Patents by Inventor A. Thomas

A. Thomas 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).

  • Movie advertising playback systems and methods
    Patent number: 11589087
    Abstract: An ad in a movie can be a static ad having a position in the movie that cannot be moved, or a dynamic ad having a position in the movie that can be changed. When a viewer wishes to skip a portion of the movie containing the ad, the playback system determines whether the ad is static or dynamic. If the ad is static, only the portion of the movie preceding the static ad can be skipped; the ad is unskippable. This technique is referred to as “bounceback” since the end of the skip bounces back to the start of the static ad. If the ad is dynamic, it is moved to after the end of the skip. This technique is referred to as “slip-ad” since the ad slips to later in the movie. When a movie has multiple ads, some can be static and some can be dynamic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULC
    Inventors: Thomas S. Gilley, Eric Hoffert, Rabih Nassar, Brenda Pomerance
  • Stent retrieval system
    Patent number: 11583421
    Abstract: A braided stent having a plurality of retrieval and/or repositioning levers includes a stent body formed of a plurality of wires interbraided in a braided pattern. The repositioning and/or retrieval levers have a loop portion extending radially away from the stent body and first and second legs extending along the stent body. The levers are configured to be actuated radially inward toward the central longitudinal axis of the stent by a radially inwardly directed force to radially collapse the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Martyn G. Folan, Thomas M. Keating, Gerasimos Rigalos
  • MASP-2 inhibitors and methods of use
    Patent number: 11584714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, inter alia, compounds with MASP-2 inhibitory activity, compositions of such compounds and methods of making and using such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: OMEROS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil S. Cutshall, Jennifer Lynn Gage, Franz A. Gruswitz, Juhienah Khalaf, Thomas L. Little, Markus Metz, Jeremiah H. Nguyen, Peter Kurt Nollert von Specht, Jennifer Tsoung, Michael Cicirelli, Sara Rebecca Goldstein, Santosh Kumar Keshipeddy, Do Yeon Kwon, Robert Huerta Lemus, Sudheer Babu Vaddela
  • Method for deploying a cellular communication network
    Patent number: 11589242
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for deploying a cellular communication network, including basestation systems. A basestation system may include a plurality of femtocells including at least a first femtocell and a second femtocell, with the first femtocell being operable to support an operation in a coverage area corresponding to the second femtocell. A first transmission within the coverage area from the first femtocell may be coordinated with a second transmission within the coverage area from the second femtocell. The plurality of femtocells may further include a third femtocell, and a first reception by the first femtocell may be coordinated with a second reception by the third femtocell. The transmissions and/or receptions may be coordinated in one or more of time, power, and frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Zasowski, Marc Kuhn, Raphael Rolny
  • Apparatus and method for producing packaging
    Patent number: 11584551
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing packaging, in particular composite packaging for liquid foodstuffs, having a cross-sectional area that decreases in the pour-out direction in the gable region. The packaging is composed of a sleeve having a gable region having a plurality of gable faces and a pouring element. The apparatus has at least one rotatable mandrel wheel having a plurality of mandrels for holding the sleeves. Additionally, a method for producing such packaging and a gable press for use with the aforementioned apparatus. In order to allow easier and more cost-effective production, it is proposed that the apparatus has a gable press, assigned to a single mandrel wheel position, for folding the gable region, for connecting all the gable faces of the gable region of the sleeve to the pouring element and for sealing the protruding ears in the same mandrel wheel position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Christoph Kenn, Ralf Driessen, Thomas Vetten, Michael Heil
  • Low-power modes for a vehicle telematics device
    Patent number: 11586270
    Abstract: Methods and systems of enabling a storage mode on a telematics device coupled to a vehicle are provided. One method includes detecting a first event or receiving a command for enabling a storage mode, entering the storage mode in which the telematics device is in a sleep mode in response to receiving the first event or the command, and exiting the storage mode in response to detecting a second event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Arthur Walli, James Patrick Howell
  • Passing control of inserting third-party content into a media stream
    Patent number: 11587124
    Abstract: A first server controls insertion of media content into a media stream, and transmits the media stream from the first server to a media player. The first server also transmits, to a second server, information linking a particular consumer to both a third-party service and to the media player. Control of inserting media content into the media stream is passed from the first server to the second server. The second server receives consumer-specific content associated with the particular consumer from the third-party service, and maps the consumer-specific content to the media player based, at least in part, on the information linking the particular consumer to both the third-party service and to the media player. The second server then inserts the consumer-specific content into the media stream during a time period the second server is in control of inserting media content into the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel N. MacTiernan, Thomas Drapeau, Lasse Hamre, Pablo Calamera, Kevin R. Lockhart, Richard D. Wooden, Jeffrey D. Zigler, Jacqueline J. Lockhart
  • Enhanced planning device and systems
    Patent number: 11584485
    Abstract: The present invention is used in water board sports but maybe of benefit to other water vessels; the present invention assists in the planing of water sport boards; the present invention was initially designed for windsurfing it can be used in surfing, kite-boarding and with other water crafts; the present invention uses one or more hybrid-fins, referred to as Squid-Fins™, along with a new base and fin-box that allows for more adjustments and easier swapping of fins; this system helps the board get up on a plane earlier and stay on that plane longer along with making it possible to add new characteristics to the performance of the board including hydro-foiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Paul Thomas
  • Method for implementing power delivery transaction for potential electrical output of integrated renewable energy source and energy storage system facility
    Patent number: 11588329
    Abstract: Methods for implementing power delivery transactions between a buyer and a seller of electrical energy supplied to an electrical grid by an integrated renewable energy source (RES) and energy storage system (ESS) of a RES-ESS facility are provided. Estimated total potential output of the RES is compared to a point of grid interconnect (POGI) limit to identify potential RES overgeneration, and the buyer is charged if potential RES overgeneration is less than potential overgeneration during one or more retrospective time windows. The method provides a basis for the RES-ESS facility owner to be paid for an estimated amount of energy that did not get stored as a result of a grid operator not fully discharging an ESS prior to the start of a new day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Leigh Zanone, Thomas Buttgenbach, Lukas Hansen, Philippe Garneau-Halliday, Emily Arnold, Stephanie Perry, Julia Perrier
  • Portable electro-optical/infrared turret systems and methods for using the same
    Patent number: 11584545
    Abstract: Portable EO/IR turret systems and methods of using the same are provided. The portable EO/IR turret systems may be installed and used on a variety of different types of stationary and mobile platforms, and may be optionally self-contained and self-powered. The portable EO/IR turret systems may also be configured and dimensioned as fully operational EO/IR turrets that are contained within a carry-on package or other type of portable chassis that may be temporarily placed and used on a first host platform, and then optionally moved and re-used on a second and different host platform, and further optionally with no required modification/s to either the first or second host platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.
    Inventors: Roy M. Osborn, Timothy W. Troup, Thomas J. Fontenot, Andrew S. Martin, Beelie E. Biehler
  • Laminate article having a non-glass core and glass envelope and methods thereof
    Patent number: 11584673
    Abstract: A laminate sheet article including: a core including an electrical semi-conductor or an electrical conductor; and a continuous glass clad layer on at least four of six sides the core of the sheet article. Also disclosed is an apparatus for making a sheet laminate article as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of making and using the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Alan Deneka, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Thomas Matthew Sonner, Paul Arthur Tick, Derek M Webb
  • Methods, systems, and media for controlling a toolface of a downhole tool
    Patent number: 11585205
    Abstract: There is described a method of determining a reactive torque factor for use in controlling a toolface of a downhole tool. For each of one or more sliding operations, a change in a top drive position of a drive unit operable to rotate a drill string connected to the downhole tool is determined, a change in a toolface of the downhole tool is determined, and a change in a differential pressure is determined. Based on the change in the top drive position, the change in the toolface, and the change in the differential pressure, a reactive torque factor is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PASON SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Adam Chase Neufeldt, Brian James Eley, Thomas William Charles Wilson
  • Vehicle interior systems having a curved cover glass and display or touch panel and methods for forming the same
    Patent number: 11586306
    Abstract: Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jordon Thomas Boggs, Michael Timothy Brennan, Atul Kumar, Arpita Mitra, William Michael Seiderman, Yawei Sun, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Pulley device, in particular for tensioning idler or runner roller
    Patent number: 11585373
    Abstract: A pulley device provides a pulley, and a bearing. The pulley has at least one C-shaped pulley part having an inner portion mounted on the bearing, an outer portion having an outer cylindrical surface dedicated to interact with a belt or a chain, and an intermediate portion extending substantially radially between axial ends of inner and outer portions on one axial side of pulley device. A grip surface portion is provided to one surface among the outer cylindrical surface of the outer ring and the inner cylindrical surface of the inner cylindrical portion of the pulley part, the grip surface portion including a plurality of indentations and recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoît Hauvespre, Gwenael Hingouet, Kévin Lefort, Thomas Perrotin
  • Smoking article with front-plug and method
    Patent number: 11582998
    Abstract: There is provided a smoking article that includes a plurality of elements, including a front-plug and an aerosol-forming substrate, assembled in contact with a cigarette paper to form a rod. The front-plug is located upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. In use, a heating element is inserted into the smoking article and the aerosol-forming substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. When the heating element is subsequently withdrawn from the smoking article, the front-plug acts to retain the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Zuber, Thomas Badertscher, Cedric Meyer
  • Electrical isolation in transferring power and data signals between completion systems in a downhole environment
    Patent number: 11588354
    Abstract: A first completion system with electrical isolation, electronics, and a first side of a coupler is installed in a borehole drilled in a geological formation. A second completion system is installed in the borehole after installation of the first completion system. The second completion system has a second side of the coupler aligned with the first side of the coupler and an umbilical which carries power from a surface of the geological formation to the second side of the coupler. Power is sent from the second side of the coupler to the first side of the coupler, from the first side of the coupler to a first side of the electrical isolation, and from the first side of the electrical isolation to a second side of the electrical isolation via an isolation barrier. The power at the second side of the electrical isolation is provided to the electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Thomas Jules Frosell
  • Retail merchandise tray
    Patent number: 11583107
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly has a frame to which a front stop hinge is mounted. In a first angular position, the front stop hinge can be mounted or removed from the frame. In a second angular position, the front stop hinge is prevented from being removed from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger
  • Vehicle body
    Patent number: D978725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STOCK CAR AUTO RACING, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas, John Probst, Eric Jacuzzi, Christopher A. Popiela, Timothy S. Murphy, Donald E. Krueger
  • Climbing wall
    Patent number: D979000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eldorado Wall Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Thomas, Mark Hemphill
  • Fixation device for a medical tube
    Patent number: D979052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: GBUK Group Limited
    Inventors: Mark David Heynes, Phil Anthony Sampey, William Charles Morris, Lee Thomas Smith