Patents Assigned to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
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Patent number: 11430937Abstract: A tunable oscillator including a Josephson junction. In some embodiments, the tunable oscillator includes a first superconducting terminal, a second superconducting terminal, a graphene channel including a portion of a graphene sheet, and a conductive gate. The first superconducting terminal, the second superconducting terminal, and the graphene channel together may form a Josephson junction having an oscillation frequency, and the conductive gate may be configured, upon application of a voltage across the conductive gate and the graphene channel, to modify the oscillation frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Kin Chung Fong
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Patent number: 11340512Abstract: An electro-optical modulator assembly including a transistor including a gate, a drain, and a source disposed on a substrate, a photonic modulator including a first waveguide structure positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode, the photonic modulator being integrated with the transistor on the substrate, and a metal connection coupled between the drain of the transistor and one of the first and second electrodes of the photonic modulator.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Moe Soltani, Jeffrey Laroche, Thomas Kazior
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Publication number: 20220146865Abstract: Photonic devices having a quantum well structure that includes a Group III-N material, and a Al1-xScxN cladding layer disposed on the quantum well structure, where 0<x?0.45, the Al1-xScxN cladding layer having a lower refractive index than the index of refraction of the quantum well structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Raytheon CompanyInventors: Mohammad Soltani, Eduardo M. Chumbes
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Publication number: 20220146864Abstract: Photonic devices having a photonic waveguiding layer, and a cladding layer, disposed on the photonic waveguiding layer, and where the cladding section is a material comprising Scandium. The cladding layer may include a material comprising Al1-xScxN material where 0<x?0.45.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Raytheon CompanyInventors: Mohammad Soltani, Eduardo M. Chumbes
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Publication number: 20220137438Abstract: A Group III-Nitride quantum well laser including a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR). In some embodiments, the DBR includes Scandium. In some embodiments, the DBR includes Al1-xScxN, which may have 0<x?0.45.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Raytheon CompanyInventors: Mohammad Soltani, Eduardo M. Chumbes
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Patent number: 11316553Abstract: An RF clocked device can include a signal processor operable to receive an RF signal having an RF signal frequency and output a clock signal having a clock frequency based on the RF signal frequency. The RF clocked device can also include a clock operable to receive, and operate, using the clock signal. The clock can output at least one of a time and a date. In addition, a clock system can include an RF clocked device. The RF clocked device can include a signal processor operable to receive an RF signal having an RF signal frequency and output a clock signal having a clock frequency based on the RF signal frequency. The RF clocked device can also include a clock operable to receive, and operate, using the clock signal. The clock can output at least one of a time and a date. The clock system can also include a client device operable to receive timing information from the RF clocked device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.Inventors: Thomas Gilbert Roden, III, John-Francis Mergen, Christopher Michael Wilder, David Brian Miller, Jr.
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Patent number: 11310242Abstract: A system for performing security functions in a service-oriented computer system includes a router node configured to forward at least one packet of at least one service request to at least one server computer adapted to process the at least one service request; a first server node configured to execute, for the at least one packet, a first protocol layer of a network protocol stack, determine whether the at least one packet is compliant at the first protocol layer, and provide the at least one packet to a second server node responsive to determining that the at least one packet is compliant at the first protocol layer. The second server node is configured to execute, for the at least one packet, a second protocol layer of the network protocol stack, and determine whether the at least one packet is compliant at the second protocol layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Nathaniel Benjamin Soule, Partha Pal, Aaron Paulos
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Methods and systems for eliminating and reducing attack surfaces through evaluating reconfigurations
Patent number: 11297081Abstract: A method of performing a security assessment of a system includes analyzing a static structure of the system; storing, in a semantic system model, structure information about the static structure of the system; observing the system during a plurality of discrete temporal system states; storing, in the semantic system model, dynamic information about the system during the plurality of discrete temporal system states; performing a semantic composition analysis on the structure information to identify at least one vulnerability of the system; performing a flow analysis on the dynamic information to identify at least one anomalous behavior of the system during at least one of the plurality of discrete temporal system states; and generating, based on the at least one vulnerability of the system and the at least one anomalous behavior of the system, a vulnerability assessment of the system.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Michael Hassan Atighetchi, Borislava Ivanova Simidchieva -
Patent number: 11283476Abstract: A receiver for cancelling strong signals from combined weak and strong signals includes: a first circuitry for inputting a weak and strong signal as an input; a parametric cancellation circuit for inputting a representation of the strong signal and an output of the first circuitry to produce a cancellation signal; a second circuitry electrically coupled to the parametric cancellation circuit for inputting the cancellation signal to produce a modulated output; a demodulator electronically coupled to the second circuitry for demodulating the modulated output to produce a demodulated output and an error signal, where the demodulated output is the data contained in the weak signal; and an adaptation logic circuit for inputting the representation of the strong signal, the demodulated output and the error signal to adaptively produce parameters for the parametric cancellation circuit. The parametric cancellation circuit further inputs the error signal and the parameters to produce the cancellation signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Neil Judell
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Patent number: 11262604Abstract: Photonic devices having Al1-xScxN and AlyGa1-yN materials, where Al is Aluminum, Sc is Scandium, Ga is Gallium, and N is Nitrogen and where 0<x?0.45 and 0?y?1.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Raytheon CompanyInventors: Mohammad Soltani, Eduardo M. Chumbes
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Patent number: 11259134Abstract: Systems and methods for using auditorily-induced vection (AIV) to enhance a person's attitude awareness are provided herein. In at least one embodiment, an auditory object is projected based on the orientation of the person or a vehicle and the projected auditory is provided to the person. By projecting the auditory object, the attitude of the person or the vehicle can be conveyed to the person to enhance the person's attitude awareness.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Scott E. Ritter
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Patent number: 11233707Abstract: Techniques for metadata-based information provenance are disclosed. A node in a data provisioning layer receives encrypted payload data to be delivered to a recipient. The node generates provenance metadata that describes at least one action taken by the node with respect to the encrypted payload data. The node transmits the encrypted payload data and the provenance metadata via the data provisioning layer toward the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Michael Hassan Atighetchi, Stephane Yannick Blais, Samuel Cunningham Nelson
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Publication number: 20220021710Abstract: A decision engine includes: a genetic algorithm framework including a knowledge base of standard configurations, a candidate selector generator and a selector to select a candidate configuration from a plurality of preferred standard configurations in response to the candidate selector generator; a parallelized reasoning framework including an attack surface reasoning algorithm module to compute the security and cost tradeoffs of an attack surface associated with each candidate configuration; and a user interface framework including a web service engine where users can interact and provide feedback on direction of an evolution used in a genetic algorithm search for evolving defenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicants: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Florida Institute of Technology, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Eskridge, Marco M. Carvalho, Brett Benyo, Michael Atighetchi, Fusun Yaman
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Patent number: 11227128Abstract: A machine accesses a preexisting set of natural language text documents in multiple natural languages. Each natural language text document in at least a portion of the preexisting set is associated with an event. The machine trains, using the preexisting set of natural language text documents and the associated events, an event encoder to learn associations between texts and event annotations. The event encoder leverages a parser in each of the two or more natural languages. The machine generates, using the event encoder, new event annotations for texts. The machine trains, using the preexisting set of natural language text documents and the new event annotations for the texts generated by the event encoder, an event extraction engine to extract events from natural language texts in the two or more natural languages. The event extraction engine leverages the parser in each of the two or more natural languages.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Bonan Min, Yee Seng Chan, Ilana Heintz
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Patent number: 11201641Abstract: An analog tamper-detection apparatus (ATAMP) for onboard analysis of a target device includes a plurality of antennas, each antenna of the plurality of antennas disposed within the target device and being electrically isolated from components of the target device. The ATAMP device further includes radio frequency (RF) front-end (RFFE) transmitter circuitry coupled to the plurality of antennas, the RFFE transmitter circuitry configured to illuminate the target device with a plurality of electromagnetic signals emitted via the plurality of antennas, to generate a plurality of mixed RF signals. The ATAMP device further includes RFFE receiver circuitry configured to receive emissions from the target device based on the mixed RF signals, and processing circuitry configured to perform subsequent analysis and evaluation of the target device based on the received emissions. The processing circuitry further generates a notification of the subsequent analysis and evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Tyler Shake, John Dishon, John-Francis Mergen, Zachary Leuschner, Thomas Wilkerson, David Brian Miller, Ronald Buikema
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Patent number: 11161572Abstract: An autonomous loading/unloading system and method for transferring material includes: a buoy for releasing onto water; a messenger line coupled to the buoy for being pulled; a carrier line loop coupled to the messenger line for being pulled, where a payload is coupled to the carrier loop for transferring the material to or from an unmanned ship; a fetch/release platform to fetch or release the payload from or onto the water; a loading/unloading dock for the payload; a plurality of line guides for guiding the carrier loop; and a platform-to-payload interconnect for autonomous loading or unloading of the material from/to the payload.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: William Bowles Coney, John Philip Granville, Edin Insanic
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Patent number: 11156502Abstract: A system for detecting microwave power. In some embodiments, the system includes: a first resonator including a graphene-insulating-superconducting junction; a probe signal source, coupled to the first resonator; and a probe signal analyzer. The probe signal analyzer is configured: to measure a change in amplitude or phase of a probe signal received by the probe signal analyzer from the probe signal source, and to infer, from the change in amplitude or phase, a change in microwave power received by the graphene-insulating-superconducting junction.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventors: Kin Chung Fong, Leonardo Ranzani
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Patent number: 11150878Abstract: A technique is described including taking a research paper of interest (target paper) and identifying concepts within it based on topic analysis among bibliometric clusters; identifying descriptions of each concept across bibliometric clusters wherein the descriptions will be of varying levels of granularity and will use different terms to describe the same concept or phenomena; using the various descriptions of a concept to create search terms to be used in a repository of annotated, searchable source code snippets; and constructing implementation of target paper's methodologies using source code snippets.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.Inventors: Newton Henry Campbell, Jr., Ilana Heintz, Jessica MacBride
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Patent number: 11115769Abstract: Systems and methods for using auditorily-induced vection (AIV) to enhance a person's attitude awareness are provided herein. In at least one embodiment, an auditory object is projected based on the orientation of the person or a vehicle and the projected auditory is provided to the person. By projecting the auditory object, the attitude of the person or the vehicle can be conveyed to the person to enhance the person's attitude awareness.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Scott E. Ritter
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Patent number: 11082450Abstract: A decision engine includes: a genetic algorithm framework including a knowledge base of standard configurations, a candidate selector generator and a selector to select a candidate configuration from a plurality of preferred standard configurations in response to the candidate selector generator; a parallelized reasoning framework including an attack surface reasoning algorithm module to compute the security and cost tradeoffs of an attack surface associated with each candidate configuration; and a user interface framework including a web service engine where users can interact and provide feedback on direction of an evolution used in a genetic algorithm search for evolving defenses.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Florida Institute of Technology, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Eskridge, Marco M. Carvalho, Brett Benyo, Michael Atighetchi, Fusun Yaman