Patents by Inventor John Story

John Story 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: 11966879
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the sharing of synchronization information corresponding to content among devices in a communication network. An originating device collects synchronization information related to the presentation of content to a user via the originating device. The synchronization information is defined according to reference points related to the presentation of the content to the user via the originating device, including a current state of the presentation of the content and/or additional information obtained during the presentation of the content. Based on detection of a synchronization event, the originating device transmits the collected synchronization information, resulting in the receipt of the synchronization information by one or more receiving devices. Thereafter, the presentation of the content to the user on one of the receiving devices can incorporate the synchronization information collected and transmitted by the originating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Kessel, Ian W. Freed, Guy A. Story, Howard Wolfish, Amit D. Agarwal, Nanyan Li, John Lattyak, James C. Slezak, Beryl Tomay, Jeffrey P. Bezos
  • Patent number: 10634128
    Abstract: A moisture condensate separator for use with an air compressor and a pneumatic machine includes a body, a separation assembly, and a valve assembly. The body may define an interior chamber including a condensate accumulation zone, a compressor supply inlet, a machine supply outlet, a cylinder, an auxiliary inlet, and a drain hole. The separation assembly may be located in the interior chamber and fluidly communicated with the compressor supply inlet and the machine supply outlet so as to accumulate moisture condensate in the accumulation zone. The valve assembly may include a piston movable between an open and closed position. A biasing member may bias the piston toward the closed position. Auxiliary pressure provided through the auxiliary inlet may act on the piston and move the piston to the open position, thereby allowing the accumulated moisture condensate to drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Story, T. J. Buckley
  • Publication number: 20200081467
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a regulator circuit. For example, the regulator circuit may include a first current source coupled between a voltage rail and an output of the regulator circuit. The regulator circuit may also include a tank circuit coupled between the output of regulator circuit and a reference potential node, the tank circuit comprising a gyrator-based inductive element and a capacitive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Anqiao HU, Michael John STORY
  • Publication number: 20190090189
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an example method may include generating, by a first device, a wake-up message, The method may include transmitting, by the first device, the wake-up message to a second device. Generating the wake-up message may include encoding an address associated with the second device into a plurality of packets. The length of each packet of the plurality of packets in combination may be representative of the address. At least two packets of the plurality of packets may vary in packet length by a multiple of a packet length variance value. The wake-up message may include the plurality of packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael John STORY, Robin HEYDON, Mayank BATRA
  • Patent number: 9902219
    Abstract: A tire changing tool head, or a mount/demount head for a tire changing machine, includes a head body and a tongue member. The tongue member is pivotally attached to the head body at a pivoting joint. The tongue member includes a tongue shoulder and a tongue blade for engaging a tire bead during tire installation. The tongue member includes a non-metal material, such as a polymer, for preventing wheel rim damage in some embodiments. The head body includes a bead lifter tool protruding therefrom. In some embodiments, the head body and bead lifter tool include a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Story
  • Patent number: 9624968
    Abstract: A swing arm latch for a wheel servicing machine provides at least one moveable locking member associated with a support column or a swing arm. The locking member may be selectively engaged with the other one of the support column and swing arm, or may be alternatively engaged with a corresponding structure attached to or defined on the other one of the support column and swing arm. When the locking member is engaged, the swing arm is fixed at a desired angular position relative to the support column. When the locking member is disengaged, the swing arm may freely move in at least one angular direction. In some embodiments, a first locking member is attached to a support column, and a second locking member is attached to the swing arm, wherein the first and second locking members are selectively engageable to lock the swing arm at a desired angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Story
  • Patent number: 9455687
    Abstract: A variable inductor structure for varying an inductance responsive to a digital tuning signal, comprising: a first inductor; a second, adjustable, inductor; and a digital control mechanism configured to receive the digital tuning signal and to adjust the effective inductance of the second inductor in response to the digital tuning signal; wherein the second inductor is positioned sufficiently close to the first inductor so as to be capable of altering by mutual inductance the effective inductance of the first inductor in dependence on the digital tuning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Johan Lucas Gertenbach, Timothy John Newton, Nicolas Sornin, Michael John Story
  • Patent number: 9442141
    Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter for converting an analogue input signal into a digital output signal, the analogue-to-digital converter including two conversion paths, each configured to receive a version of the analogue input signal and convert it into a digital bit stream, a first feedback loop configured to provide feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of a difference between the digital bit streams output by the two paths, and a second feedback loop configured to feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of an average of the digital bit streams output by the two paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Gerald Miaille, Michael John Story, Dimitrios Mavridis
  • Publication number: 20160250240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting growth of a cancerous cell. The method includes the step of exposing the cancerous cell to an anti-cancer therapy and an effective amount of a steroid saponin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Oncology Research International Limited
    Inventors: Michael John Story, Kenneth Michael Wayte
  • Patent number: 9391563
    Abstract: An amplifier including a first transistor of a first conduction type; a second transistor of a second conduction type, the second transistor being coupled to the first transistor; an input for receiving an input signal, a control terminal of the first transistor being coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor, the control terminals being coupled to the input; an output for outputting an output signal, the output being coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor; and a current supply coupled to the first transistor and configured to supply current so as to cause a predetermined transconductance of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Patent number: 9358247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting growth of a cancerous cell. The method includes the step of exposing the cancerous cell to an anti-cancer therapy and an effective amount of a steroid saponin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Oncology Research International Limited
    Inventors: Michael John Story, Kenneth Michael Wayte
  • Patent number: 9352727
    Abstract: An apparatus for inflating a tire including a base and a tire inflation line coupled with a pressure sensor. An air blast assembly includes a blast line fluidly coupled to a blast nozzle located on the base and configured to receive and direct pressurized gas from the blast line when the blast nozzle is in an air blast position relative to a tire and wheel assembly supported on the base. A device controller can monitor the pressure of a tire and wheel assembly and sense whether an effective tire bead seal has been formed. The device controller can generate a blast signal when no seal has been formed. A gas flow controller coupled to the air blast assembly and the device controller can be responsive to the blast signal to cause a blast of pressurized gas to be released from the blast nozzle to create an effective tire bead seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Story
  • Patent number: 9276616
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip including a first inductor; a second inductor having n1 turns and located a distance r1 from the first inductor; and a third inductor having n2 turns and located a distance r2 from the first inductor; wherein the second and third inductors are coupled so as to cause current to circulate around the second inductor in a first rotational direction and around the third inductor in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction; and wherein n1, n2, r1 and r2 are such that current induced in the first inductor due to magnetic coupling from the second inductor is negated by current induced in the first inductor due to magnetic coupling from the third inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Patent number: 9240754
    Abstract: An oscillator includes an oscillating circuit for generating an output signal having an output signal frequency. The oscillating circuit includes an inductive element and a capacitive element, the capacitive element having a variable capacitance for coarsely tuning the output signal frequency. The oscillator further includes a current supply for supplying current to the oscillating circuit, the current supply being variable for finely tuning the output signal frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Qualcomm Technologies International, LTD.
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Patent number: 9193227
    Abstract: A wheel servicing machine includes a releasable swing arm clamp apparatus attached to a swing arm. The clamp engages a rod slidably attached to and extending from a slide bar mounted on the swing arm. The clamp includes a closed, or locked, position and an open, or unlocked, position. In the closed position, the apparatus includes a rod clamp that can be rotated about the rod for fine adjustment of the angular position of the swing arm. When the rod clamp is in the open position, the angular position of the swing arm can be coarsely adjusted by manually moving the swing arm about a pivoting arm joint. When the swing arm is moved near a desired position, the rod clamp can be closed and can be rotated about the rod in the closed position in some embodiments for fine adjustment of the swing arm angular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Story
  • Patent number: 9197266
    Abstract: An RSSI detector for determining a received signal strength of a received signal, including a transistor configured to operate in a non-linear mode to generate second order components of the received signal comprising a DC component and an AC component; a filter configured to attenuate the AC component of the generated signal to form a filtered signal; and a determination unit configured to determine the received signal strength of the received signal based on an amplitude of the filtered signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Publication number: 20150215052
    Abstract: An RSSI detector for determining a received signal strength of a received signal, including a transistor configured to operate in a non-linear mode to generate second order components of the received signal comprising a DC component and an AC component; a filter configured to attenuate the AC component of the generated signal to form a filtered signal; and a determination unit configured to determine the received signal strength of the received signal based on an amplitude of the filtered signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Publication number: 20150200052
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip including a first inductor; a second inductor having n1 turns and located a distance r1 from the first inductor; and a third inductor having n2 turns and located a distance r2 from the first inductor; wherein the second and third inductors are coupled so as to cause current to circulate around the second inductor in a first rotational direction and around the third inductor in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction; and wherein n1, n2, r1 and r2 are such that current induced in the first inductor due to magnetic coupling from the second inductor is negated by current induced in the first inductor due to magnetic coupling from the third inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventor: Michael John Story
  • Publication number: 20150194975
    Abstract: An analogue-to-digital converter for converting an analogue input signal into a digital output signal, the analogue-to-digital converter including two conversion paths, each configured to receive a version of the analogue input signal and convert it into a digital bit stream, a first feedback loop configured to provide feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of a difference between the digital bit streams output by the two paths, and a second feedback loop configured to feed-back, to both paths, that is indicative of an average of the digital bit streams output by the two paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Miaille, Michael John Story, Dimitrios Mavridis
  • Publication number: 20150188495
    Abstract: An amplifier including a first transistor of a first conduction type; a second transistor of a second conduction type, the second transistor being coupled to the first transistor; an input for receiving an input signal, a control terminal of the first transistor being coupled to a control terminal of the second transistor, the control terminals being coupled to the input; an output for outputting an output signal, the output being coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor; and a current supply coupled to the first transistor and configured to supply current so as to cause a predetermined transconductance of the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventor: Michael John Story