Patents by Inventor Sam Francis

Sam Francis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240170006
    Abstract: A system for processing and presenting a conversation includes a sensor, a processor, and a presenter. The sensor is configured to capture an audio-form conversation. The processor is configured to automatically transform the audio-form conversation into a transformed conversation. The transformed conversation includes a synchronized text, wherein the synchronized text is synchronized with the audio-form conversation. The presenter is configured to present the transformed conversation including the synchronized text and the audio-form conversation. The presenter is further configured to present the transformed conversation to be navigable, searchable, assignable, editable, and shareable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: YUN FU, SIMON LAU, KAISUKE NAKAJIMA, JULIUS CHENG, GELEI CHEN, SAM SONG LIANG, JAMES MASON ALTREUTER, KEAN KHEONG CHIN, ZHENHAO GE, HITESH ANAND GUPTA, XIAOKE HUANG, JAMES FRANCIS McATEER, BRIAN FRANCIS WILLIAMS, TAO XING
  • Publication number: 20240156446
    Abstract: A system, for use with a leaflet of a valve of a subject's heart, comprises a catheter, a cutting device, a helical needle, and a suture. The catheter is transluminally advanceable toward the heart. The cutting device is advanceable distally out of the catheter, and is adapted to cut through tissue of the leaflet to form cut tissue and cut edges at the cardiac valve. The helical needle defines a helical lumen, the helical needle configured to be advanced distally out of the catheter and to rotationally extend through, and secure together, two tissue segments of the leaflet. The suture extends through the helical lumen of the helical needle. The helical needle and the suture are configured to extend along the two tissue segments of the leaflet to suture the two tissue segments to each other. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Mauricio Guerrero, Brian Patrick Murphy, Travis Zenyo Oba, Sam Shafigh, Mark Chau, Kevin Gantz, Meena Francis, Murrad Mirza Kazalbash
  • Patent number: 11978472
    Abstract: A system for processing and presenting a conversation includes a sensor, a processor, and a presenter. The sensor is configured to capture an audio-form conversation. The processor is configured to automatically transform the audio-form conversation into a transformed conversation. The transformed conversation includes a synchronized text, wherein the synchronized text is synchronized with the audio-form conversation. The presenter is configured to present the transformed conversation including the synchronized text and the audio-form conversation. The presenter is further configured to present the transformed conversation to be navigable, searchable, assignable, editable, and shareable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Otter.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Simon Lau, Kaisuke Nakajima, Julius Cheng, Gelei Chen, Sam Song Liang, James Mason Altreuter, Kean Kheong Chin, Zhenhao Ge, Hitesh Anand Gupta, Xiaoke Huang, James Francis McAteer, Brian Francis Williams, Tao Xing
  • Publication number: 20240087574
    Abstract: Computer-implemented method and system for receiving and processing one or more moment-associating elements. For example, the computer-implemented method includes receiving the one or more moment-associating elements, transforming the one or more moment-associating elements into one or more pieces of moment-associating information, and transmitting at least one piece of the one or more pieces of moment-associating information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YUN FU, SIMON LAU, KAISUKE NAKAJIMA, JULIUS CHENG, SAM SONG LIANG, JAMES MASON ALTREUTER, KEAN KHEONG CHIN, ZHENHAO GE, HITESH ANAND GUPTA, XIAOKE HUANG, JAMES FRANCIS McATEER, BRIAN FRANCIS WILLIAMS, TAO XING
  • Publication number: 20070299489
    Abstract: A temperature and moisture management garment to be worn against an individual's skin includes a shirt, a temperature modification device, and a pocket for retaining the temperature modification device on the inside or the outside of the shirt. The temperature modification device provides a source of heat or cold without connection to an outside device for helping a wearer maintain his body temperature by applying heat or cold to an area of the wearer's body. The shirt and/or the pocket permits transmission of heat and cold from the temperature modification means to the wearer. Preferably, the shirt is made of a compression fabric to provide a snug fit and hold the temperature modification device close to the wearer's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Sam Francis, Cynthia Francis, Justin Francis, Kellie Francis
  • Patent number: 5537533
    Abstract: A system for remote mirroring of digital data from a primary network server to a remote network server includes a primary data transfer unit and a remote data transfer unit which are connectable with one another by a conventional communication link. The primary data transfer unit sends mirrored data from the primary network server over the link to the remote data transfer unit which is located a safe distance away. Each data transfer unit includes a server interface and a link interface. The server interface is viewed by the network operating system as another disk drive controller. The link interface includes four interconnected parallel processors which perform read and write processes in parallel. The link interface also includes a channel service unit which may be tailored to commercial communications links such as T1, E1, or analog telephone lines connected by modems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Miralink Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Staheli, Mike Miller, Sam Francis, Dan Haab, Dan Patten, Kent Johnson