Patents by Inventor Edward Murphy

Edward Murphy 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: 12141824
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine unique audience size via clustered data. An example apparatus includes memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of execute or instantiate the machine readable instructions. The example processor circuitry is to form a first matrix identifying matching and non-matching instances of first values of respective demographics of an audience of media and second values of the respective demographics. Also, the processor circuitry is to normalize the first matrix to generate an account sharing adjustment matrix. Additionally, the processor circuitry is to apply the account sharing adjustment matrix to a vector of one or more counts of impressions of the media to correct for one or more members of the audience that share a user account registered with a database proprietor, the one or more counts of the impressions corresponding to the respective demographics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Dipti Umesh Shah, Michael R. Sheppard, Jing Liu, Olabode O. Oyeneye, Edward Murphy, Jonathan Sullivan, Matthew Zipoy
  • Patent number: 12141823
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes an audience size calculator circuitry to determine a first census-level audience size, and an impression count calculator circuitry to determine a first census-level impression count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Sheppard, DongBo Cui, Jake Ryan Dailey, Edward Murphy, Diane Morovati Lopez
  • Publication number: 20240371602
    Abstract: An ion implanter that includes an ion source to generate an ion beam, a platen disposed in a process chamber to support a workpiece that is treated with the ion beam, and a plasma flood gun that results in fewer particles in the process chamber is disclosed. The plasma flood gun includes at least one plasma chamber, each having at least one aperture through which low energy ions and electrons are emitted. A sweeper is located near the aperture, positioned so as to be between the aperture and the upstream components. The sweeper is heated using resistive elements or a halogen lamp so as to elevate its temperature, which limited the amount of deposition that occurs on the sweeper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Sinclair, Paul Joseph Murphy, Bon-Woong Koo, Gregory Edward Stratoti, Tseh-Jen Hsieh, Alexandre Likhanskii, Glenn Green
  • Patent number: 12135716
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for efficiently estimating the number of unique elements in a collection of elements comprises generating, via hash logic, hash values for each element of the collection of elements. The method further comprises specifying, in a sketch-frequency table, a set of discrete statistical values associated with the hash values and, for each discrete statistical value of the set of discrete statistical values, information indicative of a frequency at which binary representations of the hash values are associated with the discrete statistical value. The cardinality of the collection of elements is estimated based on the sketch-frequency table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Edward Murphy, Jonathan Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20240347482
    Abstract: Integrated circuits (ICs) that avoid or mitigate creation of changes in accumulated charge in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, particularly an SOI substrate having a trap rich layer. In one embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, the FET is turned OFF while maintaining essentially the same VDS as during an active mode. In another embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, current flow through the FET is interrupted while maintaining essentially the same VGS as during the active mode. In another embodiment, a FET is configured such that, in a standby mode, the FET is switched into a very low current state (a “trickle current” state) that keeps both VGS and VDS close to their respective active mode operational voltages. Optionally, S-contacts may be formed in an IC substrate to create protected areas that encompass FETs that are sensitive to accumulated charge effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Mark Englekirk, Keith Bargroff, Christopher C. Murphy, Tero Tapio Ranta, Simon Edward Willard
  • Patent number: 12120391
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to estimate audience sizes and durations for media accesses are disclosed. An example apparatus at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to select constraint equations corresponding to one or more events, the one or more events corresponding to a first audience and a second audience, the first audience to include the second audience, and determine, based on the constraint equations and an auxiliary equation, event audience sizes corresponding to the first audience and to the one or more events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Richard Sheppard, Dongbo Cui, Jake Ryan Dailey, Edward Murphy, Diane Morovati Lopez
  • Patent number: 12093968
    Abstract: Example technical solutions to determine census-level audience metrics across demographics are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include a distribution parameter solver to initialize distribution parameter values for a probability of an individual within a demographic being (i) included in a subscriber audience for the demographic and (ii) having a first impression duration, the subscriber audience having a first subscriber audience size. Disclosed example apparatus also include a divergence parameter solver to determine divergence parameter values between (i) the first subscriber audience size and the first impression duration and (ii) a census-level audience size and a second impression duration based on the initialized distribution parameter values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Sheppard, DongBo Cui, Jake Dailey, Edward Murphy, Diane Morovati Lopez
  • Patent number: 12094063
    Abstract: A redundant tracking system comprising multiple redundant tracking sub-systems, enabling seamless transitions between such tracking sub-systems, provides a solution to this problem by merging multiple tracking approaches into a single tracking system. This system is able to combine tracking objects with six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) and 3 DoF through combining and transitioning between multiple tracking systems based on the availability of tracking indicia tracked by the tracking systems. Thus, as the indicia tracked by any one tracking system becomes unavailable, the redundant tracking system seamlessly switches between tracking in 6 DoF and 3 DoF thereby providing the user with an uninterrupted experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew James McPhee, Samuel Edward Hare, Peicheng Yu, Robert Cornelius Murphy, Dhritiman Sagar
  • Publication number: 20240303676
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes audience metrics collecting circuitry to access first audience metrics from a server, and access second audience metrics from the server, matrix building circuitry to build a matrix of the first audience metrics and the second audience metrics, missing values of the matrix corresponding to the second audience metrics, data transforming circuitry to transform the first audience metrics and the second audience metrics in the matrix, missing value calculating circuitry to determine imputed transformed values of the missing values using a recommender system, and the data transforming circuitry to recover imputed values of the missing values based on the imputed transformed values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: DongBo Cui, Edward Murphy, Michael Richard Sheppard, David Forteguerre, Jessica Lynn White, PengFei Yi, Jonathan Sullivan
  • Patent number: 12088876
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate synthetic respondent level data. Example apparatus disclosed herein include means for generating a synthetic panel corresponding to a duration of time, the means for generating the synthetic panel to: generate a transition matrix corresponding to a first sub-duration of the duration of time and a second sub-duration of the duration of time; generate, based on the transition matrix, a plurality of synthetic panelists and associated viewing data; remove first ones of the synthetic panelists associated with one or more weights that do not satisfy a threshold to generate the synthetic panel corresponding to the duration of time, the synthetic panel representative of audiences of media presented by a plurality of media devices during the duration of time; and generate synthetic respondent level data based on the viewing data associated with remaining second ones of the synthetic panelists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Jonathan Sullivan, Michael D. Morgan, Balachander Shankar, Edward Murphy, Frank Downing
  • Publication number: 20240295684
    Abstract: A remote phosphor package according to the present invention includes a green emitting quantum dot material and a Mn4+ doped phosphor of formula I, dispersed in a host matrix Ax[MFy]:Mn4+?? I wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or combinations thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or combinations thereof; x is an absolute value of a charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventor: James Edward Murphy
  • Patent number: 12069337
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to estimate an audience population. An example apparatus includes at least one memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: determine whether respective ones of respondents are associated with a characteristic; detect unique instances of the respective ones of the respondents; in response to the respective ones of the respondents being associated with the characteristic, increase a sample capture count by one; in response to detecting the unique instances of the respective ones of the respondents exhibiting the characteristic, increase a unique capture count by one; determine a seed population estimate based on the unique capture count; and determine a population estimate having the characteristic based on the sample capture count, the unique capture count, the seed population estimate, and a number of available samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Ludo Daemen, Edward Murphy, Molly Poppie
  • Publication number: 20240274015
    Abstract: A module for a leader vehicle of a convoy can have a suite of sensors, a communication system, and a controller. The sensor suite can have at least one feature sensor that detects features and/or terrain in an environment and at least one location sensor that determines a location of the leader vehicle. Via the sensor suite, the controller can detect features as the leader vehicle travels along a route through the environment as well as the route of the leader vehicle. The controller can build a map for at least part of the environment with the detected route therethrough. Data indicative of the map and the detected route can then be transmitted to one or more follower vehicles. In some embodiments, the leader vehicle is manually driven while the follower vehicles operate autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph PUTNEY, Alberto LACAZE, Edward MOTTERN, Anne SCHNEIDER, Karl MURPHY
  • Publication number: 20240263413
    Abstract: Outdoor power equipment includes: a first wheel assembly including a first hub motor and coupled to a first side of the outdoor power equipment; a second wheel assembly including a second hub motor coupled to a second side of the outdoor power equipment; and a battery coupled to the first hub motor and the second hub motor and configured to supply electrical power to the first hub motor and the second hub motor; wherein the first hub motor is configured to rotate the first wheel assembly to drive the outdoor power equipment; and wherein the second hub motor is configured to rotate the second wheel assembly to drive the outdoor power equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: David Edward Chreene, Nicholas Dane Suchoza, Christopher Jon Eichel, Ryan Mark Murphy, Jason Michael Swanson, Yin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240267577
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to assign respondents to geographic locations for audience measurement are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to determine a set of constraints based on aggregate values of demographic features associated with respective ones of the geographic locations. Disclosed example apparatus are also to construct a model to return probabilities that respective ones the respondents are associated with the respective ones of the geographic locations, the model to have a set of parameters, respective ones of the parameters to be associated with respective ones of the constraints. Disclosed example apparatus are further to evaluate the model based on values of the set of parameters and values of the demographic features for a first one of the respondents to determine a set of probabilities that the first respondent is to be assigned to respective ones of the geographic locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Sheppard, Edward Murphy, Chris Samuel Redino, Michael D. Morgan, Jonathan Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20240249908
    Abstract: A dose cup assembly that results in less particles in a process chamber is disclosed. The dose cup assembly includes a faceplate attached to a back wall of the process chamber, and having an opening; an aperture plate defining a plurality of slots; and a tunnel having walls and sidewalls and having a proximal end and a distal end, located between the faceplate and the aperture plate, such that the proximal end is nearer to the faceplate and the distal end is nearer to the aperture plate; wherein at least one of the faceplate, the walls, the sidewalls or the aperture plate has one or more exposed outer surfaces that comprise silicon. The exposed outer surfaces may be silicon. In some embodiments, the faceplate, the walls, the sidewalls or the aperture plate may be graphite, aluminum, or stainless steel which is coated with silicon or silicon carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Sinclair, Paul Joseph Murphy, Bon-Woong Koo, Gregory Edward Stratoti, Tseh-Jen Hsieh, Glenn Green
  • Patent number: 12042595
    Abstract: A continuous flow centrifuge bowl includes a rotatable outer body, and a top and bottom core that are rotatable with the outer body. The bottom core has a wall extending proximally from a bottom wall. The proximally extending wall is radially outward from at least a portion of the top core and, together with the top core, defines a primary separation region in which initial separation of the whole blood occurs. The bowl may also have a secondary separation region located between the top core and the outer body, and a rotary seal that couples an inlet port and two outlet ports to the outer body. The inlet port may be connected to an inlet tube that extends distally into a whole blood introduction region. Additionally, one of the outlet ports may be connected to an extraction tube that extends into a region below the bottom core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Haemonetics Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Murphy, Dominique Uhlmann, Edward Powers, Michael Ragusa, Etienne Pagès
  • Publication number: 20240228874
    Abstract: A process for preparing a Mn+4 doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn+4 I includes combining a first solution comprising a source of A and a second solution comprising H2MF6 in the presence of a source of Mn, to form the Mn+4 doped phosphor; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7; and wherein a value of a Hammett acidity function of the first solution is at least ?0.9. Particles produced by the process may have a particle size distribution with a D50 particle size of less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: James Edward MURPHY, Srinivas Prasad SISTA, Samuel Joseph CAMARDELLO
  • Publication number: 20240218243
    Abstract: A process for preparing a Mn+4 doped phosphor of formula I Ax [MFy]:Mn+4 I includes combining a first solution comprising a source of A and a second solution comprising H2MF6 in the presence of a source of Mn, to form the Mn+4 doped phosphor; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7; and wherein a value of a Hammett acidity function of the first solution is at least ?0.9. Particles produced by the process may have a particle size distribution with a D50 particle size of less than 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: James Edward MURPHY, Srinivas Prasad SISTA, Samuel Joseph CAMARDELLO
  • Patent number: 12008587
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes audience metrics collecting circuitry to access first audience metrics from a server, and access second audience metrics from the server, matrix building circuitry to build a matrix of the first audience metrics and the second audience metrics, missing values of the matrix corresponding to the second audience metrics, data transforming circuitry to transform the first audience metrics and the second audience metrics in the matrix, missing value calculating circuitry to determine imputed transformed values of the missing values using a recommender system, and the data transforming circuitry to recover imputed values of the missing values based on the imputed transformed values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: DongBo Cui, Edward Murphy, Michael Richard Sheppard, David Forteguerre, Jessica Lynn White, PengFei Yi, Jonathan Sullivan