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).
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Patent number: 11966879Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 10634128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.Inventors: John Story, T. J. Buckley
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Publication number: 20200081467Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Anqiao HU, Michael John STORY
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Publication number: 20190090189Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Michael John STORY, Robin HEYDON, Mayank BATRA
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Patent number: 9902219Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.Inventor: John Story
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Patent number: 9624968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.Inventor: John Story
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Patent number: 9455687Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Johan Lucas Gertenbach, Timothy John Newton, Nicolas Sornin, Michael John Story
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Patent number: 9442141Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventors: Gerald Miaille, Michael John Story, Dimitrios Mavridis
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Publication number: 20160250240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Oncology Research International LimitedInventors: Michael John Story, Kenneth Michael Wayte
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Patent number: 9391563Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventor: Michael John Story
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Patent number: 9358247Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Oncology Research International LimitedInventors: Michael John Story, Kenneth Michael Wayte
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Patent number: 9352727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.Inventor: John Story
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Patent number: 9276616Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd.Inventor: Michael John Story
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Patent number: 9240754Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Qualcomm Technologies International, LTD.Inventor: Michael John Story
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Patent number: 9193227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Hennessy Industries, Inc.Inventor: John Story
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Patent number: 9197266Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.Inventor: Michael John Story
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Publication number: 20150215052Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventor: Michael John Story
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Publication number: 20150200052Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventor: Michael John Story
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Publication number: 20150194975Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventors: Gerald Miaille, Michael John Story, Dimitrios Mavridis
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Publication number: 20150188495Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Cambridge Silicon Radio LimitedInventor: Michael John Story