Patents by Inventor Georges Thomas

Georges Thomas 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: 20200029879
    Abstract: According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may include having a user input one or more speech commands into an input device of a user device. The user device may communicate with one or more components or devices at a local office or headend. The local office or the user device may transcribe the speech commands into language transcriptions. The local office or the user device may determine a mood for the user based on whether any of the speech commands may have been repeated. The local office or the user device may determine, based on the mood of the user, which content asset or content service to make available to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Scot Zola, Vikrant Sagar
  • Patent number: 10546771
    Abstract: A multilayer semiconductor on insulator structure is provided in which the handle substrate and an epitaxial layer in interfacial contact with the handle substrate comprise electrically active dopants of opposite type. The epitaxial layer is depleted by the handle substrate free carriers, thereby resulting in a high apparent resistivity, which improves the function of the structure in RF devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Jeffrey L. Libbert, Shawn George Thomas, Qingmin Liu
  • Publication number: 20200020316
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for processing and interpreting audible commands spoken in one or more languages. Speech recognition systems disclosed herein may be used as a stand-alone speech recognition system or comprise a portion of another content consumption system. A requesting user may provide audio input (e.g., command data) to the speech recognition system via a computing device to request an entertainment system to perform one or more operational commands. The speech recognition system may analyze the audio input across a variety of linguistic models, and may parse the audio input to identify a plurality of phrases and corresponding action classifiers. In some embodiments, the speech recognition system may utilize the action classifiers and other information to determine the one or more identified phrases that appropriately match the desired intent and operational command associated with the user's spoken command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Vikrant Sagar
  • Publication number: 20200019564
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy in media content searches are described. An advertisement for a media content item is analyzed to identify keywords that may describe the media content item. The identified keywords are associated with the media content item for use during a voice search to locate the media content item. A user may speak the one or more of the keywords as a search input and be provided with the media content item as a result of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Publication number: 20200004721
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to peripheral access. In one example of the technology, stored configuration information is read. The stored configuration information is associated with mapping a plurality of independent execution environments to a plurality of peripherals such that the peripherals of the plurality of peripherals have corresponding independent execution environments of the plurality of independent execution environments. A configurable interrupt routing table is programmed based on the configuration information. An interrupt is received from a peripheral. The interrupt is routed to the corresponding independent execution environment based on the configurable interrupt routing table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: George Thomas LETEY, Douglas L. STILES, Edmund B. NIGHTINGALE
  • Patent number: 10510583
    Abstract: The disclosed method is suitable for producing a SiGe-on-insulator structure. According to some embodiments of the method, a layer comprising SiGe is deposited on silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising an ultra-thin silicon top layer. In some embodiments, the layer comprising SiGe is deposited by epitaxial deposition. In some embodiments, the SiGe epitaxial layer is high quality since it is produced by engineering the strain relaxation at the Si/buried oxide interface. In some embodiments, the method accomplishes elastic strain relaxation of SiGe grown on a few monolayer thick Si layer that is weakly bonded to the underline oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Shawn George Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190370103
    Abstract: In one example of the technology, via a first independent execution environment of a set of independent execution environments in an integrated circuit, a first watchdog timer is caused to reset on a periodic basis. The set of independent execution environments is configured to have a defense-in-depth hierarchy. The set of independent execution environments includes a first independent execution environment and a second independent execution environment. The first independent execution environment is a most trusted execution environment on the integrated circuit. Via the second independent execution environment: a second watchdog timer is periodically caused to reset on a periodic basis. In response to the second watchdog timer timing out, an interrupt is communicated from the second watchdog timer to the first independent execution environment. In response to the first watchdog timer timing out, at least a portion of the integrated circuit is reset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: George Thomas LETEY, Douglas L. STILES, Edmund B. NIGHTINGALE, Stephen E. HODGES, Philip John Joseph WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20190369857
    Abstract: A visual form designer is disclosed. A target user interface is configured to display a particular form. A design user interface is used to design the target user interface. The target user interface includes an instance of an interface widget. A customizable widget property of the interface widget is a set of selectable values for the interface widget. As an example, the interface widget may be a dropdown menu for accepting one of a set of selectable values. The design user interface displays multiple existing data sources. Each data source specifies a limited set of selectable values. The design user interface receives user input selecting one of the data sources. The instance of the interface widget is configured to accept a value from the limited set of selectable values specified by the selected data source. Hence, the instance of the interface widget is integrated with the selected data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: George Thomas, Yue Zhou, Laurensius Lie
  • Publication number: 20190363611
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamically configured portable power generation. A first motion of a first pull cord mechanically coupled to a first pull-cord generator is sensed, wherein the first pull cord is also mechanically coupled to a limb of a human body. A first tension-control signal is determined as a function of the first motion. The first-tension control signal is transmitted to a first variable tensioner configured to control a tension in the first pull cord. A tension in the first pull cord is set using one or more processors based on the first tension-control signal. Electrical power is generated using the first pull-cord generator, and power generation resulting from the generating electrical power is determined. Feedback is generated to set a tension based on the determined power generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Power Scavengers, LLC
    Inventors: Skylar Kirkwood Bagdon, George Thomas Philbrick, Adam Christopher Hookway, Jason West Kittell
  • Patent number: 10483152
    Abstract: A semiconductor on insulator multilayer structure is provided. The multilayer comprises a high resistivity single crystal semiconductor handle substrate, an optionally relaxed semiconductor layer comprising silicon, germanium, or silicon germanium, an optional polycrystalline silicon layer, a dielectric layer, and a single crystal semiconductor device layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Peidous, Lu Fei, Jeffrey L. Libbert, Andrew M. Jones, Alex Usenko, Gang Wang, Shawn George Thomas, Srikanth Kommu
  • Patent number: 10479792
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I), or a salt thereof, compositions comprising the compound, processes for its preparation and its use in therapy, for example in the treatment of parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease, Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) and leishmaniasis, particularly visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: GiaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, University of Dundee
    Inventors: Stephen Brand, Peter George Dodd, Eun Jung Ko, Maria Marco Martin, Timothy James Miles, Lars Henrik Sandberg, Michael George Thomas, Stephen Thompson
  • Patent number: 10481739
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an information handling system comprises a scanning system to scan one or more component wavelength beams into a combined multi-component beam in a first field of view, and a redirecting system to redirect one or more of the component wavelength beams into a second field of view. A first subset of the one or more component wavelength beams is projected in the first field of view and a second subset of the one or more component wavelength beams is projected in the second field of view. The first subset may project a visible image in the first field of view, and user is capable of providing an input to control the information handling system via interaction with the second subset in the second field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: P. Selvan Viswanathan, Roeland Collet, George Thomas Valliath, Jari Honkanen, Matthieu Saracco
  • Patent number: 10458709
    Abstract: A support ring for supporting a semiconductor wafer in a boat of a vertical furnace used in processing of the semiconductor wafer includes a semicircular segment. The semicircular segment has an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, a radial inner wall defining an inner radius, and a radial outer wall defining an outer radius. The support ring further includes protrusions in the upper surface of the semicircular segment. The protrusions extend above the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GlobalWafters Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingmin Liu, William Lynn Luter, Shawn George Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190317904
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to protection against unauthorized code. In one example of the technology, a read request to a restricted region of memory is detected. The read request is associated with a first processor. In response to detecting the read request to the restricted region of memory, a data value that causes an exception in response to execution by the first processor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: George Thomas LETEY, Felix Stefan DOMKE, Edmund B. NIGHTINGALE
  • Patent number: 10445360
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improving speech recognition accuracy in media content searches are described. An advertisement for a media content item is analyzed to identify keywords that may describe the media content item. The identified keywords are associated with the media content item for use during a voice search to locate the media content item. A user may speak the one or more of the keywords as a search input and be provided with the media content item as a result of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: George Thomas Des Jardins
  • Patent number: 10440542
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery, a monitoring circuit, a wireless communication device and a remote wireless communication unit, and a deployable drone parachute. The monitoring circuit includes a processing unit and non-volatile memory that stores a unique identification of the battery. The wireless communication device is disposed on the battery and is in data communication with sensor circuits. The wireless communication device transmits real time operational parameter data sensed by the sensor circuits. The remote wireless communication unit is in wireless data communication with the wireless communication device and receives the operational parameter data therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NuGen Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: George Thomas, Sai Praturu, Ajith N. Nair, Venus Desai
  • Patent number: 10432701
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Tealium Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick McWilliams, Jason Lap-Wing Koo, Chad Major Hartman, George Thomas Webster, IV, Son Phi Hoang
  • Patent number: 10418026
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for processing and interpreting audible commands spoken in one or more languages. Speech recognition systems disclosed herein may be used as a stand-alone speech recognition system or comprise a portion of another content consumption system. A requesting user may provide audio input (e.g., command data) to the speech recognition system via a computing device to request an entertainment system to perform one or more operational commands. The speech recognition system may analyze the audio input across a variety of linguistic models, and may parse the audio input to identify a plurality of phrases and corresponding action classifiers. In some embodiments, the speech recognition system may utilize the action classifiers and other information to determine the one or more identified phrases that appropriately match the desired intent and operational command associated with the user's spoken command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: George Thomas Des Jardins, Vikrant Sagar
  • Publication number: 20190273015
    Abstract: The disclosed method is suitable for producing a SiGe-on-insulator structure. According to some embodiments of the method, a layer comprising SiGe is deposited on silicon-on-insulator substrate comprising an ultra-thin silicon top layer. In some embodiments, the layer comprising SiGe is deposited by epitaxial deposition. In some embodiments, the SiGe epitaxial layer is high quality since it is produced by engineering the strain relaxation at the Si/buried oxide interface. In some embodiments, the method accomplishes elastic strain relaxation of SiGe grown on a few monolayer thick Si layer that is weakly bonded to the underline oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Shawn George Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190236007
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to data security. In one example of the technology, data is stored in a memory. The memory includes a plurality of memory banks including a first memory bank and a second memory bank. At least a portion of the data is interleaved amongst at least two of the plurality of memory banks. Access is caused to be prevented to at least one of the plurality of memory banks while a debug mode or recovery mode is occurring. Also, access is caused to be prevented to the at least one of the plurality of memory banks starting with initial boot until a verification by a security complex is successful. The verification by the security complex includes the security complex verifying a signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: George Thomas LETEY, Douglas L. STILES, Edmund B. NIGHTINGALE