Patents by Inventor Stephen Todd

Stephen Todd 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: 11550834
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing platform implementing a data set discovery engine and a data set valuation engine. The data set discovery engine is configured to generate data set similarity measures each relating a corresponding one of a plurality of data sets to one or more other ones of the plurality of data sets. The data set valuation engine is coupled to the data set discovery engine and configured to generate valuation measures for respective ones of at least a subset of the plurality of data sets based at least in part on respective ones of the data set similarity measures generated by the data set discovery engine. For example, the data set valuation engine may generate the valuation measure for a given data set as a function of valuation measures previously generated for respective other data sets determined to exhibit at least a threshold similarity to the given data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, David Stephen Reiner, Nihar Nanda
  • Patent number: 11481740
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to implement a first ledger node of a first cloud. The first ledger node of the first cloud is configured to communicate over one or more networks with a plurality of additional ledger nodes associated with respective additional clouds. The first ledger node is further configured to obtain a transaction associated with a valuation of a data asset. The first ledger node is further configured to broadcast the valuation transaction to the additional ledger nodes. A cryptographic block characterizing at least the valuation transaction is generated and entered into a blockchain distributed ledger collectively maintained by the first and additional ledger nodes. The first and additional ledger nodes collectively maintain the blockchain distributed ledger on a peer-to-peer basis without utilizing a centralized transaction authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Robert A. Lincourt, Jr., Misha Nossik, Lejin Du
  • Patent number: 11456885
    Abstract: Data set valuation techniques are provided. For example, a request is obtained from a client to utilize one or more cloud computing services managed by at least one service provider. A valuation is determined for delivering the one or more requested cloud computing services to the client. The valuation determination includes determining a valuation of one or more data sets associated with the one or more cloud computing services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, David Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11397919
    Abstract: A distributed ledger is maintained in accordance with an enterprise. The distributed ledger includes a plurality of nodes such that one or more entities internal to the enterprise and one or more entities external to the enterprise each have access to at least one of the plurality of nodes. Electronic agreements (for example, product/service licenses) between at least a portion of the one or more entities internal to the enterprise and at least a portion of the one or more entities external to the enterprise are managed in association with the distributed ledger. Management includes generating and recording transactions associated with the electronic agreements on the distributed ledger to enable the one or more entities internal to the enterprise and the one or more entities external to the enterprise permissioned access to one or more of the recorded transactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Senthil Thiagrajan, Sudhir Vijendra, Stephen Todd
  • Patent number: 11387893
    Abstract: A technology is described for a repeater system comprising a repeater and a scanning receiver. The repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, one or more amplification and filtering paths coupled between the first port and the second port and one or more processors and memory. The scanning receiver can be configured to: identify one or more frequency ranges associated with a plurality of cellular carriers; scan the one or more frequency ranges; identify cellular carrier specific information for the one or more frequency ranges associated with the plurality of cellular carriers; and provide the cellular carrier specific information to the repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Wilson Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Michael James Mouser, Stephen Todd Fariss, Dale Robert Anderson, William Gerald Sarver, Jr., Ilesh V. Patel, Christopher Ken Ashworth, Philip Anthony Weaver, Douglas Edward Bohls
  • Publication number: 20220168517
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: William Robert Collett, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR., Paul Andrew Brinkley, Jeffrey Edward Allgeyer, Ethan Matthew Bernhardt, Andrew Ross Matthews, Roger Ritter, Stephen Todd Schafer, Mathieu Leboeuf, Martin Lee Maple, Trenton S. Noonan, Kevin Paul Schafer
  • Patent number: 11278686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: William Robert Collett, Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Paul Andrew Brinkley, Jeffrey Edward Allgeyer, Ethan Matthew Bernhardt, Andrew Ross Matthews, Roger Ritter, Stephen Todd Schafer, Mathieu Leboeuf, Martin Lee Maple, Trenton S. Noonan, Kevin Paul Schafer
  • Patent number: 11205229
    Abstract: A set of valuations is obtained for a set of assets of a given enterprise. The enterprise has a plurality of groups associated therewith, and each of the valuations is computed using a multi-dimensional model configured to generate cross-group impact values with respect to each asset and two or more of the groups associated with the enterprise. One or more storage locations within a storage infrastructure associated with the enterprise to store the assets are determined based on the valuations for the assets. For example, the one or more storage locations may be determined based on a content balancing process that computes an optimal storage location to store each asset in order to minimize overall cost to the enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 11205102
    Abstract: A manifest for an automated system is generated, wherein the manifest comprises a record of a plurality of algorithms configured to be used in operation of the automated system. An operational audit branch is generated from the manifest in response to execution of one or more algorithms of the plurality of algorithms. The generation of the operational audit branch comprises recording one or more inputs used by the one or more algorithms, and recording one or more outputs generated by the one or more algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. O'Connell, Stephen Todd
  • Patent number: 11194356
    Abstract: Techniques for efficient operation of a linear stage in an H-bridge system are provided. In an example, a linear stage can switch between voltage regulation and current regulation over a range of a command signal. The particular regulation mode can depend on the regulation mode of a switched stage of the H-bridge system. Efficiency can be realized by using current regulation of the linear stage when the output voltage of the linear stage moves away from the voltage of a supply rail. Such a control scheme can reduce the voltage across the linear stage for a larger range of the command signal resulting in less heat dissipation of the linear stage compared to conventional control of H-bridge linear stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Fu Sun, Xiaohua Su, Stephen Todd Van Duyne, Yanfeng Lu, Mathew Todd Wich
  • Patent number: 11169965
    Abstract: At least one application data set stored in a data repository is obtained. The application data set is analyzed to generate at least one metadata node. The at least one metadata node is combined with at least one other related node to form a hierarchical data structure. One or more valuation algorithms are executed against the hierarchical data structure to calculate a value for the data set represented in the hierarchical data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Anand Singh, Sudhir Vijendra, Narayanan Krishnakumar, Qing Ye
  • Patent number: 11109229
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture comprising processor-readable storage media are provided for implementing security for a network environment using a centralized smart security system. For example, a method includes implementing a network comprising a plurality of network devices which collectively generate data that is utilized by a computing system to execute an application, and implementing a centralized security system as a computing node within the network to manage security operations within the network and to establish secured and trusted communications between the network devices and the computing system. The network devices may comprise wireless sensor devices operating in a wireless sensor network, wherein the computing system executes an IoT (Internet of Things) application which processes the data that is generated by the wireless sensor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Sohail, Stephen Todd, Said Tabet, Khaled Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20210250353
    Abstract: At least one identity for a given entity is established in accordance with a decentralized identity management system maintained in accordance with a distributed ledger, wherein the identity of the given entity and a set of attributes relating to the identity are defined by a secure token file. The secure token file is referenced in the distributed ledger enabling two or more computing resource systems (e.g., storage systems) to at least one of authenticate and authorize the given entity in accordance with the secure token file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Mark A. O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11053016
    Abstract: Controlling a movement of an aircraft. A computer system detects a position of a group of integrated control levers for the aircraft. The computer system controls a forward thrust, a drag, and a reverse thrust generated by the aircraft based on the position of the group of integrated control levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew August Lassen, Joseph E. Elliott, Stephen Todd Burrington, Robert James Myers, Kent E. Karnofski, Thomas Jenkins Staggs
  • Publication number: 20210203405
    Abstract: A technology is described for a repeater system comprising a repeater and a scanning receiver. The repeater can comprise a first port, a second port, one or more amplification and filtering paths coupled between the first port and the second port and one or more processors and memory. The scanning receiver can be configured to: identify one or more frequency ranges associated with a plurality of cellular carriers; scan the one or more frequency ranges; identify cellular carrier specific information for the one or more frequency ranges associated with the plurality of cellular carriers; and provide the cellular carrier specific information to the repeater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Michael James Mouser, Stephen Todd Fariss, Dale Robert Anderson, William Gerald Sarver, Ilesh V. Patel, Christopher Ken Ashworth, Philip Anthony Weaver, Douglas Edward Bohls
  • Publication number: 20210203404
    Abstract: A technology is described for a repeater system configured to provide services via a cloud-computing environment. The repeater system can comprise an n-band repeater, wherein n is a positive integer greater than 0; a server port; a donor port; one or more processors and memory in communication with the n-band repeater; and a scanning receiver coupled to the one or more processors and memory, wherein the scanning receiver is configured to scan one or more of the n bands of the n-band repeater and communicate carrier-specific information for the one or more of the n bands to a computer server located in the cloud-computing environment to enable access to the carrier-specific information from the cloud-computing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Michael James Mouser, Stephen Todd Fariss, Stephen McBride, Philip Anthony Weaver, Douglas Edward Bohls, Christopher Ken Ashworth, Dale Robert Anderson, William Gerald Sarver, JR., Ilesh V. Patel
  • Patent number: 11037208
    Abstract: One or more data assets associated with a data repository of a given enterprise is identified. Each of the one or more data assets is tagged with economic driver metadata that links each of the one or more data assets to at least one economic driver category from a plurality of economic driver categories associated with the given enterprise. At least one economic value is calculated for each of the one or more data assets based on the at least one economic driver category linked to each of the one or more data assets. Calculated economic values for the one or more data assets are stored in a valuation data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Anand Singh, Sudhir Vijendra
  • Patent number: 11025626
    Abstract: At least one identity for a given entity is established in accordance with a decentralized identity management system maintained in accordance with a distributed ledger, wherein the identity of the given entity and a set of attributes relating to the identity are defined by a secure token file. The secure token file is referenced in the distributed ledger enabling two or more computing resource systems (e.g., storage systems) to at least one of authenticate and authorize the given entity in accordance with the secure token file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Mark A. O'Connell
  • Patent number: 10922304
    Abstract: In a cloud computing environment associated with an enterprise comprising one or more cloud platforms with one or more respective data protection ecosystems, a method maintains a distributed ledger system with a plurality of nodes, wherein a given one of the data protection ecosystems is operatively coupled to a given one of the plurality of nodes of the distributed ledger system. Further, the method manages one or more data sets processed by the one or more data protection ecosystems in association with the distributed ledger system, wherein managing comprises storing transaction data associated with the processing of the one or more data sets on the distributed ledger system to enable an environment-wide view of the stored transaction data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Kenneth Durazzo, Assaf Natanzon
  • Patent number: 10915961
    Abstract: At least one asset of a given enterprise is identified. The enterprise has a plurality of groups associated therewith. A valuation is computed for the asset using a multi-dimensional model configured to generate cross-group impact values with respect to the asset and two or more of the groups associated with the enterprise. In one example, the multi-dimensional model is in the form of a matrix data structure and the cross-group impact values are off-diagonal entries of the matrix data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Jeffrey Norton