Patents by Inventor Andrew Francis

Andrew Francis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240138769
    Abstract: A sensing device may include a housing and one or more features configured to couple the housing against the outer surface of the bone of the patient. A sensing device may include onboard electronics carried by the housing, the onboard electronics comprising: communication circuitry, one or more sensors configured to generate data regarding one or more characteristics of the patient; and processing circuitry configured to activate the communication circuitry to send the generated data to a device outside the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Miller, Michael Francis Kovacs, Raymond C. Parisi, Andrew Scott Payton, Trevor Paul Brickner
  • Patent number: 11972173
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting change of presence sounds within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first client device of a first participant of a group of participants within a virtual working environment, interaction data relating to the first participant being present at the first client device, the group of participants having been selected from among plural participants of the virtual working environment; determining a change in presence of the first participant with respect to the first client device; generating, in response to the determining, a sound corresponding to the change in presence; and providing the generated sound to one or more second client devices of respective one or more second participants of the group of participants, for presentation on the one or more second client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11972095
    Abstract: Various embodiments discussed herein enable client applications to be heavily integrated with a voice assistant in order to perform commands associated with voice utterances of users via voice assistant functionality and also seamlessly cause client applications to automatically perform native functions as part of executing the voice utterance. Such heavy integration also allows particular embodiments to support multi-modal input from a user for a single conversational interaction. In this way, client application user interface interactions, such as clicks, touch gestures, or text inputs are executed alternative or in addition to the voice utterances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tudor Buzasu Klein, Viktoriya Taranov, Sergiy Gavrylenko, Jaclyn Carley Knapp, Andrew Paul McGovern, Harris Syed, Chad Steven Estes, Jesse Daniel Eskes Rusak, David Ernesto Heekin Burkett, Allison Anne O'Mahony, Ashok Kuppusamy, Jonathan Reed Harris, Jose Miguel Rady Allende, Diego Hernan Carlomagno, Talon Edward Ireland, Michael Francis Palermiti, II, Richard Leigh Mains, Jayant Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11950390
    Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly for use in a power distribution assembly includes an electrical conductor and a casing covering at least a portion of the electrical conductor. A spring member is mounted to the casing and configured to apply a compressive force to the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Joel Anthony Furco, Andrew Francis Scarlata, Joseph M. Manahan, Patrick S. Ward
  • Publication number: 20240094983
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving, by a messaging application implemented on a client device, input that selects a sound option to add sound to one or more images; in response to receiving the input, presenting a sound editing user interface element that visually indicates a played portion of the sound and separately visually indicates an un-played portion of the sound; receiving an interaction with the sound editing user interface element to modify a start point of the sound; embedding a graphical element representing the sound in the one or more images; playing, by the messaging application, the sound associated with the graphical element starting from the start point together with displaying the one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jonathan Dale Brody, Andrew Grosvenor Cooper, Brandon Francis, Christie Marie Heikkinen, Ranidu Lankage
  • Patent number: 11926796
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a catalyst comprising the use of more than one silica source is provided herein. Thus, in one embodiment, the invention provides a particulate FCC catalyst comprising about 5 to about 60 wt % one or more zeolites, about 15 to about 35 wt % quasicrystalline boehmite (QCB), about 0 to about 35 wt % microcrystalline boehmite (MCB), greater than about 0 to about 15 wt % silica from sodium stabilized basic colloidal silica, greater than about 0 to about 30 wt % silica from acidic colloidal silica or polysilicic acid, and the balance clay and the process for making the same. This process results in attrition resistant catalysts with a good accessibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ketjen Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Amir Sabahi, Andrew J Loebl, Sandra Gavalda, Julie Francis, Eswaramoorthi Iyyamperumal
  • Publication number: 20240075930
    Abstract: A system has memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to instruct operation of at least one vehicle system (e.g., braking system, propulsion system, steering system, suspension system) in a minimum time mode for travel of the vehicle from a starting point to a destination point of a roadway. The system collects roadway data for the roadway from the starting point to the destination point. Based on the roadway data, the system determine a minimum time path from the starting point to the destination point and speed along the minimum time path. In response to a maximum acceleration input from a human driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is at the starting point, the system initiates the minimum time mode and instructs operation of at least one vehicle system to pursue the minimum time path and speed along the minimum time path from starting point to destination point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Barrett, Brendan Francis Diamond, Keith Weston, Andrew Denis Lewandowski, Aaron L. Mills
  • Patent number: 11922195
    Abstract: Some embodiments support embedding of a notebooks software component in a surrounding host application, thereby promoting consistency of notebook user interfaces and user experiences between different kinds of applications. For instance, the notebook access added to an integrated development environment (IDE) may be aesthetically consistent with the notebook access added to a business analytics tool from the same vendor as the IDE. Departures from the aesthetic are still supported, e.g., a notebook access provided in a video gaming environment to teach gamers programming skills may have the same aesthetic as the simulated world of the video game, rather than an IDE aesthetic or an enterprise software aesthetic. Direct integration or proxied integration architectures may be used. Efficiencies may be gained by distinguishing between notebook viewing, editing, and executing operations, and providing more computationally expensive resources only as needed for the notebook access being performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Francis Lam, Safia Abdalla, Shibani Raj Basava, Dinesh Chandnani, Zhu Chen, Kwangje Cho, Ram Kumar Donthula, Katherine Kampf, Daniel Moth, Andrew Christopher Neil, Vaishnavi Sannidhanam, Barry Manh Tu, Vijaya Krishna Upadya, Dileep Yavanmandha
  • Publication number: 20240069857
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting change of presence sounds within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first client device of a first participant of a group of participants within a virtual working environment, interaction data relating to the first participant being present at the first client device, the group of participants having been selected from among plural participants of the virtual working environment; determining a change in presence of the first participant with respect to the first client device; generating, in response to the determining, a sound corresponding to the change in presence; and providing the generated sound to one or more second client devices of respective one or more second participants of the group of participants, for presentation on the one or more second client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20240073364
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for recreating keyboard and mouse sounds within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first client device of a first participant of a group of participants within a virtual working environment, a timing of keyboard and mouse input detected at the client device, the group of participants having been selected from among plural participants of the virtual working environment; generating, in response to the receiving, keyboard and mouse sounds that correspond to the timing of the keyboard and mouse input; and providing the generated keyboard and mouse sounds to one or more second client devices of respective one or more second participants of the group of participants, for presentation on the one or more second client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20240069687
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions within a virtual working environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Publication number: 20240073370
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting a time-limited video feed within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide, within a virtual working environment for plural participants, display of an interface element which is user-selectable to capture video for sending to a group of participants within the virtual working environment, the group of participants having been selected from among the plural participants; receive, based on user selection of the interface element by a first participant in the group of participants, a time-limited video feed from a client device of the first participant; and provide, in response to the receiving and for each participant in the group of participants, display of the time-limited video feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Francis, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11917700
    Abstract: A method for pairing a robotic device with an application of a communication device, including the application receiving an indication to pair the robotic device with the application; the application receiving a password for the first Wi-Fi network; the robotic device enabling pairing of the robotic device with the application upon the user pressing at least one button on a user interface of the robotic device; the application displaying a map of an environment of the robotic device and a status of the robotic device and receiving mapping, cleaning, and scheduling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AI Incorporated
    Inventors: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Andrew Francis Fitzgerald, Chin Pang Alfred Kwan
  • Publication number: 20230392283
    Abstract: A method of growing single crystal diamond assisted by polycrystalline diamond growth to enhance dimensions and quality of the single crystal diamond includes thermally mating a diamond seed on a top surface of a substrate holder providing a growth surface for a combination of single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond. A predetermined temperature difference between the diamond seed and the substrate holder during processing along with the plasma process conditions causes a single crystal diamond growth rate to be different from a polycrystalline growth rate by a predetermined amount. Process gasses are introduced, and a plasma is formed to grow both single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond on the growth surface so that the polycrystalline diamond grown adjacent to the single crystal diamond shields side surfaces of the growing single crystal diamond, thereby improving growth quality across the growing single crystal diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Plasmability, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Basnett, Andrew Francis Basnett, Amanda Charris-Hernandez, William Holber, Travis Charles Wade, Adam James Brown
  • Patent number: 11833572
    Abstract: A bender configured to bend a workpiece in a bending operation and its method of use are provided. The bender includes a frame, a bending shoe assembly rotatably mounted on the frame, a control system and a driver in communication therewith, and a springback assembly in communication with the control system and configured to provide information to the control system regarding information on a bend affected to the workpiece. The bending shoe assembly includes a bending shoe into which the workpiece can be seated, and a gripping member mounted on the bending shoe and configured to grip the workpiece during the bending operation. The driver provides rotational force to the bending shoe assembly to rotate the bending shoe assembly relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Henry Alexander Fiorentini, Anthony J. Bussan, Andrew Francis Troy, SatishKumar SivaSankaran, Thomas M. Sticha, John Russell Fenske, Joshua Curtis Kerns
  • Patent number: 11794169
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst for treating an exhaust gas from a compression ignition engine, which oxidation catalyst comprises: a substrate; a first washcoat region comprising palladium (Pd) and a first support material comprising cerium oxide; and a second washcoat region comprising platinum (Pt) and a second support material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Chiffey, Neil Robert Collins, John Benjamin Goodwin, Francois Moreau, Paul Richard Phillips
  • Publication number: 20230332133
    Abstract: This invention relates to the storage on a solid matrix of genetic material, in particular DNA that has been purified prior to the application to the solid matrix. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid matrix for the storage of purified DNA, which matrix has been treated with a solution comprising plant polysaccharide inulin. One advantage of the invention is that an increased amount of DNA can be stored in the solid matrix of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Page, Breck Olland Parker
  • Publication number: 20230328300
    Abstract: A processing service of a provider network may protect media content from being tampered with when it is transmitted from the provider network/transcoder to untrusted networks (e.g., third-party networks/CDNs) and to a media player. The processing service (e.g., the transcoder) generates a public and a private key. The service uses the private key to digitally sign content portions (e.g., video frames) before distribution to untrusted CDNs. The provider network creates a manifest that includes the public key. To play the media content, the media player obtains a manifest that includes the public key (via a secure/trusted connection with the provider network). The media player may then obtain the media content from an untrusted edge server/CDN and validate it using the public key that was separately obtained from the manifest (to verify the content was not tampered with).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Selvanayagam Sendurpandian, Ross Engers, Luke Curley, Nikhil Purushe, Andrew Francis, Daniel Lin, Tarek Amara, Shuhan Jin, Levi Lovelock, Berk Taner, Yann Landry, Neeraj Satish Joshi, Jean-Sebastien Royer
  • Publication number: 20230278018
    Abstract: A compression ignition internal combustion engine (30) for a heavy-duty diesel vehicle comprising an exhaust system (32) comprising a composite oxidation catalyst (12, 42) and a soot filter substrate (44, 50) disposed downstream from the composite oxidation catalyst comprising: a substrate (5), preferably a honeycomb flow-through substrate monolith, having a total length L and a longitudinal axis and having a substrate surface extending axially between a first substrate end (I) and a second substrate end (O); two catalyst washcoat zones (1, 2) arranged axially in series on and along the substrate surface, wherein a first catalyst washcoat zone (1) having a length L1 and comprising a first catalyst washcoat layer (9), wherein L1<L, is defined at one end by the first substrate end (I) and at a second end by a first end (15) of a second catalyst washcoat zone (2) having a length L2 and comprising a second catalyst washcoat layer (11), wherein L2<L, wherein the second catalyst washcoat zone (2) is defined a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Francis CHIFFEY, Kieran COLE, Oliver COOPER, Christopher DALY, Lee Alexander GILBERT, Robert HANLEY, David MICALLEF, Francois MOREAU, Paul PHILLIPS, George PLATT
  • Patent number: 11725201
    Abstract: This invention relates to the storage on a solid matrix of genetic material, in particular DNA that has been purified prior to the application to the solid matrix. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid matrix for the storage of purified DNA, which matrix has been treated with a solution comprising plant polysaccharide inulin. One advantage of the invention is that an increased amount of DNA can be stored in the solid matrix of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Francis Page, Breck Olland Parker