Patents by Inventor Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson 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: 20200295859
    Abstract: A server system accesses a profile of a user of the media-providing service. The profile indicates a demographic group of the user. For each track of a plurality of tracks, the server system determines a year associated with the track. The server system selects content for the user based at least in part on an affinity of members of the demographic group, as compared to members of other demographic groups, of music from the year associated with the track. The server system provides the selected content to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Clay GIBSON, Santiago GIL, Ian ANDERSON, Oguz SEMERCI, Scott WOLF, Margreth MPOSSI
  • Publication number: 20200244768
    Abstract: An electronic device associated with a media-providing service assigns one or more characteristics of media items to at least one respective personality trait of a plurality of personality traits. The media items are provided by the media-providing service. The electronic device assigns one or more user behaviors to a first personality trait and tracks behavior of a user. The electronic device determines that a tracked behavior of the user corresponds to a first user behavior of the one or more user behaviors and assigns the first personality trait to the user based at least in part on determining that the tracked behavior of the user corresponds to the first user behavior. The electronic device provides personalized content to the user in accordance with a determination that the degree to which the tracked behavior of the user corresponds to the first user behavior satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Clay GIBSON, Will SHAPIRO, Santiago GIL, Ian ANDERSON, Margreth MPOSSI, Oguz SEMERCI, Scott WOLF
  • Patent number: 10707982
    Abstract: A server system accesses a listening history of a user of the media-providing service, where the user is in a demographic group. For each track of a plurality of tracks in the listening history of the user, the server system determines a year associated with the track and calculates a first metric based at least in part of an affinity of members of a demographic group, as compared to members of other demographic groups, of music from the year associated with the track. The server system selects content for the user based on the first metric and provides the selected content to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Margreth Mpossi
  • Patent number: 10653831
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device including a first container having a delivery outlet at a front end thereof and a first stopper axially moveable in the first container, the first stopper defining and separating a first chamber and a second chamber in the first container, where the first chamber is axially forwards of the first stopper and the second chamber is axially rearwards of the first stopper. The medicament delivery device further includes a second container having a second stopper axially moveable in the second container, the second stopper defining and separating a third chamber and a fourth chamber in the second container, where the third chamber is axially forwards of the second stopper and the fourth chamber is axially rearwards of the second stopper, and where the third chamber has a vent outlet in fluid communication with a venting chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Consort Medical, PLC
    Inventors: Alastair Willoughby, Brad Howarth, Ian Anderson, Rachel Koppelman
  • Patent number: 10646639
    Abstract: A valved container assembly has a container for containing a fluid, extending in an axial direction, and having an open front end and a valve disposed in the container. A plunger element is disposed axially rearward of the valve and is axially moveable in the container. The plunger element is configured to increase the pressure of a fluid in a first volume of the container upon axial movement of the plunger element relative to the valve. The valve includes a channel bypassing a seal, the channel having a first opening in fluid communication with the atmosphere outside of the valved container assembly and a second opening selectively sealed from the first volume by a resilient seal. The resilient seal is moveable from a sealing configuration to an open configuration upon the pressure of the fluid in the first volume exceeding a first pressure threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Consort Medical PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Matt Ekman
  • Publication number: 20200069878
    Abstract: An assembly for an autoinjector device, the assembly including a syringe support for supporting a syringe by limiting forward axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe support, and a guard element attachable to the syringe support by an attachment so that the guard element is axially restrained both axially forwardly and axially rearwardly relative to the syringe support by the attachment. Forwardly directed axial loads received by the guard element are transmitted to the syringe support via the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Ian Darnell, Matt Ekman, Ian Anderson, Neil Bentley Cammish
  • Publication number: 20200053177
    Abstract: An electronic device accesses a listening history of a user of a media-providing service. For each characteristic of a set of characteristics describing tracks provided by the media-providing service, the electronic device determines, for the user, a measure of divergence indicating a degree of lack of uniformity in the listening history of the user with respect to listening contexts. The electronic device identifies a characteristic, of the set of characteristics, having a respective measure of divergence that satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf
  • Publication number: 20200007253
    Abstract: A server system accesses a listening history of a user of the media-providing service, where the user is in a demographic group. For each track of a plurality of tracks in the listening history of the user, the server system determines a year associated with the track and calculates a first metric based at least in part of an affinity of members of a demographic group, as compared to members of other demographic groups, of music from the year associated with the track. The server system selects content for the user based on the first metric and provides the selected content to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Margreth Mpossi
  • Publication number: 20200001010
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device comprises a housing and a syringe axially movable in the housing and the syringe having a barrel. The device further comprises a stopper axially movable in the barrel and which separates a first chamber and second chamber from one another. The stopper is axially movable in the barrel in response to a vapour pressure being received in the second chamber. The device also includes a biasing mechanism to axially move the syringe in the housing between a first syringe position and a second syringe position in response to a first reduction in the vapour pressure in the second chamber. In the first syringe position venting of the propellant from the second chamber through a first fluid pathway is permitted to enable the first reduction in the vapour pressure in the second chamber while venting of the propellant from the second chamber through a second fluid pathway is substantially prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Alastair Willoughby, Rachel Koppelman
  • Patent number: 10500341
    Abstract: An assembly for an auto injector device, the assembly including a syringe support for supporting a syringe by limiting forward axial movement of the syringe relative to the syringe support, and a guard element attachable to the syringe support by an attachment so that the guard element is axially restrained both axially forwardly and axially rearwardly relative to the syringe support by the attachment. Forwardly directed axial loads received by the guard element are transmitted to the syringe support via the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: Bespak Europe Limited, UCB Biopharma SPRL
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Ian Darnell, Matt Ekman, Ian Anderson, Neil Bentley Cammish
  • Publication number: 20190369948
    Abstract: An electronic device associated with a media-providing service has one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors. For each track of a plurality of tracks consumed by a user of the media-providing service, the electronic device receives, over a time window, an indication of user selection of the track to compile a listening history of the user and determines, based on the listening history of the user with the media-providing service, whether the track has previously been consumed by the user. The electronic device determines, for the user, a discovery score corresponding to an average preference of the user for selecting previously unconsumed tracks. In response to determining that an amount of use of the media-providing service by the user does not satisfy a use threshold, the electronic device forgoes recommending tracks to the user based on the discovery score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Benjamin Lacker
  • Patent number: 10454603
    Abstract: A server system accesses a listening history of a user of the media-providing service, where the user is in a demographic group. For each track of a plurality of tracks in the listening history of the user, the server system calculates a first metric based at least in part on an affinity of members of the demographic group, as compared to members of other demographic groups, for the track. The server system selects content for the user based on the first metric and provides the selected content to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Margreth Mpossi
  • Patent number: 10414579
    Abstract: A syringe propellable by a propellant that boils at a predetermined temperature, the syringe comprising a barrel having an outlet at a front end, a stopper axially moveable in the barrel, and a third chamber for containing propellant. The stopper defines and separates a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber being axially forwards of the stopper and being configured for containing a medicament, and the second chamber being axially rearwards of the stopper and being configured to receive propellant for acting on the stopper to move the stopper axially forwardly in the barrel to expel medicament through the outlet upon actuation of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CONSORT MEDICAL PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Rachel Suzanne Koppelman, Alastair McKean Willoughby, Joshua Stroobant
  • Patent number: 10412183
    Abstract: An electronic device accesses a listening history of a user of a media-providing service, and for each characteristic of a set of characteristics describing tracks provided by the media-providing service, determines a measure of divergence with respect to listening contexts for the listening history of the user. The electronic device identifies a characteristic that has a respective measure of divergence that satisfies a threshold indicative of a lack of uniformity in the listening history with respect to the listening contexts. The electronic device determines a representative value of the identified characteristic for a listening context corresponding to a current listening context of the user. The electronic device provides personalized content to a client device of the user based on the current listening context and representative value of the identified characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf
  • Patent number: 10334073
    Abstract: A server system divides respective groups of a plurality of groups of sessions for multiple users of the media-providing service into respective pluralities of clusters. The server system tracks user interaction with a client device during a user session and identifies the user session as belonging to a first cluster of the pluralities of clusters based at least in part on the user interaction. The server system personalizes content for the user session using one or more content criteria associated with the first cluster, in accordance with identifying that the user session belongs to the first cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf
  • Publication number: 20190082032
    Abstract: An electronic device associated with a media-providing service assigns one or more characteristics of media items to at least one respective personality trait of a plurality of personality traits. The media items are provided by the media-providing service. The electronic device assigns one or more user behaviors to a first personality trait and tracks behavior of a user. The electronic device determines that a tracked behavior of the user corresponds to a first user behavior of the one or more user behaviors and assigns the first personality trait to the user based at least in part on determining that the tracked behavior of the user corresponds to the first user behavior. The electronic device provides personalized content to the user in accordance with a determination that the degree to which the tracked behavior of the user corresponds to the first user behavior satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Clay GIBSON, Will SHAPIRO, Santiago GIL, Ian ANDERSON, Margreth MPOSSI, Oguz SEMERCI, Scott WOLF
  • Patent number: D842768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Jeff Cotner
  • Patent number: D851553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Jeff Cotner, Miles Waterhouse
  • Patent number: D851554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Jeff Cotner, Miles Waterhouse
  • Patent number: D856635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: DBL Athletic, LLC
    Inventor: Ian Anderson Brown