Patents by Inventor Mark Jones

Mark Jones 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: 20220371400
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. In response to an ambient temperature being greater than a threshold temperature, the controller is adapted to operate the blower motor at a voltage that does not depend on whether in the charge sustain or charge deplete modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jasbir Jaglan, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Curtis Mark Jones, Chris George Oehring, Mark G. Smith
  • Patent number: 11487693
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for executing a data transfer based on one or more data transfer definitions. A signal representing a data transfer request is received from a first computing device. The data transfer request includes at least an identifier defining what is requested to be transferred. A notification of the data transfer request is sent to a second computing device. An interface including a plurality of interface elements for providing one or more data transfer definitions is sent to the second computing device. The interface includes at least one interface element that is pre-populated based on the data transfer request, and at least one interface element providing an option to define a time of day for a data transfer. The one or more data transfer definitions are received from the second computing device and the data transfer is executed based on the one or more data transfer definitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Jones, Barry Wayne Baird, Jr., Claude Bernell Lawrence, Jr., Jonathan Joseph Prendergast
  • Patent number: 11482873
    Abstract: A charging structure for a vaporizer. The charging structure includes a housing, a first electrical contact coupled to and extending outward from a first end of the housing, a spacer coupled to the first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact coupled to and extending outward from the spacer. The first electrical contact includes an exposed outer surface that extends in a continuous loop. The second electrical contact includes an exposed side surface that extends in a continuous loop and an end surface coupled to the side surface. Both the side surface and the end surface are electrically conductive. A vaporizer including the charging structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Jones, Andrew Stewart, Yan Vermette
  • Patent number: 11468443
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented processes that determine, in real time, counterparty geolocation location based on structured messaging data, such as messaging data maintained within message fields of a request-for-payment (RFP) message compliant with the ISO 20022. For example, an apparatus may receive a RFP message that includes message data associated with a transaction involving first and second counterparties, and the RFP message may characterize a real-time payment requested from the second counterparty by the first counterparty. The apparatus may determine a geographic position of the first counterparty based the message data, and based on the first geographic position, transmit notification data to a device operable by the second counterparty. The notification data may cause the device to present digital content associated with at least one of the transaction, the first counterparty, or the second counterparty within a digital interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Toronto-Dominion Bank
    Inventors: Christopher Mark Jones, Barry Wayne Baird, Jr., Claude Bernell Lawrence, Jr., Jonathan Joseph Prendergast
  • Publication number: 20220308366
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearers pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearers field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses, at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, at least one alert module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, an automated steering module, fiber optic & data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, and at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and protective covers for hand held devices and laptop computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: William Hart, Edmond Arthur DeFrank, Nicolas DeFrank, Antonio DeFrank, Allen Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 11414189
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including providing an aerial drone coupled wirelessly to a social distancing application on a user digital device, wherein the drone is coupled to solar cell panels for recharging its batteries, providing a strobe light coupled to the drone for signaling an S.O.S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Edmond A. DeFrank, Allen Mark Jones, William Hart, Nicolas DeFrank, Antonio DeFrank, Mark Phillip Jones, Melissa Marie Jones
  • Patent number: 11413932
    Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle climate system when an ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature is provided. In response to an ambient temperature being less than a threshold temperature, a controller is adapted to operate a blower motor at a voltage that depends on whether the vehicle is in charge sustain mode or charge deplete mode. The controller operates the blower motor according to a first voltage responsive to a charge sustain mode, and operates the blower motor according to a second voltage different than the first voltage in response to a charge deplete mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jasbir Jaglan, William Stewart Johnston, Alan Douglas Wallington, Curtis Mark Jones, Chris George Oehring, Mark G. Smith
  • Publication number: 20220249871
    Abstract: An example system includes a particle accelerator to produce a particle beam to treat a patient and a carrier having openings including a first opening and a second opening. The carrier is made of a material that inhibits transmission of the particle beam and the carrier is located between the particle accelerator and the patient. A control system is configured to control movement of the particle beam to the first opening to enable at least part of the particle beam to reach the patient, to change an energy of the particle beam while the particle beam remains stationary at the first opening, and to control movement of the particle beam from the first opening to the second opening. The example system also includes an energy degrader that includes at least some boron carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: James Cooley, Townsend ZWART, Mark Jones, Michael Ahearn
  • Patent number: 11401059
    Abstract: A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall. The sidewall extends away from the base to a rim to define an inner chamber. The tray is made of a fluid impermeable material to retain fluids in the inner chamber. The package also includes a shelf made of the fluid impermeable material that is removably supported in the inner chamber such that the shelf is spaced apart from the base of the tray to permit an absorbent pad to be positioned therebetween. The shelf is configured to support the food item in the inner chamber separated from the absorbent pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Morris, Jeffrey Czarny, Steven Clarke, Mark Jones, Nick Harding
  • Patent number: 11386996
    Abstract: A method of pairing a therapeutic product delivery device to a handset is described. The handset is restricted to controlling only delivery devices which it is paired with. The method comprises the steps of: at the delivery device, setting, in response to the delivery device being connected to a charging device, a pairing indicator indicating that the delivery device is available for pairing, and broadcasting the pairing indicator using a radio transceiver; at the handset, discovering the delivery device based on the broadcast pairing indicator; and pairing the discovered delivery device and the handset together. By limiting the handset to pairing with devices which are broadcasting a pairing indicator, and by limiting the setting and/or broadcast of the pairing indicator to when the delivery device is connected to a charging device, the risk of accidentally pairing the wrong delivery device (for example someone else's) to the handset is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INSULET NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Julian Shapley, Matthew Powell, Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 11370017
    Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a base which defines a bore which extends through the base. The fastener assembly further includes a receptacle wherein the receptacle includes a sidewall wherein the sidewall defines a channel which extends through the receptacle. The channel extends from a first opening defined by the sidewall to a second opening defined by the sidewall and the sidewall is connected to the base wherein the second opening aligns with the bore of the base. The sidewall of the receptacle defines a vent opening which extends through the sidewall. The receptacle and the base define a flow path through the vent opening of the sidewall, through the channel of the receptacle, through the second opening of the sidewall of the receptacle and through the bore of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Harris, Timothy Mark Jones, Lauryn T. Zolondek
  • Publication number: 20220198730
    Abstract: A computer system detects an object in a field-of-view (FOV) using at least one sensor coupled to the computer system and determines a shape of the object using a processor of the computer system. An overlay element having the shape and a changeable characteristic is created and a series of values of a parameter over a period of time is obtained. Multiple representations of the overlay element are rendered with the changeable characteristic changed based on the series of values of the parameter and serially presented on a display of the computer system to at least partially occlude the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Jones, Bruce A Young, Jessica A.F. Jones
  • Publication number: 20220181771
    Abstract: Antenna assemblies and antenna systems are described. According to one aspect, a printed circuit board antenna system includes a dielectric substrate comprising first and second surfaces that are opposite to one another, first electrically conductive material of an antenna element adjacent to the first surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the antenna element is configured to emit electromagnetic energy, and second electrically conductive material of a ground plane adjacent to the second surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the ground plane is aligned with the antenna element and configured to reflect some of the electromagnetic energy in a direction towards the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Maurio B. Grando, A. Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 11355234
    Abstract: A method of pairing a therapeutic product delivery device to a handset is described. The handset is restricted to controlling only delivery devices which it is paired with. The method comprises the steps of: at the delivery device, setting, in response to the delivery device being connected to a charging device, a pairing indicator indicating that the delivery device is available for pairing, and broadcasting the pairing indicator using a radio transceiver; at the handset, discovering the delivery device based on the broadcast pairing indicator; and pairing the discovered delivery device and the handset together. By limiting the handset to pairing with devices which are broadcasting a pairing indicator, and by limiting the setting and/or broadcast of the pairing indicator to when the delivery device is connected to a charging device, the risk of accidentally pairing the wrong delivery device (for example someone else's) to the handset is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: INSULET NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Julian Shapley, Matthew Powell, Mark Jones
  • Patent number: 11347084
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer's pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer's field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses, at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, at least one alert module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, an automated steering module, fiber optic & data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, and at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and protective covers for hand held devices and laptop computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: William Hart, Edmond Arthur DeFrank, Nicolas DeFrank, Antonio DeFrank, Allen Mark Jones
  • Publication number: 20220144613
    Abstract: Methods and systems for capping prescription medication bottles are provided. In one embodiment, a capping system is provided that includes a first position at which uncapped bottles containing fulfilled prescriptions are received. The capping system also includes a second position at which uncapped bottles are capped. The second position may include a capping member that is axially aligned with a vertical centerline of uncapped bottles located at the second position. The capping system may also include an index wheel configured to support bottles within the capping system. The index wheel may be rotatable to convey uncapped bottles from the first position to the second position. The capping system may further include a cap track that provides caps to the capping member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: David Royce, Mark Jones, Fletcher Chapin, JR., Ryan Van Tassel, Greg Grieve, Andrew Hoover, Matt Rogers, Fletcher Chapin, SR.
  • Publication number: 20220139051
    Abstract: A first position of a hybrid reality system (DHR) relative to a first real-world object is determined and data associated with an occluded object is received. A viewport is established anchored to a first location on the first real-world object and a first image showing a first virtual view of the hidden portion of the occluded object as it would be seen from the first position of the DHR through the viewport is presented on the DHR overlaid on a first view of the first real-world object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Jones, Jessica A.F. Jones
  • Patent number: 11311746
    Abstract: An example system includes a particle accelerator to produce a particle beam to treat a patient and a carrier having openings including a first opening and a second opening. The carrier is made of a material that inhibits transmission of the particle beam and the carrier is located between the particle accelerator and the patient. A control system is configured to control movement of the particle beam to the first opening to enable at least part of the particle beam to reach the patient, to change an energy of the particle beam while the particle beam remains stationary at the first opening, and to control movement of the particle beam from the first opening to the second opening. The example system also includes an energy degrader that includes at least some boron carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MEVION MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: James Cooley, Townsend Zwart, Mark Jones, Michael Ahearn
  • Patent number: 11282248
    Abstract: A computer system detects an object in a field-of-view (FOV) using at least one sensor coupled to the computer system and determines a shape of the object using a processor of the computer system. An overlay element having the shape and a changeable characteristic is created and a value of a parameter is obtained. A representation of the overlay element is rendered with the changeable characteristic set based on a value of the parameter and presented on a display of the computer system to at least partially occlude the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Jones, Bruce A. Young, Jessica A. F. Jones
  • Patent number: D943184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Jones, Peter Popplewell, Andrew Stewart, Yan Vermette