Patents by Inventor Michael Stephenson

Michael Stephenson 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: 20240155039
    Abstract: A service implemented at a first isolated virtual network of a provider network is added to a database of privately-accessible services. Configuration changes that enable network packets to flow between the first isolated virtual network and a second isolated virtual network without utilizing a network address accessible from the public Internet are implemented. Service requests originating at the second isolated virtual network are transmitted to the first isolated virtual network via private pathways of the provider network. Metrics corresponding to service requests directed from the second isolated network to the service are collected and provided to the respective owners of one or both isolated virtual networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Tailor Akers, Michael Siaosi Voegele, Kevin Christopher Miller, Chao Yuan, David Brian Lennon, Patrick Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20240108842
    Abstract: A headgear assembly for retaining a respiratory mask on a user's face includes arrangements or components that allow for variation in a size of the headgear assembly. In some configurations, the headgear assembly includes one or more hubs, each of which are configured to connect a top and rear strap together. The size of the headgear assembly can be determined by the size or configuration of the hub. In other configurations, the headgear assembly comprises one or more spacer elements within one or more straps of the headgear. The size of the headgear assembly can be determined by the size of the spacer element or a relative position between the strap and the spacer element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Mathew Freestone, Melissa Catherine Bornholdt, Matthew Roger Stephenson, Jake Baker Hocking, Bruce Michael Walls, Chris Onin Limpin Hipolito, Jonathan Tong Lok Sng, Abby Rebecca Farrow
  • Publication number: 20240082631
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a multi-functional exercise apparatus. The multi-functional exercise apparatus includes a treadmill module. The treadmill module includes a running deck extending between a first end and a second end, the running deck being capable of serving as an exercise platform to support a user performing exercises. The treadmill module further includes a plurality of resistance pulleys associated therewith. The multi-functional exercise apparatus includes a center stack attached to the second of the treadmill module. The center stack includes a display screen oriented towards the running deck for a user to interact with, a crossarm module connected to the center stack being movable between a raised position and a lowered position. The apparatus further includes a pull up arm module for performing pull up exercises located adjacent the top of the center stack, the pull up arm module being moveable between a raised and a lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11861352
    Abstract: The present concepts may automate and optimize deployment to a cloud computing fleet. Artificial intelligence and/or optimization algorithms may be used to find optimal deployment parameters (e.g., deployment order of computers in the fleet) that minimize deployment time and minimize deployment risk. For example, machine-learning prediction models may be used to generate a shortest path graph problem models a deployment planning problem. Then, optimization algorithms may be used to efficiently find approximations of Pareto-optimal solutions to the shortest path graph problem. Depending on the preferred level of time and risk, one of the solutions may be used to run the deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pallavi Baral, Prateek Punj, Yilan Zhang, Bhuvan Malladihalli Shashidhara, Hanyi Xu, Abhishek Kumar, Mayank Meghwanshi, Sisi Xiong, Michael Stephenson, Avnish Chhabra, Juan-Arturo Herrera Ortiz, Huaming Huang
  • Publication number: 20230205509
    Abstract: The present concepts may automate and optimize deployment to a cloud computing fleet. Artificial intelligence and/or optimization algorithms may be used to find optimal deployment parameters (e.g., deployment order of computers in the fleet) that minimize deployment time and minimize deployment risk. For example, machine-learning prediction models may be used to generate a shortest path graph problem models a deployment planning problem. Then, optimization algorithms may be used to efficiently find approximations of Pareto-optimal solutions to the shortest path graph problem. Depending on the preferred level of time and risk, one of the solutions may be used to run the deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pallavi BARAL, Prateek PUNJ, Yilan ZHANG, Bhuvan MALLADIHALLI SHASHIDHARA, Hanyi XU, Abhishek KUMAR, Mayank MEGHWANSHI, Sisi XIONG, Michael STEPHENSON, Avnish CHHABRA, Juan-Arturo HERRERA ORTIZ, Huaming HUANG
  • Patent number: 11628454
    Abstract: Provided is a dual spray nozzle tip assembly having a geometry that is split into several sub components to enable robust manufacturing and assembly of the resulting nozzle. The nozzle tip assembly is configured to be attached to a device configured to provide a pressurized fluid and gas therefrom. The nozzle tip assembly comprising an elongated body defining a fluid lumen and at least one gas lumen between a distal end and a proximal end. The elongated body including at least an attachment profile, a straight portion, and an outlet region. The outlet region defines a shear nozzle in communication with the fluid lumen and at least one gas outlet in communication with the at least one gas lumen, the outlet region is configured to direct pressurized gas from the at least one gas outlet and to produce a desired spray pattern from the shear nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DLHBOWLES, INC.
    Inventors: Evan Hartranft, Samuel Bernstein, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20200290066
    Abstract: Provided is a dual spray nozzle tip assembly having a geometry that is split into several sub components to enable robust manufacturing and assembly of the resulting nozzle. The nozzle tip assembly is configured to be attached to a device configured to provide a pressurized fluid and gas therefrom. The nozzle tip assembly comprising an elongated body defining a fluid lumen and at least one gas lumen between a distal end and a proximal end. The elongated body including at least an attachment profile, a straight portion, and an outlet region. The outlet region defines a shear nozzle in communication with the fluid lumen and at least one gas outlet in communication with the at least one gas lumen, the outlet region is configured to direct pressurized gas from the at least one gas outlet and to produce a desired spray pattern from the shear nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Evan Hartranft, Samuel Bernstein, Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10548277
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H002 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H002. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H002 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Further embodiments relate to methods for producing MZ-H002-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H002 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGRICOMSEEDS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Jean Carlo Landivar Bottega, Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10542715
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H003 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H003. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H003 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Further embodiments relate to methods for producing MZ-H003-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H003 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AGRICOMSEEDS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Jean Carlo Landivar Bottega, Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10492432
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H012 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H012. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H012 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments, as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Embodiments of the invention further relates to methods for producing MZ-H012-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H012 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AgricomSeeds S.R.L.
    Inventors: Jean Carlo Landivar Bottega, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20190261591
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H012 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H012. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H012 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments, as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Embodiments of the invention further relates to methods for producing MZ-H012-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H012 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: AGRICOMSEEDS S.R.L.
    Inventors: JEAN CARLO LANDIVAR BOTTEGA, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20190159419
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H003 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H003. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H003 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Further embodiments relate to methods for producing MZ-H003-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H003 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: AGRICOMSEEDS S.R.L.
    Inventors: JEAN CARLO LANDIVAR BOTTEGA, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20190159420
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an inbred corn line designated MZ-H002 that includes plants and seeds of inbred corn line MZ-H002. Methods for producing corn plants, such as inbred corn plants, hybrid corn plants, or other corn plants, as by crossing inbred corn line MZ-H002 with itself or any different corn plant are an integral part of these embodiments as are the resultant corn plants including the plant parts and seeds. Further embodiments relate to methods for producing MZ-H002-derived corn plants, to methods for producing male sterile MZ-H002 corn plants and to methods for regenerating such plants from tissue cultures of regenerable cells as well as the plants obtained therefrom. Methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method are also a part of embodiments disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: AGRICOMSEEDS S.R.L.
    Inventors: JEAN CARLO LANDIVAR BOTTEGA, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20190063719
    Abstract: A lamp includes: a base; a lampshade support coupled to the base, the lampshade support including: a hub; and a set of spokes extending radially outward from the hub; and a ceramic lampshade. A ceramic lamp includes: a ceramic base; and a ceramic lampshade that rests on a top surface of the ceramic base. A lamp includes: a ceramic cylindrical base with an open top and a set of through holes along a circumference of the ceramic cylindrical base; a light source coupled to the ceramic cylindrical base such that light is able to pass through the set of through holes and through the open top; and a ceramic lampshade having an open bottom and a top hole through which light is able to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 10210492
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • Publication number: 20170004464
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 9471915
    Abstract: A beverage holder apparatus includes a chip unit attached to a beverage holder and adapted to communicate with a chip unit reader to perform a payment transaction to purchase the beverage. The chip unit stores an account identifier associated with a financial account, and transmits the stored account identifier to the chip unit reader to perform the payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: VISA U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Zack Fuerstenberg, Ayman Hammad, Brian Triplett, Christopher M. Renton, Michael Stephenson
  • Patent number: 9407094
    Abstract: A method for adaptive load control by an electronic device is described. The method includes determining a wiring mode. The method also includes determining a frequency of a power source. The method further includes capturing a voltage waveform. The method additionally includes capturing a current waveform. The method also includes determining a load type of a load based on the voltage waveform and the current waveform. The method further includes determining a power factor based on the voltage waveform, the current waveform and the wiring mode. The method additionally includes operating the load based on the load type, the power factor and the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Control4 Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Russell, Luis F. Gomez, Michael Stephenson, William Richard Schonle
  • Patent number: 9358356
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a ventilator to compensate for external gas flow reaching a patient from an external device, such as a nebulizer. A control unit of the ventilator monitors the gas flow rate from the ventilator and compares the gas flow rate from the ventilator to an expired gas flow rate from the patient. The difference between the inspired flow rate and the expired flow rate is due to the external device. The control unit modifies the operation of the ventilator to compensate for the external gas flow rate such that the flow of gas reaching the patient is maintained at a desired level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Hunsicker, Matthew Michael Stephenson, Jessica B. Payne
  • Patent number: D929161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AWIP, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Michael Stephenson