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).
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Publication number: 20250144480Abstract: A golf club head having discreet regions of specific mass relationships, including a lightweight forward portion, to achieve specific mass properties and performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 12277562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Rocky Medure, Christopher Walker
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Publication number: 20250076876Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Michael Siemer, Gordon Mountford, Adam Marshall Lewis, Jan Sobus, Connor James Christopher Walker, Jeremie Lacasse
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Patent number: 12099985Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
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Patent number: 12045258Abstract: 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 desType: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mukti Nikhil Desai, Mohit Tandon, Christopher Walker Barrett, Shalini Balasubramonian
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Publication number: 20240185212Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
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Publication number: 20240185211Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Demitra Skipper, Jae Won Park, Grant Gliner, Rishi Ahuja, Christopher Walker
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Publication number: 20230415661Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventor: Christopher Walker Praat
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Publication number: 20230315756Abstract: 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 desType: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mukti Nikhil DESAI, Mohit TANDON, Christopher Walker BARRETT, Shalini BALASUBRAMONIAN
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Patent number: 11734360Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Catachi Co.Inventors: Danielle Lee Deibler, Brendan Callahan, Christopher Walker
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Patent number: 11687723Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Raj Nagesh, Charles Christopher Walker, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli
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Publication number: 20220410153Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventor: Christopher Walker
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Patent number: 11494449Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: COMPLIANCE.AIInventors: Kayvan Alikhani, Danielle Lee Deibler, Christopher Walker, Brendan Callahan
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Polymerase chain reaction using a microfluidic chip fabricated with printed circuit board techniques
Patent number: 11383236Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Christopher Walker -
Patent number: 11321526Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Rob Bean, Alexis Nicole Hatzis Liakas, Anthony Mauricio Pallone, Reza Sarbakhsh, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli, Charles Christopher Walker, Raj Nagesh
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Patent number: 11295071Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: 100.co, LLCInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11165727Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Misbah Uraizee, George Arthur Herbert, III, Christopher Walker, Aaron Stolarz
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Publication number: 20210294979Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Raj Nagesh, Charles Christopher Walker, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli
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Publication number: 20210294973Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Rob Bean, Alexis Nicole Hatzis Liakas, Anthony Mauricio Pallone, Reza Sarbakhsh, Kriteshwar Kaur Kohli, Charles Christopher Walker, Raj Nagesh
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Publication number: 20210275061Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: George Anthony McKinney, Glenn Allan Battle, Robert Christopher Walker, David Nichols