Applied Underwriters, Inc.

Justin N Smith

Mark S Nowotarski

David Alan Clark

Steven M Menzies

Jeffrey A Silver

Patrick Brant

Jason Fulgham

Jarrett Armstrong

Sidney R Ferenc

Christine Cai

Sean Hughes

A method for balancing a transfer function, the transfer function being operable in a reservoir controller to determine a required normalized compensatory charge from a plant to the reservoir during a second time period based on a measured normalized contingency discharge from the reservoir to the plant during a first time period, has the steps:

Method for balancing a transfer function of a reservoir controller

A ladder rack includes a base having a connection for engaging with a hitch receiver of a vehicle; an H frame connected to the base and supported above the base, the H frame having one or more horizontal arms extending between a first side and a second side; a first pair of L brackets attached to H frame and extending therefrom at a top position; a second pair of L brackets attached to the H frame and extending therefrom at a bottom position; a locking arm pivotally engaged with the second pair of L brackets and configured to pivot from an open position to a closed position; and a lock receiver having a first portion attached to the locking arm and a second portion attached to the H bracket, the lock receiver closes when the locking arm is in a closed position; the lock receiver is to receive a lock to hold the locking arm in the closed position.

Ladder rack and method of use

Compositions comprising Group 13 element-based coupling agents and/or aluminum-based substrates and methods for making such compositions are provided. Compositions herein further comprise an inorganic substrate, a functionalized polymer, or a combination thereof. Such compositions may further comprise a secondary coupling agent having two or more functional groups. Compositions comprising a particulate inorganic substrate dispersed in a polymer form composite materials having improved mechanical properties. Compositions comprising a monolithic inorganic substrate having at least one surface bonded to a polymer layer form articles having improved surface properties.

Aluminum-based coupling agents

A computer-implemented semantic analysis system for ranking search results has instructions including the steps: receive a query about a first document authored by a person; read in data identifying the first document; read in a second document about the person authored after the first document; identify indicator terms in the second document related to whether or not there is a significant discrepancy between the second document and the first document; read in weighting factors for the identified indicator terms; determine an aggregate weighting factor that decreases with an increasing number of indicator terms found; and calculate a score of how much of a discrepancy there is between the second document and the first document using the weighting factors. When multiple first documents are returned for multiple persons, present the links in order from high score to low score.

Semantic analysis system for ranking search results

An artificial intelligence system for training a classifier has a database of training data and a modeling system for building a classification model based on the training data. The database has a binary classification for each entity and binary tokens indicating whether or not one or more indicators about the entity are true. The classification model is based on a tempered indication of the tokens. The tempered indication is a ratio of a weighted sum of the tokens for each entity divided by a tempering factor for each of the entities. The tempering factor is a function of the unweighted sum of the tokens for each entity. Thus, the tempering factor will reduce the tempered indication when large numbers of low weight tokens are present so that the model does not over predict the probability of an entity being in the classification.

Artificial intelligence system for training a classifier

A digital controller controls contingency discharges of a utility from a reservoir to a plant during a first time period and compensatory charges from the plant back to the reservoir during a second time period. The utility can be electric power. The plant and reservoir are connected by a grid. The reservoir may be any electric power storage device. When the utility is electric power, the contingency discharges make up for the power not generated by the plant due to an accident. The compensatory charges replenish the reservoir.

Universal reservoir controller

A statistical facility event monitor has a computer implemented event percentile meter. The event percentile meter counts the number of randomly initiated events that cause a monitored facility to consume a monitored utility over a monitored time period. The event percentile meter then calculates a cumulative distribution function for the randomly initiated events. The event percentile meter uses the cumulative distribution to determine the event percentile for the monitored facility. The event percentile meter then outputs the event percentile.

Statistical facility event monitor

A digital controller controls discharges of a utility from a reservoir to a plant during a first time period and recharges of said utility from the plant back to the reservoir during a second time period. The reservoir can be any storage device. When the utility is electric power, the discharges make up for the power not generated by the plant due to an accident. The digital controller may use a balanced nonlinear transfer function to control the recharges based on the discharges. If there is a long duration discharge that extends beyond the end of the first time period, the digital controller may use a Monte Carlo simulation along with a tail distribution for the long duration discharge and the balanced transfer function to forecast the recharge required during the second time period.

Forecasting digital reservoir controller

A system verifies whether or not an employee is actually on a job at a location during a standard time period, such as a work shift, by sending alerts to the employee's smart phone. The employee must respond to the alerts. The alerts are sent at random time intervals with a certain average rate. The average rate, called a Poisson parameter, can be varied over the course of a shift.

Location confirmation using networked client peripherals

A digital controller controls contingency discharges of a utility from a reservoir to a plant during a first time period and compensatory charges from the plant back to the reservoir during a second time period. The utility can be electric power. The plant and reservoir are connected by a grid. The reservoir may be any electric power storage device. When the utility is electric power, the contingency discharges make up for the power not generated by the plant due to an accident. The compensatory charges replenish the reservoir. The digital controller may use a transfer function nomogram to control the compensatory charges based on the contingency discharges.

A digital controller controls contingency discharges of a utility from a reservoir to a plant during a first time period and compensatory charges from the plant back to the reservoir during a second time period. The utility can be electric power. The plant and reservoir are connected by a grid. The reservoir may be any electric power storage device. When the utility is electric power, the contingency discharges make up for the power not generated by the plant due to an accident. The compensatory charges replenish the reservoir. The digital controller may use a sectionally linear transfer function with a maximum to control the compensatory charges based on the contingency discharges. The transfer function may be balanced using a trim function so that on average, the compensatory charges will make up for the contingency discharges.

Balanced digital reservoir controller

A statistical facility monitor has a consumption percentile meter. The consumption percentile meter reads in utility consumption data from a monitored facility over a period of time. The consumption percentile meter then reads in a cumulative distribution of consumption percentile versus normalized utility consumption for similar reference facilities. The cumulative distribution is based on other facilities in the same facility class as the monitored facility. The consumption percentile meter uses the cumulative distribution to determine the consumption percentile for the monitored facility relative to the reference facilities. The meter then outputs the consumption percentile.

Statistical facility monitor

A system verifies the location of a first person during a specified period by sending random alerts to the smart phone of the first person. A user must respond to the alerts. A second person defines acceptable locations. The smart phone has location measuring capability, such as a GPS or connection to a WAN. The identity of the user can be verified by requiring the input of a security code that also gives the user access to confidential information of the first person.

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Justin N Smith