Patents by Inventor Kevin Joseph O'Connor

Kevin Joseph O'Connor 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: 10111287
    Abstract: An electrical circuit, in some embodiments, comprises a control circuit having a plurality of switches and an electrical load having a plurality of load components. A first of the plurality of switches is configured to control a first of the plurality of load components. A second of the plurality of switches is configured to control a second of the plurality of load components synchronously with the first of the plurality of switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Niles, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 9713210
    Abstract: A system, in some embodiments, comprises: multiple light emitting diode (LED) strings configurable in series or in parallel depending on a supply voltage provided in the system; and multiple current regulators, a different one of the multiple current regulators coupled to each of the multiple LED strings and configured to regulate current passing through a respective LED string, wherein at least one of the multiple current regulators is bypassed when the multiple LED strings are configured in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Niles, Andrew K. Stemple, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20170079101
    Abstract: An electrical circuit, in some embodiments, comprises a control circuit having a plurality of switches and an electrical load having a plurality of load components. A first of the plurality of switches is configured to control a first of the plurality of load components. A second of the plurality of switches is configured to control a second of the plurality of load components synchronously with the first of the plurality of switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew NILES, Kevin Joseph O'CONNOR
  • Publication number: 20170079103
    Abstract: A system, in some embodiments, comprises: multiple light emitting diode (LED) strings configurable in series or in parallel depending on a supply voltage provided in the system; and multiple current regulators, a different one of the multiple current regulators coupled to each of the multiple LED strings and configured to regulate current passing through a respective LED string, wherein at least one of the multiple current regulators is bypassed when the multiple LED strings are configured in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew NILES, Andrew K. STEMPLE, Kevin Joseph O'CONNOR
  • Patent number: 8676644
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20110191176
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7930207
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7844488
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignees: DoubleClick Inc., Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7827062
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20100023392
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040172332
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040172331
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20040172324
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20030028433
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Conner
  • Publication number: 20020072965
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: DWIGHT ALLEN MERRIMAN, KEVIN JOSEPH O'CONNOR
  • Patent number: 5948061
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for targeting the delivery of advertisements over a network such as the Internet are disclosed. Statistics are compiled on individual users and networks and the use of the advertisements is tracked to permit targeting of the advertisements of individual users. In response to requests from affiliated sites, an advertising server transmits to people accessing the page of a site an appropriate one of the advertisement based upon profiling of users and networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Double Click, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight Allen Merriman, Kevin Joseph O'Connor
  • Patent number: 5764808
    Abstract: A method (900, 1000) and device (100, 600) are provided for encoding and/or decoding a compact representation of a discrete region contour for the purposes of image and video compression. The compact representation described provides bitstream scalability so that progressively larger subsets of the compact representation can be used to provide progressive better quality in the approximate reconstruction of the discrete region contours. The resulting device and method provide for coding of shape information within object-based and region-based image and video compression systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph O'Connell, Damon Lee Tull
  • Patent number: 4021302
    Abstract: Cell culture comprising a novel cell strain in suitable nutrient medium, wherein the novel cell strain is produced by disaggregated feline embryo tissue cell and serially passaging the same from about the 20th to about the 48th passage level, so as to be cultured and subcultured with the resultant cell strains remaining substantially diploid, typically fibroblastic and substantially free from morphological transformations. Subculturing is facilitated by treatment of a confluent sheet of the disaggregated cells chelating agent before each transfer into a new batch of nutrient medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Assignee: Burroughs Wellcome & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney Edwin Smith, Kevin Joseph O'Reilly, John Prydie