Patents by Inventor Ronald John

Ronald John 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: 20250209061
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to a distributed query-and-command system. In one example of the technology, in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a first node, database code of the first node and distributed ledger code of the first node is executed, such that execution of the distributed ledger code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a distributed ledger of a consortium blockchain, and such that execution of the query-and-command code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a query-and-command system. The consortium blockchain is distributed among a plurality of nodes, and the query-and-command system is distributed among the plurality of nodes. A first transaction that is associated with modifying the query-and-command system is received. The first transaction is executed. Changes associated with the first transaction to the distributed ledger are persisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald John Kamiel Euphrasia BJONES, Wei-Lun TSAI, Mark Eugene RUSSINOVICH, Sylvan W. CLEBSCH, Amaury Pierre Paul CHAMAYOU
  • Publication number: 20250177774
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in therapeutic and/or cosmetic treatments is provided herein. For example, a self-adhesive ambulatory phototherapy treatment device comprises a double-sided self-adhesive layer which is capable of attaching itself to a patient to be treated, the self-adhesive layer being substantially transparent to wavelength of light used for the phototherapy treatment and wherein the self-adhesive ambulatory phototherapy treatment device includes a treatment head comprising of a light source, a battery and control electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Neil Archibald MACGILP, Graeme LOW, Ronald John PETERSEN
  • Patent number: 12265522
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to a distributed query-and-command system. In one example of the technology, in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a first node, database code of the first node and distributed ledger code of the first node is executed, such that execution of the distributed ledger code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a distributed ledger of a consortium blockchain, and such that execution of the query-and-command code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a query-and-command system. The consortium blockchain is distributed among a plurality of nodes, and the query-and-command system is distributed among the plurality of nodes. A first transaction that is associated with modifying the query-and-command system is received. The first transaction is executed. Changes associated with the first transaction to the distributed ledger are persisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald John Kamiel Euphrasia Bjones, Wei-Lun Tsai, Mark Eugene Russinovich, Sylvan W. Clebsch, Amaury Pierre Paul Chamayou
  • Patent number: 12259960
    Abstract: Permitting a claims holder to get a limited verifiable credential leveraging off of a previously-issued verifiable credential. This is done by having the limited verifiable credential include only a selected subset of the verifiable claims present within the previously-issued verifiable credential. The limited verifiable credential may then be exposed to a relying entity computing system so that the relying entity computing system can verify any of the selected subset of verifiable claims, but not verifiable claims that are outside of the selected subset of verifiable claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Murdoch, Ankur Patel, Nithya Ganesh, Ronald John Kamiel Eurphrasia Bjones
  • Patent number: 12252258
    Abstract: A parachute retention system may include a container and a replaceable flap. The container can be attached to a vehicle and can hold a parachute. The container may have a first attachment member. A replaceable flap may have a second attachment member that connects to the first attachment member and that has a flexible barrier portion for enclosing at least a portion of the container to retain the parachute therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Thistlethwaite, Ronald John McCumber, John Fox
  • Publication number: 20250068254
    Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanism by which a player can make a gesture with their hands which can bring up a virtual controller, wherein hand movements and finger tracking can result in locomotion of an avatar through a virtual world without need for a hardware controller. Therefore, a player can have a natural conversion or otherwise control the hands of their avatar to interact with other objects in the virtual world, and then use the avatar's hands to bring up a virtual controller to control locomotive movements of their avatar without the player of a physical controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: VRChat Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John Millar, David E. Tin Nyo, Trevor Goodwin
  • Patent number: 12164698
    Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanism by which a player can make a gesture with their hands which can bring up a virtual controller, wherein hand movements and finger tracking can result in locomotion of an avatar through a virtual world without need for a hardware controller. Therefore, a player can have a natural conversion or otherwise control the hands of their avatar to interact with other objects in the virtual world, and then use the avatar's hands to bring up a virtual controller to control locomotive movements of their avatar without the player of a physical controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: VRChat Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John Millar, David E. Tin Nyo, Trevor Goodwin
  • Patent number: 11994085
    Abstract: An additive manufactured piston having a crown portion and a skirt portion form of an aluminum-cerium-silicon alloy. The piston includes a least one recess pocket in an unstressed region located at an interface between an inner surface of the crown portion and an outer surface of the skirt portion. The skirt portion includes an outer panel surface defining an external rib adjacent a peripheral end surface, at least one stiffening rib extending from a pin boss to a skirt end, and a wall thickness of between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm in a region between the external rib and the at least one stiffening rib. The skirt portion further includes an internal first rib having a width W1 on a thrust side portion and an internal second rib having a width W2 located on an anti-thrust side portion, in which W1 is greater than W2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ronald John Petrus, Jared Matthew Satkowiak, Hsiao F. Wong, Kenneth E. Schroeder, Qigui Wang, Richard D. Ricchi
  • Publication number: 20240134460
    Abstract: The present technology provides a mechanism by which a player can make a gesture with their hands which can bring up a virtual controller, wherein hand movements and finger tracking can result in locomotion of an avatar through a virtual world without need for a hardware controller. Therefore, a player can have a natural conversion or otherwise control the hands of their avatar to interact with other objects in the virtual world, and then use the avatar's hands to bring up a virtual controller to control locomotive movements of their avatar without the player of a physical controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: VRChat Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John Millar, David E. Tin Nyo, Trevor Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20240127521
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to supporting contact interactions between avatars. For example, the present technology supports collisions between a collider and a receiver on avatars and effectuating a resulting effect. In another example, the present technology supports contact interactions that result in secondary motion behaviors from portions of an avatar. Portions of an avatar can be manipulated by forces from colliders that are exerted on the portions of the avatar configured with secondary motion. In addition to supporting interactions between avatars and portions of avatars, the present technology also solves other problems that are collateral to the supporting of contact interactions between avatars. One such problem is one of consent to engage in contact between avatars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: David E. Tin Nyo, Ronald John Millar, Charles David Tupper
  • Publication number: 20240127520
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to supporting contact interactions between avatars. For example, the present technology supports collisions between a collider and a receiver on avatars and effectuating a resulting effect. In another example, the present technology supports contact interactions that result in secondary motion behaviors from portions of an avatar. Portions of an avatar can be manipulated by forces from colliders that are exerted on the portions of the avatar configured with secondary motion. In addition to supporting interactions between avatars and portions of avatars, the present technology also solves other problems that are collateral to the supporting of contact interactions between avatars. One such problem is one of consent to engage in contact between avatars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chase Irish Grozdina, David E. Tin Nyo, Ronald John Millar
  • Publication number: 20240076046
    Abstract: A parachute retention system may include a container and a replaceable flap. The container can be attached to a vehicle and can hold a parachute. The container may have a first attachment member. A replaceable flap may have a second attachment member that connects to the first attachment member and that has a flexible barrier portion for enclosing at least a portion of the container to retain the parachute therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Thistlethwaite, Ronald John McCumber, John Fox
  • Publication number: 20240042176
    Abstract: There is provided a fixation device to secure a catheter tube. The fixation device comprises a body with a proximal surface and a distal surface, a first opening in the proximal surface, a second opening in the distal surface, and a sidewall that connects the first opening and the second opening to form a through-hole. The body is configured to receive a first portion of the catheter tube. The fixation device further comprises a retainer configured to retain the first portion of the catheter tube in the channel. The body is configured such that the catheter tube extends in use from the body through the through-hole to an exit point at which a second portion of the catheter tube exits the patient's skin. The body is configured such that the sidewall is in use spaced from the exit point to create a window to a region of the patient's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Ronald John Phillips, Bruce Mackenzie Stokes, John Albert Windsor
  • Patent number: 11891183
    Abstract: A system for automatic optimization of an ejection system for an aircraft includes the ejection system having a plurality of adjustable settings. The system further includes an input device configured to receive user input. The system further includes a controller coupled to the ejection system and to the input device and configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of the adjustable settings of the ejection system based on the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald John McCumber, Casey Andrew Stribrny, Nicholas K. Bharucha, John Hampton, Kassidy L. Carson, Bradley Mastrolia, Steve Holstine
  • Publication number: 20240037092
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to a distributed query-and-command system. In one example of the technology, in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of a first node, database code of the first node and distributed ledger code of the first node is executed, such that execution of the distributed ledger code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a distributed ledger of a consortium blockchain, and such that execution of the query-and-command code of the first node instantiates a first instance of a query-and-command system. The consortium blockchain is distributed among a plurality of nodes, and the query-and-command system is distributed among the plurality of nodes. A first transaction that is associated with modifying the query-and-command system is received. The first transaction is executed. Changes associated with the first transaction to the distributed ledger are persisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald John Kamiel Euphrasia BJONES, Wei-Lun TSAI, Mark Eugene RUSSINOVICH, Sylvan W. CLEBSCH, Amaury Pierre Paul CHAMAYOU
  • Publication number: 20230417203
    Abstract: An additive manufactured piston having a crown portion and a skirt portion form of an aluminum-cerium-silicon alloy. The piston includes a least one recess pocket in an unstressed region located at an interface between an inner surface of the crown portion and an outer surface of the skirt portion. The skirt portion includes an outer panel surface defining an external rib adjacent a peripheral end surface, at least one stiffening rib extending from a pin boss to a skirt end, and a wall thickness of between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm in a region between the external rib and the at least one stiffening rib. The skirt portion further includes an internal first rib having a width W1 on a thrust side portion and an internal second rib having a width W2 located on an anti-thrust side portion, in which W1 is greater than W2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald John Petrus, Jared Matthew Satkowiak, Hsiao F. Wong, Kenneth E. Schroeder, Qigui Wang, Richard D. Ricchi
  • Publication number: 20230410997
    Abstract: There is provided a wearable device and/or system for determining one or more of potential, imminent and actual touching of a user's face by the user's hand. The wearable device may comprise two sensors. The sensors may be configured to sense parameters indicative of the position and/or orientation of the user's arm, or part of the user's arm. A first sensor may be configured to sense an angle between the user's forearm and the user's upper arm. A second sensor may be configured to sense an orientation of the user's forearm with respect to gravity. The sensor signals may be sent to a processor for determining whether the user's arm position is indicative of face touching. The processor may be comprised as part of the wearable device, or the processor may comprised as part of the system separate to the wearable device, for example remote from the wearable device. The wearable device and/or system may comprise an output device for indicating that the user's arm position is indicative of face touching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Chun Hoow NG, Anthony Ronald, John Phillips, Bruce Mackenzie Stokes
  • Publication number: 20230179588
    Abstract: Permitting a claims holder to get a limited verifiable credential leveraging off of a previously-issued verifiable credential. This is done by having the limited verifiable credential include only a selected subset of the verifiable claims present within the reviously-issued verifiable credential. The limited verifiable credential may then be exposed to a relying entity computing system so that the relying entity computing system can verify any of the selected subset of verifiable claims, but not verifiable claims that are outside of the selected subset of verifiable claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Brandon MURDOCH, Ankur PATEL, Nithya GANESH, Ronald John Kamiel Eurphrasia BJONES
  • Patent number: D996337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ISM Industries LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Ernest Leptien, Ronald John Leptien
  • Patent number: D1009527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sciarretta, Ronald John Kuhnen