Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Moore

Christopher A. Moore 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).

  • USER-SPECIFIC LANDMARKS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180266845
    Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Vincent Dumont, Mathieu Courtemanche, Cady Wachsman, John Christopher O'Hare
  • Fail-safe electromechanical actuator
    Patent number: 10066715
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator (“EMA”) is provided with redundant load paths for driving the actuator stroke. The EMA includes a rotatable screw, a nut mated with the screw and having an external toothed surface, and a rotatable spline member having a splined surface engaging the external toothed surface of the nut. An actuator rod is coupled to the nut for linear movement with the nut. A first motor is operable to rotate the screw relative to the nut to cause the nut to travel linearly along the screw, and a second motor is operable to rotate the spline member and nut such that the nut travels linearly along the screw. Consequently, the actuator rod moves linearly by operation of the first motor alone, by operation of the second motor alone, and by simultaneous operation of the first and second motors. A no-back device may be incorporated into each load path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell Van Lund Larson, Christopher A. Moore
  • DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF ROUTE PREVIEW INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20180245937
    Abstract: A transportation management system matches drivers with riders. After a rider has been picked up by a driver, a navigation route from the rider's pickup location to the driver's next stop is displayed to the driver on a mobile computing device. Prior to picking up the rider, only an initial portion of the navigation route is displayed to the driver. The amount of the initial portion displayed to the driver is dynamically determined according to its navigational complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Evelyn Kim, Christine Misuye Tao, Nadeem Malik, Paweena Attayadmawittaya, Christopher Haugli, Jayant B. Sai, Christopher Michael Sanchez, Cady Wachsman, Janice J. Suh
  • Automated flight operations system
    Patent number: 10049508
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations such as data from flight logs, flight tracker, maintenance, connectivity, router into modules, for a specific aircraft that can be communicated to and displayed on a single device display in real-time. Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations into modules, that is both aircraft-specific (engine data, take-off and landing times) and personnel specific (i.e. crew scheduling, passenger manifestos), that includes a web-based interface which incorporates multiple data fields, and can display and communicate on devices, including but not limited to desktop computers, portable devices, such as smart phones, tablets and laptops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: James Jensen, Jason Natwick, Greg Romano, Brian Rudloff, David Greenhill, Derek Donahue, Christopher Moore
  • Patty-Forming Apparatus with Top Feed and Rotary Pump
    Publication number: 20180206547
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • User-specific landmarks for navigation systems
    Patent number: 10024683
    Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Vincent Dumont, Mathieu Courtemanche, Cady Wachsman, John Christopher O'Hare
  • Automatically verifying logic of protocol messages exchanged between devices during a communication session
    Patent number: 10015067
    Abstract: A device may receive a file that includes a log of messages for messages communicated among multiple devices during a communication session. The device may analyze the file to determine information associated with the messages. The device may identify a request message from a first device of the multiple devices to a second device of the multiple devices using the information determined from the file. The device may determine whether the second device transmitted a response message based on receiving the request message from the first device. The device may determine whether the response message corresponds to the request message. The device may determine whether the response message is associated with a pass status or a fail status. The device may perform an action based on whether the response message is associated with the pass status or the fail status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Kashif Khan, Matt J. Warner, Janet M. Triplett, Linda M. Sikora, Pamela Aldridge, Christopher Moore, Shafaq Zia
  • Patty-forming apparatus with top feed and rotary pump
    Patent number: 9955719
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Provisur Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • AUTOMATICALLY VERIFYING LOGIC OF PROTOCOL MESSAGES EXCHANGED BETWEEN DEVICES DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION
    Publication number: 20180054370
    Abstract: A device may receive a file that includes a log of messages for messages communicated among multiple devices during a communication session. The device may analyze the file to determine information associated with the messages. The device may identify a request message from a first device of the multiple devices to a second device of the multiple devices using the information determined from the file. The device may determine whether the second device transmitted a response message based on receiving the request message from the first device. The device may determine whether the response message corresponds to the request message. The device may determine whether the response message is associated with a pass status or a fail status. The device may perform an action based on whether the response message is associated with the pass status or the fail status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kashif KHAN, Matt J. WARNER, Janet M. TRIPLETT, Linda M. SIKORA, Pamela ALDRIDGE, Christopher MOORE, Shafaq ZIA
  • Patty-forming apparatus with bottom feed and rotary pump
    Patent number: 9861109
    Abstract: The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a the mold plate configured to be driven to reciprocated between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive is reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine further includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: FORMAX, INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Lindee, Paul Taylor, Christopher Moore, E. William Wight
  • USER-SPECIFIC LANDMARKS FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170350719
    Abstract: A server identifies landmarks associated with users as the users take part in trips or otherwise interact with a navigation system. The server causes presentation of the identified landmarks to the users during future trips, such as part of navigational directions along a route to a particular destination, or on a visible portion of a map user interface. Presentation of the user-specific landmarks allows the users with more context and thus the ability to better navigate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Moore, Vincent Dumont, Mathieu Courtemanche, Cady Wachsman, John Christopher O'Hare
  • Lighting system for protecting circadian neuroendocrine function
    Patent number: 9827440
    Abstract: Lighting systems, methods, and devices for protecting human circadian neuroendocrine function during night use are described. Suitable lighting conditions can be provided for a working environment while protecting the circadian neuroendocrine systems of those occupying the illuminated workplace during the night. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide substantive attenuation of the pathologic circadian disruption in night workers. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can attenuate the specific bands of light implicated in circadian disruption. LED lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide increased intensity at a different portion of the spectrum than conventional LEDs, providing a useable white light even when unfavorable portions of the wavelength are attenuated by a notch filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: CIRCADIAN ZIRCLIGHT INC.
    Inventors: Martin Christopher Moore-Ede, Rebecca Mary Chacko, Anneke Marlies Heitmann, Robert Frederic Casper, Robert Frank Karlicek, Jr., Doros Platika, Udo Trutschel
  • LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING CIRCADIAN NEUROENDOCRINE FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20170326380
    Abstract: Lighting systems, methods, and devices for protecting human circadian neuroendocrine function during night use are described. Suitable lighting conditions can be provided for a working environment while protecting the circadian neuroendocrine systems of those occupying the illuminated workplace during the night. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide substantive attenuation of the pathologic circadian disruption in night workers. Lighting systems, methods, and devices can attenuate the specific bands of light implicated in circadian disruption. LED lighting systems, methods, and devices can provide increased intensity at a different portion of the spectrum than conventional LEDs, providing a useable white light even when unfavorable portions of the wavelength are attenuated by a notch filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Christopher Moore-Ede, Rebecca Mary Chacko, Anneke Marlies Heitmann, Robert Frederic Casper, Robert Frank Karlicek, Jr., Doros Platika, Udo Trutschel
  • FRICTION SWAY CONTROL FOR TRAILERS
    Publication number: 20170274714
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward sway control systems for adjustably controlling sway between a trailer and towing vehicle through use of frictional forces that include a tow bar assembly, a connector assembly, a tensioner spanning the width of the housing of the tow bar assembly, and a crank assembly. Within the tow bar assembly, a slide bar is frictionally engaged with the housing, and the relative friction may be controlled by increasing or decreasing compression of the at least one brake pad through adjustment of the compression plate toward or away from the interconnecting web. The present disclosure attempts to improve ease of use by utilizing a single adjustment point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Peterson, David Hoover, Peter Bolenbaugh, Christopher Moore
  • Chemical oxidation or electromagnetic treatment in SAGD operations
    Patent number: 9731989
    Abstract: A system for treating produced water, for example from a SAGD bitumen production operation, has a treatment unit using chemical oxidation (CO) or electromagnetic treatment (ET) to destroy or degrade organics in the produced water. The treatment module may use CO or ET in combination with biological treatment or sorption processes or both. When the treatment module is used upstream of a steam generator, it reduces fouling in the steam generator and in any blowdown water treatment device. A brine concentrator or a crystallizer may be used to treat the blowdown water. The treatment module may be used in combination with a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane filter. Optionally, the produced water may be treated with an ET process such as microwaves directly upstream of a steam generator or upstream of a concentrator or crystallizer in a blowdown water stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David M. Polizzotti, Brian Christopher Moore, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Abdul Rafi Khwaja, Matthew Alan Petersen
  • Automated Flight Operations System
    Publication number: 20170124780
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations such as data from flight logs, flight tracker, maintenance, connectivity, router into modules, for a specific aircraft that can be communicated to and displayed on a single device display in real-time. Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations into modules, that is both aircraft-specific (engine data, take-off and landing times) and personnel specific (i.e. crew scheduling, passenger manifestos), that includes a web-based interface which incorporates multiple data fields, and can display and communicate on devices, including but not limited to desktop computers, portable devices, such as smart phones, tablets and laptops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: James Jensen, Jason Natwick, Greg Romano, Brian Rudloff, David Greenhill, Derek Donahue, Christopher Moore
  • Produced water treatment to remove organic compounds
    Patent number: 9593032
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing organic contaminants from water may be used, for example, to treat produced water from a steam assisted heavy oil recovery operation. The treated produced water may be re-used to create steam. Alternatively, the produced water may be a blowdown stream treated to facilitate further treatment in a thermal crystallizer. The treatments may include pH adjustment or separating de-solubilized organics or both. Other treatments may include one or more of oxidation, sorption and biological treatments. The treatments may be used alone or in various combinations. One exemplary combination includes reducing the pH of produced water, separating de-solubilized organics from the produced water, and oxidizing the produced water or contacting the produced water with activated carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Moore, Hope Matis, William Leonard Kostedt, IV, David M. Polizzotti, Matthew Alan Petersen, Jeffrey Lynn Schworm, Anthony Yu-Chung Ku
  • MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF WASTEWATER SLUDGE
    Publication number: 20160355426
    Abstract: Methods for treatment of sludge with microwave irradiation for improving its dewatering are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes exposing the sludge to microwave irradiation at an absorbed power density of between about 7 W/ml and about 13 W/ml. Turbidity, total solids content and overall dewaterability are improved when the microwave irradiation treatment is combined with another method for dewatering sludge, such as enzyme treatment, conditioning with a flocculating agent and mechanical dewatering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Stephen Robert Vasconcellos, Brian Christopher Moore, Anthony John Murray, June Klimash, Kenneth Roger Conway, Tracy Lynn Paxon, Michael Brian Salerno, Casey L. Renko
  • FAIL-SAFE ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160312867
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator (“EMA”) is provided with redundant load paths for driving the actuator stroke. The EMA includes a rotatable screw, a nut mated with the screw and having an external toothed surface, and a rotatable spline member having a splined surface engaging the external toothed surface of the nut. An actuator rod is coupled to the nut for linear movement with the nut. A first motor is operable to rotate the screw relative to the nut to cause the nut to travel linearly along the screw, and a second motor is operable to rotate the spline member and nut such that the nut travels linearly along the screw. Consequently, the actuator rod moves linearly by operation of the first motor alone, by operation of the second motor alone, and by simultaneous operation of the first and second motors. A no-back device may be incorporated into each load path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Lowell Van Lund Larson, Christopher A. Moore
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D800143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mikio Inose, Tiffany Jon, Christopher Moore, Marcel van Os, Emanuele Vulcano, Eleanor Cady Wachsman