Patents by Inventor Alexander Bell

Alexander Bell 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: 11967353
    Abstract: Memory devices and systems with programmable refresh order and stagger times are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a first memory bank group and a second memory bank group. The memory device is configured, in response to a refresh command, to perform a first refresh operation on the first memory bank group at a first time and a second refresh operation on the second memory bank group at a second time after the first time. The memory device is further configured to perform, in response to a read or write command, a read or write operation on the first memory bank group, the second memory bank group, or both the first and second memory bank groups after beginning the first refresh operation and before completing the second refresh operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventors: Vaughn N. Johnson, Debra M. Bell, Miles S. Wiscombe, Brian T. Pecha, Kyle Alexander
  • Patent number: 11939945
    Abstract: A wave energy capture system deployed in water converts mechanical motion induced by waves in the water to electrical energy. A controller of the wave energy capture system receives input regarding real-time wave conditions in a vicinity of the wave energy capture system. The controller applies a control model to the received input to select a value of a control parameter for the wave energy capture system, where the control model includes a model that has been trained using machine learning to take wave condition data as input and to output control parameter values selected based on the wave condition data in order to increase an amount of energy captured by the wave energy capture system. The controller implements the selected value of the control parameter on the wave energy capture system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: OCEAN MOTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander J. Orona, Boyang Pan, Leverett Bezanson, Paul Glick, Justin Walraven, Mark Huang, Nathaniel Bell
  • Patent number: 11934326
    Abstract: Memory devices and systems with improved command/address bus utilization are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a plurality of external command/address terminals and a command decoder. The plurality of external command/address terminals are configured to receive a command as a corresponding plurality of command/address bits. A first set of the command/address bits indicate a read or write operation. A second set of the command/address bits indicate whether to execute a refresh operation. The memory device is configured to, in response to the first set of command/address bits, execute the read or write operation on a portion of a memory array. The memory device is further configured to, in response to the second set of command/address bits, execute the refresh operation to refresh at least one memory bank of the memory array when the second set of command/address bits indicate that the refresh operation should be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Debra M. Bell, Vaughn N. Johnson, Kyle Alexander, Gary L. Howe, Brian T. Pecha, Miles S. Wiscombe
  • Publication number: 20230373721
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are object storage and retrieval systems and methods. A storage receptacle can be configured to receive an input from an electronic device including a decoded identifier from a unique optical machine-readable element associated with one or more physical objects, via an input device, and cause the one or more physical objects to be available via at least one opening of the storage receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Frank Seo, Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20230316243
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for building accounts of a digital system using one or more improved graphical user interfaces. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide a consolidated graphical user interface for applying for multiple user accounts simultaneously utilizing application information received via an enrollment workflow. In some cases, upon application to the multiple accounts, the disclosed system creates at least one account and puts a hold on at least one other account until one or more additional requirements are met. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a graphical user interface that facilitates funding of an account by, for example, supplying options corresponding to suggested transfer amounts determined from user account characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Daley, Jonathan Carter Fulton, Kevin Kang Chen, Spencer Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20230306388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for building accounts of a digital system using one or more improved graphical user interfaces. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide a consolidated graphical user interface for applying for multiple user accounts simultaneously utilizing application information received via an enrollment workflow. In some cases, upon application to the multiple accounts, the disclosed system creates at least one account and puts a hold on at least one other account until one or more additional requirements are met. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a graphical user interface that facilitates funding of an account by, for example, supplying options corresponding to suggested transfer amounts determined from user account characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Daley, Jonathan Carter Fulton, Kevin Kang Chen, Spencer Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20230306000
    Abstract: A computer system provides shared access to electronic data assets. The system may perform operations including: receiving, from a first user, a request to access a shared data asset, wherein: the shared data asset is associated with a shared data asset object, and the shared data asset object identifies at least a second user authorized to approve sharing of the shared data asset; in response to receiving the request from the first user: generating a data access request object including at least an identification of the first user and an identification of the shared data asset object; and providing an indication of the data access request object to the second user associated with the shared data asset object; receiving, from the second user, an approval of the request; and in response to receiving the approval of the request from the second user: granting the first user access to the shared data asset associated with the shared data asset object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandra Greehy, Craig Massie, Alexander Bell-Thomas, Helena Kertesz, Mihai Condur, Nicolas Prettejohn, Pieris Christofi, Sam Stoll
  • Patent number: 11753244
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are object storage and retrieval systems and methods. A storage receptacle can be configured to receive an input from an electronic device including a decoded identifier from a unique optical machine-readable element associated with one or more physical objects, via an input device, and cause the one or more physical objects to be available via at least one opening of the storage receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Seo, Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 11748718
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for building accounts of a digital system using one or more improved graphical user interfaces. For example, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems provide a consolidated graphical user interface for applying for multiple user accounts simultaneously utilizing application information received via an enrollment workflow. In some cases, upon application to the multiple accounts, the disclosed system creates at least one account and puts a hold on at least one other account until one or more additional requirements are met. Further, the disclosed systems can provide a graphical user interface that facilitates funding of an account by, for example, supplying options corresponding to suggested transfer amounts determined from user account characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Chime Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Patrick Daley, Jonathan Carter Fulton, Kevin Kang Chen, Spencer Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 11694195
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based thereon; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based thereon; an air router device having both low band radio, and internet router channels for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based thereon; a mesh network having node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based thereon; and computing devices connected to each of the respective node devices, and configured to perform non-fungible token (NFT) generation based on the assets, including tracking respective ownership and valuation of the assets, based on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Willem Olger Valentijn Kerseboom, Carlos R. Villamar, Derk Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 11510062
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding one or more tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based on the asset information; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based on the valuation signal; an air router device having both a low band radio channel, and an internet router channel for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based on the valuation signal; and a mesh network having a plurality of node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based on the node voting request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos R. Villamar, Jan Willem Olger Valentijn Kerseboom, Derk Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20220127077
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are object storage and retrieval systems and methods. A storage receptacle can be configured to receive an input from an electronic device including a decoded identifier from a unique optical machine-readable element associated with one or more physical objects, via an input device, and cause the one or more physical objects to be available via at least one opening of the storage receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Seo, Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20210295324
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based thereon; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based thereon; an air router device having both low band radio, and internet router channels for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based thereon; a mesh network having node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based thereon; and computing devices connected to each of the respective node devices, and configured to perform non-fungible token (NFT) generation based on the assets, including tracking respective ownership and valuation of the assets, based on the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jan Willem Olger Valentijn Kerseboom, Carlos R. Villamar, Derk Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20200329373
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for computer based open innovation, includes an asset valuation device receiving asset information regarding one or more tangible or non-tangible assets, and generating a valuation signal, based on the asset information; a self-executing code device receiving the valuation signal, and generating a self-executing code signal, based on the valuation signal; an air router device having both a low band radio channel, and an internet router channel for redundant internet communications, and a malicious code removal device for scrubbing malicious code from data received, receiving the valuation signal, and generating a node voting request signal, based on the valuation signal; and a mesh network having a plurality of node devices receiving the node voting request signal, and generating vote confirmation signals, based on the node voting request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Carlos R. Villamar, Jan Willem Olger Valentijn Kerseboom, Derk Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20200172338
    Abstract: Described in detail herein are object storage and retrieval systems and methods. A storage receptacle can be configured to receive an input from the user device including the decoded identifier from the machine-readable element associated with the one or more physical objects, via a input device, confirm the one or more physical objects are stored within the interior volume of the at least one storage receptacle, and dispense the one or more physical objects via the at least one opening of the at least one storage receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Seo, Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 10471433
    Abstract: The present application is directed towards the handling of laboratory test tubes and more particularly to a specialized laboratory device that enables manual opening and capping of multiple test tubes with integral sealing caps, simultaneously. The Simplified Laboratory Test Tube Handling Device permits the user to actively process multiple test tube simultaneously, more simply, efficiently and rapidly than previously possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventor: John Kenneth Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 9896317
    Abstract: The present application is directed towards the handling of laboratory test tubes. More particularly to a specialized laboratory device that enables manual opening, closing and capping of multiple test tubes with integral sealing caps. The Laboratory Test Tube Handling Device permits the user to perform multiple processes simultaneously more efficiently and rapidly than current practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventor: John Kenneth Alexander Bell
  • Publication number: 20160376137
    Abstract: The present application is directed towards the handling of laboratory test tubes. More particularly to a specialized laboratory device that enables manual opening, closing and capping of multiple test tubes with integral sealing caps. The Laboratory Test Tube Handling Device permits the user to perform multiple processes simultaneously more efficiently and rapidly than current practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: John Kenneth Alexander Bell
  • Patent number: 8806866
    Abstract: In various embodiments, foam is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: SustainX, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy O. McBride, Benjamin R. Bollinger, Jon Bessette, Alexander Bell, Dax Kepshire, Arne LaVen, Adam Rauwerdink
  • Publication number: 20140000251
    Abstract: In various embodiments, foam is compressed to store energy and/or expanded to recover energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Troy O. McBride, Benjamin R. Bollinger, Jon Bessette, Alexander Bell, Dax Kepshire, Arne LaVen, Adam Rauwerdink