Patents by Inventor James A. Foster

James A. Foster 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: 20240132181
    Abstract: An electric powered watercraft includes a board, a battery, a motor, and a controller with an output, wherein an optical waveguide communicates light from the output to a dock of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: David TREWERN, James BURNS, Glenn FOSTER
  • Patent number: 11966909
    Abstract: A computing device provides enhancement of the capabilities of text messaging applications that execute on user devices. The computing device includes a processor that receives a text message via a network from a user device, the text message including a character representation of a product bundle of a merchant. The processor determines bundle data for the product bundle by referencing a database using the character representation. The processor provides one or more text messages via the network to the user device with transaction data including the bundle data, payment data, and shipping data. The processor receives a text message via the network from the user device confirming the transaction data. The user may use text commands presented by the computing device or natural language conversation in the text messages to the computing device to modify the transaction data and perform other ecommerce actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Stodge Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Neil Foster, Jr., David Dennison Lacho, Brian James Swank, Vishak Swaminathan Visvanathan, Adam Sandstrom Turner, Colin Douglas Turner, Alex Elias Beller
  • Publication number: 20240066174
    Abstract: A diffuser made of thermoform molded pulp in a desired shape, such as a hanging ornament, having features to secure a wicking part of the diffuser to a rounded bottle opening filled with an oil fragrance. To insert the diffuser, a cap is unscrewed from a bottle filled with oil fragrance, and the wicking part is inserted through the opening of the bottle until it rests on the interior bottom of the bottle. A rotatable capping feature is featured at the top of the wicking part, which is closed during insertion of the wicking part to prevent accidental spillage and loss oil due to evaporation. The wicking element draws the oil fragrance into the ornamental diffusing part by capillary action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: John Christopher Krolopp, John DeCosmo, Gregory James Foster
  • Publication number: 20240016382
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised person are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised person, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised person can have a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised person that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the wearable device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various bioindicators to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Monica Marie Plath, Gadi Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Christopher James Foster, Tim Suleymanov
  • Publication number: 20230385971
    Abstract: A system and method are herein disclosed. The system comprising: a processor and a memory. The memory comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to: receive an encounter identifier from an officer using an officer device; determine a driver account based on the encounter identifier; send, to a driver device, a signal indicative of an encounter, a request for one or more context information, and an officer profile for the officer using the officer device; receive, from a driver using the driver device, a driver response wherein the driver response includes the one or more context information and a request to release a driver profile having private driver information to the officer using the officer device; and transmit, to the officer device, at least a portion of the context information and the driver profile associated with the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Curt Foster, Chris FOSTER, James FOSTER
  • Patent number: 11786123
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised person are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised person, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised person can have a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised person that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the wearable device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various bioindicators to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Littlebird Connected Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Marie Plath, Gadi Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Christopher James Foster, Tim Suleymanov
  • Patent number: 11787260
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a vehicle climate control system for controlling climate conditions in various cabin regions of a vehicle cabin, where the climate control system is configured to control one or more vehicle components to change the set of climate conditions associated with one or more cabin regions to approximate a set of optimal comfort conditions. The climate control system controls various vehicle components to control climate conditions, including window assemblies, sunroof assemblies, etc. The climate control system determines optimal comfort conditions which optimize perceived temperature of various occupant body parts and maintain various climate characteristics within one or more sets of thresholds. Output configurations of various vehicle components can be determined based at least in part upon determined optimal comfort conditions of various cabin regions. Output configurations can be generated based at least in part upon various control mode priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Derek A. Faust, Emery A. Sanford, James Foster
  • Publication number: 20230301517
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised being are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised being, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised being can have an associated electronic device, such as a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised being that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the associated electronic device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various information to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised being.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Monica Marie Plath, Gadi Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Christopher James Foster, Tim Suleymanov
  • Publication number: 20230210373
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised person are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised person, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised person can have a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised person that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the wearable device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various bioindicators to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Monica Marie Plath, Gadi Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Christopher James Foster, Tim Suleymanov
  • Patent number: 11624147
    Abstract: A dryer includes a pressure plate and a plurality of heating bulbs configured to emit short wave infrared radiation. A hood of the dryer is coupled to an exhaust vent and a fan. One or more sensors of the dryer measure a drying parameter corresponding to at least a portion of an article to be dried. One or more sensors in the exhaust vent monitor the air being drawn from under the hood and through the exhaust vent. A controller receives data from at least one of the sensors, and uses the data to regulate operation of each heating bulb independently of other heating bulbs of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CREATEME TECHNOLOGIES LLC.
    Inventors: Randy K. Roushall, Christopher James Foster
  • Patent number: 11540716
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised person are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised person, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised person can have a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised person that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the wearable device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various bioindicators to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Littlebird Connected Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Monica Marie Plath, Gadi Amit, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Christopher James Foster, Tim Suleymanov
  • Publication number: 20220284789
    Abstract: An occurrence of one or more “care events” is detected by an electronic device monitoring environmental data and/or user data from one or more sensors. The electronic device transmits one or more alerts regarding the detected occurrence to at least one other electronic device. In some cases, the electronic device may cooperate with at least one other electronic device in monitoring, detecting, and/or transmitting. For example, the electronic device may detect the occurrence based on sensor data received from a cooperative electronic device or such data in combination with the electronic device's sensor data. By way of another example, the electronic device may detect the occurrence and signal a cooperative electronic device to transmit one or more alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Martha E. Hankey, James Foster
  • Patent number: 11418527
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method including scanning, by one or more processors, data that is maintained on one or more social networks, identifying, one or more social entities associated with the scanned data, determining a risk score for each of the one or more social entities, analyzing the scanned data using one or more machine learning techniques, assigning a rating to each of the one or more social entities based on the determined risk score and the analyzed data, and determining, based on the rating assigned to at least one of the one or more social entities that the at least one social entity is a security risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc
    Inventors: James Foster, Christopher B. Cullison, Michael Price, Zachary Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 11410523
    Abstract: An occurrence of one or more “care events” is detected by an electronic device monitoring environmental data and/or user data from one or more sensors. The electronic device transmits one or more alerts regarding the detected occurrence to at least one other electronic device. In some cases, the electronic device may cooperate with at least one other electronic device in monitoring, detecting, and/or transmitting. For example, the electronic device may detect the occurrence based on sensor data received from a cooperative electronic device or such data in combination with the electronic device's sensor data. By way of another example, the electronic device may detect the occurrence and signal a cooperative electronic device to transmit one or more alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Martha E. Hankey, James Foster
  • Patent number: 11403400
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method including scanning, by one or more processors, data that is maintained on one or more social network profiles of a protected social entity, identifying, one or more social entities associated with the scanned data, determining a risk score for each of the one or more social entities, analyzing the scanned data using one or more machine learning techniques, assigning a rating to each of the one or more social entities based on the determined risk score and the analyzed data, and determining, based on the rating assigned to at least one of the one or more social entities that the at least one social entity is a security risk to the protected social entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: James Foster, Christopher B. Cullison, Michael Price, Zachary Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 11394722
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving instructions from a user for identifying data on one or more social networks, wherein the instructions received from the user comprise one or more conditions and one or more actions, identifying, on the one or more social networks, data that is associated with one or more social entities, determining one or more characteristics of the identified data, determining, based on the one or more characteristics of the identified data, that the identified data meets one or more conditions for identifying data specified in the instructions received from the user, in response to determining that the identified data meets one or more conditions specified in the instructions received from the user, performing one or more actions specified in the instructions received from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Price, James Foster, Christopher B. Cullison
  • Patent number: 11374956
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method including scanning, by one or more processors, data that is maintained on one or more social networks, identifying, one or more social entities associated with the scanned data, determining a risk score for each of the one or more social entities, analyzing the scanned data using one or more machine learning techniques, assigning a rating to each of the one or more social entities based on the determined risk score and the analyzed data, and determining, based on the rating assigned to at least one of the one or more social entities that the at least one social entity is a security risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc
    Inventors: James Foster, Christopher B. Cullison, Michael Price, Zachary Michael Allen
  • Patent number: 11256812
    Abstract: A computer implemented method including generating, by one or more processors, an activation request, receiving, from a user device, an activation confirmation, configuring a protection account specific to the user, where configuring the protection account comprises, identifying one or more of the user's social network accounts, authenticating one or more of the user's social network accounts, and generating a protection portal for the user, providing a link to the protection portal to the user, and providing one or more alerts to the user on the protection portal, wherein the one or more alerts identify security risks associated with one or more of the user's social network accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Price, James Foster, Christopher B. Cullison
  • Publication number: 20220031706
    Abstract: Described herein are inhibitors Transient Receptor Potential Canonical (TRPC) ion channels comprising TRPC4 protein and/or TRPC5 protein for use in combating obesity and other medical conditions including insulin resistance associated with Type II diabetes or development of Type II diabetes (pre-diabetes), metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Also disclosed is the use of the inhibitors for cosmetic purposes, such as cosmetic weight loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David John BEECH, Richard James FOSTER, Sin Ying CHEUNG, Baptiste Michel RODE
  • Patent number: 11165801
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes scanning data maintained on multiple social networks, where, scanning includes identifying a first set of data that is associated with a protected social entity. Scanning data maintained on one or more additional platforms, where, scanning includes identifying a second set of data that is associated with the protected social entity. Scanning data is performed on a continuous basis without user initiation. One or more characteristics of the first set and second set of identified data are determined, and a reference to the identified data, that indicates the characteristic, is generated for each of the one or more characteristics. The one or more generated references of the first set of identified data is compared to the one or more generated references of the second set of identified data. A correlation score is determined based on the comparison, and a threat level indicator is generated based on the determined correlation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZeroFOX, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Cullison, Michael Price, James Foster