Patents by Inventor Christopher Gray

Christopher Gray 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).

  • Patent number: 12094443
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • Patent number: 12078272
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for re-terminating an end of a flexible pipe. The method comprises removing at least one original end fitting component (310, 335) from a multicomponent end fitting, secured to flexible pipe body at an end of a flexible pipe, leaving a retained portion (330, 360) of the end fitting in situ and subsequently securing at least one superseding end fitting component (310, 335) to the retained portion thereby providing a new fluid tight seal against a fluid retaining layer of the flexible pipe at a new sealing location axially displaced from an original sealing location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Publication number: 20240067326
    Abstract: An aircraft wing is disclosed having a main fixed wing portion and a wing tip device at a tip thereof. The wing tip device is configurable between a flight configuration and a ground configuration, in which ground configuration the wing tip device is moved away from the flight configuration such that the span of the aircraft wing is reduced. A hinge arrangement connects the main fixed wing portion and the wing tip device and enables the wing tip device to rotate between the ground configuration and the flight configuration. The hinge arrangement protrudes beyond an outer surface of the main fixed wing portion and wing tip device. A fairing covers at least part of the hinge arrangement on at least a suction side of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver FAMILY, Robert MILLS, Christopher GRAY, Thomas WILSON
  • Publication number: 20230419941
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • Patent number: 11741930
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Netflix, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • Patent number: 11293571
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for terminating flexible pipe body. The apparatus comprises an end fitting core portion (330), an end fitting termination portion (310) and a spacer ring member (335) locatable between the core portion (330) and the termination portion (310) for maintaining a whole anterior end surface of the core portion (330) and an opposed whole posterior end surface of the termination portion (310) in a spaced apart relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Publication number: 20210207749
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for re-terminating an end of a flexible pipe. The method comprises removing at least one original end fitting component (310, 335) from a multicomponent end fitting, secured to flexible pipe body at an end of a flexible pipe, leaving a retained portion (330, 360) of the end fitting in situ and subsequently securing at least one superseding end fitting component (310, 335) to the retained portion thereby providing a new fluid tight seal against a fluid retaining layer of the flexible pipe at a new sealing location axially displaced from an original sealing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Publication number: 20210044850
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving, from a client device, a request for multimedia content, where the request includes both a manifest request that includes client identification data and a license request that includes a license challenge. The method may further include validating the received request for multimedia content using the client identification data in the manifest request and generating a manifest response that includes an identification of a specified multimedia content stream that is to be provided to the client device. The method may also include acquiring at least one license in response to the license request, where the license includes a response to the license challenge having various content keys, and then providing the specified multimedia content stream, including the generated manifest response and the acquired license, to the client device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shyam Gala, Katheryn Shi, Christopher Gray, Suudhan Rangarajan, Manuel Correa, Pablo Pissanetzky, Bertrand Mollinier Toublet, Niranjan P. Ghate, Raymond Walsh, Edward H. Barker
  • Publication number: 20200355306
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for terminating flexible pipe body. The apparatus comprises an end fitting core portion, an end fitting termination portion and a spacer ring member locatable between the core portion and the termination portion for maintaining a whole anterior end surface of the core portion and an opposed whole posterior end surface of the termination portion in a spaced apart relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Patent number: 10217283
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to providing a user with an image navigation experience. For instance, a first image of a multidimensional space is provided with an overlay line indicating a direction in which the space extends into the first image such that a second image is connected to the first image along a direction of the overlay line. User input indicating a swipe across a portion of the display is received. When swipe occurred at least partially within an interaction zone defining an area around the overlay line at which the user can interact with the space, the swipe indicates a request to display an image different from the first image. The second image is selected and provided for display based on the swipe and a connection graph connecting the first image and the second image along the direction of the overlay line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Scott Edward Dillard, Humberto Castaneda, Su Chuin Leong, Michael Cameron Jones, Christopher Gray, Evan Hardesty Parker
  • Publication number: 20190040843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a wind speed in a plant (1) having at least two wind turbines (2) spaced apart from one another. In order to determine the wind speed with high accuracy, it is provided according to the invention that an occurrence of a change in the local wind speed is detected for the at least two wind turbines (2), whereupon at least one time difference by which the local changes at the at least two wind turbines (2) are offset is determined, whereupon the wind speed is determined based on the time difference and a distance (3) between the wind turbines (2). In addition, the invention relates to a plant (1) having at least two wind turbines (2) spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: UPTIME HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher GRAY, Franz LANGMAYR
  • Patent number: 10186083
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method that includes receiving a user selection of a portion of a first image. In response to the user-selection, a first identifier of three-dimensional space associated with the user-selection is determined and a second image is selected based on a portion of the second image being associated with the first identifier. The second image may be provided to the user to be displayed. The present disclosure also provides for mapping a portion of a first image to an identifier of three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Gray
  • Publication number: 20180283588
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for re-terminating an end of a flexible pipe. The method comprises removing at least one original end fitting component (310, 335) from a multicomponent end fitting, secured to flexible pipe body at an end of a flexible pipe, leaving a retained portion (330, 360) of the end fitting in situ and subsequently securing at least one superseding end fitting component (310, 335) to the retained portion thereby providing a new fluid tight seal against a fluid retaining layer of the flexible pipe at a new sealing location axially displaced from an original sealing location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Publication number: 20180128404
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for terminating flexible pipe body. The apparatus comprises an end fitting core portion (330), an end fitting termination portion (310) and a spacer ring member (335) locatable between the core portion (330) and the termination portion (310) for maintaining a whole anterior end surface of the core portion (330) and an opposed whole posterior end surface of the termination portion (310) in a spaced apart relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Philip Nott, Ashley Clack, John McNab
  • Patent number: 9754413
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and method that includes receiving a user selection of a portion of a first image. In response to the user-selection, a first identifier of three-dimensional space associated with the user-selection is determined and a second image is selected based on a portion of the second image being associated with the first identifier. The second image may be provided to the user to be displayed. The present disclosure also provides for mapping a portion of a first image to an identifier of three-dimensional space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Gray
  • Publication number: 20170178404
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to providing a user with an image navigation experience. For instance, a first image of a multidimensional space is provided with an overlay line indicating a direction in which the space extends into the first image such that a second image is connected to the first image along a direction of the overlay line. User input indicating a swipe across a portion of the display is received. When swipe occurred at least partially within an interaction zone defining an area around the overlay line at which the user can interact with the space, the swipe indicates a request to display an image different from the first image. The second image is selected and provided for display based on the swipe and a connection graph connecting the first image and the second image along the direction of the overlay line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Scott Edward Dillard, Humberto Castaneda, Su Chuin Leong, Michael Cameron Jones, Christopher Gray, Evan Hardesty Parker
  • Patent number: 9574666
    Abstract: An improved mechanical face seal is provided which includes a pair of relatively rotatable seal rings having opposing seal faces. At least one of the seal faces includes a reverse trapezoidal face pattern having a sine wave depth profile wherein individual face features are circumferentially spaced over the seal face. The reverse trapezoidal face pattern serves to generate a hydrodynamic lift which provides a stable separation of the seal faces that permits formation of a fluid film between the seal faces. The individual trapezoidal grooves have a sinusoidal or similarly shaped depth profile wherein the trapezoid shape is arranged with the narrower edge communicating with the high pressure side of the seal, and the wider edge forms a circumferential dam region towards the low pressure side of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Jason Ferris, Larry Jacobs, Christopher Gray
  • Patent number: 9348720
    Abstract: A method for testing the reliability of complex systems, and includes the evaluation and optimization of the availability of such systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: UPTIME HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Nikolaus Haselgruber, Franz Langmayr
  • Publication number: 20160125561
    Abstract: A method for providing scholarship information to a student is disclosed. The method includes accessing a scholarship server and downloading scholarship information and storing the scholarship information in a database and then automatically categorizing the scholarship information. The method also includes receiving a request for scholarship matching from a mobile device, wherein the request includes biographical information. The method further includes, determining at least one scholarship match based on the scholarship information stored in the database and the received biographical information and transmitting the determined at least one scholarship match to the mobile device in a format that may be displayed on an app stored on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Bryson Alef, Nicholas Pirollo
  • Patent number: 9012382
    Abstract: An internal-combustion engine lubricating oil composition has a P content of not greater than 0.09 mass %; a S content of not greater than 0.3 mass %; and a sulphated ash content of not greater than 1 mass %. It contains the following additives: as sole ashless, nitrogen-containing dispersant, and providing from 0.03 to 0.07 mass % of nitrogen in the lubricating oil composition, at least one ashless, nitrogen-containing derivative of a polyalkenyl-substituted mono- or dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester, the polyalkenyl-substituted mono- or dicarboxylic acid, anhydride or ester being made from a polyalkene exclusively by the thermal “ene” reaction; as sole overbased metal detergent, at least one overbased alkaline earth metal sulfonate; and at least one viscosity modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Gray, Robert William Shaw, Doyle Harold Boese