Patents by Inventor James Kennedy

James Kennedy 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: 20250097179
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generating customized images with avatars of different users within electronic messages. For example, users of different mobile computing devices can exchange electronic communications with images generated to include avatars representing themselves as well as their friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth
  • Patent number: 12251108
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides modular magnetic anastomosis devices that can be implemented in digestive surgery or in any circumstance of anastomosis between adjacent organs or two hollow viscera. The device is minimally invasive and easily and quickly delivered using laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: IRCAD
    Inventors: Juan Hernandez, Michele Diana, James Kennedy Wall
  • Publication number: 20250080483
    Abstract: Various embodiments include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for sharing and managing media galleries. Consistent with these embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a first device to share a media gallery that includes a user avatar; generating metadata associated with the media gallery; generating a message associated with the media gallery, the message at least including the media gallery identifier and the identifier of the user avatar; and transmitting the message to a second device of the recipient user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: David James Kennedy, Diego Muñoz Escalante, Arianne Spool, Yinghua David Xia
  • Publication number: 20250029038
    Abstract: A system for prioritizing work orders including determining a score based on timing data and compare the determined score of the subject vehicle to one or more other scores associated with one or more other vehicles. The system includes generating an updated list of work orders based on the scores and displaying the updated list on a graphical user interface of an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: M. David Willson, Kevin Harper, David Durham, Cole Isaacson, Cody Isaacson, James Kennedy, Marc Kramer
  • Patent number: 12206635
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by generating customized images with avatars of different users within electronic messages. For example, users of different mobile computing devices can exchange electronic communications with images generated to include avatars representing themselves as well as their friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth
  • Publication number: 20250008995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of a group of microorganisms, which are relatively abundant in the microbial communities associated with fruits and vegetables typically consumed raw and therefore transient or permanent members of the human microbiota. The consumption of mixtures of these microbes at relevant doses produces a beneficial health effect in the host. The present invention also relates to methods of using these microbes to increase the presence of beneficial microbes in crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Alicia Eve Ballok, Josephine James Kennedy, Gerardo V. Toledo, Eric Michael Schott, Tracy Mincer, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Luis Arturo Montes de Oca Valeriano
  • Publication number: 20240417328
    Abstract: A polymer masonry unit is disclosed that can include a polymer added to a quarry byproduct to manufacture a quality brick unit. The present disclosure solves the technological problem of providing a structurally sound brick or concrete alternative without the need for kiln firing, using traditionally unusable waste material. By combining quarry byproduct and a polymer, a polymer masonry unit can be fabricated having compressive strength and architectural utility. In one exemplary embodiment, fiber elements can be added to the byproduct and polymer mixture to increase structural stability. The present disclosure improves the performance of the system itself by providing a basic block or brick unit using an environmentally responsible manufacturing process that reduces cost and waste. The manufacturing process includes a polymer/base material that can be poured into molds that cures over a predetermined period, without the need for kiln firing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Lithic Industries Holding Co.
    Inventors: Todd Denton, Michael Doty, Griffith J. Williams, Samuel Lopez, Kameron Anthony Hill, Johnathan Ross, Dyllon Hagan, Timothy James Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12170640
    Abstract: Various embodiments include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for sharing and managing media galleries. Consistent with these embodiments, a method includes receiving a request from a first device to share a media gallery that includes a user avatar; generating metadata associated with the media gallery; generating a message associated with the media gallery, the message at least including the media gallery identifier and the identifier of the user avatar; and transmitting the message to a second device of the recipient user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: David James Kennedy, Diego Muñoz Escalante, Arianne Spool, Yinghua David Xia
  • Patent number: 12156365
    Abstract: A data center power system includes an electrical power conductor that includes a live conductor surface and is configured to carry electrical power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center. The live conductor surface includes a rail configured to mount to a floor of the data center. The data power system further includes a grounded conductor positioned in the human-occupiable workspace apart from the electrical power conductor; a first electrical connector configured to mount to a data center rack that supports a plurality of electronic devices and moveable to electrically contact the live conductor surface of the electrical power conductor; and a second electrical conductor positioned on the rack and configured to electrically contact the grounded conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Varun Sakalkar, Jyoti Sastry, James Kennedy, Eduardo Lao, Christopher Gregory Malone, Pascal Kam
  • Publication number: 20240382718
    Abstract: A catheter interface protection device can include a shield. The shield can include an open bottom, a transparent upper surface, sidewalls, and a cavity at least partially defined by the bottom, the upper surface, and the sidewalls. The device can include a vent. The device can include a clip, a tether, and a latch. A non-therapeutic method of protecting a catheter interface can include extending a catheter in the subject through a slot in a catheter interface protection device, wrapping the catheter at least partially around a clip of the catheter interface protection device, and securing a latch of the catheter interface protection device around the clip. A device for positioning a subject in a prone position can include a padded area including an opening configured to accommodate a catheter interface protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Fayez Chehab, Eric Johnson, Eric Anthony Kramer, Marlo Dreissigacker Kohn, James Kennedy Wall, Ross Daniel Venook, Shivani Alexandra Torres, Cerys Rohann Murray-Scott, Marisa Janelle San Agustin Borja
  • Publication number: 20240361361
    Abstract: An optical voltage measurement system can include a pickoff rod, a sled, and optical componentry. The pickoff rod can be electrically connected to a power line and configured to emanate an electric field commensurate with the power line's energy. The sled can align and maintain the optical componentry in a fixed orientation to the pickoff rod. The optical componentry can include a dual RTP crystal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: David Burdick, James Kennedy, Michael Oshetski, Atul Pradhan
  • Patent number: 12122942
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an antimicrobial P-doped coating solution is described. The process for the preparation of the antimicrobial coating solution uses non-volatile and non-oxidising phosphoric acid. The antimicrobial coatings are active in both the UV and visible light spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Kastus Technologies DAC
    Inventors: James Kennedy, Nigel Leyland
  • Patent number: 12113760
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by generating and displaying media overlays with avatars of different users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Timothy Jordan Garcia
  • Publication number: 20240325928
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for modifying avatar components of avatar datasets for multiple users, generating avatars based on the datasets, and displaying multiple avatars on a display screen of a graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Dorian Franklin Baldwin
  • Patent number: 12103894
    Abstract: A polymer masonry unit is disclosed that can include a polymer added to a quarry byproduct to manufacture a quality brick unit. The present disclosure solves the technological problem of providing a structurally sound brick or concrete alternative without the need for kiln firing, using traditionally unusable waste material. By combining quarry byproduct and a polymer, a polymer masonry unit can be fabricated having compressive strength and architectural utility. In one exemplary embodiment, fiber elements can be added to the byproduct and polymer mixture to increase structural stability. The present disclosure improves the performance of the system itself by providing a basic block or brick unit using an environmentally responsible manufacturing process that reduces cost and waste. The manufacturing process includes a polymer/base material that can be poured into molds that cures over a predetermined period, without the need for kiln firing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Lithic Industries Holding Co.
    Inventors: Todd Denton, Michael Doty, Griffith J. Williams, Samuel Lopez, Kameron Anthony Hill, Jonathan Ross, Dyllon Hagan, Timothy James Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12092433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a taser alarm system that comprises a taser housing that includes laser sights, a red light, an alarm system, and a circuit board, a cartridge system, and a remote lock communicatively connected to the circuit board included in the taser housing, the remote lock includes a button that, when pressed, sends a signal to the circuit board to remotely turn on or off the taser alarm system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventor: James Kennedy
  • Patent number: 12081502
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by generating and displaying media overlays with avatars of different users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Richard Allen, Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Timothy Jordan Garcia
  • Patent number: 12070682
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request to display an avatar within a graphical user interface of a client device, authenticating the request based on user data, retrieving the avatar from a database, transmitting the avatar to the client device and presenting the avatar within the user interface of the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Dorian Franklin Baldwin, Jacob Edward Blackstock, Maoning Guo, David James Kennedy, Shahan Panth, Rahul Bhupendra Sheth, Leah Spontaneo, Wenzhou Wang, Artem Yagodin
  • Publication number: 20240260208
    Abstract: A sunshield can protect internal componentry against temperature fluctuation rates. The shield can include a housing. The housing can include two similar halves. Each half can include a vertical wall with two vertical edges. The vertical edges of one half can be configured to mate, directly or indirectly, with the vertical edges of the other half to form a single unit. The single unit can be shaped to correspond with the exterior shape of the internal componentry. The shield can have an air gap between the vertical walls and the internal componentry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Oshetski, James Kennedy, David Burdick, Atul Pradhan
  • Patent number: D1042811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Novonate, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Fayez Chehab, Eric Johnson, Eric Anthony Kramer, Marlo Dreissigacker Kohn, James Kennedy Wall, Ross Daniel Venook, Shivani Alexandra Torres