Patents by Inventor Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts 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: 10902052
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying search results in response to a search query are presented. More particularly, images are selected as search results, at least in part, according to an attractiveness value associated with the images. Upon receiving a search query, a set of content is identified according to the query intent of the search query and includes at least one image. The identified set of content is ordered according an overall score determined according to relevance and, in the case of the at least one image, according to an attractiveness value. A search results generator selects items from the set of content according to their overall scores, including the at least one image, generates a search results page, and returns the search results page to the requesting party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Robert Bolin, Ning Ma, Aleksandr Livshits, Alexey Volkov, Pawel Michal Pietrusinksi, Houdong Hu
  • Patent number: 10894932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions as well as methods of making and using same. Such fabric cleaning and/or treatment compositions contain species of glyceride copolymers that have the required viscosity and lubricity. Thus, such species of glyceride copolymers provide improved softening performance and formulability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Beth Ann Schubert, Rajan Keshav Panandiker, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 10894005
    Abstract: A hair care product containing one or more hair care active agents is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Gregory Charles Gordon, Frank William Denome, Alyssandrea Hope Hamad-Ebrahimpour, Stephen Joseph Hodson, Brian Patrick Croll, John Gerhard Michael, Andreas Josef Dreher, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Publication number: 20210012788
    Abstract: A method and system of estimating human perception of audibility of audio alerts in the presence of background noise. In the audibility estimation system, a microphone generates an input signal corresponding to an audio alert. A processor receives the input signal and generates an audibility metric representing human perception of audibility of the audio alert based on a comparison between a background noise estimate and an audio alert estimate, and causes an action to be taken based on the audibility metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Sam KARIMIAN AZARI, Mark Robert EVERY
  • Publication number: 20210012789
    Abstract: A method of echo cancellation in hands-free communication is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a receive signal processor, a far-end audio signal; providing the far-end audio signal to: an acoustic echo canceller module as a reference signal, and at least one loudspeaker for playback; determining an external gain value associated with the far-end audio signal, the external gain applied to the far-end audio signal downstream of the receive signal processor and prior to playback from the at least one loudspeaker; adjusting at least one parameter of the acoustic echo canceller module based on the external gain value; receiving playback output of the far-end audio signal from the at least one loudspeaker as an input signal to a microphone; and processing the microphone input signal by the adjusted acoustic echo canceller module to produce an echo-cancelled signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Aamir HUSAIN, Michael Andrew PERCY, Mark Robert EVERY, Frank LINSEISEN
  • Patent number: 10883812
    Abstract: A calibration device comprising: a plurality of magnetic sensors positioned at the calibration device, the plurality of magnetic sensors defining a space; a controller configured to be positioned in the space defined by the plurality of magnetic sensors, wherein the controller includes a magnetic transmitter; and one or more processors configured to: cause the magnetic transmitter to generate magnetic fields; receive signals from the plurality of magnetic sensors that are based on characteristics of the magnetic fields received at the plurality of magnetic sensors; calculate, based on the signals received from the plurality of magnetic sensors, positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors relative to a position and orientation of the magnetic transmitter; and determine whether the calculated positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors are within one or more threshold limits of known positions and orientations of the plurality of magnetic sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ascension Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Robert Schneider, Charles Robertson, Joseph Bruce Durfee
  • Patent number: 10883410
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for detecting NOx sensor degradation based on results from a NOx sensor self-diagnostic (SD) test performed after a key-off event. In one example, a method may comprise waiting a duration to perform a SD test of a NOx sensor after a key-off event until engine operating conditions stabilize and reach a set of qualifying conditions. One or more SD tests may be performed after waiting the duration, but outputs generated under conditions where one or more of a temperature at the sensor is greater than a threshold, and an oxygen concentration is outside a threshold range, may be excluded when determining whether or not the NOx sensor is degraded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: In Kwang Yoo, Michiel J. Van Nieuwstadt, James Joseph Reynolds, Mark Robert Laleman
  • Patent number: 10884575
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide a contextual toolset for use in canvases of collaboration applications. The techniques also provide smart hooks for pinning tools to specific locations on content opened in a canvas. The contextual toolset may include tools specific to an application opened in a canvas and/or tools for implementing the functionality of external applications. The smart hooks maintain linkages between an instance of tool usage and an object in a file or other content. The linkages maintain the tool in the same location relative to the object even if the object is moved. Instances of external applications opened in a canvas may be presented in a dedicated user interface region that passes data to and from the external application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark I. Rubinstein, Mark Robert Swift, Xiaoyue Wang, Michael Brasket, Thaddeus A. Scott
  • Publication number: 20200396082
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include techniques to increase the probability that network validators will include a specific transaction in a target block of a blockchain. The method includes creating and signing in real-time a transaction and loading copies of the transaction at agent nodes connected to a network of peer nodes. An agent node can obtain an indication of an opportunity to write the transaction to a target block. The method can further include broadcasting the transaction to the network of peer nodes based on the obtained indication of the opportunity to write the transaction, to improve a probability of having the transaction written to the target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Mark Roberts, Brett David Bergmann
  • Patent number: 10857756
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a water soluble product including the steps of: providing a water soluble fibrous first ply; providing a water soluble fibrous second ply formed on a surface other than the first ply, wherein the second ply is separate from the first ply; superposing the first ply and the second ply; and joining a first portion of the first ply to a second portion of the second ply to form the water soluble product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Pratt, Anthony Edward Reed, Stephen Robert Glassmeyer, Mark Robert Sivik, Dinah Achola Nyangiro
  • Publication number: 20200371663
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide a contextual toolset for use in canvases of collaboration applications. The techniques also provide smart hooks for pinning tools to specific locations on content opened in a canvas. The contextual toolset may include tools specific to an application opened in a canvas and/or tools for implementing the functionality of external applications. The smart hooks maintain linkages between an instance of tool usage and an object in a file or other content. The linkages maintain the tool in the same location relative to the object even if the object is moved. Instances of external applications opened in a canvas may be presented in a dedicated user interface region that passes data to and from the external application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Mark I. RUBINSTEIN, Mark Robert SWIFT, Xiaoyue WANG, Michael BRASKET, Thaddeus A. SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20200368042
    Abstract: A failsafe for a transdermal apparatus for a prosthetic appendage can include a first plate, a second plate, and a breakaway connector. The first plate can have a central axis, a proximal portion, and a distal end. The distal end can be opposite the proximal portion, and the distal end can be securable with a prosthetic external to skin and can be configured to simulate an appendage of a patient. The second plate can be aligned with the central axis and can include a proximal end and a distal portion. The proximal end can be securable to a transdermal implant, and can extend proximally from the second plate. The distal portion can be opposite the proximal end, and the distal portion can be configured to interface with the proximal portion of the first plate. The breakaway connector can be couplable within the second plate and the first plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Joshua R. Porter, Mark Roberts, Jason S. Toler
  • Patent number: 10843331
    Abstract: An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body, and a sensor module. The drive system includes right and left driven track assemblies mounted on right and left sides of the main body. The manipulator arm includes a first link coupled to the main body, an elbow coupled to the first link, and a second link coupled to the elbow. The elbow is configured to rotate independently of the first and second links. The sensor module is mounted on the elbow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: FLIR DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Annan Michael Mozeika, Mark Robert Claffee
  • Patent number: 10844321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Alessandro (NMN) Corona, III, Jocelyn Michelle McCullough, Robert Richard Dykstra, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan, Renae Dianna Fossum, Reinhold Joseph Leyrer, Gledison Fonseca, Volodymyr Boyko, Aaron Flores-Figueroa
  • Publication number: 20200366671
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include identity verification and management services in which users authenticate their identities during an enrollment process, and may access and modify their identity information via a secure portal. The enrollment process includes collecting various identifying data and biometric data of a user. A live interview portion during the enrollment process is used to check the liveness and verify the collected identifying data and biometric data. Once the user is enrolled, the user's identity can be verified for multiple entities using the same enrolled identity, and the user can manage the specific data used to verify their identity with different entities. This provides users with the ability to use their authenticated/verified identity across various industries, markets, locations, and the like, while keeping their identifying data private. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Q5ID, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Allen Larson, Dominic John O'Dierno, Mark Robert Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200360946
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for dispensing and foaming of a product, including: a product container which contains a product that is to be foamed by and dispensed from the apparatus; a gas container, at least containing a gas, for example a single gas or a gas mixture, wherein the gas substantially does not contain any greenhouse gases such as N2O; a dispersion device, having a product entrance that is connectable to the product container for receiving product, the dispersion device further being connectable to the gas container for supplying the gas to the product during product discharge; a processing device downstream of the dispersion device for performing a mixing treatment and/or pressure reduction on the product provided with the gas; and a product dispensing head, being part of a top section of the apparatus and being arranged downstream of the processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Robert René MASSA, Marc Jacques Christian Maurice CUSTINNE, Arno FRAIPONTS, Joren SWEECK
  • Publication number: 20200360254
    Abstract: Described herein is a hair conditioner composition and methods of using the same, the hair conditioner composition including an effective chelant. The hair conditioner composition further includes one or more high melting point fatty compounds and a cationic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jennifer Mary Marsh, Casey Patrick Kelly, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Publication number: 20200353603
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench comprises a handle defining a cavity including a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery thereof, a wheel, a biasing spring ring, and at least one tooth pawl mounted in recesses formed on the outer periphery of the wheel. The wheel is rotatably mounted inside the cavity and the pawls are biased by the spring ring to engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a first direction, and to slide over the teeth engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Brenton Michael Solar, Mark Robert Stanley
  • Patent number: 10834091
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor detects a software application installed on a client computing device, and/or usage data. Detected usage data is associated with a current user of the client computing device and with the software application. The processor identifies a user role for the current user based on the software application and/or usage data. The processor applies a security configuration to the client computing device based on the user role. The security configuration limits access by the current user to a portion of the software application. The processor sends an identifier of the user role to an administrative server for storage in an Active Directory (AD) database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ivanti, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Deninno, Mark Robert Tempel, Travis Peters, Robert M. Juncker
  • Publication number: 20200349804
    Abstract: A gaming machine is provided with easily installable and serviceable components. The gaming machine includes a gaming cabinet having an interior space which houses components of the gaming machine, such as a subwoofer of an audio system. The subwoofer is securely mounted to the cabinet via a simple sliding mount which is secured in place with a locking element via a single fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Robert Brandau, Brian Edward Tovar