Patents by Inventor Joel Thomas

Joel Thomas 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: 11978312
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and techniques for providing for wager-associated parameter control graphical state management. In such systems and techniques, a portion of one or more displays of an electronic gaming machine that is used to display all or part of a virtual button deck may be transitioned between two graphical states—one in which wager-associated parameter controls are in default positions and enabled for selection by users, and the other in which such controls are minimized or hidden and their wager-associated parameter functionality is disabled or otherwise non-usable by users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred Thomas, Joel Osmond, Mercedes De Lugo, Sony Syamala, Natalie Bryant
  • Publication number: 20240127296
    Abstract: A system includes a millimeter (MM) wave radar detector, where the MM wave radar detector generates signal data associated with a person of interest (POI) within a field of view of the MM wave radar detector. The system further includes an Access Point (AP) coupled with the MM wave radar detector. The AP includes a computing device to receive and analyze the signal data provided by the MM wave radar detector to determine a movement of the POI within an environment, and facilitate generation of a feedback response in response to the determined movement or action of the POI within the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, John Scott Scheeler, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Dylan Thomas Walker, Aaron P. Tondra
  • Publication number: 20240114593
    Abstract: Techniques for determining contact information for an anonymous device on a telecommunications network are described herein. The telecommunications network can implement a server to determine data representing a callback number or other subscriber information for a user equipment (UE) associated with an anonymous status. The server can generate a request for the data based on identifying an anonymous status associated with a message from the UE. The server can request the data from a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) of the telecommunications network using a Representational State Transfer (REST) interface. The server can establish a communication session for the UE by sending the callback number and/or the subscriber information to an emergency service center (e.g., to enable a Public Service Answering Point to communicate with the UE if the communication session is lost).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Thomas Ball, Hichem Zait, Joel Arends
  • Patent number: 11947066
    Abstract: A drill hole logging system (5) incorporates a computing system (58) at the surface and a deployment mechanism (40) for conveying a logging tool (10) configured to measure one or more geophysical parameters into a drill hole (20). A transmission means (57) communicates commands and data representing the geophysical parameters between the surface computing system and the logging tool. A borehole caliper (300) is employed to profile the inside of the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: REFLEX INSTRUMENTS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
    Inventors: David Charles Lawie, Christopher Thomas Koplan, John Carl Jackson, Cory Bryce Wilson, Joel Hitchen, Christopher Pell, Frederick Blaine, Erik Gutterud
  • Publication number: 20240104338
    Abstract: A method comprising: sampling a temporal causal graph from a temporal graph distribution specifying probabilities of directed causal edges between different variables of a feature vector at a present time step, and from one variable at a preceding time step to another variables at the present time step. Based on this there are identified: a present parent which is a cause of the selected variable in the present time step, and a preceding parent which is a cause of the selected variable from the preceding time step. The method then comprises: inputting a value of each identified present and preceding parent into a respective encoder, resulting in a respective embedding of each of the present and preceding parents; combining the embeddings of the present and preceding parents, resulting in a combined embedding; inputting the combined embedding into a decoder, resulting in a reconstructed value of the selected variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Wenbo GONG, Cheng ZHANG, Nick PAWLOWSKI, Joel JENNINGS, Karen FASSIO, Marife DEFANTE, Steve THOMAS, Alice HORAN, Chao MA, Matthew ASHMAN, Agrin HILMKIL
  • Patent number: 11931343
    Abstract: Compounds, such as compounds having Formula (I): wherein each variable is as described herein, that modulate the conversion of AMP to adenosine by 5?-nucleotidase, ecto, and compositions containing the compounds and methods for synthesizing the compounds, are described herein. The use of such compounds and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of a diverse array of diseases, disorders and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders, that are mediated by 5?-nucleotidase, ecto is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Arcus Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Beatty, Laurent Pierre Paul Debien, Samuel Lawrie Drew, Jeremy Fournier, Rebecca Louise Grange, Steven Donald Jacob, Jenna Leigh Jeffrey, Kenneth V. Lawson, Manmohan Reddy Leleti, Erick Allen Lindsey, Debashis Mandal, Jay Patrick Powers, Anh Thu Tran, Rhiannon Thomas-Tran, Xuelei Yan
  • Patent number: 11915276
    Abstract: A system includes a millimeter (MM) wave radar detector, where the MM wave radar detector generates signal data associated with a person of interest (POI) within a field of view of the MM wave radar detector. The system further includes an Access Point (AP) coupled with the MM wave radar detector. The AP includes a computing device to receive and analyze the signal data provided by the MM wave radar detector to determine a movement or action of the POI within the field of view, and facilitate generation of a feedback response in response to the determined movement or action of the POI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Goergen, Kameron Rose Hurst, John Scott Scheeler, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe, Dylan Thomas Walker, Aaron P. Tondra
  • Publication number: 20240051317
    Abstract: A crafting apparatus support member (10, 100) is configured to support a crafting apparatus (300) and a lower surface (324) of the crafting apparatus includes one or more boss-receiving cavities (325). The crafting apparatus support member includes a substantially planar body portion (12, 112) and one or more crafting apparatus interface portions (36, 136). The substantially planar body portion includes an upper surface (14, 114), a lower surface (16, 116) and a side surface (18, 118) connecting the upper surface (14, 114) to the lower surface (16, 116). The one or more crafting apparatus interface portions include a boss portion (38, 138) extending from the upper surface of the substantially planar body portion that are configured to be interfaced with the one or more boss-receiving cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Kenneth JOHNSON, Grayson Stopp, Yung T seng Chen, Ryun Bates Noble, Joel Thomas Ruiter
  • Patent number: 11813928
    Abstract: A weather seal system is provided for sealing a perimeter of a vehicle sunroof. The system includes a mounting base having an outboard first channel, and an inboard second channel spaced apart from, and extending generally parallel to, the outboard first channel. At least two connecting portions are positioned between and connecting the first and second channels. A spine is supported by the at least two connecting portions so as to reside above the first and second channels when the mounting base is mounted on a vehicle. The spine extends generally parallel to the outboard first channel. At least a first and a second opposed weather strip retention projections extend from respective opposite first and second sides of the spine. A weather strip is structured to engage the opposed first and second weather strip retention projections so as to secure the weather strip to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN Technical Center of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Thomas Runyan, Michael Mixon, Jacob Grimaldo, Tatsuya Matsui
  • Publication number: 20230359667
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to infrastructure for queryable supergraph subset representations. Briefly, in at least one implementations, an apparatus may comprise at least one processor of at least one computing device to obtain a source graph schema, obtain an input from a user, wherein the input from the user to at least specify one or more filters, generate one or more subset representations of the source graph schema based at least in part on the specified one or more filters, and provide access to the one or more subset representations of the source graph schema for one or more particular entities and deny access to one or more aspects of the source graph schema absent from the one or more subset representations for the one or more particular entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Samuel Zionts, Joshua Rohan Segaran, Sachin Dilip Shinde, David Andres Castaneda, Geoffroy Pierre Alexis Carrier, Joseph Conor McCarron, Joel Thomas Burton, Caydie Tran, Parul Schroff, Timothy Michael Hingston
  • Publication number: 20230347724
    Abstract: A weather seal system is provided for sealing a perimeter of a vehicle sunroof. The system includes a mounting base having an outboard first channel, and an inboard second channel spaced apart from, and extending generally parallel to, the outboard first channel. At least two connecting portions are positioned between and connecting the first and second channels. A spine is supported by the at least two connecting portions so as to reside above the first and second channels when the mounting base is mounted on a vehicle. The spine extends generally parallel to the outboard first channel. At least a first and a second opposed weather strip retention projections extend from respective opposite first and second sides of the spine. A weather strip is structured to engage the opposed first and second weather strip retention projections so as to secure the weather strip to the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Thomas Runyan, Michael Mixon, Jacob Grimaldo, Tatsuya Matsui
  • Patent number: 11804899
    Abstract: A vehicle communication system includes an optical cable, a centralized hub device, and an antenna hub device. The centralized hub device is connected to a first end of the optical cable and is configured to receive radio frequency (RF) signals from multiple end devices. The centralized hub device is configured to convert the RF signals to respective optical carrier signals and transmit the optical carrier signals along the optical cable at different, non-overlapping wavelength bands of a combined optical signal. The antenna hub device is connected to a second end of the optical cable. The antenna hub device is configured to receive the combined optical signal and to convert the optical carrier signals thereof to RF signals, amplify the RF signals, and transmit the RF signals to one or more antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joel Thomas Wojnar, Michael Gary Reinbold, Dennis M. Lewis
  • Patent number: 11712935
    Abstract: The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include a structural frame member including at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch. Also provided is an underbed hitch mounting system having at least one socket and receiving member exposed above a bed of a vehicle. The system includes trim and ring brackets configured to cover the exposed socket and receiving members along the bed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HORIZON GLOBAL AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. McGory, Piyush Pradeepkumar Khater, Joel Thomas Runyan
  • Publication number: 20220296866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices and compositions for degradable medical devices and/or compositions that provide local and/or systemic delivery of at least one active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, David Gravett, Kara Bethany Acampora, David Shalaby, Joel Thomas Corbett
  • Patent number: 11324352
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a set of interlocking panels arranged in stacked polygons to create a scalable, re-useable and flat-packable Christmas tree or display stand that substitutes for traditional Christmas trees in that it allows for use of standard string lights, garland, traditional hanging ornaments or also as a standalone stylized Christmas tree or display stand. In some embodiments, the panels could also be combined to form other objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Joel Thomas Michalski
  • Patent number: 11306837
    Abstract: A pressure actuated water shutoff valve is presented. The shutoff valve comprises an upper housing and a lower housing where the upper housing is coupled to the lower housing. The lower housing has a water inlet and a water outlet with a flow passage therebetween. The lower housing includes a plunger seat configured to receive a shutoff plunger. The upper housing includes an chamber having a piston bore in which reciprocates an piston, coupled to the shutoff plunger. In response to a first pressure condition, the piston lifts the shutoff plunger off its seat allowing water to flow through the lower housing. In response to a second pressure condition, a biasing spring seals the plunger against its seat, shutting off water flow through the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: JDP W.H.A.T., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joel Thomas Powell, Daniel Steven Nielson
  • Publication number: 20220068462
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to a system and method for remembering content received from a patient for future use and understood by computerized natural language processing during a chatbot therapy session. The system includes a graph of entities and relationships in an artificial memory graph data structure. The entity nodes in the graph represent entities that are related to a patient root node representing the patient. The entity nodes are connected to patient root node by one or more relationship edges that have named roles. The entity nodes and/or relationship edges can be slotted for at least a distinguishing name, a patient sentiment towards the entity and an entity state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: doc.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric William DOLAN, Joel Thomas KAARDAL, Jeremy Fine HARTMAN, Satish Srinivasan BHAT, Srivatsa Akshay SHARMA, Walter Adolf DE BROUWER
  • Patent number: D949371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Joel Thomas Bridge
  • Patent number: D949372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Joel Thomas Bridge
  • Patent number: D977659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Joel Thomas Bridge