Patents by Inventor Paul Morris

Paul Morris 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: 20210041919
    Abstract: A housing of a device comprises a screw boss that extends outwardly from a first base plate proximate to a corner of the housing. Additionally, the housing of the device includes a force dissipation member. The force dissipation member includes a central portion that is sized to detachably attach around the screw boss. The force dissipation member further includes at least two arms that extend outwardly from the central portion, wherein each arm of the at least two arms is attached to a different side of the two walls of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Blake Edmund DUNBAR, Dwight Linwood FRANZ, Ralph CHEN, Yang ZHANG, Robert PIERCE, Mark TENTLER, Sean Philip KEARNEY, Mark HOWE, Kevin SHARPE, Paul MORRIS, Doyle DAVIS
  • Patent number: 10904144
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for associating a name with a network path. In an aspect, a first message is received, from a first node by a second node via a first network path in a network. A first symbolic identifier of the first node is identified, wherein the first network path includes a first hop included in communicatively coupling the first node and the second node. Second path information is identified that identifies a second hop in a second network path included in communicatively coupling the second node and a third node. A second message is sent, identifying the first symbolic identifier and the first hop, to the third node via the second hop to associate the first symbolic identifier with a third network path that includes a node included in at least one of the first hop and the second hop. In another aspect, a second node in a network detects a first node in first hop included in communicatively coupling the second node and the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10904178
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (and non-transitory media) are provided, comprising at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including: a text entry user interface element for receiving entered text, a plurality of user interface elements for generating attachment requests that are valid according to a criterion schema defining at least one of a format or a vocabulary, the plurality of user interface elements including: a first menu item with corresponding first text, and a second menu item with corresponding second text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20210016013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection device for expelling of a number of preset or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising: —an elongated housing (10; 310; 410) extending along a longitudinal axis (1), —an expelling mechanism (2) comprising a trigger (70) and a piston rod (30), —a dose setting mechanism (3) comprising a rotatable member (260; 360; 460; 560) and a counterpart member (240; 340; 440; 540), wherein the counterpart member and the rotatable member comprise a first mechanical code (242; 342; 442; 542) and a second mechanical code (262; 362; 462; 562), respectively, —wherein for setting of a dose the rotatable member (260; 360; 460; 560) is rotatable relative to the housing (10; 310; 410) and relative to the counterpart member (240; 340; 440; 40) within a range of numerous rotational states, and wherein during setting of the dose the rotatable member (260; 360; 460; 560) is constrained along the longitudinal axis (1) relative to the housing (10; 310; 410) or r
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Gordon Wallace, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Georgina Millington, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10862791
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique for: at a service node: receiving an indication of a receipt of a request that is transmitted by a first node via a domain name system (DNS) protocol, the request including an identifier for use in data traffic routing from the first node to a second node in a network; detecting the identifier included with the request; using the detected identifier, determining first path information that is configured for use in identifying one or more path segments that communicatively couple the first node to the second node; generating a response to the request, the response including the first path information; and transmitting the response so that the first path information is capable of being used in identifying at least one path segment in the one or more path segments for traffic data routing from the first node to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10850043
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a handheld injection device comprising a housing, a dose indicator positioned within and axially constrained to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing during dose setting and during dose dispensing, a gauge element, which is at least partly interposed between the housing and the dose indicator, wherein the gauge element is axially guided within the housing and in threaded engagement with the dose indicator such that rotation of the dose indicator causes an axial displacement of the gauge element (80; 490). A contrast element having a first marking is provided and at least a region of the gauge element is provided with a second marking, with the first marking and/or the second marking being visible through a first window or aperture in the housing depending on the axial position of the gauge element within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: William Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris, Joseph Butler, Matthew Jones
  • Publication number: 20200360614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O`Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
  • Patent number: 10841258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: creating at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including a communicant message user interface element and a send user interface element, and receive, from the apparatus and utilizing a communications agent on the device configured to receive incoming messages addressed to a communicant identifier associated with a user of the instant messaging application, one or more user interface elements including a first button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10838588
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: creating at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including a communicant message user interface element for receiving a text portion of a message and a send user interface element for sending the text portion of the message in response to a user selection thereof, and receive, from the apparatus and utilizing a communications agent on the device configured to receive incoming messages addressed to a communicant identifier associated with a user of the instant messaging application, a notification including a constraint that identifies a plurality of user interface elements includable in a form presentable via the instant messaging interface for constraining a generation of one or more data object requests in response to a selection on one or more of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10841198
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a current node, system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided to: allow receipt of a first packet with first data, and a first header including a first segment identifier that is associated with a first algorithm and that identifies at least one of a particular node, a particular network interface, or a particular region; process the first segment identifier to identify a first path based on the first algorithm; cause transmission, via the first path, of the first data toward the at least one of the particular node, the particular network interface, or the particular region; allow receipt of a second packet with second data, and a second header including a second segment identifier that is different from the first segment identifier, that is associated with a second algorithm, and that identifies the at least one of the particular node, the particular network interface, or the particular region; process the second segment identifier to identify a second path b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20200345945
    Abstract: A drive train (T) for a wind-up injection device (1) for injecting a liquid drug comprises a torsional energy storage (9) adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element (6), a rotatable user handle (8), a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism (5) adapted to expel the liquid drug and a clutch element (12) coupled with the torsional energy storage (9) via the rotatable element (6) and comprising a ratchet (12.4) for maintaining the rotatable element (6) at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage (9). The clutch element (12) is adapted to transmit a torque from the user handle (8) via the rotatable element (6) to the torsional energy storage (9) or alternatively from the torsional energy storage (9) via the rotatable element (6) to the expelling mechanism (5), wherein the ratchet (12.4) is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle (8) to the torsional energy storage (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Samuel Keir Steel
  • Publication number: 20200330697
    Abstract: A button (70, 270, 370, 470) for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness comprises a plate-like button body forming a touch surface (70b, 270b, 370b, 470b), wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member (75, 275, 375, 475) to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body comprises a material composite with at least one first component (271, 272, 371, 372, 373, 374, 471) consisting of a first material and at least one second component (278, 378, 478) consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component (271, 272, 371, 372, 373, 374, 47) and the at least one second component (278, 378, 478) are coupled via at least one coupling plane (270d, 270e, 370d, 470d) that is at least sectionwise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Louise Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
  • Patent number: 10799641
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament includes a housing having an opening, a dose selector operable to set a dose by rotation relative to the housing, a release member controlling movement of a piston in a dispensing direction, and a display comprising a units number wheel and a tens number wheel which are coupled to each other such that a continuous rotation of the units number wheel is translated into an intermittent rotary motion of the tens number wheel. The release member rotates, during dose dispensing, an angle corresponding to the dose set by the dose selector, thereby allowing a piston to move in a dispensing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Joseph Butler, Anthony Paul Morris, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Matthew Meredith Jones
  • Patent number: 10803140
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a system and method are provided for: at a device including a display, memory, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory: displaying, utilizing a network browser, a network browser user interface including a first window associated with a first tab; detecting an indication to access first content utilizing a first uniform resource locator (URL) including a host portion that identifies a first name in a first domain in a network domain name system; in response to the detection of the indication to access the first content utilizing the first URL including the host portion that identifies the first name in the first domain in the network domain name system, accessing the first content; based on the first URL, presenting, by a first computing process, the first content in the first window associated with the first tab; and in response to, while the first content is presented in the first window associated with the first tab, an indication being detected
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VULPECULA, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10805204
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to receive, at a node in a first access network, a data packet, wherein the first access network is connected, via a first area edge node, to a first area of a subdivided network; receive, from a centralized controller for the subdivided network, a segment identifier data structure, wherein the segment identifier data structure encodes a path extending from the first area edge node to a second access network; encapsulate the data packet; and forward the encapsulated data packet toward the first area edge node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10785143
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to detect a topology change in a network, wherein the topology change disrupts an existing path between a first network node and a destination network node; calculate path information in response to the topology change, wherein the path information comprises path information for at least one updated path from the first network node to the destination network node; identify a maximum time for at least a portion of the network to reach a post-convergence state with respect to the topology change; and until the maximum time has elapsed at the first network node, specify at least a portion of the at least one updated path in a packet header of a packet being sent from the first network node to the destination network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20200280482
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling an operative coupling to a network. In use, first data is received at a first node in a first network. The first data is forwarded between the first node to a second node in a second network, using a network relay. Additionally it is determined that a specified decoupling condition is met, and subsequent to forwarding the first data and in response to determining that the decoupling condition is met, the second operative coupling is disabled while the first operative coupling remains enabled for receiving second data for forwarding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10764171
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive an indication of a receipt, via a first path segment, of a first packet that includes a header that is configured for use in identifying a path segment identifier data structure that includes a sequence of path segment identifiers including at least one first path segment identifier configured for use in identifying the first path segment, a second path segment identifier that identifies a region of a network that does not include the current node and that is configured for use in identifying a second path segment, and a third path segment identifier configured for use in identifying a third path segment; detect, using the header of the first packet, the path segment identifier data structure and an active identifier indicator for designating one of the path segment identifiers in the sequence for use by the current node; determine that the active identifier indicator de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10758680
    Abstract: This disclosure refers to a dosing mechanism for use in a drug delivery device implementing a dialing mode and a dispensing mode, wherein the dosing mechanism comprises a dose button, a housing and a determination unit. The dose button is activatable by the user for dose dispense, causing displacement of an indicating element connected to the housing from a first position to a second position. The determination unit is adapted such that it detects the indicating element in its second position and thereby determines that the dosing mechanism is in the dispensing mode. With some embodiments, it is possible to distinguish between the dialing mode and the dispensing mode. Some embodiments further refer to a drug delivery device comprising the above dosing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Samuel Steel, Richard James Vincent Avery, Anthony Paul Morris, Barry Yates, Matthew Meredith Jones
  • Patent number: 10754505
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are comprising: a screen; an input device; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the screen, the input device, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: display, utilizing the screen, a contactor window including: at least one contactor user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactor identifiers of a contactor communicant represented by a contactor email communications agent, at least one contactee user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactee identifiers of a plurality of contactee communicants each represented by a corresponding contactee email communications agent, a message user interface element configured to present a message addressed from one of the plurality of contactor identifiers of the contactor selected in connection with the at l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GRUS TECH, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris