Patents by Inventor Erik Reed
Erik Reed 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).
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Patent number: 10775183Abstract: A method includes storing representations of a passengers and fleet vehicles. The method includes generating a graph representation of a geographic map that includes requested pick-up locations and drop-off locations for the passengers and generating a state graph representation of the passengers and the fleet vehicles. The state graph representation includes a plurality of nodes connected by edges. Each of the plurality of nodes represents a candidate state of the passengers and the fleet vehicles. A respective edge of the state graph representation represents an action of a respective vehicle picking up or dropping off a passenger. The respective edge has a cost that is based at least in part on traversal of the graph representation of the geographic map. The method further includes using the state graph representation to generate a set of routes and route the fleet vehicles in accordance with the generated set of routes.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: rideOS, Inc.Inventors: Justin Ho, Christopher Blumenberg, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Christopher Moore, Min Ji Lee, Erik Reed, Michel Tricot
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Publication number: 20200080856Abstract: A method includes storing representations of a passengers and fleet vehicles. The method includes generating a graph representation of a geographic map that includes requested pick-up locations and drop-off locations for the passengers and generating a state graph representation of the passengers and the fleet vehicles. The state graph representation includes a plurality of nodes connected by edges. Each of the plurality of nodes represents a candidate state of the passengers and the fleet vehicles. A respective edge of the state graph representation represents an action of a respective vehicle picking up or dropping off a passenger. The respective edge has a cost that is based at least in part on traversal of the graph representation of the geographic map. The method further includes using the state graph representation to generate a set of routes and route the fleet vehicles in accordance with the generated set of routes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Justin Ho, Christopher Blumenberg, Billy Chen, Rohan Paranjpe, Christopher Moore, Min Ji Lee, Erik Reed
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Patent number: 8441265Abstract: A method for screening electrolytic capacitors places a capacitor in series with a resistor, applying a test voltage and following the charge curve for the capacitor. A high voltage drop across the capacitor indicates high reliability and a low voltage drop is used to reject the piece. The leakage current is not adversely affected during the test.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Kemet Electronics CorporationInventors: Jonathan Paulsen, Erik Reed, Yuri Freeman
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Patent number: 8262745Abstract: The capacitor has a monolithic anode and at least one anode lead wire extending from the anode. At least one sacrificial lead wire extends from the anode. A dielectric layer is on said anode and a cathode layer is on the dielectric layer. The anode lead wire is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Kemet Electronics CorporationInventors: Erik Reed, David Jacobs, Randolph S. Hahn
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Patent number: 8073953Abstract: Techniques are described for directing connections between clients and the closest web server. Authoritative DNS resolvers of a network are placed at edges of the network. Using anycast, the authoritative DNS resolvers advertise routes of their destination netblock to the Internet. A request from a client to connect to the network is routed, based upon BGP tables, to the closest particular authoritative DNS resolver. Once the request is received, a response is sent to the client with the IP address of the closest web server. The closest web server is determined through in-network health check measurements, with the authoritative DNS resolvers dynamically selecting IP addresses closest to themselves. Routing protocols that directed the packet to the closest authoritative DNS resolver also dictate the route of subsequent traffic to the network. Thus, the closest web server selected by the authoritative DNS resolver is also the closest web server to the client.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Christian, David Apgar, Igor Gashinsky, Leif Hedstrom, Nitzan Katz, Erik Reed, Ryan Troll
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Publication number: 20110265299Abstract: The capacitor has a monolithic anode and at least one anode lead wire extending from the anode. At least one sacrificial lead wire extends from the anode. A dielectric layer is on said anode and a cathode layer is on the dielectric layer. The anode lead wire is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Kemet Electronics CorporationInventors: Erik Reed, David Jacobs, Randolph S. Hahn
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Patent number: 7929274Abstract: The capacitor has a monolithic anode and at least one anode lead wire extending from the anode. At least one sacrificial lead wire extends from the anode. A dielectric layer is on said anode and a cathode layer is on the dielectric layer. The anode lead wire is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Kemet Electronics CorporationInventors: Erik Reed, David Jacobs, Randolph S. Hahn
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Publication number: 20100235441Abstract: Techniques are described for directing connections between clients and the closest web server. Authoritative DNS resolvers of a network are placed at edges of the network. Using anycast, the authoritative DNS resolvers advertise routes of their destination netblock to the Internet. A request from a client to connect to the network is routed, based upon BGP tables, to the closest particular authoritative DNS resolver. Once the request is received, a response is sent to the client with the IP address of the closest web server. The closest web server is determined through in-network health check measurements, with the authoritative DNS resolvers dynamically selecting IP addresses closest to themselves. Routing protocols that directed the packet to the closest authoritative DNS resolver also dictate the route of subsequent traffic to the network. Thus, the closest web server selected by the authoritative DNS resolver is also the closest web server to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Michael F. Christian, David Apgar, Igor Gashinsky, Leif Hedstrom, Nitzan Katz, Erik Reed, Ryan Troll
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Publication number: 20100188099Abstract: A method for screening electrolytic capacitors places a capacitor in series with a resistor, applying a test voltage and following the charge curve for the capacitor. A high voltage drop across the capacitor indicates high reliability and a low voltage drop is used to reject the piece. The leakage current is not adversely affected during the test.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Jonathan Paulsen, Erik Reed, Yuri Freeman
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Patent number: 7720686Abstract: A system and method for providing personalized music playback over a network. Via a browser, a user computer may be connected to a server and the user may tune to one of a plurality of radio stations. The user may receive a playlist of songs in the musical style of the radio station selected by the user. The playlist includes a plurality of unique identifiers for each song that indicate a location on the Internet from which the song may be streamingly transmitted to a media player for playback on the user's computer. Additionally, each user may submit requests for songs which that user desires to be included on a future playlist. For each radio station, requests from a plurality of users are aggregated over a predetermined time period to determine which songs are most requested. A user request for a song may be time-delayed or satisfied in real-time.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Andrew R. Volk, Erik Reed
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Publication number: 20090251847Abstract: The capacitor has a monolithic anode and at least one anode lead wire extending from the anode. At least one sacrificial lead wire extends from the anode. A dielectric layer is on said anode and a cathode layer is on the dielectric layer. The anode lead wire is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventors: Erik Reed, David Jacobs, Randolph S. Hahn
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Publication number: 20090172192Abstract: Techniques are described for directing connections between clients and the closest web server. Authoritative DNS resolvers of a network are placed at edges of the network. Using anycast, the authoritative DNS resolvers advertise routes of their destination netblock to the Internet. A request from a client to connect to the network is routed, based upon BGP tables, to the closest particular authoritative DNS resolver. Once the request is received, a response is sent to the client with the IP address of the closest web server. The closest web server is determined through in-network health check measurements, with the authoritative DNS resolvers dynamically selecting IP addresses closest to themselves. Routing protocols that directed the packet to the closest authoritative DNS resolver also dictate the route of subsequent traffic to the network. Thus, the closest web server selected by the authoritative DNS resolver is also the closest web server to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Michael F. Christian, David Apgar, Igor Gashinsky, Leif Hedstrom, Nitzan Katz, Erik Reed, Ryan Troll
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Publication number: 20060256776Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are directed towards managing an audio message, such as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) message over a network. The invention employs a statistical mechanism to automatically optimize a gain control for setting a volume of an audio message being sent by a client device. An initial gain value is automatically adjusted based, in part, on a statistical sampling of energy levels in the audio message. Environmental factors, such as a sound card within the client device, background noise, and the like, may also be considered through a setting of a servo coefficient that may be used to map between volume levels and decibel levels. The servo coefficient may also be adjusted based, at least in part, on decibel (dB) feedback information from a destination device for which the audio message is intended.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2005Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Eugene Gladyshev, Ramkumar Ramani, Madhu Yarlagadda, Erik Reed
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Publication number: 20040019497Abstract: A system and method for providing personalized music playback over a network. A user may cause a browser on his/her computer to connect to a server via which the user may tune to one of a plurality of radio stations by selecting a hypertext link for the desired radio station. After certain registration, login, and other administrative procedures are completed, the user may receive from the server a playlist of songs in the musical style of the radio station selected by the user. The playlist includes a plurality of unique identifiers for each song that indicate to the user's media player, a location on the Internet from which the song may be streamingly transmitted to the media player for playback on the user's computer. In addition to selecting a radio station and receiving a playlist, each registered user may submit requests for songs which that user desires to be included on a future playlist.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: Andrew R. Volk, Erik Reed