Patents by Inventor Christopher Dixon
Christopher Dixon 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).
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Patent number: 12152399Abstract: A fence post mount device comprising: a base having at least one cavity; a first universal collet having a plurality of collet legs attached to each other through at least one of a plurality of separation notches, wherein a distal end of the first universal collet is inserted into the cavity from a proximal end of the base; a first cap nut inserted into the first universal collet; a post inserted into the cavity of the base; a full thread nut threaded into the first cap nut from a distal end of the base through an opening, wherein each of the plurality of separation notches are broken when the full thread nut is tightened into the first cap nut and each of the collet legs of the first universal collet deforms an inner wall of the post such that the post is securely locked within the cavity of the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Schneider, Wayne Dixon, Patrick Joseph Bertke
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Patent number: 12125369Abstract: A method of detecting and responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including determining that a visitor is approaching an entryway of the smart home environment; initiating a facial recognition operation while the visitor is approaching the entryway; initiating an observation window in response to the determination that a visitor is approaching the entryway; obtaining context information from one or more sensors of the smart home environment during the observation window; and at the end of the time window, initiating a response to the detected approach of the visitor based on the context information and/or an outcome of the facial recognition operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jason Evans Goulden, Rengarajan Aravamudhan, Hae Rim Jeong, Michael Dixon, James Edward Stewart, Sayed Yusef Shafi, Sahana Mysore, Seungho Yang, Yu-An Lien, Christopher Charles Burns, Rajeev Nongpiur, Jeffrey Boyd
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Patent number: 12101201Abstract: A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 12077526Abstract: The invention relates to processes for preparing isoindolin-1-one derivatives, and in particular processes for preparing (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid. The invention also relates to crystalline forms of the compound (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid and its salts.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Steven Howard, Benjamin David Cons, Jeffrey David St. Denis, Rhian Sara Holvey, Guillaume François Parra, Kim Louise Hirst, Isabelle Anne Lemasson, David John Nash, James Daniel Osborne, Jonas Calleja Priede, Nicholas Paul Richards, Aaron Michael Dumas, Brian Christopher Bishop, David Parry-Jones, Meenakshi Sundaram Shanmugham, Darren James Dixon, Matthew James Gaunt
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Publication number: 20240129159Abstract: A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 11907300Abstract: A method can include accessing data generated during field operations; generating a graph that includes vertices and edges using at least a portion of the data, where the edges represent relationships between vertices; and generating a query result using the graph responsive to receipt of a query.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Todd Christopher Dixon, Andrei Ionescu, Sanjeet Khanuja
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Patent number: 11869468Abstract: A system and method to identify a digital representation of a first musical composition including a set of musical blocks. A set of parameters associated with video content are identified. In accordance with one or more rules, one or more of the set of musical blocks of the first musical composition are modified based on the set of parameters to generate a derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content. An audio file including the derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content is generated.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ROAM HQ, INC.Inventors: Howard Christopher Lerman, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Sean Joseph MacIsaac, Yunus Saatci, Klas Aaron Pascal Leino, Peter Gregory Lerman
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Patent number: 11799683Abstract: A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Patent number: 11720744Abstract: A computing device is described which has a memory storing text input by a user. The computing device has a processor which is configured to send the text to a prediction engine having been trained to predict images from text. The processor is configured to receive from the prediction engine, in response to the sent text, a plurality of predictions, each prediction comprising an image predicted as being relevant to the text. The processor is configured to insert a plurality of the images into the text on the basis of criteria comprising one or more of: ranks of the predictions, categories of the images, rules associated with one or more of the images, user input, a trigger word. The processor is configured to insert the plurality of images into the text sequentially, in an order corresponding to ranks of the predictions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam John Cudworth, Anna Maria Alfut, Piotr Jerzy Holc, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Naomi Bianca Morton
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Patent number: 11644595Abstract: A method can include receiving a selection for data via a graphical user interface rendered to a display; via the graphical user interface, initiating a data ingestion process for the selected data; via the graphical user interface, rendering data descriptors generated by the data ingestion process; via the graphical user interface, issuing a validation instruction that validates the data descriptors; and, via the graphical user interface, issuing an instruction that stores a data ingestion template that includes the validated data descriptors.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Todd Christopher Dixon, Ramchandra Nile, Sanjeet Khanuja
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Patent number: 11619761Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are set forth for providing a graphing database for exploration and/or production data, e.g., as used in the oil & gas industry. The graphing database can include multiple different entities that are defined by nodes, node edges, and properties that are generated from information collected by an exploration and/or production system. Entities can be designated as complete when the attribute data associated with those entities satisfy mapping rules for standardizing different types of entities. In this way, end users that access data from the graphing database can receive complete data that is consistently available through a variety of sources.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Todd Christopher Dixon, Andrei Ionescu, Julian Jose Moreno
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Publication number: 20230049258Abstract: A computing device is described which has a memory storing text input by a user. The computing device has a processor which is configured to send the text to a prediction engine having been trained to predict images from text. The processor is configured to receive from the prediction engine, in response to the sent text, a plurality of predictions, each prediction comprising an image predicted as being relevant to the text. The processor is configured to insert a plurality of the images into the text on the basis of criteria comprising one or more of: ranks of the predictions, categories of the images, rules associated with one or more of the images, user input, a trigger word. The processor is configured to insert the plurality of images into the text sequentially, in an order corresponding to ranks of the predictions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Adam John Cudworth, Anna Maria ALFUT, Piotr Jerzy HOLC, Thomas Christopher DIXON, Naomi Bianca MORTON
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Publication number: 20230005013Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein measure an effect of content exposure (e.g., lift attributable to ad campaign content) by comparing exposed and unexposed conversion (e.g., visit) rates. The measurement processing is distributed between the computing systems used/controlled by different entities: a processing entity and a conversion data collection entity (e.g., a selling entity) so that identifier-level conversion data (e.g., user-level conversion data, device-level conversion data, household-level conversion data, etc.) does not need to leave the conversion data collection entity system(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Mark Christopher DIXON, Clark Alan BURDICK
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Publication number: 20220360495Abstract: A communication interface and a device control, management and monitoring system are provided to enable the networking of and communication between multiple devices operating under different protocols. The communication interface may act as a translator or protocol converter that reformats transmissions from one protocol to another based on protocol compatibility between the recipient and transmitting devices. The device control and monitoring system may store predefined rules that are triggered when specified conditions associated with the networked devices are detected. The rules may specify an action to take such as transmitting a discount offer to a user or turning off a light. According to one or more arrangements, the communication interface may act as an intermediary between the networked devices and the device control system so that the device control system is not required to understand or be compatible with the various other protocols used by the networked devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder
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Multi-touch attribution and control group creation using private commutative encrypted match service
Patent number: 11494510Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein enable matching identifiers across multiple sources. This may involve adding a unique attribute (e.g., anonymous unique homomorphic identifiers) and/or using randomization to enable comparing data from multiple sources, while also maintaining data privacy. In one example, matches across multiple sources are identified, for example, identifying that there are 100 user identifiers that are in private data sets of three different sources. Such matching may be used to enable private, multi-touch attribution. In another example, techniques are used to determine that data maintained by one source is not also within other sources (e.g., identifying that there are 200 user identifiers that are in data from a first source but not in data from a second source and not in data from a third source. Such determinations may be used to generate control group data that does not match data from other sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: INMARKET MEDIA, LLCInventors: John Raymond Klein, Mark Christopher Dixon, Clark Alan Burdick, Art Haedike, Partha Chowdhury -
Patent number: 11494547Abstract: A computing device is described which has a memory storing text input by a user. The computing device has a processor which is configured to send the text to a prediction engine having been trained to predict images from text. The processor is configured to receive from the prediction engine, in response to the sent text, a plurality of predictions, each prediction comprising an image predicted as being relevant to the text. The processor is configured to insert a plurality of the images into the text on the basis of criteria comprising one or more of: ranks of the predictions, categories of the images, rules associated with one or more of the images, user input, a trigger word. The processor is configured to insert the plurality of images into the text sequentially, in an order corresponding to ranks of the predictions.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adam John Cudworth, Anna Maria Alfut, Piotr Jerzy Holc, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Naomi Bianca Morton
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Multi-Touch Attribution and Control Group Creation Using Private Commutative Encrypted Match Service
Publication number: 20220284114Abstract: Some implementations disclosed herein enable matching identifiers across multiple sources. This may involve adding a unique attribute (e.g., anonymous unique homomorphic identifiers) and/or using randomization to enable comparing data from multiple sources, while also maintaining data privacy. In one example, matches across multiple sources are identified, for example, identifying that there are 100 user identifiers that are in private data sets of three different sources. Such matching may be used to enable private, multi-touch attribution. In another example, techniques are used to determine that data maintained by one source is not also within other sources (e.g., identifying that there are 200 user identifiers that are in data from a first source but not in data from a second source and not in data from a third source. Such determinations may be used to generate control group data that does not match data from other sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: John Raymond KLEIN, Mark Christopher DIXON, Clark Alan BURDICK, Art HAEDIKE, Partha CHOWDHURY -
Patent number: 11429670Abstract: A method can include accessing data generated during field operations; analyzing at least a portion of the data as to legal tag property values; storing the legal tag property values in association with the data; and operating a computational framework in accordance with the legal tag property values.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Todd Christopher Dixon, Michael Antony Cleminson
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Publication number: 20220262328Abstract: A system and method to identify a digital representation of a first musical composition including a set of musical blocks. A set of parameters associated with video content are identified. In accordance with one or more rules, one or more of the set of musical blocks of the first musical composition are modified based on the set of parameters to generate a derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content. An audio file including the derivative musical composition corresponding to the video content is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Howard Christopher Lerman, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Sean Joseph MacIsaac, Yunus Saatci, Klas Aaron Pascal Leino, Peter Gregory Lerman
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Patent number: 11398947Abstract: A communication interface and a device control, management and monitoring system are provided to enable the networking of and communication between a multiple devices operating under different protocols. The communication interface may act as a translator or protocol converter that reformats transmissions from one protocol to another based on protocol compatibility between the recipient and transmitting devices. The device control and monitoring system may store predefined rules that are triggered when specified conditions associated with the networked devices are detected. The rules may specify an action to take such as transmitting a discount offer to a user or turning off a light. According to one or more arrangements, the communication interface may act as an intermediary between the networked devices and the device control system so that the device control system is not required to understand or be compatible with the various other protocols used by the networked devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Christopher Dixon, James Poder