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).

  • Synchronous switching circuit
    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
  • LED lighting system
    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
  • SYNCHRONOUS SWITCHING CIRCUIT
    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
  • LED LIGHTING SYSTEM
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • METHOD OF DELIVERY, TARGETING, AND MEASURING ADVERTISING OVER NETWORKS
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • Method of Delivery of Targeting, and Measuring Advertising Over Networks
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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
  • METHOD OF DELIVERY TARGETING AND MEASURING ADVERTISING OVER NETWORKS
    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
  • Method of delivery, targeting, and measuring advertising over networks
    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