Patents by Inventor Joshua Allen

Joshua Allen 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: 10251316
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing that includes a front face, a rear face, a front-face cut out on the front face, a rear-face cut out on the rear face, a front-face screen to cover the front-face cut out, and a rear-face screen to cover the rear-face cut out. A box insertable between the front face and the rear face. The box includes a plurality of wicks behind the front face of the housing when the box is inserted in the housing. The box includes a water connection fitting coupled to the plurality of wicks through a controllable valve. The controllable valve has an open position and closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mistbox, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Nachefski, Joshua Allen Teekell
  • Patent number: 10229395
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for predictive determination and resolution of an exception located on a negotiable instrument. The exception may be an indicia that includes data related to the payor, payment accounts, or payee. An indicia may not be identified successfully and thus be queued for exception processing. The exceptions may include one or more irregularities such as bad micro line reads, outdated check stock, or misrepresentative indicia points on a negotiable instrument that may result in a failure to match the check to an account for processing. Upon identifying an exception, the system retrieves historical transaction data associated with the resolved indicia. Subsequently, utilizing the resolved indicia, the system may determine a value for the exception identified based on the retrieved historical transaction data. Finally, the determined value may be stored with the negotiable instrument to complete the payment reconciliation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Gerald Smith, James F. Barrett, II, Andrew Patrick Bastnagel, Joshua Allen Beaudry, Eric Dryer, Shawn Cart Gunsolley, Marshall Bright Thompson, Michael Matthew Wisser
  • Patent number: 10185707
    Abstract: A facility for annotating portions of a document shown in a visual representation of the document with annotations reflecting aggregated document activities performed with respect to the portions is described. The facility specifies a visual representation of at least part of the document. For each of at least two portions of the document that are not identical and that are represented in the specified visual representation, the facility attaches to locations in the document's visual representation corresponding to the portion a visual annotation reflecting an aggregation operation against document activities performed with respect to the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Edgar Fay, Joshua Allen Cowhig, Christopher Lee Mullins, Robert Earl Standefer, III
  • Publication number: 20180347763
    Abstract: Automated detection of pipeline ruptures using machine learning techniques. A plurality of independent rupture detection techniques each generate a status determination indicative of whether the pipeline is ruptured. A combiner utilizing a neural network algorithm analyzes the status determinations to generate a single, high-confidence status determination indicative of whether the pipeline is ruptured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Software, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Howard Ford, Sarah Elizabeth Williams, Feili Huang, Joshua Allen Brown
  • Patent number: 10115081
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention monitor node usage in a transaction processing system. Embodiments include accessing a dynamic mapping of transaction flow in the transaction processing system, the dynamic mapping including a plurality of transaction pathways interconnected by transaction nodes, wherein the transaction nodes represent an automated processing step or action taken by a manual station of the transaction processing system on transactions files that are received at the transaction nodes; wherein the transaction processing system processes a transaction file at a first node and stores information corresponding to the first node and the type of processing that occurred at the first node with the transaction file; determining that the transaction file was processed at the first node; accessing the transaction file to determine the type of processing that occurred at the first node; and performing an action related to the type of processing that occurred at the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Gerald Smith, Joshua Allen Beaudry, Eric Dryer, Marshall Bright Thompson, Shawn Cart Gunsolley, Michael Matthew Wisser, Andrew Patrick Bastnagel, James F. Barrett, II
  • Patent number: 10092875
    Abstract: We provide a method for removing contaminants from a gas, comprising: alternating input of the gas between two or more beds of adsorbent particles that comprise zeolite SSZ-36, zeolite SSZ-39, or zeolite SSZ-45; wherein the gas contacts one of the beds during an adsorption and a tail gas is simultaneously vented from another of the beds by desorption; wherein a contacting pressure is from about 345 kPa to about 6895 kPa and produces a product gas containing no greater than about 2 mol % carbon dioxide, at least about 10 wppm water, at least about 65 mol % of methane recovered from the feed gas, and at least about 25 mol % of ethane recovered from the feed gas; and wherein the tail gas is vented from the feed end of the beds. We also provide a method for removing a contaminant from a gas, wherein the gas contains hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Thompson, Tracy Margaret Davis, Dan Xie, Stacey Ian Zones
  • Publication number: 20180257019
    Abstract: A method for removing acid gas from feed gas, comprising: alternating input of feed gas between beds of adsorbent particles that comprise zeolite SSZ-98 or SSZ-105; wherein gas contacts one of the beds during an adsorption and tail gas is vented from another bed by desorption; wherein a product gas containing no greater than about 2 Mol % carbon dioxide is produced, and methane and ethane are recovered. A method for removing acid gas, wherein the product gas contains 1 wppm H2S or less. A process for removing acid gas from feed gas, comprising adjusting selectivity of an adsorbent by changing a substitution of ERI phase with LEV phase in an intergrown molecular sieve. A process for removing acid gas from a feed gas, comprising: contacting a feed gas with adsorbent comprising a molecular sieve having a defined intergrowth of an ERI phase and a LEV phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Thompson, Dan Xie
  • Publication number: 20180261195
    Abstract: An adjustable integrated lug and drum mount composed of an integrated lug, a U-bracket and at least one mounting component, wherein the relative position of the mounting component with respect to the U-bracket is adjustable. The integrated lug and U-bracket are durably attached to the drum shell and one another with two fasteners. The U-bracket has a planar, free member, which connects with the mounting component(s). The planar, free member has one end, attached continuously to the bulk of the U-bracket, called the joined end. The planar, free member has another end, disposed distal to the joined end, called the free end, which can vibrate. The mounting components can be mounted substantially anywhere between the joined end and the free end. The adjustment changes the stiffness with which the integrated lug and drum mount connects the drum leg or support to the drum. The integrated lug has a threaded receiver that can accept a threaded shaft from a tuning screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua Allen
  • Patent number: 10068100
    Abstract: A facility for interacting with an electronic document is described. The facility causes to be displayed a visual representation of the document, and receives input representing a painting interaction with a portion of the displayed visual representation of the document that corresponds to a portion of the document. In response to receiving the first input, the facility imposes on the corresponding portion of the document a distinguished content classification level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Edgar Fay, Robert Earl Standefer, III, Christopher Lee Mullins, Joshua Allen Cowhig
  • Patent number: 10049350
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products that provide for element level presentation of elements of a payment instrument for exceptions processing. More specifically, the invention involves identifying an exception element from an image of a financial document, determining the location of the exception element based on its coordinates within the image of the financial document, and providing a zoomed-in view of the exception element to the user along with information and resources to allow a user to conveniently conduct accurate analysis of the exception element. The system then receives a correct element from the user to replace the exception element, and then processes the financial document using the replaced correct element instead of the exception element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Gerald Smith, Eric Dryer, Joshua Allen Beaudry, James F. Barrett, II, Shawn Cart Gunsolley, Michael Matthew Wisser, Andrew Patrick Bastnagel, Marshall Bright Thompson
  • Patent number: 10041014
    Abstract: A process for removal of mercury in a gas dehydration system comprising (a) adding a complexing agent to a recirculated glycol solvent as part of the glycol solution feed prior to or at the dehydration liquid contactor and recirculating continuously with the glycol solvent, (b) selectively reacting the complexing agent with mercury in the wet natural gas to remove the mercury from the dry natural gas product, (c) and feeding the rich glycol with the complexing agent to a regenerator and continuously regenerating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Thompson, Daniel Chinn, Evan Shigeto Hatakeyama, Ryan Oliver Owen
  • Publication number: 20180200662
    Abstract: We provide a method for removing contaminants from a gas, comprising: alternating input of the gas between two or more beds of adsorbent particles that comprise zeolite SSZ-36, zeolite SSZ-39, or zeolite SSZ-45; wherein the gas contacts one of the beds during an adsorption and a tail gas is simultaneously vented from another of the beds by desorption; wherein a contacting pressure is from about 345 kPa to about 6895 kPa and produces a product gas containing no greater than about 2 mol % carbon dioxide, at least about 10 wppm water, at least about 65 mol % of methane recovered from the feed gas, and at least about 25 mol % of ethane recovered from the feed gas; and wherein the tail gas is vented from the feed end of the beds. We also provide a method for removing a contaminant from a gas, wherein the gas contains hydrogen sulfide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Thompson, Tracy Margaret Davis, Dan Xie, Stacey Ian Zones
  • Publication number: 20180203838
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Dustin Lee Hiatt, Travis Lee Smith, John Pillar, Joshua Allen Beam
  • Publication number: 20180189164
    Abstract: A facility for reporting on original values on behalf of each of a plurality of users—each falling within a domain partitioned into a plurality of segments of uniform size—is provided. For each of the plurality of users, the facility (a) randomly selects an upward-rounding window size that is smaller than the segment size; (b) for each source value in a domain, randomly determines a mapping of each segment of the domain to a segment identifier value; (c) determines an original value for the user; (d) adds the upward-rounding window size to the user's original value to obtain a window-augmented original value; (e) identifies a segment containing the window-augmented original value; (f) identifies a segment identifier value mapped-to from the identified segment using the determined mapping; and (g) transmits a reporting communication on the user's behalf reporting a value based on the identified segment identifier value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Janardhan Dattatreya KULKARNI, Bolin DING, Sergey YEKHANIN, Joshua ALLEN, Alexander Norton MEADE
  • Publication number: 20180165284
    Abstract: A facility for managing information about document-related activities is described. In some cases, the facility uses particular kinds of structures to represent, in a document graph, document-related activities performed by particular users. In some cases, the facility uses these structures to enable one user to subscribe to the document-related activities performed by another user. In some cases, the facility uses these structures to aggregate document-related activities performed by users in a group of users, such as by aggregating topics that are addressed by documents that are the subject of these document-related activities. In some cases, the facility uses particular kinds of structures to represent, in a document graph, tasks that certain users either can help with or need help with. In some cases, the facility uses these structures to match users that can help with a task with users that need help with a task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Mullins, Joshua Allen Cowhig, Robert Earl Standefer, III
  • Publication number: 20180162710
    Abstract: The present application provides a dispensing nozzle assembly. The dispensing nozzle assembly may include a core module assembly and an injector ring assembly surrounding the removable core module assembly. The injector ring assembly may include a number of first paths surrounding the core module assembly and extending to a dispensing ring and a number of second paths surrounding the first paths and extending to the dispensing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: William J. MOORE, Caitlin Lahey, Bernard Phoenix, Joshua Allen Maust
  • Publication number: 20180127573
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to bimodal high-density polyethylene polymer compositions with increased high melt strength and good processability comprising a base resin which has a density of about 945 kg/m3 to about 955 kg/m3, and comprises an ethylene polymer (A) having a density of at least about 968 kg/m3, in an amount ranging from 45% to 55% by weight and an ethylene polymer (B) having a density lower than the density of polymer (A) wherein said composition has a complex viscosity at a shear rate of 0.01 rad/s ranging from about 200 to about 450 kPa·s and a complex viscosity at a shear rate of 100 rad/s ranging from about 1900 to about 2500 Pa·s. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making, and using the present compositions, and to articles made from there composition, and preferably to pipes and fittings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA, a division of INEOS USA LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Cottle, Mark Anthony Gessner, Robert Ernest Sander, Luc Dheur
  • Patent number: 9873782
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to bimodal high-density polyethylene polymer compositions with increased high melt strength and good processability comprising a base resin which has a density of about 945 kg/m3 to about 955 kg/m3, and comprises an ethylene polymer (A) having a density of at least about 968 kg/m3, in an amount ranging from 45% to 55% by weight and an ethylene polymer (B) having a density lower than the density of polymer (A) wherein said composition has a complex viscosity at a shear rate of 0.01 rad/s ranging from about 200 to about 450 kPa·s and a complex viscosity at a shear rate of 100 rad/s ranging from about 1900 to about 2500 Pa·s. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making, and using the present compositions, and to articles made from there composition, and preferably to pipes and fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: INEOS OLEFINS & POLYMERS USA, a division of INEOS USA LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Allen Cottle, Mark Anthony Gessner, Robert Ernest Sander, Luc Dheur
  • Publication number: 20180005274
    Abstract: A system is provided for ingesting existing advertising networks and/or advertising campaigns to enable centralized and consistent control. Various embodiments, are specially configured to enable users to capture the existing placement information (e.g., user interface design elements, execution rules, attribution information, etc.) and incorporate the existing ads or placements into build templates that facilitate management and/or modification of the placements by build group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Nanigans, Inc.
    Inventors: Ric Calvillo, Claude Denton, Joshua Allen Breckman, Jonathan Palmer
  • Patent number: D821531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Joshua Allen Hensley