Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Christensen

Daniel A. Christensen 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: 20240095788
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for a scalable pricing engine. A scalable pricing engine is operable in a low-scale mode and a high-scale or scalable mode to process pricing data in response to pricing requests. The pricing engine operates in a first runtime environment in the low-scale mode in which it can service pricing requests up to a threshold number and in which the pricing data can be updated and tested. The pricing engine also operates in a second runtime environment which is a scalable runtime supporting pricing requests above the specified threshold. The scalable runtime and pricing engine rely on a scalable read-only data service which distributes a read-only copy of at least a portion of the pricing data from the primary database, a high-scale cache to reduce access latency, data processing and network resource allocations, and data reduction techniques when processing requests and responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Parth Vijay Vaishnav, Thomas Jones, Mitchell Christensen, Daniel May, Harpreet Singh, Jalaleldeen Aref
  • Patent number: 11867677
    Abstract: A sensor discriminator for detecting a gaseous substance includes a power source, a discrimination module, a sensor simulator that simulates a metal organic framework under at least one simulation condition, a simulation circuitry electrically coupling the sensor simulator to the power source and the discrimination module, and a discriminator circuitry that electrically couples the power source and the discrimination module to a gas capture probe. The discrimination module compares a discrimination pulse and a simulation pulse from the power source after the discrimination pulse passes through a metal organic framework of the gas capture sensor and the simulation pulse passes through a simulation component of the sensor simulator. The discrimination module causes a discriminator output that includes the comparison of the discrimination pulse to the simulation pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Christensen, Ratthatrust Leryoskajai, Nathan S. L. Volkmann
  • Patent number: 10820670
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Publication number: 20170332747
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: 9756910
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Dune Jewelry, LLC
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Publication number: 20170135451
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: 9591901
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Publication number: 20150208771
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: 9009974
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Dune Jewelry, LLC
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: 8616329
    Abstract: A broadband acoustic lens and method of designing same is provided for focusing an incident acoustic wave. The broadband lens includes a plurality of concentric rings, where each concentric ring of the plurality of concentric rings has a ring width, and a plurality of gaps, where each gap of the plurality of gaps has a spacing. The concentric rings are separated by a spacing corresponding to a gap of the plurality of gaps. The widths of the plurality of concentric rings and the spacings of the plurality of gaps are arranged such that the incident acoustic wave is focused to a spot within a sub-wavelength of the incident acoustic wave in air. The arrangement of the widths of the plurality of concentric rings and spacings of the plurality of gaps is aperiodic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John T Welter, Shamachary Sathish, Daniel Christensen, Jason D Heebl, Philip Brodrick, Matthew R Cherry
  • Publication number: 20130074546
    Abstract: A sand based jewelry and methods of making sand based jewelry is provided. The jewelry having a quantity of sand mixed with a quantity of binding medium. The binding medium and sand mixture are capable of being solidified and mounted to a jewelry setting. The jewelry setting attached to a jewelry item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: 5543185
    Abstract: A unique climbing structure that is durable, lightweight and easy to assemble is provided. The structure is based on the use of polystyrene foam blocks attached to a support structure. The polystyrene can be cut to be irregularly shaped like a normal rock, and can be shaped with larger dimensions and depth than other techniques, giving a more realistic structure. The shaped polystyrene foam is covered with a hard coating to give the exterior a rock-like appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Arete Climbing Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Christensen
  • Patent number: D704589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: D705113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Holly Daniels Christensen
  • Patent number: D1012985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Barclay Mechanical Services of Utah, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Barclay, Russell Sanders, Daniel Christensen