Patents by Inventor Mark T. Thorson

Mark T. Thorson 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).

  • Lifter mechanism for a powered fastener driver
    Patent number: 11951601
    Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A rotary lifter is engageable with the driver blade and configured to receive torque from the drive unit for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The lifter has a body, a drive pin coupled to the body, and a roller positioned on the drive pin. The roller includes an engagement section configured to receive an end portion of a tooth of the driver blade. The lifter includes a means for aligning the engagement section with the end portion of the tooth on the driver blade to facilitate meshing between the end portion and the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Beth E. Cholst, Troy C. Thorson, Jacob P. Schneider, Mackenzie J. Nick, Nathan Bandy, David A Bierdeman, Travis W. Leathrum, Mitchell T. Neuhoff, Mark C. Hughes, David C. Graf, Marcus Wechselberger
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access to custom browser functionality
    Patent number: 11683314
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC
    Inventors: Rudy Ruiz, Mark T. Thorson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CUSTOM BROWSER FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20210306339
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Rudy Ruiz, Mark T. Thorson
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access to custom browser functionality
    Patent number: 11038890
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Rudy Ruiz, Mark T. Thorson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CUSTOM BROWSER FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20200059472
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Rudy Ruiz, Mark T. Thorson
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access to custom browser functionality
    Patent number: 10462145
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Ruiz, Mark T. Thorson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CUSTOM BROWSER FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20180020003
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: RUDY RUIZ, Mark T. Thorson