Patents by Inventor Christopher Scott Stewart
Christopher Scott Stewart 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: 11947780Abstract: A method at an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a user interface having a first region and a second region; receiving, and displaying in the first region of the user interface, a live video stream of a physical environment captured by a remote video camera; displaying, in the second region, a timeline corresponding to a timespan for a first portion of a duration during which the live video stream may have been recorded; in response to receiving a user interaction to move the timespan to a second portion of the duration, transitioning the displayed timeline to a new timeline that corresponds to the timespan for the second portion, and while transitioning, displaying, in the first region, a subset of video frames representing the first and/or second portion of the duration.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Christopher Charles Burns, George Alban Heitz, III, James Edward Stewart, Cameron Hill, Seungho Yang, Joe Delone Venters, William Alex Finlayson, Carsten Hinz, Timothy Samuel Psiaki, Nathan Scott Klee, Gregory Rourk Nelson, Kevin James Avery, Lawrence W. Neal, Martin Davidsson
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Patent number: 11118413Abstract: A system, includes a movable platform slidingly coupled to one or more supports and configured to be selectively moved towards a drill floor and away from the drill floor. The system also includes a roughneck disposed on the movable platform and configured to make up or break out a threaded joint between a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment. The system additionally includes a support member disposed on the movable platform and configured to support one of the first tubular segment or the second tubular segment as the movable platform is selectively moved towards a drill floor or away from the drill floor.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Ensco International IncorporatedInventors: Richard Robert Roper, John Stokes Knowlton, Christopher Scott Stewart
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Patent number: 10745980Abstract: A system, including one or more supports disposed on a drill floor.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Richard Robert Roper
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Publication number: 20200190918Abstract: A system, includes a movable platform slidingly coupled to one or more supports and configured to be selectively moved towards a drill floor and away from the drill floor. The system also includes a roughneck disposed on the movable platform and configured to make up or break out a threaded joint between a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment. The system additionally includes a support member disposed on the movable platform and configured to support one of the first tubular segment or the second tubular segment as the movable platform is selectively moved towards a drill floor or away from the drill floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Richard Robert Roper, John Stokes Knowlton, Christopher Scott Stewart
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Publication number: 20200032607Abstract: A system includes a plug configured to restrict release of hydrocarbons from a terminal end of an offshore riser by accumulating the hydrocarbons at the plug when the plug is disposed in an internal portion of the offshore riser and at a first vertical location of the offshore riser. The system also includes a vent configured to be disposed at a second vertical location, wherein the vent is configured to provide a path for the hydrocarbons to be released from the offshore riser.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Thomas Strenger Proehl
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Patent number: 10538986Abstract: Techniques and systems to provide pressure reduction of a fluid, for example, from a well. A device includes an input configured to be fluidly coupled to a well control device. The device also includes an output configured to be to be fluidly coupled to the well control device. The device further includes at least one valve configured to alter a pressure of a fluid received at the input and transmitted from the output.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Ensco International IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Benjamin Matthew Riley, Steven Andrew Leppard, Justin Dow Alcorn
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Publication number: 20190271198Abstract: A system, including one or more supports disposed on a drill floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Richard Robert Roper
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Patent number: 10294737Abstract: A system, including one or more supports. The system also includes a movable platform slidingly coupled to the one or more supports and configured to be selectively moved towards a drill floor and away from the drill floor. The system further includes a roughneck disposed on the movable platform and configured to make up or break out a threaded joint between a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment, wherein the roughneck is configured to be selectively movable along the movable platform from a first position disposed adjacent to the one or more supports and a second position disposed adjacent to the first tubular segment and the second tubular segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Richard Robert Roper
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Publication number: 20180274307Abstract: A system, including one or more supports. The system also includes a movable platform slidingly coupled to the one or more supports and configured to be selectively moved towards a drill floor and away from the drill floor. The system further includes a roughneck disposed on the movable platform and configured to make up or break out a threaded joint between a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment, wherein the roughneck is configured to be selectively movable along the movable platform from a first position disposed adjacent to the one or more supports and a second position disposed adjacent to the first tubular segment and the second tubular segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Richard Robert Roper
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Patent number: 10081986Abstract: Techniques and systems to couple a high pressure casing string to a blowout preventer or a subsea shut-in device. A device includes a locking mechanism configured to interface with a terminal end of a casing string of an offshore platform to couple the device to the terminal end of the casing string. The device also includes a sealing mechanism configured to fluidly seal an area around the terminal end of the casing string, wherein the locking mechanism and the sealing mechanism are disposed at separate positions along a vertical orientation of the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Ensco International IncorporatedInventor: Christopher Scott Stewart
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Publication number: 20180202253Abstract: Techniques and systems to provide pressure reduction of a fluid, for example, from a well. A device includes an input configured to be fluidly coupled to a well control device. The device also includes an output configured to be to be fluidly coupled to the well control device. The device further includes at least one valve configured to alter a pressure of a fluid received at the input and transmitted from the output.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Benjamin Matthew Riley, Steven Andrew Leppard, Justin Dow Alcorn
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Patent number: 9797224Abstract: Techniques and systems to provide additional holding ability to a subsea wellhead system. A device includes an auxiliary frame that may be coupled to an outer portion of a BOP frame that encloses at least a portion of a BOP. The auxiliary frame may also house a plurality of accumulators that may be used to provide pressurized fluid to the BOP.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Ensco International IncorporatedInventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Justin Dow Alcorn
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Publication number: 20170198531Abstract: Techniques and systems to couple a high pressure casing string to a blowout preventer or a subsea shut-in device. A device includes a locking mechanism configured to interface with a terminal end of a casing string of an offshore platform to couple the device to the terminal end of the casing string. The device also includes a sealing mechanism configured to fluidly seal an area around the terminal end of the casing string, wherein the locking mechanism and the sealing mechanism are disposed at separate positions along a vertical orientation of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventor: Christopher Scott Stewart
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Patent number: 9361792Abstract: Techniques and methods to reduce downtime in an offshore platform, such as an offshore semi-submersible drilling rig or drillship. Through the use of one or more movable platforms in a moon pool area, work on a riser string passing through the moon pool area may be performed without exposing workers directly to the open sea below. Accordingly, the use of the one or more movable platforms in the moon pool area may provide protected access to the riser string during, for example, harsh weather conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Ensco International IncorporatedInventors: Richard Robert Roper, Christopher Scott Stewart, Justin Dow Alcorn, Steven Andrew Leppard
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Publication number: 20150266544Abstract: Techniques and methods to reduce downtime in an offshore platform, such as an offshore semi-submersible drilling rig or drillship. Through the use of one or more movable platforms in a moon pool area, work on a riser string passing through the moon pool area may be performed without exposing workers directly to the open sea below. Accordingly, the use of the one or more movable platforms in the moon pool area may provide protected access to the riser string during, for example, harsh weather conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Richard Robert Roper, Christopher Scott Stewart, Justin Dow Alcorn, Steven Andrew Leppard
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Patent number: 8607060Abstract: A first information handling system (“IHS”) receives identification information of a first user of a second IHS. The first IHS initiates a network session in response to authenticating the identification information of the first user. Within the network session, the first IHS receives identification information of a second user of the second IHS. The first IHS authenticates the identification information of the second user.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Pamela Ann Thibodeaux, Bonnie Rose Stewart
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Patent number: 8132016Abstract: A first information handling system (“IHS”) receives identification information of a first user of a second IHS. The first IHS initiates a network session in response to authenticating the identification information of the first user. Within the network session, the first IHS receives identification information of a second user of the second IHS. The first IHS authenticates the identification information of the second user.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Pamela Ann Thibodeaux, Bonnie Rose Stewart