Patents by Inventor Derek Brown

Derek Brown 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: 20250068493
    Abstract: Systems and methods to automatically provide graphics rendering optimization settings in real-time to a client device for rendering of graphics by a client application such as running on a browser or hand-held device. Specifically, a specially-configured Graphics Rendering Optimization Client application running on a client device sends requests to a corresponding Graphics Rendering Optimization Service running on a server system to obtain graphics rendering settings in real-time for rendering of graphics by the client application running on the client device, thereby providing automated and real-time graphics rendering optimization with little impact on the performance of the client application and client device. In certain embodiments, the Graphics Rendering Optimization Service employs an AI-based model that is trained and used to predict the graphics rendering settings in real time to improve the rendering performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Anupreet Singh, Derek Brown
  • Publication number: 20250069316
    Abstract: Systems and methods to automatically provide graphics rendering optimization settings in real-time to a client device for rendering of graphics by a client application such as running on a browser or hand-held device. Specifically, a specially-configured Graphics Rendering Optimization Client application running on a client device sends requests to a corresponding Graphics Rendering Optimization Service running on a server system to obtain graphics rendering settings in real-time for rendering of graphics by the client application running on the client device, thereby providing automated and real-time graphics rendering optimization with little impact on the performance of the client application and client device. In certain embodiments, the Graphics Rendering Optimization Service employs an AI-based model that is trained and used to predict the graphics rendering settings in real time to improve the rendering performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Hexagon Technology Center GmbH
    Inventors: Anupreet Singh, Derek Brown
  • Patent number: 12093644
    Abstract: A system for analyzing and prescribing content changes to achieve target readability level evaluates a readability score for a file at least at a whole document level and a sentence level based on a designated readability index; identifies one or more sentences that contribute to the file having the whole document level readability score outside a desired readability score of the readability index; provides a visual indicator for each of the identified one or more sentences; and re-evaluating the readability score for the file at the whole document level upon at least one of the identified one or more sentences being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jayasudha Thota, Gabriele Masili, Rodney Derek Brown, Kartik Krishnan, Raymond Robert Ringhiser, Anusha Meka
  • Patent number: 11884368
    Abstract: A method of launching an elongate subsea structure such as a pipeline bundle unit into water provides buoyant support to the structure by displacing water with a hollow buoyancy unit that applies buoyant upthrust to the structure. By lowering the buoyancy unit in the water to bring a permanently open aperture of the buoyancy unit beneath a surface level of the water, the buoyancy unit is flooded with water through the or each permanently open aperture to reduce the buoyant upthrust applied to the structure. A corresponding elongate subsea structure is also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUBSEA 7 LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Derek Brown, Eric Fletcher McEwan
  • Publication number: 20230330572
    Abstract: An intake filter including a cylindrical screen assembly and a drive unit; where the drive unit is attached to the intake filter and configured to rotate the screen assembly about a longitudinal axis of said screen assembly, such that the drive unit lies entirely outside the volume of the screen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: PETER DEREK BROWN
  • Patent number: 11739863
    Abstract: A bundle section of a subsea pipeline bundle has a rigid carrier pipe having an end closed by a transverse bulkhead and one or more fluid conduits in fluid communication with an opening that penetrates the bulkhead. Fluid coupling formations such as a spigot or a recess on an outer face of the bulkhead surround the opening. Leak-tight coupling between successive fluid conduits is effected when the bulkheads of two such bundle sections are brought together. This forces together opposed complementary fluid coupling formations of the bulkheads. The bulkheads connect the adjoining bundle sections fluidly and mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: Philip Derek Brown, Robert Dicken
  • Patent number: 11469482
    Abstract: A waveguide assembly for a radio frequency (RF) signal network can include a plurality of waveguides, wherein at least two of the plurality of waveguides are integrally formed with each other. A satellite payload can include the waveguide assembly, a method of manufacturing a waveguide assembly, and a method of manufacturing a signal network. Also provided is a waveguide connector having a flange, and a plurality of ports, wherein the flange can couple to a further waveguide connector, each port of the plurality of ports being configured to interface with a respective waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Morris, Derek Brown, Ian Gorecki, Mike Webber, Maurice Joseph Hamer
  • Publication number: 20220188514
    Abstract: A system for analyzing and prescribing content changes to achieve target readability level evaluates a readability score for a file at least at a whole document level and a sentence level based on a designated readability index; identifies one or more sentences that contribute to the file having the whole document level readability score outside a desired readability score of the readability index; provides a visual indicator for each of the identified one or more sentences; and re-evaluating the readability score for the file at the whole document level upon at least one of the identified one or more sentences being changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jayasudha THOTA, Gabriele MASILI, Rodney Derek BROWN, Kartik KRISHNAN, Raymond Robert RINGHISER, Anusha MEKA
  • Patent number: 11165803
    Abstract: The technology disclosed includes a system to reduce clutter during graph presentation for security incident analysis. The system includes logic to score nodes potentially collapsed by equivalence, of indicated interest for security incident analysis, to prevent aggregation. The system includes logic to aggregate and hide equivalent nodes that have matching degrees, that are connected to matching nodes by matching edge types, and that have scores below a first selected threshold. The system does not collapse nodes that are interesting for security analysis and keeps them visible. The technology disclosed identifies chains of at least three nodes having degrees of 1 or 2, without branching from any node in the chain. The identified chains are collapsed into chain-collapsed single nodes. Two different cases of chains including whisker chains ending in a leaf node and chains connected at both ends to two other nodes are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Derek Brown, Raymond Joseph Canzanese, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210221475
    Abstract: A method of launching an elongate subsea structure such as a pipeline bundle unit into water provides buoyant support to the structure by displacing water with a hollow buoyancy unit that applies buoyant upthrust to the structure. By lowering the buoyancy unit in the water to bring a permanently open aperture of the buoyancy unit beneath a surface level of the water, the buoyancy unit is flooded with water through the or each permanently open aperture to reduce the buoyant upthrust applied to the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Derek Brown, Eric Fletcher McEwan
  • Publication number: 20200274215
    Abstract: A waveguide assembly for a radio frequency (RF) signal network can include a plurality of waveguides, wherein at least two of the plurality of waveguides are integrally formed with each other. A satellite payload can include the waveguide assembly, a method of manufacturing a waveguide assembly, and a method of manufacturing a signal network. Also provided is a waveguide connector having a flange, and a plurality of ports, wherein the flange can couple to a further waveguide connector, each port of the plurality of ports being configured to interface with a respective waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space Limited
    Inventors: Ian MORRIS, Derek BROWN, Ian GORECKI, Mike WEBBER, Maurice Joseph HAMER
  • Publication number: 20200088324
    Abstract: A bundle section (20) of a subsea pipeline bundle comprises a rigid carrier pipe (12) having an end closed by a transverse bulkhead (26A, 26B), and one or more fluid conduits in fluid communication with an opening that penetrates the bulkhead. Fluid coupling formations such as a spigot or a recess on an outer face of the bulkhead surround the opening. Leak-tight coupling between successive fluid conduits is effected when the bulkheads of two such bundle sections are brought together. This forces together opposed complementary fluid coupling formations of the bulkheads. The bulkheads connect the adjoining bundles sections fluidly and mechanically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Derek BROWN, Robert DICKEN
  • Publication number: 20190379684
    Abstract: The technology disclosed includes a system to reduce clutter during graph presentation for security incident analysis. The system includes logic to score nodes potentially collapsed by equivalence, of indicated interest for security incident analysis, to prevent aggregation. The system includes logic to aggregate and hide equivalent nodes that have matching degrees, that are connected to matching nodes by matching edge types, and that have scores below a first selected threshold. The system does not collapse nodes that are interesting for security analysis and keeps them visible. The technology disclosed identifies chains of at least three nodes having degrees of 1 or 2, without branching from any node in the chain. The identified chains are collapsed into chain-collapsed single nodes. Two different cases of chains including whisker chains ending in a leaf node and chains connected at both ends to two other nodes are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Netskope, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Derek Brown, Raymond Joseph Canzanese, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180303140
    Abstract: Disclosed are fried, edible sauerkraut foodstuff(s) having a predetermined shape. The foodstuff includes (a) shredded cheese and cream cheese dispersed throughout the foodstuff (b) a meat product, diced onion, and diced oven bell pepper heterogeneously dispersed in the foodstuff; (c) seasoning homogeneously dispersed throughout the foodstuff and (d) shredded sauerkraut. The shredded sauerkraut of the foodstuff is aggregated and adhered together by the shredded cheese and/or cream cheese to form the fried, edible sauerkraut foodstuff having a predetermined shape with the meat product heterogeneously dispersed throughout the foodstuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ida Brown, Derek Brown
  • Publication number: 20180128245
    Abstract: An electrical generation system includes a plurality of wind generators. Each of the wind generators extends upwardly out of a body of water. Each of the wind generators is rotated by wind thereby facilitating each of the wind generators to generate electricity. A platform is slidably coupled to each of the wind generators. The platform travels upwardly and downwardly along the wind generator when the body of water raises and lowers. A plurality of motion units is operationally coupled between an associated one of the wind generator and the platform. Each of the motion units converts the upward and downward motion of the platform into electrical energy. A plurality of solar cells is coupled to the platform to convert sunlight into electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Derek Brown
  • Patent number: 9967309
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically loading route and dependency information in a single-page application (SPA) that executes on a client device are provided. In one technique, a SPA includes a route handler that receives a requested route. The route handler determines whether the requested route matches any route in a list of routes. The only route that the request route may “match” is a wildcard route, which is associated with a function, when called with the requested route as input, causes a server request to be generated and transmitted from the client device to a server. The server responds with the requested route, dependency information for the requested route, and, optionally, one or more other routes, which may be “child” routes of the requested route. A module instance is generated based on the dependency information and loaded into the SPA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Brown, Abhishek Pandya, Zachary Mulgrew, Jordan Smith, Adam Miller, Asa Kusuma
  • Patent number: 9793524
    Abstract: A water resistant battery box for use with electronic faucets. The battery box includes a lower housing, a cover supported by the lower housing, and an upper housing positioned between the lower housing and the cover. The upper housing includes a lip seal cooperating with the lower housing to prevent water from leaking into the housing while permitting for internal pressure within the battery box to be relieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
    Inventors: Kurt Thomas, Derek Brown, Joel Sawaski
  • Publication number: 20170002261
    Abstract: A composition or compositions useful as a well treatment fluid is disclosed containing high molecular weight guar and low molecular weight water soluble polymer having a lower molecular weight than the high molecular weight guar. The composition can also contain water and a crosslinking agent, and the low molecular weight water soluble polymer can include a low molecular weight guar. A method of treating a subterranean formation is also disclosed including placing the composition(s) in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Andrey Mirakyan, Derek Brown, Richa Sethi, Blake McMahon, Bruce MacKay, Dominic Perroni
  • Publication number: 20160100030
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically loading route and dependency information in a single-page application (SPA) that executes on a client device are provided. In one technique, a SPA includes a route handler that receives a requested route. The route handler determines whether the requested route matches any route in a list of routes. The only route that the request route may “match” is a wildcard route, which is associated with a function, when called with the requested route as input, causes a server request to be generated and transmitted from the client device to a server. The server responds with the requested route, dependency information for the requested route, and, optionally, one or more other routes, which may be “child” routes of the requested route. A module instance is generated based on the dependency information and loaded into the SPA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Derek Brown, Abhishek Pandya, Zachary Mulgrew, Jordan Smith, Adam Miller, Asa Kusuma
  • Publication number: 20140272509
    Abstract: A water resistant battery box for use with electronic faucets. The battery box includes a lower housing, a cover supported by the lower housing, and an upper housing positioned between the lower housing and the cover. The upper housing includes a lip seal cooperating with the lower housing to prevent water from leaking into the housing while permitting for internal pressure within the battery box to be relieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kurt Thomas, Derek Brown, Joel Sawaski