Patents by Inventor Brian Stephens

Brian Stephens 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: 20200172537
    Abstract: A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein variables are defined in the specification. Also provided are methods of treatment as Janus Kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention and combinations thereof with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Andrew Fensome, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Matthew Frank Brown, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Felix Vajdos, Li Huang Xing, Stephen Wayne Wright
  • Publication number: 20200095239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to N-substituted-dioxocyclobutenylamino-3-hydroxy-picolinamide compounds of Formulae (IA and 1B) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, that inhibit CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6), pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing diseases, conditions, or disorders ameliorated by inhibition of CCR6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Andrew Christopher Flick, Vincent Michael Lombardo, James John Mousseau, Philippe Marcel Nuhant, Ralph Pelton Robinson, JR., Mark Edward Schnute, Daniel Wei-Shung Kung, Daniel Copley Schmitt, Atli Thorarensen, John Isidro Trujillo, Rayomand Jal Unwalla, Huixian Wu
  • Patent number: 10580074
    Abstract: A vehicle is engineered in which a piece of hardware, an in-vehicle display, is installed and through which an insured may interface with various insurance modules. The in-vehicle display presents various pieces of graphical user interface to assist the insured in operating the vehicle depending on driving exigencies and circumstances, so as to improve vehicle technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Fox, Brian Stephen Piccolo
  • Patent number: 10561930
    Abstract: A display signal associated with a pinball machine display is received. The display signal is interpreted. A network message is transmitted via a network interface based at least in part on the interpretation of the display signal. A network message is received via a network interface. A maintenance signal associated with the network message is submitted via a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to a pinball machine coin door panel driver board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Spinner Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John Richards, Jay Steven Adelson, Brian Stephen O'Neill, Edward Bing Chun Cheung
  • Patent number: 10559039
    Abstract: Software, hardware, and/or combinations thereof are provided for facilitating augmented reality presentations, which dynamically augment or enhance (images or live video of) the real world with computer-generated data (e.g., graphics of virtual objects) to facilitate insurance applications. Through the use of a mobile device (e.g., phone, tablet, and eyewear), augmented reality applications are engineered to allow an insurer to enhance the experiences of customers and prospects across sales, service, and claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventors: Michael Scott Fox, Brian Stephen Piccolo, Khamla Saenglongma, Christopher Allen Capone
  • Publication number: 20200036723
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that enable client devices to install integrations of a third party application that supports variable host address identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sachin Ranchod, Brian Stephen O'Neill, Amy Dong Shan, Steven Chen
  • Publication number: 20190373413
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a feature-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system and method that generates radio maps for environments that are not accessible for surveying. More accurate radio maps are generated for an unsurveyed environment by determining a best estimate of a mobile device state from harvested traced data that maximizes a posterior probability of the mobile device state given measurements, landmarks and loop constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Kong, Jahshan Bhatti, Brian Stephen Smith
  • Publication number: 20190373407
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a feature-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system and method that generates radio maps for environments that are not accessible for surveying. More accurate radio maps are generated for an unsurveyed environment by determining a best estimate of a mobile device state from harvested traced data that maximizes a posterior probability of the mobile device state given measurements, landmarks and loop constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jahshan Bhatti, Brian Stephen Smith, Wei Kong
  • Publication number: 20190071448
    Abstract: A compound compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein A, A? and A? are independently O, C?O, C—R? or N—R?, where R? and R? may independently be H, amino, —NR7COR6, COR6, —CONR7R8, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), and R? may be present or absent, and is present where the rules of valency permit, and where not more than one of A, A? and A? is O or C?O; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), phenyl(C1-C6 alkyl), formyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, —COR6, —OCOR6, —COOR6, —NR7COR6, —CONR7R8, and —(CH2)n—W, where W is cyano, hydroxy, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, —SO2NR7R8, and —SO2—R9, where R9 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; wherein each of said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ma
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank BROWN, Alpay DERMENCI, Andrew FENSOME, Brian Stephen GERSTENBERGER, Matthew Merrill HAYWARD, Dafydd Rhys OWEN, Stephen Wayne WRIGHT, Li Huang XING, Xiaojing YANG
  • Publication number: 20190022519
    Abstract: A display signal associated with a pinball machine display is received. The display signal is interpreted. A network message is transmitted via a network interface based at least in part on the interpretation of the display signal. A network message is received via a network interface. A maintenance signal associated with the network message is submitted via a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to a pinball machine coin door panel driver board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald John Richards, Jay Steven Adelson, Brian Stephen O'Neill, Edward Bing Chun Cheung
  • Publication number: 20180348333
    Abstract: A method comprising: receiving a radio map of an indoor venue using survey data collected by a survey device positioned throughout the venue, the radio map including a boundary; receiving harvest data from a mobile device, wherein at least some of the harvest data are obtained by the mobile device while the mobile device is positioned at locations that are outside of the boundary; determining, based on the harvest data, a trajectory of the mobile device, wherein at least some of the trajectory resides outside of the boundary; identifying one or more locations on or proximate to the trajectory; and extending the radio map using the survey data and the one or more identified locations, wherein the extended radio map is defined at least in part by an extension of the boundary to encompass the one or more identified locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jahshan Bhatti, David Benjamin Millman, Brian Stephen Smith, Jasvinder Singh
  • Patent number: 10144738
    Abstract: A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, A? and A? are independently O, C?O, etc.; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, etc.; R6, R7 and R8 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy(C1-C6 alkyl), etc.; and, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. Also provided are methods of treatment as Janus Kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention and combinations thereof with other therapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank Brown, Alpay Dermenci, Andrew Fensome, Brian Stephen Gerstenberger, Matthew Merrill Hayward, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Stephen Wayne Wright, Li Huang Xing, Xiaojing Yang
  • Publication number: 20180338245
    Abstract: An example method includes obtaining a plurality of data items. Each data item includes an indication of a particular location, an indication that a wireless signal from a first access point was observed at that location, and an indication of a time at which the wireless signal from the first access point was observed at that location. The method also includes determining a locational stability of the first access point based on the data items. Determining the locational stability of the first access point includes clustering the plurality of data items into one or more clusters based on the locations indicated in the plurality of data items, determining whether the N most recent data items are associated with a common cluster, and determining whether a time span between the N most recent data items exceeds a threshold period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret H. Tam, David Benjamin Millman, Brian Stephen Smith, Benjamin A. Detwiler
  • Patent number: 10032225
    Abstract: Pieces of software and pieces of hardware are suitable for facilitating augmented reality, which dynamically augments or enhances (images or live video of) the real world with computer-generated data (e.g., graphics of virtual objects) to facilitate insurance applications. Through the use of a mobile device (e.g., phone, tablet, and eyewear), embedded computer into body, or desktop, the augmented reality applications are engineered to allow an insurer to enhance the experiences of customers and prospects across sales, service and claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Scott Fox, Brian Stephen Piccolo, Khamla Saenglongma, Christopher Allen Capone
  • Patent number: 9996878
    Abstract: A vehicle is engineered in which a piece of hardware, an in-vehicle display, is installed and through which an insured may interface with various insurance modules. The in-vehicle display presents various pieces of graphical user interface to assist the insured in operating the vehicle depending on driving exigencies and circumstances, so as to improve vehicle technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Scott Fox, Brian Stephen Piccolo
  • Patent number: 9914746
    Abstract: This invention pertains to methods for oligonucleotide synthesis, specifically the synthesis of oligonucleotides that contain a high content of guanine monomers. In more detail, the invention relates to a method for coupling a nucleoside phosphoramidite during the synthesis of an oligonucleotide to a universal support, to a first nucleoside, or to an extending oligonucleotide. The invention further relates to oligonucleotides obtainable by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KUROS BIOSCIENCES AG
    Inventor: Brian Stephen Sproat
  • Patent number: 9758183
    Abstract: Methods, program products, and systems for building a location fingerprint database for a transit system are described. The transit system can be a subway system including underground train stations and routes where location determination using GPS signals is difficult or impossible. A sampling device can measure signals, e.g., radio frequency (RF) signals detected at the stations or on the routes. A location server can construct a location fingerprint for each of the stations and the routes. Each location fingerprint can represent expected signal measurements by a user device if the user device is located at the respective station or route. The location server can provide the location fingerprint to a user device for the user device to determine a location of the user device within the station or on the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Benjamin Millman, Johan Olav Bergerengen, Robert Mayor, Brian Stephen Smith
  • Publication number: 20170240552
    Abstract: A compound compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate of said compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein A, A? and A? are independently O, C?O, C—R? or N—R?, where R? and R? may independently be H, amino, —NR7COR6, COR6, —CONR7R8, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), and R? may be present or absent, and is present where the rules of valency permit, and where not more than one of A, A? and A? is O or C?O; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl), phenyl(C1-C6 alkyl), formyl, heteroaryl, heterocyclic, —COR6, —OCOR6, —COOR6, —NR7COR6, —CONR7R8, and —(CH2)n—W, where W is cyano, hydroxy, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, —SO2NR7R8, and —SO2—R9, where R9 is C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclic; wherein each of said alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ma
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Frank BROWN, Alpay DERMENCI, Andrew FENSOME, Brian Stephen GERSTENBERGER, Matthew Merrill HAYWARD, Dafydd Rhys OWEN, Stephen Wayne WRIGHT, Li Huang XING, Xiaojing YANG
  • Patent number: 9494976
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to an apparatus including a housing and a slot disposed in the housing, the slot configured to hold an input device in a plurality of upright configurations including at least a forward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the front portion of the housing, and at least a backward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the back portion of the housing. The slot can be overmolded with a rubber compound (e.g. silicon-based) and configured to provide an improved coefficient of friction to reduce slippage of the input device when held in the slot. In some aspects, the housing includes a surface, and the overmolded portion of the slot can protrude above the surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Mathew Bates, Brian Stephens, John Moriarty, Simone Mandelli, James Jackson, James Lynch, Ronan Carroll, Mel Reynolds, Stephen Harvey, Denis O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 9392415
    Abstract: Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data received from a server to determine a location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can obtain, from a sensor of the mobile device, a vector of sensor readings, each sensor reading can measure an environment variable, e.g., a signal received by the sensor from a signal source. The mobile device can perform a statistical match between the vector and the location fingerprint data. The mobile device can then estimate a current location of the mobile device based on the statistical match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Benjamin Millman, Johan Olav Bergerengen, Robert Mayor, Brian Stephen Smith