Patents by Inventor Alex Meyer
Alex Meyer 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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Patent number: 11468474Abstract: An online system uses a model to determine affinities of users for geographical locations. Using the affinities, which may indicate travel-related preferences of the users, the online system may customize content items to include content captured by client devices of other users of the online system. For example, the online system presents to a particular user a content item including a photo or video of a geographical location captured by a camera of a client device of another user who is connected to the particular user. The model may implement, for example, collaborative filtering or other machine learning techniques to determine commonalities between users' travel affinities. Additionally, the model may determine latent properties or temporal trends of user preferences based on training data including historical actions performed on the online system or social data. The model may also classify different types of geographical locations.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Arpit Sood, Gurpreetsingh Baljeetsingh Sachdev, Alex Meyer, Rohit Poddar, Manisha Singh, Tao Cui Baecklund, Anthony Mang Yau, Shashikant Khandelwal
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Patent number: 11001391Abstract: A fuel supply system for an aircraft includes a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to an engine of an aircraft, a boost pump in operational communication with the fuel tank, wherein the boost pump is configured to control at least one of a fuel level and a fuel pressure in the fuel tank, and an electronic controller in communication with the boost pump and configured to control the boost pump. The electronic controller is configured to receive received information including (i) fuel information, (ii) flight information, and (iii) aircraft information, and configured to control the boost pump based on the received information.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATIONInventors: Adriano Cirioli, Daniel John Shields, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: 10725990Abstract: A hashing system can use a set of multiple numbers that are co-prime to the size of a hash table to select a probe offset when collisions occur. Selecting a probe offset that is co-prime to the hash table size ensures that each hash table slot is available for any insert operation. Utilizing different co-prime numbers for different keys helps avoid clustering of items inserted into the hash table. When a collision occurs, the hashing system can compute a next index to check by selecting a probe offset that is located at a computed index on a list of numbers that are each co-prime to the number of slots in the hash table. The hashing system can compute the index into the list of numbers by applying a hash function to the data item and calculating a modulus of the result with respect to a count of the co-prime numbers list.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Alex Meyer
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Publication number: 20190139089Abstract: An online system uses a model to determine affinities of users for geographical locations. Using the affinities, which may indicate travel-related preferences of the users, the online system may customize content items to include content captured by client devices of other users of the online system. For example, the online system presents to a particular user a content item including a photo or video of a geographical location captured by a camera of a client device of another user who is connected to the particular user. The model may implement, for example, collaborative filtering or other machine learning techniques to determine commonalities between users' travel affinities. Additionally, the model may determine latent properties or temporal trends of user preferences based on training data including historical actions performed on the online system or social data. The model may also classify different types of geographical locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Arpit Sood, Gurpreetsingh Baljeetsingh Sachdev, Alex Meyer, Rohit Poddar, Manisha Singh, Tao Cui Baecklund, Anthony Mang Yau, Shashikant Khandelwal
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Publication number: 20180065756Abstract: A fuel supply system for an aircraft includes a fuel tank configured to supply fuel to an engine of an aircraft, a boost pump in operational communication with the fuel tank, wherein the boost pump is configured to control at least one of a fuel level and a fuel pressure in the fuel tank, and an electronic controller in communication with the boost pump and configured to control the boost pump. The electronic controller is configured to receive received information including (i) fuel information, (ii) flight information, and (iii) aircraft information, and configured to control the boost pump based on the received information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Adriano Cirioli, Daniel John Shields, Alex Meyer
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Publication number: 20170154042Abstract: A hashing system can use a set of multiple numbers that are co-prime to the size of a hash table to select a probe offset when collisions occur. Selecting a probe offset that is co-prime to the hash table size ensures that each hash table slot is available for any insert operation. Utilizing different co-prime numbers for different keys helps avoid clustering of items inserted into the hash table. When a collision occurs, the hashing system can compute a next index to check by selecting a probe offset that is located at a computed index on a list of numbers that are each co-prime to the number of slots in the hash table. The hashing system can compute the index into the list of numbers by applying a hash function to the data item and calculating a modulus of the result with respect to a count of the co-prime numbers list.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventor: Alex Meyer
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Patent number: 7672958Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for identifying relevant information in a data set. The method involves the identification of nodes of interest in a tree structure. A node of interest is a node that contains information, which is relevant to a pre-defined context. The method further involves the step of iteratively extracting sub-trees from the tree structure and identifying records in the extracted sub-trees. The sub-tree is a hierarchical structure that shows the relationship of each node of interest with its ancestor nodes in the tree structure. Each record is a group of sub-tree nodes and contains at least one node of interest.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: IM2, Inc.Inventors: Alex Meyer, Shashikant Khandelwal, Dhiraj Pardasani, Ranjit Padmanabhan
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Patent number: 7444325Abstract: A present invention provides a method and a system for extracting information related to a pre-defined context from data sets written in semi-structured or unstructured form, such as a natural language text. The information related to the pre-defined context is stored in an information store in accordance with a pre-defined structural arrangement. Further, the individual data values in the extracted information are assigned weights depending on their relevance to attributes of the predefined context. The operation of assigning weights to the structured information provides a measure for comparing the relevance of a plurality of structurally arranged information to the attributes of the pre-defined context.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: IM2, Inc.Inventors: Shashikant Khandelwal, Alex Meyer, Ranjit Padmanabhan, Dhiraj Pardasani, Vinay Kakade
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Patent number: 7440955Abstract: The invention provides a method and system to compare data objects. Each data object is converted into a directed acyclic graph forest, which comprises one or more directed acyclic graphs. The directed acyclic graph forests corresponding to data objects are then compared to calculate a similarity score between the data objects. The similarity score is then used as a measure to determine the extent of similarity between the data objects.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: IM2, IncInventors: Shashikant Khandelwal, Vinay Kakade, Ranjit Padmanabhan, Dhiraj Pardasani, Alex Meyer
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Publication number: 20060173753Abstract: The invention provides a business method and a system to perform focused online shopping and sharing the online shopping experience with other users. The shopping-related information from various sources, and the search query, is converted into directed acyclic graph forests. These graphs are then compared to identify the search results that correspond to the shopping criteria. The sharing of online shopping experience includes sharing of search results between multiple users, discussing the search results through instant messaging (IM), revision of relevant items by any or all users and the flexibility of online-purchase by any user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Inventors: Ranjit Padmanabhan, Dhiraj Pardasani, Alex Meyer, Shashikant Khandelwal, Nanda Kishore
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Publication number: 20060161560Abstract: The invention provides a method and system to compare data objects. Each data object is converted into a directed acyclic graph forest, which comprises one or more directed acyclic graphs. The directed acyclic graph forests corresponding to data objects are then compared to calculate a similarity score between the data objects. The similarity score is then used as a measure to determine the extent of similarity between the data objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Shashikant Khandelwal, Vinay Kakade, Ranjit Padmanabhan, Dhiraj Pardasani, Alex Meyer
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Publication number: 20060161569Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for identifying relevant information in a data set. The method involves the identification of nodes of interest in a tree structure. A node of interest is a node that contains information, which is relevant to a pre-defined context. The method further involves the step of iteratively extracting sub-trees from the tree structure and identifying records in the extracted sub-trees. The sub-tree is a hierarchical structure that shows the relationship of each node of interest with its ancestor nodes in the tree structure. Each record is a group of sub-tree nodes and contains at least one node of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Alex Meyer, Shashikant Khandelwal, Dhiraj Pardasani, Ranjit Padmanabhan
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Publication number: 20060161531Abstract: A present invention provides a method and a system for extracting information related to a pre-defined context from data sets written in semi-structured or unstructured form, such as a natural language text. The information related to the pre-defined context is stored in an information store in accordance with a pre-defined structural arrangement. Further, the individual data values in the extracted information are assigned weights depending on their relevance to attributes of the predefined context. The operation of assigning weights to the structured information provides a measure for comparing the relevance of a plurality of structurally arranged information to the attributes of the pre-defined context.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Shashikant Khandelwal, Alex Meyer, Ranjit Padmanabhan, Dhiraj Pardasani, Vinay Kakade
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Patent number: 5935488Abstract: A concentrated deicing and anti-icing composition which is diluted and is primarily used for aircraft surfaces being a mixture including a deicing and anti-icing base compound being propylene glycol and/or ethylene glycol in the overall range of 78.0% to 95.0% by weight of the deicing and anti-icing composition. A diluent is included in the form of water for use as a carrier fluid of the glycol in the overall range of 5.0% to 22.0% by weight of the deicing and anti-icing composition. A first nonionic surfactant agent is included having an HLB in the overall range of 4 to 17; and used in a weight proportion where the overall range is 1 ppm to 0.5% by weight of the deicing and anti-icing composition. A second nonionic surfactant agent is included having an HLB in the overall range of 5 to 18; and used in a weight proportion where the overall range is 1 ppm to 0.5% by weight of the deicing and anti-icing composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1998Date of Patent: August 10, 1999Assignee: Octagon Process Inc.Inventors: Arnold Wiesenfeld, Alex Meyers, Robert Leicht
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Patent number: D855499Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Doug Soulsby, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: D857563Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Doug Soulsby, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: D858368Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Doug Soulsby, Alex Burrows, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: D896137Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Douglas Soulsby, Alex Burrows, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: D909922Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Doug Soulsby, Alex Meyer
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Patent number: D941713Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: Theodore J. Siegel, Eric Yukich, Michael Maurer, Douglas Soulsby, Alex Meyer