Patents by Inventor Aaron A. Hall

Aaron A. Hall 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: 11904341
    Abstract: An electrostatic oiling system for use with single blanks in batch systems having an open spray chamber without the need for a negative vacuum chamber. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may utilize induction beams and a charge wall that allows for utilization of a smaller vacuum system. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may provide variable blank coverage without the need for metered pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: COMPASS SYSTEMS & SALES, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Speece, Jennifer Swenson, Aaron Hall
  • Publication number: 20230107855
    Abstract: An electrostatic oiling system for use with single blanks in batch systems having an open spray chamber without the need for a negative vacuum chamber. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may utilize induction beams and a charge wall that allows for utilization of a smaller vacuum system. Further, the provided electrostatic oiling system may provide variable blank coverage without the need for metered pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Compass Systems & Sales, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Speece, Jennifer Swenson, Aaron Hall
  • Publication number: 20230059215
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article. In an embodiment, the article includes a substrate and a coating on the substrate. The coating includes a composition. The composition includes a plurality of nanoparticles, each nanoparticle having a ligand linked to a surface of each nanoparticle. The composition includes a plurality of block copolymers. Each block copolymer includes a linking block and a nonlinking block. The linking block is a random copolymer composed of at least two different monomers. At least one of the monomers is a linking comonomer. The linking comonomer is directly linked to the ligand to form a first microdomain consisting of the linking block, the nanoparticles, and the ligand. The composition further includes a second microdomain consisting of the nonlinking block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul Sharma, Tamara Dikic, Ting Xu, Aaron Hall, Jingyu Huang
  • Patent number: 11361150
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Publication number: 20210312119
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Patent number: 11048861
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Publication number: 20190290623
    Abstract: A method for the prevention of the onset of pulmonary oxygen toxicity and/or reduction of decrements of pulmonary function due to pulmonary oxygen toxicity comprising administration of a prophylactically effective amount of an anticholinergic, optionally together with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron A. Hall, William A. Cronin, Richard T. Mahon, William R. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20190197093
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Patent number: 10325014
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Patent number: 10261071
    Abstract: A set of volatile organic compounds is provided, comprising Benzene, 2,3,4-trimethyl-Pentane, 1,4-dimethyl-, trans-Cyclohexane, 2,2,4-trimethyl-Hexane, 1,7,7-trimethyl-Tricyclo[2.2.1.0(2,6)]heptane, and 4-ethyl-3-Octene for breath analysis. Methods of identifying these VOCs and use thereof in diagnosing, monitoring the onset of pulmonary toxicity are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard T. Mahon, Aaron A Hall, William A Cronin
  • Publication number: 20190102370
    Abstract: In various implementations, a computing device: displays the document outline on the user interface; maintains, in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a causal graph data structure representing the document outline, wherein the causal graph data structure includes a plurality of structure nodes, each structure node representing a level of the document outline; receives, via the user interface, an insertion of a new level to the document outline; in response to the insertion, defines a structure node that represents the inserted level; inserts a transition node in the causal graph data structure, wherein the transition node represents a relationship between the structure node and at least one other node of the causal graph data structure; inserts the structure node into the causal graph data structure as a child of the transition node; and updating the user interface to display the inserted level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Grant Nelson, Michael J. Thiesen, Aaron Hall, Nathan Woods, David Marne
  • Publication number: 20180180590
    Abstract: A set of volatile organic compounds is provided, comprising Benzene, 2,3,4-trimethyl-Pentane, 1,4-dimethyl-, trans-Cyclohexane, 2,2,4-trimethyl-Hexane, 1,7,7-trimethyl-Tricyclo[2.2.1.0(2,6)]heptane, and 4-ethyl-3-Octene for breath analysis. Methods of identifying these VOCs and use thereof in diagnosing, monitoring the onset of pulmonary toxicity are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: The United States of America as represented by the secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard T. Mahon, Aaron A. Hall, William A. Cronin
  • Patent number: 9135666
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating targeting information for presentation of an offer in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes indexing member profiles within one or more social networks for affinity to keywords using a targeting system that retrieves data concerning member profiles and activities from servers within an online social network, identifying member profiles that have affinity for at least one offer keyword using the targeting system and the index, identifying additional keywords for which the identified member profiles have affinity using the targeting system and the index, determining a set of keywords that target a desired audience based upon the identified additional keywords using the targeting server, and targeting presentation of advertisements for the specific offer to members of an online social network using the online social network and the targeting keywords determined by the targeting server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: CitizenNet, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Aaron Chu, Alex Pollock, Michael Aaron Hall, Arshavir Blackwell
  • Patent number: 9063927
    Abstract: Systems and methods for short message age classification in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, classifying messages using a classifier includes determining keyword feature information for a message using the classifier, classifying the determined feature information using the classifier, and estimating user age using the classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: CitizenNet Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Hall
  • Publication number: 20150127464
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically targeting advertising on an online social network in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes detecting affinities between a member profile and one or more keywords based upon data describing activities associated with the member profile, generating a database containing the member profiles and associating detected affinities between member profiles and keywords, identifying member profiles that are associated with an affinity to at least one offer keyword and other keywords for which the identified member profiles have an associated affinity, weighting the importance of the identified member profiles in accordance with an advertising strategy, selecting a set of targeting keywords for which the identified member profiles have an associated affinity, and providing the targeting keywords so that an online social network displays the specific offer to its members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: CitizenNet Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Michael Aaron Hall, Aaron Chu
  • Publication number: 20140244400
    Abstract: Systems and methods for syndicating advertising content are described. In one embodiment, a method of syndicating relevant user activities includes obtaining a first advertising bid from a first advertising site, obtaining a second advertising bid from a second advertising site, recording user activities with a first participating site, classifying the recorded user activities describing at least one category associated with the recorded user activity, determining an auction strategy based on the first advertising bid, the second advertising bid, the first advertising site, and the second advertising site, where the auction strategy selects at least one winning advertising site, generating an ad unit ad unit including metadata describing the recorded user activity and the at least one winning advertising site, and syndicating the generated ad unit to at least one participating site within an advertisement network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CitizenNet Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Michael C. McGinley, Michael Aaron Hall, Nicholas J. Bina
  • Publication number: 20140089084
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating targeting information for presentation of an offer in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes indexing member profiles within one or more social networks for affinity to keywords using a targeting system that retrieves data concerning member profiles and activities from servers within an online social network, identifying member profiles that have affinity for at least one offer keyword using the targeting system and the index, identifying additional keywords for which the identified member profiles have affinity using the targeting system and the index, determining a set of keywords that target a desired audience based upon the identified additional keywords using the targeting server, and targeting presentation of advertisements for the specific offer to members of an online social network using the online social network and the targeting keywords determined by the targeting server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: CitizenNet Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Aaron Chu, Alex Pollock, Michael Aaron Hall, Arshavir Blackwell
  • Patent number: 8615434
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically targeting advertising on an online social network using affinity information collected concerning members of one or more online social networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a targeting server configured to obtain data from at least one server that forms part of an online social network, where the obtained data describes member profiles of members of the online social network and activities performed on the online social network associated with the member profiles. In addition, the targeting server is configured to detect affinities between a member profile and keywords based upon data describing activities associated with the member profile and to provide the targeting keywords to a server that is part of the online social network so that the online social network displays the specific offer to online social network members targeted using the targeting keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Citizennet Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Michael Aaron Hall, Aaron Chu, Arshavir Blackwell
  • Patent number: 8612293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating targeting information for presentation of an offer via an online social network using affinity information collected concerning members of online social networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Citizennet Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Aaron Chu, Alex Pollock, Michael Aaron Hall, Arshavir Blackwell
  • Publication number: 20130332441
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retrieving social network messages and/or web pages in response to search queries are described. One embodiment of the invention includes generating a word list from at least a portion of the content of the web page using a web and message server system, generating an initial list of relevant terms based upon the word list using the web and message server system, identifying additional relevant terms using messages posted to at least one social network based upon the initial list of relevant terms, and creating an updated list of relevant terms by using the web and server system to combine terms in the initial list of relevant terms with the additional relevant terms identified using messages posted to at least one social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: CitizenNet, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Aaron Chu, Michael Aaron Hall