Patents by Inventor A. Todd

A. 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: 10904630
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing guidance to users for finding media are described. Such systems and methods may be provided in interactive media guides such as program guides, web browsers, or other suitable interactive media guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: William L. Thomas, W. Benjamin Herrington, David M. Berezowski, Robert A. Knee, Michael D. Ellis, Todd A. Walker, M. Scott Reichardt, L. Joe Hedges, Esq.
  • Patent number: 10903671
    Abstract: A rechargeable device is disclosed. The rechargeable device may include an enclosure, a rechargeable battery cell, a constellation assembly, and charging circuitry. The enclosure may include a receptacle defining a longitudinal opening into the enclosure. The constellation assembly may include a diaphragm, a puck, and a contact point affixed to the puck and configured to engage an electrode of a charging pad surface. The charging circuitry may be configured to charge the battery cell based on electrical power received from the charging pad surface via the contact point. The receptacle may further permit movement of the puck and the affixed contact point along the longitudinal opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Cody Lyle Mayer, Brian Todd Reese
  • Patent number: 10899214
    Abstract: A battery assembly for an electric vehicle is provided that includes a housing, one or more battery units, and a mounting system. The one or more battery units are disposed within the housing. The mounting system is disposed adjacent to a top surface, e.g., on a planar top surface or within an upwardly oriented concavity. The mounting system has a frame member bracket and a housing bracket system. The housing bracket system includes a housing bracket, a load member and a vibration isolator. The housing bracket is configured to be coupled to the frame member bracket. The load member has a first portion disposed adjacent to an upper surface and a second portion disposed along a lateral portion of the housing. The vibration isolator is disposed between the load member and the housing bracket. The vibration isolator is configured to reduce load transmission from the frame member of the vehicle to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hexagon Purus North America Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Todd F. Sloan, Chris Forsberg, Eric M. Coupal-Sikes, Landon Tyerman
  • Patent number: 10902741
    Abstract: An exercise feedback system receives exercise data captured by client devices of users performing musculoskeletal exercises. The exercise feedback system may provide captured images to a client device of a physical trainer (PT) who remotely provides feedback on the users' exercise performances, for example, by labeling images as indicative of proper or improper musculoskeletal form. A PT may track multiple users using a central feed, which includes content displayed in an order based on ranking of users by a model. Additionally, the exercise feedback system may provide an augmented reality (AR) environment. For instance, an AR graphic indicating a target musculoskeletal form for an exercise is overlaid on a video feed displayed by a client device. Responsive to detecting that a user's form is aligned to the AR graphic, the exercise feedback system may notify the user and trigger the start of the exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Physera, Inc.
    Inventors: Yigal Dan Rubinstein, Cameron Marlow, Todd Riley Norwood, Jonathan Chang, Shane Ahern, Daniel Matthew Merl
  • Patent number: 10898764
    Abstract: A golf club includes a golf club head having a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole, a crown and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. A face defines a forward portion of the club head and includes a striking surface width and a hosel defining a hosel bore. A channel and a recessed port are positioned in the sole. The channel extends substantially in a heel-to-toe direction. A sleeve is mounted on a tip end of the golf club shaft and is adapted to be inserted into the hosel bore. A fastener has a shaft portion extending through a passage and a head portion located in the recessed port. Selectively attaching the sleeve adjusts at least one of a loft angle and a lie angle of the club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Harbert, Todd P. Beach, Matthew David Johnson, Nathan T. Sargent, Kraig Alan Willett, Michelle Penney, Marc Kronenberg, Matthew Greensmith, Joseph Henry Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10904084
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reconfiguring hosts in provider network environments in which hosts are evaluated to determine if steps of a full rebuild can be skipped. The hosts may implement slots of different types for virtual machines (VMs). Upon detecting that slots of a particular type are needed, a host that implements slots of another type may be selected for reconfiguration. The host may be evaluated to determine if one or more steps of a full rebuild can be skipped. The host may then be reconfigured to implement slots of the target type according to results of the evaluation. In at least some reconfigurations, at least one step of a full rebuild procedure is not performed for the respective host. Results of previous reconfigurations may be fed back into the evaluation process and used as one of the criteria for determining if steps can be skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Diwakar Gupta, Duane Todd Carson, Jonathan Welter Mullen, Srinivasan Jagannathan
  • Patent number: 10900754
    Abstract: Police officers use conducted electrical weapons (“CEWs”) and body-worn cameras. A body-worn camera and a CEW may cooperate to improve the performance and use of the CEW and evidence collection by the camera. A camera and a CEW may also cooperate to improve the safety of the user and the target. Improvements may include improving targeting of the CEW, identifying and classifying body parts of the target as suitable or unsuitable for electrode deployment, adjusting electrode trajectory prior to launch, and automating electrode launch. Evidence collection may be improved by recording placement of electrodes on the target. Safety of the target may be improved by monitoring the movements of the target and altering characteristics of the delivered stimulus signal if potential harm to the target may occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Basche, Tyler Conant, Gabriel Othman, Nache Shekarri
  • Patent number: 10901315
    Abstract: A photosensitive microcapsule having a shell encapsulating a core material. The core material can comprise a benefit agent and the shell can comprise a photosensitive polymer. The photosensitive polymer can include one or more photosensitive moieties having a substituted amine and a 1,3 dione moiety. The core material can be released from the photosensitive microcapsule upon exposure to an electromagnetic radiation field selected from the group consisting of infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble International Operations SA
    Inventors: Bartosz Tylkowski, Anna Trojanowska, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Marta Giamberini, Calum Macbeath, Johan Smets, Todd Laurence Underiner, Susana FernandezPrieto
  • Patent number: 10904325
    Abstract: A computing system includes a first client computing device, and a virtual desktop server. The first client computing device displays a local client surface, and a virtual client surface provided by the virtual desktop server. The virtual desktop server provides a real-time media application to provide real-time communications (RTC), and an API code redirection module to redirect intercepted APIs of the real-time media application intended for a native RTC engine based on redirection code injected into the real-time media application so that the portion of the real-time media application is redirected. The injected redirection code enumerates the local and virtual client surfaces. The first client computing device shares the local and virtual client surfaces with a second client computing device based on the intercepted APIs enumerating the local and virtual client surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Vysotsky, Todd Giebler, Georgy Momchilov, James Page
  • Patent number: 10904153
    Abstract: A computer implemented system is provided for improving performance of transmission in real-time or near real-time applications from at least one transmitter unit to at least one receiver unit. The system includes an intelligent data connection manager utility that generates or accesses performance data for two or more data connections associated with the two or more communication networks, and based on the current performance data determining current network transmission characteristics associated the two or more data connections, and bonds the two or more data connections based on: a predetermined system latency requirement; and dynamically allocating different functions associated with data transmission between the two or more data connections based on their respective current network transmission characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: DEJERO LABS INC.
    Inventors: David Sze, Bogdan Frusina, Barry Gilhuly, Todd Schneider
  • Patent number: 10904397
    Abstract: Techniques are described for enabling a service administrator to respond to a detected doorbell press at a property when an authorized user is unavailable to respond. In some implementations, a determination that a doorbell press has been detected at a property is made. Video data collected by a doorbell device of the property is obtained in response to determining that the doorbell press has been detected at the property. Sensor data collected by one or more sensors of a monitoring system located within the property is obtained in response to determining that the doorbell press has been detected at the property. A present security risk for the property is determined based at least on the obtained sensor data and the obtained video data. A communication session between the doorbell device and a server system associated with the monitoring system of the property is established in response to determining the present security risk for the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventor: Daniel Todd Kerzner
  • Patent number: 10905004
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an interconnectable circuit board may include one or more of the following features: (a) a first electrically conductive pad located on a top of the circuit board, (b) a plated through hole on the conductive pad which passes through the circuit board, (c) a second electrically conductive pad coupled to the plated through hole; the second conductive pad capable of being electrically connected to a third electrically conductive pad attached to a top of a second interconnectable circuit board, (d) cut marks indicating safe locations for separating the circuit board, and (e) a second cut mark adjacent to the first cut mark where the area between the first and second cut mark can be utilized to make a safe cut through the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Metrospec Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Henry V. Holec, Wm. Todd Crandell
  • Patent number: 10898232
    Abstract: Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member. The distal portion of the wing can define a bone anchor opening through which one or more auxiliary bone anchors can be disposed to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to a proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a caudal direction or a cephalad direction. A distal surface of the distal portion of the wing can be obliquely angled relative to the proximal-distal axis of the spanning portion to face one of a medial direction or a lateral direction. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Medos International Sàrl
    Inventors: Kevin Lee, Mark Hall, Christopher Ramsay, John Riley Hawkins, Albert Montello, Joseph Peterson, Benjamin Johnston, Heiko Koller, Todd Albert, Christopher Ames, Bradford Currier, Claudius Thome, Masashi Neo
  • Patent number: 10898099
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for characterizing the gastrointestinal functions using non-invasive surface recordings from EGG. In one aspect, a system for non-invasively characterizing gastrointestinal functions is disclosed. The system includes electrodes configured to capture a gut electrophysiology recording; and a processor to estimate a frequency and an amplitude of the recording across time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND, CA
    Inventors: Todd Prentice Coleman, Armen Gharibans
  • Publication number: 20210015502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical cutting guide, a surgical cutting guide assembly and a method for using same. The surgical cutting may have first and second slots defining first and second axes respectively. The surgical cutting guide may be positioned away from a vertebral body such that the first and second axes intersect at a distal point located in an interior of the vertebral body. The surgical cutting assembly may include the surgical cutting guide with first and second cutting instruments. A method of performing a pedicle subtraction osteotomy may include the steps of placing the surgical cutting guide over the first and second cutting instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Oliver Buchert, Bryan Weiner, M. Todd Miller, Steven F. Krause, Michael Chang
  • Publication number: 20210019982
    Abstract: Systems and methods for gesture recognition and interactive video assisted gambling are disclosed. An example system may include a content layering and mixing system for processing a set of received content streams to produce an interactive, multi-layer content session for display on a device of a user, wherein the set of received content streams includes a gambling content stream. The system may further include an artificial intelligence system to receive input of the user from a camera and to recognize a user gesture. The content layering and mixing system may also take an action relating to the gambling content stream based on the recognized user gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Todd
  • Publication number: 20210017170
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing (R)-2-((2-amino-7-fluoropyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-2-methylhexan-1-ol or a salt thereof and related key intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Andrea Ambrosi, Sylvie M. Asselin, Florence J. Bachrach, Pavel R. Badalov, Gregory F. Chin, Stephen P. Lathrop, Willard Lew, Richard L. Mackman, Jeffrey E. Merit, Samuel E. Metobo, Michael R. Mish, Beau P. Pritchett, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Christopher S. Regens, Tiago Vieira, Xianghong Wang, Adam B. Weinstein, Todd A. Wenderski, Zehua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210016384
    Abstract: Systems and methods for welding, and more specifically to a power supply with the capability to power and control a welder and an associated workpiece heater. Exemplary systems and methods may further control a welder and associated heater according to feedback from the welder and/or heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Todd E. Kooken, William T. Matthews, Mohamad Mrad
  • Publication number: 20210016044
    Abstract: An oxygen concentrator comprises a product tank that is fluidly coupled to at least one sieve bed, and a product gas accumulator tank that is fluidly coupled to the product tank via a first conduit and to an outlet port via a second conduit, wherein the first conduit and the second conduit are disposed to allow at least a portion of product gas to flow from the product tank to the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventor: Todd ALLUM
  • Publication number: 20210019351
    Abstract: A method can include accessing data generated during field operations; generating a graph that includes vertices and edges using at least a portion of the data, where the edges represent relationships between vertices; and generating a query result using the graph responsive to receipt of a query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Todd Christopher DIXON, Andrei IONESCU, Sanjeet KHANUJA