Patents by Inventor John M. Sullivan
John M. Sullivan 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: 20240077932Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system with a power management device, a wakeup circuit, a battery management device, and a connector. During a powered down mode of operation, the battery management device can provide, via the connector, a bias voltage to the wakeup circuit. In response to a wakeup switch being activated, the battery management device can provide a power supply (e.g., from a battery) to the power management device. Benefits of the wakeup circuit include (1) a reduction of battery consumption—and thus improving battery lifetime—when the electronic system is in a powered down mode of operation because the wakeup circuit has lower number of active components compared to other designs and (2) a non-complex wakeup circuit design because one or more existing connector interconnects between the power management device and the battery management device can be re-used during electronic system's powered down mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Talbott M. Houk, Wenxun Huang, Nikola Jovanovic, Floyd L. Dankert, Sanjay Pant, Alessandro Molari, Siarhei Meliukh, Nicola Florio, Ludmil N. Nikolov, Nathan F. Hanagami, Hartmut Sturm, Di Zhao, Chad L. Olson, John J. Sullivan, Seyedeh Maryam Mortazavi Zanjani, Tristan R. Hudson, Jay B. Fletcher, Jonathan A. Dutra
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Publication number: 20220244682Abstract: A system includes a plurality of vibration sensors configured to be coupled to a unit of building equipment, an edge device arranged between the plurality of vibration sensors and a communications network. The edge device is programmed to detect an abnormality in vibration data from the plurality of vibration sensors by ingesting streams of vibration data from the plurality of vibration sensors, performing signal processing on the streams of vibration data to obtain inputs for a machine learning model, determining whether the abnormality is occurring by applying the inputs to the machine learning model, determining a trend associated with the abnormality based on outputs of the machine learning model, and causing a portion of the vibration data to be communicated to a first computing system via the communications network in response to the trend satisfying a criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Matthias Walczyk, Andrew S. Pike, John M. Sullivan, Kelsey C. Schuster, Christopher J. Verink
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Patent number: 11089744Abstract: A system and method for cultivating plants is described. The system may include a tower structure having a vertical series of vessels for holding a netted pot or other container. The system may have a pressurized irrigation system that is in fluid communication with each vessel. The system may further include lamps to provide an adequate light source. The system may also include sensors, monitors and controls to establish and maintain environmental conditions suitable for proper plant growth. The system may further be implemented as a scalable system in which multiple tower structures may be installed into a scaffold system. Sets of towers may be slidably affixed to a scaffold such that the towers may be slid along a track thereby creating easy access to the plants, vessels, lights and the irrigation system. The system may be expanded to include multiple scaffolds affixed to a skeletal frame or compartment interior.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Inventors: Kyle W. Moffitt, Christopher R. Denaro, Robert A. Gibson, John M. Sullivan, Leszek Ziolek
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Patent number: 10856480Abstract: A system and method for cultivating plants is described. The system may include a tower structure having a vertical series of vessels for holding a netted pot or other container. The system may have a pressurized irrigation system that is in fluid communication with each vessel. The system may further include lamps to provide an adequate light source. The system may also include sensors, monitors and controls to establish and maintain environmental conditions suitable for proper plant growth. The system may further be implemented as a scalable system in which multiple tower structures may be installed into a scaffold system. Sets of towers may be slidably affixed to a scaffold such that the towers may be slid along a track thereby creating easy access to the plants, vessels, lights and the irrigation system. The system may be expanded to include multiple scaffolds affixed to a skeletal frame or compartment interior.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: STEM CULTIVATION, INC.Inventors: Kyle W. Moffitt, Christopher R. Denaro, Robert A. Gibson, John M. Sullivan, Leszek Ziolek
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Publication number: 20190082627Abstract: A system and method for cultivating plants is described. The system may include a tower structure having a vertical series of vessels for holding a netted pot or other container. The system may have a pressurized irrigation system that is in fluid communication with each vessel. The system may further include lamps to provide an adequate light source. The system may also include sensors, monitors and controls to establish and maintain environmental conditions suitable for proper plant growth. The system may further be implemented as a scalable system in which multiple tower structures may be installed into a scaffold system. Sets of towers may be slidably affixed to a scaffold such that the towers may be slid along a track thereby creating easy access to the plants, vessels, lights and the irrigation system. The system may be expanded to include multiple scaffolds affixed to a skeletal frame or compartment interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Kyle W. Moffitt, Christopher R. Denaro, Robert A. Gibson, John M. Sullivan, Leszek Ziolek
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Publication number: 20190082606Abstract: A system and method for cultivating plants is described. The system may include a tower structure having a vertical series of vessels for holding a netted pot or other container. The system may have a pressurized irrigation system that is in fluid communication with each vessel. The system may further include lamps to provide an adequate light source. The system may also include sensors, monitors and controls to establish and maintain environmental conditions suitable for proper plant growth. The system may further be implemented as a scalable system in which multiple tower structures may be installed into a scaffold system. Sets of towers may be slidably affixed to a scaffold such that the towers may be slid along a track thereby creating easy access to the plants, vessels, lights and the irrigation system. The system may be expanded to include multiple scaffolds affixed to a skeletal frame or compartment interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Kyle W. Moffitt, Christopher R. Denaro, Robert A. Gibson, John M. Sullivan, Leszek Ziolek
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Publication number: 20190082617Abstract: A system and method for cultivating plants is described. The system may include a tower structure having a vertical series of vessels for holding a netted pot or other container. The system may have a pressurized irrigation system in fluid communication with each vessel. The system may further include lamps to provide an adequate energy source. The system may also include sensors, monitors and controls to establish and maintain environmental conditions suitable for proper plant growth. The system may further be implemented as a scalable system in which multiple tower structures may be installed into a scaffold system. Sets of towers may be slidably affixed to a scaffold such that the towers may be slid along a track thereby creating easy access to the plants, vessels, lights and the irrigation system. The system may be expanded to include multiple scaffolds affixed to a skeletal frame or compartment interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Kyle W. Moffitt, Christopher R. Denaro, Robert A. Gibson, John M. Sullivan, Leszek Ziolek
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Patent number: 10103812Abstract: A satellite communication system may include a communication satellite orbiting Earth, a user terminal in radio communication with the communication satellite through a user link, a communication relay apparatus operating at an altitude of approximately 65,000 feet and in optical communication with the communication satellite through a feeder link, and a gateway station in radio communication with the communication relay apparatus through a gateway link.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Greg Busche, John M. Sullivan, Lindsay E. Krejcarek, Jeffrey M. Jesiolowski, Ying J. Feria, David A. Whelan
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Patent number: 10084531Abstract: A communication network may include a satellite configured to provide a plurality of satellite cells within a satellite coverage area, and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) configured to fly within the satellite coverage area. Each UAV is configured to fly over one of the satellite cells. A resource allocation system may be configured to dynamically allocate at least a portion of a frequency spectrum between the satellite and the UAV(s). Each UAV provides a plurality of UAV cells within a satellite cell in response to the resource allocation system allocating the frequency spectrum (or portion thereof) to the UAV(s).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ying J. Feria, David Whelan, Mike T. Trujillo, John M. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20170214462Abstract: A satellite communication system may include a communication satellite orbiting Earth, a user terminal in radio communication with the communication satellite through a user link, a communication relay apparatus operating at an altitude of approximately 65,000 feet and in optical communication with the communication satellite through a feeder link, and a gateway station in radio communication with the communication relay apparatus through a gateway link.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Greg Busche, John M. Sullivan, Lindsay E. Krejcarek, Jeffrey M. Jesiolowski, Ying J. Feria, David A. Whelan
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Publication number: 20170063445Abstract: A communication network may include a satellite configured to provide a plurality of satellite cells within a satellite coverage area, and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) configured to fly within the satellite coverage area. Each UAV is configured to fly over one of the satellite cells. A resource allocation system may be configured to dynamically allocate at least a portion of a frequency spectrum between the satellite and the UAV(s). Each UAV provides a plurality of UAV cells within a satellite cell in response to the resource allocation system allocating the frequency spectrum (or portion thereof) to the UAV(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ying J. Feria, David Whelan, Mike T. Trujillo, John M. Sullivan
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Patent number: 9577704Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a signal is present. Information is carried in a frequency hopping signal. The frequency hopping signal is sent to a gateway in a communications network through a satellite. The frequency hopping signal is unprocessed by the satellite to identify the information in the frequency hopping signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Irwin Balter, Dennis Gottman, Bret Michael Botzong, John M. Sullivan
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Patent number: 9503907Abstract: A system is provided for overlapping cells for wireless coverage in a cellular communication system. The system includes a beam-weight generator and beamformer coupled to the beam-weight generator. The beam-weight generator is configured to generate a plurality of beam weights including at least first and second sets of beam weights. And the beamformer is configured to apply the first and second sets of beam weights to signals in a cellular communication system. The cellular communication system provides coverage over a geographic region divided into cells arranged in overlapping first and second layers of cells having criteria optimized for respective, distinct first and second types of services, or communication by respective, distinct first and second types of user terminals. In this regard, the criteria are reflected in the first and second sets of beam weights.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ying J. Feria, John M. Sullivan, Greg Busche, Murat E. Veysoglu, Lori Shima
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Patent number: 9042295Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a signal. The signal is received in a receiver system in a satellite. The signal has a range of frequencies in which information is carried in a number of channels having a number of frequencies within the range of frequencies. The number of frequencies for a channel in the number of channels changes within the range of frequencies over time. The signal is transmitted using a transmitter system in the satellite. The signal is unprocessed to identify the number of frequencies for the channel used to carry the information by the satellite.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Irwin Balter, Dennis Gottman, Bret Michael Botzong, John M. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20150111584Abstract: A system is provided for overlapping cells for wireless coverage in a cellular communication system. The system includes a beam-weight generator and beamformer coupled to the beam-weight generator. The beam-weight generator is configured to generate a plurality of beam weights including at least first and second sets of beam weights. And the beamformer is configured to apply the first and second sets of beam weights to signals in a cellular communication system. The cellular communication system provides coverage over a geographic region divided into cells arranged in overlapping first and second layers of cells having criteria optimized for respective, distinct first and second types of services, or communication by respective, distinct first and second types of user terminals. In this regard, the criteria are reflected in the first and second sets of beam weights.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Ying J. Feria, John M. Sullivan, Greg Busche, Murat E. Veysoglu, Lori Shima
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Patent number: 8965385Abstract: A relay and distribution apparatus is provided for a cellular communication system. The relay and distribution apparatus includes an antenna system configured to lay down beams in overlapping first and M second N-cell frequency reuse patterns. The first frequency reuse pattern may be for communication of control channels of a cellular communication system, and the second frequency reuse patterns may be for communication of traffic channels exclusive of control channels of the cellular communication system. The second frequency reuse patterns may be staggered with one another. And cells of the second frequency reuse patterns may have a size only a fraction of which is for transmission of traffic channels any of which may be assignable through a control channel of the first reuse frequency pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ying J Feria, Greg Busche, Murat E Veysoglu, John M Sullivan, Lori Shima, Becky Xiao-Chun Li
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Patent number: 8948747Abstract: A system is provided for overlapping cells for wireless coverage in a cellular communication system. The system includes a beam-weight generator and beamformer coupled to the beam-weight generator. The beam-weight generator is configured to generate a plurality of beam weights including at least first and second sets of beam weights. And the beamformer is configured to apply the first and second sets of beam weights to signals in a cellular communication system. The cellular communication system provides coverage over a geographic region divided into cells arranged in overlapping first and second layers of cells having criteria optimized for communication by respective, distinct first and second types of user terminals. In this regard, the criteria are reflected in the first and second sets of beam weights.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Ying J. Feria, John M. Sullivan, Greg Busche, Murat E. Veysoglu, Lori Shima
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Patent number: 8252527Abstract: Provided are methods for identifying a polynucleotide that can reduce the level of a target mRNA. The method can be performed by providing cells that express an RNA polynucleotide that contains a target mRNA sequence, an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES) and a sequence encoding a secreted reporter protein; introducing to the cells a test polynucleotide, and measuring activity of the secreted reporter protein. A reduction in secreted reporter protein activity relative to a control cell into which the test polynucleotide has not been introduced is indicative that the test polynucleotide is capable of reducing the level of the target mRNA in the cells. The method is adaptable for high throughput screening methods and is suited for identifying polynucleotides that can catalyze cleavage of target mRNA and/or act on target mRNA through and antisense or RNAi mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New YorkInventors: John M. Sullivan, Edwin H. Yau
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Publication number: 20080227103Abstract: Provided are methods for identifying a polynucleotide that can reduce the level of a target mRNA. The method can be performed by providing cells that express an RNA polynucleotide that contains a target mRNA sequence, an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES) and a sequence encoding a secreted reporter protein; introducing to the cells a test polynucleotide, and measuring activity of the secreted reporter protein. A reduction in secreted reporter protein activity relative to a control cell into which the test polynucleotide has not been introduced is indicative that the test polynucleotide is capable of reducing the level of the target mRNA in the cells. The method is adaptable for high throughput screening methods and is suited for identifying polynucleotides that can catalyze cleavage of target mRNA and/or act on target mRNA through and antisense or RNAi mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: John M. Sullivan, Edwin H. Yau
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Patent number: 6937967Abstract: This invention relates to a method and system for finite element modeling of enhanced magnetoresistance in thin film semiconductors containing at least one metallic inclusion therein. The method and system utilizes finite element analysis techniques as a function of the applied magnetic field and the geometry of the device for comparing the device characteristics with predetermined qualities and modifying the device to achieve a correlation between the device characteristics and the predetermined qualities.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Daniel R. Hines, Stuart A. Solin, Tao Zhou, Jonathan E. Moussa, Lakshminarayanapuram Ramdas Ram-Mohan, John M. Sullivan, Jr.