Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Mills

Matthew A. Mills 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: 11995186
    Abstract: A method of detecting the onset of a ransomware attack is presented. In an example embodiment, file backup metadata for each of a plurality of computing devices is accessed and analyzed to detect anomalous file backup activity of individual ones of the computing devices. A determination is made as to whether the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time. File description metadata for each of the computing devices is also accessed and analyzed to identify files in the computing devices that are anomalous to other files in the computing devices. A determination whether a ransomware attack has begun is based on a determination that the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time, as well as on the identified anomalous files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: CrashPlan Group LLC
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Matthew Mills Parker, Daniel L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11934640
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface associated with a first record label. In some embodiments, the user interface includes one or more representations of artists associated with the first record label and one or more representations of content items, and does not include representations of content or artists not associated with the first record label. In some embodiments, in response to a selection of a representation of a first artist, the electronic device displays a user interface of the content playback application associated with the first artist, which includes one or more representations of content associated with the first artist, but not one or more representations of content associated with the second artist. In some embodiments, in response to a selection of a representation of a first content item, the electronic device initiates a process to access the first content item via the content playback application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Cielak, Evan Mills, Samer A. Harami
  • Publication number: 20240060422
    Abstract: A turbine dosing sealing arrangement is disclosed. The sealing arrangement comprises a sealing member and a conduit. The sealing member is configured to engage a turbine housing element at an interface. The conduit projects from the sealing member, the conduit defining at least part of a reductant fluid pathway across the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Ogilvie, Alan Haigh, Matthew Mills, David Scott, Billy Stylianou
  • Publication number: 20240052760
    Abstract: An adapter element for a turbine is disclosed. The adapter element defines a longitudinal axis and comprises a first connection portion, a second connection portion, an outer wall and a dosing structure. The first connection portion is configured to engage the turbine. The second connection portion is configured to engage a conduit. The outer wall extends between the first and second connection portions, the outer wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface. The dosing structure is configured to receive, and expel, reductant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Mills, Nicholas Kenneth SHARP, Alan HAIGH, Atif MAHMOOD, David SCOTT, Thomas OGILVIE
  • Patent number: 11794963
    Abstract: An indexable dispenser is provided for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each sealed by a membrane to store a volume of supplement. The dispenser has a housing, a lance, an electrical power source, and a wireless transmitting and receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tespo IP, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Linton, Chase Ryan Linton, Ted Matthew Mills
  • Publication number: 20230259623
    Abstract: A method of detecting the onset of a ransomware attack is presented. In an example embodiment, file backup metadata for each of a plurality of computing devices is accessed and analyzed to detect anomalous file backup activity of individual ones of the computing devices. A determination is made as to whether the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time. File description metadata for each of the computing devices is also accessed and analyzed to identify files in the computing devices that are anomalous to other files in the computing devices. A determination whether a ransomware attack has begun is based on a determination that the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time, as well as on the identified anomalous files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Matthew Mills Parker, Daniel L. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20230224316
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums for identifying insider threats by determining file system element activity models that correlate to undesirable behavior and then utilizing the determined model to detect insider threats. Events involving file system elements of a client computing device (e.g., a network endpoint) may be monitored by a file system element monitoring application on the client computing device. The values of these signals are aggregated across all events of the same type that have occurred within a predetermined time window (e.g., an hour) for a particular client computing device. Each time an aggregated signal has a value over the threshold, an anomaly is recorded. Anomaly counts for each signal are then calculated as the aggregate number of anomalies for a particular signal over a second time period, the span of which is determined by the generation of first anomaly to the close of an alert by the network monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Matthew Mills Parker, Daniel Louis Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20230124510
    Abstract: A granulated nutritional supplement dispensing machine extracts single-serving doses from a multi-serving supplements cartridge for delivery as a drinkable solution. A lead serving chamber is pierced so that its powered contents drain into a mixing cup together with a metered quantity of water from an integrated water tank. A vibrator unit assists drainage of the granulated materials from the lead serving chamber. The mixing cup is rotated at high speed to blend the water and supplements into a slurry. The supplements cartridge is indexed after (or before) use so that an unopened serving chamber is presented each time for extracting its supplements. This enables partially-used supplements cartridges to be used in the machine, as is conducive in multiple-user households. The supplements cartridge is configured with read-write data capability to indicate whether or not the contents of each serving chamber have been emptied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ted Matthew MILLS, Jeffrey Thomas LINTON, Chase Ryan LINTON
  • Publication number: 20230120304
    Abstract: A multi-serving cartridge assembly is provided with a frame defining serving chambers to receive a supplement. A plurality of trap doors is connected to the frame with each trap door associated with a respective one of the plurality of serving chambers and moveable between a first closed position to enclose the associated serving chamber and a second open position to dispense the supplement therefrom. A dispensing system is provided with a housing including a cartridge bay shaped to receive a cartridge with a plurality of unique identifiers, and a computer control system to read the unique identifier, open the serving chamber, and send a signal to a remote system. A method of dispensing supplement from a cartridge is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TESPO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Michael GAUVIN, Ted Matthew MILLS, Chase Ryan LINTON, Jeffrey Thomas LINTON
  • Patent number: 11611574
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums for identifying insider threats by determining file system element activity models that correlate to undesirable behavior and then utilizing the determined model to detect insider threats. Events involving file system elements of a client computing device (e.g., a network endpoint) may be monitored by a file system element monitoring application on the client computing device. The values of these signals are aggregated across all events of the same type that have occurred within a predetermined time window (e.g., an hour) for a particular client computing device. Each time an aggregated signal has a value over the threshold, an anomaly is recorded. Anomaly counts for each signal are then calculated as the aggregate number of anomalies for a particular signal over a second time period, the span of which is determined by the generation of first anomaly to the close of an alert by the network monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Code42 Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Matthew Mills Parker, Daniel L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11537713
    Abstract: A method of detecting the onset of a ransomware attack is presented. In an example embodiment, file backup metadata for each of a plurality of computing devices is accessed and analyzed to detect anomalous file backup activity of individual ones of the computing devices. A determination is made as to whether the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time. File description metadata for each of the computing devices is also accessed and analyzed to identify files in the computing devices that are anomalous to other files in the computing devices. A determination whether a ransomware attack has begun is based on a determination that the detected anomalous file backup activity of at least some of the computing devices is correlated in time, as well as on the identified anomalous files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CRASHPLAN GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Rajasekharan, Matthew Mills Parker, Daniel L. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20220324592
    Abstract: A method for filling a pod is provided. A pod is provided and has a housing defining a plurality of serving chambers arranged in an annular array and surrounding a drive hub. Data is received that is indicative of a customized nutritional supplement for the pod to a controller of an automated filling station. The customized nutritional supplement is filled into at least one of the plurality of serving chambers of the pod via the automated filling station by controlling a plurality of hoppers of the filling station to dispense the customized supplement into the plurality of serving chambers of the pod. Each hopper contains a corresponding ingredient available for the customized supplement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: TESPO IP, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Matthew MILLS, Jeffrey Thomas LINTON, Chase Ryan LINTON, Justin Michael GAUVIN
  • Patent number: 11447330
    Abstract: A granulated nutritional supplement dispensing machine extracts single-serving doses from a multi-serving supplements cartridge for delivery as a drinkable solution. A lead serving chamber is pierced so that its powered contents drain into a mixing cup together with a metered quantity of water from an integrated water tank. A vibrator unit assists drainage of the granulated materials from the lead serving chamber. The mixing cup is rotated at high speed to blend the water and supplements into a slurry. The supplements cartridge is indexed after (or before) use so that an unopened serving chamber is presented each time for extracting its supplements. This enables partially-used supplements cartridges to be used in the machine, as is conducive in multiple-user households. The supplements cartridge is configured with read-write data capability to indicate whether or not the contents of each serving chamber have been emptied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Tespo IP, LLC
    Inventors: Ted Matthew Mills, Jeffrey Thomas Linton, Chase Ryan Linton
  • Patent number: 11372989
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for an automatic graph-based detection of unlikely file possession are described herein. In an example, a system for detecting unauthorized file possession is adapted to generate a networked computing environment graph for files and the devices which store the files. The detection system may be further adapted to identify a file in question and a device in question that is in possession of the file in question. The detection system may be further adapted to generate a set of connection paths from the device in question to the file in question based upon the edges of the graph. The detection system may be further adapted to determine the device in question should not have possession of the file in question based on a set of metrics derived from the connection paths. The detection system may be further adapted to generate an alert based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Code 42 Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Mills Parker
  • Publication number: 20210347541
    Abstract: An indexable dispenser is provided for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each sealed by a membrane to store a volume of supplement. The dispenser has a housing, a lance, an electrical power source, and a wireless transmitting and receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas LINTON, Chase Ryan LINTON, Ted Matthew MILLS
  • Patent number: 11014721
    Abstract: A manually indexable dispenser, a system, and a method are provided for use with dispensing a nutritional supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each sealed by a membrane to store a volume of granulated nutritional supplement. The dispenser, the system, and the method are configured to transmit a wireless signal indicative of dispensing of supplements and/or a time of dispensing, and receive a wireless signal containing data indicative of a user notification for a reminder for a user to take a supplement at a specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Life Boost Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thomas Linton, Chase Ryan Linton, Ted Matthew Mills
  • Publication number: 20210042432
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for an automatic graph-based detection of unlikely file possession are described herein. In an example, a system for detecting unauthorized file possession is adapted to generate a networked computing environment graph for files and the devices which store the files. The detection system may be further adapted to identify a file in question and a device in question that is in possession of the file in question. The detection system may be further adapted to generate a set of connection paths from the device in question to the file in question based upon the edges of the graph. The detection system may be further adapted to determine the device in question should not have possession of the file in question based on a set of metrics derived from the connection paths. The detection system may be further adapted to generate an alert based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Matthew Mills Parker
  • Publication number: 20200385203
    Abstract: A granulated nutritional supplement dispensing machine extracts single-serving doses from a multi-serving supplements cartridge for delivery as a drinkable solution. A lead serving chamber is pierced so that its powered contents drain into a mixing cup together with a metered quantity of water from an integrated water tank. A vibrator unit assists drainage of the granulated materials from the lead serving chamber. The mixing cup is rotated at high speed to blend the water and supplements into a slurry. The supplements cartridge is indexed after (or before) use so that an unopened serving chamber is presented each time for extracting its supplements. This enables partially-used supplements cartridges to be used in the machine, as is conducive in multiple-user households. The supplements cartridge is configured with read-write data capability to indicate whether or not the contents of each serving chamber have been emptied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ted Matthew MILLS, Jeffrey Thomas LINTON, Chase Ryan LINTON
  • Publication number: 20200383903
    Abstract: A pod for dispensing a nutritional supplement, and a method if providing a nutritional supplement are provided. The pod has a housing defining a plurality of serving chambers arranged in an annular array and surrounding a drive hub. A nutritional supplement is provided within at least one of the plurality of serving chambers. The nutritional supplement has at least one active ingredient and an effervescent agent to form a gas when the nutritional supplement is dispensed from the pod and dissolved in a liquid. At least one sealing member is connected to the housing and extends over the plurality of serving chambers. The at least one sealing member is removable to open a selected one of the plurality of serving chambers to dispense supplement therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ted Matthew MILLS, Jeffrey Thomas LINTON, Chase Ryan LINTON, Justin Michael GAUVIN, Melissa Nicole DOBIES
  • Patent number: 10824749
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for an automatic graph-based detection of unlikely file possession are described herein. In an example, a system for detecting unauthorized file possession is adapted to generate a networked computing environment graph for files and the devices which store the files. The detection system may be further adapted to identify a file in question and a device in question that is in possession of the file in question. The detection system may be further adapted to generate a set of connection paths from the device in question to the file in question based upon the edges of the graph. The detection system may be further adapted to determine the device in question should not have possession of the file in question based on a set of metrics derived from the connection paths. The detection system may be further adapted to generate an alert based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Code 42 Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Mills Parker