Patents by Inventor John A. Stephens

John A. Stephens 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).

  • Event tracking for messaging platform
    Patent number: 10616354
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tracking events that result from a conversation on a messaging platform and that occur outside of the messaging platform. In one embodiment, the messaging platform may provide a user-selectable option that enables a first party or a second party to indicate that an event has occurred outside of the messaging platform. In another embodiment, the messaging platform may be configured to detect when a document is exchanged in a conversation via the messaging platform. In yet another embodiment, information may be extracted from a document exchanged in a conversation via a messaging platform. The extracted information may be used to determine whether an event has occurred outside of the messaging platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Ishaan Kumar, John Stephen Anderson, Thilak Thenpandyian, Mandeep Dhillon, Abhishek Nandakumar, Yeon Seung Hong, Alessia Antonucci, Himanshu Baweja, Natapa Phruthisaranphong
  • VACUUM PUMP PROTECTION AGAINST DEPOSITION BYPRODUCT BUILDUP
    Publication number: 20200105509
    Abstract: A processing chamber such as a plasma etch chamber can perform deposition and etch operations, where byproducts of the deposition and etch operations can build up in a vacuum pump system fluidly coupled to the processing chamber. A vacuum pump system may have multiple roughing pumps so that etch gases can be diverted a roughing pump and deposition precursors can be diverted to another roughing pump. A divert line may route unused deposition precursors through a separate roughing pump. Deposition byproducts can be prevented from forming by incorporating one or more gas ejectors or venturi pumps at an outlet of a primary pump in a vacuum pump system. Cleaning operations, such as waferless automated cleaning operations, using certain clean chemistries may remove deposition byproducts before or after etch operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: John Stephen Drewery, Tom A. Kamp, Haoquan Yan, John Edward Daugherty, Ali Sucipto Tan, Ming-Kuei Tseng, Bruce Edmund Freeman
  • String, rope, or strap with repetitively spaced holes/flexible-eyelets
    Patent number: 10604892
    Abstract: A string, rope, or strap with repetitively spaced openings/flexible eyelets from bifurcated braiding or weaving, or from cutting and sealing. The bifurcated openings are preferably created from a single rope or strap that is subsequently braided or weaved into two strings, ropes, or straps and then back into one. The frequent and periodic placement of these eyelets on the string, rope, or strap, allows the user to easily tie down items. The rope or strap is flexible enough to pull it in on its self, through its eyelets. The ends of the string, rope, or strap are finished into a hard tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventors: John Stephen Caliri, Joseph Mark Caliri
  • Elastomeric Pressure Transduction Based User Interface
    Publication number: 20200092629
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having a deformable surfaces through which a user can provide inputs to the device by applying a force such as a pinch or a squeeze. A particular embodiment is an earpiece with the deformable surface part of an elongate section extending from an earbud. The deformable surface includes an incompressible hyperelastic material and a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor includes a pressure sensing element and a void defined between the pressure sensing element and the incompressible hyperelastic material. An applied force is transferred by the incompressible hyperelastic material to compress the void and change an internal pressure thereof. The changed pressure is detected by the pressure sensor, and can result in changed operation of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: John Stephen Smith, Storrs T. Hoen
  • Force sensor with strain relief
    Patent number: 10591368
    Abstract: A transparent force sensor for detecting an applied force on a surface of a device. The transparent force sensor includes a transparent force-sensitive film having an array of strain-relief features oriented along a first direction. The transparent force-sensitive film is formed from a transparent piezoelectric material that exhibits a substantially reduced net charge when strained along a primary direction. The force sensor also includes a display element disposed on one side of the transparent force-sensitive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Pedder, John Stephen Smith
  • Presenting content to an online system user promoting interaction with an application based on installation of the application on a client device
    Patent number: 10592931
    Abstract: An application associated with an online system that presents content to a user via a client device determines content associated with an additional advertisement for presentation via the client device based on whether the additional advertisement is installed on the client device. If the application has been installed on the client device, content associated with the additional advertisement includes a link that, when selected, executes the application and configures the application to operate in s specific state. However, if the application has not been installed, content associated with the additional application includes a link that, when selected, retrieves information for installing the application. If the link to install the additional application is selected, the client device may be monitored to determine when the additional application has been installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stephen Ketchpaw, Jun Li, Stephanie Shum
  • Method for manufacturing a flat polymer coated electrostatic chuck
    Patent number: 10585358
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a flat, polymer-coated electrostatic chuck platen involves imposing forces on the chuck to compensate for platen warpage induced during shrinkage of the polymer coating as it is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorpotated
    Inventors: Mark Francis Krol, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Display module support
    Patent number: 10585518
    Abstract: Display module support techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an external enclosure forming a cavity and a touch display module. The touch display module includes a touch panel assembly having one or more touch sensors and a display module to output a display through at least a portion of the touch panel assembly. The apparatus also includes a support that secures the touch display module to the external enclosure. The support is secured to the external enclosure using a reworkable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Huston, James Michael Bonicatto, Kenneth Charles Boman, Andrew William Hill, John Stephen Campbell
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED REAL-TIME MULTI-PARTICIPANT CONSTRUCTION, EVOLUTION, AND APPREHENSION OF SHARED VISUAL AND COGNITIVE CONTEXT
    Publication number: 20200076862
    Abstract: Systems and methods for content collaboration using context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Eben Eliason, Kate Davies, Sean Weber, Mark Backman, Carlton J. Sparrell, John Stephen Underkoffler
  • TUBULAR CABLE CONVEYOR SLUG WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20200062509
    Abstract: A drag conveyor assembly is disclosed that allows for improved functionality and connectivity to form an endless loop. The assembly includes a traction element and a plurality of slugs fixedly attached to the traction element. When any one of the slugs is split, each split slug section of the slug remains fixedly attached to the traction element. In one embodiment, each slug of the plurality of slugs includes a cutting groove. A ferrule pair is provided to attach each slug to the traction element. The cutting grooves facilitate a cutting or slicing process to split the slug into split slug sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Flexicon Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Joel Barry, John Stephen Szazdi, JR.
  • Trocar Support
    Publication number: 20200060719
    Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting a trocar while the trocar extends through a body wall of a patient includes an inflatable collar and a slidable abutment collar commonly connected for engagement onto the trocar following which the slide collar is released to slide along the trocar. The inflatable collar is inflated to a set size by a manually operable pump on the slidable collar operated by squeezing finger abutments together up to a latch so that threaded portion expels the inflation fluid. The abutment member is shaped to be received on an outer surface of the trocar and adjustable longitudinally of the trocar sleeve so as to be located at a selected position by a manually movable latch collar. The inflatable collar and slidably collar are held connected by a manually operable release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: John Stephen Pacak, Heather Dawn Diamond, Damian Raymond Muldoon, Shane Gerard Ward, Brian Fergus Murphy, William James Cannon, Luke Patrick Keaveney
  • Locking mechanism
    Patent number: 10571974
    Abstract: A computing device is described. The computing device may include a first portion and a second portion separably connected to the first portion. A locking mechanism may be configured to lock the first portion to the second portion. The locking mechanism may include a locking receptacle connected to the first portion and a locking protrusion connected to the second portion. The locking receptacle may include a rotating lock and may have an aperture through which the locking protrusion is insertable. The computing device may include an actuator mechanically coupled to the locking mechanism and configured to unlock the first portion from the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Gault, Scott Douglas Bowers, John Stephen Campbell, Anthony E. Hillyerd, Yazan Aldehayyat, Karsten Aagaard, Eric Paul Witt
  • Vector load instruction
    Patent number: 10564968
    Abstract: First and second types of vector load instruction are provided. For the first type, a response action is performed when an exceptional condition is detected for a load operation performed for a first active data element of at least one vector register, but when the exceptional condition is detected for an active data element other than the first active data element, the response action is suppressed and element identifying information is stored identifying the element which caused the exceptional condition. For the second type, the response action is suppressed and the element identifying information is stored when the exceptional condition arises for any active data element. This approach is useful for allowing loop speculation and loop unrolling to be used together to improve performance of vectorised code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventor: Nigel John Stephens
  • GLASS CONTAINERS WITH IMPROVED STRENGTH AND IMPROVED DAMAGE TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20200046607
    Abstract: A coated glass package comprising a glass body having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719. A lubricous coating having a thickness of ?100 microns may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The portion of the coated glass package with the lubricous coating comprises a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation cycle. A horizontal compression strength of the coated glass package is at least 10% greater than an uncoated glass package and the horizontal compression strength is not reduced by more than 20% after undergoing the depyrogenation cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
  • Collaborative workflow through messaging conversations
    Patent number: 10558734
    Abstract: A networked application and email application were described herein that provide for an intuitive system by which users can participate in collaborative workflow relating to a network document. In one implementation, a system includes a messaging server component to provide messaging services and an application server component to provide a networked application. The application server component interacts with the messaging server component in response to a user command to initiate collaboration on the network document. The interaction with the messaging server component includes providing a link that refers to a version of the network document as created or edited by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Rochelle, Micah Lemonik, Farzad Khosrowshahi, John Stephen Danaher
  • Trocar support
    Patent number: 10524829
    Abstract: A support apparatus for supporting a trocar while the trocar extends through a body wall of a patient includes an inflatable collar and a slidable abutment collar commonly connected for engagement onto the trocar following which the slide collar is released to slide along the trocar. The inflatable collar is inflated to a set size by a manually operable pump on the slidable collar operated by squeezing finger abutments together up to a latch so that threaded portion expels the inflation fluid. The abutment member is shaped to be received on an outer surface of the trocar and adjustable longitudinally of the trocar sleeve so as to be located at a selected position by a manually movable latch collar. The inflatable collar and slidably collar are held connected by a manually operable release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Surgical Stabilization Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: John Stephen Pacak, Heather Dawn Diamond, Damian Raymond Muldoon, Shane Gerard Ward, Brian Fergus Murphy, William James Cannon, Luke Patrick Keaveney
  • Spatially mediated augmentations of and interactions among distinct devices and applications via extended pixel manifold
    Patent number: 10529302
    Abstract: Systems and methods for display. Program instructions of a client application are accessed. The client application is an application of a client device that is located within a viewable region of a display device. Display output of a first display system application is generated by executing the accessed program instructions. A first absolute position of the client device is determined. A display area for the display output of the display system application is determined. A first pixel region of the display device is determined. The first display region corresponds to the determined display area and the first absolute position of the client device. The display output of the display system application is displayed by using the determined first pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Oblong Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Stephen Underkoffler, Carlton J. Sparrell, Brandon Lee Walter Harvey, Peter Joseph Hawkes
  • Virtual interactive marketplace
    Patent number: 10521840
    Abstract: The invention provides an interactive web based market place and a system for providing a web based market place. The web based market place includes a website. The market place is configured to: display products together with information regarding the respective products, which can be searched and viewed by a potential customer; monitor potential customer activity viewing a particular product; monitor online status of the seller of the particular product; provide the opportunity for the seller to initiate contact, via a portal, with the potential customer whilst the potential customer is viewing the seller's product on the web based market place by means of a live chat mechanism; and providing the means for the customer to interact live with the seller on the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LOR TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD
    Inventor: Francis John Stephen McDouall
  • Data processing apparatus and method for processing a SIMD instruction specifying a control value having a first portion identifying a selected data size and a second portion identifying at least one control parameter having a number of bits that varies in dependence on a number of bits comprised by the first portion
    Patent number: 10521232
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprises a processing circuit and instruction decoder. A bitfield manipulation instruction controls the processing apparatus to generate at least one result data element from corresponding first and second source data elements. Each result data element includes a portion corresponding to a bitfield of the corresponding first source data element. Bits of the result data element that are more significant than the inserted bitfield have a prefix value that is selected, based on a control value specified by the instruction, as one of a first prefix value having a zero value, a second prefix value having the value of a portion of the corresponding second source data element, and a third prefix value corresponding to a sign extension of the bitfield of the first source data element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: David James Seal, Richard Roy Grisenthwaite, Nigel John Stephens
  • Glass containers with improved strength and improved damage tolerance
    Patent number: 10507164
    Abstract: A coated glass container having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660 (2011), a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719. The glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A lubricous coating having a thickness of <100 microns positioned on the exterior surface. The portion of the exterior surface with the coating having a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass container formed from the same glass composition and does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing depyrogenation at about 260° C. for 30 minutes. A horizontal compression strength of the coated glass container is at least 10% greater than an uncoated glass container formed from the same glass composition and is not reduced by more than 20% after heat treatment at about 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren