Patents by Inventor William David Thomas

William David 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: 20220358599
    Abstract: Insurance Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) systems and methods include receiving coverage compliance criteria for one or more third-parties, wherein third-parties are placed in unique groups and are evaluated based on coverage criteria established for the unique groups; evaluating compliance for the one or more third-parties based on the received coverage compliance criteria; and performing one of a plurality of actions based on the compliance of the one or more third-parties, wherein the plurality of actions include communicating directly with a third-party and the third-parties insurance provider by creating various requests based on the compliance and issues of coverage of the third-parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Vikas Sood, William David Thomas, Nathan Rowe, Jianwei Zhuang
  • Patent number: 11423177
    Abstract: Trust systems and methods include receiving a request from a first user, wherein the request is to a second user and relates to the second user sharing verified facts, attributes, and other pertinent information used by the first user in determining a level of trust to be afforded to the second user; providing the request to the second user for consent and for data acquisition related to the request; performing data acquisition responsive to the consent to obtain data; determining a response to the request based on the data; and providing the response to the first user, wherein the response is a minimum subset or derivative of the data required to answer the request so that the data is only shared with the first user on a limited basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Evident ID, Inc.
    Inventor: William David Thomas
  • Patent number: 10348699
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing a personal data store is described for binding one or more identities of different types associated with a user. The computer-implemented method is implemented in a trust system including one or more processing devices communicatively coupled to a network. The computer-implemented method includes receiving one or more self-asserted first attributes by the user and second attributes asserted by an Attribute Provider; utilizing one or more of the first attributes and the second attributes as inputs to obtain and/or produce one or more cryptographically signed attributes signed by an associated Attribute Provider; storing the first attributes, the second attributes, and the one or more cryptographically signed attributes in a personal data store associated with the user; and utilizing one or more of the first attributes, the second attributes, and the one or more cryptographically signed attributes to respond to a request from a Relying Party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Evident ID, Inc.
    Inventors: Damian A. Starosielsky, William David Thomas, Albert W. Brzeczko, Jr., Nathan S. Rowe
  • Publication number: 20140088094
    Abstract: The invention provides tetrahydroquinoline and related compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of inhibiting ROR? activity, reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and treating immune disorders and inflammatory disorders using such tetrahydroquinoline and related compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Lycera Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Glick, Peter L. Toogood, Arthur Glenn Romero, Chad A. Van Huis, Thomas Daniel Aicher, Carl Kaub, Matthew N. Mattson, William David Thomas, Karin Ann Sttein, Erik Krogh-Jespersen, Zhan Wang
  • Patent number: 4121780
    Abstract: A temporary platform encircling a concrete pressure vessel carries endless rails on which a mobile unit runs. The unit has a supply drum from which is drawn pre-stressing wire anchored at its free end in one of many channels in the outside wall of the vessel. The wire leaves the unit via a tensioning unit and a payout sheave both carried by the mobile unit. Hoist ropes fixed at intervals around the platform and connected to winches lift and lower the platform to locate the sheave at the level of each channel in turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Sidney Taylor, Reginald Edwin Downton Burrow, John Morton Mason, John Richard Portas, William David Thomas