Patents by Inventor Scott Francis

Scott 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).

  • Patent number: 11297035
    Abstract: A system for web traffic control is provided that is based on information related to a user's previous online activity. In one embodiment, the system is able to collect information about incoming traffic, compare the information to a generated ruleset, and make and implement a decision about how to handle each request/user interaction. In one embodiment, the ruleset is based on e-commerce rules. An e-commerce rule is a unit of decision making logic based on the user's previous online activity on the e-commerce platform, e.g. “If request is to add an item to user's cart, and if user already added something to their cart less than one second ago, then block request”. In some embodiments, the rules may be executed at the firewall and/or in a web application on the e-commerce platform. In some embodiments, one or more rules may be recommended to a merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
    Inventors: Scott Francis, Blake Delaney Manders, Dennis Ho
  • Publication number: 20220104193
    Abstract: Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a network can compare capabilities supported by a user equipment (UE) with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: John J. Humbert, Boris Antsev, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20220104192
    Abstract: Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can compare capabilities supported by the UE with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: John J. Humbert, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi, Wafik Abdel Shahid
  • Patent number: 11277854
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and devices relate to determining a delay associated with a device; calculating a guard time based at least in part on the delay; and scheduling a wireless resource to include a downlink interval, an uplink interval, and the guard time between the downlink interval and the uplink interval. By calculating the guard time based at least in part on the delay associated with the device, spectrum efficiency can be enhanced, and latency can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Neng-Tsann Ueng, Brian Allan Olsen
  • Patent number: 11265679
    Abstract: Systems and methods for registering a location tracking device affixed to an item or other merchandise with a cellular or mobile network provider associated with the purchaser are described herein. In some cases, user equipment in physical proximity to the location tracking device may establish a connection with the location tracking device to facilitate the registration process between the network provider and the location tracking device. Once the registration is complete, the location tracking device may establish a direct connection with the cellular or mobile network of the network provider such that the network provider is able to monitor the location of the location tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Cheryl Trakinat, Scott Francis Migaldi, Karri Mikael Kuoppamaki, Mark L. Younge
  • Publication number: 20220046505
    Abstract: An access network can allocate a bearer for a network service associated with a quality-of-service (QoS) value (QV) and a retention-priority value (RPV), and determine a bearer ID for the service based on the QV, the RPV, and a supplemental priority value (SPV) different from the QV and from the RPV. Upon handover of a terminal, session(s) carried by a bearer allocated by the terminal can be terminated. That bearer can be selected using IDs of the bearers and a comparison function that, given two bearer IDs, determines which respective bearer should be terminated before the other. Upon handover of a terminal to an access network supporting fewer bearers per terminal than the terminal has allocated, a network node can select a bearer based on respective QVs and RPVs of a set of allocated bearers. The network node can deallocate the selected bearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kun Lu, Boris Antsev, Terri L. Brooks, Egil Gronstad, John Humbert, Alan Denis MacDonald, Salvador Mendoza, Scott Francis Migaldi, Gary Jones, Christopher H. Joul, Jun Liu, Ming Shan Kwok, Karunakalage Viraj Rakitha Silva, Neng-Tsann Ueng
  • Patent number: 11241485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the regulated and controlled expression of proteins. Methods for inducing anti-cancer immune responses in a subject are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: OBSIDIAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Vipin Suri, Byron Delabarre, Michael N. Gladstone, Celeste Richardson, Brian Dolinski, Abhishek Kulkarni, Mara Christine Inniss, Dexue Sun, Dan Jun Li, Grace Y. Olinger, Scott Francis Heller
  • Patent number: 11233327
    Abstract: Ultra wideband (UWB) antennas are provided including a printed circuit board; a radiating element coupled to the printed circuit board and substantially perpendicular thereto; and radio frequency (RF) electronics associated with the antenna integrated with the printed circuit board. Related enclosures and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wiser Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Edward-Austin Hollar, Scott Francis Fisher
  • Patent number: 11233620
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include determining a location of a device; selecting, based at least in part on the location of the device, a mini-slot size; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots having the mini-slot size in a PRB, a HARQ transmission; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20210400437
    Abstract: Systems and methods for registering a location tracking device affixed to an item or other merchandise with a cellular or mobile network provider associated with the purchaser are described herein. In some cases, user equipment in physical proximity to the location tracking device may establish a connection with the location tracking device to facilitate the registration process between the network provider and the location tracking device. Once the registration is complete, the location tracking device may establish a direct connection with the cellular or mobile network of the network provider such that the network provider is able to monitor the location of the location tracking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jean Cheryl Trakinat, Scott Francis Migaldi, Karri Mikael Kuoppamaki, Mark L. Younge
  • Publication number: 20210386788
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to compositions and methods for the regulated and controlled expression of proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Vipin SURI, Dexue SUN, Michelle Lynn OLS, Scott Francis HELLER, Dan Jun LI, Celeste RICHARDSON, Mara Christine INNISS, Jennifer Leah GORI, Benjamin J. PRIMACK, Abhishek KULKARNI, Brian DOLINSKI, Tucker Read EZELL, Michael SCHEBESTA, James A. STORER, Kutlu Goksu ELPEK
  • Publication number: 20210392180
    Abstract: A user equipment described herein receives content delivered by a telecommunication network at a first rate. The first rate is a highest rate possible for the telecommunication network. The user equipment then renders the content at a second rate that is lower than the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: John J. Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Patent number: 11199103
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a rotating shaft extending along a centerline and a fixed housing positioned exterior to the rotating shaft in a radial direction relative to the centerline. The seal assembly includes a sump housing at least partially defining a bearing compartment for holding a cooling lubricant. The seal assembly further includes a bearing supporting the rotating shaft. In addition, the seal assembly also includes a sump seal at least partially defining the bearing compartment. A pressurized housing of the seal assembly is positioned exterior to the sump housing and defines a pressurized compartment to at least partially enclose the sump housing. Further, a non-contacting carbon seal is positioned between the rotating shaft and the fixed housing to at least partially define the pressurized compartment to enclose the sump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Francis Wolfer, Kevin Richard Crain, Jonathan K. Remer, Robert Burton Brown, Nicholas Rowe Dinsmore
  • Publication number: 20210385626
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin Fu Henry Chiang
  • Publication number: 20210377817
    Abstract: When initiating a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) communication session between an originating device (MO) and a terminating device (MT) on a packet-switched network, network components associated with the MO may encounter a failure when preparing resources for the session, such as a failure to establish a dedicated bearer with the MO. This might typically cause the system to abort the session. Instead, the network components are configured to detect the failure and to initiate a handover to a circuit-switched communication network so that the session may be conducted through the circuit-switched communication network. The failure may be detected by a component of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Radio Access Network (RAN) of the network, by a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the network, or by some other network component. Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) procedures may be used to implement the handover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kun Lu, Alan Denis MacDonald, Egil Gronstad, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang, A. Karl Corona, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Publication number: 20210368379
    Abstract: A slice manager associated with a network access point of a telecommunication network can manage combinations of network slices and bandwidth parts for user equipment (UE). The bandwidth parts can have independently set numerologies, such as subcarrier spacing values. The UE can be configured to use one or more active bandwidth parts at a time, such that the slice manager can instruct the UE to use multiple active bandwidth parts simultaneously with respect to the same network slice or multiple network slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Mark L. Younge, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Patent number: 11133909
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include detecting a fading condition of a device; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots of a PRB, a HARQ transmission based at least in part on the fading condition; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuqing Xing, Wafik Abdel Shahid, Scott Francis Migaldi
  • Patent number: 11120208
    Abstract: A method for electronic signature is provided. The method comprises capturing a user name through an interface and calculating a font size for an electronic signature of the user name based on the number of characters in the user name. The electronic signature of the user name is drawn using the font and calculated font size, and a determination is made if the electronic signature fits within a specified field of an electronic form. If the electronic signature fits within the specified field the electronic signature is submitted in the electronic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Basumatary, Prasad Rasapally, Kajal Singhal, Scott Francis, Narendra Verma
  • Patent number: 11102627
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang
  • Publication number: 20210258746
    Abstract: A service type symbol may be presented on a display of a communication device to indicate a type of service supported or unsupported on the communication device over a network to which the communication device is presently connected. The communication device may determine a value of a parameter, may determine, based at least in part on the value of the parameter, a service type symbol from a set of multiple different service type symbols to present on a display of the communication device, and may present the symbol on the display. Service type symbols might include, among others, a video symbol corresponding to a video streaming service, a voice symbol corresponding to a voice calling service, a basic data symbol corresponding to a basic data service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: John Humbert, Scott Francis Migaldi, Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang