Patents by Inventor Marc Alexander

Marc Alexander 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).

  • Publication number: 20200375014
    Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, Phillip Anthony Bosua
  • Patent number: 10824630
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, to facilitate identification of additional trigger-terms for a structured information card. In one aspect, the method includes actions of accessing data associated with a template for presenting structured information, wherein the accessed data references (i) a label term and (ii) a value. Other actions may include obtaining a candidate label term, identifying one or more entities that are associated with the label term, identifying one or more of the entities that are associated with the candidate label term, and for each particular entity of the one or more entities that are associated with the candidate label term, associating, with the candidate label term, (i) a label term that is associated with the particular entity, and (ii) the value associated with the label term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Marc Alexander Najork, Sujith Ravi, Michael Bendersky, Peter Shao-sen Young, Timothy Youngjin Sohn, Mingyang Zhang, Thomas Nelson, Xuanhui Wang
  • Patent number: 10805999
    Abstract: A lighting module, including: a baseboard configured to receive a user signal indicating a user lighting preference; a communication submodule configured to receive the user signal and convert the user signal to machine readable data indicating the user lighting preference; a control submodule communicably coupled to the wireless communication submodule for receiving the machine readable data, wherein the microcontroller submodule comprises: memory configured to store a lighting parameter provided by a provider, and a processor configured to generate lighting driver instructions based on the user lighting preference and the lighting parameter; and a lighting mode output submodule configured to output the lighting driver instructions to a lighting driver module of a lighting assembly for controlling light emitting elements of the lighting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Alexander
  • Patent number: 10779384
    Abstract: A connected downlight including: a housing module including a first housing end and a second housing end; a lighting module mounted to the first housing end; and a wireless communication module including an antenna and arranged within the housing interior proximal the second housing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Alexander
  • Patent number: 10779385
    Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, Philip Anthony Bosua
  • Patent number: 10772171
    Abstract: The method of spatial lightbulb operation includes determining the position of the lightbulb relative to a physical space, detecting a contextual event, determining a spatial lighting pattern associated with the contextual event, and selectively controlling lightbulb light emitting elements based on the position of the lightbulb and the spatial lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Anthony Bosua, Marc Alexander
  • Publication number: 20200253762
    Abstract: A catheter for insertion into a vessel (6) is designed at its free end (2) such that, in a first state, it is cylindrical and, in a second state, it has a conical shape, the largest diameter being associated with the peripheral end (2). The aim of the invention is that of providing a catheter of the type mentioned at the outset which avoids thrombus material trapped in a stent from being removed when a stent is retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Alexander Brockmann, Yasemin Tanyildizi
  • Patent number: 10733219
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is disclosed comprising: data processing means; data repository containing data records representative of locations relevant to or within a digital map; and display means. The device further comprises means for monitoring a free text search string as it is input by a user of the device; querying the data repository for matching records and generating suggestions selectable by a user to adjust the search, based on the search string as it is input; displaying at least some of any matching records and suggestions on the display; and, in response to receipt of user input indicating a selection of a matching suggestion, adjusting the search accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Sebastian Ziezold, Simone Francine Tertoolen, Mathieu M. B. Doorduyn, Marc Alexander Viddeleer, Adrian Catalin Bogdan, Joost Cornelis Frederik Voogt, Ruud Willemstein, Martin Wolf, Maurits Hol, Michel de Boer
  • Publication number: 20200228954
    Abstract: A power outlet for controlling power to an external device and transmitting data to the external device, the power outlet including: a housing containing at least one alternating-current power input connection; a power output connection; a data connector; a sensor module; a wireless communication module, including an antenna; a processing unit configured to receive data and control an electrically connected device through the power output connection and/or data connector based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Phillip Bosua, Marc Alexander
  • Publication number: 20200163192
    Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, Philip Anthony Bosua
  • Patent number: 10645558
    Abstract: A power outlet for controlling power to an external device and transmitting data to the external device, the power outlet including: a housing containing at least one alternating-current power input connection; a power output connection; a data connector; a sensor module; a wireless communication module, including an antenna; a processing unit configured to receive data and control an electrically connected device through the power output connection and/or data connector based on the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Bosua, Marc Alexander
  • Publication number: 20200084865
    Abstract: A connected downlight including: a housing module including a first housing end and a second housing end; a lighting module mounted to the first housing end; and a wireless communication module including an antenna and arranged within the housing interior proximal the second housing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Marc Alexander
  • Patent number: 10588206
    Abstract: A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, Philip Anthony Bosua
  • Patent number: 10540610
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided for analyzing a cluster of communications, such as B2C emails, to generate a template for the cluster that defines transient segments and fixed segments of the cluster of communications. More particularly, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided for generating and/or applying a trained structured machine learning model for a generated template that can be used to determine, for one or more transient segments of subsequent communications, a corresponding probability that a given semantic label is the correct semantic label for extracted content of the transient segment(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Amr Ahmed, Luis Garcia Pueyo, Mike Bendersky, Amitabh Saikia, Marc-Allen Cartright, Marc Alexander Najork, MyLinh Yang, Hui Tan, Weinan Zhang, Vanja Josifovski, Alexander J. Smola
  • Patent number: 10512140
    Abstract: A connected downlight including: a housing module including a first housing end and a second housing end; a lighting module mounted to the first housing end; and a wireless communication module including an antenna and arranged within the housing interior proximal the second housing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Alexander
  • Publication number: 20190380186
    Abstract: A controllable dynamic lighting system including a lighting element device with a set of controllable zone and a controlling means. A method for controlling a lighting system including: receiving lighting system operation inputs, determining operation instructions for one more controllable zones based on the operation inputs, and controlling controllable zone operation based on the respective operation instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, John Cameron
  • Publication number: 20190377741
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to using document feature(s) of a document that is responsive to a query, and optionally query feature(s) of the query, to determine a presentation characteristic for presenting a search result that corresponds to the document. In some implementations, measures associated with the document feature(s) and/or query feature(s) may be used to determine the presentation characteristic. The measures may be based on past interactions, by corresponding users, with other documents that share one or more of the document features with the document, where a plurality of the other documents are different from the document (and optionally each different from one another). In some implementations, the document and/or the other documents include, or are restricted to, documents that are access restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Mike Bendersky, Marc Alexander Najork, Donald Metzler, Xuanhui Wang
  • Publication number: 20190368003
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for using a pressurized oxy-fired configuration to conduct metal reduction. The invention discloses a process for production of metal from metal oxide ore through reduction, comprising: (a) feeding a mixture of metal oxide ore, fuel and supply of oxygen into the inlet of a metallization reactor, (b) heating the mixture of metal oxide ore, oxygen and fuel in a primary reduction zone of the metallization reactor at a pressure exceeding ambient pressure to produce a product mixture; and (c) separating the product mixture in a gas separation unit at the bottom or downstream of the metallization reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce Clements, Mohammad Sameer Asiri, Marc Alexander Duchesne, Robin William Hughes
  • Patent number: 10440794
    Abstract: A controllable dynamic lighting system including a lighting element device with a set of controllable zone and a controlling means. A method for controlling a lighting system including: receiving lighting system operation inputs, determining operation instructions for one more controllable zones based on the operation inputs, and controlling controllable zone operation based on the respective operation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, John Cameron
  • Patent number: D862747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Alexander, John Cameron