Patents by Inventor Benjamin Johnson

Benjamin 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: 20250113842
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a LC-PUFA biomass composition which has reduced self-heating propensity and thus requires a lessened packing requirement for shipment. The invention also discloses methods for making such biomass composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Benjamin JOHNSON, Shannon Elizabeth Ethier RESOP
  • Patent number: 12272980
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Nia Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rikky Muller, Benjamin Johnson, Igor Izyumin
  • Publication number: 20250047654
    Abstract: 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: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Umayal Roja Swarnam
  • Patent number: 12213211
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a computing device, a user request to perform a subscriber identity module (SIM) swap for a subscriber, wherein the computing device and a user device are accessible to a user, based on the receiving the user request, generating a code for the SIM swap, resulting in a generated code, providing the generated code to the computing device for presentation, obtaining, from the user device, data associated with the user, the user device, or a combination thereof, facilitating user authentication responsive to the obtaining the data, detecting a transmission of a particular code from the user device, resulting in a detected code, and, based on the detecting the transmission and based on the facilitating the user authentication, performing an action relating to the SIM swap. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Rachel Rosencrantz, Mikhail Istomin
  • Patent number: 12170680
    Abstract: A method, a system, and an article are provided for identification of security-related activities based on usage of a plurality of independent cloud-based, hosted application platforms. An example method includes: receiving, from the application platforms, activity data and state data for a plurality of users of the application platforms; generating one or more predictive models configured to detect deviations from normal user behavior across the application platforms; providing, as input to the one or more predictive models, the activity data and the state data for at least one of the users; receiving, from the one or more predictive models, an indication that an activity of the at least one of the users deviates from the normal user behavior; and facilitating a remedial action to address the indicated deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Obsidian Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Wolff, Alexander Vandenberg-Rodes, Naresh Chebolu, Marcus Mccurdy, Matthew Maisel, Jody Forness, Jedidiah Mitten, Noah Corradin, Samantha Staszak, David Newhall, Christopher Galbraith, Christopher Fuller, Brian Lau, Benjamin Johnson
  • Patent number: 12160412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Umayal Roja Swarnam
  • Publication number: 20240334508
    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: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Rachel Rosencrantz, Mikhail Istomin
  • Publication number: 20240235839
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a need to verify an identity of a particular user in the metaverse, obtaining a particular hash/encoding associated with the particular user, wherein the particular hash/encoding is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the particular user, retrieving a second hash/encoding from a user profile of a first user, wherein the second hash/encoding corresponds to a second user and is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the second user, performing a comparison of the second hash/encoding and the particular hash/encoding, and based on a determination that there is a match, identifying that the particular user corresponds to the second user, resulting in a verification of the identity of the particular user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Patent number: 12035385
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Rachel Rosencrantz, Mikhail Istomin
  • Patent number: 12021841
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Patent number: 12014609
    Abstract: A cashdrawer exoskeleton system is disclosed. The system includes a modular base piece with 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: APG Cash Drawer, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hamilton Stone, Scott Benjamin Johnson, Nicholas Edward Maffey, Russell Joseph Kroll
  • Publication number: 20240161414
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example providing virtual links and/or virtual content to metaverse users based at least in part on the metaverse user's physical location and/or viewing direction. Low resolution images of physical objects expected to be in a field of view of a metaverse user may be matched to actual images of physical objects in a metaverse user's field of view prior to providing virtual links and/or virtual content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240146551
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, associating a link of a non-fungible token (NFT) metaverse communication device to provisioning data of a service account of non-virtual user equipment, receiving a communication request, detecting the NFT metaverse communication device is available for use in a metaverse system, and initiating communications with the NFT metaverse communication device via the metaverse system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240137223
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a need to verify an identity of a particular user in the metaverse, obtaining a particular hash/encoding associated with the particular user, wherein the particular hash/encoding is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the particular user, retrieving a second hash/encoding from a user profile of a first user, wherein the second hash/encoding corresponds to a second user and is generated based on processing of a video, image, voice recording, or biometric information associated with the second user, performing a comparison of the second hash/encoding and the particular hash/encoding, and based on a determination that there is a match, identifying that the particular user corresponds to the second user, resulting in a verification of the identity of the particular user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240118784
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, an indication of an assertion involving a first avatar of a first user, assessing, by the processing system and based on the obtaining, a validity of the assertion relative to a threshold, and authorizing, by the processing system and based on the assessing, a first action to be taken by the first avatar, a second action to be taken by a second avatar of a second user, or a combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Lars Benjamin Johnson, Mikhail Istomin, Rachel Rosencrantz
  • Publication number: 20240121608
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, authenticating a credential of a first user of a first device, based on the authenticating, providing the first user with an option to select a badge from a plurality of badges via the first device, based on the providing of the option, obtaining a selection of a first badge included in the plurality of badges from the first device, resulting in a selected badge, and based on the obtaining of the selection, transferring an identification of the selected badge to the first device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Lars Benjamin Johnson
  • Patent number: 11946017
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of separating polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Manfred Bärz, Marc Beiser, Georg Borchers, Stephen Robert Cherinko, Mathias Dernedde, Michael Diehl, Xiao Daniel Dong, Jürgen Haberland, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Robert Cody Kertis, Jochen Lebert, Neil Francis Leininger, Kirt Lyvell Matthews, Sr., Holger Pfeifer, Christian Rabe, Shannon Elizabeth Ethier Resop, Ginger Marie Shank, Vinod Tarwade, David Allen Tinsley, Daniel Verkoeijen
  • Patent number: 11940099
    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments relate to a gas flow alarm apparatus and gas flow alarm method. The apparatus comprises: a device configurable to introduce back pressure into a flow of gas, a supply sensor configured to determine whether gas flow to the device is enabled; a pressure sensor configured to determine whether a flow of gas through the device has developed back pressure; and logic circuitry in communication with the supply sensor and the pressure sensor configured to determine whether gas flow to the device is enabled and whether a flow of gas through the device has developed back pressure and, if not, to activate an alarm condition. Aspects and embodiments can provide a system which operates to warn a user against various adverse conditions in which a flow of therapeutic gas to a patient is required, yet not being provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BPR Medical Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Johnson, Martin Cooper, Michael Brudenell, Richard Radford
  • Publication number: 20240073653
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device of a first party, 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 storing a first connection link for a call from the first party to a called party; receiving a request for contact information of the called party from a third-party device; and sending a copy of the first connection link to the third-party device, wherein a second device of the called party displays referring information indicating that the first connection link was shared by the first party when the third-party device uses the copy to call the second device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lars Benjamin Johnson, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20240039318
    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: October 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Rikky Muller, Benjamin Johnson, Igor Izyumin