Patents by Inventor Michael Engler

Michael Engler 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: 9817645
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a deployment of applications across a distributed network environment. A computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, at a server and from a client device, a first request including an identifier of a configuration file accessible to the server and one or more identifiers for one or more resources operated by a remote resource server, wherein the resources are requested by an application executed on the client device; in response to the request, retrieving, by the server, one or more tokens associated with the requested resources; transmitting, by the server, a second request to the remote resource server, the second request including the tokens and identifying one or more data processing tasks to be performed by the resources for the application; and receiving, by the server and from the remote resource server, result data that was outputted by the resources executing the data processing tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Kathrin Nos, Bjoern Friedmann, Klaus Kiefer, Michael Engler
  • Patent number: 9810626
    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting objects in a monitored zone (20) is provided which has the following: a front screen (38); a light transmitter (12) for transmitting a light beam (16); a movable deflection unit (18) for the periodic sampling of the monitored zone (20) by the light beam (16); a light receiver (26) for generating a received signal from the light beam (22) remitted by the objects; at least one test light transmitter (42); at least one test light transmitter (42), at least one test light receiver (44) and at least one test light reflector (48) which span a test light path (46a-b) through the front screen (38); and an evaluation unit (32) which is configured to acquire pieces of information on the objects in the monitored zone (20) from the received signal and to recognize an impaired light permeability of the front screen (38) from a test light signal which the test light receiver (44) generates from test light which is transmitted from the test light transmitter (42) and which is refl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Joachim Kramer, Michael Engler, Markus Hammes, Christof J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 9803889
    Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Engler
  • Publication number: 20170059192
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that provide for a dual processor architecture in a furnace or HVAC controller. One processor can control non-safety-critical components and is operable to receive software updates. The other processor can control safety-critical components and is not capable of being updated. Safety-critical components can comprise a flame sensor, gas valve and an igniter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Michael Engler, Stephen J. Vendt
  • Patent number: 9477007
    Abstract: A laser scanner, in particular a safety laser scanner, in accordance with the operating principle of the time of flight process, comprising a light transmission unit having at least one light transmitter for transmitting a polarized transmitted light beam into a monitored zone; a light reception unit having at least one light receiver for detecting the polarization component of the light reflected in the monitored zone being orthogonal to the polarization direction of the transmitted light beam, and/or the polarization component of the light reflected in the monitored zone being parallel to the polarization direction of the transmitted light beam, and for generating a received signal corresponding to the detected orthogonal polarization component and/or the detected parallel polarization component; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the time development of the detected orthogonal polarization component and/or of the detected parallel polarization component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Magnus Albert, Michael Engler, Joachim Kramer
  • Publication number: 20160299072
    Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting objects in a monitored zone (20) is provided which has the following: a front screen (38); a light transmitter (12) for transmitting a light beam (16); a movable deflection unit (18) for the periodic sampling of the monitored zone (20) by the light beam (16); a light receiver (26) for generating a received signal from the light beam (22) remitted by the objects; at least one test light transmitter (42); at least one test light transmitter (42), at least one test light receiver (44) and at least one test light reflector (48) which span a test light path (46a-b) through the front screen (38); and an evaluation unit (32) which is configured to acquire pieces of information on the objects in the monitored zone (20) from the received signal and to recognize an impaired light permeability of the front screen (38) from a test light signal which the test light receiver (44) generates from test light which is transmitted from the test light transmitter (42) and which is refl
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim KRAMER, Michael ENGLER, Markus HAMMES, Christoph J MEYER
  • Publication number: 20160231023
    Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Michael ENGLER
  • Publication number: 20160077818
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing a deployment of applications across a distributed network environment. A computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, at a server and from a client device, a first request including an identifier of a configuration file accessible to the server and one or more identifiers for one or more resources operated by a remote resource server, wherein the resources are requested by an application executed on the client device; in response to the request, retrieving, by the server, one or more tokens associated with the requested resources; transmitting, by the server, a second request to the remote resource server, the second request including the tokens and identifying one or more data processing tasks to be performed by the resources for the application; and receiving, by the server and from the remote resource server, result data that was outputted by the resources executing the data processing tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kathrin Nos, Bjoern Friedmann, Klaus Kiefer, Michael Engler
  • Publication number: 20150323654
    Abstract: A distance-measuring sensor (10) is provided for detecting and determining the distance of objects (18) in a monitored zone comprising a transmitter (12) for transmitting transmitted pulses; a receiver (20) for generating a received signal from the transmitted pulses remitted in the monitored zone; a first comparator unit (36a) for digitizing the received signal with reference to a first threshold; and a control and evaluation unit (30) which is configured to transmit a plurality of transmitted pulses via the transmitter (12), to collect the received signals thereupon generated by the receiver (20) in a histogram and to determine a received time point from the histogram and thus to determine a measured value for the signal transit time from the sensor (10) to the object (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Fabian JACHMANN, Michael ENGLER, Bernd ROTHENBERGER, Thomas DOLLMANN
  • Patent number: 9021552
    Abstract: The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving a resource request at a representational state transfer (REST) client from a user, the resource request including a user ID, determining, by the REST client, a key pair including a public key and a corresponding private key that are associated with the user ID, obtaining, by the REST client, a certificate associated with the user ID that is signed by a certificate authority and based on at least the user ID and the public key associated with the user ID, impersonating, by the REST client, the user to a REST server using the certificate and the private key associated with the user ID, and accessing, by the REST client on behalf of the user, using a stateless protocol with the REST server, the requested resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Stephan Zlatarev, Uwe Steigmann, Michael Engler, Wolfgang Janzen
  • Patent number: 8762731
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing multi-system security integration by performing state change calls to one or more backend systems by combining a multi-system protection token with a message component for transporting from a user agent to the one or more backend systems for validation by generating an authentication code for proving authenticity of a combined data structure generated by combining a secret cryptographic data key with a portion of the message component and generating a hash code of the combined data structure, generating an arbitrary random number to bind the multi-system protection token to the user agent, and generating the multi-system protection token by combining the authentication code and the arbitrary random number with the message component for transporting from the user agent to the one or more backend systems for validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Engler, Martijn De Boer, Wolfgang Janzen
  • Publication number: 20140111805
    Abstract: A laser scanner, in particular a safety laser scanner, in accordance with the operating principle of the time of flight process, comprising a light transmission unit having at least one light transmitter for transmitting a polarized transmitted light beam into a monitored zone; a light reception unit having at least one light receiver for detecting the polarization component of the light reflected in the monitored zone being orthogonal to the polarization direction of the transmitted light beam, and/or the polarization component of the light reflected in the monitored zone being parallel to the polarization direction of the transmitted light beam, and for generating a received signal corresponding to the detected orthogonal polarization component and/or the detected parallel polarization component; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the time development of the detected orthogonal polarization component and/or of the detected parallel polarization component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SICK AG
    Inventors: Magnus ALBERT, Michael ENGLER, Joachim KRAMER
  • Publication number: 20140082366
    Abstract: In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing multi-system security integration by performing state change calls to one or more backend systems by combining a multi-system protection token with a message component for transporting from a user agent to the one or more backend systems for validation by generating an authentication code for proving authenticity of a combined data structure generated by combining a secret cryptographic data key with a portion of the message component and generating a hash code of the combined data structure, generating an arbitrary random number to bind the multi-system protection token to the user agent, and generating the multi-system protection token by combining the authentication code and the arbitrary random number with the message component for transporting from the user agent to the one or more backend systems for validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Michael Engler, Martijn De Boer, Wolfgang Janzen
  • Publication number: 20130160132
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) protection are described herein. An XSRF protection framework provides rich configuration possibilities for protection using an XSRF token. In one aspect—XSRF encoding is performed for a set of URLs according to a configuration and then a token validation is performed for incoming requests to protected resources. In another aspect—XSRF token leakage via the referrer header to external URLs is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: POLINA GENOVA, MICHAEL ENGLER, SLAVOMIR GRIGOROV, MARIA JUROVA, BOJIDAR KADREV, MARTIN SCHMID, TSVETKO TRENDAFILOV, DIYAN YORDANOV, IWAN ZAREMBO
  • Patent number: 8461970
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a first display and a first camera. An environmental image of the part of the environment of the vehicle lying behind the motor vehicle can be recorded using the first camera and the environmental image recorded using the first camera can be completely or partially displayed on the first display. The first display is disposed inside the motor vehicle such that the recorded environmental image, or a part of the recorded environmental image, may be perceivable as a virtual image behind a side pane of the motor vehicle for a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Birkemeyer, Michael Engler, Jürgen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20120260330
    Abstract: The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving a resource request at a representational state transfer (REST) client from a user, the resource request including a user ID, determining, by the REST client, a key pair including a public key and a corresponding private key that are associated with the user ID, obtaining, by the REST client, a certificate associated with the user ID that is signed by a certificate authority and based on at least the user ID and the public key associated with the user ID, impersonating, by the REST client, the user to a REST server using the certificate and the private key associated with the user ID, and accessing, by the REST client on behalf of the user, using a stateless protocol with the REST server, the requested resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Stephan Zlatarev, Uwe Steigmann, Michael Engler, Wolfgang Janzen
  • Publication number: 20100302019
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a first display and a first camera. An environmental image of the part of the environment of the vehicle lying behind the motor vehicle can be recorded using the first camera and the environmental image recorded using the first camera can be completely or partially displayed on the first display. The first display is disposed inside the motor vehicle such that the recorded environmental image, or a part of the recorded environmental image, may be perceivable as a virtual image behind a side pane of the motor vehicle for a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Birkemeyer, Michael Engler, Jürgen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20060149863
    Abstract: A system for extending in length a connection from a universal serial bus (USB) peripheral device to a computer beyond the length enabled by the device hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Engler
  • Publication number: 20060015669
    Abstract: A system for extending in length a connection from a universal serial bus (USB) peripheral device to a computer beyond the length enabled by the device hardware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Engler
  • Patent number: 5932705
    Abstract: Novel compositions are disclosed for use in the treatment or diagnosis of bovine pasteurellosis, commonly referred to as Shipping Fever. Cell-free Pasteurella haemolytica supernatants are employed to provide individual antigen compositions, identified through reaction with sera from naturally-infected or convalescent cattle. In particular, at least seven individual P. haemolytica antigen groups were recognized in cell-free culture supernatants. Purified P. haemolytica supernatant, formulated in a suitable pharmaceutical vaccine composition is shown to elicit a specific immune response, in both cows and rabbits, directed against the individual immunoreactive P. haemolytica polypeptides identified. Also disclosed are novel recombinant cells, plasmids and bacteriophage which include transcriptionally active P. haemolytica antigen genes. Recombinant clones are similarly selected to be reactive with naturally-infected antisera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Board of Regents, University of Texas Systrem
    Inventors: Peter Berget, Michael Engler, Sarah Highlander, George Weinstock