Patents by Inventor Christopher Walker

Christopher Walker 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).

  • Publication number: 20250144480
    Abstract: A golf club head having discreet regions of specific mass relationships, including a lightweight forward portion, to achieve specific mass properties and performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher John Harbert, Joseph Henry Hoffman, Christopher Rollins, Todd P. Beach, Mark Vincent Greaney, Justin D. Kleinert, David Bennett, Charles Chou, Stephen Kraus, Matthew Greensmith, Matthew D. Johnson, Brett Christopher Walker, Garret Clifton Vierhout
  • Patent number: 12277562
    Abstract: A payment service system receives a request from a user's device for an exchange between a first asset (e.g., a fiat currency) and a second asset (e.g., a cryptocurrency) via an agent, and identifies the agent based on context of the request. The system generates an interactive element, provides the interactive element to the user's device, and detects when the agent's device interacts with the interactive element on the user's device. The system verifies respective identities of the user and the agent based on the interaction. The system verifies that the first asset has been transferred between the user and the agent, and facilitates transfer of the second asset between an account associated with the user and an account associated with the agent and/or the payment service system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Rocky Medure, Christopher Walker
  • Publication number: 20250076876
    Abstract: A worksite tracking system uses sensor data associated with operations of a machine on a worksite to detect when the machine performs a dump event to dump material at the worksite, and to update tracking data that tracks machine operations and material movement at the worksite. If sensor data causes detection of a false dump event that did not actually occur, the worksite tracking system identifies the detected false dump event and suppresses corresponding information to update and correct the tracking data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Siemer, Gordon Mountford, Adam Marshall Lewis, Jan Sobus, Connor James Christopher Walker, Jeremie Lacasse
  • Patent number: 12099985
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to storing group data objects that associate accounts and generating user interfaces associated with those group data objects. User input data may be received that is associated with the group member accounts and a determination may be made that the user input data is associated with the group data object in question. Elements of the user interface may be altered based on the user input data, and a command may be sent to a device associated with the group data object, where the command may cause a payment application to be displayed in a foreground of the device and may cause display of the element as altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
  • Patent number: 12045258
    Abstract: A method for performing conditional copying of a data object in a data environment to prevent a copying operation failure includes receiving a request to copy the data object to a destination source, the request including an identification of a first source data object, a second source data object and indication of an order of preference between the first data object and the second data object for copying the data object; determining based on the order that data object should be copied from the first source data object; examining a first source indicator to determine if the first source data object is available for copying; based on the determination, copying the data object from the first source data object to the destination source, when the first source data object is available and copying the copying the data object from the second source data object to the destination source, when the first source data object is not available; and creating an indication of successful copying of the data object to the des
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mukti Nikhil Desai, Mohit Tandon, Christopher Walker Barrett, Shalini Balasubramonian
  • Publication number: 20240185212
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to generating group data objects and monitoring inputs associated with the group data objects to determine if attribute thresholds are satisfied. When satisfied, functionality may be enabled for the users associated with the group data objects. Additionally, when change to the group data object are detected, user interfaces associated with the group data object may be updated to provide real-time indications of information and functionality associated with the group data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
  • Publication number: 20240185211
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to storing group data objects that associate accounts and generating user interfaces associated with those group data objects. User input data may be received that is associated with the group member accounts and a determination may be made that the user input data is associated with the group data object in question. Elements of the user interface may be altered based on the user input data, and a command may be sent to a device associated with the group data object, where the command may cause a payment application to be displayed in a foreground of the device and may cause display of the element as altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
  • Publication number: 20230415661
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (2) for a vehicle (1), the apparatus comprising a roof box (10) for fitting to a roof of the vehicle with a length of the roof box orientated parallel with a length of the vehicle, and a back box (20) for fitting to a rear of the vehicle with a height of the back box orientated parallel with a height of the vehicle. The roof box and the back box preferably abut one another along a connection interface (25) that extends rearwardly and upwardly from a bottom of the roof box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher Walker Praat
  • Publication number: 20230315756
    Abstract: A method for performing conditional copying of a data object in a data environment to prevent a copying operation failure includes receiving a request to copy the data object to a destination source, the request including an identification of a first source data object, a second source data object and indication of an order of preference between the first data object and the second data object for copying the data object; determining based on the order that data object should be copied from the first source data object; examining a first source indicator to determine if the first source data object is available for copying; based on the determination, copying the data object from the first source data object to the destination source, when the first source data object is available and copying the copying the data object from the second source data object to the destination source, when the first source data object is not available; and creating an indication of successful copying of the data object to the des
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mukti Nikhil DESAI, Mohit TANDON, Christopher Walker BARRETT, Shalini BALASUBRAMONIAN
  • Patent number: 11734360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating the classification of documents. Accordingly, the method may include receiving, using a communication device, documents from at least one user device, analyzing, using a processing device, the documents based on a filter, classifying, using the processing device, the documents into a topic based on the analyzing of the documents, transmitting, using the communication device, the documents and a topic identifier associated with the topic to a user device, receiving, using the communication device, a judgment data from the user device, analyzing, using the processing device, the judgment data, modifying, using the processing device, the filter based on the analyzing of the judgment data, generating, using the processing device, a modified filter based on the modifying, and storing, using a storage device, the modified filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Catachi Co.
    Inventors: Danielle Lee Deibler, Brendan Callahan, Christopher Walker
  • Patent number: 11687723
    Abstract: Text blocks are semantically compared, and a semantic score is provided to a user. The semantic score is based on application of a machine learning model trained on a text corpus. One or both of the two text blocks may have one or more words that do not appear in the training text corpus (skip-words). Skip-words are used, rather than discarded, to adjust the semantic score via, for example, a penalization function. The user provides feedback about the accuracy of the adjusted semantic score, and the feedback is used to perform supervised learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raj Nagesh, Charles Christopher Walker, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli
  • Publication number: 20220410153
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a microfluidic chip for performing a microfluidic reaction. The microfluidic chip includes a rigid layer, a first polymer layer that forms a first surface of a microfluidic chamber within the microfluidic chip, a first adhesive layer disposed between the rigid layer and the first polymer layer, and a second polymer layer that forms a second surface of the microfluidic chamber, and a first port connecting an exterior of the microfluidic chip to the microfluidic chamber through at least the rigid layer, the first polymer layer, and the first adhesive layer. A first self-sealing valve is formed in the first polymer layer and disposed within the first port, the first self-sealing valve configured to seal directly against the rigid layer through a first gap in the first adhesive layer in response to pressure from thermal expansion of a fluid within the microfluidic chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Walker
  • Patent number: 11494449
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of facilitating searching of regulatory content. The method may include receiving, using a communication device, a search request from a user device. Further, the search request may be associated with a user account. Further, the method may include querying, using a storage device, at least one database based on the search request. Further, the method may include receiving, using a processing device, at least one regulatory content from the storage device based on the querying. Further, the method may include retrieving, using the storage device, at least one user characteristic associated with the user account. Further, the method may include generating, using the processing device, at least one personalized regulatory content based on each of the at least one regulatory content and the at least one user characteristic. Further, the method may include transmitting the at least one personalized regulatory content to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: COMPLIANCE.AI
    Inventors: Kayvan Alikhani, Danielle Lee Deibler, Christopher Walker, Brendan Callahan
  • Patent number: 11383236
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a microfluidic chip for performing a microfluidic reaction. The microfluidic chip includes a rigid layer, a first polymer layer that forms a first surface of a microfluidic chamber within the microfluidic chip, a first adhesive layer disposed between the rigid layer and the first polymer layer, and a second polymer layer that forms a second surface of the microfluidic chamber, and a first port connecting an exterior of the microfluidic chip to the microfluidic chamber through at least the rigid layer, the first polymer layer, and the first adhesive layer. A first self-sealing valve is formed in the first polymer layer and disposed within the first port, the first self-sealing valve configured to seal directly against the rigid layer through a first gap in the first adhesive layer in response to pressure from thermal expansion of a fluid within the microfluidic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Walker
  • Patent number: 11321526
    Abstract: A system identifies a first text fragment as being under evaluation, wherein the first text is in at least a first document being compared to a second document using a first semantic model. The system compares the first text fragment to one or more text fragments of the second document. The system identifies top-k text fragments in the second document that are most similar to the first text fragment based on processing using the first semantic model. The system presents a user, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the top-k text fragments in visual proximity to the first text fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rob Bean, Alexis Nicole Hatzis Liakas, Anthony Mauricio Pallone, Reza Sarbakhsh, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli, Charles Christopher Walker, Raj Nagesh
  • Patent number: 11295071
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and linking a series of interfaces configured to display information and receive confirmation of classifications made by a natural language modeling engine to improve organization of a collection of documents into an hierarchical structure. In some embodiments, the interfaces may display to an annotator a plurality of labels of potential classifications for a document as identified by a natural language modeling engine, collect annotated responses from the annotator, aggregate the annotated responses across other annotators, analyze the accuracy of the natural language modeling engine based on the aggregated annotated responses, and predict accuracies of the natural language modeling engine's classifications of the documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: 100.co, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Munro, Christopher Walker, Sarah K. Luger, Jason Brenier, Paul A. Tepper, Ross Mechanic, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott, Gary C. King, Brendan D. Callahan, Tyler J. Schnoebelen, Edgar Nunez, Haley Most
  • Patent number: 11165727
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to uploading of attachments to a relevant group cloud storage at send time. A communication application and/or service may suggest to a user to upload an attachment of an outgoing communication to a group cloud storage upon generation of the communication. Suggestion of group may be based on last use, document type, content, user(s), which account the user is in, and comparable factors. The user (or sender) may also be provided with options to set permissions for the attachment based on the upload destination selection. In some examples, upload of work documents to personal cloud storage may be prevented and suitable groups may be selected for user that are part of multiple groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, George Arthur Herbert, III, Christopher Walker, Aaron Stolarz
  • Publication number: 20210294979
    Abstract: Text blocks are semantically compared, and a semantic score is provided to a user. The semantic score is based on application of a machine learning model trained on a text corpus. One or both of the two text blocks may have one or more words that do not appear in the training text corpus (skip-words). Skip-words are used, rather than discarded, to adjust the semantic score via, for example, a penalization function. The user provides feedback about the accuracy of the adjusted semantic score, and the feedback is used to perform supervised learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Raj Nagesh, Charles Christopher Walker, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli
  • Publication number: 20210294973
    Abstract: A system identifies a first text fragment as being under evaluation, wherein the first text is in at least a first document being compared to a second document using a first semantic model. The system compares the first text fragment to one or more text fragments of the second document. The system identifies top-k text fragments in the second document that are most similar to the first text fragment based on processing using the first semantic model. The system presents a user, via a graphical user interface (GUI), the top-k text fragments in visual proximity to the first text fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Rob Bean, Alexis Nicole Hatzis Liakas, Anthony Mauricio Pallone, Reza Sarbakhsh, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli, Charles Christopher Walker, Raj Nagesh
  • Publication number: 20210275061
    Abstract: Devices and methods of detecting gas and volatile organic compounds from skin are disclosed. One system for detecting emissions through skin includes a sensing device having a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a concave-shaped bottom surface creating a cavity region, the at least one light source arranged to emit a spectral range of wavelengths of light into the cavity region, and at least one sensor disposed to receive light emitted by the at least one sensor after the light propagates through at least a portion of the cavity region, the at least one sensor configured to generate a signal based on the received light. The sensing device may also include a communication module configured wirelessly transmit the spectral information to a mobile device for determining a characteristic, for example, a blood glucose level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: George Anthony McKinney, Glenn Allan Battle, Robert Christopher Walker, David Nichols