Patents by Inventor Brian Hardy

Brian Hardy 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: 12250382
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Patent number: 12136632
    Abstract: A structure is disclosed, comprising: a first field effect transistor, FET, comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a first semiconductive channel connecting the first source terminal to the first drain terminal, and a gate terminal arranged with respect to the first semiconductive channel such that a conductivity of the first semiconductive channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal; and a second FET comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, a second layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a second semiconductive channel connecting the second source terminal to the second drain terminal, and the gate terminal, the second conductive channel being arranged with respect to the gate terminal such that a conductivity of the second channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
    Inventors: Richard Price, Catherine Ramsdale, Brian Hardy Cobb, Feras Alkhalil
  • Patent number: 12093350
    Abstract: One variation of a method comprises: a) One variation of a method comprises: detecting a first selection, by a digital media consumer, of a first digital media frame generated for a first digital media asset and presented within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first web gallery in a locked state; b) deducting a first amount of media credits equal to a first media credit value established for the first digital media asset from a media credit account associated with the digital media consumer; and c) in response to detecting the first selection of the first digital media frame and successfully deducting the first amount of media credits equal to the first media credit value from the media credit account associated with the digital media consumer, unlocking the first digital media frame to provide the digital media consumer with access to the first digital media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, John Paul Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20240259620
    Abstract: This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, Norman Hardy
  • Publication number: 20240214576
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Videomentum Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Patent number: 11982579
    Abstract: Measurement apparatus, for generating a first output signal indicative of a measurand, comprises: a first oscillator circuit and a second oscillator circuit, each oscillator circuit being arranged to generate a respective oscillating output signal and comprising at least a respective first component having a property determining a respective output frequency of the respective oscillating output signal; a sensor for sensing said measurand, the sensor comprising said first component of the first oscillator circuit, said property of said first component of the first oscillator circuit being dependent upon said measurand; and circuitry arranged to receive said oscillating output signals and generate said first output signal, said first output signal being indicative of a number of cycles of one of the first and second oscillating output signals in a time period determined by a period of the other of said first and second oscillating output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Hardy Cobb, Joao De Oliveira, Thomas Clark, Kenneth David Williamson
  • Patent number: 11985370
    Abstract: This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GIFTDROP LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, Norman Hardy
  • Patent number: 11978744
    Abstract: A structure is disclosed, comprising: a first field effect transistor, FET, comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a first semiconductive channel connecting the first source terminal to the first drain terminal, and a gate terminal arranged with respect to the first semiconductive channel such that a conductivity of the first semiconductive channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal; and a second FET comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, a second layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a second semiconductive channel connecting the second source terminal to the second drain terminal, and the gate terminal, the second conductive channel being arranged with respect to the gate terminal such that a conductivity of the second channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
    Inventors: Richard Price, Catherine Ramsdale, Brian Hardy Cobb, Feras Alkhalil
  • Publication number: 20230394093
    Abstract: One variation of a method for prioritizing content pieces within a content gallery comprises: providing a content gallery comprising a plurality of content pieces to a plurality of users, wherein each content piece from the plurality of content pieces is associated with one or more tags and one or more respective tag scores associated with the one or more tags; receiving, through a graphical user interface (GUI) of the content gallery, a search term related to a first tag; retrieving at least a first content piece and a second content piece associated with the first tag from the plurality of content pieces; and displaying, within the GUI of the content gallery, the first and second content pieces within a list of search results, wherein the first and second content pieces are prioritized in descending order of tag score associated with the first tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Publication number: 20230394445
    Abstract: One variation of a method comprises: a) One variation of a method comprises: detecting a first selection, by a digital media consumer, of a first digital media frame generated for a first digital media asset and presented within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a first web gallery in a locked state; b) deducting a first amount of media credits equal to a first media credit value established for the first digital media asset from a media credit account associated with the digital media consumer; and c) in response to detecting the first selection of the first digital media frame and successfully deducting the first amount of media credits equal to the first media credit value from the media credit account associated with the digital media consumer, unlocking the first digital media frame to provide the digital media consumer with access to the first digital media asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, John Paul Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11836562
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a RFID tag assembly that is suitable for operation with at least one RFID reader assembly. The RFID tag assembly comprises, inter alia, an antenna member for transmitting and/or receiving an RFID signal, and at least one integrated circuit (IC) for processing the RFID signal and which is configured to communicate, alternatingly and sequentially in time, a first signal transmission and at least one second signal transmission, each defined by a plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, to the at least one RFI D reader assembly, utilising time-division multiplexing, wherein the at least one first signal transmission differs from the at least one second signal transmission in at least one of said plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Hardy Cobb, Scott White
  • Publication number: 20230387145
    Abstract: A structure is disclosed, comprising: a first field effect transistor, FET, comprising a first source terminal, a first drain terminal, a first layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a first semiconductive channel connecting the first source terminal to the first drain terminal, and a gate terminal arranged with respect to the first semiconductive channel such that a conductivity of the first semiconductive channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal; and a second FET comprising a second source terminal, a second drain terminal, a second layer or body of semiconductive material arranged to provide a second semiconductive channel connecting the second source terminal to the second drain terminal, and the gate terminal, the second conductive channel being arranged with respect to the gate terminal such that a conductivity of the second channel may be controlled by application of a voltage to the gate terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Richard PRICE, Catherine RAMSDALE, Brian Hardy COBB, Feras ALKHALIL
  • Patent number: 11805260
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Publication number: 20230018985
    Abstract: This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, Norman Hardy
  • Publication number: 20220343128
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a RFID tag assembly that is suitable for operation with at least one RFID reader assembly. The RFID tag assembly comprises, inter alia, an antenna member for transmitting and/or receiving an RFID signal, and at least one integrated circuit (1C) for processing the RFID signal and which is configured to communicate, alternatingly and sequentially in time, a first signal transmission and at least one second signal transmission, each defined by a plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, to the at least one RFI D reader assembly, utilising time-division multiplexing, wherein the at least one first signal transmission differs from the at least one second signal transmission in at least one of said plurality of predetermined signal transmission paameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Hardy COBB, Scott WHITE
  • Patent number: 11483605
    Abstract: This application pertains to gift-giving and video-dropping methods and systems. A gift drop or a video drop is facilitated using a mobile smart device and an interactive map. The system includes a gift or video drop database stored in a remote gift drop computer server. The system includes a gift or video drop logic section operable on a smart mobile device or a computer. The gift or video drop logic section includes an interactive gift or video drop map. The gift or video drop logic section presents the interactive gift or video drop map to a user, and facilitates the dropping of a symbolic gift item or a video onto the interactive map. The gift or video drop logic section determines whether the user is within certain predefined geographic boundaries, and either makes visible or gives a symbolic gift item to the user based on their location, or plays the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: GIFTDROP LLC
    Inventors: Brian Hardy, Norman Hardy
  • Publication number: 20220321891
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Videomentum Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Patent number: 11350103
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Videomentum Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Hardy
  • Publication number: 20220027701
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a RFID tag assembly that is suitable for operation with at least one RFID reader assembly. The RFID tag assembly comprises, inter alia, an antenna member for transmitting and/or receiving an RFID signal, and at least one integrated circuit (1C) for processing the RFID signal and which is configured to communicate, alternatingly and sequentially in time, a first signal transmission and at least one second signal transmission, each defined by a plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, to the at least one RFI D reader assembly, utilising time-division multiplexing, wherein the at least one first signal transmission differs from the at least one second signal transmission in at least one of said plurality of predetermined signal transmission paameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Hardy COBB, Scott WHITE
  • Publication number: 20210289208
    Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventor: Brian Hardy