Stephen W Lyons

US Patent:

20050114164, May 26, 2005

Filed:

Jul 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/887235

Inventors:

Stephen Lyons - Pelham NH, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A method of coordinating information includes receiving an event that includes information pertaining to a user, applying at least one rule associated with the event that includes an action and at least one condition by comparing the received information to the at least one condition to determine if the received information matches the at least one condition, and upon determining that the received information matches the at least one condition, initiating the action associated with the at least one rule.

US Patent:

20100306709, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

May 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/474976

Inventors:

Edward Michael Lynch - Toronto, CA
Stephen J. Lyons - Bedford MA, US
Jared Michael Michalec - Denver CO, US
Victor S. Moore - Boca Raton FL, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715854

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for an event monitoring tool configured for complex event processing (CEP). In one embodiment, a data processing system can include a CEP event monitoring tool configured for coupling to touch points over a network and a repository of a log of events occurring in the touch points. A dashboard can be displayed by the tool and can include a canvas view of events, associated interaction blocks each including filter criteria for associated events, and at least one activity triggered by an evaluation of at least one of the filter criteria in at least one of the interaction blocks for a corresponding one of the touch points. The canvas view further can include visual links between the events and the associated interaction blocks and between the activity and an interaction block amongst the interaction blocks triggering the activity.

US Patent:

20120041343, Feb 16, 2012

Filed:

Aug 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/207073

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Ellen M. Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Stephen Thomas Lyons - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/103

US Classification:

600587

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subject's head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.

US Patent:

20130021158, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Sep 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/627597

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Ellen M. Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Stephen Thomas Lyons - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G08B 21/06

US Classification:

340575

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subject's head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.

US Patent:

20200245955, Aug 6, 2020

Filed:

Oct 3, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/591802

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Ellen M. Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Stephen Thomas Lyons - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
G08B 21/06
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/11

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subject's head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.

US Patent:

20160367203, Dec 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 13, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/180579

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Ellen M. Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Stephen Thomas Lyons - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00
A61B 5/08
A61B 5/11

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subject's head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.

US Patent:

20140225736, Aug 14, 2014

Filed:

Dec 12, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/103945

Inventors:

Christopher Thomas Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Ellen M. Lyons - Tyngsboro MA, US
Stephen Thomas Lyons - Hudson NH, US

International Classification:

G08B 21/06

US Classification:

340575

Abstract:

An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subjects head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.