Patents by Inventor Benjamin A. Johnson

Benjamin A. Johnson 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: 20230252873
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including assessing a danger level associated with an object; locating a target person and a caregiver; monitoring movement of an unsupervised target person relative to a boundary around the object; and providing a warning in a caregiver's voice if the person crosses the boundary. A content and volume of the warning, a direction of the warning with respect to a trajectory of movement of the person, and a tone of voice of the warning can be selected according to the danger level and a profile of the person. The method also includes initiating a distraction procedure directed to the person according to the profile; the distraction can include an audio message directing attention of the person to another object. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230242836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of isolated polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael DIEHL, Annika HEINING, Martin HEINING, Michael Benjamin JOHNSON, Jochen LEBERT, Neil Francis LEININGER, Vinod TARWADE, David Allen TINSLEY
  • Publication number: 20230247097
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request to initiate an interactive session involving a first user device and a second user device, initiating the interactive session, performing a split of inputs or outputs by determining a first set of inputs or outputs for the first user device and a second set of inputs or outputs for the second user device, such that first data in the interactive session that is permitted to be outputted only to the first user device is accessible to the first user device but not to the second user device and such that second data that is permitted to be outputted only to the second user device is accessible to the second user device but not to the first user device, and facilitating the interactive session based on the split of inputs or outputs. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230224984
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of facilitating establishment of a communications path between an open device and a remote device through a communications network; receiving an indication of potentially sensitive information on the communications path; and facilitating establishment of a secure communications path between a secure device and the remote device through the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Rachel Rosencrantz, Mikhail Istomin
  • Publication number: 20230203889
    Abstract: A ladder stabilizer attachment device secures a ladder stabilizer to a ladder. The device includes a sleeve including an outer wall. The outer wall has an outer face, an inner face, an upper end, and a lower end. The lower end is open. A slot extends into the inner face from the lower end to receive a top end of a ladder side rail and an uppermost rung of the ladder into the slot. A top edge of the slot defines a stop whereby the stop rests upon the uppermost rung of the ladder. A coupler is mounted to the sleeve. The coupler releasably engages the uppermost rung of the ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Bighorn Products LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Johnson, Chad Johnson, Les Slunecka
  • Publication number: 20230155991
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, processing data resulting from an execution of a plurality of different applications to identify at least one notification that is to be provided to a user of a client device, identifying criteria associated with the user, the criteria including a role of the user within an organization and a preference of the user, determining a characteristic associated with the at least one notification based on the identifying of the criteria, and providing the at least one notification having the characteristic to the client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Umayal Roja Swarnam
  • Publication number: 20230124957
    Abstract: Embodiments of a cashdrawer exoskeleton system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a modular base piece has an integrated fastener configured to facilitate a coupling to a cash drawer. An aperture is formed through the top surface of the modular base piece and leads to an area where the cash drawer is positioned when the modular base piece is coupled to the cash drawer utilizing the integrated fastener. At least one spacer is then configured to facilitate creation of a gap between the modular base piece and the cash drawer when the modular base piece is coupled to the cash drawer utilizing the integrated fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Hamilton STONE, Scott Benjamin JOHNSON, Nicholas Edward Maffey, Russell Joseph Kroll
  • Publication number: 20230117618
    Abstract: A novel supplement is disclosed which triggers repair of organs in humans, including the liver, kidneys, lungs, and skin. The example supplement includes a combination of alpha ketoglutarate (AKG). The example supplement also includes select amino acids. The example supplement also includes extract components found in an organ being treated. The AKG activates hydroxylation of the select amino acids and micronutrients, cytokines, and peptides in the extract components to accelerate a natural repair process of the organ being treated. In an example, the amino acids include 3 or more of any combination of: glutamine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, valine, histidine, proline, glycine, and arginine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230123475
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a command to initiate encrypted communications between a device and a second device, providing information regarding the device to a network operator system for device authentication, obtaining confirmation of device authentication from the network operator system, generating first encryption data, causing a portion of the first encryption data to be transmitted to the second device, obtaining, from the second device, a portion of second encryption data generated based on confirmation of authentication of the second device, and conducting the encrypted communications with the second device by causing first communication data, for the second device, to be encrypted using the portion of the second encryption data, receiving second communication data that is encrypted using the portion of the first encryption data, and decrypting the second communication data using a different portion of the first encryption data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20230107948
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a first sensitivity level associated with a first data item, comparing the first sensitivity level to a first threshold, resulting in a first comparison, selecting a first device based on the first comparison, transmitting the first data item to the first device based on the selecting of the first device, identifying a second sensitivity level associated with a second data item, wherein the second sensitivity level is different from the first sensitivity level, comparing the second sensitivity level to a second threshold, resulting in a second comparison, selecting a second device based on the second comparison, wherein the second device is different from the first device, and transmitting the second data item to the second device based on the selecting of the second device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20230104606
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting, by a processing system including a processor, a request for attention, wherein the processing system stores first data pertaining to a first user, receiving, by the processing system and based on the transmitting of the request for attention, a key from a second processing system including a second processor, based on the receiving of the key, identifying, by the processing system, a first portion of the first data to be transmitting to the second processing system, wherein the first portion of the first data is less than an entirety of the first data, and based on the identifying of the first portion of the first data, transmitting, by the processing system, the first portion of the first data to the second processing system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Umayal Roja Swarnam
  • Publication number: 20230092897
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a first wireless network transceiver; a second wireless network transceiver; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a wireless network connection to an access point via the first wireless network transceiver, wherein the access point provides a temporary network name for the wireless network connection, wherein the temporary network name is different from an original network name; providing wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver using the original network name; adjusting a coverage area of the wireless networking services; and connecting a network device in the coverage area to the wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11593201
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for memory repair for a memory device are described. An example apparatus includes: a data input/output circuit that provides data via a plurality of data signal lines; memory cell arrays; an ECC/Parity redundancy array; and a redundancy circuit coupled to the plurality of data signal lines. The redundancy circuit includes an error correction block that generates error correction information based on the data and provides the error correction information to the ECC/Parity redundancy array. If during test it is determined that a failure is not repairable by standard redundancy including error correction code, the error correction parity array is not needed and can be redirected by a block repair circuit. The error correction circuit can now have its functionality changed to allow the error correction array to become a block repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Eichmeyer, James Rehmeyer, Benjamin Johnson, Jason Johnson
  • Patent number: 11587422
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including assessing a danger level associated with an object; locating a target person and a caregiver; monitoring movement of an unsupervised target person relative to a boundary around the object; and providing a warning in a caregiver's voice if the person crosses the boundary. A content and volume of the warning, a direction of the warning with respect to a trajectory of movement of the person, and a tone of voice of the warning can be selected according to the danger level and a profile of the person. The method also includes initiating a distraction procedure directed to the person according to the profile; the distraction can include an audio message directing attention of the person to another object. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11546762
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a first wireless network transceiver; a second wireless network transceiver; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a wireless network connection to an access point via the first wireless network transceiver, wherein the access point provides a temporary network name for the wireless network connection, wherein the temporary network name is different from an original network name; providing wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver using the original network name; adjusting a coverage area of the wireless networking services; and connecting a network device in the coverage area to the wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11542220
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of isolating polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass. The method involves providing a suspension of cells with a PUFAs-containing lipid; optionally lysing the cells; concentrating the suspension; adding base equivalents to the suspension based on the total dry matter present; feeding a continuous reactor with the suspension; and separating the lipids-containing light phase from the water and cell debris-containing heavy phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH, DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Heining, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Jochen Lebert, Holger Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20220394469
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that includes a first wireless network transceiver; a second wireless network transceiver; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a wireless network connection to an access point via the first wireless network transceiver, wherein the access point provides a temporary network name for the wireless network connection, wherein the temporary network name is different from an original network name; providing wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver using the original network name; adjusting a coverage area of the wireless networking services; and connecting a network device in the coverage area to the wireless networking services via the second wireless network transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Publication number: 20220374404
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to managing virtual data sources (VDSs), including creating and using VDSs. A virtual data source manager (VDSM) that is executing on a computer system may receive a request to generate a bitmap index for a dataset. The VDSM may then generate a bitmap index by ingesting the dataset into a data format of the bitmap index. The VDSM may further generate the bitmap index by performing a compression procedure on the ingested dataset to generate a plurality of data containers, where a given data container includes a respective compressed portion of the ingested dataset. After compressing the ingested dataset, the VDSM may then store the plurality of data containers in a set of binary trees (b-trees), where the set of b-trees is usable to respond to data requests for data of the bitmap index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Johnson, Todd Gruben
  • Publication number: 20220280819
    Abstract: A firebreak device configured to arrest a flow of medical gas capable of combustion or of supporting combustion, said device comprising: a housing having a body portion, an inlet and an outlet, said inlet and outlet being linked by a conduit; a valve assembly located within said body portion, said valve assembly being movable between an open position, in which gas can flow between said inlet and outlet along said conduit, and a closed position in which gas flow between said inlet and said outlet is arrested; a biasing assembly (340) arranged within said body portion to move said valve assembly into said closed position; and a heat activatable stop (350) located between said biasing assembly and said outlet to hold said valve assembly in said open position against said biasing assembly, and adapted to release said valve assembly to allow said biasing assembly to move said valve assembly to said closed position at an activation temperature, to close flow of gas through the device if said heat activatable stop i
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin JOHNSON, Martin COOPER, Michael BRUDENELL
  • Publication number: 20220203099
    Abstract: Representative methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed for providing concurrent electrical stimulation and electrical recording in a human or non-human subject, such as for neuromodulation, with the apparatus coupleable to an electrode array. A representative apparatus is typically an integrated circuit including: stimulation circuits, recording circuits, and blocking circuits responsive to control signals to block the stimulation voltage or current on an electrode from a corresponding recording circuit, while other recording circuits may simultaneously record electrical signals from other electrodes and generate recorded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Rikky Muller, Benjamin Johnson, Igor Izyumin