Patents by Inventor Brian David

Brian David 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: 11004084
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a user commerce account associated with a merchant of a commerce platform are described. The method may include initiating authentication of the user commerce account associated with the merchant of the commerce platform from a commerce platform user interface of a user device, the user commerce account established for a user of the merchant. The method may also include sending an electronic message to a mobile device associated with the user account at the commerce platform, wherein the electronic message comprises an authentication code, and receiving the authentication code from the commerce platform user interface. Furthermore, the method may include generating an authentication key for the mobile device in response to matching the received authentication code with the sent authentication code and receiving a cookie provided from the commerce platform to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: STRIPE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian David Krausz, Jieren Chen, Shreyas Surendra Doshi, Michael Villar
  • Patent number: 11005489
    Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a system comprises a frequency generator configured to generate a second clock signal having a second frequency using a first clock signal having a first frequency. The second frequency is offset from the first frequency and each of a plurality of harmonic frequencies of the second frequency is offset from a harmonic frequency of the first frequency. The system also includes a power converter configured to produce a power signal that at least partially corresponds to the second frequency. The system further comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to sample and convert analog voltages at the first frequency. The ADC is powered by the power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Martijn Fridus Snoeij, Mikhail Valeryevich Ivanov, Roberto Giampiero Massolini, Brian David Johnson
  • Publication number: 20210118038
    Abstract: A self-service kiosk for determining glove size is disclosed. The kiosk may have a platform for placement of a user's hand. The kiosk may also have an imaging device that acquires a digital image of the hand. Further, the kiosk may have a memory, and a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory. The processor may determine a size characteristic of the hand based on the digital image or the scan. The processor may compare the size characteristic with one or more product characteristics stored in a data structure and associated with one or more products. Further, the processor may select a product, having a product characteristic matching the size characteristic. The kiosk may also have a display for displaying information associated with the at least one product selected by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. SCHMIDT, Jordan Daniel SHOENHAIR, Brian David ROSNER, Byron Keith GRICE, Michael ROSENBLATT, Wendell Makoto LUCKOW
  • Patent number: 10984567
    Abstract: An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display. Tool information is provided in the operator's current gaze area on the display by rendering the tool information over the tool so as not to obscure objects being worked on at the time by the tool nor to require eyes of the user to refocus when looking at the tool information and the image of the tool on a stereo viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Daniel J. Halabe, Christopher J. Hasser, Brian David Hoffman, David Q. Larkin, Catherine J. Mohr, Paul W. Mohr, Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 10974312
    Abstract: A method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold is provided. The method is performed by connecting at least one wax gate component to a ceramic core-shell mold. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least a filter, a first core portion, a first shell portion, and at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first shell portion. The ceramic core-shell mold may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process and may include an integrated ceramic filter. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the wax gate component is coated with a second ceramic material. The wax gate component is then removed to form a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer
  • Publication number: 20210104856
    Abstract: A power distribution system includes a track having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second ends. The track defines a channel extending along the longitudinal axis. A plurality of power cables is positioned within the channel. The power distribution system further includes an electrical hub having a body coupled to the second end of the track. A plurality of wafers is supported by the body and stacked on top of each other to define a set of terminals. The set of terminals is electrically connected to the plurality of power cables. A power receptacle is supported by the body and electrically connected to the plurality of wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Brian David Alexander, Peter James Keyzer, Jeffrey Dennis Roetman, Raymond Hugh Riner, Gordon Frank Chapman
  • Patent number: 10968673
    Abstract: A low-pressure hinge includes a plurality of segments with at least one upper frictional element and at least one lower frictional element where the at least one upper frictional element and the at least one lower frictional element are positioned on opposing sides of a segment of the plurality of segments. The hinge further includes a compression element that compresses the at least one upper frictional element and at least one lower frictional element against the segment with a compression force having a pressure less than 5,000 pounds per square inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Karsten Aagaard, Eric Paul Witt, Brian David Bitz, Joseph Benjamin Gault, John Stephen Campbell
  • Patent number: 10963146
    Abstract: A user controllable sleep system is provided-for, including at least one biometric sensor, a processor, memory in communication with the processor, a display in communication with the processor, and a user interface. The user interface provides landscape graphics relating to a selected soundscape comprising one or more related sounds. The user interface also has health indicia indicating health information from the biometric sensor and environmental indicia indicating environmental information received by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Dolecki, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
  • Publication number: 20210089091
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Patent number: 10956062
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating a single data log; storing data from a plurality of different data streams in at least one data unit of the single data log; and allocating an additional data unit to the single data log in response to one or more criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Brian David Hatfield
  • Patent number: 10951575
    Abstract: A Gateway Control Plane (GW-C) receives a session request for User Equipment (UE) from a serving Access Point (AP) and transfers an Access Gateway User Plane (AGW-U) request that has network data and the AP Identifier (ID). The GW-C receives an AGW-U response that indicates a translation fault for the AP ID. A translation controller transfers a translation request that has the Tracking Area Indicator (TAI) for the UE. A Domain Name System (DNS) translates the TAI into AGW-U IDs and External Gateway User Plane (EGW-U) IDs. The translation controller determines a co-located group of the AGW-Us and the EGW-Us and adds a location ID to the AGW-U IDs and the EGW-U IDs in the co-located group. The translation controller generates translations of the AP ID into the AGW-U IDs and of the AGW-U IDs into the EGW-U IDs. The translation controller transfers the translations to the DNS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lyle T. Bertz, Brian David Waters
  • Publication number: 20210070115
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an antenna, an analog front end, a processing circuit, and memory. The analog front end includes a power circuit, a tuning circuit, a transmitter, and a receiver. The power circuit is operably coupled to convert a radio frequency (RF) signal into a power supply voltage. The tuning circuit, when enabled, adjusts an RF characteristic of the analog front end to tune power harvesting from the RF signal. The transmitter is operably coupled to transmit a response signal to the RFID reader via the antenna. The receiver is operably coupled to receive a command signal from the RFID reader, wherein the command signal is contained within a portion of the RF signal. The processing circuit is operable to interpret the command signal and generate the response signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young
  • Publication number: 20210072799
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable dimensionally-constrained devices. One example can include a first portion and a corresponding second portion. The example can also include a gap reduction assembly positioned along edges of the first portion and the second portion that biases the first and second portions toward one another. The example can also include an alignment assembly that laterally aligns corners of the first portion and the second portion and a locking assembly that locks the aligned corners of the first portion and the second portion against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David John Huston, Eugene Lee, Scott Douglas Bowers, David Michael Lane, Brian David Bitz, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Publication number: 20210069777
    Abstract: Methods for creating a cast component, along with the resulting cast components, are provided. The method may provide for a controlled grain structure in the resulting cast component. The methods may include heating at least a first portion mold under controlled conditions, such as when the first portion of the mold is buried in a ceramic powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Brian David Przeslawski, Manuel Acosta, Douglas Gerard Konitzer, Joshua Leigh Miller, Adegboyega Masud Makinde
  • Publication number: 20210073490
    Abstract: A method includes sending, by a reader, a radio frequency (RF) signal to a wireless sensor that includes an antenna having a tail section and a head section. The tail section is for placement in an RF limited area for sensing moisture in a first location of a vehicle under test and wherein the head section is for placement in a non-RF limited area. The method further includes receiving, by the reader, an RF response to the RF signal from the wireless sensor. The first RF response includes an indication of adjustment of one or more RF characteristics of the wireless sensor, which corresponds to a variance of the one or more RF characteristics from a desired value, which, in turn, corresponds to a level of moisture at the first location. The method further includes outputting, by the reader, a message regarding the level of moisture at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young
  • Patent number: 10942722
    Abstract: An application provider device receives, from an online application store, a first online request to provide a first application associated with a first market brand, and a first configuration parameter associated with the first market brand. The first configuration parameter includes information identifying a first information source associated with the first market brand, and first visual elements associated with the first market brand. An unconfigured application is obtained from a codebase. The application is configurable for use with multiple different market brands, and further configurable to use a default information source for obtaining media items. The unconfigured application is customized, based on the first configuration parameter, to generate the requested application by pre-configuring the unconfigured application with the first information source as the default information source, and with the first visual elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence B. Linietsky, Brian David Lakamp
  • Patent number: 10942203
    Abstract: A voltage probe for measuring voltage on a mechanical device. The voltage probe includes a sensing brush, a grounding brush, a grounding switch, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a voltage from the sensing brush and, after a change of state of the grounding switch, which electrically connects the grounding brush to a mechanical device, measure voltage on the mechanical device, compare the measured voltage to a predetermined threshold, and generate an electronic signal indicative of the measured voltage or the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: HELWIG CARBON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian David Stone, Randall Scott Herche, Nitin Diwakar Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20210065468
    Abstract: A computer device for validating the installation of a part in a device is provided. The computer device is programmed to receive a first image of a device identifier for the device, receive a second image of a part identifier for the part, receive a third image of serial identifier the part, compare the device identifier, the part identifier, and the serial identifier to validate the part, receive a fourth image of the part after installation, determine whether the part was properly installed based on the fourth image, if the determination is that the part was not properly installed, instruct the display device to display a notification that the part was improperly installed, and if the determination is that the part was properly installed, store installation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephenie Hei-Man Chung, Brian David Bell, Anthony Duane Williams, JR., Christopher D. Santos, Kevin Prettner, Charlie Jiakang Chen, Mrinmoy Mallik, Baburaj Nair
  • Patent number: D912611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Brian David Digman, Dale Edward Umstot, Bart Wakefield Kimble, Richard Mark Wieland, Brett Alan Bogner, Kyle Ledford Collins
  • Patent number: D918176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Natsume, Timothy Michael Stutts, Sumanth Murali, Haney Awad, Brian David Schwab, James M. Powderly, Savannah Niles