Patents by Inventor James McCann
James McCann 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).
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Publication number: 20240122541Abstract: A multi-module wearable device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a system, including: a first wearable instrument; a second wearable instrument including a biometric sensor; an electrical connection between the first wearable instrument and the second wearable instrument; and a strap, sized and dimensioned to be disposed about a wrist. The electrical connection may be capable of connecting the first wearable instrument to the second wearable instrument when the second wearable instrument is at a first position on the strap relative to the first wearable instrument, and of connecting the first wearable instrument to the second wearable instrument when the second wearable instrument is at a second position on the strap relative to the first wearable instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Kate LeeAnn BECHTEL, Chia-Te CHOU, Cody DUNN, Armando MARTINEZ, David McCANN, James McMILLAN, David Arlo NELSON, Andrew George RICKMAN, Justin BECHSTEIN, Matt SELNICK, John TYRRELL, Jason ZERWECK
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Patent number: 11962692Abstract: A method and a wireless device for exchanging messages with an access point (AP) while the wireless device is in a pre-associated state during which the wireless device is unauthenticated and is not associated with a network. The wireless device receives a beacon from the AP indicating that the AP will protect messages communicated with the wireless device. The wireless device then sends to the AP a message including a request for information from the AP. The wireless device obtains a public key of the AP, and receives an encrypted response to the request and an encrypted symmetric key. The wireless device decrypts the encrypted symmetric key using the public key of the AP to recover a symmetric key that is not encrypted, and decrypts the encrypted response to the request using the decrypted symmetric key to recover a response to the request that is not encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Malikie Innovations LimitedInventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
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Patent number: 11943703Abstract: In some examples, a wireless device includes a communication interface to communicate with a wireless network, and at least one processor configured to, receive, from an access point (AP), information including a network address policy of the wireless network. The at least one processor is configured to further, in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Malikie Innovations LimitedInventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
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Patent number: 11930079Abstract: In some examples, a system includes a plurality of network controllers, a WI-FI wireless local area network (WLAN) over which at least a first network controller and a second network controller of the plurality of network controllers are to communicate, wherein a link between the first network controller and the second network controller through the WI-FI WLAN is a synchronized link.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Malikie Innovations LimitedInventors: Stephen McCann, Michael Peter Montemurro, James Randolph Winter Lepp
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Patent number: 11924639Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device receives configuration information relating to network connectivity with a network of a vehicle, the configuration information including a credential. The electronic device establishes, using the configuration information, a connection with the network of the vehicle to access a service, and revokes the credential in response to a termination of the access of the service.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Malikie Innovations LimitedInventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann, James Randolph Winter Lepp
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Patent number: 11630813Abstract: Techniques for database normalization recommendation and transparent database normalization are described. A normalization engine can analyze the data stored by database tables to determine scenarios in which normalization of the tables may be beneficial. The normalization engine can recommend normalization to an end user, such as during a database migration process. The normalization engine can alternatively perform row-by-row or complete columnar normalization and cause queries issued against normalized tables based on the previous table schema to be automatically rewritten to adhere to the updated data layout.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jamie Plenderleith, James McCann
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Patent number: 11093838Abstract: Technologies are described for adaptive selection of user to database mapping. An impact to processing resources by a user of a database managed by the processing resources may be predicted using criteria based on user-database properties such as a number of rows in database, a number of rows in database for the user, a maximum depth of hierarchy for the user, a maximum breadth of hierarchy for the user, applications that have recently accessed the user's data, distribution of quota types in the user's data, a number of shared items in the user's hierarchy, a number of people who share in the user's shared item hierarchy, an application employed by the user to access the data currently, etc. Based on a model for the predicted impact, a behavior change (for any of the criteria) and/or a move of the user to another database may be suggested/automatically implemented.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Michael James McCann, Randee Bierlein Wallulis, Parthipan Thayanithy
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Patent number: 10160165Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional (3D) printer for creating a 3D object using a fabric including a cutting device, an inverted cutting surface, a securing mechanism to secure the fabric against the inverted cutting surface for cutting the fabric by the cutting device into a plurality of layers, a movable platform for receiving each of the plurality of layers, in sequence, from the inverted cutting surface after each layer is cut from the fabric, and a bonding tool to bond each layer of the plurality of fabric layers to a previously received layer as the fabric layers are sequentially received by the movable platform to create the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James McCann, Huaishu Peng, Scott Hudson, Jennifer Mankoff
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Publication number: 20180330243Abstract: Technologies are described for adaptive selection of user to database mapping. An impact to processing resources by a user of a database managed by the processing resources may be predicted using criteria based on user-database properties such as a number of rows in database, a number of rows in database for the user, a maximum depth of hierarchy for the user, a maximum breadth of hierarchy for the user, applications that have recently accessed the user's data, distribution of quota types in the user's data, a number of shared items in the user's hierarchy, a number of people who share in the user's shared item hierarchy, an application employed by the user to access the data currently, etc. Based on a model for the predicted impact, a behavior change (for any of the criteria) and/or a move of the user to another database may be suggested/automatically implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael James MCCANN, Randee Bierlein WALLULIS, Parthipan THAYANITHY
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Patent number: 10127417Abstract: There is provided a system including a wireless tag reader, a wireless tag attached to an object, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to transmit, using the wireless tag reader, an interrogation signal, receive, using the wireless tag reader, a tag signal from the wireless tag attached to the object, in response to the interrogation signal, the tag signal including a wireless tag identification uniquely identifying the wireless tag, determine a tag state associated with the wireless tag using a probabilistic estimate based on the tag signal received from the wireless tag, and determine an interaction state of the object based on the tag state of the wireless tag attached to the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James McCann, Andrew Spielberg, Scott Hudson, Alanson Sample, Jennifer Mankoff
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Publication number: 20170200031Abstract: There is provided a system including a wireless tag reader, a wireless tag attached to an object, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to transmit, using the wireless tag reader, an interrogation signal, receive, using the wireless tag reader, a tag signal from the wireless tag attached to the object, in response to the interrogation signal, the tag signal including a wireless tag identification uniquely identifying the wireless tag, determine a tag state associated with the wireless tag using a probabilistic estimate based on the tag signal received from the wireless tag, and determine an interaction state of the object based on the tag state of the wireless tag attached to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: James McCann, Andrew Spielberg, Scott Hudson, Alanson Sample, Jennifer Mankoff
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Publication number: 20160288417Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional (3D) printer for creating a 3D object using a fabric including a cutting device, an inverted cutting surface, a securing mechanism to secure the fabric against the inverted cutting surface for cutting the fabric by the cutting device into a plurality of layers, a movable platform for receiving each of the plurality of layers, in sequence, from the inverted cutting surface after each layer is cut from the fabric, and a bonding tool to bond each layer of the plurality of fabric layers to a previously received layer as the fabric layers are sequentially received by the movable platform to create the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: James McCann, Huaishu Peng, Scott Hudson, Jennifer Mankoff
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Patent number: 9036909Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves receiving an image with a set of undefined pixels and a set of defined pixels and recursively modifying the image to generate a seamless composition comprising only defined pixels. Disclosed are embodiments for recursively modifying the image by recursively down sampling the image by a factor to generate a plurality of down sampled images until the down sampled image generated at each recursive down sampling lacks undefined pixels and then recursively up sampling each one of the down sampled images by the factor to generate an up sampled image from the respective down sampled image. Additionally, at each recursive up sampling instance, pasting the next recursively occurring down sampled image on the up sampled image to generate the next recursively occurring image for up sampling.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Adove Systems IncorporatedInventors: Sylvain Paris, James McCann
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Publication number: 20140212036Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves receiving an image with a set of undefined pixels and a set of defined pixels and recursively modifying the image to generate a seamless composition comprising only defined pixels. Disclosed are embodiments for recursively modifying the image by recursively down sampling the image by a factor to generate a plurality of down sampled images until the down sampled image generated at each recursive down sampling lacks undefined pixels and then recursively up sampling each one of the down sampled images by the factor to generate an up sampled image from the respective down sampled image. Additionally, at each recursive up sampling instance, pasting the next recursively occurring down sampled image on the up sampled image to generate the next recursively occurring image for up sampling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Sylvain Paris, James McCann
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Patent number: 8189544Abstract: A key distribution scheme is provided, which is useful for establishing, distributing, and maintaining security associations in a Mobile IP network. An authentication server performs an initial validation of a new session and generates a root key which it delivers to the initial access gateway and to the home agent. The initial access gateway and the home agent each independently compute a derivative key available only to themselves. The initial access gateway, acting as proxy for the mobile station, uses the derivative key to sign the Mobile IP registration or binding update transactions, and sends the signed registration or binding update to the home agent for validation. Once the session is established between the mobile station and the home agent, the access gateways act as proxies on behalf of the mobile station to maintain the session mobility. In handoff, the new access gateway acquires the root key as part of the transferred session context.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Peter James McCann, Semyon B. Mizikovsky, Ganapathy Subramanian Sundaram
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Patent number: 7551604Abstract: A method is provided for controlling communications to and from an access terminal during a hand off period. A smart packet filter is used to identify a packet flow, apply a first treatment to a packet flow based on its destination, and transmit the first treated packet flow along a first route to the access terminal. During a hand off, the packet stream is duplicated, a second treatment is applied to the packet flow and the second treated duplicate packet flow is transmitted to the access terminal via a second route.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Peter James McCann, Richard P. Ejzak, Michael F. Dolan, Frank M. Alfano
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Publication number: 20090072619Abstract: A connector assembly for supplying power and transmitting signals from a vehicle to a towed trailer or other towed equipment. The connector assembly comprises a trailer hitch having a cross tube extending horizontally behind the vehicle. The cross tube has a wall separating an inside cavity from an outside surface of the cross tube. A first connector attached to the outside surface or mounted in a first opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface. Likewise, a second connector mounted at the outside surface or in a second opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface of the trailer hitch. One or more conduits extend across the inside cavity between the first and second connectors for interconnecting the vehicle to the towed trailer for supplying power and transmitting signals between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Chris J. Fudala, Robert W. Ruby, Michael James McCann
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Patent number: 7499403Abstract: An isochronous telecommunication stream comprises a plurality of frames encoded by a variable rate isochronous coder-decoder (codec) at a plurality of code rates of multiple available code rates. A control component removes one or more encoded frames from the plurality of frames of the isochronous telecommunication stream based on one or more code rates of the one or more encoded frames to create a non-isochronous telecommunication stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2003Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Richard Paul Ejzak, Peter James McCann, Michael D. Turner
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Patent number: 7455524Abstract: A connector assembly for supplying power and transmitting signals from a vehicle to a towed trailer or other towed equipment. The connector assembly comprises a trailer hitch having a cross tube extending horizontally behind the vehicle. The cross tube has a wall separating an inside cavity from an outside surface of the cross tube. A first connector attached to the outside surface or mounted in a first opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface. Likewise, a second connector mounted at the outside surface or in a second opening in the wall of the cross tube has a connecting portion outwardly of the outside surface of the trailer hitch. One or more conduits extend across the inside cavity between the first and second connectors for interconnecting the vehicle to the towed trailer for supplying power and transmitting signals between them.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Thule Towing Systems, L.L.C.Inventors: Chris J. Fudala, Robert W. Ruby, Michael James McCann
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Patent number: D753678Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Graham Clarke, Paulo Michaelo Lopez, Johnnie Manzari, Samuel James McCann, Britt Miura, Henrique Penha