to a communication process flow management service supporting the communication process flow, the second request including the second object and configured to activate the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Popelka, William Robert Jennings, II
  • Patent number: 11792290
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described herein for an automated product management (APM) service. An apparatus may receive from a second apparatus, at least one first request to enroll a third apparatus with a service layer associated with the second apparatus. The apparatus may send a second request to verify authenticity of the third apparatus and to generate a customized firmware or software for the third apparatus. The apparatus may send a third request to configure the third apparatus based on consent of a user of the third apparatus. The apparatus may send a response indicating whether the third apparatus has been enrolled with the service layer. The apparatus may receive a fourth request to diagnose or troubleshoot the third apparatus and a fifth request comprising information and the consent and requesting the fourth apparatus to perform at least one operation on the third apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Zhuo Chen, Dale N. Seed, Quang Ly, Jiwan L. Ninglekhu, Catalina Mihaela Mladin, Lu Liu, William Robert Flynn, IV, Chonggang Wang
  • Publication number: 20230320663
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an electrically conductive (EC) medium extending along probe. The EC medium may take several forms, including a conductive cannula, an ionic solution, a flex circuit, wires, or platings. The probe includes a conductive tip for exchanging electrical signals with a patient. The probe includes optical fiber having shape sensing core fibers, illuminating core fibers and imaging core fibers. A console of the system includes logic executed by one or more processors to perform operations that include providing and/or receiving electrical signals to and from the patient. Operations further include shape sensing of the probe, projecting illuminating light, and receiving imaging light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony K. Misener, Steffan Sowards, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20230324967
    Abstract: Package lids with carveouts configured to expose lights directly connected to an internal component of a processor are described. Lid carveouts are configured to precisely align and mechanically secure a cooling device to the package lid by receiving protrusions of the cooling device via a press fit connection, while maintaining visibility of lights directly connected to processor internal components when the cooling device is connected. Lid carveouts are further configured to expose one or more connectors disposed on a processor surface that supports its internal component. When contacted by corresponding connectors of an auxiliary device, such as a light not integrated into a processor package or a cooling device, the lid carveouts enable direct connections between the package’s internal components and the auxiliary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Anton Ahrens, William Robert Alverson, Amitabh Mehra, Grant Evan Ley, Anil Harwani, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Publication number: 20230328153
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein to automate managing of service layer operations comprised of multiple elementary operations and offloading the burden of performing such multi-step operations from a requesting entity to the service layer. A Request Abstraction Service (RAS) is described herein for the autonomous execution of such multi-step operations. Methods and apparatuses are also described herein for a service layer framework for integrating generic and functional user interfaces as services managed by the SL on behalf of requesting entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Catalina Mihaela MLADIN, Dale N. SEED, Quang LY, William Robert FLYNN, IV, Zhuo CHEN, Hongkun LI, Lu LIU, Chonggang WANG, Jiwan L. NINGLEKHU
  • Publication number: 20230324947
    Abstract: User configurable hardware settings for overclocking is described. In accordance with the described techniques, user input to adjust hardware settings for operating a processing unit in an overclocking mode is received. The user input, for example, adjusts at least one of a voltage droop threshold or a frequency adjustment of the clock rate. A voltage droop is detected while operating the processing unit in the overclocking mode. Responsive to detecting the voltage droop, a clock rate of the processing unit is adjusted based at least in part on the adjusted hardware settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Amitabh Mehra, William Robert Alverson, Jerry Anton Ahrens, Grant Evan Ley, Anil Harwani, Joshua Taylor Knight
  • Patent number: 11779760
    Abstract: Approaches for portably and discreetly treating muscle cramping using one or more of a selectively controllable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit and a heating element comprising resistive fabric. Cramping of the muscle may be detected with a surface electromyography (sEMG) unit. Artificial intelligence techniques may be applied using the sEMG signals and/or user input to identify effective treatment settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Oasis Medical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: William Robert Mandel, Margaret Vernon Austin
  • Patent number: D1003190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: William Robert Sommers