Patents by Inventor Christopher Hall

Christopher Hall 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: 12627687
    Abstract: A data platform monitors a compute environment by performing multi-stage heuristic analysis of event data representing a plurality of events occurring within the environment. The platform utilizes multiple event analyzers, each configured according to a distinct analysis heuristic, to evaluate different subsets of the event data and generate corresponding output signals. A higher-level event analyzer applies a further heuristic to the multiple output signals to generate a composite alert signal, indicating whether the combination of analyzed events collectively represents a security intrusion or other anomalous condition of sufficient severity to warrant alerting. Based on the composite alert signal, the platform performs an alert-based operation, such as generating a user-facing alert, initiating an automated mitigation, or updating a contextual model of system behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: David Nellinger Adamson, Christopher Hall, Njall Skarphedinsson, Pamela Bhattacharya, Aditya Samalla, Rui Zhang, Jessica Liu, Marcos Garcia Marti, Sowmya A. Karmali, Yijou Chen
  • Publication number: 20260038355
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for a camera that can detect a knock. A system can include a doorbell housing. The doorbell housing can include a camera, microphone, and processor. The camera can capture video data of a detection zone in front of a door. The microphone can receive audio. The processor can be a processor coupled to the camera and microphone. The processor can detect a knock in the audio and generate a notification to transmit to a homeowner. The processor can activate the microphone upon detecting a person within the detection zone using the camera. The microphone can capture audio within the detection zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Vivint LLC
    Inventors: Rongbin Lanny Lin, Justin Tran, Christopher Hall, Erik Swenson, Conner Mickelson, Nathan Maus
  • Publication number: 20260036323
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for determining occupancy to adjust a thermostat. The system can include an indoor camera that can monitor an indoor environment. The indoor camera can capture audio data and visual data. The indoor camera can include one or more processors coupled with non-transitory memory to determine, by analyzing audio data or video data captured by the indoor camera, occupancy state of the indoor environment; and to transmit a message to the automation application. The message may indicate the occupancy state of the indoor environment. The automation application can adjust a thermostat upon receiving the message having a particular occupancy state of the indoor environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Vivint LLC
    Inventors: Rongbin Lanny Lin, Brandon Bunker, Justin Tran, Christopher Hall, Erik Swenson, Conner Mickelson, Nathan Maus
  • Patent number: 12537837
    Abstract: An illustrative method for performing a risk scenario assessment and remediation may include identifying, based on posture data associated with a compute environment, one or more compute resources deployed in the compute environment that are configured to be connected to a network, accessing runtime workload data associated with the one or more compute resources representative of network activity for the one or more compute resources, and performing, based on the posture data and the runtime workload data, a remediation operation associated with the one or more compute resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Nolan K. Karpinski, Xiaofei Guo, Christopher Hall, John Payyappillil John, Matti A. Vanninen, Naveen Kumar Bibinagar, Yijou Chen, Sowmya A. Karmali
  • Patent number: 12537884
    Abstract: Data platforms described herein are configured to monitor a compute environment and generate threat intelligence data based on cross-customer data. Such a data platform may access a plurality of customer datasets collected from a plurality of compute environments, aggregate the plurality of customer datasets into an aggregate dataset, and generate, based on the aggregate dataset, one or more indicators indicative of one or more security threats against one or more compute assets within the plurality of compute environments. The data platform may then detect an occurrence of the one or more indicators within a particular compute environment and perform, based on the occurrence of the one or more indicators, a security response operation with respect to the particular compute environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hall, Jose Enrique Hernandez, James Condon, Mary L. Singh, Sowmya A. Karmali, Yijou Chen
  • Publication number: 20250323744
    Abstract: Apparatus are disclosed to syntonize timing devices. An example apparatus includes activity detection circuitry to generate a pulse output based on a first clock and a second clock, the pulse output having a periodicity of the first clock, phase error generation circuitry to determine phase error direction indicators between the pulse output and a regenerated clock, the regenerated clock having a first frequency, proportional/integral (PI) circuitry to determine correction values based on the phase error direction indicators, the correction values to cause modification of the first frequency of the regenerated clock, and precision time protocol (PTP) timer circuitry to modify a frequency of a third clock based on accumulated ones of the correction values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Mahibur Rahman, Christopher Hall, David Mccall
  • Patent number: 12445474
    Abstract: An illustrative method includes scanning a compute environment associated with an entity and identifying one or more attack paths from a network to one or more datasets associated with the entity. The one or more attack paths each include a series of risk artifacts within the compute environment that can be exploited by an attacker to access the one or more datasets. The method further includes generating one or more attack path risk scores associated with the one or more attack paths and indicative of one or more levels of risk that the one or more attack paths could be exploited to access the one or more datasets. A risk mitigation operation associated with the one or more attack paths is performed based on the one or more attack path risk scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Nolan K. Karpinski, Xiaofei Guo, Yijou Chen, Christopher Hall, Matti A. Vanninen, Carsten Varming, John Payyappillil John, Nicholas W. McNutt, Sowmya A. Karmali
  • Publication number: 20250294245
    Abstract: Presented herein are system and methods for an indoor camera that can detect an audio event. The system can include an indoor camera, a control panel, and one or more processors coupled with non-transitory memory. The indoor camera can monitor an indoor environment. The indoor camera can capture audio data and visual data. The visual data can include images and/or videos. The indoor camera can detect, by analyzing audio data captured by the indoor camera, an audio event. The indoor camera can classify the audio event into a type of audio event. The indoor camera can transmit a message to the control panel, wherein the message indicates a type of the audio event. The control panel can receive messages and/or notifications from the indoor camera. The control panel can activate an alarm upon receiving the message having a particular type of audio event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Applicant: Vivint LLC
    Inventors: Justin Tran, Connor Mickelson, Nathan Maus, Christopher Hall, Erik Swenson
  • Patent number: 12383869
    Abstract: A conditioning system for a filter module is disclosed. The conditioning system may generally include an inlet, a heat exchanger, a magnetically levitated pump, a channel provided to bypass the heat exchanger, a controller, an outlet, and a base. The system may have components lined with corrosion-resistant materials. A method of conditioning a filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include measuring TOC in a source of ultrapure water, heating the ultrapure water, rinsing a filter module with the heated water, flushing the filter module with ambient temperature water, and repeating the rinsing with heated water and flushing with ambient temperature water. A method of facilitating conditioning of the filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include providing a portable filter module conditioning system and providing instructions for installation or use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gullion, Joshua Hawley, Christopher Hall
  • Patent number: 12246979
    Abstract: A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate. The ultrapure water may be further treated by utilizing ion exchange media and degasification apparatus. A control system can be utilized to regulate a continuously variable intensity of the actinic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Hall, Bruce Lee Coulter
  • Publication number: 20240390858
    Abstract: A conditioning system for a filter module is disclosed. The conditioning system may generally include an inlet, a heat exchanger, a magnetically levitated pump, a channel provided to bypass the heat exchanger, a controller, an outlet, and a base. The system may have components lined with corrosion-resistant materials. A method of conditioning a filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include measuring TOC in a source of ultrapure water, heating the ultrapure water, rinsing a filter module with the heated water, flushing the filter module with ambient temperature water, and repeating the rinsing with heated water and flushing with ambient temperature water. A method of facilitating conditioning of the filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include providing a portable filter module conditioning system and providing instructions for installation or use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gullion, Joshua Hawley, Christopher Hall
  • Patent number: 12120212
    Abstract: Time recovery techniques are described. A method comprises receiving messages from the first device by the second device in the first network domain, the messages to comprise time information to synchronize a first clock for the first device and a second clock for the second device to a network time, determining the second clock is to recover the network time for the second device without new messages from the first device, retrieving a first set of timestamps previously stored for events in the first network domain using the network time from the second clock, retrieving a second set of timestamps previously stored for the events in the first network domain using a redundant time from a third clock, where the third clock is not synchronized with the first and second clocks, and recovering the network time using a regression model and the redundant time from the third clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vuk Lesi, Christopher Gutierrez, Manoj Sastry, Christopher Hall, Marcio Juliato, Shabbir Ahmed, Qian Wang
  • Patent number: 12095782
    Abstract: Techniques to secure a time sensitive network are described. An apparatus may establish a data stream between a first device and a second device in a network domain, the network domain includes a plurality of switching nodes, receive messages from the first device by the second device in the network domain, the messages to comprise time information to synchronize a first clock for the first device and a second clock for the second device to a network time for the network domain, update a correction field for a received message with a residence time and time delay value by the second device, determine whether the updated message is benign or malicious, update the correction field for the updated message with an inference time when the updated message is benign, and prevent relay of the updated message to other devices in the network domain when the updated message is malicious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Gutierrez, Vuk Lesi, Manoj Sastry, Christopher Hall, Marcio Juliato, Shabbir Ahmed, Qian Wang
  • Publication number: 20240251780
    Abstract: The present set of embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for packing and transporting materials suitable for taxidermy. More specifically, the present disclosure includes embodiments of animal cape and skull transportation apparatuses including a hood adjoined to a cape receiver wherein the hood is adapted to receive the muzzle of an animal and cape receiver is adapted to receive an animal cape including hide harvested from near the shoulder region of the animal. Additional embodiments allow for the apparatus to partially enclose the cape and skull of an animal to preserve between initial harvest and a taxidermy professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Hall
  • Patent number: 12041927
    Abstract: The present set of embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for packing and transporting materials suitable for taxidermy. More specifically, the present disclosure includes embodiments of animal cape and skull transportation apparatuses including a hood adjoined to a cape receiver wherein the hood is adapted to receive the muzzle of an animal and cape receiver is adapted to receive an animal cape including hide harvested from near the shoulder region of the animal. Additional embodiments allow for the apparatus to partially enclose the cape and skull of an animal to preserve between initial harvest and a taxidermy professional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher Hall
  • Patent number: 11975294
    Abstract: A conditioning system for a filter module is disclosed. The conditioning system may generally include an inlet, a heat exchanger, a magnetically levitated pump, a channel provided to bypass the heat exchanger, a controller, an outlet, and a base. The system may have components lined with corrosion-resistant materials. A method of conditioning a filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include measuring TOC in a source of ultrapure water, heating the ultrapure water, rinsing a filter module with the heated water, flushing the filter module with ambient temperature water, and repeating the rinsing with heated water and flushing with ambient temperature water. A method of facilitating conditioning of the filter module is also disclosed. The method may generally include providing a portable filter module conditioning system and providing instructions for installation or use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gullion, Christopher Hall, Joshua Hawley
  • Publication number: 20240080329
    Abstract: An illustrative method for performing a risk scenario assessment and remediation may include identifying, based on posture data associated with a compute environment, one or more compute resources deployed in the compute environment that are configured to be connected to a network, accessing runtime workload data associated with the one or more compute resources representative of network activity for the one or more compute resources, and performing, based on the posture data and the runtime workload data, a remediation operation associated with the one or more compute resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Theodore M. Reed, Nolan K. Karpinski, Xiaofei Guo, Christopher Hall, John Payyappillil John, Matti A. Vanninen, Naveen Kumar Bibinagar, Yijou Chen, Sowmya A. Karmali
  • Patent number: 11879480
    Abstract: A compressor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an outer band, a plurality of variable pitch vanes, and an inner band. The plurality of variable pitch vanes extend radially between the outer band and the inner band. The inner band extends circumferentially partway about an axis and includes a first ring segment and a second ring segment that cooperate to receive the plurality of variable pitch vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Engebretsen, Christopher Hall, Erick Meyer
  • Publication number: 20230368987
    Abstract: A DC disconnector comprising a static electrical contact, at least one moveable electrical contact comprising a plurality of conductor blades, and a shaft, coupled to the movable electrical contact. The shaft is configured to actuate the moveable electrical contact between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein at least a portion of each conductor blade abuts the static electrical contact in the first configuration, and wherein the plurality of conductor blades are displaced from the static electrical contact in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Hibberson, Michael Saunders, Christopher Hall
  • Publication number: 20230312386
    Abstract: A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate. The ultrapure water may be further treated by utilizing ion exchange media and degasification apparatus. A control system can be utilized to regulate a continuously variable intensity of the actinic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Hall, Bruce Lee Coulter