Patents by Inventor Alan Phillips
Alan Phillips 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).
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Publication number: 20230114632Abstract: A switched-mode power regulator circuit has four solid-state switches connected in series and a capacitor and an inductor that regulate power delivered to a load. The solid-state switches are operated such that a voltage at the load is regulated by repetitively (1) prefluxing the inductor then charging the capacitor causing an increased current to flow in the inductor and (2) prefluxing the inductor then discharging the capacitor causing increased current to flow in the inductor. The inductor prefluxing steps enable the circuit to provide increased output voltage and/or increased output current.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: EMPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.Inventors: David Lidsky, Timothy Alan Phillips, Parag Oak
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Publication number: 20230107709Abstract: An autonomous guided vehicle includes a chassis with a power supply and powered sections that are connected to the chassis and powered by the power supply. The powered sections include a drive section, a payload handling section, and a peripheral electronics section. A controller of the vehicle includes a comprehensive power management section communicably connected to the power supply so as to monitor a charge level of the power supply. The comprehensive power management section is connected to the drive section, the payload handling section, and the peripheral electronics section respectively powering the drive section, the payload handling section, and the peripheral electronics section from the power supply. The comprehensive power management section manages power consumption of branch circuits, of the powered sections, based on a demand level of each branch circuit relative to the charge level available from the power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Akram ZAHDEH, David GRATIANO, Alan PHILLIPS, Stephen DEBARYSHE
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Patent number: 11557970Abstract: A switched-mode power regulator circuit has four solid-state switches connected in series and a capacitor and an inductor that regulate power delivered to a load. The solid-state switches are operated such that a voltage at the load is regulated by repetitively (1) prefluxing the inductor then charging the capacitor causing an increased current to flow in the inductor and (2) prefluxing the inductor then discharging the capacitor causing increased current to flow in the inductor. The inductor prefluxing steps enable the circuit to provide increased output voltage and/or increased output current.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: David Lidsky, Timothy Alan Phillips, Parag Oak
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Patent number: 11552564Abstract: A switched-mode power regulator circuit has four solid-state switches connected in series and a capacitor and an inductor that regulate power delivered to a load. The solid-state switches are operated such that a voltage at the load is regulated by repetitively (1) charging the capacitor causing a current to flow in the inductor and (2) discharging the capacitor causing current to flow in the inductor. The power regulator circuit may be configured to operate with zero current switching at frequencies in the range of 100 MHz, enabling it to be fabricated on a unitary silicon die along with the load that it powers.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: David Lidsky, Timothy Alan Phillips
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Publication number: 20220360170Abstract: A power circuit is disclosed. The power circuit includes an input node, a plurality of inductors each connected to an output node, a plurality of phases each configured to provide current to one of the inductors, and a control circuit configured to trigger the phases. The phases are configured to provide current to one of the inductors in response to being triggered by the control circuit, the control circuit is configured to determine a variable time difference between a first phase being triggered and a second phase being triggered, and the time difference is based at least in part on a voltage difference between an input voltage at the input node and an output voltage at the output node.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: David Lidsky, Timothy Alan Phillips, Parag Oak, Shrinivasan Jaganathan
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Patent number: 11495554Abstract: A configurable capacitance device includes a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of integrally formed capacitors; and a separate interconnect structure coupled to the semiconductor substrate, wherein the separate interconnect structure is configurable to electrically couple two or more of the plurality of integrally formed capacitors together in a parallel configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Parag Oak, Timothy Alan Phillips, Trey Roessig, Peter Huang
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Patent number: 11449186Abstract: A system and method for optimized generation of a single page application for multi-page applications is provided. A shell application is fetched for hosting a user interface (UI) associated with one or more child applications. The shell application is associated with multiple pre-defined frames. The shell application maintains a bi-directional communication with the child application until the UI associated with the child application remains hosted in the shell application. Further, UI extensions associated with the UI of the child applications are fetched. The UI extensions are in the form of one or more pre-defined UI visualization formats. Each of the fetched UI extensions are discrete UI extensions functioning independently of the other. Lastly, the UI extensions are deployed in the pre-defined frames associated with the shell application to generate a single page application.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD.Inventors: Alex Shields, Ashwin Kumar, Adrienne Dewitt, Marty Newton, Derrick Drewry, Mark Alan Phillips
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Patent number: 11431247Abstract: A power circuit is disclosed. The power circuit includes an input node, a plurality of inductors each connected to an output node, a plurality of phases each configured to provide current to one of the inductors, and a control circuit configured to trigger the phases. The phases are configured to provide current to one of the inductors in response to being triggered by the control circuit, the control circuit is configured to determine a variable time difference between a first phase being triggered and a second phase being triggered, and the time difference is based at least in part on a voltage difference between an input voltage at the input node and an output voltage at the output node.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: David Lidsky, Timothy Alan Phillips, Parag Oak, Shrinivasan Jaganathan
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Publication number: 20220159408Abstract: A method for providing incentives based on geolocation of mobile devices. The method includes storing, by a server, data including merchant information of merchants and points of interest, and associated incentive information. The method includes determining, based on communication with user's device of a user, a first location of the mobile device. The method includes determining, based on the first location, a first subset of merchants and associated first subset of incentives. The method includes communicating merchant data, including information on the first subsets of merchants and incentives, to the mobile device. The method includes communicating to the mobile device, in response to a determination that the mobile device is inside a geofence associated with at least one of the first subset of merchants, additional information on the at least one of the first subset of merchants, the additional information comprising one or more related incentives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III
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Publication number: 20220103966Abstract: A method for providing incentives based on geolocation of mobile devices. The method includes storing, by a server, data including merchant information of merchants and points of interest, and associated incentive information. The method includes determining, based on communication with user's device of a user, a first location of the mobile device. The method includes determining, based on the first location, a first subset of merchants and associated first subset of incentives. The method includes communicating merchant data, including information on the first subsets of merchants and incentives, to the mobile device. The method includes communicating to the mobile device, in response to a determination that the mobile device is inside a geofence associated with at least one of the first subset of merchants, additional information on the at least one of the first subset of merchants, the additional information comprising one or more related incentives.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III
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Publication number: 20210405826Abstract: A system and method for optimized generation of a single page application for multi-page applications is provided. A shell application is fetched for hosting a user interface (UI) associated with one or more child applications. The shell application is associated with multiple pre-defined frames. The shell application maintains a bi-directional communication with the child application until the UI associated with the child application remains hosted in the shell application. Further, UI extensions associated with the UI of the child applications are fetched. The UI extensions are in the form of one or more pre-defined UI visualization formats. Each of the fetched UI extensions are discrete UI extensions functioning independently of the other. Lastly, the UI extensions are deployed in the pre-defined frames associated with the shell application to generate a single page application.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Alex Shields, Ashwin Kumar, Adrienne Dewitt, Marty Newton, Derrick Drewry, Mark Alan Phillips
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Patent number: 11159086Abstract: A buck voltage converter is disclosed. The buck voltage generator includes a controller configured to generate one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) signals, and a plurality of serially connected switches configured to receive the PWM signals and to generate an output voltage signal at an output terminal based on the received PWM signals. The output voltage signal has an average voltage corresponding with a duty cycle of the PWM signals, a first switch of the plurality of serially connected switches has a first breakdown voltage and a second switch of the plurality of serially connected switches has a second breakdown voltage, and the first breakdown voltage is less than the second breakdown voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Alan Phillips
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Patent number: 11115777Abstract: A method for providing incentives based on geolocation of mobile devices. The method includes storing, by a server, data including merchant information of merchants and points of interest, and associated incentive information. The method includes determining, based on communication with user's device of a user, a first location of the mobile device. The method includes determining, based on the first location, a first subset of merchants and associated first subset of incentives. The method includes communicating merchant data, including information on the first subsets of merchants and incentives, to the mobile device. The method includes communicating to the mobile device, in response to a determination that the mobile device is inside a geofence associated with at least one of the first subset of merchants, additional information on the at least one of the first subset of merchants, the additional information comprising one or more related incentives.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III
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Publication number: 20210271672Abstract: A method of augmenting a reliability model of products including a particular product in use by an end user. The particular product includes a first component and a second component each having component attributes. The method also includes receiving first data of the first component and second data of the second component generated during use of the particular product by the end user and comparing the first data to the second data. The method also includes identifying a measure of compatibility between the components, determining pairing data based on the measure of compatibility, and applying a set of pairing rules to the pairing data. The method further includes modifying the reliability model based at least in part on the application of the pairing rules to the pairing data to generate an augmented reliability model and initiating one or more actions in association with the augmented reliability model.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
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Publication number: 20210263827Abstract: Methods and systems include receiving a product attribute that identifies a product. A first component attribute and a second component attribute are received. The first component attribute identifies a first component included in the product and the second component attribute identifies a second component included in the product. The methods and systems further includes receiving first manufacturing data associated with the first component and second manufacturing data associated with the second component, applying a set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, determining pairing data from the application of the set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, applying a set of pairing rules to the pairing data, determining one or more actions from the application of the set of pairing rules to the pairing data, and performing the one or more actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
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Patent number: 11082798Abstract: A method and system for effecting changes on a mobile device. The method includes determining a physical location of a point of interest. The method includes automatically generating a geofence proximate to the point of interest based on the determined physical location. The method includes detecting when the mobile device enters the geofence. The method includes tracking a duration of time spent within the geofence by the mobile device. The method also includes effecting a change on the mobile device based on the duration of time spent within the geofence by the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III
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Patent number: 11068478Abstract: A method of augmenting a reliability model for a manufactured product includes receiving a product attribute identifying a product, receiving a first component attribute and a second component attribute, and receiving first manufacturing data and second manufacturing data, the first manufacturing data comprising manufacturing data associated with the first component and the second manufacturing data comprising manufacturing data associated with the second component. The method can include applying a set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, determining pairing data from the application of the set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, obtaining a reliability model of products including the product, augmenting the reliability model based on the pairing data, and performing one or more actions with the augmented reliability model.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
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Patent number: 11070936Abstract: A method and system for effecting changes on a mobile device. The method includes determining a physical location of a point of interest. The method includes automatically generating a geofence proximate to the point of interest based on the determined physical location of the point of interest. The method includes detecting when the mobile device enters the geofence. The method includes tracking a current velocity of a mobile device. The method also includes effecting a change on the mobile device based on the current velocity of the mobile device within the geofence.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III
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Patent number: 11061795Abstract: Methods and systems include receiving a product attribute that identifies a product. A first component attribute and a second component attribute are received The first component attribute identifies a first component included in the product and the second component attribute identifies a second component included in the product. The methods and systems further includes receiving first manufacturing data associated with the first component and second manufacturing data associated with the second component, applying a set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, determining pairing data from the application of the set of compatibility rules to the first manufacturing data and the second manufacturing data, applying a set of pairing rules to the pairing data, determining one or more actions from the application of the set of pairing rules to the pairing data, and performing the one or more actions.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: OPTIMAL PLUS LTD.Inventors: Shaul Teplinsky, Bruce Alan Phillips, Michael Schuldenfrei, Dan Sebban
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Patent number: 11044575Abstract: A method for providing location-based notifications on mobile devices is discussed. The method includes determining a first location of user's mobile device based on IP address, GPS signals, Wi-Fi signals, or cellular signals. The method includes accessing data, received by the mobile device responsive to communicating the first location to a server, indicating merchants in an area proximate to the first location. The method includes determining a second location of the mobile device based on other IP address, GPS signals, Wi-Fi signals, and/or cellular signals. The method includes communicating with the server to determine, based on the second location, that the mobile device has crossed into a geofence that includes at least one of the merchants. The method includes effecting, responsive to a determination that the mobile device crossed into the first geofence, a notification on the mobile device indicating at least one of the merchants at the geofence.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: PayPal, Inc.Inventors: Alan Phillips, Frank Schroth, Geoffrey M. Palmer, Stefan G. Zielinski, Allen P. Smith, Colin M. Cunningham, III