Chris A Carpenter

US Patent:

7311666, Dec 25, 2007

Filed:

Jul 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/178044

Inventors:

Steven Elliot Stupp - San Carlos CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lawrence Newman - Katonah NY, US

Assignee:

Trigeminal Solutions, Inc. - San Carlos CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600300, 128920

Abstract:

An apparatus, and related method, for collecting information, such as that associated with one or more variables, is described. The apparatus may include at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module may be stored in the memory and may be configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module may include instructions for a set of pre-determined questions, instructions for asking, one or more times during a time interval, a subset of pre-determined questions in the set of pre-determined questions, instructions for receiving, one or more times during the time interval, answers to the subset of pre-determined questions, and instructions for receiving configuration instructions. The configuration instructions may select the subset of pre-determined questions that are asked.

US Patent:

7565598, Jul 21, 2009

Filed:

Aug 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/835971

Inventors:

Serge Pashenkov - Redwood City CA, US
Alex Miroshnichenko - San Francisco CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

PowerFile, Inc. - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G11C 29/00

US Classification:

714766, 714758, 714781, 714799, 714 52, 714 54

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for improving the reliability of data stored on disk media. Logical redundancy is introduced into the data, and the data within a logical storage unit is divided into sectors that are spatially separated by interleaving them with sectors of other logical storage units. The logical redundancy and spatial separation reduce or minimize the effects of localized damage to the storage disk, such as the damage caused by a scratch or fingerprint. Thus, the data is stored on the disk in a layout that improves the likelihood that the data can be recovered despite the presence of an error that prevents one sector from being read correctly.

US Patent:

8024643, Sep 20, 2011

Filed:

Jun 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/486672

Inventors:

Serge Pashenkov - Redwood City CA, US
Alex Miroshnichenko - San Francisco CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc. - Seoul

International Classification:

G11C 29/00

US Classification:

714770, 714704

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for improving the reliability of data stored on disk media. Logical redundancy is introduced into the data, and the data within a logical storage unit is divided into sectors that are spatially separated by interleaving them with sectors of other logical storage units. The logical redundancy and spatial separation reduce or minimize the effects of localized damage to the storage disk, such as the damage caused by a scratch or fingerprint. Thus, the data is stored on the disk in a layout that improves the likelihood that the data can be recovered despite the presence of an error that prevents one sector from being read correctly.

US Patent:

8038613, Oct 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/529054

Inventors:

Steven Elliot Stupp - San Carlos CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US
Steve Gaskill - Campbell CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600300, 600301, 705 3, 128898, 128120

Abstract:

An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module is stored in the memory and is configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for determining a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable. The compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable. The determining includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable.

US Patent:

8241211, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Nov 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/604494

Inventors:

Steven Elliot Stupp - San Carlos CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lawrence Newman - Katonah NY, US
Gert Lanckriet - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Trigeminal Solutions, Inc. - San Carlos CA

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600301, 600300, 600534, 600544, 600545, 34053912, 128898

Abstract:

An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module is stored in the memory and is configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for determining a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable. The compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable. The determining includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable.

US Patent:

20060015263, Jan 19, 2006

Filed:

Jul 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/177063

Inventors:

Steven Stupp - San Carlos CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lawrence Newman - Katonah NY, US
Gert Lanckriet - Berkeley CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702019000

Abstract:

An apparatus, and related method, for determining one or more association variables is described. The apparatus includes at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one program module. The program module is stored in the memory and is configurable to be executed by the processor. The program module includes instructions for determining a statistical relationship between one or more temporal onsets corresponding to one or more events and a pattern of occurrence of a compound variable. The compound variable corresponds at least to a pattern of occurrence of a first variable and a pattern of occurrence of a second variable. The determining includes contributions from presence and absence information in the pattern of occurrence of the compound variable.

US Patent:

20130035864, Feb 7, 2013

Filed:

Aug 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/507888

Inventors:

Steven Elliot Stupp - San Carlos CA, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/48
G06F 17/18
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

702 19

Abstract:

During a method, an apparatus determines patterns of occurrence of compound variables based on a set of mathematical interactions and patterns of occurrence of a set of biological variables of a group of life forms. Then, the apparatus calculates statistical relationships corresponding to a pattern of occurrence of a trait in the group of life forms and the patterns of occurrence of the compound variables. Moreover, the apparatus determines numbers of occurrences of biological variables that were used to determine compound variables in at least a statistically significant subset of the compound variables, and determines numbers of different mathematical interactions that were used to determine the compound variables in the subset of the compound variables for the biological variables that are associated with the corresponding numbers of occurrences. Next, the apparatus identifies one or more of the biological variables as one or more association variables based on the numbers of occurrences and the numbers of different mathematical interactions.

US Patent:

20200394133, Dec 17, 2020

Filed:

Jun 11, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/438355

Inventors:

- Boise ID, US
Chris Carpenter - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 12/02
G06F 3/06

Abstract:

In a closed-loop garbage collection system a comparator receives a first target time indicating when a first superblock of memory is expected to be filled based on a first write rate for a first write cursor writing data units into the first superblock. The comparator further receives a negative loop feedback based on one or more elements from the garbage collection process. The comparator determines a first garbage collection rate based on the first target time and the negative loop feedback, where the first garbage collection rate is calculated to provide a free empty superblock to the first write cursor within a range of time of the first target time. The comparator sends instructions to a garbage collection manager to perform a garbage collection process at the first garbage collection rate, wherein an outcome of the garbage collection process is incorporated into the negative loop feedback sent to the comparator.