Patents by Inventor Christopher Marks

Christopher Marks 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: 11797962
    Abstract: Configuring data transfers based on electronic messages. A system includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: receive, from a client device, an authentication credential and associate the authentication credential with a client record. The processor identifies, based on delegated access to query a message account at a message server, a resource request message associated with the message account using a defined criteria. The processor obtains, based on the resource request message, a resource parameter to define a proposed resource transfer to a recipient entity. The processor generates and transmits, to the client device, a transfer request alert based on the proposed resource transfer for display at the client device. In response to receiving, from the client device, a selection of a selectable option, the processor allocates a resource to the recipient entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Jones, Marc Chalifoux, Sara Knechtel
  • Publication number: 20230324052
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an on-demand water heater which uses an electric heat source to heat the water. The on-demand water heater can have a low fluid capacity heating chamber which has an inlet and an outlet, an electric heat source for heating the water, and a controller to control the electric heat source and maintain the temperature of the water at a predetermined temperature setting. The on-demand water heater can be powered by a direct current power source. The on-demand water heater can also utilize a solar thermal system to provide additional heat to the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Hayden, Sergio Fernando Montalgo Salazar, Eric Robert Jurczyszak
  • Patent number: 11783355
    Abstract: For a measurement period, signal strengths, device identifiers and access point identifiers are received from a plurality of access points. A record for the measurement period is stored in random access memory with the record being associated with a single device identifier and containing access point identifiers associated with signal strengths received for the measurement period. The location of a device is determined for the measurement period by retrieving spatial coordinates of a corresponding access point for each access point identifier in the record for the measurement period and setting the location of the device for the measurement period to the average of the retrieved spatial coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Brakob
  • Publication number: 20230306434
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reversing a transfer of a digital asset are described. A method may include storing a token, the token providing for one or more transfers from a second storage location to a first storage location; receiving notification of a first transfer from the first storage location to the second storage location; detecting the first transfer from the first storage location to the second storage location; receiving a request for a reversal of the first transfer; determining an eligibility of the request for the reversal of the first transfer; and responsive to determining the eligibility of the request for the reversal of the first transfer, performing the reversal of the first transfer by executing, using the token, an offsetting transfer from the second storage location to the first storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Jonathan Joseph PRENDERGAST, Christopher Mark JONES, Vipul Kishore LALKA
  • Publication number: 20230306531
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for recommending farming practices based on modelled outcomes are provided. In various embodiments, field data comprising geospatial boundaries of one or more field are received. Management event data comprising one or more management events within the one or more fields is received. For each management event, a management event boundary defining geospatial boundaries is received, and one or more management zones is determined based on the management event boundaries. The determination of one or more management zones comprises sequentially intersecting a geospatial boundary. Each sequential intersection operation creating two branches, one with the intersection of the geometries and one with the difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Eleanor Elizabeth Campbell, Jacob S. McDonald, Aaron J. Goodman, Michael J. Salib, Elisabeth R. Baldo, Keith F. Ma, Daniel Michael Stack, Erich J. Treischman, Melissa Motew, Samuel J. Peters, Christopher K. Black, Ram B. Gurung, Charles D. Brummitt, Brian D. Segal, David P. Smart, Ashok A. Kumar, Barclay Rowland Rogers, Maria Belousova, Jyoti Shankar, Christopher Mark Harbourt, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Amit R. Menipaz, Joseph Weeks, Samantha Horvath
  • Publication number: 20230307253
    Abstract: A kit of parts for forming a foreline for coupling a process chamber to a vacuum pumping and/or abatement system, the kit comprising: a plurality of foreline segments; wherein each foreline segment is a pipe that comprises: a first substantially straight end portion; a second substantially straight end portion opposite to the first end portion; and an intermediate portion disposed between the first and second end portions and connected to the first and second end portions by respective bends; the first and second end portions are substantially parallel to each other; the intermediate portion is oblique to the first and second end portions; and the foreline segments are configured to be attached together so as to form a continuous foreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Bailey, Michael Andrew Galtry
  • Publication number: 20230306440
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a computing device of a transferor entity, a first request to process a transfer of resources associated with a first resource account, the first request indicating a maximum resource transfer amount for the transfer; generating a locked virtual allocation of resources associated with the first resource account, the virtual allocation representing a defined quantity of resources committed for the transfer; obtaining request data for a second request to transfer resources to a second resource account, the request data indicating a minimum requested resource amount; validating the second request based on identifying information of a recipient entity associated with the second request; determining that the first request and the second request satisfy a defined resource transfer condition; and in response to the determining, automatically granting, to the recipient entity, access to the virtual allocation of resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Jonathan Joseph PRENDERGAST, Christopher Mark JONES, Vipul Kishore LALKA
  • Patent number: 11768890
    Abstract: Method and server apparatus for providing and using a centralized Link Metadata System to identify if navigational links are pop-out links, is provided. The present invention utilizes a Link Metadata System, available on the Internet, of metadata associated with any given, specific Internet domain and URI path combination. Software browsing user agents on remote window servers are then configured with the ability to request metadata from the Link Metadata System indicating that a link is a pop-out link. Upon receiving metadata, the user agent determines whether to perform navigation as normal or perform the pop-out link functionality of reloading the remote client user agent's top level container with the content provided at the link's destination URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Balz
  • Patent number: 11763279
    Abstract: In an aspect, the present application describes a computer system. The computer system includes a communications module and a processor coupled to the communications module. The computer system include a memory coupled to the processor storing instructions that, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to: receive, from an automated teller machine (ATM) and via the communications module, an indication of a deposit of a value instrument; save, in the memory, a retention instruction including an associated temporal period, the retention instruction preventing withdrawal of value instruments corresponding to an amount of the deposit; receive, via the communications module, an instruction to process a data transfer to a recipient, the data transfer to the recipient accessing at least a portion of the deposit; and process the data transfer to the recipient during the temporal period using at least a portion of the deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Jones, Marc Chalifoux
  • Publication number: 20230281588
    Abstract: In another aspect, a computer-implemented method is described. The method includes: detecting that an electronic device that has been previously configured to communicate with the ambient commerce system is at the ambient commerce premises, the electronic device associated with an entity; receiving, from the electronic device, a wallet identifier, the wallet identifier uniquely identifying a particular wallet that is to be used to complete an ambient commerce transaction; identifying, based on the sensor, one or more items that are to be associated with the ambient commerce transaction; and processing the ambient commerce transaction for the identified one or more items using the particular wallet identified by the wallet identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Jonathan Joseph PRENDERGAST, Asad JOHEB, Christopher Mark JONES, Thomas Osman KELLY
  • Publication number: 20230274247
    Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided an ambient commerce system. The ambient commerce system may include a sensor at an ambient commerce premises. The ambient commerce system may further include a processor coupled to the sensor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: detect, based on an output of the sensor at the ambient commerce premises, engagement of an entity with a first item satisfying first predetermined criteria; identify the entity; determine based on account data for the identified entity, a resource parameter for the identified entity; and when the resource parameter satisfies second predetermined criteria, generate a notification on an electronic device associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Jonathan Joseph PRENDERGAST, Asad JOHEB, Christopher Mark JONES, Thomas Osman KELLY
  • Publication number: 20230274281
    Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided an ambient commerce system. The ambient commerce system may include a sensor at an ambient commerce premises. The ambient commerce system may include a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The ambient commerce system may include a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store processor-executable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: detect, based on an output of one or more of the sensors, engagement of an entity with a restricted item; identify the entity; obtain at least a portion of a profile for the entity; determine, based on the at least a portion of the profile for the identified entity, eligibility for the entity to acquire the restricted item; and selectively generate, based on the determined eligibility for the entity, a notification on an electronic device associated with the entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Milos DUNJIC, David Samuel TAX, Jonathan Joseph PRENDERGAST, Christopher Mark JONES, Thomas Osman KELLY, Asad JOHEB
  • Patent number: 11731482
    Abstract: This disclosure details integrated thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. Exemplary integrated thermal management systems may include a thermal module assembly that may be integrated into a front end structure of a flexible modular platform of the electrified vehicle. The integrated thermal management systems may be controlled in a plurality of distinct thermal control modes for thermal managing various subcomponents and for addressing various vehicle auxiliary loads (e.g., passenger cabin heating loads, passenger cabin cooling loads, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. Huang, Sunil Katragadda, Ravi Gopal, Clay Wesley Maranville, Christopher Mark Greiner
  • Publication number: 20230253914
    Abstract: A solar roof of a building includes a plurality of solar panels removably coupled to a roof of the building such that a first solar panel of the plurality of solar panels is configured to be removed from the roof without removing an adjacent solar panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Ruffine, Kurt Dammermann, Christopher Marks, Jason Zerweck, Patrick Sweeney, Kenneth Carter James, Michael Barretta
  • Publication number: 20230250374
    Abstract: An anaerobic digestion system is provided. The system includes a biomass storage container and a cover positioned over the biomass storage container, where the cover is sealed at an outer edge of the anaerobic digester. Weights may be arranged on the surface of the cover, and the sealed edges may form a water collection region. Additional systems, including thermal management, gas processing, energy storage and recovery, and sensing can also be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: BENNAMANN SERVICES LTD
    Inventors: Christopher Mark MANN, Tom Richard TAYLOR, Luke James MANN, Richard Alexander BAKER, James William FOOTE, Thomas William BRADSHAW
  • Publication number: 20230243471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the storage and delivery of fuel, such as methane. In certain aspects, a system is provided with an inner vessel, and outer vessel, and a rope suspension system connecting the two vessels. In certain aspects, the disclosed storage tanks operate at low pressure with long hold times, and have a non-cylindrical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: BENNAMANN SERVICES LTD
    Inventors: Christopher Mark MANN, Kate Joanne Dibble, Thomas William Bradshaw, Andrew John Taylor Whitehouse, Duncan Stuart Glasby, Jack Brom Sebastian Irwin, Jamie Eric Freemann, George Edward Hyde-linaker
  • Publication number: 20230239299
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a first request to access a first borrowed resource in association with a first account, determining that a second account that is associated with the first account has access to a first owned resource corresponding to the first borrowed resource, and in response to determining that the second account has access to the first owned resource, allowing access to the first borrowed resource via the first account; and restricting the first owned resource via the second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Ravi Vasant ARCHARYA, Christopher Mark JONES, Claude Bernell LAWRENCE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230186408
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for maintaining a collection of ecosystem credit tokens based on modelled outcomes are provided. In various embodiments, an ecosystem attribute target profile for the collection of ecosystem credit tokens is accessed. The target profile comprises a set of ecosystem characteristics, quantities of one or more ecosystem characteristics, and permanence of one or more ecosystem characteristics. A set of ecosystem credit tokens is accessed, wherein each ecosystem credit token data record comprises one or more of: a validated and verified management event, a methodology, an ecosystem attribute, a boundary, an ecosystem impact, an ecosystem credit, and an ecosystem attribute quantification method. A current profile of the collection of ecosystem credit tokens is determined, wherein the profile comprises the set of ecosystem characteristics within the collection, quantities of ecosystem characteristics, and permanence of ecosystem characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Eleanor Elizabeth Campbell, Jacob S. McDonald, Aaron J. Goodman, Michael J. Salib, Elisabeth F. Baldo, Keith F. Ma, Daniel Michael Stack, Erich J. Treischman, Melissa Motew, Samuel J. Peters, Christopher P. Black, Ram B. Gurung, Charles D. Brummitt, Brian D. Segal, David P. Smart, Ashok A. Kumar, Barclay Rowland Rogers, Maria Belousova, Jyoti Shankar, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Amit R. Menipaz, Joseph Weeks, Samantha Horvath, Christopher Mark Harbourt
  • Publication number: 20230174971
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for identifying, selecting, or culturing cells comprising a subject nucleic acid sequence of interest. Generally, a nucleic acid comprising a subject nucleic acid and a sequence encoding an enzyme molecule involved in biosynthesis of an amino acid is introduced into a cell. The cell is then grown on media lacking the amino acid, such that cells comprising the introduced nucleic acid are capable of growth. In some instances, the cell further comprises an inhibitor of the enzyme molecule to increase the stringency of the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Robert YOUNG, Christopher Mark SMALES, Colin Mark JAQUES, Andrew J. RACHER, Gurdeep SINGH, James BUDGE, Joanne ROBOOL
  • Patent number: 11660810
    Abstract: An extrusion head for a three-dimensional printer is disclosed including a feed tube, a heater, a cooler, and a bridge. The feed tube can be made of metal and has an inlet for receiving a forwardly driven filament of solid deposition material, an outlet, a downstream portion adjacent to the outlet, an upstream portion upstream from the downstream portion, and an internal passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. The heater is thermally coupled with the downstream portion of the feed tube for heating a filament to provide softened fluid deposition material. The cooler is thermally coupled with the upstream portion and spaced generally axially from the heater to define a generally axially extending gap traversed by the feed tube. The bridge traverses the gap and provides a rigid mechanical connection between the heater and the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Slice Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Mark Montgomery