Patents by Inventor M. Smith
M. Smith 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: 20250258023Abstract: A deformable sensor array may include a plurality of sensors and a flexible substrate. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors may include a sensor die to generate an analog signal and an converter die to perform analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) of the analog signal to generate a digital output. The flexible substrate may include electrical interconnect coupled with the plurality of sensors, and strain relief cutouts between sensors of the plurality of sensors and between the electrical interconnect, to enable deformation of the plurality of sensors. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Nahid Harjee, Vikram Pavate, Patrick M. Smith, Dariusz Golda
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Publication number: 20250258052Abstract: A sensor array may include a plurality of sensors coupled with a flexible substrate. Each sensor may include a sensor die that generates an analog signal based on sensing, and a converter die that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) of the analog signal to generate a digital output. The flexible substrate may include electrical interconnect to transmit digital outputs from sensors of the plurality of sensors. The flexible substrate may include strain relief cutouts between the sensors to enable deformation of the sensor array. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2025Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Nahid Harjee, Vikram Pavate, Patrick M. Smith, Dariusz Golda
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Publication number: 20250259516Abstract: A sensing system may include a sensor array comprised of a plurality of sensors coupled with a flexible circuit. Each sensor may include a sensing element and an analog-to-digital converter die coupled with the sensing element. The sensing element may include a sensor area coupled with a sensor die to generate an analog output based on sensing, and the analog-to-digital converter die may include circuitry to perform analog-to-digital conversion of the analog output to generate a digital output. The sensing system may further include a controller connected to the sensor array. The controller can cause a sensor of the sensor array to transmit a digital output that indicates sensing by the sensor in response to receiving a digital input. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Dariusz Golda, Nahid Harjee, Patrick M. Smith
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Patent number: 12386686Abstract: Various approaches for implementing multi-tenant data protection are described. In an edge computing system deployment, a system includes memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a workflow execution plan that includes workload metadata defining a plurality of workloads associated with a plurality of edge service instances executing respectively on one or more edge computing devices. The workload metadata is translated to obtain workload configuration information for the plurality of workloads. The workload configuration information identifies a plurality of memory access configurations and service authorizations identifying at least one edge service instance authorized to access one or more of the memory access configurations. The memory is partitioned into a plurality of shared memory regions using the memory access configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kshitij Arun Doshi, Ned M. Smith, Francesc Guim Bernat, Timothy Verrall
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Publication number: 20250254180Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed that provide mesh attestation verification. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine-readable instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to at least: obtain an attestation input including an accepted claims set (ACS) of a verifier mesh and attestation evidence indicative of a claimed operating state of an attester, the verifier mesh including a plurality of verifiers; update the ACS based on the attestation evidence; and cause the ACS to be transmitted to the plurality of verifiers in the verifier mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: Intel CorporationInventor: Ned M. Smith
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Publication number: 20250254207Abstract: A remote (e.g., cloud, edge-cloud) computing environment may be improved by configuring a client device to function as an extension of the cloud computing environment, such as by coordinating the execution and processing of data on the client device. Secure content or privacy-sensitive content is protected confidentially while in a cloud computing environment or client device, and may be moved to a client device and decrypted to a client local container for various user productivity processing workloads, thereby reducing or eliminating privacy concerns. This solution also provides improved security for sharing and usage of pre-trained AI models on a client device, such as by extending attestation and provisioning capabilities from cloud computing environment into clients, and by leveraging cloud computing technology on clients that protects cloud assets. This provides an improved ability to protect trained AI models and avoid exposing an AI model training process on a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Luhai Chen, Bing Zhu, Ned M. Smith, Yang Huang, Shaopu Yan, Xueyan Zhao, Naveen Aerrabotu
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Patent number: 12381948Abstract: Techniques for improved peer-to-peer communication are provided. A roaming peer-to-peer device may identify a new access point (AP) and initiate a transition to the new AP. Initiating transition can involve sending, to the new AP, the current peer-to-peer communication schedule for approval and/or negotiating a modified peer-to-peer communication schedule with the new AP. When the roaming peer-to-peer device and the new AP agree on the peer-to-peer communication schedule, the peer-to-peer device may notify its counterpart that it has roamed to the new AP and also notify the counterpart of any updates to the peer-to-peer communication schedule.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Jerome Henry, Matthew A. Silverman, Malcolm M. Smith, Robert E. Barton
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Patent number: 12381858Abstract: A computing device includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine coupled to a memory, a network interface, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is to perform a secure exchange with a second computing device to negotiate a shared encryption key, based on a request for data received via the network interface from the second computing device. The DMA engine is to retrieve the data from a storage location based on an encryption command. The encryption command indicates the storage location. The DMA engine is to encrypt the data based on the shared encryption key to generate encrypted data, and store the encrypted data in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2024Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Kshitij Arun Doshi, Uzair Qureshi, Lokpraveen Mosur, Patrick Fleming, Stephen Doyle, Brian Andrew Keating, Ned M. Smith
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Patent number: 12370698Abstract: This disclosure sets forth a robotic end effector for acquiring and managing an article, such as an item of luggage. The robotic end effector can include an extendable arm comprising a first support member, a capture device comprising a guide member having a plurality of apertures formed therein with a rod slideably supported in each aperture of the guide member. The capture device can further include a biasing member associated with one or more rods and being configured to bias the one or more rods in a first direction relative to the guide member. The article interface system can include an actuatable article engagement device. The actuatable article engagement device can itself include an article interface surface. The actuatable article engagement device can be operated to interface with an article to facilitate movement of the article toward the capture device.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Sarcos Corp.Inventor: Fraser M. Smith
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Patent number: 12375488Abstract: Various examples of device and system implementations and methods for performing attestation delegation operations are disclosed. In an example, attestation operations are performed by a verifier, including: obtaining endorsement information for attestation of an entity; obtaining an appraisal policy for evaluation of attestation evidence for the attestation of the entity; determining, based on the endorsement information and the appraisal policy, that delegation to a delegate verifier entity is permitted to perform the attestation of the entity; and providing, to the delegate verifier entity, a delegation command to perform the attestation of the entity, wherein the delegation command authorizes the delegate verifier entity to perform attestation operations (e.g., verifier operations) for a domain of entities including the entity.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ned M. Smith, Junyuan Wang, Kaijie Guo, Zijuan Fan, Weigang Li, Lihui Zhang
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Patent number: 12370134Abstract: Personal care formulation is provided having multistage polymer, comprising: acrylate rich stage comprising: (a) structural units of monomer selected from C1-22 alkyl (meth)acrylates and structural units of first carbosiloxane monomer of formula (I); and (b) carbosiloxane rich stage, comprising: structural units of second carbosiloxane monomer of formula (I); wherein a is 0 to 3; wherein d is 0 or 1; wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl group and aryl group; wherein R2 is selected from hydrogen and C1-10 alkyl group; wherein R8 is —O—Si(CH3)3 group; wherein Y is selected from formula (II), (III) and (IV); wherein R4 and R6 are selected from hydrogen and methyl group; wherein R3 and R5 are C1-10 alkylene group; wherein R7 is C1-10 alkyl group; wherein b is 0 to 4 and wherein c is 0 or 1; and wherein the first and second carbosiloxane monomer of formula (I) are same or different.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Silicones CorporationInventors: Tian Lan, Fanwen Zeng, Xiaodong Lu, Inna Shulman, Michaeleen L. Pacholski, Isabelle Van Reeth, Helene Dihang, Tanvi S. Ratani, Jason S. Fisk, Tzu-Chi Kuo, Rachael M. Smith
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Patent number: 12369029Abstract: Various systems and methods for dynamic access policy provisioning in a connected device framework are described herein. In an example, the techniques for policy provisioning may include resource update access policy automation, directory resource access policy automation, or hidden resources access policy automation, as monitored and operated with an access management service (AMS). In an example, the AMS monitors resources to receive a notification when they change. If the change observed is an addition or deletion of a resource object, the AMS responds by performing security analysis of devices hosting the new resource(s), which may further result in device onboarding actions. The AMS may further respond by evaluating link semantics to determine which other devices and resources may need updated access control list (ACL) policies.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Ned M. Smith, Nathan Heldt-Sheller
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Patent number: 12366988Abstract: Apparatus and methods for data lifecycle management in an edge environment are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an operation executor to identify a first operation to be performed for a data object at an edge node in an edge environment and a second operation to be performed for the data object, the first operation different that the second operation. The example apparatus includes a time parameter retriever to retrieve a first time value associated with the first operation from a data source and a second time value associated with the second operation from the data source. The operation executor is to execute the first operation in response to the first time value and to execute the second operation in response to the second time value.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Inventors: Kshitij Arun Doshi, Ned M. Smith, Francesc Guim Bernat
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Patent number: 12368681Abstract: A computing node includes network interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry assigns available computing resources to a plurality of slice contexts. Each slice context of the plurality includes resource allocations of the available computing resources associated with multiple communication networks. A first portion of the resource allocations is designated as dedicated resources and a second, remaining portion is designated as shared resources. A FAFO event associated with a workload is detected. The workload executes on a network slice instance (NSI) associated with a slice context of a subset of slice contexts. The configuration of the NSI is restored to a pre-FAFO event state based on reconfiguring one or both of the dedicated resources or the shared resources of the slice context based on the resource allocations of at least a second slice context in the subset of slice contexts.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Vesh Raj Sharma Banjade, Satish Chandra Jha, Ned M. Smith, S M Iftekharul Alam, Christian Maciocco, Liuyang Lily Yang, Mona Vij, Kshitij Arun Doshi, Francesc Guim Bernat, Kuilin Clark Chen
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Publication number: 20250231791Abstract: A computing device for collecting and preserving data acquired from various devices in a data model with the respective context of acquired data. The computing device may provide a user interface to receive the context or information model associated with a dataset. By providing data with its context, different software platforms may synthesize or analyze the retrieved data more efficiently. Moreover, the computing device may include transaction conditions to define a workflow for transferring the datasets using data model associated with one or more datasets for transmission of data to a destination. The transaction conditions may detail a custom workflow for data communication through an industrial automation system using the data model.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventors: Stephen C. Briant, Deepa S. Bekal, Sonal R. Dubey, Sharath C. R. Baddam, Joshua W. Buck, Dale A. Hawthorne, Nicholas J. Marangoni, Alexander B. Cherpakov, Todd M. Smith, Derrick Awuah, Alexander K. Bergsneider, Jonathan D. Walter
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Publication number: 20250229435Abstract: A robotic article management system for acquiring and managing an article, the robotic article management system comprising a platform, a robot positioning member supported by the platform and having a robotic end effector interface, and a robotic end effector supported by the robot positioning member via the robotic end effector interface. The robotic end effector can include an extendable arm comprising a first support member, a capture device, and an article interface system having an actuatable article engagement device operable to interface with the article and to facilitate movement of the article toward the capture device. A computer-implemented method for acquiring and managing an article. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions embodied thereon for controlling one or more components of a robotic article management system to acquire and manage an article.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventor: Fraser M. Smith
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Publication number: 20250233756Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-readable medium, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for an attester computer system, to a attester computer system comprising such an apparatus, to a computer-readable medium, a methods, an apparatus, and a computer program for a verifier computer system, to a verifier computer system comprising such an apparatus, and to a system comprising an attester computer system and a verifier computer system or two combined attester and verifier computer systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventors: Ned M. SMITH, Ram KRISHNAN
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Patent number: 12363205Abstract: System and techniques for storage node recruitment in an information centric network (ICN) are described herein. An ICN node receives a storage interest packet that includes an indication differentiating the storage interest from other ICN interests. The ICN node forwards the storage interest packet and receives a storage data packet in response. Here, the storage data packet includes an indication that the storage data packet is not to be cached along with node information for a node that created the storage data packet. The ICN node may then transmit the storage data packet in accordance with a pending interest table (PIT) entry corresponding to the storage interest packet.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Marcin Spoczynski, Yi Zhang, Hao Feng, Kshitij Arun Doshi, Francesc Guim Bernat, Ned M. Smith, Satish Chandra Jha, S M Iftekharul Alam, Vesh Raj Sharma Banjade, Alexander Bachmutsky, Nageen Himayat
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Publication number: 20250226989Abstract: Technologies for providing attestation for function as a service flavors include a compute device including circuitry configured to obtain function definition data indicative of a set of operations to be performed in a function and a set of hardware resources to be utilized by the function, execute a benchmark operation to produce benchmark data indicative of a measured performance of the function, and sign the function definition data and the benchmark data to produce function flavor data. The circuitry is also configured to provide the function flavor data to one or more other compute devices for validation that the function, when executed on the hardware resources, provides the measured performance and write, to a distributed ledger, the function flavor data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Francesc Guim Bernat, Kshitij Doshi, Ned M. Smith
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Publication number: 20250223118Abstract: A solar panel installation system comprising a solar panel presentation system comprising a solar panel dispensing hopper having a hopper enclosure; and a solar panel installation vehicle operable with the solar panel presentation system, and operable to support the solar panel dispensing hopper, and to maneuver about a solar panel support assembly comprising one or more solar panel retention systems which can be oriented transverse to a torque tube of the solar panel support assembly, wherein the installation vehicle is operable to position the solar panel dispensing hopper in an overhead position relative to the one or more solar panel retention systems, and to facilitate installation of a lead solar panel in an installed position in one of the one or more panel retention systems from the overhead position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Fraser M. Smith, Matthew Torok