Patents by Inventor William Tam

William Tam 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: 20200202729
    Abstract: A system for controlling flight paths of a plurality of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (aUAVs) is provided. The system includes a control module within a region comprising a receiver-transmitter configured to receive waypoint information from aUAVs entering the region and transmit navigation commands to each aUAV in the region, and one processing element added to and provided with one aUAV configured to enter the region, the one processing element configured to transmit waypoint information for a desired path for the one aUAV through at least one waypoint in the region to the control module. The control module is configured to transmit a first command to the one processing element of a lower priority aUAV in case of a path conflict in the region between the lower priority aUAV and a higher priority aUAV and a second command to the lower priority aUAV upon resolution of the path conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: William Tam, Sahithya M. Prakash, Max Z. Li, John F. Kearney
  • Publication number: 20150254588
    Abstract: Computer-based methods and systems are provided for improved recognition and presentation of parts, such as machine parts, as well as methods and systems for modeling and predicting the cost of such parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: aPriori Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Kozhukhin, Eugene Gorokhovsky, Julie A. Driscoll, William Tam
  • Patent number: 8392252
    Abstract: The invention is a computer-aided method of optimizing advertisements and content by grouping viewers into scientific segments, optimizing an advertisement and pieces of content by scientific segments, selecting an advertisement or content to display to a scientific segment, and creating a scientific targeted advertisement or piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Scientific Targeting LLC
    Inventors: Scott M. Kaufman, Jennifer L. Kushell, Russell J. Watson, Joshua T. Hoppes, Christopher J. Gooley, William Tam