Patents by Inventor Michael Burks

Michael Burks 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: 12189967
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for partitioning system data from user data in memory. In an example, a method can include receiving system data at a memory, assigning the system data a first address within a first range of memory addresses, storing the system data in a first portion of the memory operated with a first set of trim settings in response to the system data having the first address within the first range of memory addresses, receiving user data, assigning the user data a second address within a second range of memory addresses, and storing the user data in a second portion of the memory operated with a second set of trim settings in response to the user having the second address within the second range of addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Burk
  • Publication number: 20240307224
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices used to treat eyelids, meibomian glands, ducts, and surrounding tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye treatment device is disclosed, which includes a scleral shield positionable proximate an inner surface of an eyelid, the scleral shield being made of, or coated with, an energy-absorbing material activated by a light energy, and an energy transducer positionable outside of the eyelid, the energy transducer configured to provide light energy at one or more wavelengths, including a first wavelength selected to heat the energy-absorbing material. Wherein, when the eyelid is positioned between the energy transducer and the scleral shield, the light energy from the energy transducer and the heated energy-absorbing material of the scleral shield conductively heats a target tissue region sufficiently to melt meibum within meibomian glands located within or adjacent to the target tissue region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Brian S. Kelleher, John Slate, Michael Burk, Mark Petersen, David Esbaugh, Dan Vance
  • Patent number: 12070416
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices used to treat eyelids, meibomian glands, ducts, and surrounding tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye treatment device is disclosed, which includes a scleral shield positionable proximate an inner surface of an eyelid, the scleral shield being made of, or coated with, an energy-absorbing material activated by a light energy, and an energy transducer positionable outside of the eyelid, the energy transducer configured to provide light energy at one or more wavelengths, including a first wavelength selected to heat the energy-absorbing material. Wherein, when the eyelid is positioned between the energy transducer and the scleral shield, the light energy from the energy transducer and the heated energy-absorbing material of the scleral shield conductively heats a target tissue region sufficiently to melt meibum within meibomian glands located within or adjacent to the target tissue region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Brian S. Kelleher, John Slate, Michael Burk, Mark Petersen, David Esbaugh, Dan Vance
  • Patent number: 12026102
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to isolating virtual machines in a memory device are described. A memory apparatus includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to provide a plurality of Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) functions of the memory device and isolate access to each of the plurality of PCIe functions via respective passwords and digital signatures created from host keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Burk, Lance Dover
  • Publication number: 20240078192
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to isolating virtual machines in a memory device are described. A memory apparatus includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to provide a plurality of Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) functions of the memory device and isolate access to each of the plurality of PCIe functions via respective passwords and digital signatures created from host keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Burk, Lance Dover
  • Publication number: 20240069756
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for partitioning system data from user data in memory. In an example, a method can include receiving system data at a memory, assigning the system data a first address within a first range of memory addresses, storing the system data in a first portion of the memory operated with a first set of trim settings in response to the system data having the first address within the first range of memory addresses, receiving user data, assigning the user data a second address within a second range of memory addresses, and storing the user data in a second portion of the memory operated with a second set of trim settings in response to the user having the second address within the second range of addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Burk
  • Publication number: 20230043137
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices used to treat eyelids, meibomian glands, ducts, and surrounding tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye treatment device is disclosed, which includes a scleral shield positionable proximate an inner surface of an eyelid, the scleral shield being made of, or coated with, an energy-absorbing material activated by a light energy, and an energy transducer positionable outside of the eyelid, the energy transducer configured to provide light energy at one or more wavelengths, including a first wavelength selected to heat the energy-absorbing material. Wherein, when the eyelid is positioned between the energy transducer and the scleral shield, the light energy from the energy transducer and the heated energy-absorbing material of the scleral shield conductively heats a target tissue region sufficiently to melt meibum within meibomian glands located within or adjacent to the target tissue region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Brian S. Kelleher, John Slate, Michael Burk, Mark Petersen, David Esbaugh, Dan Vance
  • Patent number: 11097937
    Abstract: An ordering app running on a mobile device, one or more central servers, one or more venue servers, one or more ordering apps, plug-ins, kiosks, point of sale systems, beacons, pucks, tents, and automated appliances cooperate to prepare orders for a customer. Methods embodied as software programs running on the venue servers and the central servers advance the customer's order through various modules hosted on the venue server. A final module causes the customer's order to be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: RESTAURANT TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Michael Burks, Michael Beebe, Laura Ermer, Vijan Bhaumik, Angelo Frigo, Kyle Crouse, Roger D. Carroll, Natalie Muhs, Jeff Pollard, Jeffrey Steres, Kim Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200265501
    Abstract: An ordering app running on a mobile device, one or more central servers, one or more venue servers, one or more ordering apps, plug-ins, kiosks, point of sale systems, beacons, pucks, tents, and automated appliances cooperate to prepare orders for a customer. Methods embodied as software programs running on the venue servers and the central servers advance the customer's order through various modules hosted on the venue server. A final module causes the customer's order to be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Burks, Michael Beebe, Laura Ermer, Vijan Bhaumik, Angelo Frigo, Kyle Crouse, Roger D. Carroll, Natalie Muhs, Jeff Pollard, Jeffrey Steres, Kim Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200179168
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices used to treat eyelids, meibomian glands, ducts, and surrounding tissue are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye treatment device is disclosed, which includes a scleral shield positionable proximate an inner surface of an eyelid, the scleral shield being made of, or coated with, an energy-absorbing material activated by a light energy, and an energy transducer positionable outside of the eyelid, the energy transducer configured to provide light energy at one or more wavelengths, including a first wavelength selected to heat the energy-absorbing material. Wherein, when the eyelid is positioned between the energy transducer and the scleral shield, the light energy from the energy transducer and the heated energy-absorbing material of the scleral shield conductively heats a target tissue region sufficiently to melt meibum within meibomian glands located within or adjacent to the target tissue region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Brian S. Kelleher, John Slate, Michael Burk, Mark Petersen, David Eshbaugh, Dan Vance
  • Patent number: 10640357
    Abstract: An ordering app running on a mobile device, one or more central servers, one or more venue servers, one or more ordering apps, plug-ins, kiosks, point of sale systems, beacons, pucks, tents, and automated appliances cooperate to prepare orders for a customer. Methods embodied as software programs running on the venue servers and the central servers advance the customer's order through various modules hosted on the venue server. A final module causes the customer's order to be prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Restaurant Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Burks, Michael Beebe, Laura Ermer, Vijan Bhaumik, Angelo Frigo, Kyle Crouse, Roger D Carroll, Natalie Muhs, Jeff Pollard, Jeffrey Steres, Kim Wilson
  • Publication number: 20180196854
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques for enabling an application extension executing as part of an application of a computing device to: automatically predict, based on contextual information associated with the computing device or the application, potential search queries from a set of predetermined search queries, and display graphical elements (e.g., icons, images, or other types of graphical elements) indicative of the predicted search queries within the graphical keyboard. The application extension may analyze the contextual information for use in the search query prediction only after receiving express consent from a user of the computing device to do so. The application extension may execute, or cause to be executed, a search based on a predicted search query in response to the computing device detecting a user input that selects, from directly within the graphical keyboard, the graphical element that is associated with the predicted search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Burks
  • Patent number: 9965530
    Abstract: A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Muhammad Mohsin, Pranay Gupta, Michael Burks
  • Patent number: 9946773
    Abstract: A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Muhammad Mohsin, Pranay Gupta, Michael Burks
  • Patent number: 9939410
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor may sense a magnetic field during a rotation of a wheel. The sensed magnetic field may represent a profile of the wheel during the rotation. The magnetic sensor may determine, based on the sensed magnetic field, information associated with a possible fault of at least one of the magnetic sensor or the wheel. The magnetic sensor may transmit a first set of output pulses corresponding to the profile of the wheel during the rotation. The first set of output pulses may be transmitted during the rotation of the wheel. The magnetic sensor may transmit a second set of output pulses that corresponds to the information associated with the possible fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Grambichler, Michael Burk Westpfahl
  • Publication number: 20170308591
    Abstract: A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Muhammad Mohsin, Pranay Gupta, Michael Burks
  • Publication number: 20170308586
    Abstract: A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Muhammad Mohsin, Pranay Gupta, Michael Burks
  • Publication number: 20170059526
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor may sense a magnetic field during a rotation of a wheel. The sensed magnetic field may represent a profile of the wheel during the rotation. The magnetic sensor may determine, based on the sensed magnetic field, information associated with a possible fault of at least one of the magnetic sensor or the wheel. The magnetic sensor may transmit a first set of output pulses corresponding to the profile of the wheel during the rotation. The first set of output pulses may be transmitted during the rotation of the wheel. The magnetic sensor may transmit a second set of output pulses that corresponds to the information associated with the possible fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus GRAMBICHLER, Michael Burk WESTPFAHL
  • Patent number: 9559907
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control client is configured to determine whether or not the most current configuration profile has been installed within a corresponding mobile device. In particular embodiments, the client is configured to store its own copy of a configuration profile and to compare its copy with the most current configuration profile generated by a device management system as well as to the configuration profile currently installed and applied by a configuration manager within the mobile device. Each configuration profile includes an embedded verification token that facilitates this process. Furthermore, the client may be configured to inform the device management system as to whether or not the current configuration profile has been installed. The device management system may govern enterprise access by the mobile device based on whether or not the current configuration profile has been installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MOBILE IRON, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Burks, Sandilya Garimella
  • Publication number: 20160244311
    Abstract: An ordering app running on a mobile device, one or more central servers, one or more venue servers, one or more ordering apps, plug-ins, kiosks, point of sale systems, beacons, pucks, tents, and automated appliances cooperate to prepare orders for a customer. Methods embodied as software programs running on the venue servers and the central servers advance the customer's order through various modules hosted on the venue server. A final module causes the customer's order to be prepared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Burks, Michael Beebe, Laura Ermer, Vijan Bhaumik, Angelo Frigo, Kyle Crouse, Roger D. Carroll, Natalie Muhs, Jeff Pollard, Jeffrey Steres, Kim Wilson