Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Hoyt

Stephen A. Hoyt 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: 20240084333
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Hoyt Cleaver, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, Jacob Rosenblum Rubens, Robert James Citorik, William Edward Salomon, Zi Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240076698
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Hoyt Cleaver, Barrett Ethan Steinberg, Jacob Rosenblum Rubens, Robert James Citorik, William Edward Salomon, Zi Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240057807
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Patent number: 11779150
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Publication number: 20230225546
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Publication number: 20230131847
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating a target genome are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob Rosenblum RUBENS, Robert James CITORIK, Stephen Hoyt CLEAVER, Cecilia Giovanna Silvia COTTA-RAMUSINO, Yanfang FU
  • Patent number: 11265711
    Abstract: Techniques for enabling a user computing device to manage a controlled device only when the user computer device is physically proximate to the controlled device are disclosed. The controlled device repeatedly provides codes that change at select times and the user computing device sends the last received or captured code back to the controlled device. The user computing device is enabled to manage the controlled device when the most recent code sent by the user computing device matches one or more codes most recently provided by the controlled device. Additionally or alternatively, the user computing device is enabled to manage the controlled device when the user and controlled devices connect to the same access point. A technique for enabling the user computing device to share, mirror, or cast a screen on the user computing device onto a display of the controlled device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hoyt Houchen, Charles Albert Vermette, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210235920
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Patent number: 11013362
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Publication number: 20210138653
    Abstract: A two-stage insertion system including a gripper to grip a module, a compliance element to provide movement in the XY axis, a first stage insertion control to insert the module into a socket, to a first level, and a second stage insertion control to complete the insertion of the module into the socket, when the first stage insertion control indicates that the module is aligned to the socket, the second level insertion control exerting enough force to complete the insertion of the module into the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Bright Machines, Inc.
    Inventors: Ran Loulavi, Nikolay Shtanikov, Ivan Hin-Kwan Chew, James Leo McCormick, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Jeremy Avizrat, Shai Mordechai Niezni, Dov Kariv, Leonid Epstein
  • Publication number: 20210084495
    Abstract: Techniques for enabling a user computing device to manage a controlled device only when the user computer device is physically proximate to the controlled device are disclosed. The controlled device repeatedly provides codes that change at select times and the user computing device sends the last received or captured code back to the controlled device. The user computing device is enabled to manage the controlled device when the most recent code sent by the user computing device matches one or more codes most recently provided by the controlled device. Additionally or alternatively, the user computing device is enabled to manage the controlled device when the user and controlled devices connect to the same access point. A technique for enabling the user computing device to share, mirror, or cast a screen on the user computing device onto a display of the controlled device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Hoyt Houchen, Charles Albert Vermette, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180199750
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Patent number: 9930987
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Publication number: 20160299671
    Abstract: In at least some embodiments, when a participant in an online meeting begins to share a resource, such as their display screen, a new application window is automatically opened on a meeting room device and content associated with the participant's computing device is shared within the new application window. The participant can be a person in close proximity to the meeting room device. Alternately or additionally, the participant can be a remote participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Yu An, Prarthana Panchal Johnson, Mark Robert Swift, John Cole Bradley, Thaddeus Adam Scott, Phillip Dean Garding, Stephen Hoyt Houchen
  • Publication number: 20160269450
    Abstract: Meeting software on a meeting room device enables a meeting summary to be generated and sent to individuals associated with a meeting. The meeting summary may be triggered by a user, such as a meeting administrator. Alternately or additionally, the meeting summary may be automatically triggered and sent to the individuals associated with the meeting. The meeting summary can include a timeline of events that occurred throughout the meeting. In addition, the meeting summary can include content from the meeting and/or mechanisms to enable content from the meeting to be accessed by the recipients of the meeting summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Madhuri Tondepu, Michael K. Forney, Somasundaram Kumaresan Beerana, Prarthana Panchal Johnson, Mark Robert Swift, Thaddeus Adam Scott, John Cole Bradley, Chad Michael Roberts, Stephen Hoyt Houchen
  • Publication number: 20160269451
    Abstract: Meeting software on a meeting room device enables meeting room resources to be automatically shared. A meeting is initiated and, during the meeting, and associated meeting room device monitors for events pertaining to an interaction with one or more meeting resources. Responsive to detecting an event, the meeting room device automatically enables associated meeting room resources to be automatically shared among meeting participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Hoyt Houchen, Melinda Katrina Lim, Yu An, Prarthana Panchal Johnson, Mark Robert Swift, John Cole Bradley, Thaddeus Adam Scott, Phillip Dean Garding
  • Publication number: 20160149969
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate generally to a method of automatically selecting a collaboration mechanism for content to be shared between a source computing device and a destination computing device. The collaboration mechanism may be one of multiple collaboration mechanisms available to a collaboration application. Aspects of the present invention can automatically select the collaboration mechanism that is optimized for the present network conditions, hardware conditions, and quality requirements to share the selected content. Many of the network and processing conditions utilized by aspects of the present invention are not readily available or discernible by a user selecting a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: RYAN MICHAEL FARMER, BORA BERAN, XingZhao LIU, STEPHEN HOYT HOUCHEN
  • Publication number: 20150135966
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Randy Hulett, David Doucette, Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Amanda L. Juris, Jeff Allison, Brian Shay, John Andrew Johnson, Roland Horth, Steve Frankovich, Glenn Klecker, Stephen Hoyt Hancock, Marc Singer
  • Publication number: 20050091537
    Abstract: Monitored content is analyzed to determine full and partial matches to previously classified content. Monitored content matching previously classified public content is classified as public, even if the monitored content is also found to match previously classified private content. In other words, public classification “overrides” potentially private classification. Monitored content matching only previously classified private content is classified as private. All remaining otherwise unclassified monitored content is classified as unknown. Monitored content is analyzed with respect to a session. If any content in a session is private, then the session is classified as private. If all content in a session is public, then the session is classified as public. Otherwise, the session is classified as unknown. In a related aspect, a set of policies are searched for a first match in part according to the classification, and a designated action taken if the first match is found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: James Nisbet, James Wiese, David Reizes, Stephen Hoyt
  • Patent number: 6572772
    Abstract: A digester method and system for processing farm waste is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a small-scale digester that processes approximately 0.1% to 10% of a raw waste stream at a temperature of approximately 100° F. The remaining 90% to 99.1% of the raw waste stream is directed to a waste lagoon without passing through the digester. Once the digester has processed the waste stream directed thereto, the processed waste is fed to the waste lagoon thereby inducing greater methane production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen A. Hoyt