Patents by Inventor Charles Carson

Charles Carson 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: 20250069605
    Abstract: Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant to provide extension of digital assistant services are provided. An example method includes, at an electronic device having one or more processors, receiving, from a first user, a first speech input representing a user request. The method further includes obtaining an identity of the first user; and in accordance with the user identity, providing a representation of the user request to at least one of a second electronic device or a third electronic device. The method further includes receiving, based on a determination of whether the second electronic device or the third electronic device, or both, is to provide the response to the first electronic device, the response to the user request from the second electronic device or the third electronic device. The method further includes providing a representation of the response to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yoon KIM, Charles SRISUWANANUKORN, David A. CARSON, Thomas R. GRUBER, Justin G. BINDER
  • Patent number: 12229989
    Abstract: An object orientation indicator for indicating the orientation of an object, such as the vertical positioning of an object to be inserted or being inserted into a surface. The object orientation indicator is configured to determine or indicate when an object being inserted into a surface parallel or non-parallel to the ground is vertically level, i.e. perpendicular to the ground. The object orientation indicator may also be configured to determine or indicate if a preexisting vertical object inserted into a surface parallel or non-parallel to the ground remains in its originally inserted orientation. The object orientation indicator may include a housing assembly and a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Stake Drive Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charles F. Solazzo, Jr., David Carson
  • Publication number: 20220409512
    Abstract: An oral care composition with gum health compound, amino acid, and/or mucoadhesive compound. An oral care composition with gum health compound, a pentapeptide, such as palmitoyl KTTKS, and/or a mucoadhesive compound. Methods of preventing gingival recession, stopping gingival recession, reversing gingival recession, decrease gum recession, increase gingival barrier protection, promoting collagen synthesis, promoting extracellular matrix synthesis, increasing gum resilience, increasing epidermal thickness and/or promoting fibrillin synthesis, in an oral cavity of an animal by contacting the oral care compositions with at least one surface of the oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Carson BASCOM, Aaron Reed BIESBROCK, Robert Joseph ISFORT, Malgorzata Anne KLUKOWSKA, Yunming SHI, Ross STRAND, Ryan TASSEFF
  • Publication number: 20220401343
    Abstract: An oral care composition with gum health compound, amino acid, and/or mucoadhesive compound. An oral care composition with gum health compound, a pentapeptide, such as palmitoyl KTTKS, and/or a mucoadhesive compound. Methods of preventing gingival recession, stopping gingival recession, reversing gingival recession, decrease gum recession, increase gingival barrier protection, promoting collagen synthesis, promoting extracellular matrix synthesis, increasing gum resilience, increasing epidermal thickness and/or promoting fibrillin synthesis, in an oral cavity of an animal by contacting the oral care compositions with at least one surface of the oral cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Carson BASCOM, Aaron Reed BIESBROCK, Robert Joseph ISFORT, Malgorzata Anne KLUKOWSKA, Yunming SHI, Ross STRAND, Ryan TASSEFF
  • Publication number: 20220396393
    Abstract: A reclosable beverage can end (10) has a circumferential curl (14) centered about a center longitudinal axis (50). A circumferential wall (15) extends downwardly from the curl (14) and inwardly towards the longitudinal axis (50). A center panel (12) is produced from a metallic material and centered about the longitudinal axis (50). The center panel (12) has a public side (34) and an opposing product side (35). A tab (26) is mounted to the public side (34) of the center panel (12). A pour opening (20) is formed by an aperture in the center panel (12) and sealed by the tab (26). The pour opening (20) is at least partially defined by a pour opening curl (22) of the metallic material of the center panel (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: David J. BONFOEY, Charles CARSON, John SILES
  • Patent number: 10768611
    Abstract: A method and system for scheduling tasks using a counter constraint. A method may include identifying multiple tasks to be performed, receiving dependency data indicating that scheduling of at least one task is dependent on whether a counter satisfies a threshold in relation to an additional condition, and upon determining, during scheduling, that the counter satisfies the threshold in relation to the additional condition, triggering a scheduling action with respect to at least one task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Everton Norman, Andrew Charles Carson
  • Patent number: 10732171
    Abstract: Human skin tissue sample methods and models for identifying and screening test agents as effective for providing skin tone benefits, methods for validating hypotheses for mechanisms driving skin pigmentation as well as methods for driving skin pigment levels in ex-vivo skin tissue. The method includes contacting a cultured human skin tissue sample with a test agent, generating a transcriptional profile from the sample, and comparing the results to a control to determine if the test agent is effective for providing a skin tone benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Finlay, Tomohiro Hakozaki, Charles Carson Bascom, Heather Eileen Matheny
  • Patent number: 10036741
    Abstract: Methods and systems for constructing a gene expression signature representative of a number of biological conditions, systems and methods for determining functional relationships between a skin-active agent and skin conditions of interest, and methods and systems for identifying skin-active agents with broad spectrum activity are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Mills, Jun Xu, Robert Lloyd Binder, Robert Scott Youngquist, Deborah Ruth Finlay, Charles Carson Bascom
  • Publication number: 20170340251
    Abstract: An array of methods for assessing vaginal atrophy are disclosed. The methods may be used alone or in combination with a treatment or as part of a kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Freedman
  • Publication number: 20170343534
    Abstract: Methods and systems for constructing a gene expression signature representative of a number of biological conditions, systems and methods for determining functional relationships between a skin-active agent and skin conditions of interest, and methods and systems for identifying skin-active agents with broad spectrum activity are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin John MILLS, Jun XU, Robert Lloyd BINDER, Robert Scott YOUNGQUIST, Deborah Ruth FINLAY, Charles Carson BASCOM
  • Patent number: 9804152
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for determining functional relationships between ex vivo skin models and an inflammatory skin condition. Also provided are methods and systems for identifying modulators of inflammation of skin, as well as the use of modulators identified by such methods or systems for the preparation of cosmetic compositions, personal care products, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Finlay, Kevin John Mills, Charles Carson Bascom
  • Patent number: 9706951
    Abstract: An array of methods for assessing vaginal atrophy are disclosed. The methods may be used alone or in combination with a treatment or as part of a kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20170181697
    Abstract: A kit for assessing efficacy of a vaginal atrophy treatment regimen is disclosed. The kit includes a pretreatment assessment method for vaginal atrophy comprising and a topical treatment for application to the labia majora, labia minora, introitus, vagina, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Friedman
  • Patent number: 9593363
    Abstract: A screening method for identifying an agent as effective for providing an anti-aging skin benefit is provided. The screening method includes culturing first and second human skin samples from about 3 days to about 19 days, wherein the first and second human skin samples are derived from a human skin surgical waste tissue. The first human skin sample is contacted with at least one test agent. The second human skin sample is contacted with a positive control. Transcriptional profiles are generated from the first and second human skin samples, and the at least one test agent is identified as effective for providing an anti-aging skin benefit when the transcriptional profiles of at least two genes show a similar directional change in comparison to one or more untreated control tissue samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Finlay, Rosemarie Osborne, Charles Carson Bascom
  • Patent number: 9542536
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for sustained data protection. In particular, a data protector may define a set of access levels associated with content within data using a set of access policies (e.g., a partial access level to inventory data for an inventory server, a full access level to inventory data and billing data for a shopping website server, etc.). The data protector may secure (e.g., encrypt) the data to create protected data, so that clients may be unable to access content of the protected data without obtaining access through the data protector. In this way, the data protector may selectively provide clients with access to content within the protected data according to respective access levels for the different clients (e.g., access to inventory data, but not billing data, may be provided to the inventory server by the data protector).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Suchter, Ho John Lee, Charles Carson, Scott Banachowski, Yuri Romanenko, Eric Wai Ho Lau
  • Publication number: 20160135722
    Abstract: An array of methods for assessing vaginal atrophy are disclosed. The methods may be used alone or in combination with a treatment or as part of a kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20160007906
    Abstract: An array of methods for assessing vaginal atrophy are disclosed. The methods may be used alone or in combination with a treatment or as part of a kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Raphael Warren, Dean Larry DuVal, Miranda Aref Farage, Charles Carson Bascom, Gina Marie Fadayel, Kenneth Robert Wehmeyer, Jay Patrick Tiesman, David Burton Moore, Murray A. Freedman
  • Publication number: 20150004616
    Abstract: Human skin tissue sample methods and models for identifying and screening test agents as effective for providing skin tone benefits, methods for validating hypotheses for mechanisms driving skin pigmentation as well as methods for driving skin pigment levels in ex-vivo skin tissue. The method includes contacting a cultured human skin tissue sample with a test agent, generating a transcriptional profile from the sample, and comparing the results to a control to determine if the test agent is effective for providing a skin tone benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Finlay, Tomohiro Hakozaki, Charles Carson Bascom, Heather Eileen Matheny
  • Publication number: 20140335532
    Abstract: Human skin tissue sample methods and models for validating hypotheses for mechanisms driving skin pigmentation as well as methods for driving skin pigment levels in ex-vivo skin tissue. The method includes providing a first cultured human skin tissue sample and testing the effectiveness of the test agent for driving skin pigmentation, and comparing the transcriptional profile generated from the treated human skin tissue sample to the transcriptional profile of a control to validate the hypothesis that the test agent drives skin pigmentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth Finlay, Tomohiro NMN Hakozaki, Charles Carson Bascom, Heather Eileen Matheny
  • Publication number: 20130337087
    Abstract: A screening method for identifying an agent as effective for providing an anti-aging skin benefit is provided. The screening method includes culturing first and second human skin samples from about 3 days to about 19 days, wherein the first and second human skin samples are derived from a human skin surgical waste tissue. The first human skin sample is contacted with at least one test agent. The second human skin sample is contacted with a positive control. Transcriptional profiles are generated from the first and second human skin samples, and the at least one test agent is identified as effective for providing an anti-aging skin benefit when the transcriptional profiles of at least two genes show a similar directional change in comparison to one or more untreated control tissue samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Deborah Ruth FINLAY, Rosemarie OSBORNE, Charles Carson BASCOM