Patents by Inventor Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson 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: 10627984
    Abstract: Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for dynamic virtual data analysis. A first subset of performance metric data relating to a number of facilities is compared between at least two of the facilities to generate a first level comparison. A second subset of the performance metric data associated with two or more sections of at least one facility is compared to generate a second level comparison. A processor generates a graphical representation of the first level comparison and the second level comparison. A user electronic device can receive input from a user to dynamically navigate between a rendering of the graphical representation of the first level comparison and a rendering of the graphical representation of the second level comparison. The user can also modify the first subset of data or the second subset of data to update the first level comparison or the second level comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Eric Anthony Letson, Donald High, Michael Dean Atchley, Robert C. Taylor
  • Patent number: 10623476
    Abstract: An endpoint management and proxy system is described, by which users can manage and enable exposure of application programming interfaces (“APIs”) usable to cause execution of program code on a remote or third party system. Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate the handling of user requests to perform certain tasks on remote systems. The endpoint management system allows the application developer to define and specify a first proxy API which maps to a second API associated with the remote system. The endpoint proxy system receives requests to execute the proxy API, determines the API mapping, and sends one or more backend API requests to execute program codes by the associated remote systems. Responses from the remote systems are received by the endpoint proxy system which parses and/or transforms the results associated with the response and generates an output result for response back to the user computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: 10601885
    Abstract: Content, such as a video game, may be delivered by a content provider to a destination using, for example, streaming content delivery techniques. The transmission of the content may be monitored in order to determine transmission conditions such as a quality of the network connection from the content provider to the destination. The determined transmission conditions may then be used to determine adjustments to a complexity of various scenes associated with the content. For example, in some cases, when transmission conditions are unfavorable, scenes may be adjusted by reducing a complexity of the scenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Jonathan Paul Thompson, Venelin Nikolaev Efremov
  • Publication number: 20200090581
    Abstract: A messaging apparatus for wearable items. The messaging apparatus may comprise a light source, at least one sensor to detect an event, and a controller to control the flashing of the light source in response to the detection of the event. The controlling of the flashing of the light source may generate at least one visible element that is visible to a viewer. Further, the light source may not be adapted in the form of the at least one visible element, but rather, the controlled flashing of the light source may be in the form of the at least one visible element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Keir Samuel Jackson, Keith Paul Thompson, Constantin Zwick, Tomek Kamil Cegielny, Scott James Grubb, Peter Georg Laitenberger
  • Patent number: 10582190
    Abstract: A virtual training system includes a 3D scanner in recording space and a camera. A scan of the recording space are received and combined to make a sequence of models of the recording space while a tasks is being performed. The model states are presented in sequence to a trainee in a playback space and the actions of the trainee are detected. Deviation of the trainee or objects in the playback space from the trainer and objects in the recording space may be detected and alerts generated. Scanning of the recording space may be accelerated by making a full scan followed by partial scans. The partial scans may be performed in response to detected movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, John Paul Thompson, David Winkle, Robert C. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20200008003
    Abstract: Provided is a presence-based volume control system. The system may include a surround sound receiver and a volume control unit coupled in-line between a speaker and the surround sound receiver. The volume control unit may include a microprocessor, a position sensor coupled to the microprocessor, an audio input coupled to the surround sound receiver, an audio output coupled to the speaker, and an audio amplifier coupled to and controlled by the microprocessor and coupled to the audio input and the audio output. In operation, the position sensor determines a position of a user of a virtual reality device, an augmented reality device or a mixed reality device and the microprocessor automatically adjusts a volume of the speaker coupled to the surround sound receiver in response to the proximity of the user to the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Eric A. Letson
  • Patent number: 10522071
    Abstract: A messaging apparatus for wearable items. The messaging apparatus may comprise a light source, at least one sensor to detect an event, and a controller to control the flashing of the light source in response to the detection of the event. The controlling of the flashing of the light source may generate at least one visible element that is visible to a viewer. Further, the light source may not be adapted in the form of the at least one visible element, but rather, the controlled flashing of the light source may be in the form of the at least one visible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Keir Samuel Jackson, Keith Paul Thompson, Constantin Zwick, Tomek Kamil Cegielny, Scott James Grubb, Peter Georg Laitenberger
  • Patent number: 10498857
    Abstract: A technology is described for monitoring interaction events and scaling services based in part on an impact of the interaction events. An example method may include receiving metadata describing interaction events taking place at services included in a group of services executing in a computing service environment. The metadata may be analyzed to identify a first interaction load for a first service included in the group of services that may result in impacting a second interaction load for a second service included in the group of services. The second service may be notified of the impending impact on the second interaction load resulting from the first interaction load, and the second service may scale the number of second service instances for the second service in anticipation of the impending impact on the second interaction load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Thompson, Ryan Paul Green
  • Patent number: 10463957
    Abstract: Techniques for content deployment, scaling and telemetry are described herein. Once a content item is made accessible for deployment, one or more instances of the content item may be installed as an image on a virtual machine instance. Additional instances of the content item may then be launched on the same virtual machine instance and/or by copying the image onto any number of additional virtual machine instances. One or more instances of a content item may be configurable to execute with multiple simultaneously assigned users sessions. Information associated with content item instances may be collected, such as a number of occupied user sessions, a number of unoccupied user sessions, content item instance duration, memory usage, and the like. This information may, in some cases, be used to match and assign authorized users to appropriate content item instances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher David Byskal, Preston Alan Tamkin, Alexis Levasseur, Jonathan Paul Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190307208
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. The winding of the one or more continuous threads forms a thread pattern that imparts desired characteristics to components of the article of footwear. Thread lines of the thread pattern may be bonded together. In some embodiments, thread lines may be bonded with a bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Fionn Jonathan Corcoran-Tadd, Benjamin William Kleiman, Ian James Hennebery, Keith Paul Thompson, Peter David Cauwood, Peter Georg Laitenberger, Sam Jackson Conklin, Luke Alexander Lowrey
  • Patent number: 10362141
    Abstract: A technology is described for monitoring interaction events at services and determining service management actions associated with the services. An example method may include receiving metadata describing interaction events at services executing in a computing service environment and using the metadata to generate a routing map that provides routing details for the interaction events at the services. The routing map may be analyzed to identify interaction characteristics associated with the interaction events at the services and the analysis of the routing map may be used in determining a service management action associated with the services based in part on the interaction characteristics associated with the interaction events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Thompson, Ryan Paul Green
  • Publication number: 20190190902
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating a second unique identifier for a user in a second system based on a first unique identifier for a user in a first system. A first authentication process is initiated based on a first unique identifier associated with the user in the first system. Responsive to the user successfully authenticating during the first authentication process, the second unique identifier for a user in the second system is generated. The second unique identifier is based on user data associated with the first unique identifier in the first system, and the second unique identifier is different from the first unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Michael Carpenter, Jonathan Paul Sumpster, Andrew Paul Thompson, Christopher Ian Abrathat, Jonathan Rusca, Jean-Christophe Gilbert Lacour, Michael Ronald Philpotts
  • Patent number: 10315110
    Abstract: When a scene is generated, a content item may identify graphics object service requests associated with the scene. Each scene may have any number of associated graphics object service requests that may be sent to any number of different graphics object services. The graphics object services may be accessible over a network such as the Internet. By requesting object data from graphics object services, a content item may, for example, reduce at least part of the computational burden on a graphics processing unit of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Venelin Nikolaev Efremov, Jonathan Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: 10257266
    Abstract: In an actor system, messages communicated to and from a first actor in a first location of an actor system can be monitored. A message frequency between the first actor and a second actor in a second location of the actor system can be determined. The message frequency can be compared to a threshold message frequency. A determination can be made whether to move the first actor from the first location based on comparison of the message frequency to the threshold message frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Paul Thompson, Charles Beyer
  • Patent number: 10257178
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for creating a second unique identifier for a user in a second system based on a first unique identifier for a user in a first system. A first authentication process is initiated based on a first unique identifier associated with the user in the first system. Responsive to the user successfully authenticating during the first authentication process, the second unique identifier for a user in the second system is generated. The second unique identifier is based on user data associated with the first unique identifier in the first system, and the second unique identifier is different from the first unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Visa Europe Limited
    Inventors: Paul Michael Carpenter, Jonathan Paul Sumpster, Andrew Paul Thompson, Christopher Ian Abrathat, Jonathan Rusca, Jean-Christophe Gilbert Lacour, Michael Ronald Philpotts
  • Patent number: 10218754
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments facilitate management of digitally emulated physical resources. Users can access a management system to create pairings between digitally emulated resources and physical resources. The paired resources can be consistently managed through the system, such that any user from any source can access and dynamically reserve physical and digital resources. In further embodiments, the system can create pairings between the digital emulation and physical resources based on merge operations performed on multiple digital emulations of resources, copy and pasting for other digital emulation of resources, and digital altering of existing resources. The system enables efficient management, control, and implements security for digital and physical resources using, for example, a “digital room.” Security rules and enforcement can be specified within the digital rooms based on access rights, content displays, and can be specific to each resource controlled by the digital room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, John Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: D877563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: D879530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: D879531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson
  • Patent number: D882336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson