Patents by Inventor David A. Wells

David A. Wells 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: 10749899
    Abstract: Securely sharing a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session with one or more trusted devices. In one embodiment, a method may include establishing a TLS session between a client device and a server device, communicating encrypted messages that are encrypted using encryption keys between the client device and the server device, and intercepting and decrypting one or more of the encrypted messages at a trusted device using the encryption keys. In this embodiment, the establishing of the TLS session may include negotiating a master secret, establishing a secure channel between the trusted device and the client device or the server device, sending, from the client device or the server device, the master secret to the trusted device over the secure channel, and employing the master secret at the client device, at the server device, and at the trusted device to generate, for the TLS session, the encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Roelof N. Du Toit, Noah Z. Robbin, David Wells
  • Patent number: 10680951
    Abstract: A system and method for handling a digital electronic flow between a first and second entity in which a flow policy is determined that is to be applied to the flow and the flow is then directed along a path in accordance with the policy. An ID is supplied for each flow and a tag associated with each flow which indicates the policy to be applied to its associated flow. Flows are also associated with one another, with associated flows having associated policies. In particular the flow may be processed or forwarded. The path may include a graph structure and virtual applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Netronome Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Heinrich Tönsing, Roelof Nico DuToit, Gysbert Floris van Beek Van Leeuwen, Jan Neil Viljoen, David Wells, Leon Johannes Brits, Jan Christoffel DuToit
  • Publication number: 20200166316
    Abstract: A projectile for conventional firearms includes a cavity with a conical or ogive surface, and an internal cavity into which is disposed an explosive material, such as a low explosive material. The tip of the projectile includes a reservoir into which is disposed an initiator, detonator, or primer material. According to some embodiments a pin is disposed ahead of the initiator, while according to others, deformable material is placed ahead of the initiator, so that impact of the projectile onto a target shocks the initiator into deflagration, which propagates into the explosive material, to fragment the projectile or for pyrotechnic effects, or both. According to additional embodiments, the explosive may be a binary explosive activated by common substances available separately to a user, so that the product itself may be legally sold, shipped, and stored in a safe and stable state and thus incur fewer regulatory burdens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: David Wells, Timothy Mark Wells
  • Publication number: 20190354345
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing supplemental information with a response to a command are provided herein. In some embodiments, audio data representing a spoken command may be received by a cloud-based information system. A response to the command may be retrieved from a category related to the context of the command. A supplemental information database may also be provided that is pre-populated with supplemental information related to an individual having a registered account on the cloud-based information system. In response to retrieving the response to the command, supplemental information may be selected from the supplemental information database to be appended to the response to the command. A message may then be generated including the response and the supplemental information appended thereto, which in turn may be converted into audio data representing the message, which may be sent to a voice-controlled electronic device of the individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Srikanth Doss Kadarundalagi Raghuram Doss, Jeffery David Wells, Richard Dault, Benjamin Joseph Tobin, Mark Douglas Elders, Stanislava R. Vlasseva, Skeets Jonathan Norquist, Nathan Lee Bosen, Ryan Christopher Rapp
  • Patent number: 10320842
    Abstract: Securely sharing a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session with one or more trusted devices. In one embodiment, a method may include establishing a TLS session between a client device and a server device, communicating encrypted messages that are encrypted using encryption keys between the client device and the server device, and intercepting and decrypting one or more of the encrypted messages at a trusted device using the encryption keys. In this embodiment, the establishing of the TLS session may include negotiating a master secret, establishing a secure channel between the trusted device and the client device or the server device, sending, from the client device or the server device, the master secret to the trusted device over the secure channel, and employing the master secret at the client device, at the server device, and at the trusted device to generate, for the TLS session, the encryption keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SYMANTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roelof N. Du Toit, Noah Z. Robbin, David Wells
  • Patent number: 10275189
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for printing jobs received from enterprise customers through a global printing network. One aspect relates to an architecture that interfaces customers, communication service firms (CSFs), and downstream digital print service providers (PSPs) in a global communications network. Such an architecture permits last-mile production functions that allow the distribution of print jobs to be optimized, containing costs, maintaining quality, and performing billing functions that improve the quality of such networks and make a global print network feasible. As a result, Enterprise customers benefit from lower costs and global sourcing while print service providers and graphics service firms benefit from increased revenue due to increased utilization of the overall global network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mimeo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Toby LaVigne, Christopher David Wells, Aron Blume
  • Patent number: 10241754
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing supplemental information with a response to a command are provided herein. In some embodiments, audio data representing a spoken command may be received by a cloud-based information system. A response to the command may be retrieved from a category related to the context of the command. A supplemental information database may also be provided that is pre-populated with supplemental information related to an individual having a registered account on the cloud-based information system. In response to retrieving the response to the command, supplemental information may be selected from the supplemental information database to be appended to the response to the command. A message may then be generated including the response and the supplemental information appended thereto, which in turn may be converted into audio data representing the message, which may be sent to a voice-controlled electronic device of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Srikanth Doss Kadarundalagi Raghuram Doss, Jeffery David Wells, Richard Dault, Benjamin Joseph Tobin, Mark Douglas Elders, Stanislava R. Vlasseva, Skeets Jonathan Norquist, Nathan Lee Bosen, Ryan Christopher Rapp
  • Patent number: 10107839
    Abstract: A fiber optic sensor system for measuring electric currents, such as the associated with geomagnetic disturbances and electromagnetic pulses. A fiber optic sensor system is disclosed including at least one light source, one or more first optical fibers having a first end arranged to receive light from the light source(s) and transmit the light to at least one of the sensor, and one or more second optical fibers arranged to receive reflected light from the fiber optic sensors and transmit the reflected light to a light sensing element. Using the sensors and the system, it is possible to measure currents within a structure of interest, such as upon the grounded neutral of an electric power transformer, take multiple measurements of current at the same piece of equipment or at multiple locations, or measure current and other physical phenomena on separate materials or structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FIBER OPTIC SENSOR SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas Lagakos, Patrick Hernandez, David Wells, Victor Kaybulkin
  • Patent number: 10044619
    Abstract: A system and method for handling a digital electronic flow between a first and second entity in which a flow policy is determined that is to be applied to the flow and the flow is then directed along a path in accordance with the policy. An ID is supplied for each flow and a tag associated with each flow which indicates the policy to be applied to its associated flow. Flows are also associated with one another, with associated flows having associated policies. In particular the flow may be processed or forwarded. The path may include a graph structure and virtual applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Netronome Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Heinrich Tönsing, Roelof Nico DuToit, Gysbert Floris van Beek Van Leeuwen, Jan Neil Viljoen, David Wells, Leon Johannes Brits, Jan Christoffel DuToit
  • Publication number: 20180219779
    Abstract: A system and method for handling a digital electronic flow between a first and second entity in which a flow policy is determined that is to be applied to the flow and the flow is then directed along a path in accordance with the policy. An ID is supplied for each flow and a tag associated with each flow which indicates the policy to be applied to its associated flow. Flows are also associated with one another, with associated flows having associated policies. In particular the flow may be processed or forwarded. The path may include a graph structure and virtual applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Johann Heinrich Tönsing, Roelof Nico DuToit, Gysbert Floris van Beek Van Leeuwen, Jan Neil Viljoen, David Wells, Leon Johannes Brits, Jan Christoffel DuToit
  • Publication number: 20180128041
    Abstract: A device for sealing an aperture defined between a first object and second object is provided. The device comprises a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The first sealing member comprising a base member and first, second and third sealing portions. The base member has first and second sides and a surface extending therebetween. The first sealing portion extends from the first side of the base member. A first attachment portion extends along at least a portion of the surface of the base member. The second sealing portion extends from the second side of the base member and is configured to conform to and seal the gap. The third sealing portion extends from the second sealing portion and defines a distal end structured to conform to and form a seal the exterior surface of the second object. The second sealing member comprising a backing member and second attachment portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Allen Mashburn, John David Wells
  • Publication number: 20170360498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus or system are disclosed for a procedure with minimal or no fluoroscopy, for example an electrosurgical procedure, and which uses a three dimensional mapping system. The procedure typically involves electrical measurement of the electrode of a needle to determine its position. Some embodiments further include intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) for tracking devices. The apparatus includes a needle with a tip electrode, an electroanatomical mapping (EAM) system, and an electrical generator, wherein a switching device is used to restrictively electrically connect the needle to only one of the mapping system or generator at a given time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gareth Davies, Ellen Harfield, Rodney Horton, David Wells, Jason Woo
  • Patent number: 9807121
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to receive a first communication session using a first key, where the first communication session is between a client and a server. A second communication session is initiated using a second key, where the second communication session is between the apparatus and the server. An active communication session is negotiated between the client and the server using the first key and the second key. The active communication session is decrypted using the first key and the second key. The active communication session is re-encrypted using a third key to form re-encrypted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Levy, David Wells, Paul Kraus
  • Publication number: 20170165816
    Abstract: A hammer wrench has a body having pockets placed in an inner surface of the body, each of the pockets in radial arrangement about an axis such that each pocket is displaced substantially sixty degrees from at least one neighboring pocket. A hammer post, can extend radially from an outer arced surface of the body, and expose a first flat face lying within a 15° tolerance of a first plane that extends through the axis. The hammer post can expose a second flat face lying within a 15° tolerance of a second plane that extends through the axis. In addition, the body has at least two distal ends that that are more remote from the hammer post than any of the at least three pockets, the at least two distal ends providing a gap therebetween that is wider than an inner diameter of at least one of the pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: David A. Wells, SR.
  • Patent number: 9679781
    Abstract: Various pattern transfer and etching steps can be used to create features. Conventional photolithography steps can be used in combination with pitch-reduction techniques to form superimposed, pitch-reduced patterns of crossing elongate features that can be consolidated into a single layer. Planarizing techniques using a filler layer and a protective layer are disclosed. Portions of an integrated circuit having different heights can be etched to a common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mirzafer Abatchev, David Wells, Baosuo Zhou, Krupakar Murali Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20170154086
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a change data monitoring system may gather change data from multiple data sources each with a different proprietary source format. The change data monitoring system may receive a change data report having a change data set describing changes made to an online system from a data source of a data source set tracking the online system using multiple proprietary source formats. The change data monitoring system may convert the change data set from a proprietary source format to a standardized data presentation format. The change data monitoring system may present the change data set to a user in the standardized data presentation format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Karin Meier-Magruder, Shawn Becker, Charles McDaniels, George Ringer, Daniel Dawson, David Wells
  • Patent number: 9545095
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and kit for the extermination of pests, including animal pests such as vermin. The invention relates generally to a spring-less extermination apparatus which kills pests with stretchable rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: David Wells, Luc Desbonnets
  • Publication number: 20160311708
    Abstract: Methods of administering biocide to industrial water in an industrial water process are provided. The methods may be carried out using a reactor for generating an oxidative biocide and delivering the oxidative biocide to a liquid stream. The reactor includes, among other things, a reaction chamber and packing positioned within the reaction chamber to facilitate mixing of at least two reactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Felice DiMascio, David Wells, Mark Pokos
  • Patent number: 9441760
    Abstract: A cart has a base; and at least two right-side protrusions, namely, a right-side sub-rail protrusion extending horizontally from the base; and a right-side super-rail protrusion extending horizontally from the base. The right-side sub-rail protrusion and right-side super-rail protrusion are adapted to straddle a substantially horizontal flange of a first rail and the first rail is one among the at least one rail. Further, the base has at least two left-side protrusions, namely, a left-side sub-rail protrusion extending in a direction opposite to the right-side sub-rail protrusion from the base; and a left-side super-rail protrusion extending in a direction opposite to the right-side super-rail protrusion from the base. Further, the left-side sub-rail protrusion and left-side super-rail protrusion are adapted to straddle a substantially horizontal flange of a second rail, and the second rail is one among the at least one rail. A vertical support extends upwards from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Fabrication of Rig and Exploration Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Wells, Sr.
  • Patent number: D758590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BAYLIS MEDICAL COMPANY INC.
    Inventors: Natalia Burachynsky, Gareth Davies, Krishan Shah, Lyndsay Stephenson, David Wells, Jason Woo