Patents by Inventor Michael Sharp

Michael Sharp 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: 20240403392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to asset tracking. In particular, the present disclosure relates to facilitating asset supervision and monitoring. Further in particular, the present disclosure relates to a system and method incentivising user behaviour to increase a reliability of the asset tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: NAGRAVISION SARL
    Inventors: Matthieu Michelet, Pascal Métral, Michael Sharp, Clément Marx, Adrien Chinelli, Jerry Gee
  • Patent number: 12135804
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a web site that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores. The company privacy scores may be based on a calculation including elements of a privacy practice of the corresponding company and elements of a privacy policy of the corresponding company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jacob Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 12124604
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in deleting personal information held by a data broker. Entities holding the consumer's personal information may be discovered and automated actions for purging or deleting the consumer's personal information may be determined. The methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the consumer in updating privacy settings associated with accounts at various entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: John S. Parkinson, Jessica Schapiro, Marvin Lu, Siddharth Daftary, Michael Sharp, Stephen Robert Newell, William P. Burns, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy, Colin Hudson
  • Patent number: 12044403
    Abstract: Provided is a torch including a body having a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion, a control knob at a top of the second portion for adjusting a flow of fuel through the torch, a trigger at a top of the first portion that is movable from an off position to an on position to at actuate an igniter, and a burn tube extending from an end of the second portion away from the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Worthington Cylinders Corporation
    Inventors: John Burke, Christopher Francis Kreuser, Dustin Lee, Jerome Schafer, Jake Schubert, Michael Sharpe, Cory Blaine Shoup, Karl Vanderbeek, Thomas Washenko
  • Publication number: 20240005012
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a web site that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores. The company privacy scores may be based on a calculation including elements of a privacy practice of the corresponding company and elements of a privacy policy of the corresponding company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jacob Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11816232
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a website that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores. The company privacy scores may be based on a calculation including elements of a privacy practice of the corresponding company and elements of a privacy policy of the corresponding company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jacob Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Publication number: 20230338802
    Abstract: The Sports equipment with magnets for ball control is the combination of a spherical ball with multiple embedded magnets and a stick that includes a magnet within the head. A player controls movement of the ball using the stick via the interaction of the magnetic fields formed by the magnets in the ball and the magnet in the head. The magnets in the ball are preferably oriented with all matching outward poles. For example, all outward-facing North poles or all outward-facing South poles. Matching the outward facing poles allows the player to be presented with a more consistent magnetic field by the ball as compared to a ball formed from a single magnet, or other lesser number of magnets. The head of the stick has a two-sided magnet, allowing the player to choose between attracting the ball and repulsing the ball with the head of the stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Sharpe
  • Patent number: 11498084
    Abstract: An inert gas distribution system nozzle 1 including an inlet 10 to receive fluid from a fluid supply, a chamber 32 to receive the fluid from the inlet and dimensioned relative to the inlet to permit the fluid to expand to form a mist, and at least one passage 34 to receive the fluid from the chamber and dimensioned relative to the chamber to promote condensing of the mist, wherein the, or each, passage comprises an outlet 40 to emit the fluid from the nozzle. A cross-sectional area of the passage is less than a cross-sectional area of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Paul Michael Sharpe, Stuart Quayle
  • Publication number: 20220318427
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in deleting personal information held by a data broker. Entities holding the consumer's personal information may be discovered and automated actions for purging or deleting the consumer's personal information may be determined. The methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the consumer in updating privacy settings associated with accounts at various entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: John S. Parkinson, Jessica Schapiro, Marvin Lu, Siddharth Daftary, Michael Sharp, Stephen Robert Newell, William P. Burns, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy, Colin Hudson
  • Publication number: 20220138331
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a website that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jacob Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11238169
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a website that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores. The company privacy scores may be based on a calculation including elements of a privacy practice of the corresponding company and elements of a privacy policy of the corresponding company.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jacob Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 11232229
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in deleting personal information held by a data broker. Entities holding the consumer's personal information may be discovered and automated actions for purging or deleting the consumer's personal information may be determined. The methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the consumer in updating privacy settings associated with accounts at various entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: InfoArmor, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Parkinson, Jessica Schapiro, Marvin Lu, Siddharth Daftary, Michael Sharp, Stephen Robert Newell, William P. Burns, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy, Colin Hudson
  • Publication number: 20220004660
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in deleting personal information held by a data broker Entities holding the consumer's personal information may be discovered and automated actions for purging or deleting the consumer's personal information may be determined. The methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the consumer in updating privacy settings associated with accounts at various entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: John S. PARKINSON, Jessica SCHAPIRO, Marvin LU, Siddharth DAFTARY, Michael SHARP, Stephen Robert NEWELL, William P. BURNS, Jhanani DHAKSHNAMOORTHY, Colin HUDSON
  • Publication number: 20210042428
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may calculate and inform a consumer of company privacy scores corresponding to companies with which the consumer has a corresponding account, or for a company associated with a website that a consumer may visit. A consumer privacy score may also be determined, based on the company privacy scores. The company privacy scores may be based on a calculation including elements of a privacy practice of the corresponding company and elements of a privacy policy of the corresponding company.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Daftary, Marvin Lu, Jessica Schapiro, Jake Stewart, Shashin Patel, Michael Sharp, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 10882620
    Abstract: A seat for an aircraft may comprise a seat pan and a back support coupled to the seat pan. An upper thoracic support may be located proximate an end of the back support opposite the seat pan. The upper thoracic support may be configured to rotate relative to the back support. A headrest may be coupled to the upper thoracic support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Keith M. Ferguson, Jason Michael Sharpe
  • Patent number: 10880342
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a communication network within which devices participating in a communication session dynamically switch between sending media streams to a participating network device through one of multiple communication channel options. For instance, when establishing a communication session (e.g., a video conference), a sending network device establishes two potential communication channels with a receiving network device participating in the communication session. The sending network device determines which of the two potential communication channels is best suited for providing a media stream related to the communication session (e.g., an audio and/or video media stream), and assigns that communication channel as an active communication channel over which the sending network device provides the media stream to the receiving network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: JIVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Simon Perreault, Michael Sharp
  • Patent number: 10836038
    Abstract: A robot is moved along a first continuous programmed path with a robot controller executing a learning path control program without performing an operation on a workpiece. The actual movement of the robot along the first continuous programmed path is recorded. The first continuous programmed path is adjusted to create a second programmed path. The robot is moved along the second continuous programmed with the robot controller executing the learning path control program without performing the operation on the workpiece. The actual movement of the robot along the second continuous programmed path is recorded. Traces of the recorded actual movements of the robot along the first continuous programmed path and the second continuous programmed path are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi Sun, Jason Tsai, Laxmi Musunur, Michael Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20200302087
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in deleting personal information held by a data broker. Entities holding the consumer's personal information may be discovered and automated actions for purging or deleting the consumer's personal information may be determined. The methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the consumer in updating privacy settings associated with accounts at various entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: John S. Parkinson, Jessica Schapiro, Marvin Lu, Siddharth Daftary, Michael Sharp, Stephen Robert Newell, William P. Burns, Jhanani Dhakshnamoorthy, Colin Hudson
  • Patent number: D932272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: WORTHINGTON CYLINDERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Burke, Christopher Francis Kreuser, Dustin Lee, Jerome Schafer, Jake Schubert, Michael Sharpe, Cory Blaine Shoup, Karl Vanderbeek, Thomas Washenko
  • Patent number: D932857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: WORTHINGTON CYLINDERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Burke, Christopher Francis Kreuser, Dustin Lee, Jerome Schafer, Jake Schubert, Michael Sharpe, Cory Blaine Shoup, Karl Vanderbeek, Thomas Washenko