Patents by Inventor William Heaton

William Heaton 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).

  • Patent number: 11915178
    Abstract: The inventive subject matter herein is directed toward improved scheduling and planning system that detects a problematic event in a workflow. When the event is detected, the system automatically notifies a set of contacts from a hierarchical contact list. The system then automatically notifies other sets of contacts depending upon the response from the first set of contacts. A cascade of different types of notifications could be triggered from a single detected event as each contact responds and provides information that could be used to trigger additional notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: nMetric, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Carpenter, William Turley, Christine Koski, Ryan Heaton
  • Publication number: 20170024514
    Abstract: Techniques for assembly of genetic maps including de novo assembly of distance maps using multiple alignment consensus construction. Multiple map alignment can be performed on a defined bundle of fragment maps corresponding to biomolecule fragments to determine consensus events and corresponding locations. Fragment maps in the bundle can be removed when there is no overhang from the consensus events. When the subset of fragment maps in the bundle is less than a predetermined threshold, one or more additional fragment maps can be added based on fragment signatures, a consensus alignment score, and a pairwise alignment score. Techniques for multiple alignment can include generating a graph with edges and vertices representing each pairwise relation. An ordered set of sets of events best representing a multiple alignment reflecting all pairwise alignments can be generated by repeatedly randomly removing edges and combining vertices to identify a min cut of the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Nabsys 2.0 LLC
    Inventors: Peter Goldstein, William Heaton, Franco Preparata, Eli Upfal
  • Publication number: 20140278137
    Abstract: Techniques for assembly of genetic maps including de novo assembly of distance maps using multiple alignment consensus construction. Multiple map alignment can be performed on a defined bundle of fragment maps corresponding to biomolecule fragments to determine consensus events and corresponding locations. Fragment maps in the bundle can be removed when there is no overhang from the consensus events. When the subset of fragment maps in the bundle is less than a predetermined threshold, one or more additional fragment maps can be added based on fragment signatures, a consensus alignment score, and a pairwise alignment score. Techniques for multiple alignment can include generating a graph with edges and vertices representing each pairwise relation. An ordered set of sets of events best representing a multiple alignment reflecting all pairwise alignments can be generated by repeatedly randomly removing edges and combining vertices to identify a min cut of the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NABSYS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Goldstein, William Heaton, Franco Preparata, Eli Upfal
  • Patent number: 8828474
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for loading a therapeutic substance or drug within a lumenal space of a hollow wire having a plurality of side openings along a length thereof that forms a hollow drug-eluting stent with a plurality of side drug delivery openings. Loading a drug within the lumenal space of the hollow stent includes a drug filling step, in which the drug is mixed with a solvent or dispersion medium. The lumenal space may be filled with the drug solution or suspension in a reverse fill process and/or a forward fill process. After the drug filling step, a solvent or dispersion medium extracting step is performed to extract the solvent or dispersion medium from within the lumenal space such that only the drug remains within the hollow stent. A stent cleaning step may be performed to an exterior surface of the hollow stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Mitchell, William Heaton, Dishuan Chu, Terry Morgan, Justin Peterson, Joseph Traina
  • Publication number: 20140134588
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server. The system also tests the student by adaptively modifying the predetermined testing level based on the diagnosis of each testing group and repeating tests at the adaptively modified predetermined testing level for a plurality of sub-tests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Richard William Capone, Allan William Heaton
  • Patent number: 8478185
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventors: Richard William Capone, Allan William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20120295243
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Richard William Capone, Allan William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20120070563
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for loading a therapeutic substance or drug within a lumenal space of a hollow wire having a plurality of side openings along a length thereof that forms a hollow drug-eluting stent with a plurality of side drug delivery openings. Loading a drug within the lumenal space of the hollow stent includes a drug filling step, in which the drug is mixed with a solvent or dispersion medium. The lumenal space may be filled with the drug solution or suspension in a reverse fill process and/or a forward fill process. After the drug filling step, a solvent or dispersion medium extracting step is performed to extract the solvent or dispersion medium from within the lumenal space such that only the drug remains within the hollow stent. A stent cleaning step may be performed to an exterior surface of the hollow stent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Mitchell, William Heaton, Dishuan Chu, Terry Morgan, Justin Peterson, Joseph Traina
  • Publication number: 20100262045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to patient monitoring methods and patient monitoring systems for monitoring at least one aspect of a subject patient's motion alone or with one or more additional patient subject related measurements. The patient monitoring method and system can be a useful clinical tool in the monitoring of patients, and in particular, although not exclusively orthopaedic patients, both pre-treatment and post treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Activ4Life Healthcare Technologies Limited
    Inventors: David William Heaton, Joy Margaret Revie, Ian Crawford Revie
  • Patent number: 7579344
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Also described are processes for their preparation and their use as medicaments, particularly medicaments for producing a cell cycle inhibitory (anti cell proliferation) effect in a warm blooded animal, such as man.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: David William Heaton, Andrew Peter Thomas
  • Publication number: 20090117530
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for serving fresh media content while minimizing Internet traffic by periodically checking content freshness between a local server and a remote server; if a stale content exists on the local server, replacing the stale content with a fresh content from the remote server; and serving the fresh content from the local server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Richard William Capone, Allan William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20060229329
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Also described are processes for their preparation and their use as medicaments, particularly medicaments for producing a cell cycle inhibitory (anti cell proliferation) effect in a warm blooded animal, such as man.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: William Heaton, Andrew Thomas
  • Publication number: 20060052345
    Abstract: Various calcilytic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds are disclosed. Calcilytic compounds are compounds capable of inhibiting calcium receptor activity. Techniques which can be used to obtain calcilytic compounds and uses of calcilyitc compounds as calcium receptor antagonists are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Irina Shcherbakova, Manuel Balandrin, John Fox, William Heaton, Rebecca Conklin, Damon Papac
  • Publication number: 20050204165
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20050149485
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20050149486
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton
  • Patent number: 6908920
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, p, R2, q, R3 and R4 are defined within, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Thomas, Nicholas John Newcombe, David William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20050108525
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20050102266
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton
  • Publication number: 20050102264
    Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the security of data during input and output on a client computer system are provided to prevent attempts by unauthorized code to access, intercept, and/or modify data. Example embodiments provide a plurality of obfuscation techniques and security enhanced drivers that use these obfuscation techniques to prohibit unauthorized viewing/receiving of valid data. When the drivers are used together with the various obfuscation techniques, the security enhanced drivers provide mechanisms for “scheduling” the content of the storage areas used to store the data so that valid data is not available to unauthorized recipients. When unauthorized recipients attempt to access the “data,” they perceive or receive obfuscated data. The obfuscation techniques described include “copy-in,” “replace and restore,” and “in-place replacement” de-obfuscation/re-obfuscation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: xSides Corporation
    Inventors: D. Nason, Carson Kaan, John Easton, Jason Smith, John Painter, William Heaton