Patents by Inventor Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 9735034
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for visual lamp failure detection in a processing chamber, such as an RTP chamber. Visual feedback is facilitated through the use of a wide-angle lens positioned to view lamps within the process chamber. The wide-angle lens is positioned within a probe and secured using a spring in order to withstand high temperature processing. A camera coupled to the lens is adapted to capture an image of the lamps within the process chamber. The captured image of the lamps is then compared to a reference image to determine if the lamps are functioning as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kim Vellore, Dinesh Kanawade, Stephen Moffatt, Aaron Miller, Leonid M. Tertitski, Norman L. Tam, Michael Liu, Colin Fox
  • Publication number: 20170178113
    Abstract: An exemplary device for allocating transactions across a plurality of sources includes a screen, a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including: displaying on the screen an interface for a multi-source payment account profile; generating a first window in the interface indicating at least one characteristic of transactions and listing a plurality of potential payment sources available to include in a default allocation of funds settings, the default allocation settings including at least one relative percentage at which the listed payment sources are used to fund transactions; receiving a first user operation adjusting the relative percentages; transmitting the adjusted relative percentages to a server over a communication network; receiving from the server information regarding an approved transaction; and switching the first window to a second window identifying the approved transaction and approved allocation of funds for the approved t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: STEPHEN MUGFORD, TAMARA SIGLER, AARON MILLER, KYLE TROMBLEY, JUSTIN CRIST LEE, JACK SHU
  • Publication number: 20170132862
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices for establishing a secure, closed-loop communication channel for authorizing access to rental properties. More specifically, a system, a device and a method are configured to facilitate authorization via secure communications between an inquiring entity and a responding entity to access a rental property. In one or more embodiments, a method can include establishing a data arrangement representing a messaging dialogue between an inquirer and a responder. The messaging dialogue may include data representing exchange of electronic messages. Further, the method may include suppressing transmission of the identity data of the inquirer and the responder during the exchange of the electronic messages to form secured messages, and generating anonymized transaction data representing authorization to access the rental property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Monette, Aaron Miller, Jeffrey A. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20170122944
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of measuring the activity of Factor D, the key driver in the activation of the alternative complement pathway, methods of determining the potency of Factor D inhibitors, and methods of screening for Factor D inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Linda ORREN, Aaron MILLER, Xiaoqing JIA, Pin Yee WONG
  • Publication number: 20170105249
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide an adapter for use in a processing chamber. In one implementation, the adapter comprises a hollow body having a first end and a second end opposing the first end, a first block and a second block symmetrically disposed within the hollow body about a longitudinal axis of the body, wherein the first block and the second block define a central opening therebetween, and a retention device disposed in contact with the first and second blocks to confine the movement of the first and second blocks with respect to the hollow body. The central opening is sized so that the first block and the second block provide direct contact with a press seal of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph M. RANISH, Aaron MILLER, Oleg V. SEREBRYANOV
  • Patent number: 9602519
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically generating validation rules. In certain implementations, state information related to one or more operations is stored. A request for validation rules is received from a client. The request may include one or more parameters and an identification of an operation to be performed. In response to the request, the state information is accessed for the operation to be performed. The validation rules are then dynamically generated based on the accessed state information and at least one of the parameters or the identification in the request. The validation rules can then be transmitted to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: AOL Advertising Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Charles Joseph Holbrook
  • Patent number: 9589038
    Abstract: Techniques for tracking, profiling and recognizing attributes associated with transactions associated with computer system services. A bitmap representation of the unique identifiers created from name-value pairs of attributes is created and one or more operations are performed on the representation to process the bitmap representation. The one or more operations include operations to, for example, compress the bitmap representation, sub-sample the bitmap representation, locate patterns of attributes within the bitmap representation and other such processing operations. The processed bitmaps may then be further queried to analyze the event data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Brian James Schuster, Therapon Skoteiniotis
  • Publication number: 20160376706
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for processing a substrate including an injector unit insert with a plurality of flow paths leading to a first plenum, each of the flow paths providing one or more of substantially the same residence time, length and/or conductance. Injector units including the injector unit inserts have increased flow uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron Miller, Kallol Bera
  • Publication number: 20160358789
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cover assembly that includes a cover having a plurality of ports, and each port has a diameter of less than 1 mm, such as between about 0.1 mm to about 0.9 mm. The cover may be disposed between a device side surface of a substrate and a reflector plate, which are all disposed within a thermal processing chamber. The presence of the cover having the plurality of small ports within the thermal processing chamber will improve thermal uniformity over time after processing doped substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron MILLER, Norman L. TAM, Michael LIU
  • Patent number: 9514969
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cover assembly that includes a cover disposed between a device side surface of a substrate and a reflector plate, which are disposed within a thermal processing chamber. The presence of the cover between the device side surface of a substrate and a reflector plate has many advantages over conventional thermal processing chamber designs, which include an improved temperature uniformity during processing, a reduced chamber down time and an improved cost-of-ownership of the processes performed in the thermal processing chamber. In some configurations, the cover includes two or more ports that are formed therein and are positioned to deliver a gas, from a space formed between the reflector plate and the cover, to desired regions of the substrate during processing to reduce the temperature variation across the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Miller, Mehran Behdjat, Norman L. Tam, Michael Liu
  • Publication number: 20160353169
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions. In one aspect, a method may include assigning a unique ID to a plurality of content items, where the unique ID of at least one of the content items is associated with one or more property distribution restrictions. The method may further include streaming in a video stream the content items to at least two properties and monitoring the unique IDs of the plurality of content items streamed in the video stream to detect least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions. The distribution of the least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions may be blocked from the one or more properties concurrently with streaming the video stream, based on the one or more property distribution restrictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160351189
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are described herein for segmentation of content, and more specifically for segmentation of content in a content management system. In one aspect, a method may include receiving content associated with speech, text, or closed captioning data. The speech, the text, or the closed captioning data may be analyzed to derive at least one of a topic, subject, or event for at least a portion of the content. The content may be divided into two or more content segments based on the analyzing. At least one of the topic, the subject, or the event may be associated with at least one of the two or more content segments based on the analyzing. At least one of the two or more content segments may then be published such that each of the two or more content segments is individually accessible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160353172
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for optimizing the presentation of content through obtaining viewership metrics, generating multiple renditions of presentations of content, and selecting optimized renditions of content. One aspect includes associating a request for viewership metrics with a presentation of content, publishing the presentation of content, and receiving information of the viewership metrics associated with the presentation. Another aspect includes copying a presentation of a content item, creating a second presentation of the content item for publishing over one or more channels, and linking the presentation of the content item to the second presentation of the content item, such that a change to one propagates to the other of the presentation of the content item or the second presentation of the content item. In yet another aspect, a content rendition may be selected for presentation based on performance of the rendition out of multiple renditions in an auction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160349949
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for providing a graphical user interface for configuring presentations of content and controlling distribution of content, for example, through in conjunction with a management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160353140
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect the described techniques may include receiving information indicative of a break in streaming of the primary content, such as metadata data that is inserted into the stream of primary content, for example, on a client device. A duration of the stream of the primary content may be obtained. Secondary content may be played, for example during a break in the streaming of the primary content. Upon detecting that the duration of the stream of the primary content has increased to a second duration, for example, in response to the client device receiving additional primary content, the primary content may be streamed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160353141
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect, the described techniques may include streaming a segment of primary content, for example, by a reduce capability client device, such as a mobile device or tablet. The device may receive information indicative of a break in the streaming of the primary content. The device may play secondary content based on receiving the information indicative of the break. The device may determine when a next segment of the primary content is available, and begin streaming the next segment of the primary content upon detecting that the second segment of the primary content is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Aaron Miller, Jason D. Justman, Lora Clark Bouchard, Michael Ellery Bouchard, Kevin James Cotlove, Mathew Keith Gitchell, Stacia Lynn Haisch, Jonathan David Kersten, Matthew Karl Marchio, Peter Arthur Pulliam, George Allen Smith, Todd Christopher Tibbetts
  • Publication number: 20160253680
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for real-time inter and intra outlet trending, such as with regard to sales trends within one or more stores or departments. One method embodiment includes storing a product group definition identifying at least one product for monitoring and receiving, via a network, and storing, in a database, product sales data including data identifying a store and time and date of each respective sale. This method further includes receiving, from a requestor via a network, a request for a sales report dataset with regard to the product group and generating and transmitting, via the network to the requestor, the requested sales report dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Jarrett Giera, John DeSetto, Joel Aaron Miller
  • Publication number: 20160247135
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data flows for age-verification data monitoring and alerting. Such embodiments generally operate to monitor compliance of sales of age-restricted controlled-products in retail environments and providing alerts when potential compliance issues are identified, which may made in near real-time as new transaction data is received. One method embodiment includes storing data representative of age-verification input received with regard to each of a plurality of purchase transactions and processing the data representative of age-verification input in view of at least one compliance rule to identify a potential compliance issue. When a potential compliance issue is identified, such embodiments include generating and providing a potential compliance issue alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joel Aaron Miller, John DeSetto, Steven Jarrett Giera
  • Patent number: D790039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Lara Hawrylchak, Kong Lung Samuel Chan, Aaron Miller
  • Patent number: D794753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Aaron Miller