Patents by Inventor William August HOILES

William August HOILES 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: 20240119458
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for identifying potentially erroneous transactions. A hardware processing device may receive user data indicative of historical actions taken by a user relative to transactions, automatically process the user data to generate a plurality of rules, and automatically apply the rules to a transaction to determine that the transaction is likely to be erroneous. An output device may output a notification to the user to indicate that the transaction is likely to be erroneous. The transaction may have a plurality of attributes, each of which falls within one of a plurality of categories. Automatically processing the user data may include analyzing historical actions of the user relative to historical transactions that also have the attributes. Automatically applying the rules to the transaction may include comparing the attributes of the transaction with the rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: William August Hoiles
  • Publication number: 20210078047
    Abstract: Lumber sorting systems and methods that use adaptive lumber management to tailor the distribution of lumber to improve the yield and aesthetic properties of a product are disclosed. An adaptive lumber management system in accordance with the present disclosure may comprise a lumber scanner configured to record one or more characteristics of each board and create a data file for each board comprising information regarding the characteristic of the board. A processor may be configured to determine a target tray for each board based on the data files. The processor may be further configured to generate at least one mapping. The system may further comprise a sorting mechanism configured to sort the plurality of boards into their respective target trays and at least one tipple configured to select each board or the plurality of boards from the plurality of trays according to the at least one mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Katerra Inc.
    Inventors: Brent David OLSON, Carl Daniel MORROW, Mengzhe GU, Sam HERMANN, William August HOILES, Gary FONG
  • Patent number: 10057367
    Abstract: A method for managing a cache memory network is disclosed. The method comprises estimating the popularity of a piece of data content according to an extreme learning machine, and managing the cache memory network according to the estimated popularity of the piece of data content. Estimation may be performed upon a request for the piece of data content, and may be accordingly cashed into an appropriate cache memory device upon estimation of its popularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CANADA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: William August Hoiles, Omid Namvar Gharehshiran, Vikram Krishnamurthy, Ngoc-Dung Dao
  • Publication number: 20170257452
    Abstract: A method for managing a cache memory network is disclosed. The method comprises estimating the popularity of a piece of data content according to an extreme learning machine, and managing the cache memory network according to the estimated popularity of the piece of data content. Estimation may be performed upon a request for the piece of data content, and may be accordingly cashed into an appropriate cache memory device upon estimation of its popularity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: William August HOILES, Omid NAMVAR GHAREHSHIRAN, Vikram KRISHNAMURTHY, Ngoc-Dung DAO