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).

  • Patent number: 11305063
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Consort Medical PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Alastair Willoughby, Rachel Koppelman
  • Publication number: 20220077945
    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: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Clay GIBSON, Santiago GIL, Ian ANDERSON, Oguz SEMERCI, Scott WOLF, Margreth MPOSSI
  • Publication number: 20220054762
    Abstract: A syringe assembly comprising a barrel for containing one or more medicaments, the barrel having a front outlet for allowing the expulsion of said one or more medicaments from the said barrel through said outlet, and a first stopper disposed in the barrel and axially moveable therein and defining a first volume in the barrel axially forwards of the first stopper and a second volume in the barrel axially rearwards of the first stopper. The first stopper has a two way valve that is moveable between a sealing configuration and an open configuration to selectively put the first volume in fluid communication with the second volume. The two way valve is moveable from the sealing configuration to the open configuration by an increase in fluid pressure in either of the first and second volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Matt Ekman, Robert Glover, Rachel Koppelman
  • Publication number: 20210382681
    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: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Clay GIBSON, Will SHAPIRO, Santiago GIL, Ian ANDERSON, Margreth MPOSSI, Oguz SEMERCI, Scott WOLF, Benjamin LACKER
  • Patent number: 11185637
    Abstract: A syringe assembly comprising a barrel for containing one or more medicaments, the barrel having a front outlet for allowing the expulsion of said one or more medicaments from the said barrel through said outlet, and a first stopper disposed in the barrel and axially moveable therein and defining a first volume in the barrel axially forwards of the first stopper and a second volume in the barrel axially rearwards of the first stopper. The first stopper has a two way valve that is moveable between a sealing configuration and an open configuration to selectively put the first volume in fluid communication with the second volume. The two way valve is moveable from the sealing configuration to the open configuration by an increase in fluid pressure in either of the first and second volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CONSORT MEDICAL PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Matt Ekman, Robert Glover, Rachel Koppelman
  • Patent number: 11159261
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Margreth Mpossi
  • Patent number: 11080002
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf, Benjamin Lacker
  • Patent number: 11053066
    Abstract: A syringe propellable by propellant that boils at a predetermined temperature, the syringe including a barrel having an outlet at a front end, and a stopper axially moveable in the barrel. The stopper 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. The syringe further includes a third chamber for containing propellant. Upon actuation of the syringe, liquid propellant is released from the third chamber and boils outside of the third chamber at or above the predetermined temperature to provide an increasing vapor pressure in the second chamber that causes the stopper to move axially forwardly and begin to expel medicament through the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CONSORT MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Rachel Suzanne Koppelman, Alastair Mckean Willoughby, Douglas Jennings
  • Patent number: 11036497
    Abstract: Embodiments herein disclose systems, methods, and computer-readable media for quality control of an object relational mapping (ORM) application and correction of problematic cast functions in the context of a relational database management systems. In embodiments, source code is parsed and portions of source code are identified when those portions of source code include a problematic casting between data types or a mapping between a field and a source table. In embodiments, the source code portions are marked or flagged and a report is generated. The report identifies the marked or flagged source code and further specifies the location of the marked or flagged source code, in embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Christopher Winemiller, Ian Anderson, Nathan Krick, Sanjeev Janardan Nair
  • Publication number: 20210170742
    Abstract: A conditioner includes a pressure roller assembly, a tension roller assembly, a heating element, a pressure roller drive motor, a tension drive motor, and a controller. The heating element heats the pressure roller assembly. The pressure roller drive motor rotates the pressure roller assembly. The tension drive motor rotates the tension roller assembly. The controller receives a print job complete notification to initiate a conditioner shutdown. In response to the print job complete notification, the controller turns off the tension drive motor. The controller sets the heating element to a predetermined temperature and waits a first predetermined period. In response to the first predetermined period elapsing, the controller turns off the heating element. With the heating element turned off, the controller turns off the pressure roller drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jody L Clayburn, Ian Anderson, Brooke Hoyer
  • Patent number: 10972583
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf
  • Patent number: 10792428
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device (10) comprising a syringe (12) having a barrel with an open end, and an axially moveable stopper (18) received in the barrel separating a first chamber axially forwards of the stopper from a second chamber axially rearwards of the stopper. The medicament delivery device further including an expandable drive housing (24) arranged to receive a propellant from a propellant source (36) for providing a vapour pressure, the expandable drive housing having a narrow channel in fluid communication with the second chamber. The expandable drive housing is expandable upon receiving propellant from the propellant source and, upon expansion, causes forward axial movement of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Consort Medical PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anderson, Alastair Willoughby, Rachel Koppelman
  • Patent number: 10798214
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Clay Gibson, Will Shapiro, Santiago Gil, Ian Anderson, Margreth Mpossi, Oguz Semerci, Scott Wolf
  • 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