Patents by Inventor William Charles GATES

William Charles GATES 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: 20240129259
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Duncan HOOVER, Brandi Nicole RECKER, William Charles GATES, Sean Patrick MCKEOWN, Matthew Richard JACKSON, Dinesh Hiro WADHWANI
  • Patent number: 11902180
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EQUIFAX INC.
    Inventors: Todd Duncan Hoover, Brandi Nicole Recker, William Charles Gates, Sean Patrick Mckeown, Matthew Richard Jackson, Dinesh Hiro Wadhwani
  • Publication number: 20230082708
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Todd Duncan HOOVER, Brandi Nicole RECKER, William Charles GATES, Sean Patrick MCKEOWN, Matthew Richard JACKSON, Dinesh Hiro WADHWANI
  • Patent number: 11552901
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: EQUIFAX INC.
    Inventors: Todd Duncan Hoover, Brandi Nicole Recker, William Charles Gates, Sean Patrick McKeown, Matthew Richard Jackson, Dinesh Hiro Wadhwani
  • Publication number: 20220400087
    Abstract: A durability assessment system may receive a request, from a computing system, for a durability index describing an entity. The durability assessment system may determine the durability index based on information about the resource usage by the entity, such as a resource availability score or a resource allocation score. The durability assessment system may compare the obtained resource availability score and resource allocation score to ranges associated with a set of durability indices. Based on the comparison, the durability assessment system may determine a durability index for the entity. The durability index may indicate an ability of the entity to return accessed resources. In some cases, the durability assessment system may provide the durability index to an allocation computing system that is configured to determine whether to grant access to resources based on the durability index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Todd Duncan HOOVER, Brandi Nicole RECKER, William Charles GATES, Sean Patrick MCKEOWN, Matthew Richard JACKSON, Dinesh Hiro WADHWANI
  • Patent number: 4113388
    Abstract: Optical apparatus for monitoring the relative positioning of first and second members which are movable relative to each other includes radiation means for generating an optical wavefield which provides, over a given area which has a predetermined location relative to the first member at least when the first member is in a given position relative to the second member, a distinctive light intensity distribution. The distinctive light intensity distribution results from at least two wavefronts that differ from each other in curvature in each of two mutually orthogonal planes. The radiation means preferably includes a source of radiation, a diffracting element and a focussing element. The diffracting element coacts with the source of radiation to provide said at least two wavefronts and the focussing element produces an image of the diffracting element at said predetermined location at least when the first member is in said given position relative to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: John William Charles Gates, Roy Geoffrey Noel Hall, Ian Norman Ross, Richard Frederick Stevens