Patents by Inventor James Brewer

James Brewer 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).

  • Publication number: 20210157974
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting data processing are described. In some systems, a data processing platform may support communication message analysis using machine learning. For example, a system may receive a set of communication messages (e.g., social media messages) and perform a machine learning process on the message contents and message interaction data to train a machine learned model. The system may further receive a subject line for a communication message for analysis, input the subject line into the machine learned model, and receive, as an output of the machine learned model, an engagement score based on the subject line. The engagement score may indicate an estimated probability that a user receiving the communication message opens the communication message (e.g., based on the subject line). A user—or the system—may modify the subject line based on the analysis to improve the engagement score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kexin Xie, Gokhan Cagrici, Daniel Keith Wilson, Shrestha Basu Mallick, Jonathan Daniel Showers Belkowitz, Jason Lestina, James Brewer, Daniel Louis Gasperut, Jeffrey Allen Zickgraf, Greg Lyman, Michael Ronald Brewer, Evan Black, Austin Rauschuber, Victoria Schultz, Matthew David Trepina, Peter Stadlinger
  • Publication number: 20210052130
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance having a console assembly equipped with light bleed prevention features is provided. In one aspect, the dishwasher includes a cabinet, a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet, and a console assembly mounted to the door. The console assembly includes a light source operable to emit light into a console cover. A light blocking film is mounted to a top surface of the console cover and defines a light pass-through opening through which light may pass to illuminate an indicia. The console cover includes one or more edges that may be exposed to an ambient environment. The console cover is formed at least in part of a non-clear resin such that light is allowed to travel through the console cover and through the light pass-through opening yet light bleed stemming from the one or more edges is not visible to a human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Deanna Mariel Moya Tanquero, Kyle James Brewer
  • Publication number: 20200337522
    Abstract: A door assembly for an appliance includes an inner door panel and outer door panel that define an interior chamber for receiving at least a first light source and a second light source. An indicator lens extends from a split receiving surface facing the light sources to an indicator aperture defined in the outer door panel. The split receiving surface has a first surface for receiving light from the first light source and a second surface for receiving light from the second light source. In addition, an opaque partition is positioned between the first light source and the second light source for at least partially blocking light from first light source and the second light source from bleeding onto the second surface and the first surface, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Sanchit Jitendra Patel, Brian Steven Riddle, Timothy David Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20200245843
    Abstract: A dishwashing appliance includes a cabinet and a tub in the cabinet. The tub defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. A door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet for movement between a closed position wherein the wash chamber is sealingly enclosed and an open position permitting access to the wash chamber for loading and unloading of articles from the dishwashing appliance. The dishwashing appliance also includes a control console positioned on the door. The control console includes a console cover on an exterior surface of the door, a console bracket mounted within an interior of the door and proximate the console cover, and a circuit board attached to an interior surface of the console cover with a double-sided adhesive film. The double-sided adhesive film sealingly engages the console cover and the console bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Brian Steven Riddle
  • Publication number: 20200245844
    Abstract: A dishwashing appliance includes a cabinet and a tub. The tub defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing. A door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet for movement between a closed position wherein the wash chamber is sealingly enclosed and an open position permitting access to the wash chamber for loading and unloading of articles from the dishwashing appliance. The dishwashing appliance also includes a control console positioned on the door. The control console includes a console cover on an exterior surface of the door, a console bracket mounted within an interior of the door and proximate the console cover, and a circuit board attached to an interior surface of the console cover with a double-sided adhesive film. The console bracket includes a drainage surface. The drainage surface may have a three-dimensional hydrophilic surface texture and/or may slope towards a drain hole in the console bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Timothy David Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10731918
    Abstract: An appliance includes a control console. The control console includes a console cover with a circuit board. A front surface of the circuit board is attached to an interior surface of the console cover. A capacitive touch sensor is in operative communication with a face surface of the console cover and an LED is on a back surface of the circuit board. A light guide is mounted on the circuit board and provides optical communication from the LED to the face surface of the console cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanchit Jitendra Patel, Brian J. Morman, Kyle James Brewer
  • Patent number: 10687686
    Abstract: The dishwasher door may include a forward door panel, a light source, and an indicator lens. The forward door panel may define an indicator aperture. The light source may be directed downward along a vertical direction. The indicator lens may be spaced apart from the light source along the vertical direction. The indicator lens may extend from a projection surface to a receiving surface. The receiving surface may face the light source to receive a light emission therefrom. The indicator lens may define a projection path directing at least a portion of the light emission through the indicator aperture and from the projection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Brian Steven Riddle
  • Publication number: 20200129040
    Abstract: A dishwasher appliance includes a door hinged to a cabinet. A user interface panel is positioned on the door at a top edge of the door. A user interface board is positioned within the door below the user interface panel. A plurality of capacitive sensors is mounted to the user interface board. The capacitive sensors are operable to detect user inputs on the user interface panel. A user indicator lens is positioned on the door at a front face of the door and below the user interface panel. A daughter board is positioned within the door at the user indicator lens. The user interface board is positioned generally parallel to the daughter board within the door. A plurality of orthogonal light emitting devices is mounted to the daughter board. The orthogonal light emitting devices are oriented to illuminate indicators on the user indicator lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Kyle James Brewer
  • Publication number: 20200060508
    Abstract: The dishwasher door may include a forward door panel, a light source, and an indicator lens. The forward door panel may define an indicator aperture. The light source may be directed downward along a vertical direction. The indicator lens may be spaced apart from the light source along the vertical direction. The indicator lens may extend from a projection surface to a receiving surface. The receiving surface may face the light source to receive a light emission therefrom. The indicator lens may define a projection path directing at least a portion of the light emission through the indicator aperture and from the projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kyle James Brewer, Brian Steven Riddle
  • Patent number: 9898898
    Abstract: A gaming device includes a cabinet, a display coupled to the cabinet, and a reel assembly positioned within the cabinet. The reel assembly includes a reel configured to rotate, and a reel strip coupled to the reel and including a symbol having a first image and a second image. The gaming device also includes a light source located within the cabinet and configured to selectively project a light for backlighting the reel strip, wherein the light source has a first mode for projecting the light in a first configuration and a second mode for projecting the light in a second configuration, and a game controller coupled to the cabinet and configured to control the light source. The first image is viewable when the light source projects the light in the first configuration to backlight the reel strip, and the second image is viewable when the light source projects the light in the second configuration to backlight the reel strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: James Brewer, Gene A. Spoor
  • Patent number: 9833970
    Abstract: A marine vessel floor mat for attachment to the deck of a boat to provide enhanced cushioning to stand on. In one embodiment, the marine vessel floor mat comprises a cushion layer shaped to fit the dimensions of the bow of a conventional marine vessel or other target section of such a marine vessel with a non-slip layer shaped as the cushion layer, or with an additional front section, and/or additional rear section permanently attached to the top surface of the cushion layer. The cushion layer additionally includes a tapered edge on its top surface and a plurality of fastener strips for enabling removable attachment to the surface of the boat deck on its bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: James Brewer
  • Publication number: 20160229491
    Abstract: A marine vessel floor mat for attachment to the deck of a boat to provide enhanced cushioning to stand on. In one embodiment, the marine vessel floor mat comprises a cushion layer shaped to fit the dimensions of the bow of a conventional marine vessel or other target section of such a marine vessel with a non-slip layer shaped as the cushion layer, or with an additional front section, and/or additional rear section permanently attached to the top surface of the cushion layer. The cushion layer additionally includes a tapered edge on its top surface and a plurality of fastener strips for enabling removable attachment to the surface of the boat deck on its bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: James Brewer
  • Publication number: 20150087384
    Abstract: A gaming device includes a cabinet, a display coupled to the cabinet, and a reel assembly positioned within the cabinet. The reel assembly includes a reel configured to rotate, and a reel strip coupled to the reel and including a symbol having a first image and a second image. The gaming device also includes a light source located within the cabinet and configured to selectively project a light for backlighting the reel strip, wherein the light source has a first mode for projecting the light in a first configuration and a second mode for projecting the light in a second configuration, and a game controller coupled to the cabinet and configured to control the light source. The first image is viewable when the light source projects the light in the first configuration to backlight the reel strip, and the second image is viewable when the light source projects the light in the second configuration to backlight the reel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: IGT
    Inventors: James Brewer, Gene A. Spoor
  • Patent number: 8041416
    Abstract: A method of assessing a patient's susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmia obtaining data by applying electrodes to detect electrocardiographic signal. A plurality of synchronized subthreshold electrical stimuli are delivered into the patient's body to present stimulated cardiac cycles to the electrodes and unstimulated reference cardiac cycles to the electrodes the signals are analyzed by creating a matrix of vectorized time-phase data representing a plurality cardiac cycles contained in the electrocardiographic signals that are recorded the method includes processing the matrix to generate spectral analytic representation of the matrix, analyzing at least the spectral analytic representation to determine at least one alternans index for the patient; and displaying the at least one alternans index as an indicator of the patient's susceptibility to arrhythmia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Harbinger Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold H. Hoium, James Brewer
  • Patent number: 7977885
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a lamp is provided with an arc envelope including a ceramic, an end member including a material different from the ceramic, and a compliant seal disposed between the end member and the arc envelope. The compliant seal includes a plurality of layers having different thermal expansion characteristics in an order of gradual change between the arc envelope and the end member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard Bewlay, Bruce Knudsen, Mohamed Rahmane, James Vartuli, James Brewer
  • Patent number: 7892061
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed lamp having at least one seal-material-free bond. The seal material-free bond may be a material diffusion bond, a mechanically deformed bond such as a cold weld or crimp, a focused heat bond such as a laser bond, or any other such bond. For example, the hermetically sealed lamp may have one or more endcaps diffusion bonded to an arc envelope, such as a ceramic tube or bulb. The hermetically sealed lamp also may have one or more tubular structures, such as dosing tubes, which are mechanically closed via cold welding or crimping. Localized heating, such as the heat provided by an intense laser, also may be used to enhance any of the foregoing bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard P. Bewlay, James A. Brewer, Sylvain S. Coulombe, Sylvia M. DeCarr, Luana E. Iorio, Anteneh Kebbede, Timothy J. Sommerer, James S. Vartuli
  • Patent number: 7884550
    Abstract: A transparent sintered yttrium aluminum garnet ceramic material formed from a solid-state reaction of a mixture of yttrium oxide powder and aluminum oxide powder during sintering. The ceramic material preferably has an in-line transmission of greater than 75% so it may used to fabricate arc tubes for high intensity discharge lamps used in automotive headlamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory M. Gratson, James A. Brewer, Venkat S. Venkataramani, Mohamed Rahmane, Svetlana Selezneva, Sairam Sundaram
  • Patent number: 7839089
    Abstract: A system and method for hermetically sealing a lamp. Certain embodiments of the lamp have an arc envelope having an open end and, also, an end structure diffusion bonded to the arc envelope at the open end. The end structure also has a dosing passageway extending into the arc envelope. In other embodiments, a lighting device is provided with an end structure adapted to close an open end of an arc envelope, and a dosing tube diffusion bonded to the end structure. Another embodiment of the lighting device has an arc envelope and an end structure diffusion bonded to an open end of the arc envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard P. Bewlay, James A. Brewer, Sylvain S. Coulombe, Sylvia M. DeCarr, Luana E. Lorio, Anteneh Kebbede, Timothy J. Sommerer, James S. Vartuli
  • Patent number: 7827421
    Abstract: An information handling system includes support for dynamic power throttling. In one embodiment, an information handling system includes power level detection and power control modules. The power level detection module may monitor power consumption for the information handling system and may automatically transmit power level data to a power level manager, based on the monitored power consumption. The power control module may receive power control data from the power level manager. The power control module may also automatically adjust power consumption of the information handling system, in accordance with the power control data received from the power level manager. In another embodiment, an information handling system may include an interface and a power level manager. The power level manager may receive power information for computers via the interface, may automatically compute an adjusted power threshold setting, and may automatically transmit the adjusted power threshold setting to a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: James A. Brewer, William F. Sauber
  • Publication number: 20090076402
    Abstract: A method of assessing a patient's susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmia obtaining data by applying electrodes to detect electrocardiographic signal. A plurality of synchronized subthreshold electrical stimuli are delivered into the patient's body to present stimulated cardiac cycles to the electrodes and unstimulated reference cardiac cycles to the electrodes the signals are analyzed by creating a matrix of vectorized time-phase data representing a plurality cardiac cycles contained in the electrocardiographic signals that are recorded the method includes processing the matrix to generate spectral analytic representation of the matrix, analyzing at least the spectral analytic representation to determine at least one alternans index for the patient; and displaying the at least one alternans index as an indicator of the patient's susceptibility to arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Harold H. Hoium, James Brewer