Patents by Inventor Mary Williams
Mary Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20240100774Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a feed module and a take-up module that are configured to operably couple with a foil. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of a resin that form a component. A radiant energy device is positioned opposite to the at least one stage. The radiant energy device is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a predetermined pattern. An actuator is configured to change a relative position of the at least one stage and the foil. An accumulator is positioned between the feed module and the take-up module. The accumulator is configured to retain an intermediate portion of the foil to allow a first portion of the foil upstream of the accumulator to move at a first speed and a second portion of the foil downstream of the accumulator to move at a second speed during a defined time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Mary Kathryn Thompson, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Christopher David Barnhill, Xi Yang, Trent William Muhlenkamp, William Joseph Steele
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Publication number: 20240098055Abstract: Techniques are described with respect to a system, method, and computer product for generating relevance alerts. An associated method includes analyzing a multi-party discussion based on a generated profile associated with a user and assigning at least one relevance value associated with the user to the multi-party discussion based on the analysis and an amount of multi-party discussion participation associated with the user. The method further includes generating an alert for the user to participate in the multi-party discussion in response to determining the relevance value exceeding a relevance threshold associated with the multi-party discussion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: James William Murdock, IV, Radha Mohan De, Jaymin Desai, Suman Patra, Sujoy Roy, Mary Diane Swift
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Publication number: 20240032125Abstract: A device comprises a processor that may be configured to obtain a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) identifier (ID) from a signal broadcast by a network and determine whether the obtained PLMN ID is an original preferred PLMN ID of the device. When the processor determines that the obtained PLMN ID is the original preferred PLMN ID, the processor may attempt to attach to the network over a wireless link. When the attempt to attach to the network fails, the processor may rewrite, in a list of PLMN IDs, a non-preferred PLMN ID as a new preferred PLMN ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Taussif Khan, Alexandre De Melo, Mary Williams
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Publication number: 20240022999Abstract: A device described herein may receive an indication that the device is not authorized to access a first type of core network (e.g., a Fifth Generation (“5G”) Core (“5GC”)), and may detect that a first core network, of the first type of core network, is available for communication. The device may detect that a second core network, of a second type of core network (e.g., an Evolved Packet Core (“EPC”)), is available for communication. Based on the indication that the device is not authorized to access the first type of core network, the device may request establishment of a communication session with the second core network (e.g., in lieu of requesting access the first core network).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Andrew E. Youtz, Hui Zhao, Deepa Jagannatha, Mary Williams
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Patent number: 11868826Abstract: A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Brian O'Kelley, Catherine Mary Williams, Taylor Edward Burmeister, Yaron Lissack, Justin Pines, Samuel Seljan, Jaidev Sridhar
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Publication number: 20230354008Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a third party subscription management of end device profiles service is provided. The service may include obtaining a profile for a card of an end device from a third party device in which the profile includes a temporary element. For example, the temporary element may be a temporary keyset or a temporary USIM. During initial connectivity and activation with a core network, the card logic may obtain and update the profile with a permanent element for registration and activation procedures with the core network. In this way, security exposure with a third party device relating to a profile may be eliminated or minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Warren Hojilla Uy, Thomas W. McArtney, Taussif Khan, Alexandre De Melo, Mary Williams
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Publication number: 20230262444Abstract: A user equipment (UE), comprising at least one processor may be configured to transmit a first attach request to a first wireless network based on a first universal subscriber identity module (USIM). The UE may receive a rejection from the first wireless network and may switch from the first USIM to a second USIM based on the rejection. The UE may transmit a second attach request to the first wireless network based on the second USIM.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Taussif Khan, Mary Williams, Alexandre De Melo
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Publication number: 20230169527Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems generate a knowledge graph to implement, process, and analyze digital surveys and digital survey data cross computer networks. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate and utilize a knowledge graph to determine and coordinate topic ontologies, store and access digital survey data, and generate digital benchmarks. For example, the disclosed systems generate a knowledge graph based on a predefined ontology of topics by connecting topic nodes via a plurality of edges. Additionally, the disclosed systems receive survey data associated with administering an electronic survey to respondent client devices. The disclosed systems extract topics from the survey data and determine connections between the survey data and the topic nodes in the knowledge graph. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate digital benchmarks between sets of data based on the relationships.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Jamie Elizabeth Morningstar, Catherine Mary Williams
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SYSTEMS FOR FAST AND/OR EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF DECISION NETWORKS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS
Publication number: 20230129672Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a technique for processing a decision network that includes obtaining an index encoding a mapping from potential values of an input parameter to decision parameters of the network's predicates, wherein the mapping associates potential values of the input parameter with decision parameters affected by those potential values; evaluating decision parameters affected by specified values of the input parameter, including identifying each decision parameter to which the index maps at least one specified values of the input parameter, and setting the values of those decision parameters in accordance with the input parameter's specified values; and analyzing the decision network, including evaluating the predicates of one or more of the decision nodes based on the values of the predicates' decision parameters, and determining, based on the values of the evaluated predicates and a topology of the decision network, that a particular terminal node encodes the nType: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Xandr Inc.Inventors: Catherine Mary WILLIAMS, Paul KHUONG -
Patent number: 11540101Abstract: A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mary Williams, Zhengfang Chen, Axel Hallo de Wolf
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Systems for fast and/or efficient processing of decision networks, and related methods and apparatus
Patent number: 11531913Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a technique for processing a decision network that includes obtaining an index encoding a mapping from potential values of an input parameter to decision parameters of the network's predicates, wherein the mapping associates potential values of the input parameter with decision parameters affected by those potential values; evaluating decision parameters affected by specified values of the input parameter, including identifying each decision parameter to which the index maps at least one specified values of the input parameter, and setting the values of those decision parameters in accordance with the input parameter's specified values; and analyzing the decision network, including evaluating the predicates of one or more of the decision nodes based on the values of the predicates' decision parameters, and determining, based on the values of the evaluated predicates and a topology of the decision network, that a particular terminal node encodes the nType: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Xandr Inc.Inventors: Catherine Mary Williams, Paul Khuong -
Publication number: 20220035687Abstract: A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Xandr Inc.Inventors: Charles Brian O'Kelley, Catherine Mary Williams, Taylor Edward Burmeister, Yaron Lissack, Justin Pines, Samuel Seljan, Jaidev Sridhar
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Patent number: 11188401Abstract: A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Xandr Inc.Inventors: Charles Brian O'Kelley, Catherine Mary Williams, Taylor Edward Burmeister, Yaron Lissack, Justin Pines, Samuel Seljan, Jaidev Sridhar
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Publication number: 20210306830Abstract: A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Mary Williams, Zhengfang Chen, Axel Hallo de Wolf
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Patent number: 11082855Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a certificate authority, a first onboarding identifier associated with a private key stored on the UE. The UE may transmit, to a wireless network, an attach request based on the first onboarding identifier. The UE may receive, from the wireless network, a signaling message that includes a second onboarding identifier, wherein the signaling message may be encrypted with a public key paired with the private key stored on the UE. The UE may decrypt the signaling message using the private key stored on the UE to obtain the second onboarding identifier. The UE may obtain a permanent identifier from a Remote SIM Provisioning platform based on the UE completing an authentication procedure using an authentication response obtained from the decrypted signaling message. The UE may then connect to the wireless network using the permanent identifier.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Taussif Khan, Warren Hojilla Uy, Axel Hallo De Wolf, Zhengfang Chen, Kala Narayanan, Mary Williams, Musa Kazim Guven, Manuel Enrique Caceres
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Patent number: 10993096Abstract: A service provider may receive a user device that includes an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) associated with an equipment identifier (eID) with a previously provisioned service. The previously provisioned service may be provided by an eSIM profile (identified by an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier or ICCID) and the eSIM may contain more than one ICCID. The service provider may re-provision one of the existing ICCIDs to provide service based on the eID and historical data. The device and the carrier provisioning system may determine whether one of the profiles (ICCIDs) installed in the eSIM matches an already known eSIM profile (ICCD) and re-provision the eSIM profile (ICCD) for new wireless service. The service provider may then activate the user device for communication via the new wireless service in response to re-provisioning of the applicable eSIM profile (ICCID).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Mary Williams, Zhengfang Chen, Axel Hallo de Wolf
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Publication number: 20210042175Abstract: A data processing system includes a transaction bus, a console application in communication with the transaction bus, and a view predictor subsystem in communication with the transaction bus. The transaction bus receives, from a user application executing on a client device, a call for visual information to be provided to the user application. The view predictor subsystem determines a likelihood that the visual information will be viewable within a viewport of the user application, and a plurality of respective values for a plurality of sources of the visual information are computed based on the likelihood and a respective priority for each source. The console application provides to the transaction bus the set of potential sources of the visual information, and the transaction bus selects, based on the computed values, one of the potential sources of the visual information to be the result, which is provided to the user application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Xandr Inc.Inventors: Charles Brian O'Kelley, Catherine Mary Williams, Taylor Edward Burmeister, Yaron Lissack, Justin Pines, Samuel Seljan, Jaidev Sridhar
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Publication number: 20200351653Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a certificate authority, a first onboarding identifier associated with a private key stored on the UE. The UE may transmit, to a wireless network, an attach request based on the first onboarding identifier. The UE may receive, from the wireless network, a signaling message that includes a second onboarding identifier, wherein the signaling message may be encrypted with a public key paired with the private key stored on the UE. The UE may decrypt the signaling message using the private key stored on the UE to obtain the second onboarding identifier. The UE may obtain a permanent identifier from a Remote SIM Provisioning platform based on the UE completing an authentication procedure using an authentication response obtained from the decrypted signaling message. The UE may then connect to the wireless network using the permanent identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Taussif KHAN, Warren Hojilla UY, Axel HALLO DE WOLF, Zhengfang CHEN, Kala NARAYANAN, Mary WILLIAMS, Musa Kazim GUVEN, Manuel Enrique CACERES
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Patent number: D1018975Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Emily Mary Menzies, James Robert Alexander Fisher, Wee Guan Tan, Nicklaus Yu, David Oliver Williams, Phey Hong Soh, Stephen Benjamin Courtney
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Patent number: D1023765Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Glenn William Kaye, Mary Christine Arevalo