Patents by Inventor Brandon Foster
Brandon Foster 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).
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Patent number: 12210360Abstract: A method includes receiving sensor data collected by an autonomous mobile robot as the autonomous mobile robot moves about an environment, the sensor data being indicative of sensor events and locations associated with the sensor events. The method includes identifying a subset of the sensor events based on the locations. The method includes providing, to a user computing device, data indicative of a recommended behavior control zone in the environment, the recommended behavior control zone containing a subset of the locations associated with the subset of the sensor events. The method includes defining, in response to a user selection from the user computing device, a behavior control zone such that the autonomous mobile robot initiates a behavior in response to encountering the behavior control zone, the behavior control zone being based on the recommended behavior control zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Shipra Arora, Michael Foster, Frank Judge, Brandon Rohrer, Christopher Shumaker, Matthew Weyant, Alex Wong, Lauren D. Stern
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Publication number: 20240004519Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker, or an image containing a brand and/or logo. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20220066623Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Patent number: 11199941Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20210081083Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Patent number: 10877629Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20200089393Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Patent number: 10528219Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20180276227Abstract: A method for creating a customized web feed from a plurality of sources, comprising searching for a content source, displaying a plurality of content source selections from a source library, selecting at least one of the plurality of content source selections to be included within the customized web feed, displaying the at least one of the plurality of content sources, requesting, if a desired content source is not found within the plurality of content source selections displayed, that the desired content source is added to the source library, analyzing a potential content source to be added to the source library to determine a number of followers and a number of page views, determining whether the number of followers and page views of the potential content source exceeds a threshold, determining whether the potential content source has received a recent update, and adding the potential content source to the source library.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: MARK BOWRING, BRIAN PALMER, GLENN A. KIMBALL, BRANDON FOSTER, MICHAEL A. OSTMAN, JR.
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Publication number: 20180130094Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry containing a pre-defined term corresponding to one or more branded images, icons or logos. By allowing a user to select one of the displayed branded images or logos, the application is able to trigger a number of third party applications associated with the selected branded image, icon or logo.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20170046045Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Patent number: 9495692Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Tung Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Patent number: 9262774Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting words and texts into logos and displaying the same. Particularly, this application allows company logos to be inserted and displayed in any mobile texts and messages whenever corresponding keywords are entered or selected by end users in a mobile communication application, such as SMS/text, IM, iMessage, and any social networking application, for example, Facebook and Twitter.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20150356603Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting a user input into a corresponding branded icon, logo or image and displaying the same. The user input is in the form of a text entry from the device keyboard, e.g., a brand name or a generic search word, or a voice or sound input or audio demand from the device speaker. By providing various menu functions associated with the displayed icons, logos or images, the application combines mobile texting with online search or browsing to provide for a much simpler and more convenient mobile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20150134448Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems allowing a company to market and advertise its brands, products and/or services in a mobile platform by use of an application converting words and texts into logos and displaying the same. Particularly, this application allows company logos to be inserted and displayed in any mobile texts and messages whenever corresponding keywords are entered or selected by end users in a mobile communication application, such as SMS/text, IM, iMessage, and any social networking application, for example, Facebook and Twitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Want Media Group Inc.Inventors: Mark Tung, Isaac Cheah, Brandon Foster
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Publication number: 20060243491Abstract: A method of removing cuttings includes the steps of disposing a pipe string in a high-angle wellbore, circulating mud through the wellbore and creating a viscous coupling layer of mud spiraling about a section of the pipe string. Wherein the wellbore may be deviated from vertical thirty degrees or greater. The viscous coupling layer desirably extends outwardly beyond the outside diameter of the tooljoint upsets in the section of the pipe string. A pipe joint for creating a viscous coupling layer of drilling fluid spiraling about the pipe to remove cuttings from high angle wells includes an elongated tubular having an outer surface extending between opposing tooljoints, tooljoint upsets and projections provided on substantially the entire outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Anthony Krepp, Michael Mims, Brandon Foster