Patents by Inventor Marcus Christopher
Marcus Christopher 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: 11967647Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming source/drain contact openings extending through at least one dielectric layer to expose source/drain contact regions of source/drain structures. The method further includes forming conductive plugs in the source/drain contact openings. The method further includes depositing a light blocking layer over the conductive plugs and the at least one dielectric layer. The method further includes etching the light blocking layer to expose the conductive plugs. The method further includes directing a laser irradiation to the conductive plugs and the light blocking layer. The laser irradiation is configured to activate dopants in the source/drain contact regions.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Blandine Duriez, Marcus Johannes Henricus Van Dal, Martin Christopher Holland, Gerben Doornbos, Georgios Vellianitis
-
Publication number: 20240115314Abstract: Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for performing a medical procedure on a patient. The system comprises an ablation catheter comprising a shaft, at least one therapeutic element positioned on the shaft, and one or more tissue-contact sensing components configured to provide a contact signal related to the level of contact between the at least one therapeutic element and tissue. The system further comprises: an energy delivery unit configured to deliver ablative energy to the at least one therapeutic element to create a lesion in target tissue, and to provide an energy delivery data; a force module configured to receive the contact signal and provide contact data; and a processing unit configured to determine an ablation index based on both the energy delivery data and the contact data. The ablation index can represent the status of the lesion being created.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Ahmad FALAHATPISHEH, Steven YON, Xinwei SHI, Haizhe ZHANG, Derrick CHOU, Timothy CORVI, Graydon Earnest BEATTY, Daniel WELSH, Alexander HIGGINS, Marcus JULIAN, R. Maxwell FLAHERTY, J. Christopher FLAHERTY
-
Patent number: 11949013Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a channel region; a gate stack over the channel region; and an epitaxial source/drain region adjacent the gate stack, the epitaxial source/drain region including: a main portion in the semiconductor substrate, the main portion including a semiconductor material doped with gallium, a first concentration of gallium in the main portion being less than the solid solubility of gallium in the semiconductor material; and a finishing portion over the main portion, the finishing portion doped with gallium, a second concentration of gallium in the finishing portion being greater than the solid solubility of gallium in the semiconductor material.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Martin Christopher Holland, Blandine Duriez, Marcus Johannes Henricus van Dal, Yasutoshi Okuno
-
Publication number: 20190156345Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, John Stuart WALLEY, Robert William HULVEY, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, James Duane BENNETT
-
Patent number: 10223696Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales PTE. LimitedInventors: Xuemin Chen, John Stuart Walley, Robert William Hulvey, Marcus Christopher Kellerman, Jeyhan Karaoguz, James Duane Bennett
-
Patent number: 10110677Abstract: A context-aware decision making system may include at least one processor circuit that is configured to obtain an environmental profile of an environment associated with a user. The at least one processor circuit is configured to determine a predicted behavior of the user based at least on the obtained environmental profile. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to determine the predicted behavior of the user using at least one predictive model associated with the user. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to perform an action related to the predicted behavior of the user, such as an action that facilitates the predicted behavior of the user, an action that impedes the predicted behavior of the user, and/or an action that provides information related to the predicted behavior of the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Jeyhan Karaoguz, Marcus Christopher Kellerman, John Stuart Walley, James Duane Bennett, Xuemin Chen, Bradley Donald Blanche
-
Patent number: 9749678Abstract: A video channel change system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may receive first packets including first video frames associated with a first video channel and second packets including second video frames associated with a second video channel. The one or more processors may decode the first packets and display the first video frames while buffering, in a buffer, the second packets. The one or more processors may determine that a packet of the second packets includes a random access point without decoding the packet, discard the second packets from the buffer that were received prior to the packet, buffer additional second packets received subsequent to the packet, and decode the second packets stored in the buffer and display the second video frames included therein, in response to a request to change from the first video channel to the second video channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Marcus Christopher Kellerman, Jeffrey P. Fisher, Alex Pelts
-
Patent number: 9712948Abstract: An image triggered pairing system may include at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to identify a pairable device within an area. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to determine a pairing status of the pairable device. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to provide, for display, a graphical representation of the area and the pairable device that indicates the pairing status of the pairable device.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Bradley Donald Blanche, John Stuart Walley, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Xuemin Chen, Marcus Christopher Kellerman
-
Publication number: 20150324698Abstract: A context-aware decision making system may include at least one processor circuit that is configured to obtain an environmental profile of an environment associated with a user. The at least one processor circuit is configured to determine a predicted behavior of the user based at least on the obtained environmental profile. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to determine the predicted behavior of the user using at least one predictive model associated with the user. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to perform an action related to the predicted behavior of the user, such as an action that facilitates the predicted behavior of the user, an action that impedes the predicted behavior of the user, and/or an action that provides information related to the predicted behavior of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, John Stuart WALLEY, James Duane BENNETT, Xuemin CHEN, Bradley Donald BLANCHE
-
Publication number: 20150319554Abstract: An image triggered pairing system may include at least one processor circuit. The at least one processor circuit may be configured to identify a pairable device within an area. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to determine a pairing status of the pairable device. The at least one processor circuit may be further configured to provide, for display, a graphical representation of the area and the pairable device that indicates the pairing status of the pairable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Bradley Donald BLANCHE, John Stuart WALLEY, Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, Xuemin CHEN, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN
-
Publication number: 20150310444Abstract: An adaptive biometric authentication system may include a user identity reference module that is configured to maintain user identification items stored in a secure memory. The system may include a passive data aggregator that is configured to receive and aggregate data items that are passively collected by a device that is in proximity to a user. The system may include a user identity confidence level generator that is configured to generate a user identity confidence level that indicates a confidence that the user in proximity to the device is the reference user based at least in part on a comparison between the passively collected data items and the user identification items, and to update the user identity confidence level as additional passively collected data items are received. The system may include an authentication module that facilitates user authentication based at least in part on the user identity confidence level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, John Stuart WALLEY, Robert William HULVEY, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Jeyhan KARAOGUZ, James Duane BENNETT
-
Publication number: 20150304851Abstract: A portable authorization device may include memory and at least one circuit. The memory may be configured to store an identifier and keys corresponding to services associated with the identifier. The at least one circuit may be configured to receive, from a service accessor device, a request to access one of the services. The at least one circuit may be configured to authenticate with the service using at least the identifier and the key for the service. After authenticating with the service, the at least one circuit may be configured to sign and/or encrypt the request based at least on the key for the service, and provide the signed and/or encrypted request to the service. In one or more implementations, the at least one circuit may be configured to facilitate with providing the service to the service accessor device when the service accessor device is granted access to the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Xuemin CHEN, Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN, Robert William HULVEY, John Stuart WALLEY
-
Publication number: 20150163538Abstract: A video channel change system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may receive first packets including first video frames associated with a first video channel and second packets including second video frames associated with a second video channel. The one or more processors may decode the first packets and display the first video frames while buffering, in a buffer, the second packets. The one or more processors may determine that a packet of the second packets includes a random access point without decoding the packet, discard the second packets from the buffer that were received prior to the packet, buffer additional second packets received subsequent to the packet, and decode the second packets stored in the buffer and display the second video frames included therein, in response to a request to change from the first video channel to the second video channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventor: Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN
-
Patent number: 9036092Abstract: A video channel change system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may receive first packets including first video frames associated with a first video channel and second packets including second video frames associated with a second video channel. The one or more processors may decode the first packets and display the first video frames while buffering, in a buffer, the second packets. The one or more processors may determine that a packet of the second packets includes a random access point without decoding the packet, discard the second packets from the buffer that were received prior to the packet, buffer additional second packets received subsequent to the packet, and decode the second packets stored in the buffer and display the second video frames included therein, in response to a request to change from the first video channel to the second video channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Marcus Christopher Kellerman
-
Publication number: 20140375894Abstract: A video channel change system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may receive first packets including first video frames associated with a first video channel and second packets including second video frames associated with a second video channel. The one or more processors may decode the first packets and display the first video frames while buffering, in a buffer, the second packets. The one or more processors may determine that a packet of the second packets includes a random access point without decoding the packet, discard the second packets from the buffer that were received prior to the packet, buffer additional second packets received subsequent to the packet, and decode the second packets stored in the buffer and display the second video frames included therein, in response to a request to change from the first video channel to the second video channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Marcus Christopher KELLERMAN
-
Patent number: 7791540Abstract: A near field antenna is disclosed which is configured to read an RFID label such that a localized electric E field emitted by the antenna at an operating wavelength resides substantially within a zone defined by the near field. The localized E field directs a current distribution along an effective length of the antenna corresponding to a half-wave to a full-wave structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics, LLCInventors: Gary Mark Shafer, Karen Bellum Bomber, George A. Reynolds, Jr., John Ford, Ming-Ren Lian, Edward Di Carlo, Richard L. Copeland, Marcus Christopher
-
Publication number: 20090015480Abstract: A near field antenna is disclosed which is configured to read an RFID label such that a localized electric E field emitted by the antenna at an operating wavelength resides substantially within a zone defined by the near field. The localized E field directs a current distribution along an effective length of the antenna corresponding to a half-wave to a full-wave structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2005Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: Sensormatic Electronics CorporationInventors: Gary Mark Shafer, Karen Bellum Bomber, George A. Reynolds, JR., John Ford, Ming-Ren Lian, Edward Di Carlo, Richard L. Copeland, Marcus Christopher
-
Patent number: 7063088Abstract: A tube holder assembly and method for securing an endotracheal tube to a biteline of a patient's mouth. The tube holder assembly features a tube body. A bite support assembly, coupled to the tube body, receives a tensile force and supplies a compressive force to the mouth of the patient. The bite support assembly includes a pair of substantially parallel bite walls extending outwardly from the exterior surface of the tube body. The bite walls define a bite rest therebetween for receiving a biteline of the patient's mouth and thus securing the biteline between a pair of bite walls as the bite rest applies a compressive force to the biteline.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Inventor: Marcus Christopher