Patents by Inventor Thomas Madden
Thomas Madden 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: 20240152673Abstract: A method of evaluating a mixing protocol may include identifying a domain of mixing protocol parameters for a multivariate model and identifying an evaluation criterion for the multivariate model. The method may further include using predictor screening to determine a set of mixing protocol parameters from the domain of mixing protocol parameters, wherein the set of mixing protocol parameters account for a threshold observed variance in the evaluation criterion. The method may include generating the multivariate model, wherein the multivariate model relates the set of mixing protocol parameters to the evaluation criterion. The method may also include generating an estimated value of the evaluation criterion for the mixing protocol, using the multivariate model.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Ross KENYON, Saber MEAMARDOOST, Thomas MADDEN
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Patent number: 11372527Abstract: A system for configuration of vehicle applications includes a display and a processor. The processor is programmed to provide, to the display, a user interface including an active application area configured to display an active application, and a dash card area adjacent the application area configured to display one or more dash cards, each dash card representative of a minimized application, responsive to a first selection of a resize control, increase a dimension of the active application area and decrease a dimension of the dash card area, and responsive to a second selection of the resize control, decrease the dimension of the active application area and increase the dimension of the dash card area.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Michael Boyagian, Peter Ruthenberg, Paul Aldighieri, Mohammad Kalash, Husein Dakroub, Thomas Madden
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Patent number: 11262215Abstract: A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer, to read the characterization data from the RFID tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Sensia LLCInventors: Donald R Hammill, Thomas Madden, Thomas Neilson, Daniel B. Baxter
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Patent number: 11119643Abstract: Responsive to a first selection input to a physical knob control, a menu is displayed at least partially surrounding the physical knob control, the menu having a plurality of menu item each associated with a respective action, the menu overlaying at least a portion of the onscreen controls and extending off-screen the touchscreen to allow menu items to be loaded from the sides of the touchscreen as the menu is rotated. A selection of the menu is set to an exit menu item to allow a second selection input to the physical control to dismiss the menu. Responsive to rotational input to the knob, the menu is rotated about the physical knob control to change the selection of the menu. Responsive to receipt of the second selection input, performing the action of the menu item at the selection.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Thomas Madden
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Patent number: 11105668Abstract: A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a data tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer and/or a reader device such as a portable reader to read the characterization data from the tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SENSIA LLCInventors: Donald R. Hammill, Thomas Madden, Thomas Neilson
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Patent number: 11073946Abstract: Touch input from a user may be selectively ignored. Responsive to receipt of touch input to a physical control, the physical control at least partially overlapping a touchscreen configured to display onscreen controls, a size of an exclusion zone surrounding the physical control may be increased from a default size to an enlarged size greater than the default size, the exclusion zone representing an area of the touchscreen within which touch input to the touchscreen is not passed to an application executed by the processor. Responsive to a lack of receipt of the touch input to the physical control, the size of the exclusion zone may be decreased from the enlarged size to the default size, allowing touch input to onscreen controls outside the default size of the exclusion zone to be passed to the application.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Thomas Madden, Sarthak Manna, Jeffery Dippel, Mohammad Kalash, Rachad El-Kaafarani
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Patent number: 11030827Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to detect an application initiation request. The processor is further configured to determine whether current vehicle connectivity availability is sufficient to support remote execution of the application. Also, the processor is configured to launch a local version of the application, responsive to determining that current vehicle connectivity is insufficient to support remote execution. The processor is further configured to request that a remote server launch an instance of the application, once current vehicle connectivity is sufficient to support remote execution.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Grix, Thomas Madden, Joseph Patrick Oravec, Matthew Liwienski
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Publication number: 20210152639Abstract: A vehicle includes a human-machine interface (HMI) controller configured to provide an in-vehicle HMI; an electronic control unit (ECU), configured to control a vehicle operation; and a gateway controller connected to the HMI controller and to the ECU via an in-vehicle network, the gateway controller configured to responsive to receiving a request to subscribe to a topic from the HMI controller, subscribe the HMI controller to the topic, responsive to receiving a message in a first format sent from the ECU via the in-vehicle network, convert the message into a second format and process the message to identify a message topic associated with the message, publish the message to the message topic, and responsive to verifying the HMI controller is subscribed to the message topic, send the message in the second format to the HMI controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventor: Thomas MADDEN
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Publication number: 20210149541Abstract: Touch input from a user may be selectively ignored. Responsive to receipt of touch input to a physical control, the physical control at least partially overlapping a touchscreen configured to display onscreen controls, a size of an exclusion zone surrounding the physical control may be increased from a default size to an enlarged size greater than the default size, the exclusion zone representing an area of the touchscreen within which touch input to the touchscreen is not passed to an application executed by the processor. Responsive to a lack of receipt of the touch input to the physical control, the size of the exclusion zone may be decreased from the enlarged size to the default size, allowing touch input to onscreen controls outside the default size of the exclusion zone to be passed to the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Thomas MADDEN, Sarthak MANNA, Jeffery DIPPEL, Mohammad KALASH, Rachad EL-KAAFARANI
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Publication number: 20200200581Abstract: A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a data tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer and/or a reader device such as a portable reader to read the characterization data from the tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Donald R. Hammill, Thomas Madden, Thomas Neilson
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Publication number: 20190221050Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to detect an application initiation request. The processor is further configured to determine whether current vehicle connectivity availability is sufficient to support remote execution of the application. Also, the processor is configured to launch a local version of the application, responsive to determining that current vehicle connectivity is insufficient to support remote execution. The processor is further configured to request that a remote server launch an instance of the application, once current vehicle connectivity is sufficient to support remote execution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Jason Grix, Thomas Madden, Joseph Patrick Oravec, Matthew Liwienski
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Patent number: 10109852Abstract: Electrodes that include at least one active material layer, and at least one graphitized carbon structure layer are disclosed. The active material layer may include an active metal ion complex. The at least one active material layer may form an active material stack that includes a positive active material layer, a negative active material layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive active material layer and the negative active material layer. The electrode may be configured as an energy storage structure. The energy storage structure may include a first graphitized carbon structure layer, a second graphitized carbon structure layer, and an active material stack disposed between the first graphitized carbon structure layer and the second graphitized carbon structure layer. Methods of making energy storage structures are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Thomas Madden, Christopher J. Rothfuss
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Publication number: 20180185516Abstract: Described herein are lipid nanoparticles comprising cationic lipids and other lipids and also comprising engineered nucleases facilitate transfer of nucleic acids to cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Steven M. Ansell, Christopher Barbosa, Anthony Conway, Xinyao Du, Michael J. Hope, Michael C. Holmes, Gary K. Lee, Paulo Jia Ching Lin, Thomas Madden, Barbara Mui
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Publication number: 20160285085Abstract: Electrodes that include at least one active material layer, and at least one graphitized carbon structure layer are disclosed. The active material layer may include an active metal ion complex. The at least one active material layer may form an active material stack that includes a positive active material layer, a negative active material layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive active material layer and the negative active material layer. The electrode may be configured as an energy storage structure. The energy storage structure may include a first graphitized carbon structure layer, a second graphitized carbon structure layer, and an active material stack disposed between the first graphitized carbon structure layer and the second graphitized carbon structure layer. Methods of making energy storage structures are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: THOMAS MADDEN, CHRISTOPHER J. ROTHFUSS
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Publication number: 20150077266Abstract: A system and method are presented for collecting and retrieving characterization data of measurement devices, such as flow meters. The system includes a meter, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for storing the meter characterization data, and electronics, such as a totalizer, to read the characterization data from the RFID tag and calibrate the meter measurements using the characterization data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Donald R. Hammill, Thomas Madden, Thomas Neilson, Daniel Brent Baxter
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Patent number: 8769408Abstract: Techniques and systems for intelligent navigation of sequential media content are disclosed. The intelligent navigation is well suited to enable users to better control media playback with regards to a media playback application operating on a computing device. One embodiment of a method for playing sequential media content by a media playback application operating on a computing device includes at least the acts of: initiating playing of the sequential media content by the media playback application; receiving a user input requesting to start playing at a new position in the sequential media content; marking a current position in the sequential media content; thereafter initiating playing of the sequential media content at the new position; receiving a user input requesting to reset playing to the marked current position; and subsequently initiating playing of the sequential media content at the marked current position.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Madden, Eric Seymour, Scott Forstall, Celia Vigil, Imran Chaudhri
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Patent number: 8621393Abstract: Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Thomas Madden, Scott Forstall, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nick King, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard W. Fabrick, II, Bas Ording, Eric Seymour, Marcel van Os
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Publication number: 20110243525Abstract: Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Thomas Madden, Scott Forstall, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nick King, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard W. Fabrick, II, Bas Ording, Eric Seymour, Marcel van Os
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Patent number: 7966577Abstract: Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that can be presented on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Thomas Madden, Scott Forstall, Duncan Robert Kerr, Nick King, Stephen O. Lemay, Richard W. Fabrick, II, Bas Ording, Eric Seymour, Marcel van Os
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Publication number: 20100223553Abstract: Various “media-components” are provided in a “multi-media center.” In modular architecture, a module-controller communicates with media-modules provided for various media-components. A media-module can include or obtain data pertaining to a particular media-component, identify media-player(s), and access information related to their media. However, the media-modules are isolated from each other, and the module-controller effectively controls output generated in response to user input. A user interface library is provided for the media-modules. Media-modules can obtain a template or other tools from the library and construct their user interface (e.g., menus). Media-modules can also identify a media-player that can be initiated in response to user input. Subsequently, the media-controller forwards user input to the media-player.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventor: Thomas Madden