Patents by Inventor Patrick Han
Patrick Han 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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Publication number: 20240165348Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes: a control unit configured to provide power from a battery in the control unit, and including a controller configured to control components of the system; and an aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion separably connectable to the control unit to obtain power from the battery, and including first and second electrical circuits including respectively a characteristic-carrying element and a vapor generating element. The second electrical circuit can be selectively provided with power from the battery when power is supplied to the aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion. The controller is configured to operate in a first mode in which a characteristic of the characteristic-carrying element is determined by providing power from the battery to the first electrical circuit, and in a second mode in which the vapor generating element is operated by providing power from the battery to the second electrical circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Anton KORUS, Justin Han Yang CHAN, Patrick MOLONEY
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Patent number: 11980702Abstract: A scent diffusing device having a first housing connected to a second housing and adapted to provide electrical power to a heating element disposed within the second housing. A cap assembly is removably attached to the second housing. The cap assembly has a support member removably attached to a cover, and a fragrance emitting member removably received within the support member. The support member has a central hollow tube that slidably receives the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Aeron Lifestyle Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jerome L. Clock, Patrick Guerin, Monica Herr Hadley, Ellora Hans-Price
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Patent number: 11975138Abstract: An aerosol generating device for receiving an aerosol generating article includes an electrical circuit including a controller for determining a change in an electrical property of the circuit. The change in the electrical property of the circuit is caused by the user interacting with an aerosol generating article received by the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Moloney, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Patent number: 11975142Abstract: A control device for an electronic aerosol provision system is provided. The control device is configured to receive a replaceable component to form an electronic aerosol provision system. The control device includes a communication interface for performing communications external to the electronic aerosol provision system; a memory configured to hold a set of stored identifiers; and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive control information from a remote server via the communication interface; update the set of stored identifiers based on the control information received from the remote server; receive an identifier from a replaceable component received by the control device; make a comparison of the received identifier against the set of stored identifiers; and perform a control action for the electronic aerosol provision system dependent upon the result of said comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Patent number: 11974608Abstract: A method of operating an aerosol generating apparatus is disclosed. The method includes sensing, at a first sensor of a sensor arrangement, a first indicia of an article including aerosolizable medium; sensing, at a second sensor of the sensor arrangement spaced a predetermined distance from the first sensor, a second indicia of the article; determining a distance between the first indicia and the second indicia; and operating the aerosol generating apparatus based at least on the distance between the first indicia and the second indicia.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventors: Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Publication number: 20240130434Abstract: A detailed listing of all claims that are, or were, in the present application, irrespective of whether the claim(s) remain(s) under examination in the application is presented below. The claims are presented in ascending order and each includes one status identifier. Those claims not cancelled or withdrawn but amended by the current amendment utilize the following notations for amendment: 1. deleted matter is shown by strikethrough for six or more characters and double brackets for five or fewer characters; and 2. added matter is shown by underlining.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Patrick MOLONEY, Justin Han Yang CHAN
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Publication number: 20240128762Abstract: In various embodiments, a process for configuring or commissioning a solar power system includes receiving, at a controller, hardware identifiers of a plurality of power electronics modules to be configured. Each of the plurality of power electronics modules of at least a portion of the plurality of power electronics modules is associated with a corresponding photovoltaic panel. A hub is configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of power electronics modules. The controller is physically connected to the hub and communicates with the hub via wiring that also carries power from photovoltaic panels to an inverter. The process includes configuring, by the controller, the plurality of power electronics modules using the received hardware identifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kyle Breuning Evans, Sebastian Wolf, Mark Holveck, Hai-Yue Han, Craig Patrick Timms, Paul Chapman, Christopher Wright, Ryan Pflaum
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Patent number: 11957833Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a vaporizer for vaporizing a payload for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system, the vaporizer taking a finite period of time from having power supplied to it to vaporize the payload; a power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer to vaporize the payload in response to a user activation; one or more sensors operable to output respective signals in response to interaction of the user with the electronic vapor provision system; an estimation processor configured to estimate a user's expected moment of activation, based upon analysis of one or more of the respective signals; and a control processor configured to cause power to be supplied to the vaporizer at a time that precedes the user's estimated expected moment of activation.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Patrick Moloney, Colin Dickens, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Publication number: 20240102822Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable storage media storing instructions and computer systems for labeling significant locations based on contextual data can be implemented to perform operations that include determining a location of a computing device, and determining a label for the determined location based on contextual data associated with the significant location. The location can be a significant location that has meaning to a user of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Michael P. Dal Santo, Hyo Jeong Shin, Krishna M. Behara, Marcos R. Vescovi, Patrick Thomas Dillon, Richard B. Warren, Ronald K. Huang, Xufeng Han
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Publication number: 20240087084Abstract: Various embodiments for systems and methods for producing one-dimensional super-resolved images from diffraction-limited line-confocal images using a trained neral network to generate a one-dimensional super-resolved output as well as an isotropic, in-plane super-resolved image are disclosed, wherein the neural network is trained using a training set comprising a plurality of matched training pairs, each training pair of the plurality of training pairs comprising a diffraction-limited line confocal image of the plurality of diffraction-limited line confocal images of the image type and a one dimensional super resolved image corresponding to the diffraction-limited line confocal image of the plurality of diffraction limited line confocal images.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hari SHROFF, Yicong WU, Xiaofei HAN, Patrick LA RIVIERE
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Publication number: 20240075221Abstract: A control device for an electronic aerosol provision system is provided. The control device is configured to receive a replaceable component to form an electronic aerosol provision system. The control device includes a communication interface for performing communications external to the electronic aerosol provision system; a memory configured to hold a set of stored identifiers; and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive control information from a remote server via the communication interface; update the set of stored identifiers based on the control information received from the remote server; receive an identifier from a replaceable component received by the control device; make a comparison of the received identifier against the set of stored identifiers; and perform a control action for the electronic aerosol provision system dependent upon the result of said comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Patent number: 11918734Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a control unit configured to provide power from a battery in the control unit to components of the system, and including a controller configured to control components of the system; and an aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion separably connectable to the control unit to obtain power from the battery, and including a first electrical circuit including a characteristic-carrying element; and a second electrical circuit including a vapor generating element configured to generate an inhalable vapor from an aerosolizable substrate material; wherein: the second electrical circuit can be selectively provided with power from the battery when power is supplied to the aerosolizable substrate material carrying portion; and the controller is configured to operate in a first mode in which a characteristic of the characteristic-carrying element is determined by providing power from the battery to the first electrical circuit, and in a second mode in which the vaporType: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan, Patrick Moloney
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Patent number: 11921732Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes determining a position for a search query and a position for each audience record from multiple audience records in an embedding space. The method further includes receiving multiple device records, each associated with an audience record. The method further includes determining multiple keywords, each associated with an audience record and determining a position for each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a first distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each audience record in the embedding space. The method further includes calculating a second distance between the position of the search query in the embedding space and the position of each keyword in the embedding space. The method further includes ranking each audience record based on the first distance and the second distance.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Dstillery, Inc.Inventors: Melinda Han Williams, Peter Ernest Lenz, Jr., Yeming Shi, Patrick Joseph McCarthy, Amelia Grieve White
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Publication number: 20240069704Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a timer and computing hardware configured to execute a software product. Execution of the software product results in generating and rendering a graphical user interface on the display with four or more user-selectable graphical objects. Selection of a first user-selectable graphical object at a first spatial position on the graphical user interface and a movement of the selected first user-selectable graphical object along a path towards a second user-selectable graphical object at a second spatial position is detected and a position of the first user-selectable graphical object is exchanged with the position of the second user-selectable graphical object. If, during a predetermined time period, a selection of a third user-selectable graphical object and a movement of the third user-selectable graphical object towards a fourth user-selectable graphical object is detected, the positions of the third and fourth objects is exchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Supercell OyInventors: Mikko Kodisoja, Antti Mattila, Riku Rikala, Chih-Han Hsu, Drussila Hollanda, Patrick Corander
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Patent number: 11301943Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing the security of an electronic database system. The system has a registry server hosting a registry database accessible by a registry user, and an authorization server hosting an authorization database. In operation, the registry server queries the authorization server to determine whether a particular record is locked. When a record is locked, an authorization service key is requested from the registry server and verified by the authorization server.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Authenticor Identity Protection Services Inc.Inventors: Gregory Howard Wolfond, Jaime Shapiro, Patrick Hans Engel, Pierre Antoine Roberge
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Patent number: 10210489Abstract: A method of authenticating to a computer server involves a first authentication client transmitting an authentication token to the computer server via a first communications channel, and a second authentication client receiving a payload from the computer server via a second communications channel distinct from the first communications channel in accordance with an outcome of a determination of authenticity of the authentication token by the computer server.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: SecureKey Technologies Inc.Inventors: Andre Michel Boysen, Troy Jacob Ronda, Pierre Antoine Roberge, Patrick Hans Engel, Gregory Howard Wolfond
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Patent number: 9860245Abstract: A method of authenticating a network client to a relying party computer via a computer server comprises the computer server receiving a transaction code from a token manager via a first communications channel. The network client is configured to communicate with a token manager which is configured to communicate with a hardware token interfaced therewith. The network client is also configured to communicate with the relying party computer and the computer server. The computer server also receives a transaction pointer from the relying party computer via a second communications channel that is distinct from the first communications channel. Preferably, the transaction pointer is unpredictable by the computer server. The computer server transmits an authorization signal to the relying party computer in accordance with a correlation between the transaction code and the transaction pointer. The authorization signal facilitates authentication of the network client to the relying party computer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Secure Technologies Inc.Inventors: Troy Jacob Ronda, Pierre Antoine Roberge, Patrick Hans Engel, Rene McIver, Gregory Howard Wolfond, Andre Michael Boysen
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Patent number: 9708785Abstract: A portable ground deployed flood barrier for the protection of a structure against tidal or ground surface flooding provides a lower cylindrical ground tube placed on the ground against the structure base, an upper cylindrical float tube and an intermediate sheet material attaching between the ground tube and the float tube which is presented as folded but readily spread vertically as the flood waters rise, causing the float tube to rise to the water level while leaving the ground tube in contact with the ground surface forming a water proof barrier for the structure against the flood waters.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Inventors: Jimmy Bollman, Patrick Han, Connor Begansky, Colton Cammack
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Publication number: 20160225110Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing the security of an electronic database system. The system has a registry server hosting a registry database accessible by a registry user, and an authorization server hosting an authorization database. In operation, the registry server queries the authorization server to determine whether a particular record is locked. When a record is locked, an authorization service key is requested from the registry server and verified by the authorization server.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Gregory Howard Wolfond, Jaime Shapiro, Patrick Hans Engel, Pierre Antoine Roberge
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Patent number: 9225754Abstract: A method of ad-hoc network communications comprises a computer server transmitting a communications session request to a primary logical communications device of a logical ad-hoc communications network. The logical ad-hoc communications network comprises the primary logical communications device and at least one secondary logical communications device that is registered to the primary logical communications device. The communications session request requests a communications session with one of the at least one secondary logical communications devices. Upon receipt of the communications session request, the primary logical communications device transmits to the one secondary logical communications device a session initiate message requesting the one secondary logical communications device initiate the communications session with the computer server.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: SECUREKEY TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Andre Michel Boysen, Patrick Hans Engel, Troy Jacob Ronda, Pierre Antoine Roberge, Gregory Howard Wolfond