Patents by Inventor Lynn McDonald

Lynn McDonald 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: 11909797
    Abstract: A method for personalizing media content for a user is provided. The method includes, at an electronic device, streaming a first media item from a first set of media items, the first set of media items compiled using a first recommendation hypothesis. The method further includes, while streaming the first media item, in response to a first user request, selecting, without user intervention, a second set of media items, distinct from the first set of media items, including determining a presentation order of a plurality of sets of media items using a heuristic applied to the plurality of sets of media items. The second set of media items is compiled using a second recommendation hypothesis, wherein the second recommendation hypothesis is distinct from the first recommendation hypothesis. The method includes streaming a second media item from the second set of media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Aaron Paul Harmon, Adam Shonkoff, Bradford Lage, Johanna Anderson Favole, Justin David Covington, Paul Lamere, Timothy Andrew Chagnon, Debra Lynn McDonald, Matthew Julian Seaton, Matthew Budelman, Scott Kagan
  • Publication number: 20230171297
    Abstract: A method for personalizing media content for a user is provided. The method includes, at an electronic device, streaming a first media item from a first set of media items, the first set of media items compiled using a first recommendation hypothesis. The method further includes, while streaming the first media item, in response to a first user request, selecting, without user intervention, a second set of media items, distinct from the first set of media items, including determining a presentation order of a plurality of sets of media items using a heuristic applied to the plurality of sets of media items. The second set of media items is compiled using a second recommendation hypothesis, wherein the second recommendation hypothesis is distinct from the first recommendation hypothesis. The method includes streaming a second media item from the second set of media items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Paul HARMON, Adam SHONKOFF, Bradford LAGE, Johanna Anderson FAVOLE, Justin David COVINGTON, Paul LAMERE, Timothy Andrew CHAGNON, Debra Lynn MCDONALD, Matthew Julian SEATON, Matthew BUDELMAN, Scott KAGAN
  • Patent number: 9845919
    Abstract: A cryogenic plumbing support for supporting cryogenic plumbing having a first coefficient of thermal expansion associated with a cryogenic temperature may include a bracket. The bracket may include a second coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The cryogenic plumbing support may also include a slide assembly. The slide assembly may include first and second end blocks, at least one slider, and a plurality of rods. The first end block may be coupled in spaced relationship to the second end block by the plurality of rods. The at least one slider may be coupled to the bracket and slidably coupled to the plurality of rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robbi Lynn McDonald, Ankur Harshkant Vayeda, Gregory Charles Harper
  • Publication number: 20160229364
    Abstract: A cryogenic plumbing support for supporting cryogenic plumbing having a first coefficient of thermal expansion associated with a cryogenic temperature may include a bracket. The bracket may include a second coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The cryogenic plumbing support may also include a slide assembly. The slide assembly may include first and second end blocks, at least one slider, and a plurality of rods. The first end block may be coupled in spaced relationship to the second end block by the plurality of rods. The at least one slider may be coupled to the bracket and slidably coupled to the plurality of rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robbi Lynn McDonald, Ankur Harshkant Vayeda, Gregory Charles Harper
  • Patent number: 8328142
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprising: a trailing edge cove extending in a span-wise direction along a trailing edge of the wing, the trailing edge cove having a front face, a top face and a bottom face; an actuator bracket which is mounted to the front and top faces of the trailing edge cove, but not to its bottom face; an aileron actuator coupled at one end to an aileron and at the other end to the actuator bracket, the aileron actuator being adjustable from a retracted position to a deployed position to deploy the aileron; and a channel extending in a span-wise direction along the wing and positioned below the actuator bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: Lynn McDonald
  • Publication number: 20120306492
    Abstract: A penetration assembly for a cryostat is presented. The penetration assembly includes an outer wall member having a first end and a second end and configured to alter an effective thermal length of the wall member, wherein a first end of the tube is communicatively coupled to a high temperature region and the second end of the tube is communicatively coupled to a cryogen disposed within a cryogen vessel of the cryostat. In addition, the penetration tube assembly includes a telescoping inner wall member comprising a plurality of tubes nested within one another, and wherein each tube in the plurality of tubes is operatively coupled to at least one other tube in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Robbi Lynn McDonald, Anthony Mantone, John Scaturro, JR., Longzhi Jiang, Weijun Shen
  • Publication number: 20120309630
    Abstract: A penetration assembly for a cryostat is presented. The penetration assembly includes a wall member having a first end and a second end and configured to alter an effective thermal length of the wall member, where a first end of the wall member is communicatively coupled to a high temperature region and the second end of the wall member is communicatively coupled to a cryogen disposed within a cryogen vessel of the cryostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Kathleen Melanie Amm, Robbi Lynn McDonald, Anthony Mantone, John Scaturro, JR., Longzhi Jiang, Weijun Shen
  • Publication number: 20090127406
    Abstract: An aircraft wing comprising: a trailing edge cove extending in a span-wise direction along a trailing edge of the wing, the trailing edge cove having a front face, a top face and a bottom face; an actuator bracket which is mounted to the front and top faces of the trailing edge cove, but not to its bottom face; an aileron actuator coupled at one end to an aileron and at the other end to the actuator bracket, the aileron actuator being adjustable from a retracted position to a deployed position to deploy the aileron; and a channel extending in a span-wise direction along the wing and positioned below the actuator bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: AIRBUS UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Lynn McDonald
  • Publication number: 20050214773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide targets for pathogenic bacteria. The invention also provides biochemical and biophysical characteristics of those polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Aled Edwards, Akil Dharamsi, Masoud Vedadi, Muhammad Alam, Megan Domagala, Simon Houston, Robert Lam, Qin Li, Kathleen Nethery-Brokx, Ivy Ng, Benjamin Pinder, Cristina Viola, Olga Wrezel, Dhushy Kanagarajah, Kamran Mansoury, Sasha Necakov, Francois Vallee, Merry-Lynn McDonald
  • Publication number: 20050181388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide targets for pathogenic bacteria. The invention also provides biochemical and biophysical characteristics of those polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Aled Edwards, Akil Dharamsi, Masoud Vedadi, Muhammad Alam, Cheryl Arrowsmith, Donald Awrey, Bryan Beattie, Kristina Buzadzija, Veronica Canadien, Megan Domagala, Simon Houston, Dhushy Kanagarajah, Qin Li, Kamran Mansoury, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Kathleen Nethery-Brokx, Ivy Ng, Hui Ouyang, Benjamin Pinder, Dawn Richards, Matthew Tai, Rosanne Thalakada, Francois Vallee, Cristina Virag
  • Publication number: 20050181464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptide targets for pathogenic bacteria. The invention also provides biochemical and biophysical characteristics of those polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Affinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Aled Edwards, Akil Dharamsi, Masoud Vedadi, Muhammad Alam, Cheryl Arrowsmith, Donald Awrey, Bryan Beattie, Kristina Buzadzija, Teresa Clarke, Megan Domagala, Simon Houston, Dhushy Kanagarajah, Qin Li, Kamran Mansoury, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Kathleen Nethery-Brokx, Ivy Ng, Hui Ouyang, Dawn Richards, Francois Vallee, Cristina Virag
  • Patent number: 5830995
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a family of heparin-binding epithelial cell growth factors termed amphiregulins (AR). In particular, it relates to the isolation of AR genes from different animal species, expression of the genes, identification of various forms of biologically active AR products, purification of the AR products, antibodies specific for AR, and uses of AR. AR is detectable in several normal human epithelial cells and in a high percentage of human colon cancers. In addition to stimulating the growth of these cultured epithelial cells, AR may have a wide range of applications including, but not limited to, accelerating the growth of normal epithelial cells. In some tumor cell lines, primarily of breast or ovarian carcinomas, AR serves as a direct growth inhibitor. On the other hand, AR may function as a growth stimulatory molecule in colorectal carcinomas and other pathologies of increased epithelial proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mohammed Shoyab, Vicki Lynn McDonald, James Garrett Bradley, Gregory D. Plowman
  • Patent number: D660585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventors: David Wayne McDonald, Deborah Lynn McDonald, Loral Ann Henck