Patents by Inventor Matthew Downs

Matthew Downs 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: 11425122
    Abstract: A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of second servers for the first device to access. The first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of second servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device obfuscates the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device obtains the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device stays one step ahead of censors. Accordingly, a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher Lalonde, Thomas Michael Leavy, Arjun Bhatnagar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, David Lautz, Matthew Downs
  • Publication number: 20210258306
    Abstract: A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of second servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of second servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher Lalonde, Thomas Michael Leavy, Arjun Bhatnagar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, David Lautz, Matthew Downs
  • Patent number: 11020617
    Abstract: Techniques for modulating peripheral nerves using focused ultrasound (FUS) are provided. Methods include locating a peripheral nerve in a subject using an imaging probe, providing a FUS having one or more ultrasound parameters to a location on the peripheral nerve, and modulating the peripheral nerve. The methods can further include eliciting and measuring a physiological response from the FUS modulation, generating tissue deformation in the vicinity of the FUS modulation, and imaging the nerve and the tissue deformation simultaneously with FUS modulation. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Matthew Downs, Stephen Lee, Min Gon Kim, Hermes Arytto Salles Kamimura
  • Patent number: 11013938
    Abstract: Techniques for modulating peripheral nerves using focused ultrasound (FUS) are provided. Methods include locating a peripheral nerve in a subject using an imaging probe, providing a FUS having one or more ultrasound parameters to a location on the peripheral nerve, and modulating the peripheral nerve. The methods can further include eliciting and measuring a physiological response from the FUS modulation, generating tissue deformation in the vicinity of the FUS modulation, and imaging the nerve and the tissue deformation simultaneously with FUS modulation. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Matthew Downs
  • Patent number: 10992741
    Abstract: A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of secondary servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of secondary servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher Lalonde, Thomas Michael Leavy, Arjun Bhatnagar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, David Lautz, Matthew Downs
  • Publication number: 20200147415
    Abstract: Techniques for selective modulation of motor neuronal activity in a peripheral nervous system using a focused ultrasound assembly are provided. Methods include adjusting a pulse repetition frequency parameter of a focused ultrasound to selectively modulate a location on a peripheral nerve and modulating the peripheral nerve with the focused ultrasound to increase a temperature of the peripheral nerve. The modulating can comprise one or more of exciting and inhibiting the peripheral nerve with the focused ultrasound, either separately or in combination. Methods can further include locating the peripheral nerve using an imaging probe, monitoring a physiological response to the modulating, and changing the one or more ultrasound parameters in response to the physiological response. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Matthew Downs, Stephen Lee, Min Gon Kim, Hermes Arytto Salles Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20200053145
    Abstract: A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of secondary servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of secondary servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Wickr Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher Lalonde, Thomas Michael Leavy, Arjun Bhatnagar, Dipakkumar R. Kasabwala, David Lautz, Matthew Downs
  • Publication number: 20190247678
    Abstract: Techniques for modulating peripheral nerves using focused ultrasound (FUS) are provided. Methods include locating a peripheral nerve in a subject using an imaging probe, providing a FUS having one or more ultrasound parameters to a location on the peripheral nerve, and modulating the peripheral nerve. The methods can further include eliciting and measuring a physiological response from the FUS modulation, generating tissue deformation in the vicinity of the FUS modulation, and imaging the nerve and the tissue deformation simultaneously with FUS modulation. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Elisa E. Konofagou, Matthew Downs, Stephen Lee, Min Gon Kim, Hermes Arytto Salles Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20180028841
    Abstract: Techniques for modulating peripheral nerves using focused ultrasound (FUS) are provided. Methods include locating a peripheral nerve in a subject using an imaging probe, providing a FUS having one or more ultrasound parameters to a location on the peripheral nerve, and modulating the peripheral nerve. The methods can further include eliciting and measuring a physiological response from the FUS modulation, generating tissue deformation in the vicinity of the FUS modulation, and imaging the nerve and the tissue deformation simultaneously with FUS modulation. Systems for use in the modulation of peripheral nerves are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: The trustees of Columbia university in the city of New York
    Inventors: ELISA E. KONOFAGOU, Matthew Downs