Patents by Inventor Edwards Allen

Edwards Allen 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).

  • Method of communication link acquisition using search pattern
    Patent number: 10461855
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method of forming a communication link between two communication devices using a primary search pattern and a secondary search pattern. A misalignment between a first optical system of a first communication device and a second optical system of a second communication device is detected. The first optical system is rotated according to the primary search pattern, and the second optical system according to the secondary search pattern. At the second communication device, a set of frames is captured. Then, it is determined whether a beacon beam transmitted from the first communication device is detected in the one or more of the captured frames. When it is determined that the beacon beam is detected, the communication link is formed between the first communication device and the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Paul Csonka, Edward Allen Keyes
  • TRANSACTION-BASED PSEUDO-SCRIPT GENERATION FOR SCHEDULING AND IMPLEMENTING DATABASE SCHEMA CHANGES
    Publication number: 20190303460
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for implementing database schema modifications. In some embodiments, pending schema object changes are determined for a first database. An object tree is generated including populating the object tree with object definition nodes for schema objects to be modified by the pending schema object changes. The object definition nodes are modified in accordance with the pending schema object changes. Based on the modified object definition nodes, single-operation transactions are sequentially generated that each correspond to one of the pending schema object changes, wherein at least two of the single-operation transactions correspond to one of the pending schema object changes. A database schema is modified including executing change statements derived from the single-operation transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Wayne Joseph Barbarek, Edward Allen Kendall
  • TRANSACTION-BASED PSUEDO-SCRIPT CONFIGURATION FOR SCHEDULING AND IMPLEMENTING DATABASE SCHEMA CHANGES
    Publication number: 20190303461
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for implementing database schema modifications. In some embodiments, a list of single-operation transactions are generated based on a set of pending schema object changes including recording object alter transactions and sequence control transactions in a first sequence. Based on the single-operation transactions, the first sequence, and an operation sequence specified by an object modification protocol of a database management system, modifications to the first sequence are determined. The list of single-operation transactions are re-ordered by implementing the determined modifications to the first sequence to generate a re-ordered list of single-operation transactions. Change statements from the single-operation transactions are generated in an execution sequence corresponding to the re-ordered list of single-operation transactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Wayne Joseph Barbarek, Edward Allen Kendall
  • Presence sensing
    Patent number: 10402624
    Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device to provide presence based functionality. The method may include operating the computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from a first sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines if an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if the object is within the threshold distance, the device activates a secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If the object is a person, the device determines a position of the person relative to the computing device and executes a change of state in the computing device based on the position of the person relative to the computing device. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Valko, Matthew C. Waldon, Rudolph Van der Merwe, William Matthew Vieta, Myra M. Haggerty, Alex T. Nelson
  • Presence sensing
    Patent number: 10372191
    Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from at least one sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines a probability that an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if so, the device activates at least one secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If it is a person, a position of the person relative to the computing device is determined and the computing device changes its state based on the position of the person. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Valko, Matt Waldon, Rudolph van der Merwe, William Matthew Vieta, Myra Haggerty, Alex T. Nelson, Karen Louise Jenkins, Scott Thomas Smith, Jan Erik Solem
  • Phased small RNAs
    Patent number: 10301623
    Abstract: This invention discloses recombinant DNA constructs encoding phased small RNAs useful in regulating expression of one or more genes of interest. Also disclosed by this invention are transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing a recombinant DNA construct of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Edwards Allen, Liang Guo, Sara E. Heisel, Sergey I. Ivashuta, Yuanji Zhang
  • Carbon nanotube based thermal gasket for space vehicles
    Patent number: 10281043
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube-based thermal gasket for space vehicle applications, and process for making the same, is disclosed. A thermal gasket is created that includes one or more free-standing carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets formed of a CNT composition comprising randomly-oriented CNTs and a thermally-conductive resin material. The thermally-conductive resin material is encased within the one or more free-standing CNT sheets and prevented by the one or more CNT sheets from physical contact with an outer side of the thermal gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Allen Pierson, Edward Nathan Harris, Slade Havelock Gardner
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING TIRE PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20190105953
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitor system allows for customized configurations and a variety of intelligent alerts to increase usability and reliability over existing tire pressure monitor systems. A central receiver determines the alerts, rather than individual receivers, so that the tires can be monitored as a system rather than as individual tires. For instance, a Cross-Axle Alert is triggered when the pressure in a tire on one side of an axle is significantly greater than the pressure in a tire on an opposite side of the axle. Additional features include the use of Dynamic Reference Pressures, as opposed to static reference pressures, so that the alert parameters can be adjusted according to the current driving conditions. A robust user interface provides a user with a variety of views and screens and enables an administrator to adjust alert parameters while preventing a driver from adjusting the same parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: PHILLIP GEORGE ZAROOR, JASON PHILLIP ZAROOR, VANESSA ZAROOR HARGRAVE, EDWARD ALLEN LUTSKO, III, JEROMY ABED MOGHARBEL
  • Method to trigger RNA interference
    Patent number: 10174338
    Abstract: A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Oregon State University
    Inventors: James C. Carrington, Edwards Allen
  • Secure data transmission using quantum communication
    Patent number: 10171238
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting data are described. A random data stream is generated. A data stream is generated comprising the random data stream and indicators as to which data of the random data stream is valid data to be communicated to a recipient. The random data stream and/or the data stream may be communicated using quantum entanglement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Wayne Richard Howe, Jeffrey H. Hunt, Edward Allen Adler
  • Balloon-based positioning system and method
    Patent number: 10162044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a balloon-based positioning system and method. In one example embodiment, a system includes at least three balloons, with each balloon including a position-determining module (PDM) and a position-broadcasting module (PBM). Each PDM is configured for determining a position of the respective balloon and each PBM is configured for broadcasting a balloon signal containing balloon-positioning data of the respective balloon. The balloon-positioning data includes the determined position of the respective balloon and a corresponding time of broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Richard Wayne DeVaul, Waleed Kadous, Eric Teller, Cliff Biffle, Edward Allen Keyes
  • Systems and methods for monitoring tire pressure
    Patent number: 10150339
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitor system allows for customized configurations and a variety of intelligent alerts to increase usability and reliability over existing tire pressure monitor systems. A central receiver determines the alerts, rather than individual receivers, so that the tires can be monitored as a system rather than as individual tires. For instance, a Cross-Axle Alert is triggered when the pressure in a tire on one side of an axle is significantly greater than the pressure in a tire on an opposite side of the axle. Additional features include the use of Dynamic Reference Pressures, as opposed to static reference pressures, so that the alert parameters can be adjusted according to the current driving conditions. A robust user interface provides a user with a variety of views and screens and enables an administrator to adjust alert parameters while preventing a driver from adjusting the same parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Advantage Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip George Zaroor, Jason Phillip Zaroor, Vanessa Zaroor Hargrave, Edward Allen Lutsko, III, Jeromy Abed Mogharbel
  • Maintaining information facilitating deterministic network routing
    Publication number: 20180293538
    Abstract: A method of securing a container includes inserting, into a seal device at a container, an electronic bolt; reading, by the seal device, a serial number stored in the electronic bolt; communicating, from the seal device, to a user application, insertion of the bolt; scanning, by the user via a handheld device, a barcode on the seal device representative of an identification of the seal device; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the identification of the seal device; inputting, by a user at the container via the handheld device, information associated with the container; communicating, from the handheld device to the user application, the information associated with the container; associating, in a database by the user application, the information associated with the container with the bolt serial number and the identification of the seal device; communicating, by the user application, a confirmation to the seal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas R. Berger, Joseph E. Denny, David S. Robins, LaMonte Peter Koop, Edward Allen Payne, Robert W. Twitchell
  • REFLECTOMETRY INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MACULAR PIGMENT
    Publication number: 20180242843
    Abstract: A reflectometry instrument includes a light source for emitting an illumination beam that illuminates the macula. A portion of the illumination beam is reflected from the macula and forms a detection beam. The detection beam is indicative of macular pigment in the macula. The instrument also includes a first mirror for reflecting the illumination beam toward the macula and for reflecting the detection beam from the macula. The instrument is configured so that the illumination beam and the detection beam remain separated between the macula and the first mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Scott J. Huter, Kevin Martin Magrini, Edward Allen DeHoog, Jeff Alan Burke, Nathan Franklin Engel
  • TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS
    Publication number: 20180237793
    Abstract: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Eric D. Aasen, Mark Scott Abad, Edwards Allen, Thandoni Rao Ambika, Veena S. Anil, Alice Clara Augustine, Stephanie L. Back, Pranesh Badami, Amarjit Basra, Kraig L. Brustad, Molian Deng, Todd Dezwaan, Charles Dietrich, Stephen M. Duff, Karen K. Gabbert, Steve He, Bill L. Hendrix, Hongwu Jia, Vidya Kammaradi Ramanath Bhat, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Kevin R. Kosola, Kempagangaiah Krishnamurthy, Ganesh Kumar, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Shantala Lakkanna, Mark E. Leibman, Linda Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Sivalinganna Manjunath, Robert J. Meister, Bellur Narasimha Prasad, Sasha Preuss, Qungang Qi, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Aniruddha Raychaudhuri, S. Sangeetha, Scott Saracco, Chitresh Sharma, Vijay K. Sharma, Monnanda S. Rajani, Padmini Sudarshana, Rebecca L. Thompson-Mize, Srikanth Venkatachalayya, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Jingrui Wu, Xiaoyun Wu, Xiaofeng Sean Yang, Qin Zeng, Jianmin Zhao
  • FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF INFUSION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180177945
    Abstract: An infusion apparatus includes a housing and a chamber configured to be connected to the housing. The apparatus further includes a weight sensor coupled to a load connector connected to the housing and an optical sensor disposed in the housing. The weight sensor is configured to generate a first signal based on a measured weight of the fluid container attached to the housing in a weight-bearing configuration. The optical sensor is configured to generate a second signal based on detecting drops of the fluid traversing the chamber. The apparatus also includes a flow control mechanism to control a flow rate of the fluid into an outlet channel. The apparatus includes one or more processing devices configured to perform operations including transmitting a control signal to the flow control mechanism to adjust the flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Nathaniel M. Sims, Eric John Flachbart, Duane Edward Allen, Benjamin James Chomyn, Paul C. Henninge, Joseph Matthew Pasquence, Andrew W. Asack, Michael H. Wollowitz, Rolf E. Zuk
  • FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DUAL-FIBER FERRULE
    Publication number: 20180172915
    Abstract: An optical communication terminal is configured to operate in two different complementary modes of full duplex communication. In one mode, the terminal transmits light having a first wavelength and receives light having a second wavelength along a common free space optical path. In the other mode, the terminal transmits light having the second wavelength and receives light having the first wavelength. The terminal includes a steering mirror that directs light to and from a dichroic element that creates different optical paths depending on wavelength, and also includes spatially separated emitters and detectors for the two wavelengths. A first complementary emitter/detector pair is used in one mode, and a second pair is used for the other mode. The system also includes at least two ferrules. Each ferrule operates with a single emitter/detector pair. The ferrules are designed to operate interchangeably with either emitter/detector pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Nam-hyong Kim, Robert Todd Belt, Baris Ibrahim Erkmen, Edward Allen Keyes
  • Free-space optical communication dual-fiber ferrule
    Patent number: 9971095
    Abstract: An optical communication terminal is configured to operate in two different complementary modes of full duplex communication. In one mode, the terminal transmits light having a first wavelength and receives light having a second wavelength along a common free space optical path. In the other mode, the terminal transmits light having the second wavelength and receives light having the first wavelength. The terminal includes a steering mirror that directs light to and from a dichroic element that creates different optical paths depending on wavelength, and also includes spatially separated emitters and detectors for the two wavelengths. A first complementary emitter/detector pair is used in one mode, and a second pair is used for the other mode. The system also includes at least two ferrules. Each ferrule operates with a single emitter/detector pair. The ferrules are designed to operate interchangeably with either emitter/detector pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Nam-Hyong Kim, Baris Ibrahim Erkmen, Edward Allen Keyes, Robert Todd Belt
  • Remote server configuration
    Patent number: 9973385
    Abstract: Remotely configuring an online computer system. A configuration file is generated at a management controller associated with a computer system in response to a request from a configuration utility associated with a user device, wherein the user device is located remotely from the computer system. The configuration file is sent from the management controller to the configuration utility via a network connection. A modified configuration file is received at the management controller from the configuration utility via the network connection, wherein the modified configuration file comprises system level changes to a configuration of the computer system. The system level changes from the modified configuration file are implemented at the computer system while an operating system associated with the computer system is online.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Edward Allen Wright, Darren J Cepulis, Thomas A Schwartz
  • Wavelength division monolithic optical device
    Patent number: 9939651
    Abstract: An example beam splitting apparatus is assembled from multiple prisms that are assembled together along respective mating surfaces to form a single monolithic optical device. The beam splitting apparatus includes optical features, such as dichroic and reflective surfaces, that define optical paths for light that enters the beam splitting apparatus. The optical features allow photons in the light to be directed along different optical paths based on their wavelengths. The optical features in the beam splitting apparatus are provided by coatings, films, and/or surface treatments applied to any of the faces of the prisms. In particular, coatings, films, and/or surface treatments are applied to the mating surfaces of the prisms so that the optical features are internal to the assembled monolithic optical device. The beam splitting apparatus may be implemented in a communication terminal that exchanges data modulated light according to frequency-division duplex communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Robert Todd Belt, Nam-hyong Kim, Baris Ibrahim Erkmen, Edward Allen Keyes