Patents by Inventor Philip Andrew

Philip Andrew 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: 20190268427
    Abstract: Multi-computing device network based cross-device conversion determination is described. A content selection computer server can identify cross-device conversions. A first computing device accesses third-party content via a first computer network connection. A second computing device accesses a webpage of the third-party content provider via a second computer network connection. The first and devices can be logged into a same online account. The content selection computer server can obtain, via a content tag that includes a script that executes on a webpage that includes the third-party content, data indicating that the first computing device accessed the third-party content. The selection computer server determines the conversion from the content tag and the second computing device having accessed the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Philip Andrew McDonnell, Shobhit Saxena, Subhadip Sarkar, Lu Liu, Shibani Sanan, Puneet Gupta
  • Patent number: 10394206
    Abstract: A convenient, water-saving and labor-saving FROG irrigation controller and system are provided, which determine the appropriate water budget and schedule for the property's landscaping based on evapotranspiration data for the geographic area, regulation data (any mandated and voluntary watering restrictions), and property-specific data, with consideration given to reduction in watering days, increase in soil watering depth, and day of year. Once set, the FROG controller provides incremental adjustments over the course of the year; the homeowner no longer needs to re-set the watering program seasonally to comply with local mandated and voluntary watering restrictions. Compliance is automatic and obligatory, meeting the water saving goals of the local water authority. Optionally presented is a web-based wizard used to determine a customized water budget/schedule that is input into the FROG controller through a data storage unit or wireless input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Kantor, Connie R. Masters, Bruce Allen Bragg
  • Publication number: 20190221224
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide application programming interfaces (APIs) for enabling a system to select a spatialization technology. The APIs also enable a system to balance resources by allocating audio objects to a number of applications executing on a computer system. The system coordinates the audio objects between applications and each application can control the number of objects they individually generate. In some configurations, the system can also fold audio objects across different applications. Different spatialization technologies can be selected based on an analysis of contextual data and policy data. For instance, when a new headphone system is plugged in, the system may switch from Dolby Atmos to the Microsoft HoloLens HRTF spatialization technology. The system can dynamically control a number of generated audio objects and dynamically change a utilized spatialization technology based on changes to a computing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Norman HEITKAMP, Steven WILSSENS, Philip Andrew EDRY, Paul J. RADEK, Ibrahim ZIYAD
  • Patent number: 10352194
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a case, a bearing spring positioned inside the case, a first seal positioned between the case and the bearing spring, and a second seal. The a second seal is positioned between the case and the bearing spring and is spaced apart from the first seal, wherein the second seal is an adjustable seal that is movable between a closed position and an opened position to inhibit or allow, respectively, a fluid to flow from a cavity that is defined by the case, the bearing spring, the first seal and the second seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Varney, Jason Husband
  • Patent number: 10329519
    Abstract: A consumer product composition comprises a non-porous dissolvable solid structure comprising a carrier material, and hydrophobic conditioning agent and particulate spacer material disposed within the carrier material, wherein the hydrophobic conditioning agent has a mean particle size of from about 1 ?m to about 500 ?m and the particulate spacer material has a mean particle size of from about 55 ?m to about 750 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Brandon Philip Illie, Amber Joy Yeary, Philip Andrew Sawin
  • Patent number: 10325610
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein can enable a system to coordinate the processing of object-based audio and channel-based audio generated by multiple applications. The system determines a spatialization technology to utilize based on contextual data. In some configurations, the contextual data can indicate the capabilities of one or more computing resources. In some configurations, the contextual data can also indicate preferences. The preferences, for example, can indicate user preferences for a type of spatialization technology, e.g., Dolby Atmos, over another type of spatialization technology, e.g., DTSX. Based on the contextual data, the system can select a spatialization technology and a corresponding encoder to process the input signals to generate a spatially encoded stream that appropriately renders the audio of multiple applications to an available output device. The techniques disclosed herein also allow a system to dynamically change the spatialization technologies during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Norman Heitkamp, Philip Andrew Edry, Ziyad Ibrahim, Paul J. Radek, Steven Wilssens
  • Publication number: 20190177041
    Abstract: A keg includes a container 1 and a chime 3 fixed to each other by means of an adhesive. The container has a peripheral side wall 4, and a top wall formed with a central neck containing a valve fitting provided with a dip tube which extends into the container. A bottom wall 9 is formed with a central projection 10 defining an internal well inside the container which receives the lower end of the dip tube. The chime 3 has an inner hub 12 with a central opening 13, legs 14 which extend outwardly from the inner hub, and an outer skirt 15 joined to outer ends of the legs 14. The central opening 13 of the inner hub 12 receives the central projection 10, without fixation, to locate the inner hub against lateral movement. The central opening 13 may have the same internal profile as the outer profile of the central projection 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Andrew WALTON
  • Patent number: 10320928
    Abstract: Multi-computing device network based cross-device conversion determination is described. A content selection computer server can identify cross-device conversions. A first computing device accesses third-party content via a first computer network connection. A second computing device accesses a webpage of the third-party content provider via a second computer network connection. The first and devices can be logged into a same online account. The content selection computer server can obtain, via a content tag that includes a script that executes on a webpage that includes the third-party content, data indicating that the first computing device accessed the third-party content. The selection computer server determines the conversion from the content tag and the second computing device having accessed the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Philip Andrew McDonnell, Shobhit Saxena, Subhadip Sarkar, Lu Liu, Shibani Sanan, Puneet Gupta
  • Patent number: 10313462
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining a geographic location based conversion via a computer network. A data processing system can receive, from a computing device, an indication of interest in an online content item that is associated with a commercial entity having a location. The system can also receive data points that each include time information and location information of a computing device. The system can generate a valid cluster indicating an activity at the location of the commercial entity by evaluating the time information and the location information of two or more data points with a duration threshold and a location threshold. The system can use the valid cluster to identify the indication of interest in the online content item as the location based conversion based on the activity at the location of the commercial entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Amit Khanna, Philip Andrew McDonnell, Prashast Khandelwal, Puneet Gupta, Shibani Sanan, Shun Kawamura, Subhadip Sarkar
  • Patent number: 10301575
    Abstract: A consumer product composition comprises a non-porous dissolvable solid structure comprising from about 30% to about 95%, by weight of the consumer product composition, of a carrier material, and from about 5% to about 50%, by weight of the consumer product composition, of a hydrophobic conditioning agent disposed within the carrier material of the non-porous dissolvable solid structure. The carrier material comprises a polyethylene glycol material, or mixtures thereof, having a molecular weight of from about 200 to about 50,000. The hydrophobic conditioning agent is selected from the group consisting of silicone materials, organic conditioning oils, hydrocarbon oils, fatty esters, metathesized unsaturated polyol esters, silane-modified oils, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lawrence Lynch, Joanne Roberta Willman, Brandon Philip Illie, Kevin Graham Blyth, Carola Barrera, Philip Andrew Sawin, Robert Wayne Glenn, Jr., Yousef Georges Aouad, Janine Anne Flood, Benjamin John Kutay
  • Patent number: 10285928
    Abstract: A composition comprising a metathesized polyol ester that may be combined with a fibrous structure, including a wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Thomas James Klofta, Victor Nicholas Vega, Philip Andrew Sawin, Beth Ann Schubert, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Joseph Jay Kemper, Robert John Strife, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Patent number: 10278001
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide a high fidelity, rich, and engaging experience for spectators of streaming video services. The techniques disclosed herein enable a system to receive, process and, store session data defining activity of a virtual reality environment. The system can generate recorded video data of the session activity along with rendered spatial audio data, e.g., render the spatial audio in the cloud, for streaming of the video data and rendered spatial audio data to one or more computers. The video data and rendered spatial audio data can provide high fidelity video clips of salient activity of a virtual reality environment. In one illustrative example, the system can automatically create a video from one or more camera positions and audio data that corresponds to the camera positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Edry, Todd Ryun Manion, Robert Norman Heitkamp, Steven Marcel Elza Wilssens
  • Patent number: 10265434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising species of glyceride copolymers that provide unexpectedly improved softening performance and formulability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Klofta, Randall Glenn Marsh, Victor Nicholas Vega, Philip Andrew Sawin, Beth Ann Schubert, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Joseph Jay Kemper, Robert John Strife, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Patent number: 10265249
    Abstract: A composition comprising a glyceride copolymer that may be combined with a fibrous structure, including a wipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Marsh, Thomas James Klofta, Victor Nicholas Vega, Philip Andrew Sawin, Beth Ann Schubert, Luke Andrew Zannoni, Joseph Jay Kemper, Robert John Strife, Jeffrey John Scheibel
  • Publication number: 20190112091
    Abstract: A blow molded article obtained by blow molding of a preform made via parallel flow coinjection, having a wall formed by 3 layers in at least a region wherein the outside layer is transparent and the inner layer comprises an effect pigment visible through the transparent layer. Articles according to the invention have an improved gloss, low haze and higher resistance to delamination than previous articles. The invention relates also to preforms for making articles as described and to methods for making preforms and articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Bradley Scott Neufarth, Andrew Joseph Horton, Marc Andrew Mamak, Mark Lewis Agerton, Philip Andrew Sawin, Ioannis Constantine Constantinides
  • Patent number: 10258994
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for deconstructing, cutting, shredding or disintegrating a mattress, sofa, car seat or similar items with steel or metal sub frames by the use of high pressure water jets whereby the mattress, sofa, car seat or the like is compressed and then deconstructed while compressed by the use of high pressure water jets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MADDISON MORGAN & BAILEY LIMITED
    Inventor: Philip Andrew Cooke
  • Patent number: 10254416
    Abstract: A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material is provided. The method comprises placing a detector in a protective structure, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer. The method further comprises inserting the protective structure in a material, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide. The method additionally comprises measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed. The method also comprises counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide and then dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: All Clear Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Philip Andrew Karam
  • Publication number: 20190086566
    Abstract: A device for assigning to the unknown onset of a signal in a noisy time series a probability of that onset having a signed excursion away from the trace mean including one or more means arranged to: define a polarity at a given time sample by reference to the sign of the amplitude difference between the extrema immediately before and after the given time sample in the time series; define a positive and a negative polarity probability density function; take the respective products of the positive and negative polarity probability density functions with an onset probability density function defining the probability that the onset of the signal occurs at a given time sample; and marginalize the respective products of the positive and negative polarity probability density functions with the onset probability density function over time to estimate final probabilities that the onset has a positive or a negative polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David J. PUGH, Robert S. WHITE, Philip Andrew Felton CHRISTIE
  • Patent number: 10229695
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide application programming interfaces (APIs) for enabling a system to select a spatialization technology. The APIs also enable a system to balance resources by allocating audio objects to a number of applications executing on a computer system. The system coordinates the audio objects between applications and each application can control the number of objects they individually generate. In some configurations, the system can also fold audio objects across different applications. Different spatialization technologies can be selected based on an analysis of contextual data and policy data. For instance, when a new headphone system is plugged in, the system may switch from Dolby Atmos to the Microsoft HoloLens HRTF spatialization technology. The system can dynamically control a number of generated audio objects and dynamically change a utilized spatialization technology based on changes to a computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Norman Heitkamp, Steven Wilssens, Philip Andrew Edry, Paul J. Radek, Ibrahim Ziyad
  • Publication number: 20190070273
    Abstract: A method for treating an abnormality of the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot of a mammal includes electrically stimulating a site on each of the extensor hallucis brevis and adductor hallucis muscles of a foot of the mammal affected by the abnormality, and visually confirming that the stimulated muscles responds to the stimulation by contracting. An amount of botulinum toxin effective to treat the abnormality is then injected to the confirmed sites on the extensor hallucis brevis and the adductor hallucis muscles of the affected foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Andrew RADOVIC