Patents by Inventor Martin Keen

Martin Keen 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: 20240074010
    Abstract: Devices disclosed herein reduce splattering of food/beverage material on interior cooking appliance surfaces. A splatter-reducing device of the present technology may comprise: (1) a magnetic member magnetically coupled to an interior ceiling surface of a cooking appliance, the magnetic member comprising a magnet and a first coupling component affixed to a bottom surface of the magnet; (2) a support frame comprising a second coupling component removably coupled to the first coupling component such that the support frame is suspended within the cooking appliance; and (3) a splatter-reducing shroud supported by the support frame and shaped to enclose a central region for placing food or liquid heated within the cooking appliance. The splatter-reducing shroud (e.g., a disposable or washable material such as absorbent paper) may absorb or deflect ejected food or beverage material before the material can splatter on an interior surface of the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Martin KEEN, Ian LAITY
  • Patent number: 11093594
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive user identification recommendation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for cognitive user identification recommendation includes monitoring typing patterns of an end user as the end user enters data in different fields of different applications of a computing device having a device type and categorizing each of the fields and applications according to field type and application type. The method further includes generating a data structure mapping the user typing patterns to each type of field and application to model user input behavior of the end user. The method also includes transmitting the data structure to a requesting application for prompting the end user to provide a particular type of password mapped to the modeled user input and consistent with a field type of the password and a type of requesting application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hernan Cunico, Paul Alexander Frank, Martin Keen, Richard D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10977288
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing content by one or more processors are described. Usage of a plurality of first content portion translations by at least one user is monitored. The plurality of first content portion translations is stored on at least one database. Each of the plurality of first content portion translations is analyzed. A value of maintaining a selected one of the plurality of first content portion translations or a second content portion translation on the at least one database is calculated based on the monitoring of the usage of the plurality of first content portion translations and the analyzing of each of the plurality of first content portions translations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Todd Kelsey, Robert Richter, Michael Iantosca
  • Publication number: 20200250214
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing content by one or more processors are described. Usage of a plurality of first content portion translations by at least one user is monitored. The plurality of first content portion translations is stored on at least one database. Each of the plurality of first content portion translations is analyzed. A value of maintaining a selected one of the plurality of first content portion translations or a second content portion translation on the at least one database is calculated based on the monitoring of the usage of the plurality of first content portion translations and the analyzing of each of the plurality of first content portions translations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin KEEN, Todd KELSEY, Robert RICHTER, Michael IANTOSCA
  • Publication number: 20200159835
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing content by one or more processors are described. A content portion associated with a user is detected. A storage scheme for the content portion is selected based on at least one data source associated with utilization of previous content portions by the user. The content portion is caused to be stored on a computing device according to the selected storage scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shikhar KWATRA, Martin KEEN, Hernan CUNICO, Richard Johnson
  • Publication number: 20200143020
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for cognitive user identification recommendation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for cognitive user identification recommendation includes monitoring typing patterns of an end user as the end user enters data in different fields of different applications of a computing device having a device type and categorizing each of the fields and applications according to field type and application type. The method further includes generating a data structure mapping the user typing patterns to each type of field and application to model user input behavior of the end user. The method also includes transmitting the data structure to a requesting application for prompting the end user to provide a particular type of password mapped to the modeled user input and consistent with a field type of the password and a type of requesting application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Hernan Cunico, Paul Alexander Frank, Martin Keen, Richard D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 10169658
    Abstract: A system for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, Jr., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20180199719
    Abstract: A seat that can move between an upright position and one or more active positions is provided. The seat can have a base with a non-planar portion to wobble the seat into one or more wobble orientations, thereby permitting controlled pitching of the seat relative to a floor surface. The base can have one or more roll reduction pads to restrict roll in or about a roll axis perpendicular to a pitch axis about which the seat pitches. The seat can also have a post coupled to the base and a seat pan to provide a seating surface. The base can be weighted and can have a non-planar portion to wobble the seat into one or more wobble orientations. The roll reduction pads can extend radially outwardly from the apex of the non-planar portion. One or more pads can generally conform to contours of the non-planar portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Martin Keen
  • Publication number: 20180075305
    Abstract: A system for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, JR., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Patent number: 9898665
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, Jr., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20170354258
    Abstract: A seat cushion comprises a relief portion to selectively provide cushioning to a user's sitz bones received when the user is seated on a seating surface. The selective cushioning provided by the relief portion to the user's sitz bones can be greater than cushioning provided by the remainder of the seat cushion to portions of the user's body other than the sitz bones. The relief portion can be in the form of a pair of relief pockets offset to be depressed below the second surface. A resiliency of the relief pockets is different from a resiliency of areas of the second surface surrounding the relief pocket. The first surface and the second surface of the seat cushion can be contoured so as to form a central core, a relief portion substantially surrounding the central core, and an outer portion defined so as to surround the relief portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Martin Keen
  • Publication number: 20170333404
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for improved pharmaceutical compositions containing vemurafenib and methods of manufacturing the same. In particular, the compositions are prepared using thermokinetic compounding and provide improved properties as well as more efficient methods of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dave Alan MILLER, Justin Martin KEEN, Chris BROUGH, Sandra U. KUCERA, Daniel J. ELLENBERGER
  • Patent number: 9801472
    Abstract: An upright active-sitting seat provides a connection of a seating leg to a base through an articulating joint that allows the user to move a seat front to back and side to side, allowing a more active sitting that encourages blood circulation. The chair includes a seat supported by a post that is connected to a mount via a ball joint rod by a transverse rod that is routed through the ball joint rod end. By way of a coil spring that engages with the mount and the post, the post is spring biased to a home position relative to the mount. When using the chair, a person may move the seat from the home position to a comfortable seating position. When the person stands from the chair after using it, the chair returns to its spring biased home position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Safco Products Co.
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Ryan M. Coyle, Diau P. Hall, Justin W. Sirotin
  • Publication number: 20170124399
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically creating and presenting video content information to a user of a computer having an associated screen involves: i) loading contents of a video file into a video player; ii) displaying frames of the video file; iii) receiving a user's input indicating selection of an object displayed in at least one frame; iv) performing an object identification analysis of frames to locate each instance where a specific frame contains the object; v) for each specific frame that contains the object, performing a z-axis analysis of the object to determine prominence of the object within each specific frame; vi) storing metadata indicating results of the object identification analysis and, for frames where the object was present, the z-axis analysis; and vii) automatically generating and displaying a graphical timeline display graphically reflecting frames containing the object and object prominence within those frames based upon the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: James Bostick, John Ganci, JR., Martin Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Publication number: 20170007027
    Abstract: An upright active-sitting seat provides a connection of a seating leg to a base through an articulating joint that allows the user to move a seat front to back and side to side, allowing a more active sitting that encourages blood circulation. The chair includes a seat supported by a post that is connected to a mount via a ball joint rod by a transverse rod that is routed through the ball joint rod end. By way of a coil spring that engages with the mount and the post, the post is spring biased to a home position relative to the mount. When using the chair, a person may move the seat from the home position to a comfortable seating position. When the person stands from the chair after using it, the chair returns to its spring biased home position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Ryan M. Coyle, Diau P. Hall, Justin W. Sirotin
  • Patent number: 9474377
    Abstract: An upright active-sitting seat provides a connection of a seating leg to a base through an articulating joint that allows the user to move a seat front to back and side to side, allowing a more active sitting that encourages blood circulation. The chair includes a seat supported by a post that is connected to a mount via a ball joint rod by a transverse rod that is routed through the ball joint rod end. By way of a coil spring that engages with the mount and the post, the post is spring biased to a home position relative to the mount. When using the chair, a person may move the seat from the home position to a comfortable seating position. When the person stands from the chair after using it, the chair returns to its spring biased home position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Safco Products Co.
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Ryan M. Coyle, Diau P. Hall, Justin W. Sirotin
  • Publication number: 20130306831
    Abstract: An upright active-sitting seat provides a connection of a seating leg to a base through an articulating joint that allows the user to move a seat front to back and side to side, allowing a more active sitting that encourages blood circulation. The chair includes a seat supported by a post that is connected to a mount via a ball joint rod by a transverse rod that is routed through the ball joint rod end. By way of a coil spring that engages with the mount and the post, the post is spring biased to a home position relative to the mount. When using the chair, a person may move the seat from the home position to a comfortable seating position. When the person stands from the chair after using it, the chair returns to its spring biased home position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: FOCALUPRIGHTFURNITURE, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Ryan M. Coyle, Diau P. Hall, Justin W. Sirotin
  • Patent number: D697328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: FocalUpright Furniture, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Ryan M. Coyle, Diau P. Hall, Justin W. Sirotin
  • Patent number: D716570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Focal Upright Furniture, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Diau P. Hall
  • Patent number: D741073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FocalUprightFurniture, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Keen, Diau P. Hall