Patents by Inventor Brian Daniel

Brian Daniel 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: 20180144286
    Abstract: A user requests a package delivery from a package delivery system. The package delivery system provides the user with a machine-readable code for display at the delivery location. An aerial delivery device receives, from the package delivery system computing device, information associated with the delivery location of the package. The information comprises information matching the information in the machine-readable code associated with the delivery location and a delivery address. The delivery device secures the package for transporting to the delivery location and transports the package to the delivery address. The delivery device locates the machine-readable code on a display at the delivery address and verifies that the information from the machine-readable code is associated with the package. The delivery device deposits the package on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Daniel Shucker, Brandon Kyle Trew
  • Publication number: 20180109639
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described herein for presenting notifications on a user interface presentation of a recipient computing device. The technique is considered tiered because it distinguishes between first-type (people-centric) notifications and second-type notifications, and because it processes and presents first-type notifications in a privileged manner compared to the second-type notifications. For instance, the technique presents content associated with each first-type notification in an allocated window that appears in positional association with a person indicator, where that person indicator identifies the person who sent the first-type notification; the technique presents each second-type notification in a different manner. In some implementations, an application developer who designs a custom first-type notification is given authority to draw within the allocated window that is used to present the custom first-type notification in a manner specified by the application developer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Nils Skillman, Gregory Thomas Mattox, JR., Omobayonle AyoYinka Olatunji, Lola Marie Ball, Allison Anne O'Mahony, Carmen Quan, Brian Daniel Beck, Christopher Wallace Heuser, Eduardo Quijano Rivadeneyra, Song Zou, Michael John Bray, Patrick Seth Donoghue
  • Publication number: 20180100362
    Abstract: A compressed air system for a machine is disclosed. The compressed air system may comprise an air compressor having an inlet, an inlet valve configured to regulate a flow of air to the inlet of the air compressor, a reservoir configured to store compressed air generated by the air compressor, and a reservoir pressure sensor configured to monitor an actual reservoir pressure of the compressed air stored in the reservoir. The system may further comprise an electronic control system configured to regulate a position of the inlet valve. The electronic control system may include an electronic control module (ECM) in electronic communication with the reservoir pressure sensor and an electronic actuator operatively associated with the inlet valve to adjust the position of the inlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
    Inventors: Rick William Berlage, Christopher Michal Ruemelin, Brian Daniel Rockwood, Jerry E. Berkeland
  • Patent number: 9932127
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, over an aircraft data communications bus, a plurality of non-pneumatic inputs corresponding to aircraft operational parameters. The method further includes processing the plurality of non-pneumatic inputs through an artificial intelligence network to generate an air data output value, and outputting the air data output value to a consuming system for use when a pneumatic-based air data output value is determined to be unreliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Kaare Josef Anderson, Brian Daniel Matheis, Derrick D. Hongerholt, William Kunik
  • Publication number: 20180069939
    Abstract: In a client device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, graphic icons of one or more users who have provided user feedback for a first content item are displayed. The client device transitions from displaying one or more of the graphic icons to displaying user feedback for the first content item provided by respective users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Michael James Matas, Benjamin S. Langholz, Brian Daniel Amerige
  • Publication number: 20180017591
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe body and an air data sensing port disposed in the probe body. The probe body includes a barrel region, a tapered head region extending forward from the barrel region, and a tip at a forward-most end of the tapered head region. The air data sensing port is disposed in the probe body at a port location aft of the tip. The probe body has a turbulence-producing geometry originating at the tip that produces a turbulent boundary layer of airflow that extends from the tip to the port location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Jae Doolittle, Mackenzie Whalen, James Barron Egberg, Aaron A. Cusher, Brian Daniel Matheis
  • Publication number: 20180010381
    Abstract: A thermally insulated door assembly with an operable panel uses a pair of structural panels, a collection of thermally-insulating fasteners, a panel hole and an operable panel. The pair of structural panels are held together by the thermally-insulating fasteners. The thermally-insulating fasteners form a rigid structure that prevents thermal conductivity between the two structural panels that make up the door assembly. This arrangement enables the door assembly to remain a rigid structure while being composed of multiple components. The panel hole traverses through the pair of structural panels to form an opening into which the operable panel is inserted. The operable panel is a panel that replaces a central section of the door assembly. This placement enables the user to remove and replace the operable panel as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventor: Brian Daniel Crist
  • Patent number: 9864967
    Abstract: A user requests a package delivery from a package delivery system. The package delivery system provides the user with a machine-readable code for display at the delivery location. An aerial delivery device receives, from the package delivery system computing device, information associated with the delivery location of the package. The information comprises information matching the information in the machine-readable code associated with the delivery location and a delivery address. The delivery device secures the package for transporting to the delivery location and transports the package to the delivery address. The delivery device locates the machine-readable code on a display at the delivery address and verifies that the information from the machine-readable code is associated with the package. The delivery device deposits the package on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Brian Daniel Shucker, Brandon Kyle Trew
  • Publication number: 20170369177
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining, based on a spatial extent of ice accretion, whether an atmosphere contains super-cooled water droplets that equal and/or exceed a predetermined size. A convex-shaped housing is mounted to an aircraft and exposed to an airstream. The convex-shaped housing has a testing region that is monitored for ice accretion by an ice detector. A boundary locator determines a specific location to be tested within the testing region. The determined specific location corresponds to a calculated boundary that separates an ice-accretion region from an ice-free region if the atmosphere contains super-cooled water droplets up to the predetermined size. If the ice detector detects ice accretion at the determined specific location, an alert is generated. The alert can advantageously inform a pilot of an atmosphere containing super-cooled water droplets that equal or exceed the predetermined size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent R. LoPresto, Brian Daniel Matheis
  • Publication number: 20170300555
    Abstract: Implementing people as operating system level objects. A method includes, for a user logged in to an operating system, identifying a person with a relationship to the user. For the person, the method further includes identifying information, including information that can be used to communication with the person. The method further includes storing the information related to the person in a data store that is a global data store with respect to the operating system such that the information related to the person can be accessed at the operating system level. The method further includes using the information related to the person stored in the data store to identify applications or services that can be used to communicate with the person. The method further includes displaying in a user interface for the person an enumeration of applications or services that can be used to communicate with the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Richard W. Zarick, Allison O'Mahony, Ross Nathaniel Luengen, Brian Daniel Beck, Song Zou, Gregory Thomas Mattox, JR., Carmen Quan, Shane Wyatt Zamora
  • Publication number: 20170297111
    Abstract: A variety of additive manufacturing techniques can be adapted to fabricate a substantially net shape object from a computerized model using materials that can be debound and sintered into a fully dense metallic part or the like. However, during sintering, the net shape will shrink as binder escapes and the base material fuses into a dense final part. If the foundation beneath the object does not shrink in a corresponding fashion, the resulting stresses throughout the object can lead to fracturing, warping or other physical damage to the object resulting in a failed fabrication. To address this issue, a variety of techniques are disclosed for substrates and build plates that contract in a manner complementary to the object during debinding and sintering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Ricardo Fulop, Michael Andrew Gibson, Matthew David Verminski, Richard Remo Fontana, Christopher Allan Schuh, Yet-Ming Chiang, Anastasios John Hart, Jay Collin Tobia, Nihan Tuncer, Brian Daniel Kernan, Tomek Andrzej Brzezinski
  • Patent number: 9794285
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for detecting hacked modems in a cable network system. A cable Internet service provider can provide the disclosed heuristic to determine whether a particular cable modem has likely been hacked by obtaining a score corresponding to this likelihood. This score, as well as information regarding failure and success of various tests, can be used to generate a report identifying the likelihood that various modems have been hacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Godas, John Pomeroy, Brian Daniels
  • Patent number: 9774693
    Abstract: In a client device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, graphic icons of one or more users who have provided user feedback for a first content item are displayed. Each of the graphic icons is displayed in a respective region of a display area. The client device transitions from displaying one or more of the graphic icons to displaying, in the respective regions of the display area corresponding to the one or more of the graphic icons, user feedback for the first content item provided by respective users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael James Matas, Benjamin S. Langholz, Brian Daniel Amerige
  • Patent number: 9769176
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seven Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Sutaria, Brian Daniel Gustafson, Robert Paul van Gent, Ruth Lin, David Merriwether, Parvinder Sawhney
  • Patent number: 9751582
    Abstract: A bicycle assembly can include a main frame having a bottom bracket area to receive a bottom bracket. The bottom bracket area can be made of carbon fiber with one or more embedded seat blanks to serve as bearing surfaces within the bottom bracket area. The disks may be machined to a high tolerance to receive a bottom bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason L. Chamberlain, Robb H. Jankura, Brian Daniel Robinson, Bradley L. Paquin
  • Publication number: 20170241126
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in one or more embodiments, relates to a drilling rig with a self-elevating drill floor. The drilling rig may have one or more jacking systems that may operate to raise the drill floor. The one or more jacking systems may raise the drill floor to a height sufficient to accommodate a substructure such as a substructure box. A substructure box may be placed, and the one or more jacking systems may lower the drill floor onto the substructure box. Substructure boxes may be placed beneath the drill floor, using the one or more jacking systems, until a desired drill floor height is reached. In some embodiments, the one or more jacking systems may additionally operate to move the drilling rig, for example between adjacent wells on a pad drilling site. The jacking systems may operate the move the drilling rig using walking feet or another movement mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Elijah Jakobsohn, Brian Daniel Winter
  • Publication number: 20170216607
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for delivering a neural stimulation pulse. A neural implant device can include an energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an input signal and generate an electrical signal based on the received input signal. A diode rectifier in series with the energy harvesting circuit can rectify the electrical signal. The energy harvesting circuit and the diode rectifier can be encapsulated within a biocompatible electrically insulating material. A neural electrode can be exposed through the biocompatible electrically insulating material. The neural electrode can be configured to deliver a neural stimulation pulse. The neural implant device can have a volume that is less than about 1.0 cubic millimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernstein, Daniel Freeman, Reed Irion, Brett Ingersoll, Amy Duwel, Andrew Czarnecki, Brian Daniels, Anilkumar Harapanahalli Achyuta, Bryan McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20170220981
    Abstract: A user requests a package delivery from a package delivery system. The package delivery system provides the user with a machine-readable code for display at the delivery location. An aerial delivery device receives, from the package delivery system computing device, information associated with the delivery location of the package. The information comprises information matching the information in the machine-readable code associated with the delivery location and a delivery address. The delivery device secures the package for transporting to the delivery location and transports the package to the delivery address. The delivery device locates the machine-readable code on a display at the delivery address and verifies that the information from the machine-readable code is associated with the package. The delivery device deposits the package on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Daniel Shucker, Brandon Kyle Trew
  • Publication number: 20170216606
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems and methods for delivering a neural stimulation pulse. A neural implant device can include an energy harvesting circuit configured to receive an input signal and generate an electrical signal based on the received input signal. A diode rectifier in series with the energy harvesting circuit can rectify the electrical signal. The energy harvesting circuit and the diode rectifier can be encapsulated within a biocompatible electrically insulating material. A neural electrode can be exposed through the biocompatible electrically insulating material. The neural electrode can be configured to deliver a neural stimulation pulse. The neural implant device can have a volume that is less than about 1.0 cubic millimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Bernstein, Daniel Freeman, Reed Irion, Brett Ingersoll, Amy Duwel, Andrew Czarnecki, Brian Daniels, Anilkumar Harapanahalli Achyuta, Bryan McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 9705776
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to collect and update data on client devices connected to WiFi access points is provided. An inventory of WiFi cable modems and WiFi access points coupled to the WiFi cabled modems within a specific network is periodically collected. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of WiFi cable modems and WiFi access points coupled to the WiFi cabled modems are periodically updated. Traps are periodically received from the WiFi access points. The traps are parsed to collect an inventory of client devices wirelessly connected to the WiFi access points and a time at which a client device connected to the WiFi access point. The WiFi access points are periodically polled to collect data on client devices, the data including a period of time that a client device has been connected to a WiFi access point and a physical location of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Reginald N. Workman, Edward J. Keenan, Brian Daniels, Christopher Cioffi, John Nicastro, Bryn L. Chung