Patents by Inventor John A. Robinson

John A. Robinson 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: 20200057840
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for converting digital rights management (DRM) data in a specific protocol to standardized DRM data. The standardized DRM data may be used to secure content delivered to user devices through a content delivery network. If a user device decides to record a content item, a request for authenticating entitlement to the content item may be sent to a network device and the network device may reply with an authentication receipt if appropriate. If the user device later decides to access the content item, the user device may send the authentication receipt back to the network server so that the network server may reply with a decryption key for decrypting the content item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kyong Park, John Robinson, Nikola Kolev
  • Publication number: 20200043377
    Abstract: A time-temperature integrating (TTi) indicator label comprises an initiator reservoir and a target reservoir, said initiator reservoir containing a pH modification system and said target reservoir comprising a pH responsive indicator. The pH responsive indicator may be photo-initiated. There is also provided a time-temperature indicator label comprising first and second reservoirs separated by a hydrogel valve, said valve allowing passage of an acid from said first reservoir to said second reservoir when the hydrogel valve is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Intray Ltd
    Inventors: John Robinson, Stephen Wintersgill, Andy Hancock, Martin Peacock, Sarah Akbar, Brunella Maranesi
  • Publication number: 20200036584
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing network devices. In particular, a client router may connect to an upstream virtual gateway. The virtual gateway may manage a large number of client devices. Each client router may be represented virtually within the gateway as a virtual router. The virtual gateways may be distributed regionally, in order to manage large numbers of client routers and/or to reduce transmission delays. The virtual gateways may be managed by a gateway controller. The gateway controller may be centralized, and perform various configuration functions, such as configurations for hardware, logical networking, or content access policies. In some instances, messages sent between the gateway controller using a first protocol and the client router using a second protocol may be translated by a protocol agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mani Ramasubramani, Andrea Peiro, Jeffrey Barberio, Kris Bransom, Michael Chen, Weston Schmidt, James Chan, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200024289
    Abstract: This application describes compounds, compositions, and methods which are useful in treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease caused by a parasite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army, The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert Toms Jacobs, Yang Liu, Richard J. Sciotti, Jason D. Speake, Gavin Alistair Whitlock, Paul Alan Glossop, Charles Eric Mowbray, Delphine Françoise Monique Launay, Stephen John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200016783
    Abstract: The film sealing and wrapping machine with a rotary cut and seal jaw is provided. The rotary cut and seal jaw has an internal sliding mechanism which provides for smooth and quiet operation. The rotational speed of the jaw may be varied to increase through put and to provide for a title bag around products. The rotary cut and seal jaw may comprise a seal bar and pressure pad may both be spring loaded to self align the seal bar and pressure pad during the sealing and cutting process. Lastly, a gap defined by a belt disposed upstream and downstream of the seal bar and pressure pad may be mechanically linked to the pressure pad through a control carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Uttaro, John Robinson, Michel Laurin
  • Publication number: 20190383088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shaker doors with solid cores and methods for making the same. The shaker doors contain different core materials at the recessed panel than the raise peripheral region to provide dimensional stability and reduced distortion when the doors are exposed to high humidity. The devices and methods also provide for easy assembly of solid core shaker doors, including fire rated doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: John ROBINSON, Steven SWARTZMILLER, Steven GUTKOWSKI, Robert Allen, Roland KARSCH, Michael MACDONALD
  • Publication number: 20190312959
    Abstract: The invention is a method and device for normalizing communication. The method includes receiving on a first device a first message via a first protocol from a second device; transmitting a second message to a third device via a second protocol, wherein the second message is transmitted using a first spreading factor; initiating a delay timer upon transmitting the second message, wherein a duration of the delay timer is based on a second spreading factor, wherein the second spreading factor is greater than or equal to the first spreading factor; receiving a third message from the third device via the second protocol, wherein the third message is transmitted using the first spreading factor, and wherein the third message is in response to the second message; and upon the expiration of the delay timer, sending a fourth message to the second device via the first protocol. The device includes the hardware and instructions to perform the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Hall, Craig Boswell, John Robinson, Taylor Robbins, David R. Hall
  • Patent number: 10404532
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing network devices. In particular, a client router may connect to an upstream virtual gateway. The virtual gateway may manage a large number of client devices. Each client router may be represented virtually within the gateway as a virtual router. The virtual gateways may be distributed regionally, in order to manage large numbers of client routers and/or to reduce transmission delays. The virtual gateways may be managed by a gateway controller. The gateway controller may be centralized, and perform various configuration functions, such as configurations for hardware, logical networking, or content access policies. In some instances, messages sent between the gateway controller using a first protocol and the client router using a second protocol may be translated by a protocol agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Commnications, LLC
    Inventors: Mani Ramasubramani, Andrea Peiro, Jeffrey Barberio, Kris Bransom, Michael Chen, Weston Schmidt, James Chan, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190266092
    Abstract: A coherency manager for receiving snoop requests addressed in a physical address space, the snoop requests relating to a cache memory addressable using a virtual address space, the cache memory having a plurality of coherent cachelines, the coherency manager comprising: a reverse translation module configured to maintain a mapping from physical addresses to virtual addresses for each coherent cacheline held in the cache memory; and a snoop processor configured to: receive a snoop request relating to a physical address; in response to the received snoop request, determine whether the physical address is mapped to a virtual address in the reverse translation module; and process the snoop request in dependence on that determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Martin John Robinson, Mark Landers
  • Publication number: 20190266091
    Abstract: A memory interface for interfacing between a memory bus and a cache memory, comprising: a plurality of bus interfaces configured to transfer data between the memory bus and the cache memory; and a plurality of snoop processors configured to receive snoop requests from the memory bus; wherein each snoop processor is associated with a respective bus interface and each snoop processor is configured, on receiving a snoop request, to determine whether the snoop request relates to the bus interface associated with that snoop processor and to process the snoop request in dependence on that determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Martin John Robinson, Mark Landers
  • Publication number: 20190266101
    Abstract: A memory interface for interfacing between a memory bus addressable using a physical address space and a cache memory addressable using a virtual address space, the memory interface comprising: a memory management unit configured to maintain a mapping from the virtual address space to the physical address space; and a coherency manager comprising a reverse translation module configured to maintain a mapping from the physical address space to the virtual address space; wherein the memory interface is configured to: receive a memory read request from the cache memory, the memory read request being addressed in the virtual address space; translate the memory read request, at the memory management unit, to a translated memory read request addressed in the physical address space for transmission on the memory bus; receive a snoop request from the memory bus, the snoop request being addressed in the physical address space; and translate the snoop request, at the coherency manager, to a translated snoop request addr
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Martin John Robinson, Mark Landers
  • Patent number: 10392857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shaker doors with solid cores and methods for making the same. The shaker doors contain different core materials at the recessed panel than the raise peripheral region to provide dimensional stability and reduced distortion when the doors are exposed to high humidity. The devices and methods also provide for easy assembly of solid core shaker doors, including fire rated doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: John Robinson, Steven Swartzmiller, Steven Gutkowski, Robert Allen, Roland Karsch, Michael MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20190182666
    Abstract: A user device may connect to a wireless network despite the user device lacking the correct network credentials to access the wireless network. When the user device is unable to connect to a first network due to an incorrect network credential, the user device may automatically connect to a second network to obtain the correct network credentials associated with the first network. The network credentials associated with the first network may enable the user device to then connect and/or reconnect to the first network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Sreekant Kotay, John Robinson, Jacob Gladish, Robert Seamon
  • Publication number: 20190155640
    Abstract: A converter module is described which handles memory requests issued by a cache (e.g. an on-chip cache), where these memory requests include memory addresses defined within a virtual memory space. The converter module receives these requests, issues each request with a transaction identifier and uses that identifier to track the status of the memory request. The converter module sends requests for address translation to a memory management unit and where there the translation is not available in the memory management unit receives further memory requests from the memory management unit. The memory requests are issued to a memory via a bus and the transaction identifier for a request is freed once the response has been received from the memory. When issuing memory requests onto the bus, memory requests received from the memory management unit may be prioritized over those received from the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Landers, Martin John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190153524
    Abstract: Integrated devices that include a sample preparation component integrated with a detection component are disclosed. The sample preparation component may be a digital microfluidics module or a surface acoustic wave module which modules are used for combing a sample droplet with a reagent droplet and for performing additional sample preparation step leading to a droplet that contains beads/particles/labels that indicate presence or absence of an analyte of interest in the sample. The beads/particles/labels may be detected by moving the droplet to the detection component of the device, which detection component includes an array of wells. The detection modules disclosed here can be used for detecting analytes of interest which analytes may have been enriched by amplification, isolation, or other techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mark A. Hayden, Jeffrey B. Huff, Sophie Laurenson, Andrew Fischer, John Robinson, Shelley R. Holets-McCormack
  • Publication number: 20190127645
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a microwave processing chamber. In addition, the processing apparatus includes a rigid, rotatable feed wheel rotatable about an axis of rotation such that a part of the feed wheel is located within the processing chamber. Further, the processing apparatus includes a feed device configured to deposit materials to be processed onto the feed wheel. Still further, the processing apparatus includes an output into which processed materials from the feed wheel can be deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: George Burnett, Mike Bradley, John Robinson
  • Patent number: 10259525
    Abstract: A crank arm for a bicycle chainset is provided. The arm comprises means for varying crank length during rotation, whereby to gain mechanical advantage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Alan John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190109724
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are wireless devices operable at intermediate wireless at ranges of thousands of meters, utilizing packets that include a preamble and a data payload. Devices may be such things as keypads, door latches, occupancy monitors, sprinkler controllers and other devices needing a communications link. Devices include an intermediate-range transceiver and a separate deployment wireless interface accessible from a mobile device such as a cellular telephone or portable tablet. Devices can be registered in a database and deployed for use by means of an application running on the mobile device. A scannable label bearing a code can be affixed to a wireless device providing a means of tracking, identifying and verifying a device through the deployment process. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Craig Boswell, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20190052243
    Abstract: A single frequency control device incorporating a high frequency resonator, a low frequency resonator and a temperature sensing element, the latter thermally coupled closely to the said resonators to facilitate temperature sensing with higher resolution and accuracy. Additional benefits offered by the structure include smaller size and lower cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Brent John Robinson
  • Patent number: D876169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LYNK, INC.
    Inventors: Richard B. Klein, Mark A. Etter, Andrew J. Meier, John Robinson Figgs-Hoard