Patents by Inventor William L. Collins

William L. Collins 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: 11670089
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. de Steuben, David R. Maxfield, Walter E. Buchanan, William L. Collins, Paul Brickford
  • Patent number: 11663911
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. De Steuben, David R. Maxfield, Walter E. Buchanan, William L. Collins
  • Publication number: 20220390946
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. de STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20220391622
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. de STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20220392033
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. de STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20220394426
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. DE STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20220392340
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. DE STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20220394213
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for performing task assignment, completion, and management within a crowdsourced surveillance platform. A remote server may identify targets for image capture and may assign capture tasks to users based on travel plans of the user. Users may be assigned task to capture image of target locations lying along a travel path. The remote server may aggregate data related to the captured images and use it to update a map and log changes to the target location over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Not A Satellite Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. DE STEUBEN, David R. MAXFIELD, Walter E. BUCHANAN, William L. COLLINS, Paul BRICKFORD
  • Publication number: 20110245579
    Abstract: A sedation delivery system comprised of a bedside unit and a procedure unit. The bedside unit contains a series of connection points for receiving inputs from a series of patient monitors. The procedure unit contains a patient monitoring and a drug delivery pump or magnetic flux generator capable of sedative therapy to a patient. The sedation delivery system contains the capability to issue and receive a request from a non-sedated patient, issue and receive a request from a sedated patient and then to calculate a time difference. The sedation delivery system program operates the pump or magnetic flux generator based upon at least some of the patient outputs and program inputs including a calculated time difference. A removable umbilical cable connects the two units and allows the output of the patient monitors as well as other information to travel between the two units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Paul J. Bruggeman, Mark A. Burdorff, William L. Collins, JR., William T. Donofrio, Curt R. Eyster, Hal H. Katz, James F. Martin, Anil K. Nalagatla, Paul J. Niklewski, Salvatore Privitera, Fred B. Stevens, III, Jeffery J. Wuennemann, Randall S. Hickle
  • Patent number: 7970631
    Abstract: A medical effector system comprised of a bedside unit and a procedure unit. The bedside unit contains a series of connection points for receiving inputs from a series of patient monitors. The procedure unit contains a patient monitoring and medical effector program, and a drug delivery pump or magnetic flux generator capable of delivering therapeutic energy to a patient. The medical effector system contains the capability to issue and receive a request from a non-sedated patient, issue and receive a request from a sedated patient and then to calculate a time difference. The medical effector program operates the pump or magnetic flux generator based upon at least some of the patient outputs and program inputs including a calculated time difference. A removable umbilical cable connects the two units and allows the output of the patient monitors as well as other information to travel between the two units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul J. Bruggeman, Mark A. Burdorff, William L. Collins, Jr., William T. Donofrio, Curt R. Eyster, Hal H. Katz, James F. Martin, Anil K. Nalagatla, Paul J. Niklewski, Salvatore Privitera, Fred B. Stevens, III, Jeffery J. Wuennemann, Randall S. Hickle
  • Publication number: 20030208373
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a networked digital displayed thinking systems and display writing tools and, more particularly, to displayed thinking systems capable of writing, reading, storing, recalling, updating, and tele-conferencing displayed thinking concepts using a digital network format. A displayed thinking system according to the present invention could be made from a digital paper technology so that it could digitally display information and could be flexible enough to roll up into a container such as a movie screen does today. This system may also include a networked server that may be attached to the digital display board and may control what information would be displayed on it. This server would be able to receive information from the users and convert them into digital cards that could be displayed on the screen. The system may also include a set of user interfaces that may be networked into the server also.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: William L. Collins, Scott D. Wampler, Jeffrey J. Vaitekunas
  • Patent number: 6485490
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bipolar electrosurgical end effector for use in medical instruments. A bipolar end effector according to the present invention includes a tissue slot and electrodes arranged on either side of the tissue slot. The opposing electrodes are electrically connected such that tissue passing through the slot is electrically treated with electrosurgical current passing laterally through the tissue. An end effector according to the present invention further includes a tissue separator arranged at the end of the slot to divide tissue as it is passed through the slot and after it is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Wampler, William L. Collins, Jr., David C. Yates
  • Patent number: 6296640
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bipolar electrosurgical end effector for use in medical instruments. A bipolar end effector according to the present invention includes a tissue slot and electrodes arranged on either side of the tissue slot. The opposing electrodes are electrically connected such that tissue passing through the slot is electrically treated with electrosurgical current passing laterally through the tissue. An end effector according to the present invention further includes a tissue separator arranged at the end of the slot to divide tissue as it is passed through the slot and after it is treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Wampler, William L. Collins, Jr., David C. Yates
  • Publication number: 20010001820
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a bipolar electrosurgical end effector for use in medical instruments. A bipolar end effector according to the present invention includes a tissue slot and electrodes arranged on either side of the tissue slot. The opposing electrodes are electrically connected such that tissue passing through the slot is electrically treated with electrosurgical current passing laterally through the tissue. An end effector according to the present invention further includes a tissue separator arranged at the end of the slot to divide tissue as it is passed through the slot and after it is treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Inventors: Scott D. Wampler, William L. Collins, David C. Yates
  • Patent number: 4118783
    Abstract: The apparatus is a calculator for use by teachers which adds letter grades, accompanied, if desired, by plus or minus signs, averages those grades in terms of their numerical equivalents and displays the average grade and also the number of grades averaged. Letter grades are entered from a key board as binary coded digits. Plus and minus signs are assigned a decimal fraction value and are also entered in binary code. The grades so entered are added in a binary coded decimal counter, the outputs of which are returned to the calculator as a divisor and are also passed to binary decoders which drive conventional digital entry display elements. The average grade is displayed by conventional calculator display elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Inventor: William L. Collins