Patents by Inventor Colin KEOGH

Colin KEOGH 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: 11466397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and method of drying clothes. A clothes dryer (10) comprising:—a drying chamber (31), arranged to accommodate clothes, defined by at least one wall,—an air pathway, along which air is arranged to flow from an air inlet to an air outlet, comprising the drying chamber (31), wherein,—the at least one wall comprises a cavity wall comprising a first curved surface (11), a cavity (16) and a second curved surface (15),—the first curved surface (11) of the cavity wall being arranged to define an exterior surface of the dryer and to facilitate a transmission of light energy to the cavity (16) and/or the second curved surface (15),—the cavity (16) being arranged as comprised in the air pathway, and,—the second curved surface (15) of the cavity wall being arranged to define at least a part of the drying chamber (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MAIKOLOGY DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Patricia Mangan, Colin Keogh, Sean Toomey
  • Patent number: 10967248
    Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate generating and presenting a crossword puzzle. Methods include obtaining, from a content source, a plurality of data items. Using the plurality of data items, a dictionary of clue-word pairs are generated. A crossword layout is generated using a random crossword layout generator. The generated crossword layout is input to a model that outputs a likelihood that the input crossword layout results in a valid crossword. If the likelihood that the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle satisfies a first threshold, a plurality of words in a set of clue-word pairs from among the plurality of clue-word pairs is inserted into the crossword layout. If the plurality of words inserted into the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle is provided to a user on a user device using the set of clue-word pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Adam Lelkes, Colin Keogh, Regis McHugh Gaughan, III, Katrina Tempero, Cong Yu, Vinh Quoc Tran, Ziad Raymond Sultan
  • Publication number: 20200391101
    Abstract: Methods and systems that facilitate generating and presenting a crossword puzzle. Methods include obtaining, from a content source, a plurality of data items. Using the plurality of data items, a dictionary of clue-word pairs are generated. A crossword layout is generated using a random crossword layout generator. The generated crossword layout is input to a model that outputs a likelihood that the input crossword layout results in a valid crossword. If the likelihood that the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle satisfies a first threshold, a plurality of words in a set of clue-word pairs from among the plurality of clue-word pairs is inserted into the crossword layout. If the plurality of words inserted into the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle is provided to a user on a user device using the set of clue-word pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Adam Lelkes, Colin Keogh, Regis McHugh Gaughan, III, Katrina Tempero, Cong Yu, Vinh Quoc Tran, Ziad Raymond Sultan
  • Publication number: 20190100866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and method of drying clothes. A clothes dryer (10) comprising:—a drying chamber (31), arranged to accommodate clothes, defined by at least one wall,—an air pathway, along which air is arranged to flow from an air inlet to an air outlet, comprising the drying chamber (31), wherein,—the at least one wall comprises a cavity wall comprising a first curved surface (11), a cavity (16) and a second curved surface (15),—the first curved surface (11) of the cavity wall being arranged to define an exterior surface of the dryer and to facilitate a transmission of light energy to the cavity (16) and/or the second curved surface (15),—the cavity (16) being arranged as comprised in the air pathway, and,—the second curved surface (15) of the cavity wall being arranged to define at least a part of the drying chamber (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: MAIKOLOGY DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
    Inventors: Patricia MANGAN, Colin KEOGH, Sean TOOMEY
  • Patent number: D930683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talia Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier
  • Patent number: D934900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talía Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier
  • Patent number: D944270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talía Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier
  • Patent number: D944832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talía Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier
  • Patent number: D989806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talía Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier
  • Patent number: D991280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nishant Ranka, Aaron Brako, Jessica W. Huang, Talía Brigneti Rouillon, Colin Keogh, Lucas Galo, Nilanjana Banerjee, Rahul Choudhury, Pierre-Laurent Coirier