Patents by Inventor William Price

William Price 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: 20240125695
    Abstract: An optical system (31) for analysing biological processes comprising: a biological process vessel (33) comprising a chamber and an optical interface element (34) for optically coupling the chamber to an optical emitter, a wavelength discrimination component, and an optical detector when a biological process fluid in the chamber is being analysed, the optical interface element being configured to couple light in the mid-infrared range; an optical emitter (351) configured to emit light in the mid-infrared range; an optical detector (353) configured to detect light in the mid-infrared range; a wavelength discrimination component (352); an alignment component (42) for aligning the optical emitter, optical detector, and wavelength discrimination component with the optical interface element; and a processor (354) configured to: receive outputs from the optical detector; and process the received outputs from the optical detector to provide an indication of the constituents of a biological process fluid in the chambe
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Roy CARR, Stephen Russell TAYLOR, Wenshu XU, Alexander CONEY, Donal PRICE, Andrew MALLOY, William Joseph HAML YN
  • Patent number: 11958374
    Abstract: An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) is provided with an integrated arc fault detection circuit interruption (AFCI) device to supply electricity to an electric vehicle (EV) being a load. The EVSE comprises a coupler and an AFCI device including: a controller including a processor and a memory, circuitry and computer-readable firmware code stored in the memory which, when executed by the processor, causes the controller to: detect an arcing level of arcing between the coupler and a charge port of the EV or any other series or parallel arcing within the EVSE, compare the arcing level to a threshold level to determine a hazardous nature of arching, and analyze the arcing level to determine not only if it is currently hazardous but if it is likely to become hazardous in a near term and recommend repair or replacement of the coupler and the charge port before damage occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. King, Jr., Elton C. Johnson, Harry Price Haas, Matthew Leidy
  • Patent number: 11947697
    Abstract: In general, the invention relates to providing computer implemented services using information handling systems. One or more embodiments of the invention includes receiving a request to decompose a composed information handling system, wherein the composed information handling system comprises a hardware resource, obtaining a cleaning requirement for the hardware resource, initiating, based on the cleaning requirement, a cleaning operation on the hardware resource, receive a confirmation that the cleaning operation is complete, and after receiving the confirmation, set a state of the hardware resource to allocatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Valerie Diane Padilla, Jon Robert Hass, Sudhir Vittal Shetty
  • Publication number: 20240092548
    Abstract: A pipe frame, a pipe crate and methods of use thereof for holding a plurality of pipes together for storing, handling and transport are disclosed herein. In one form, there is provided a pipe frame including: at least two frame members connectable together to form the pipe frame; at least one transverse leg formation operatively associated with an end of a first frame member; at least one receiving opening defined at an end of a second frame member and configured to at least partially receive the at least one transverse leg formation for attachment and orientation of the first frame member relative to the second frame member; a locking catch operatively associated with the receiving opening; and a locking element operatively associated with the transverse leg formation and releasably connectable to the locking catch for locking the first frame relative to the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wade PRICE, William SIMMONS, Dermot LINDSAY
  • Patent number: 11934875
    Abstract: An information handling system for composing composed information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor. The system control processor, after being allocated to a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitors health of computing resources of the composed information handling system; makes a determination, based on the monitoring of the health of the computing resources, that at least one of the computing resources is in a compromised state; and, based on the determination, marks the at least one of the computing resources for recomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Jon Robert Hass, Valerie Diane Padilla, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, James Robert King, Justin A Kenney
  • Patent number: 11934289
    Abstract: A graph-based data multi-operation system includes a data multi-operation management subsystem coupled to an application and accelerator subsystems. The data multi-operation management subsystem receives a data multi-operation graph from the application that identifies first data and defines operations for performance on the first data to transform the first data into second data. The data multi-operation management subsystem assigns each of the operations to at least one of the accelerator systems, and configures the accelerator subsystems to perform the operations in a sequence that transforms the first data into the second data, When the data multi-operation management subsystem determine a completion status for the performance of the operations by the accelerator subsystems, it transmits a completion status communication to the application that indicates the completion status of the performance of the plurality of operations by the plurality of accelerator subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins, Jimmy D. Pike, Elie Jreij, Robert W. Hormuth
  • Publication number: 20240086544
    Abstract: A driver, e.g., a UEFI driver (140), for a device (120) in a host (110) starts before an OS boot. The driver (140) provides functions including gathering information regarding the host system (110), directing the device (120) to transmit the gathered information to a cloud-based service (182), directing the device (120) to provide a catalog of current firmware, updating firmware in the host (110) or device (120) based on the catalog, and configuring the device (120). The device may be a storage processing unit (120) that is part of a cluster (100) that presents virtual volumes including a boot volume (138) for the host (110), and execution of the driver (140) can provide a delay until a boot volume (138) is ready.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: SIAMAK NAZARI, DANA MYERS, ROOPESH TAMMA, STUART DAVIES, WILLIAM PRICE
  • Patent number: 11928506
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for building resource zone information, the method may include performing a discovery to obtain a set of compute resources, a set of target resources, and a set of fabric managers; constructing, based on the discovery, a topology and connectivity graph that includes the set of compute resources, the set of target resources, and connections between the set of compute resources and the set of target resources; selecting a compute resource of the set of compute resources; creating a zone comprising the compute resource; making a first determination, using the topology and connectivity graph, a subset of targets of the set of target resources that are connected to the compute resource; and adding the subset of targets to the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sudhir Vittal Shetty, William Price Dawkins, Jon Robert Hass
  • Patent number: 11927722
    Abstract: A transparent article is described herein that includes: a glass-ceramic substrate comprising first and second primary surfaces opposing one another and a crystallinity of at least 40% by weight; and an optical film structure disposed on the first primary surface. The optical film structure comprises a plurality of alternating high refractive index (RI) and low RI layers and a scratch-resistant layer. The article also exhibits an average photopic transmittance of greater than 80% and a maximum hardness of greater than 10 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich Hardness Test over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm. The glass-ceramic substrate comprises an elastic modulus of greater than 85 GPa and a fracture toughness of greater than 0.8 MPa·?m. Further, the optical film structure exhibits a residual compressive stress of ?700 MPa and an elastic modulus of ?140 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Jason Thomas Harris, Shandon Dee Hart, Chang-gyu Kim, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Lin Lin, Dong-gun Moon, Jeonghong Oh, James Joseph Price, Charlene Marie Smith, Ananthanarayanan Subramanian, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Tingge Xu
  • Patent number: 11928515
    Abstract: A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor manager. The system control processor manager instantiates composed information handling systems using the information handling systems; monitors, using system control processors of the composed information handling systems, operation of the composed information handling systems to obtain operation information; makes a determination, based on the operation information, that the computing implemented services provided by the composed information handling systems are substandard; and in response to the determination: manages operation of the composed information handling systems to provide standards compliant computer implemented services by modifying a composition of at least one of the composed information handling systems using a system control processor of the system control processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William Price Dawkins, Mark Steven Sanders, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Elie Antoun Jreij, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Gaurav Chawla, Yossef Saad
  • Patent number: 11907386
    Abstract: A platform root-of-trust system includes a System Control Processor (SCP) subsystem coupled to a central processing subsystem, a BIOS subsystem, and an I/O device. In response to an initialization instruction, the SCP subsystem begins initialization operations prior to the beginning of initialization operations for the central processing subsystem, the BIOS subsystem, and the I/O device. As part of SCP initialization operations, the SCP subsystem validates SCP subsystem initialization information to provide validated SCP subsystem initialization information, and uses the validated SCP subsystem initialization information to complete the SCP initialization operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Robert W. Hormuth, Jimmy D. Pike, Gaurav Chawla, William Price Dawkins, Elie Jreij, Mark Steven Sanders, Walter A. O'Brien, III
  • Patent number: 11891765
    Abstract: A barrier transition framework such as for use as a bridge transition, is disclosed for connection to a concrete anchor at an entrance, comprising a tubular upper transition chord having first and second beveled ends, and a tubular lower transition chord having first and second beveled ends. The first beveled ends of each of the upper and lower chords are welded to an approach deflector. The second beveled ends of each of the upper and lower chords are welded to an anchorage plate. A transition assembly is formed by connecting thrie-beams to the road-side of the transition framework. A thrie-beam may also be connected to the field-side of the transition framework. The disclosed transition framework provides a preassembled solid four bar structure with exceptional resistance to deflection in both the vertical and horizontal planes, that spans a greater distance than convention transitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Vandorf BT1 Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Fraser Powell, William Price Longstreet, Dean Clinton Alberson
  • Publication number: 20240037032
    Abstract: A Logically Composed System (LCS) data provisioning system includes an orchestrator device that includes a cache subsystem and that is coupled to client devices and storage subsystem(s). When the orchestrator device identifies that a first client device has exclusive access to the storage subsystem(s), it activates read data caching for the storage subsystem(s). The orchestrator device then receives a first read request from the first client device that is directed to first data that is stored in the storage subsystem(s) and, in response, retrieves the first data from the cache subsystem and provides the first data to the first client device. When the orchestrator device identifies that the first client device no longer has exclusive access to the storage subsystem(s), it deactivates the read data caching for the storage subsystem(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shyamkumar T. Iyer, Xiangping Chen, Xunce Zhou, William Price Dawkins
  • Publication number: 20240028407
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for instantiating composed information handling systems. The method includes obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a composition request to instantiate a composed information handling system; in response to obtaining the composition request: identifying at least one compute resource set having computing resources specified by the composition request; identifying at least one hardware resource set having the hardware resources specified by the composition request; setting up management services based on plugin requirements associated with the composition request using an at least one control resource set; and initiating the instantiation of the composed information handling system using the management services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ethan A. Kaley, Geoffrey A. Reid, James Peter Censabella, JR., William Price Dawkins
  • Publication number: 20240028209
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor having a first data storage device in a first memory tier, a second data storage device in a second memory tier, and a tiering manager. The first tier exhibits first data storage attributes and the second tier exhibits second data storage attributes. The tiering manager receives first memory access information from the first data storage device and second memory access information from the second data storage device, makes a determination that a first performance level of the information handling system when first data is stored in the first data storage device can be improved to a second performance level of the information handling system by swapping the first data to the second data storage device based upon the first memory access information and the second memory access information, and swaps the first data to the second data storage device in response to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, William Price Dawkins
  • Publication number: 20240020004
    Abstract: An LCS data compression/decompression system includes an orchestrator device in a resource system with a host operating system and coupled to a storage system via a network. The orchestrator device receives a read instruction from the host operating system directed to data stored in the storage system and, in response, retrieves and uses a data read decompression policy to select one of the storage system and the orchestrator device to perform data decompression operations on the data. The orchestrator device then provides a data read decompression instruction to the storage system to cause the storage system to provide the data to the orchestrator device such that the orchestrator device provides the data to the host operation system after the one of the storage system and the orchestrator device selected using the data read decompression policy performs the data decompression operations on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Xiangping Chen, Xunce Zhou, Shyamkumar T. Iyer, William Price Dawkins
  • Patent number: 11853782
    Abstract: A device for managing composition of composed information handling includes persistent storage and a computer processor that obtains a composition request for a composed information handling system; makes a determination that the composition request is an intent based request; in response to the determination: matches an application specified by the composition request to computing resource requirements for the application; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one compute resource set having resources meeting the computing resources requirement; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one hardware resource set having resources meeting the computing resource requirements; sets up management services for the at least one hardware resource set using at least one control resource set to obtain logical hardware resources; and presents the logical hardware resources to the at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gaurav Chawla, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins, Jimmy Doyle Pike, Elie Antoun Jreij, Robert Wayne Hormuth, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Yossef Saad
  • Patent number: 11853803
    Abstract: A workload compliance governor system includes a management system coupled to a computing system. A workload compliance governor subsystem in the computing system receives a workload performance request associated with a workload, exchanges hardware compose communications with the management system to compose hardware components for the workload, and receives back an identification of hardware components. The workload compliance governor subsystem then determines that the identified hardware components satisfy hardware compliance requirements for the workload, and configures the identified hardware components in the computing system based on the software compliance requirements for the workload in order to cause those identified hardware components to provide an operating system and at least one application that operate to perform the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Gaurav Chawla, William Price Dawkins, Elie Jreij, Mark Steven Sanders, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Robert W. Hormuth, Jimmy D. Pike
  • Patent number: 11829466
    Abstract: A device access control system includes a first computing system that is coupled to a second computing system via a network, and that includes a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices, a central processing subsystem, and a device access control manager subsystem. The device access control manager subsystem identifies first application(s) configured for provisioning by the central processing subsystem and second application(s) configured for provisioning by the second computing system, configures the device access controller subsystem to provide the central processing subsystem access to a first subset of the devices to allow the central processing subsystem to provide the first application(s), and configures the device access controller subsystem to provide the second computing system access via the device access control manager subsystem to a second subset of the devices to allow the second computing device to provide the second application(s) using the second subset of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Walter A. O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Mark Steven Sanders, William Price Dawkins, Elie Jreij, Robert W. Hormuth, Jimmy D. Pike, Gaurav Chawla
  • Patent number: 11829493
    Abstract: A device access control system includes a computing system having a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices and a central processing subsystem. A device access control manager subsystem is coupled to the device access controller subsystem and operates, during initialization operations for the computing system, to identify application(s) that are configured to be provided by the central processing subsystem, and identify a first subset of the devices that satisfy application provisioning requirements for the application(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Walter A O'Brien, III, Mukund P. Khatri, Jimmy D. Pike, Mark Steven Sanders, Elie Jreij, Gaurav Chawla, William Price Dawkins