Patents by Inventor Benjamin Thomas

Benjamin Thomas 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: 20210194908
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic to determine users and assets based on the network traffic. A user role model may assign a user role and provide a role confidence score for the users based on network traffic associated with the users. An asset model may assign an asset type and provide an asset confidence score the assets based on network traffic associated with the assets. The users may be associated with assets based on the network traffic. The role confidence scores provided for the users may be modified based on the asset type assigned to assets associated with the users. The asset confidence score provided for the assets may be modified based on the user role assigned to the users associated with the assets. A report that includes information about the user roles and the asset types may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Xue Jun Wu, Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Michael Kerber Krause Montague, Po-Shen Lee, Songqian Chen, Jade Alexi Tabony, Katherine Megan Porterfield
  • Publication number: 20210151775
    Abstract: Materials, designs, and methods of fabrication for hydrogen oxidation electrodes and electrochemical cells including the same are disclosed. In various embodiments, hydrogen oxidation catalysts and corresponding substrates are provided that enable electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen evolved at the anode of aqueous batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Reed PERKINS, Eric WEBER, Benjamin Thomas HULTMAN, Ian Salmon MCKAY, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, Liang SU, Andrew LIOTTA, Jocelyn Marie NEWHOUSE, William Henry WOODFORD, Annelise Christine THOMPSON, Danielle Cassidy SMITH
  • Patent number: 11012329
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using a monitoring engine that monitors network traffic in networks to provide metrics. An inference engine may provide activity profiles based on portions of the network traffic where each activity profile includes features associated with the portions of network traffic. The inference engine may determine other activity profiles correlated with the activity profiles based on correlation models such that the determination of the other activity profiles occurs prior to monitoring an occurrence of other portions of the network traffic. The inference engine may modify monitoring actions of the monitoring engine based on the other activity profiles. The inference engine may provide reports based on the portions of the network traffic, the activity profiles, the other portions of the network traffic, or the other activity profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ExtraHop Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jacob Ball, Eric Joseph Hammerle, Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Bhushan Prasad Khanal, Michael Kerber Krause Montague, Xue Jun Wu
  • Patent number: 10989071
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly that in a preferred embodiment comprises: an inlet duct lower wall interfacing with a bypass duct; an outlet duct lower wall interfacing with a bypass duct; a heat exchanger coupled between the inlet duct lower wall and the outlet duct lower wall wherein the heat exchanger is at a compound angle with respect to an inlet duct air flow direction; and a fairing coupled to the top of the heat exchanger wherein the fairing forms the inlet duct upper wall and the outlet duct upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Meggitt (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Philip Walsh, Silviu-Cristian Vaideanu, Christopher Simon Elliott, Benjamin Thomas Matthews, Jeffrey Allen LeHew, Steven William James Henderson
  • Patent number: 10971803
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a first radio to establish a first macro cell and a second omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a second radio to establish a second macro cell. The first and second omnidirectional antennas are configured for concurrent 5 GHz radio operation while maintaining at least 40 dB of isolation between the first and second omnidirectional antennas. An antenna system and network device are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Danielle Bane, John Martin Blosco, Jonathan Michael Cyphert, Benjamin Thomas Pleso
  • Patent number: 10965702
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using network monitoring computers (NMCs). NMCs may determine requests provided to a server based on a first portion of network traffic. NMCs may determine suspicious requests based on characteristics of the provided requests. NMCs may employ the characteristics of the suspicious requests to provide correlation information that is associated with the suspicious requests. NMCs may determine dependent actions associated with the server based on a second portion of the network traffic and the correlation information. And, in response to determining anomalous activity associated with the evaluation of the dependent actions, NMCs may provide reports associated with the anomalous activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ExtraHop Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Higgins, Jesse Abraham Rothstein, Xue Jun Wu, Michael Kerber Krause Montague, Kevin Michael Seguin
  • Patent number: 10961817
    Abstract: A system for serving as a connection interface between a lower landing string and an upper landing string is provided. The system includes a quick union device comprising a first quick union component that is operable to couple to the upper landing string and a second quick union component that is operable to couple to the lower landing string. The first quick union component and the second quick union component respectively include a self-aligning threading interface that provides hydraulic and electrical connections when the first and second quick union components are connected to one another. The quick union device provides real-time feedback via wireless communication transducers that measure pressure and report that the measured pressure is retained in a plurality of hydraulic lines of the second quick union component when the first and second quick union components are disconnected from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Stephen Haake, Stevan Jaye Sparks, Kenneth L. Schwendemann, Steven B. Scheibel, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Patent number: 10957444
    Abstract: A system for capturing possible repeats or rejections of images occurring during tomographic imaging accommodates the wide variety of imaging protocols by providing groupings of common imaging protocol types and highlighting outliers of this grouping. The grouping may consider text descriptions of the images and their series, machine parameters such as tomographic and localizer scans, and overlap between images of any given series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Timothy Peter Szczykutowicz, Benjamin Thomas Viggiano, Sean Douglas Rose
  • Patent number: 10944271
    Abstract: A first device, such as a charger, includes electrical contacts to supply power to a second device, such as a wearable device. The first device includes a detection circuit that measures a sense voltage proportional to an effective resistance, which includes resistances of the contacts, an internal resistance of the second device, and any contaminants between the contacts. When the sense voltage is within a range, the detection circuit determines the second device is compatible and correctly oriented and determines there are insufficient contaminants to alter the effective resistance. The first device de-energizes the contacts while the sense voltage is outside of a voltage range and provides a power supply to one or more of the contacts when the sense voltage is within the voltage range. In some aspects, the detection circuit may delay the power supply for a period of time to avoid false detection events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Ming Feng, Benjamin Thomas Gaide
  • Publication number: 20210059631
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for generating a guided workflow and assisting in clinical decision making during operation of an imaging system at a site. Via a protocol manager interface, displaying a default protocol generated for the imaging system by a manufacturer, an authorized user may customize the protocol for the site. A workflow, in accordance with the modified protocol, is then displayed to another non-authenticated user at a time of operating the imaging system for an active scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Chelsey Lewis, Bradley Gabrielse, Vignesha Ramegowda, Sharon Ghelman, Michael Sarju Vaz, Ryan Christopher Forbes, Maud Bonnard, Benjamin Thomas Hauser, Elisa Pertuset
  • Publication number: 20210056943
    Abstract: An electronic vibrato system for a stringed instrument comprises an actuator and microcontroller which are disposed within a chassis. The control arm moves the actuator from a resting position to non-resting, rotated positions. The system is below a face of a stringed instrument such that the system has a disposed fulcrum within the instrument. The rotated positions impart resistive forces on said actuator and imparting control signals. The microcontroller processes said control signal and modulates pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Thomas Lewry
  • Publication number: 20210051969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides taste-modifying polypeptides and methods of producing the same. In some cases, the taste-modifying polypeptides may be produced recombinantly. In some cases, the taste-modifying polypeptides comprise a miraculin protein or a brazzein protein. The taste-modifying polypeptides may be provided in various formulations for human consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Roche, Li Zuo Taitano, Alan Jay Perlstein, Jason Ryder
  • Patent number: 10928434
    Abstract: The subject disclosure describes a structure and method that generates the average of two or more reference quantities (e.g., reference voltage potentials) and monitors the integrity of the voltage reference potentials. The subject technology produces a reference with improved accuracy and more accurate monitoring compared to traditional techniques. For example, the subject technology provides for a fault circuit that includes a monitoring circuit, and an averaging circuit configured to receive a plurality of reference signals and to produce an averaged reference signal based on the received plurality of reference signals. In some examples, the monitoring circuit is configured to receive the averaged reference signal from the averaging circuit, compare the averaged reference signal to each of the plurality of reference signals, and generate a fault signal when the averaged reference signal deviates from at least one of the plurality of reference signals by at least a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Marvin, Benjamin Thomas Voegeli, Gregg Romeo Castellucci, Andrew Bishop
  • Publication number: 20210050654
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a first radio to establish a first macro cell and a second omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a second radio to establish a second macro cell. The first and second omnidirectional antennas are configured for concurrent 5 GHz radio operation while maintaining at least 40 dB of isolation between the first and second omnidirectional antennas. An antenna system and network device are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Danielle Bane, John Martin Blosco, Jonathan Michael Cyphert, Benjamin Thomas Pleso
  • Publication number: 20210040815
    Abstract: A system for serving as a connection interface between a lower landing string and an upper landing string is provided. The system includes a quick union device comprising a first quick union component that is operable to couple to the upper landing string and a second quick union component that is operable to couple to the lower landing string. The first quick union component and the second quick union component respectively include a self-aligning threading interface that provides hydraulic and electrical connections when the first and second quick union components are connected to one another. The quick union device provides real-time feedback via wireless communication transducers that measure pressure and report that the measured pressure is retained in a plurality of hydraulic lines of the second quick union component when the first and second quick union components are disconnected from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Stephen Haake, Stevan Jaye Sparks, Kenneth L. Schwengemann, Steven B. Scheibel, Benjamin Thomas Derryberry, Darrin Nathaniel Towers
  • Patent number: 10909024
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for testing electronic visual user interface outputs. The method includes obtaining a baseline set of one or more screen shots of a user interface, the user interface comprising one or more elements; generating an updated set of one or more screen shots of the user interface, the updated set comprising one or more changes to the user Interface; comparing the baseline set to the updated set to generate a differential set of one or more images illustrating differences in how at least one of the user interface elements is rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Think Research Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Ping Li, Benjamin Thomas Hare
  • Publication number: 20210028452
    Abstract: Materials, designs, and methods of fabrication for iron-manganese oxide electrochemical cells are disclosed. In various embodiments, the negative electrode is comprised of pelletized, briquetted, or pressed iron-bearing components, including metallic iron or iron-based compounds (oxides, hydroxides, sulfides, or combinations thereof), collectively called “iron negative electrode.” In various embodiments, the positive electrode is comprised of pelletized, briquetted, or pressed manganese-bearing components, including manganese (IV) oxide (MnO2), manganese (III) oxide (Mn2O3), manganese (III) oxyhydroxide (MnOOH), manganese (II) oxide (MnO), manganese (II) hydroxide (Mn(OH)2), or combinations thereof, collectively called “manganese oxide positive electrode.” In various embodiments, electrolyte is comprised of aqueous alkali metal hydroxide including lithium hydroxide (LiOH), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH), cesium hydroxide (CsOH), or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Liang SU, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, William Henry WOODFORD, Yet-Ming CHIANG, Jay WHITACRE, Lucas COHEN, Rupak CHAKRABORTY, Andrew Haynes LIOTTA, Ian Salmon MCKAY, Thomas CONRY, Michael Andrew GIBSON, Jocelyn Marie NEWHOUSE, Amelie Nina KHAREY, Annelise Christine THOMPSON, Weston SMITH, Joseph Anthony PANTANO, Isabella CARUSO, Benjamin Thomas HULTMAN, Max Rae CHU, Nicholas PERKINS, Florian WEHNER, Rebecca EISENACH, Mitchell Terrance WESTWOOD, Tristan GILBERT, Rachel Elizabeth MUMMA, Brandon UBER, Eric WEBER, Danielle Cassidy SMITH, Brooke WOJESKI
  • Publication number: 20210028457
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide metal electrodes for electrochemical cells. In various embodiments, the electrodes may comprise iron. Various methods may enable achieving high surface area with low cost for production of metal electrodes, such as iron electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jocelyn Marie NEWHOUSE, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, Rupak CHAKRABORTY, Amelie Nina KHAREY, William Henry WOODFORD, Yet-Ming CHIANG, Michael GIBSON, Annelise Christine THOMPSON, Weston SMITH, Joseph Anthony PANTANO, Isabella CARUSO, Benjamin Thomas HULTMAN, Max Rae CHU, Liang SU, Nicholas PERKINS, Florian WEHNER, Rebecca EISENACH, Mitchell Terrance WESTWOOD, Tristan GILBERT, Andrew LIOTTA, Thomas CONRY, Rachel Elizabeth MUMMA, Brandon UBER, Eric WEBER, Danielle Cassidy SMITH, Brooke WOJESKI
  • Publication number: 20210012028
    Abstract: A computer implemented data product release method or system. The data product release is derived from a sensitive dataset using a privacy protection system such as a differentially private system. The privacy protection parameters, such as noise addition magnitude, are configurable as part of the data product release method or system to alter the balance between maintaining privacy of the sensitive dataset and making the data product release useful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Privitar Limited
    Inventors: Charles Codman CABOT, Kieron Francois Pascal GUINAMARD, Jason Derek MCFALL, Pierre-Andre MAUGIS, Hector PAGE, Benjamin Thomas PICKERING, Theresa STADLER, Jo-anne TAY, Suzanne WELLER
  • Patent number: D916856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Christie, Patrick Lee Coffman, Anton Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Aurelio Guzmán, Stephen O. Lemay, Wyatt R. Mitchell, Parthiban Mohanraj, Daniel T. Preston, Christopher Daryl Soli