Patents by Inventor David A. Lester
David A. Lester 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: 20240069488Abstract: A toner container for use in an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a body having a reservoir for holding toner. The toner container includes an electrical connector having an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device when the toner container is installed in the image forming device. The electrical connector is positioned in one of a plurality of predetermined positions relative to the body corresponding to at least one of a toner color and a toner type of the toner container for limiting installation of the toner container to one of a plurality of toner container receptacles in the image forming device corresponding to at least one of the toner color and the toner type of the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: EMILY STEFANO ADAMS, BRIAN LESTER BOETTCHER, DAVID LEE MERRIFIELD
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Publication number: 20240069465Abstract: A system for use in an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a plurality of toner containers having substantially the same construction. Each of the plurality of toner containers includes a respective first electrical connector having a first electrical contact. Each first electrical connector of the plurality of toner containers is positioned in a different orientation relative to the other first electrical connectors of the plurality of toner containers. A plurality of toner container receptacles are each configured to receive a corresponding toner container. Each of the plurality of toner container receptacles includes a respective second electrical connector having a second electrical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: BRIAN LESTER BOETTCHER, DAVID LEE MERRIFIELD
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Publication number: 20240069466Abstract: A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a plurality of electrical contacts for contacting corresponding electrical contacts in an image forming device when the toner container is installed in the image forming device. The electrical contacts of the toner container are accessible from below at the bottom of the body by the corresponding electrical contacts in the image forming device when the toner container is installed in the image forming device. The electrical contacts of the toner container are spaced from each other along a horizontal dimension that is orthogonal to a vertical dimension of the toner container. A nominal position of the horizontal dimension along which the electrical contacts are spaced from each other is angled relative to a front-to-rear dimension of the toner container and a side-to-side dimension of the toner container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: EMILY STEFANO ADAMS, BRIAN LESTER BOETTCHER, DAVID LEE MERRIFIELD
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Publication number: 20240020546Abstract: Systems and methods for prompt tuning can utilize previously-learned prompts for the initialization of tuning for prompts on different tasks that may differ from the task associated with the previously-learned prompt. The prompt being utilized for initialization can be a generic prompt and/or may be a prompt selected based on a determined similarity between two or more task embeddings.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Tu Thanh Vu, Daniel Matthew Cer, Noah Constant, Brian David Lester, Rami Al-Rfou
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Publication number: 20230406216Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to a cargo platform designed to be used in connection with a trailer hitch and, more particularly, to a cargo platform designed to be collapsible. A cargo platform has an open position and a closed position. The cargo platform includes a frame with a front portion, a rear portion, first and second stationary side portions coupled to the front portion, first and second rotatable side portions, a first hinge element to rotatably could the first rotatable side portion to the rear portion, a second hinge element to rotatably could the second rotatable side portion to the rear portion, and a foldable floor. The foldable floor includes a first floor, second floor rotatably connected to the first floor, and a third floor rotatably connected to the second floor. The first floor is coupled to the front portion. The third floor is coupled to the rear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: David Lester Pinkston, Kunal Deulkar, Gregoire P Mercier, Curt Nowack
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Publication number: 20230367581Abstract: A system and method for conducting a parameter update event including one or more processors for transmitting first parameter settings to a program used by multiple users, such as a mobile device application at a plurality of mobile devices, receiving performance information indicating performance of the program after the first parameter setting, the performance information for each user being separately identifiable, and for each individual user of the plurality of users, determining a parameter setting update based at least in part on the performance information of the individual user and transmitting the parameter setting update to the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Erik Eldridge, Alex David Lester, Jon Mensing, Xin Wei, Victor Lum, Dana Silver, Liang Dong, Matthew Watson, Vinkatram Jaltar, Ryan Vernon, Yanli Li, Viren Baraiya, Hamid Mousavi, Rajendra Gundluru
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Publication number: 20230329608Abstract: A method (100) for estimating sympathetic arousal of a subject, the method (100) comprising the steps of: obtaining physiological data (500) from the subject (102), the physiological data (500) including at least one of galvanic skin response data, skin blood perfusion data, and heart rate data of the subject; processing the physiological data (500) to determine one or more features of the physiological data (500); providing the one or more features of the physiological data (500) to a correlation engine (300), the correlation engine (300) configured to correlate the one or more features of the physiological data (500) with a database (400) representing sympathetic nervous activity signals to estimate a sympathetic nervous activity level of the subject; and generating an output of the estimated sympathetic nervous activity level of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Philia Labs Pty LtdInventors: Dilpreet Singh Buxi, Alexander Paul Senior, Katayoon SARAFRAZI, David Lester, Vinayak Smith MM
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Publication number: 20230325725Abstract: Systems and methods for natural language processing can leverage trained prompts to condition a large pre-trained machine-learned model to generate an output for a specific task. For example, a subset of parameters may be trained for the particular task to then be input with a set of input data into the pre-trained machine-learned model to generate the task-specific output. During the training of the prompt, the parameters of the pre-trained machine-learned model can be frozen, which can reduce the computational resources used during training while still leveraging the previously learned data from the pre-trained machine-learned model.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Brian David Lester, Rami Al-Rfou, Noah Constant
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Patent number: 11726765Abstract: A system and method for conducting a parameter update event including one or more processors for transmitting first parameter settings to a program used by multiple users, such as a mobile device application at a plurality of mobile devices, receiving performance information indicating performance of the program after the first parameter setting, the performance information for each user being separately identifiable, and for each individual user of the plurality of users, determining a parameter setting update based at least in part on the performance information of the individual user and transmitting the parameter setting update to the program.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Erik Eldridge, Alex David Lester, Jon Mensing, Xin Wei, Victor Lum, Dana Silver, Liang Dong, Matthew Watson, Vinkatram Jaltar, Ryan Vernon, Yanli Li, Viren Baraiya, Hamid Mousavi, Rajendra Gundluru
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Publication number: 20230045909Abstract: A system and method for conducting a parameter update event including one or more processors for transmitting first parameter settings to a program used by multiple users, such as a mobile device application at a plurality of mobile devices, receiving performance information indicating performance of the program after the first parameter setting, the performance information for each user being separately identifiable, and for each individual user of the plurality of users, determining a parameter setting update based at least in part on the performance information of the individual user and transmitting the parameter setting update to the program.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Erik Eldridge, Alex David Lester, Jon Mensing, Xin Wei, Victor Lum, Dana Silver, Liang Dong, Matthew Watson, Vinkatram Jaltar, Ryan Vernon, Yanli Li, Viren Baraiya, Hamid Mousavi, Rajendra Gundluru
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Patent number: 11560099Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to a cargo platform designed to be used in connection with a trailer hitch and, more particularly, to a cargo platform designed to be collapsible. A cargo platform has an open position and a closed position. The cargo platform includes a frame with a front portion, a rear portion, first and second stationary side portions coupled to the front portion, first and second rotatable side portions, a first hinge element to rotatably could the first rotatable side portion to the rear portion, a second hinge element to rotatably could the second rotatable side portion to the rear portion, and a foldable floor. The foldable floor includes a first floor, second floor rotatably connected to the first floor, and a third floor rotatably connected to the second floor. The first floor is coupled to the front portion. The third floor is coupled to the rear portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.Inventors: David Lester Pinkston, Kunal Deulkar, Gregoire P. Mercier, Curt Nowack
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Publication number: 20220035600Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate automatic generation of Application Programming Interface (API) specification from web traffic. Methods include obtaining a plurality of API requests and responses to the plurality of API requests. Methods include processing these API requests and responses to API requests to identify one or more attributes, such as, for example, variables, query parameters, response status codes, and response schemas. Methods include identifying variables using a tree data structure to represent resource paths. Methods include identifying query parameters based on resource items in resource paths. Methods include determining that the API call does not conform to the API specification by comparing one or more attributes of the API call with the attributes of the API specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Alex David Lester, Sibo Liu, Che Liu, Jared Scott Borner, Andrew Marsh Gardiner, Matthew Symonds, Kenneth Chan, Michael Christopher Yara, Terrence Li, Joy Aloysius Thomas, Sri Harsha Vardhan Reddy Chevuru, Tsenguun Tsogbadrakh
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Patent number: 11150874Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate automatic generation of Application Programming Interface (API) specification from web traffic. Methods include obtaining a plurality of API requests and responses to the plurality of API requests. Methods include processing these API requests and responses to API requests to identify one or more attributes, such as, for example, variables, query parameters, response status codes, and response schemas. Methods include identifying variables using a tree data structure to represent resource paths. Methods include identifying query parameters based on resource items in resource paths. Methods include determining that the API call does not conform to the API specification by comparing one or more attributes of the API call with the attributes of the API specification.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Alex David Lester, Sibo Liu, Che Liu, Jared Scott Borner, Andrew Marsh Gardiner, Matthew Symonds, Kenneth Chan, Michael Christopher Yara, Terrence Li, Joy Aloysius Thomas, Sri Harsha Vardhan Reddy Chevuru, Tsenguun Tsogbadrakh
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Publication number: 20210316667Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to a cargo platform designed to be used in connection with a trailer hitch and, more particularly, to a cargo platform designed to be collapsible. A cargo platform has an open position and a closed position. The cargo platform includes a frame with a front portion, a rear portion, first and second stationary side portions coupled to the front portion, first and second rotatable side portions, a first hinge element to rotatably could the first rotatable side portion to the rear portion, a second hinge element to rotatably could the second rotatable side portion to the rear portion, and a foldable floor. The foldable floor includes a first floor, second floor rotatably connected to the first floor, and a third floor rotatably connected to the second floor. The first floor is coupled to the front portion. The third floor is coupled to the rear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: David Lester Pinkston, Kunal Deulkar, Gregoire P. Mercier, Curt Nowack
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Publication number: 20210126164Abstract: A light source includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, and an active region between the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer and configured to emit light. The active region includes a plurality of barrier layers and one or more quantum well layers. The plurality of barrier layers of the active region includes at least one n-doped barrier layer that includes an n-type dopant. The active region is characterized by a lateral linear dimension equal to or less than about 10 ?m. The n-type dopant includes, for example, silicon, selenium, or tellurium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Markus BROELL, David HWANG, Steven David LESTER, Anurag TYAGI, Michael GRUNDMANN, Guillaume LHEUREUX, Alexander TONKIKH
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Patent number: 10952005Abstract: Various implementations include speaker systems. In some particular cases, a speaker system includes: at least two distinct loudspeakers each capable of outputting stereo audio on its own, wherein each loudspeaker comprises: a plurality of transducers, and a controller coupled with the plurality of transducers, where the controller in each loudspeaker is configured to: receive a left channel audio input signal and a right channel audio input signal; extract a center channel signal from the left channel audio input signal and the right channel audio input signal; and provide an audio output signal to at least one of the plurality of transducers for outputting the center channel signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: John Lawrence McGrael, Benjamin Jackson Clark, David Lester Smith, Michael Wayne Stark, James Walter Tracey, Nabin Sagar Sharma
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Patent number: 10905970Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure may take the form of a method of dispersing scents in congruity with entertainment. Multiple scents are dispersed into the environment surrounding a participant at various points in congruity with visual entertainment. The scents are selectively provided at various times to coincide with the display of one or more elements in the entertainment experience such as a location or character. One embodiment of the present disclosure may take the form of a system for blending scents. The system includes an airflow source, a plurality of scent distributors, and a controller operably coupled to the airflow source and plurality of scent distributors to selectively control delivery of the scents from the plurality of scent distributors to bulk airflow delivered to a participant environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.Inventors: Mark A. Reichow, Samantha M. Catanzaro, David Lester, Steven A. Johnson
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Publication number: 20200364033Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate automatic generation of Application Programming Interface (API) specification from web traffic. Methods include obtaining a plurality of API requests and responses to the plurality of API requests. Methods include processing these API requests and responses to API requests to identify one or more attributes, such as, for example, variables, query parameters, response status codes, and response schemas. Methods include identifying variables using a tree data structure to represent resource paths. Methods include identifying query parameters based on resource items in resource paths. Methods include determining that the API call does not conform to the API specification by comparing one or more attributes of the API call with the attributes of the API specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Alex David Lester, Sibo Liu, Che Liu, Jared Scott Borner, Andrew Marsh Gardiner, Matthew Symonds, Kenneth Chan, Michael Christopher Yara, Terrence Li, Joy Aloysius Thomas, Sri Harsha Vardhan Reddy Chevuru, Tsenguun Tsogbadrakh
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Publication number: 20200273618Abstract: In an example, a transformer can include a core that can include a composite material and have a first permeability. The transformer can further include a primary coil that can be wound about the core. The primary coil can be configured to vary a primary magnetic energy into the core based on a primary current. The transformer can include a secondary coil that can be wound about the core. The secondary coil can be configured to establish a secondary voltage based on the primary magnetic energy. The transformer can further include an outer return that can include a laminate material and have a second permeability. The second permeability can be greater than the first permeability. The outer return can provide a magnetic-return path for magnetic energy from a first end of the core to a second end of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: BRIAN A. LIGHTHALL, ALBERT ANTHONY SKINNER, DAVID LESTER LANGLEY, PAUL BRYAN DEIGNAN
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Patent number: 10747505Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate automatic generation of Application Programming Interface (API) specification from web traffic. Methods include obtaining a plurality of API requests and responses to the plurality of API requests. Methods include processing these API requests and responses to API requests to identify one or more attributes, such as, for example, variables, query parameters, response status codes, and response schemas. Methods include identifying variables using a tree data structure to represent resource paths. Methods include identifying query parameters based on resource items in resource paths. Methods include determining that the API call does not conform to the API specification by comparing one or more attributes of the API call with the attributes of the API specification.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Alex David Lester, Sibo Liu, Che Liu, Jared Scott Borner, Andrew Marsh Gardiner, Matthew Symonds, Kenneth Chan, Michael Christopher Yara, Terrence Li, Joy Aloysius Thomas, Sri Harsha Vardhan Reddy Chevuru, Tsenguun Tsogbadrakh