Patents by Inventor Benjamin Andrew Miller

Benjamin Andrew Miller 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: 10482146
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system and method for Automatic Customization of Content Filtering (ACCF). The method includes receiving a search string from a user, creating a first filter based on the search string and searching different types of content stored in different content locations based on the first filter. The search returns a first subset of results to the user based on the first filter. The method further receives an indication of relevance for each one of the results in the first subset from the user. The method dynamically creates a second filter based on the received indications of relevance for the first subset of results. Based on the second filter, a second subset of more relevant results is returned to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jason R. Thornton, Marianne A. Deangelus, Benjamin Andrew Miller, Kevin Kyung Nam
  • Publication number: 20180046721
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a system and method for Automatic Customization of Content Filtering (ACCF). The method includes receiving a search string from a user, creating a first filter based on the search string and searching different types of content stored in different content locations based on the first filter. The search returns a first subset of results to the user based on the first filter. The method further receives an indication of relevance for each one of the results in the first subset from the user. The method dynamically creates a second filter based on the received indications of relevance for the first subset of results. Based on the second filter, a second subset of more relevant results is returned to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jason R. Thornton, Marianne A. Deangelus, Benjamin Andrew Miller, Kevin Kyung Nam
  • Patent number: 8204148
    Abstract: Described is a space-time digital power amplifier that can be used to generate an arbitrary waveform for a carrier signal. The space-time digital power amplifier employs temporal modulation of transmit signals generated by an array of transmitter modules. The RF signals transmitted from the array are spatially combined through free space propagation to generate the desired waveform. Advantageously, no digital-to-analog conversion is required and upconversion is unnecessary. The digital power amplifiers for the transmitter modules can be combined in a single chip package. The space-time digital power amplifier enables high power efficiency to be realized using pulse-shaped waveforms thus eliminating any need for the power amplifiers to operate over a wider bandwidth with a spectrally unconfined waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joel Irwin Goodman, Helen Haeran Kim, Benjamin Andrew Miller, James Edwin Vian
  • Publication number: 20110170624
    Abstract: Described is a space-time digital power amplifier that can be used to generate an arbitrary waveform for a carrier signal. The space-time digital power amplifier employs temporal modulation of transmit signals generated by an array of transmitter modules. The RF signals transmitted from the array are spatially combined through free space propagation to generate the desired waveform. Advantageously, no digital-to-analog conversion is required and upconversion is unnecessary. The digital power amplifiers for the transmitter modules can be combined in a single chip package. The space-time digital power amplifier enables high power efficiency to be realized using pulse-shaped waveforms thus eliminating any need for the power amplifiers to operate over a wider bandwidth with a spectrally unconfined waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joel Irwin Goodman, Helen Haeran Kim, Benjamin Andrew Miller, James Edwin Vian