Patents by Inventor Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas 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: 11839005
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a lighting unit (110) of a lighting system (100a, 100b) is disclosed. The lighting system (100a, 100b) comprises the lighting unit (110) and a lighting control device (120) comprising a user input element (122) for receiving a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110). The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a signal indicative of the continuous user input, obtaining (404) one or more parameters, the one or more of parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit (110), the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level, and controlling the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110) over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Remco Magielse, Kevin Thomas Worm
  • Publication number: 20230367959
    Abstract: A tag management system can implement a combined synchronous and asynchronous tag-loading scheme. In an embodiment of this scheme, a synchronous tag may be included at the top of or near the top of a content page. This synchronous tag can hide one or more page elements that are to be modified by a subsequent asynchronous personalization tag. Subsequently, the asynchronous personalization tag can update the page element and then cause the page element to be displayed. As a result, flicker between the old and new page elements can be reduced or avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Anderson, Tyron Gavin, Colin Douglas Sulin, Fiann James Curry-Towneley-O'Hagan, Kevin Thomas Faurholt, Adrian Leslie Browning
  • Publication number: 20230342342
    Abstract: A system for providing identifier assignments to a schema(s) according to a binary serialization protocol is disclosed. The system may receive a first schema from a device(s). The first schema may be associated with a first data structure. The system may analyze the first schema in relation to a second schema associated with a second data structure associated with the first data structure. The system may assign, based on the second schema, identifiers to fields of the first data structure associated with the first schema to conform the first data structure to the second schema. The system may store the assigned identifiers in memory based on the second schema. The system may analyze content items corresponding to another data structure received by a network device. The system may determine whether fields of the another data structure are associated with assigned identifiers in the memory, which conform to the second schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: David Pletcher, Dhruv Jagdish Matani, Manolis Karpathiotakis, Stefan Alexandru Filip, Kevin Thomas Wilfong, Sushil Dhaundiyal, Chong Xie, Thomas M. Lento, Md Mustafijur Rahman Faysal, Pramod Nayak, Bharat Vaidhyanathan, Jingjing Zhang, Hung Duong, Dino Wernli
  • Publication number: 20230336547
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for authorizing publishing of a message and/or a subscription from an Internet of Things (IoT) device. In an example system, a message broker receives a list of attributes from a claims provider. The message broker determines whether publishing of the message is authorized based at least on the list of attributes, and publishes the message if it is determined that the publishing is authorized. The message broker may also receive a subscription specifying a topic filter. The message broker determines whether the subscription is authorized for the IoT device based at least on the list of attributes, and transmits a subscription message to the IoT device if it is determined that the subscription is authorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas DAMOUR, David Michael SAUNTRY, Peter Gregg MILLER, Jeroen VANTURENNOUT, Murli Dharan SATAGOPAN, William Alexander STEVENSON, Michael Richard YAGLEY
  • Publication number: 20230336510
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for bridging brokers of messages from Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In an example system, a first message broker receives a message and an associated topic from an IoT device. A bridging coordinator accesses a topic-to-broker map that indicates, for a second broker, a list of topic filters for which the second message broker has at least one subscriber. The bridging coordinator determines whether the list of topics includes the associated topic. In response to a determination that the list of topic filters in the topic-to-broker map includes the associated topic, the bridging coordinator forward the message to the second message broker. In response to a determination that the list of topic filters does not include the associated topic, the bridging coordinator prevents forwarding of the message to the second message broker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Gregg MILLER, David Michael SAUNTRY, Kevin Thomas DAMOUR, Bhawandeep Singh PANESAR, Dmitri Alexandrovich KLEMENTIEV
  • Publication number: 20230336509
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for handing retained messages among brokers of Internet of Things (IoT) messages. In an example system, a retained message coordinator of a first message broker receives an indication of a subscription specifying a topic filter from an IoT device. The retained message coordinator identifies, from a data structure shared by a second message broker, a retained message set for a topic within a scope of the topic filter. The retained message coordinator retrieves the retained message set from a shared data store, and provides the retained message set to the IoT device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Gregg MILLER, David Michael SAUNTRY, Kevin Thomas DAMOUR, Bhawandeep Singh PANESAR, Dmitri Alexandrovich KLEMENTIEV
  • Publication number: 20230328907
    Abstract: A bendable glass article having a bendable display unit is disclosed. The glass article includes a glass sheet including a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. A hinge mechanism is disposed on the second major surface of the glass sheet. The hinge mechanism divides the glass sheet into a first side and a second side. A bendable display unit is bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet and disposed between the glass sheet and the hinge mechanism. An adhesive material is disposed on the second major surface of the glass sheet around the display. The first side is bendable about the hinge mechanism relative to the second side, and the bendable display unit is hermetically sealed within the adhesive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Black, Jordon Thomas Boggs, Matthew John Cempa, Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Evan Gray Kister, Balamurugan Meenakshi Sundaram, David Evan Robinson, Jason Scott Stewart
  • Patent number: 11750007
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a chassis supported on wheels, a battery having a voltage and supported by the chassis, a first electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery, and a second electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery. The second electrical circuit includes a current disconnect that is switchable between an open condition, in which the second electrical circuit is disconnected from the battery when the voltage falls below a voltage threshold, and a closed condition, in which the second electrical circuit is connected to the first electrical circuit when a reset condition occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Kraus, Christopher Lee Ellis
  • Patent number: 11743993
    Abstract: A method and a lighting controller for controlling a light source are disclosed. The lighting controller comprises: an input configured to receive signals indicative of user inputs, a processor configured to determine a current time, select a light setting from a predefined sequence of light settings when a first signal indicative of a first user input has been received, wherein the selection of the light setting is based on the current time, control the light source according to the selected light setting, and select a subsequent light setting from the predefined sequence of light settings when a subsequent signal indicative of a subsequent user input has been received, wherein the subsequent light setting is a light setting subsequent to the light setting, and control the light source according to the subsequent light setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Kevin Thomas Worm, Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp
  • Patent number: 11726764
    Abstract: Non-transitory computer readable media are encoded with instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a central computing system, cause the central computing system to connect with multiple service domains and determine that at least one service domain of the multiple service domains is eligible for upgrade. The instructions further cause the central computing system to store an upgrade package for the at least one service domain at a storage service separate from the central computing system and communicate access credentials to the storage service to the at least one service domain. The central computing system receives a communication from the at least one service domain indicative of upgrade status responsive to the at least one service domain having accessed the upgrade package at the storage service and updates a state management database based on the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Akhilesh Joshi, Kevin Thomas, Gaurav Poothia, Naorem Khogendro Singh
  • Patent number: 11720517
    Abstract: An information handling system bus port above a subject information handling system bus device may host an information handling system bus out of band message access control list of information handling system bus target device identifiers of other information handling system bus connected devices that the subject device is permitted to communicate with. The port may compare an information handling system bus target device identification field in out of band messages from the subject device to the list and route only out of band messages from the subject device in which the target device identification in the target device identification field is on the access control list through the information handling system bus. The port may discard (and generate error notifications, statuses, etc.) for out of band messages in which the target device identification in the target device identification field is not on the access control list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin P. Bolen, Chandrashekar Nelogal, Kevin Thomas Marks
  • Patent number: 11709663
    Abstract: Specific images of an OS are built using only the driver bindings that are necessary to link the OS to the particular hardware of a client device. A device tree of the client device is analyzed to identify the hardware components. Databases of different hardware source code for various hardware drivers are maintained and used to craft the driver bindings and instances for the hardware of the client device. The device tree is also analyzed to identify compatibility strings of the various hardware on the client device. The hardware source code is searched for these compatibility strings to see if a driver exists in the databases of hardware source code. Specific driver bindings and driver instances with the actual variable names and configuration parameters of the identified hardware drivers are then generated and included in an image of the OS that may be installed on the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr., Ryan James Fairfax, Felix Stefan Domke, Dylan Keith Garrett
  • Publication number: 20230229173
    Abstract: Automatic low-speed aircraft maneuver wind compensation is implemented by an aircraft flight control system flight control computer (FCC) configured to receive or retrieve steady wind data and retrieve groundspeed data for the aircraft. The FCC computes two-dimensional relative horizontal airspeed (i.e., horizontal relative to the surface of the earth) for the aircraft, using the steady wind data and the groundspeed data for the aircraft, and computes relative changes in trim controls of the aircraft using the two-dimensional relative horizontal airspeed of the aircraft. The resulting relative changes in controls of the aircraft due to relative horizontal airspeed changes are applied to flight element control actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Christensen, Sang Gyun Park
  • Publication number: 20230202651
    Abstract: A flight control computer (FCC) may implement automatic rotor tilt control by gathering or receiving, as inputs, airspeed or a commanded airspeed for the aircraft, acceleration or a commanded acceleration for the aircraft, pitch attitude of the aircraft and pilot pitch bias commands for the aircraft, a rotor tilt angle, and/or the like. The FCC calculates, from the airspeed, the commanded airspeed, the acceleration, the commanded acceleration, the pitch attitude, the pilot pitch bias commands, and/or the like, a commanded rotor tilt angle for the aircraft. From the aircraft rotor tilt angle and the commanded rotor tilt angle, the FCC calculates a rotor tilt angle error for the aircraft, and from the rotor tilt angle error, calculates a rotor tilt rate command for the aircraft. The FCC outputs the resulting rotor tilt rate command to (an) aircraft flight control element actuator(s) to tilt the aircraft rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Christensen, Sang Gyun Park
  • Patent number: 11685684
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for making a contoured glass article and the resulting contoured glass article are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the method includes cold bending a flat glass sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces, at least one region having a first thickness, and at least one region having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, to produce cold bent glass sheet having at least one bend region along a portion of the at least one region having the second thickness; and restraining the cold bent glass sheet to produce the contoured glass article. One or more embodiments pertain to the resulting contoured glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Sean Matthew Garner, Michael James McFarland, Michael John Moore
  • Patent number: 11643885
    Abstract: A tubular gripping apparatus includes a housing having a bore and a plurality of gripping members movable between a gripping position and a release position. The apparatus may also include a shield having a tubular inner body movable relative to an outer body. The tubular inner body is movable between a retracted position, in which the tubular inner body is positioned above the plurality of gripping members, and an extended position, in which the inner body is at least partially positioned interiorly of the plurality of gripping members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ruben Gomez, Kevin Thomas Page
  • Publication number: 20230126468
    Abstract: An information handling system bus port above a subject information handling system bus device may host an information handling system bus out of band message access control list of information handling system bus target device identifiers of other information handling system bus connected devices that the subject device is permitted to communicate with. The port may compare an information handling system bus target device identification field in out of band messages from the subject device to the list and route only out of band messages from the subject device in which the target device identification in the target device identification field is on the access control list through the information handling system bus. The port may discard (and generate error notifications, statuses, etc.) for out of band messages in which the target device identification in the target device identification field is not on the access control list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Austin P. Bolen, Chandrashekar Nelogal, Kevin Thomas Marks
  • Publication number: 20230119039
    Abstract: A drive shaft has a tubular member extending between axial ends and being hollow. The tubular member is formed of a thermoplastic matrix with embedded fibers. At least one ring member is positioned radially of the tubular member. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Brayton Reed, Joyel M. Schaefer, Michael King, Kevin Thomas Gryk
  • Publication number: 20230124955
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yizhou Dong, Kevin Thomas Love, Robert S. Langer, Daniel Griffith Anderson, Delai Chen, Yi Chen, Arturo Jose Vegas, Akinleye C. Alabi, Yunlong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230092759
    Abstract: A system (1) for controlling a lighting system (11) is configured to receive user input representing a request to activate a query mode and transmit a command to the lighting system. The command instructs the lighting system to temporarily disable control of a lighting device (31-35) by a light control device (21-23). The system is further configured to receive control information from the lighting system. The control information describes a user interaction with the light control device and/or describes a function corresponding to the user interaction. The system is also configured to render audio and/or visual information describing the function corresponding to the user interaction to the user, e.g. on a display (9), and transmit a further command to the lighting system. The further command instructs the lighting system to enable control of the lighting device by the light control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: KEVIN THOMAS WORM, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, SONIA KATARIA