Patents by Inventor Christopher Friend
Christopher Friend 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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Publication number: 20250174631Abstract: This invention relates to a particulate material consisting of a plurality of composite particles comprising a porous particle framework and a plurality of nanoscale elemental silicon domains located within the pores of the porous particle framework. The porous particle framework comprises micropores and mesopores, wherein the total volume of micropores and mesopores in the porous particle framework as measured by gas adsorption is from 0.5 to 1.8 cm3/g. The composite particles comprise from 30 to 70 wt % silicon, wherein at least 30 wt % of the silicon is surface silicon as determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); no more than 1.2 wt % of hydrogen; and have a weight ratio of oxygen to silicon of no more than 0.15. The BET surface area of the composite particles is no more than 40 m2/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Charles MASON, Christopher FRIEND, Judit SERRA MORENO
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Publication number: 20250118739Abstract: The invention relates to a particulate material and processes for the preparation thereof. The particulate material consists of a plurality of composite particles. The composite particles comprise a porous particle framework comprising micropores and/or mesopores. The total pore volume of micropores and mesopores as measured by gas adsorption is in the range from 0.4 to 2.2 cm3/g. The composite particles comprise a plurality of electroactive material domains and a plurality of modifier material domains disposed within the internal pore volume of the porous particle framework. At least a portion of the modifier material domains are located between adjacent electroactive material domains.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Joshua WHITTAM, Christopher FRIEND, Charles MASON, Mauro CHIACCHIA, Silo MEOTO
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Publication number: 20250096238Abstract: This invention relates a process for preparing composite particles. The process comprises a first step of providing a plurality of porous particles comprising micropores and/or mesopores, wherein the total pore volume of micropores and mesopores as measured by nitrogen gas adsorption is in the range from 0.4 to 2.2 cm3/g. The porous particles are contacted with a precursor of an electroactive material at a temperature effective to cause deposition of the electroactive material in the pores of the porous particles to form intermediate particles. Deposition of the electroactive material is discontinued and by-products are optionally separated from the intermediate particles. The intermediate particles are then contacted with a precursor of an electroactive material, at a temperature effective to cause further deposition of the electroactive material in the pores of the intermediate particles to form the composite particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Joshua WHITTAM, Christopher FRIEND, Charles MASON, Mauro CHIACCHIA, Silo MEOTO
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Patent number: 12170669Abstract: A system and method are provided which include receiving, from a first application on a user device, an indication that a user has been authenticated and receiving, from a second application on the user device, an indication that the user is detected. The user device receives the indication that the user is detected from a wearable device on the user. Based on receiving the two indications within a time period, a trust token is generated or maintained for the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Erik Christopher Friend, Michael Steven Bankston
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Patent number: 12131323Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling an assertion to be provided to a relying entity that is associated with a discount or digital coupon for an item in a transaction. The assertion may indicate an interaction by a user device with a digital indicator associated with the item and/or a resource provider offering the item. The assertion may be associated with a user and redeemed at a later time to apply a discount for an item involved in a transaction. The assertion may indicate an interaction with a digital indicator at one location for an item and redeemed at another location, including an online transaction, for the same item.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend
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Patent number: 11997103Abstract: A system and method are provided which include receiving, by a server computer from a trusted entity computer, user data corresponding to a user. Based on the user data, the server computer determines a set of assertions for the user. The server computer receives, from a relying entity, an assertion request for the user. Responsive to the assertion request, the server computer provides, to the relying entity, an assertion, of the set of assertions. The relying entity thereby grants the user a particular type of account based on the assertion.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend
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Patent number: 11824838Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to providing a receiving entity with a package of assertions. A package of assertions may include a group of yes or no statements (e.g., as an answer to a question). Alternatively, or additionally, a package of assertions may comprise a clustered assertion, which is a singular yes or no statement, that is itself based on a set of underlying assertions made using information from one or more sources. A particular type of package of assertions may be selected based on the relying entity requesting the assertions, based on an assertions model. The package of assertions may be cryptographically secured.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald, Victor Zhiltsov
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Publication number: 20230352656Abstract: This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and mesopores having a total volume of 0.5 to 1.5 cm3/g; and (b) silicon located at least within the micropores of the porous carbon framework. The porous carbon framework is an activated carbon material obtained by the pyrolysis of a plant source comprising at least 25 wt% lignin on a dry weight basis followed by activation with steam or carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Charles Mason, Kseniia Katok, Christopher Friend
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Patent number: 11663590Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling a package of assertions to be provided to a relying entity seeking to interact with an account. A server computer may receive, from a relying entity, a request for assertions, wherein the request for assertions includes an identifier of the relying entity and a hash of an identifier of an account. The server computer may determine an assertions model based on the identifier of the relying entity. The server computer may retrieve a package of assertions associated with the account based on the assertions model and the hash of the identifier of the account. The server computer may transmit the package of assertions to the relying entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONInventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald
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Publication number: 20220303248Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to providing a receiving entity with a package of assertions. A package of assertions may include a group of yes or no statements (e.g., as an answer to a question). Alternatively, or additionally, a package of assertions may comprise a clustered assertion, which is a singular yes or no statement, that is itself based on a set of underlying assertions made using information from one or more sources. A particular type of package of assertions may be selected based on the relying entity requesting the assertions, based on an assertions model. The package of assertions may be cryptographically secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald, Victor Zhiltsov
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Patent number: 11323420Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to providing a receiving entity with a package of assertions. A package of assertions may include a group of yes or no statements (e.g., as an answer to a question). Alternatively, or additionally, a package of assertions may comprise a clustered assertion, which is a singular yes or no statement, that is itself based on a set of underlying assertions made using information from one or more sources. A particular type of package of assertions may be selected based on the relying entity requesting the assertions, based on an assertions model. The package of assertions may be cryptographically secured.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald, Victor Zhiltsov
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Publication number: 20220046023Abstract: A system and method are provided which include receiving, from a first application on a user device, an indication that a user has been authenticated and receiving, from a second application on the user device, an indication that the user is detected. The user device receives the indication that the user is detected from a wearable device on the user. Based on receiving the two indications within a time period, a trust token is generated or maintained for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Erik Christopher Friend, Michael Steven Bankston
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Publication number: 20210408530Abstract: This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and mesopores having a total volume of 0.5 to 1.5 cm3/g; and (b) silicon located at least within the micropores of the porous carbon framework in a defined amount relative to the volume of the micropores and mesopores. At least 20 wt % of the silicon is characterized as surface silicon by thermogravimetric analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Charles Mason, Richard Taylor, Christopher Friend
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Publication number: 20210374728Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling a package of assertions to be provided to a relying entity seeking to interact with an account. A server computer may receive, from a relying entity, a request for assertions, wherein the request for assertions includes an identifier of the relying entity and a hash of an identifier of an account. The server computer may determine an assertions model based on the identifier of the relying entity. The server computer may retrieve a package of assertions associated with the account based on the assertions model and the hash of the identifier of the account. The server computer may transmit the package of assertions to the relying entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald
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Publication number: 20210350369Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for enabling an assertion to be provided to a relying entity that is associated with a discount or digital coupon for an item in a transaction. The assertion may indicate an interaction by a user device with a digital indicator associated with the item and/or a resource provider offering the item. The assertion may be associated with a user and redeemed at a later time to apply a discount for an item involved in a transaction. The assertion may indicate an interaction with a digital indicator at one location for an item and redeemed at another location, including an online transaction, for the same item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend
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Publication number: 20200252408Abstract: A system and method are provided which include receiving, by a server computer from a trusted entity computer, user data corresponding to a user. Based on the user data, the server computer determines a set of assertions for the user. The server computer receives, from a relying entity, an assertion request for the user. Responsive to the assertion request, the server computer provides, to the relying entity, an assertion, of the set of assertions. The relying entity thereby grants the user a particular type of account based on the assertion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend
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Patent number: 10476072Abstract: An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures thereof and a plurality of carbon particles selected from one or more of graphite, soft carbon and hard carbon. The ratio of the D50 particles size of the carbon particles to the D50 particle diameter of the porous particles is in the range of from 1.5 to 30. Also provided are rechargeable metal-ion batteries comprising said electrode and compositions of porous particles and carbon particles which may be used to prepare the active layer of said electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Nexeon LimitedInventors: Christopher Friend, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa
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Publication number: 20190149524Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to providing a receiving entity with a package of assertions. A package of assertions may include a group of yes or no statements (e.g., as an answer to a question). Alternatively, or additionally, a package of assertions may comprise a clustered assertion, which is a singular yes or no statement, that is itself based on a set of underlying assertions made using information from one or more sources. A particular type of package of assertions may be selected based on the relying entity requesting the assertions, based on an assertions model. The package of assertions may be cryptographically secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Michael Steven Bankston, Erik Christopher Friend, Jerry Wald, Victor Zhiltsov
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Publication number: 20170346079Abstract: An electrode for a metal-ion battery is provided wherein the active layer of the electrode comprises a plurality of porous particles comprising an electroactive material selected from silicon, germanium, tin, aluminium and mixtures thereof and a plurality of carbon particles selected from one or more of graphite, soft carbon and hard carbon. The ratio of the D50 particles size of the carbon particles to the D50 particle diameter of the porous particles is in the range of from 1.5 to 30. Also provided are rechargeable metal-ion batteries comprising said electrode and compositions of porous particles and carbon particles which may be used to prepare the active layer of said electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: NEXEON LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Friend, Tsuyonobu Hatazawa
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Patent number: 8703672Abstract: A lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and an oil-soluble branched-chain hydrocarbyl-substituted arenesulfonic acid salt, wherein the arenesulfonic moiety has at least one hydrocarbyl substituent which is a highly branched group as defined by having a Chi(0)/Shadow XY ratio greater than about 0.180, exhibits good dynamic frictional performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Craig D. Tipton, Claire Hollingshurst, Elisa J. Seddon, James P. Roski, Christopher Friend, Willis P. Nichols, Betsy J. Butke, James J. Schwind