John Paul Hey, 39Chicago, IL

2001001, Aug 9, 2001

May 19, 1998

09/081264

DANIEL R. GREENING - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
JOHN B. HEY - CONCORD MA, US

G06F017/60

705/010000, 702/181000

A marketing system and method predicts the interest of a user in specific items—such as movies, books, commercial products, web pages, television programs, articles, push media, etc.—based on that user's behavioral or preferential similarities to other users, to objective archetypes formed by assembling items satisfying a search criterion, a market segment profile, a demographic profile or a psychographic profile, to composite archetypes formed by partitioning users into like-minded groups or clusters then merging the attributes of users in a group, or to a combination. The system uses subjective information from users and composite archetypes, and objective information from objective archetypes to form predictions, making the system highly efficient and allowing the system to accommodate “cold start” situations where the preferences of other people are not yet known.

2013016, Jul 4, 2013

Dec 27, 2012

13/728040

John Hey - Spring TX, US

National Oilwell Varco, L.P. - Houston TX

B66C 23/53
B66C 23/88
B66C 13/18

212276, 212232, 212308

A crane including an inner boom, an outer boom, a plurality of guide assemblies arranged along the length of the inner and outer boom and adapted for guiding a plurality of lines, and a multi-line material handling system including a first line having an outgoing portion extending to a sheave block, and an incoming portion returning from the sheave block to a supported anchor device, and a second line having an outgoing portion extending to the sheave block, and an incoming portion returning from the sheave block to the supported anchor device.

4721286, Jan 26, 1988

Jul 24, 1985

6/758355

John E. Hey - Houston TX
H. Patrick Ragland - Thibodaux LA

AMCA International Corporation - Hanover NH
McDermott Incorporated - New Orleans LA

B66D 308

254399

A crane block (FIG. 2) is provided for traveling along a central main fall symmetry line (78) defining vertical travel during movement of a hoist within a barge mounted crane. The crown block (50) is mounted to a crane boom (12) and includes a first row of relatively large diameter sheaves (54) in tandem with a second row of relatively small diameter sheaves (58). A movable block (76) is provided between the traveling block (74) and the crown block (50) and includes a third row of relatively small diameter sheaves (60) which are reeved together with the second row of sheaves. A traveling block (74) is provided with a fourth row of relatively large diameter sheaves (56) which are reeved together with the first row of sheaves (54). Sheaves in either the second (58) or third (60) rows are horizontally canted with respect to the main fall symmetry line (78) for vertical travel of the rope which is reeved between the rows. The movable block section ( 76) may be connected with the traveling block (74) for lifting relatively heavy loads over relatively small vertical travel distances.

2016037, Dec 29, 2016

Sep 12, 2016

15/262437

- Houston TX, US
John Hey - Spring TX, US

B66C 23/52
B66C 13/18
B66C 23/88
B66C 23/53

A crane including an inner boom, an outer boom, a plurality of guide assemblies arranged along the length of the inner and outer boom and adapted for guiding a plurality of lines, and a multi-line material handling system including a first line having an outgoing portion extending to a sheave block, and an incoming portion returning from the sheave block to a supported anchor device, and a second line having an outgoing portion extending to the sheave block, and an incoming portion returning from the sheave block to the supported anchor device.

2015030, Oct 29, 2015

Apr 29, 2014

14/264727

- Houston TX, US
John E. Hey - Spring TX, US

B66C 1/10

A lifting device may include a level setting portion and an adjustable beam assembly pivotally secured to the level setting portion and including a structural beam portion and an adjustment portion configured for translating along the structural beam portion, where the adjustable beam assembly includes a sensor for sensing when the structural beam portion is unbalanced and an actuation system for translating the adjustment portion to bring the structural beam portion into a balanced condition.

2014016, Jun 19, 2014

Dec 13, 2013

14/105909

- Houston TX, US
John E. Hey - Spring TX, US

National Oilwell Varco, L.P. - Houston TX

B66C 23/53
B66C 13/04

212308

A remote heave compensation system associated with a crane on a vessel may include a heave compensator arranged remotely from the crane and configured to translate in association with and to compensate for heaving motion of the vessel, an equalizer arranged on the crane and coupled to an end of a multiline system of the crane, a heave line secured to the equalizer at a first end and secured to the heave compensator at a second end, wherein compensating motion of the heave compensator is transferred to the equalizer by the heave line to compensate for heaving motion of the vessel and stabilize objects suspended from the multiline system of the crane.