Patents by Inventor Brian Jones

Brian Jones 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: 11636254
    Abstract: A system for provenance aware editing for propagating edits back to spreadsheets is provided. The system receives an indication of an operation to be performed at an output location. The operation indicates one or more input locations on a spreadsheet that each provides an input value. The input values are accessed and tagged with their corresponding input location on the spreadsheet. Based on the operation and the input value from each of the one or more input locations, the system derives and displays the result at the output location. A user edit to the result is received at the output location, which causes transmission of a propagation request to change the input value at one or more of the tagged input locations. Using where-provenance associated with the tagged input locations, the system propagates the user edit to one or more of the tagged input locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Herbert Martin Williams, Andrew Donald Gordon, Joseph McDaid, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Brian Jones
  • Patent number: 11624755
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods of measuring speed and, more particularly, to systems and methods of measuring gait speed using a plurality of sensors. The systems described herein may include sensing units comprising one or more motion sensors for detecting a patient walking along a testing distance. In some embodiments, a controller may calculate a gait speed based at least in part on the testing distance and on signals received from the sensors. In some embodiments, an initiation input may be provided to activate the systems. In some embodiments, the initiation input may also provide a target to which a patient can walk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Emory University
    Inventors: Theodore Michael Johnson, II, Leigh Nadel, Ann Vandenberg, Brian Jones, Priyanka Sadananda, Mei Ling Sharon Ang
  • Patent number: 11618972
    Abstract: Injector (14) for injecting a liquid formulation into a molten polymer includes outlet (21) at one end and, at its other end, is arranged to be connected to upstream conduit (25) via a coupling housing (26) so that liquid formulation can pass from conduit into the injector, and further includes an elongate conduit (27) in which an elongate pin is slideably arranged being capable of expelling all liquid formulation from conduit. To address the risk the outlet could become blocked in use, whilst avoiding the need to depressurize and/or stop the flow or polymer in extruder (19), the injection apparatus includes a spool (34) which is rotatably mounted within wall (35) of the extruder and is arranged to be rotated about an axis which extends substantially perpendicularly to the elongate extent of the extruder through which a polymer stream (18) flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Jones, David Whitehead, Ian Campbell
  • Publication number: 20230094368
    Abstract: Apparatus 2 for dosing a liquid colour formulation into polymer includes a weighing platform 4 which is supported on a pair of load cells 6 which are, in turn, supported on a base 8. A reservoir 12 contains liquid colour formulation 14. A pump 16 is arranged to pump liquid formulation, via a tube 20, to an extruder or injection moulding machine. Above inlet 24 is a delivery pack 26 which includes a bag-in-a-box arrangement 28. The delivery pack 26 includes a transfer pump 36 associated with an outlet of the receptacle 32. A transfer pump motor 38 is arranged to be engaged with the transfer pump 36 and operated so that liquid formulation can be pumped from the receptacle 32 into reservoir 12 across an air gap 13 defined between the transfer pump 36 and the inlet 24 of reservoir 12. There is no pipe, tube or other conduit through which liquid formulation passes on travel between delivery pack 26 and reservoir 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Brian JONES, Harry BAKER, David WHITEHEAD, Mark DIX-BAKER
  • Publication number: 20230079139
    Abstract: Methods and systems for capturing fine-grained workflow performance data, and generating user interfaces for analyzing such fine-grained workflow performance data to adjust operational parameters and assumptions within one or more nodes of an enterprise supply chain, are disclosed. A dataset including the time period spent on each scan-level event, a volume processed by the user during a particular task at the enterprise node, a total time spend on the plurality of events at the enterprise node, and a volume processed by enterprise node, is generated and used in such analyses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: BRIAN JONES, DANIEL HANSON, DANIEL BIRCH, ADITYA SINGH
  • Publication number: 20230051886
    Abstract: A method of topically applying a composition to skin is disclosed. The composition can include an acai berry fruit extract, water, glycerin, caprylic/capric triglyceride, cetyl alcohol, glyceryl stearate, dimethicone, tocopheryl acetate, carbomer, and citric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: David GAN, Michelle HINES, Javier ARAVENA, Brian JONES
  • Publication number: 20220409520
    Abstract: A method of treating skin is disclosed. The method includes topically applying to the skin a composition comprising 0.0001 wt. % to 5 wt. % of a kakadu plum fruit extract, and 0.0001 wt. % to 5 wt. % of an acai berry fruit extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: David GAN, Michelle HINES, Javier ARAVENA, Brian JONES
  • Patent number: 11507541
    Abstract: A file server and a method of operating a file server where version identifiers for documents on the server are maintained as a branched tree. When a client computer attempts to sync up a new version of a file, it must upload the version identifier that it received when it synced down the file. The file server compares this version identifier to the numbers in its version tree for the file and may place the document in the correct place in the tree structure, which may not be as the “latest version” of the document. If the client is using an outdated version of the document, the server may also sync down the latest version of the file. The user may view the changes to the version tree and reconcile different versions to create an authoritative version, and this review and reconciliation may occur at any time, instead of being performed at the moment that the file is saved or forking the file into a new filename.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Jones
  • Publication number: 20220253597
    Abstract: A system for provenance aware editing for propagating edits back to spreadsheets is provided. The system receives an indication of an operation to be performed at an output location. The operation indicates one or more input locations on a spreadsheet that each provides an input value. The input values are accessed and tagged with their corresponding input location on the spreadsheet. Based on the operation and the input value from each of the one or more input locations, the system derives and displays the result at the output location. A user edit to the result is received at the output location, which causes transmission of a propagation request to change the input value at one or more of the tagged input locations. Using where-provenance associated with the tagged input locations, the system propagates the user edit to one or more of the tagged input locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: John Herbert Martin Williams, Andrew Donald Gordon, Joseph McDaid, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Brian Jones
  • Publication number: 20220254212
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a system and techniques to grant or deny access to a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Luke Andrew SCHOENFELDER, Michael Brian JONES, David SHAPIRO, Saayuj DHANAK
  • Publication number: 20220227018
    Abstract: A cutting tool for use with a heated tool assembly is described herein. The cutting tool includes a support body and a plurality of cutting blades extending outwardly from an outer surface of the support body. The plurality of cutting blades includes a primary cutting blade and a pair of secondary cutting blades extending obliquely from the primary cutting blade. At least one heating element chamber is defined within the support body and is configured to receive a heating cartridge therein to facilitate transferring thermal energy from the heating cartridge to the cutting tool for use in heating the plurality of cutting blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Nick Groat, Brian Jones
  • Publication number: 20220198855
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control reader for an access control system. According to embodiments, a method can include installing the smart access control reader to the access control system by connecting the smart access control reader to the access control system via wiring of the access control system. The method can also include receiving, by the smart access control reader, one or more first credentials for authenticating one or more users by the access control system. The method can further include determining, by the smart access control reader, that the one or more first credentials are authorized. Moreover, the method can include transmitting, by the smart access control reader, a second credential to an access control panel of the access control system, in response to a request by a first user to access an area monitored by the access control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Latch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew SCHOENFELDER, Michael Brian JONES, Thomas MEYERHOFFER, Ali Akbar HUSSAIN, Ivan Almaral SOLE, Travis HOLT, James GRISZBACHER
  • Patent number: 11316890
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for protecting a device from a denial of service (DOS) attack. The method comprises receiving, by the device, a connection request from a third-party device, determining, by the device, that the third-party device is malicious. Switching a mode of operation of the device from a first mode to a second mode, in response to determining that the third-party device is malicious, and broadcasting in the second mode, a message configured to be decoded only by a credentialed device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LATCH SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Brian Jones, Saayuj Dhanak, Deepthi Gandhi, Harikrishnan Nair, Adam Incera
  • Publication number: 20220098154
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are certain acetamido derivatives that are DNA Polymerase Theta (Pol?) inhibitors of Formula (I). Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treating diseases treatable by inhibition of Pol? such as cancer, including homologous recombination (HR) deficient cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hilary Plake BECK, Michael DILLON, Brian JONES, Luisruben P. MARTINEZ, Zhonghua PEI
  • Publication number: 20220092903
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control device in a security system for monitoring an area. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving, by the smart access control device, from one or more sensors in the area, sensor data about the area. The method can also include analyzing the received sensor data and generating an alert for a user about the area based on the analyzed sensor data. The method can further include transmitting, by the smart access control device, a first signal comprising the alert to a monitoring server of the security system. Moreover, the method can include enabling, by the smart access control device, a person requesting access to the area to enter identification information and granting access to the area to the person based on the received identification information that is evaluated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Latch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew SCHOENFELDER, Michael Brian JONES, Saayuj DHANAK
  • Patent number: 11282314
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control reader for an access control system. According to embodiments, a method can include installing the smart access control reader to the access control system by connecting the smart access control reader to the access control system via wiring of the access control system. The method can also include receiving, by the smart access control reader, one or more first credentials for authenticating one or more users by the access control system. The method can further include determining, by the smart access control reader, that the one or more first credentials are authorized. Moreover, the method can include transmitting, by the smart access control reader, a second credential to an access control panel of the access control system, in response to a request by a first user to access an area monitored by the access control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LATCH SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew Schoenfelder, Michael Brian Jones, Thomas Meyerhoffer, Ali Akbar Hussain, Ivan Almaral Sole, Travis Holt, James Griszbacher
  • Publication number: 20220020234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for access control management designed for multi-unit buildings are provided. The disclosed systems can use mobile devices, a local mesh network, access control devices, and wireless communication to facilitate multi-unit real estate management. Mobile devices can download and use credentials to access appropriate areas and units in a building through local wireless communications with access control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: LATCH, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew SCHOENFELDER, Michael Brian JONES, Ali Akbar HUSSAIN, James GRISZBACHER, Ivan Almaral SOLE, Timothy H. HEARN
  • Patent number: 11222495
    Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a smart access control device in a security system for monitoring an area. According to embodiments, a method can include receiving, by the smart access control device, from one or more sensors in the area, sensor data about the area. The method can also include analyzing the received sensor data and generating an alert for a user about the area based on the analyzed sensor data. The method can further include transmitting, by the smart access control device, a first signal comprising the alert to a monitoring server of the security system. Moreover, the method can include enabling, by the smart access control device, a person requesting access to the area to enter identification information and granting access to the area to the person based on the received identification information that is evaluated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LATCH SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Luke Andrew Schoenfelder, Michael Brian Jones, Saayuj Dhanak
  • Patent number: 11216531
    Abstract: This invention relates to software adoption platform systems and methods. An exemplary computer-implemented method comprises at an electronic device with a display, displaying a window associated with a software system; displaying, within the window, a user interface corresponding to a software adoption platform, wherein the user interface corresponding to the software adoption platform comprises: a user-specific score associated with the software system, and a plurality of user affordances corresponding to a plurality of actions within the software system; upon selection of a user affordance of the plurality of user affordances, automatically displaying a page of the software system in the window based on the selected user affordance, and automatically displaying one or more messages overlaid over the page of the software system, wherein the one or more messages are generated by the software adoption platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    Inventors: David Clarke, Thomas Joseph Puthiyamadam, Warren Barton, William A. Fiorentino, Carlos Rodriguez, Jonpol Lavalle, Brian Jones, Federico Loguzzo, Richard Longman, Cydney Aiken, Bob Gruman, Pradeep Giri, Kryssie Knowles
  • Patent number: D945856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LATCH SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Meyerhoffer, Luke Andrew Schoenfelder, Michael Brian Jones, Michael Caroselli