Patents by Inventor Benjamin Richard

Benjamin Richard 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: 9762565
    Abstract: Unique methods and systems are introduced herein for the determination of unique spatial light modulator based optical signatures of intrinsic and extrinsic scattering surface markers. These techniques can be used to authenticate semiconductor components and systems at various stages during the manufacturing process by measuring and cross correlating the surface marker's unique optical signature. In addition, these techniques can be used with extrinsic surface markers which are added to existing hardware (e.g. containers, locks, doors, etc.). These markers can then be measured for their unique optical signatures, which can be stored and used at a later time for cross-correlation to authenticate the surface marker and verify the hardware's provenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Hergen Eilers, Benjamin Richard Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Patrick David Price
  • Publication number: 20170241355
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving engine knock tolerance, in particular when rapidly ramping in LP-EGR from low levels of EGR. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection to compensate for the transport delay in EGR filling the intake system. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Wooldridge, Gopichandra Surnilla, Brad Alan Boyer, James Alfred Hilditch, Michael Howard Shelby, Chris Paul Glugla, Benjamin Richard Petersen
  • Patent number: 9724785
    Abstract: A weldment member for a gas turbine engine including a forward welding member and an aft welding member. The forward welding member has an annular shape with a forward welding face formed at one end. The forward welding face has a forward radiographic marking hole formed therein. The aft welding member has an annular shape with an aft welding face formed at one end. The aft welding face has an aft radiographic marking hole formed therein. The forward welding face is aligned with the aft welding face and the forward radiographic marking hole is angularly offset from the aft radiographic marking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard Abraham, Jeffrey C. Brill, Daniel Patrick Weller
  • Patent number: 9716777
    Abstract: A case is provided for a portable Radio Frequency (RF) communications device having an RF antenna. The case includes a base and a plurality of walls, extending from the base. The base and the plurality of walls have requisite dimensions to receive a portable Radio (RF) having an outer surface with a first portion and a second portion. First dielectric characteristics adjacent to the first portion having a relatively low effect on a frequency characteristic of an RF antenna arrangement and second dielectric characteristics adjacent to the second portion having a relatively high effect on the frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement. When the communications device is disposed in the case, the case is adapted to cover part of the first portion of the communications device so as to cause a dielectric parameter adjacent a part of the first portion of the communications device to be relatively high, and a dielectric parameter adjacent the second portion to be relatively low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: TECH 21 LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Lloyd Roberts, Wilhelm Marschall, Benjamin Richard Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20170208146
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more visitor tearing processes. Visitor tearing can include, among other things, one or more processes by which multiple visitors that may appear to be the same visitor may be separated into different visitor profiles due to the leveraging of one or more unique persistent identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Glommen, Benjamin Richard Williams, II
  • Patent number: 9712203
    Abstract: A case is provided for a portable Radio Frequency (RF) communications device in which the portable RF communications device has an RF antenna arrangement internal to or integrated with an outer housing, the outer housing having an outer surface having a first portion, dielectric characteristics adjacent to which having a relatively low effect on a frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement; and a second portion, dielectric characteristics adjacent to which having a relatively high effect on the frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement. The case has a base, dimensioned to fit a back of the RF communications device; and a plurality of walls, extending from the base and dimensioned to fit corresponding walls of the RF communications device. The case is configured to cover part of the first portion so as to cause a dielectric parameter adjacent a part of the first portion to be relatively high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: TECH 21 LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Lloyd Roberts, Wilhelm Marschall, Benjamin Richard Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20170201549
    Abstract: Allowing an entity managed device to access a tenant associated with the e on a public cloud service while preventing the device from accessing one or more other tenants on the cloud service. A method includes, at the cloud service, obtaining policy from the entity with respect to tenant access. The method further includes, at the cloud service, receiving a request from the entity managed device to access a tenant at the cloud service. The method further includes granting or denying the access request based on the policy obtained from the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard Vincent, Ross Peter Adams, Ariel Gordon, Konstantin Ryvkin
  • Patent number: 9664128
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving engine knock tolerance, in particular when rapidly ramping in LP-EGR from low levels of EGR. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection to compensate for the transport delay in EGR filling the intake system. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wooldridge, Gopichandra Surnilla, Brad Alan Boyer, James Alfred Hilditch, Michael Howard Shelby, Chris Paul Glugla, Benjamin Richard Petersen
  • Publication number: 20170149771
    Abstract: Automated device discovery of pairing-eligible devices for authenticating an unidentified user of a computing device is provided. When the user initiates a login on the computing device on which the user's identity is not known, an automated pairing-eligible device discovery authentication system interrogates a resource (e.g., subnetwork router, calendaring server) for identifying pairing-eligible devices that may be used as a second factor for authentication. A list of the pairing-eligible devices is presented to the user on the computing device. Upon selection of a pairing-eligible device to use as a second factor to verify the user's identity, the user's identity is determined, and a notification is sent to the selected pairing-eligible device for enabling the user to verify his/her identity using a second factor. Upon completion of an authentication challenge on the selected pairing-eligible device, authentication of the user is completed, and a signed token is sent to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard Vincent, Venkatesh Gopalakrishnan, Jay Fluegel
  • Publication number: 20170138282
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving combustion stability, in particular during transient operations such as tip-out to lower load conditions, when EGR is being purged. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Wooldridge, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jianwen James Yi, Brad Alan Boyer, James Alfred Hilditch, Michael Howard Shelby, Benjamin Richard Petersen
  • Publication number: 20170111337
    Abstract: A multi-factor user authentication framework using asymmetric key includes a host device, a user agent, a gesture system, and an authentication system. The multiple factors include a user credential as well as a user gesture that indicates that the user is present. The user interacts with the user agent via the host device in order to obtain access to something for which user authentication is needed. The authentication system maintains the user credentials, which are provided to authenticate the user in response to the authentication system determining that the user is present (which can be determined in different manners, such as using a personal identification number (PIN), biometric information regarding the user, geographic location of the gesture system, etc.). The user agent, gesture system, and authentication system can be implemented on the same device (e.g., the host device), or alternatively implemented across one or more different devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anooshiravan Saboori, Nelly Porter, Vijay G. Bharadwaj, Alexander Thomas Weinert, Octavian T. Ureche, Benjamin Richard Vincent, Tarek Bahaa El-Din Mahmoud Kamel
  • Patent number: 9611792
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving combustion stability, in particular during transient operations such as tip-out to lower load conditions, when EGR is being purged. Until a desired LP-EGR rate is achieved, fuel may be delivered as a split injection with at least an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection. Subsequently, single fuel injection may be resumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Wooldridge, Gopichandra Surnilla, Jianwen James Yi, Brad Alan Boyer, James Alfred Hilditch, Michael Howard Shelby, Benjamin Richard Petersen
  • Publication number: 20170042889
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) which inhibit the activity of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform, which are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the activation of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard BELLENIE, Graham Charles BLOOMFIELD, Ian BRUCE, Andrew James CULSHAW, Edward Charles HALL, Gregory John HOLLINGWORTH, James NEEF, Matthew SPENDIFF, Simon James WATSON
  • Publication number: 20170037032
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) which inhibit the activity of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform, which are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the activation of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard BELLENIE, Graham Charles BLOOMFIELD, Ian BRUCE, Andrew James CULSHAW, Edward Charles HALL, Gregory John HOLLINGWORTH, James NEEF, Matthew SPENDIFF, Simon James WATSON
  • Publication number: 20170029414
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) which inhibit the activity of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform, which are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the activation of PI 3-kinase gamma isoform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard BELLENIE, Ian BRUCE, Andrew James CULSHAW, Gregory John HOLLINGWORTH, James NEEF, Matthew SPENDIFF, Simon James WATSON
  • Publication number: 20170012163
    Abstract: Solar cell array assemblies or modules and methods of making and using such solar cell array assemblies or modules, having discrete predefined pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) regions thereon. In certain embodiments, the solar cell array modules may be conveniently mounted on the surface of a panel of a space vehicle or satellite with the discrete predefined PSA regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Marvin B. Clevenger, Cory Tourino, Benjamin Richards
  • Patent number: 9544131
    Abstract: A cryptographic device performs modular addition between a first integer value x and a second integer value y in a processor by: obtaining a first masked input {circumflex over (x)}, a second masked input ?, a first mask rx and a second mask ry, the first masked input {circumflex over (x)} resulting from the first integer value x masked by the first mask rx and the second masked input ? resulting from the second integer value y masked by the second mask ry; computing a first iteration masked carry value ?1, using the first masked input {circumflex over (x)}, the second masked input ?, the first mask rx, the second mask ry and a carry mask value ?; recursively updating the masked carry value ?i to obtain a final masked carry value ?k?1, wherein the masked carry value is updated using the first masked input {circumflex over (x)}, the second masked input ?, the first mask rx, the second mask ry, and the carry mask value ?; combining the first masked input {circumflex over (x)} and the second masked input ? and t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: THOMSON LICENSING
    Inventors: Mohamed Karroumi, Benjamin Richard, Marc Joye
  • Patent number: 9537964
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more visitor tearing processes. Visitor tearing can include, among other things, one or more processes by which multiple visitors that may appear to be the same visitor may be separated into different visitor profiles due to the leveraging of one or more unique persistent identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TEALIUM INC.
    Inventors: Charles Glommen, Benjamin Richard Williams, II
  • Publication number: 20160377423
    Abstract: Unique methods and systems are introduced herein for the determination of unique spatial light modulator based optical signatures of intrinsic and extrinsic scattering surface markers. These techniques can be used to authenticate semiconductor components and systems at various stages during the manufacturing process by measuring and cross correlating the surface marker's unique optical signature. In addition, these techniques can be used with extrinsic surface markers which are added to existing hardware (e.g. containers, locks, doors, etc.). These markers can then be measured for their unique optical signatures, which can be stored and used at a later time for cross-correlation to authenticate the surface marker and verify the hardware's provenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Washington State University
    Inventors: Hergen Eilers, Benjamin Richard Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Patrick David Price
  • Publication number: 20160359517
    Abstract: A case is provided for a portable Radio Frequency (RF) communications device in which the portable RF communications device has an RF antenna arrangement internal to or integrated with an outer housing, the outer housing having an outer surface having a first portion, dielectric characteristics adjacent to which having a relatively low effect on a frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement; and a second portion, dielectric characteristics adjacent to which having a relatively high effect on the frequency characteristic of the RF antenna arrangement. The case has a base, dimensioned to fit a back of the RF communications device; and a plurality of walls, extending from the base and dimensioned to fit corresponding walls of the RF communications device. The case is configured to cover part of the first portion so as to cause a dielectric parameter adjacent a part of the first portion to be relatively high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Lloyd ROBERTS, Wilhelm MARSCHALL, Benjamin Richard THORPE