Patents by Inventor Howard Levy

Howard Levy 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: 20200081713
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a system writes a set of data into a register file entry that includes a first memory array and a second memory array. The register file entry also includes a set of first write ports corresponding to the first memory array and a set of second write ports corresponding to the second memory array. The system configures a selection bit based on determining that a selected one of the set of first write ports is utilized to store the set of data in the first memory array. In turn, the system reads the set of data out of the first memory array based on the configured selection bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Saiful Islam, Sam G. Chu, Dung Q. Nguyen, Binglong Zhang, Howard Levy, David R. Terry, Steven J. Battle
  • Patent number: 10453976
    Abstract: A solar cell structure may provide a front surface that may include a front passivation layer and front anti-reflective layer. The solar cell structure may provide both contacts on a rear surface. In some cases, the rear surface may optionally provide passivation, doped, and/or transparent conductive oxide layers. The rear surface also provides a multilayer foil assembly (MFA). The MFA provides a first metal foil in electrical communication with doped regions of the rear surface of the substrate, such as base or emitter regions. The MFA may also provide a second metal foil that is spaced apart from the first metal foil by a dielectric layer. The metal foils and dielectric layers may include openings through the entirety of these layers, and these openings may be utilized to form contacts electrically coupled to the second metal foil, which is electrically isolated from the first metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NATCORE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David E. Carlson, David Howard Levy
  • Patent number: 10290750
    Abstract: A solar cell structure may provide a front surface that may include a front passivation layer and front anti-reflective layer. The solar cell structure may provide both contacts on a rear surface. In some cases, the rear surface may optionally provide passivation, doped, and/or transparent conductive oxide layers. The rear surface also provides a multilayer foil assembly (MFA). The MFA provides a first metal foil in electrical communication with doped regions of the rear surface of the substrate, such as base or emitter regions. The MFA may also provide a second metal foil that is spaced apart from the first metal foil by a dielectric layer. The first metal foil and/or the dielectric layer may include openings through the entirety of these layers, and these openings may be utilized to form laser fired contacts electrically coupled to the second metal foil, which is electrically isolated from the first metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Carlson, David Howard Levy
  • Publication number: 20180366597
    Abstract: A solar cell structure may provide a front surface that may include a front passivation layer and front anti-reflective layer. The solar cell structure may provide both contacts on a rear surface. In some cases, the rear surface may optionally provide passivation, doped, and/or transparent conductive oxide layers. The rear surface also provides a multilayer foil assembly (MFA). The MFA provides a first metal foil in electrical communication with doped regions of the rear surface of the substrate, such as base or emitter regions. The MFA may also provide a second metal foil that is spaced apart from the first metal foil by a dielectric layer. The metal foils and dielectric layers may include openings through the entirety of these layers, and these openings may be utilized to form contacts electrically coupled to the second metal foil, which is electrically isolated from the first metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Carlson, David Howard Levy
  • Patent number: 10127596
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and devices for generating recommendations of dynamic or unique items. A system for generating recommendations of unique items comprises a data collection engine, a scoring engine, a user penalty calculator, and a recommendation compilation engine, wherein the recommendation engine is configured to transmit to a user access point system a list of recommended alternative unique items predicted to be preferred by a user of the user access point system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: VAST.COM, INC.
    Inventors: David Wayne Franke, Joshua Howard Levy, Hans Ulrich Grasemann, Lauri Janet Moore, David Pratt, William T. Moose, Andrew K. Moore, John William Prior
  • Patent number: 10109001
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and devices for determining and displaying market relative positions and/or attributes of unique items. A visualization system for generating electronic visualizations of market-relative attributes of unique items comprises an item selection receiver, a visualization compilation engine, and a rendering engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VAST.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, Thomas Wyatt Wilbur, Lauri Moore, Ron Maire Kurti, Benjamin David Cohen, Gary Joseph Marcotte
  • Patent number: 10019491
    Abstract: A machine learning of response selection to structured data input enables a machine to flexibly and responsively actively engage with a response recipient through a device, such as any electronic device connected to a data network. In at least one embodiment, the response selection module improves response selection to the structure data input by initially filtering a library of templates to identify candidate templates that best respond to the input. In at least one embodiment, the response selection module ranks the identified candidate templates to provide the response to the device. The response selection module learns by receiving feedback, such as a linked recipient action result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: OJO Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua Howard Levy
  • Patent number: 10013654
    Abstract: A supervised learning processing (SLP) system and non-transitory, computer program product provides cooperative operation of a network of supervised learning processors to concurrently distribute supervised learning processor training, generate predictions, and provide prediction driven responses to input objects, such as NL statements. The SLP system includes SLP stages that are distributed across multiple SLP subsystems. Concurrently training SLP's provides accurate predictions of input objects and responses thereto, the SLP system and non-transitory, computer program product enhance the network by providing high quality value predictions and responses and avoiding potential training and operational delays. The SLP system can enhance the network of SLP subsystems by providing flexibility to incorporate multiple SLP models into the network and train at least a proper subset of the SLP models while concurrently using the SLP system and non-transitory, computer program product in commercial operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: OJO Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, Jacy Myles Legault, David Robert Rubin, John Kenneth Berkowitz, David Ross Pratt
  • Patent number: 10007946
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator for determine the dissimilarity of attributes of alternative unique items from a plurality of selected items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Vast.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, Lauri Janet Feldman, Andrew Philip Dove
  • Publication number: 20170372402
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, David Wayne Franke
  • Patent number: 9837561
    Abstract: An interdigitated solar cell may provide a heterojunction or tunnel junction emitter and base contacts that comprise laser processed regions that electrically couple the base contact to a substrate. Methods for manufacturing such solar cells to provide interdigitated back contacts may utilize laser processing to form laser processed regions that are isolated from the emitter. Laser processing may include laser-doping, laser-firing, laser-transfer, laser-transfer doping, laser contacting, and/or gas immersion laser doping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Howard Levy, David E. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9830635
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides systems, methods, and devices for determining and displaying market relative positions and/or attributes of unique items. A visualization system for generating electronic visualizations of market-relative attributes of unique items comprises an item selection receiver, a visualization compilation engine, and a rendering engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Vast.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, Thomas Wyatt Wilbur, Lauri Janet Moore, Ron Maire Kurti, Benjamin David Cohen, Gary Joseph Marcotte
  • Patent number: 9710843
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: VAST.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, David Wayne Franke
  • Publication number: 20170062633
    Abstract: A solar cell structure may provide a front surface that may include a front passivation layer and front anti-reflective layer. The solar cell structure may provide both contacts on a rear surface. In some cases, the rear surface may optionally provide passivation, doped, and/or transparent conductive oxide layers. The rear surface also provides a multilayer foil assembly (MFA). The MFA provides a first metal foil in electrical communication with doped regions of the rear surface of the substrate, such as base or emitter regions. The MFA may also provide a second metal foil that is spaced apart from the first metal foil by a dielectric layer. The first metal foil and/or the dielectric layer may include openings through the entirety of these layers, and these openings may be utilized to form laser fired contacts electrically coupled to the second metal foil, which is electrically isolated from the first metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Carlson, David Howard Levy
  • Publication number: 20160343058
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, David Wayne Franke
  • Publication number: 20160275429
    Abstract: Techniques described herein generally relate to extended supply chain management. In an embodiment, extended supply chains may be evaluated and managed by efficiently linking current, past, and/or upcoming consumer demand signals to the supply chain. The extended supply chains may be managed at select points along the extended supply chains and at select points in time. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: William John Purcell, Wayne Howard Levy
  • Publication number: 20160268455
    Abstract: An interdigitated solar cell may provide a heterojunction or tunnel junction emitter and base contacts that comprise laser processed regions that electrically couple the base contact to a substrate. Methods for manufacturing such solar cells to provide interdigitated back contacts may utilize laser processing to form laser processed regions that are isolated from the emitter. Laser processing may include laser-doping, laser-firing, laser-transfer, laser-transfer doping, laser contacting, and/or gas immersion laser doping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Howard Levy, David E. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9324899
    Abstract: In some cases, it is desirable to perform doping when manufacturing a solar cell to improve efficiency. Dopant diffusion may include the steps of: (a) an initial temperature ramp, (b) dopant vapor flow, (c) drive-in, and (d) cool down. However, doping may result in excessive doping, such as in regions where the solar cell has been nanoscale textured to provide black silicon, thereby creating a dead zone with excessive recombination of charge carriers. In the systems and method discussed herein, dopant vapor flow and drive-in steps may be performed at two different temperature set points to minimize or eliminate the formation of dead zones. In some embodiments, the dopant vapor flow may be performed at a lower temperature set point than the drive-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy G. Ahearn, David Howard Levy, Richard W. Topel, Jr., Theodore Zubil
  • Patent number: 9324104
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for measuring similarity of and generating recommendations for unique items. A recommendation system for generating recommendations of alternative unique items comprises an items information database, a penalty computation engine, a recommendation compilation engine, and one or more computers, wherein the penalty computation engine comprises a customizations filter, a condition filter, and a dissimilarity penalty calculator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Vast.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Howard Levy, David Wayne Franke
  • Patent number: 9306094
    Abstract: Systems and methods for etching the surface of a substrate may utilize a thin layer of fluid to etch a substrate for improved anti-reflective properties. The substrate may be secured with a holding fixture that is capable of positioning the substrate. A fluid comprising an acid and an oxidizer for etching may be prepared, which may optionally include a metal catalyst. An amount of fluid necessary to form a thin layer contacting the surface of the substrate to be etched may be dispensed. The fluid may be spread into the thin layer utilizing a tray that the substrate is dipped into, a plate that is placed near the surface of the substrate to be etched, or a spray or coating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Natcore Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Howard Levy, Theodore Zubil, Richard W. Topel, Jr., Wendy G. Ahearn