Patents by Inventor Brian Regan

Brian Regan 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: 20240134907
    Abstract: An electronic device obtains a plurality of media items, including, for each media item in the plurality, a set of attributes of the media item. The device provides the set of attributes for each media item of the plurality of media items to a machine learning model that is trained to determine a pairwise similarity between respective media items in the plurality of media items and generates an acyclic graph of an output of the machine learning model that is trained to determine pairwise similarity distances between respective media items in the plurality of media items. The device clusters nodes of the acyclic graph, each node corresponding to a media item. Based on the clustering, the electronic device modifies metadata associated with a first media item in a first cluster and displays a representation of the first media item in a user interface according to the modified metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Desi Hristova, Brian Regan, Nicola Montecchio
  • Patent number: 8060856
    Abstract: An object is developed using an operating system neutral application programming interface (API). The object is complied for a designated operating system that includes native objects and supports an API for accessing native objects of the operating system. The compiled object includes logic code, a native object interop for accessing the logic code using the API for accessing native objects of the operating system, and a platform-neutral interop for accessing the logic code using the operating system neutral API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Besbris, Donald S. Eaves, Brian Regan Johnson, Gary Wayne Packard, John D. Robinson, Xiaopeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20060118782
    Abstract: A nanoscale oscillation device is disclosed, wherein two nanoscale droplets are altered in size by mass transport, then contact each other and merge through surface tension. The device may also comprise a channel having an actuator responsive to mechanical oscillation caused by expansion and contraction of the droplets. It further has a structure for delivering atoms between droplets, wherein the droplets are nanoparticles. Provided are a first particle and a second particle on the channel member, both being made of a chargeable material, the second particle contacting the actuator portion; and electrodes connected to the channel member for delivering a potential gradient across the channel and traversing the first and second particles. The particles are spaced apart a specified distance so that atoms from one particle are delivered to the other particle by mass transport in response to the potential (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Alexander Zettl, Brian Regan, Shaul Aloni
  • Publication number: 20060057767
    Abstract: A mass transport method and device for individually delivering chargeable atoms or molecules from source particles is disclosed. It comprises a channel; at least one source particle of chargeable material fixed to the surface of the channel at a position along its length; a means of heating the channel; and a means for applying an controllable electric field along the channel, whereby the device transports the atoms or molecules along the channel in response to applied electric field. In a preferred embodiment, the mass transport device will comprise a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT), although other one dimensional structures may also be used. The MWNT or other structure acts as a channel for individual or small collections of atoms due to the atomic smoothness of the material. Also preferred is a source particle of a metal such as indium. The particles move by dissociation into small units, in some cases, individual atoms. The particles are preferably less than 100 nm in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Regan, Shaul Aloni, Alexander Zettl