Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph Smith
Michael Joseph Smith 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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Patent number: 11969578Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Morris, Scott M. Belliveau, Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Rian Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Patrick Wile McBride, Michael Robert Mensinger, Francis William Pascual, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Anna Leigh Davis, Kevin Shoemaker, Brian Christopher Smith, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
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Patent number: 11941421Abstract: A method for evaluating metrics associated with isolated execution environments utilized for synthetic monitoring of a web application and modifying the quantity of isolation execution environments hosted by a particular hosting service at a particular geographic location based on the metrics. The method can include receiving an instruction to monitor computing resources at the particular geographic location; obtaining configuration data for the particular geographic location; communicating a request to the particular hosting provider for an identification of a collection of isolated execution environments that are instantiated at the particular geographic location; obtaining metrics associated with the collection of isolated execution environments; evaluating the metrics against the set of scaling criteria; and/or generating an instruction for the particular hosting provider to modify the quantity of the collection of isolated execution environments.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Splunk Inc.Inventors: Patrick Joseph Smith, Michael Beasley
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Publication number: 20240091442Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
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Patent number: 11932380Abstract: A compound helicopter includes a fuselage including a fuselage airframe, a translational thrust system coupled to the fuselage airframe and a pylon assembly subject to vibration. The pylon assembly includes a transmission and a rotor system having a main rotor assembly. The compound helicopter also includes a main rotor vibration isolation system including a plurality of augmented liquid inertia vibration eliminator units each having an isolation frequency and each coupled between the fuselage airframe and the pylon assembly to reduce transmission of the pylon assembly vibration to the fuselage airframe at the isolation frequency. Each augmented liquid inertia vibration eliminator unit includes at least one active tuning element movable to tune the isolation frequency thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Frank Bradley Stamps, Michael Reaugh Smith, Bradley Joseph Passe
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Publication number: 20230270290Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Patent number: 11638500Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Publication number: 20210100399Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Patent number: 10869577Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Patent number: 10178924Abstract: A cooking system includes a housing and a liner with a bottom heating element and a side circumferential heating element in a plurality of segments electrically connected. A control subsystem includes a selector for the user switchable between slow cook and stove top modes. Both the bottom heating element and the side circumferential heating element are energized and in the stove top mode. Only the side circumferential heating element is energized in the slow cook mode.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Jon French, Aric Jennings, Jamie Paul Gagnon, Brian McGee, David M. Audette, Michael Joseph Smith, John Cheung, Joyce Chien Tu
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Patent number: 10028608Abstract: An oven includes a cooking enclosure including one or more cooking heater elements, a steam source in the cooking enclosure, and a steam source heater for the steam source. A sensor is responsive to the temperature of the steam source. A fluid reservoir is exterior to the cooking enclosure and a conduit extends from the fluid reservoir to or proximate the steam source. A controller energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is below a predetermined threshold and de-energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is above the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Brian McGee, Eric Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chen Tu
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Publication number: 20180177341Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Patent number: 9924838Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Publication number: 20160098976Abstract: An adjustable guitar saddle is provided. The adjustable guitar saddle includes saddle piece. Each saddle piece includes a top portion and a bottom portion. At least the bottom portion may be sized to fit within a saddle bridge channel of a guitar. The saddle piece may include at least one bottom threaded aperture running through the bottom portion towards the top portion. At threaded screw may mate with the threaded aperture. The threaded screw rotates and adjusts the height of the adjustable guitar saddle relative to the saddle bridge. The bottom portion of the saddle piece may be placed within the saddle bridge channel and a guitar string may rest on the top portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventor: Michael Joseph Smith
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Publication number: 20160000266Abstract: Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Devin Joseph Coakley, Michael Joseph Smith
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Publication number: 20150320257Abstract: A rotisserie oven includes a cooking enclosure, at least one bottom side track associated with the cooking enclosure, a spit assembly support framework. A drip pan has at least one side configured to engage the bottom side track of the cooking enclosure. A first side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for a spit assembly. A second side rack is attached to the drip pan and includes a support for the spit assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Eric Daniel Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chien Tu, Cory Smith
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Publication number: 20150173551Abstract: An oven includes a cooking enclosure including one or more cooking heater elements, a steam source in the cooking enclosure, and a steam source heater for the steam source. A sensor is responsive to the temperature of the steam source. A fluid reservoir is exterior to the cooking enclosure and a conduit extends from the fluid reservoir to or proximate the steam source. A controller energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is below a predetermined threshold and de-energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is above the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Scott McKenney, Karen Benedek, Brian McGee, Eric Hyp, Michael Joseph Smith, Mark Allen Nichols, William R. Arling, Joyce Chen Tu
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Patent number: D740069Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: EURO-PRO OPERATING LLCInventors: Mark Allen Nichols, Joyce Chien Tu, Cory Smith, Michael Joseph Smith, August Drufke, R. William Arling
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Patent number: D753949Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Michael Joseph Smith, Devin Joseph Coakley, Bryan deBlois
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Patent number: D760025Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Michael Joseph Smith, Devin Joseph Coakley, Bryan deBlois
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Patent number: D777515Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Daniel Stephen Potter, Michael Joseph Smith, Devin Joseph Coakley, Bryan deBlois