Patents by Inventor Samuel Douglas

Samuel Douglas 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: 20240171576
    Abstract: A server transmits to a third-party application a request for a resource that is received from a client. The server receives an authentication request from the client device that has been generated by the third-party application. The server transmits an identity provider selection page to the client device that allows the client device to select an identity provider. The server causes the client device to transmit a second authentication request to a selected identity provider. The server receives an authentication response that was generated by the identity provider that includes the identity of the user. The server enforces access rule(s) including identity-based rule(s) and/or non-identity based rule(s). If the user is permitted to access the third-party application, the server causes an authentication response to be transmitted from the client device to the third-party application that indicates the user has successfully authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: James Howard Royal, Samuel Douglas Rhea
  • Patent number: 11947388
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a body having fasteners and a frame coupled between two fasteners. The frame includes first and second sections. A first portion of the body includes the first section of the frame and one fastener and a second portion of the body includes the second section of the frame and the other fastener. A speaker and a microphone are connected to the first portion and another speaker and another microphone are connected to the second portion. The body also includes a processor, memory accessible to the processor, and programming in the memory for configuring the processor to selectively activate the speakers and microphones such that a first speaker emits an output sound signal while a first microphone and a second speaker are deactivated and a second microphone captures an input sound signal during the emission of the output sound signal by the first speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Russell Douglas Patton, Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II, Julio Cesar Castañeda, Samuel Bryson Thompson
  • Patent number: 11888851
    Abstract: A server transmits to a third-party application a request for a resource that is received from a client. The server receives an authentication request from the client device that has been generated by the third-party application. The server transmits an identity provider selection page to the client device that allows the client device to select an identity provider. The server causes the client device to transmit a second authentication request to a selected identity provider. The server receives an authentication response that was generated by the identity provider that includes the identity of the user. The server enforces access rule(s) including identity-based rule(s) and/or non-identity based rule(s). If the user is permitted to access the third-party application, the server causes an authentication response to be transmitted from the client device to the third-party application that indicates the user has successfully authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: James Howard Royal, Samuel Douglas Rhea
  • Patent number: 11856121
    Abstract: A mobile device accessory assembly for holding and using a mobile device is provided. The assembly includes an attachment base for attaching the accessory assembly to a surface of the mobile device, and a multi-positional stand member extendable to hold the mobile device in a variety of upright orientations. A pivot assembly couples the stand member to the attachment base while providing the stand member two distinct degrees of freedom with respect to the attachment base. A clip member is coupled to the stand member providing an attachment mechanism to secure the accessory assembly and the mobile device held thereby to a separate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Samuel Douglas
  • Publication number: 20230289641
    Abstract: There is presented a method of driving a quantum computer to find one or more states of interest of a network. In one example, the network comprising a plurality of players. The method determines a set of adjacent graphs by determining, for each graph, whether each of the other graphs are adjacent. The method defines a cost function associated with a Hamiltonian operator of the quantum computer; the cost function comprising a set of parameters determined by analysing the utilities of vertices in the set of adjacent graphs. The method further comprises outputting a plurality of control signals for driving the quantum computer wherein the control signals are associated with the set of parameters and comprise: one or more control signals for controlling the states of qubits in the quantum computer; and, one or more control signals for controlling the entanglement of qubits in the quantum computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel Douglas Palmer, Pablo Martín, Samuel Mugel, Roman Oscar Orús
  • Patent number: 11646868
    Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data received from the plurality of autonomous driving sensors. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes communication circuitry, a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The communication circuitry supports communications between the plurality of parallel processors, including inter-processor communications between the general processors of the plurality of parallel processors, communications between the SCSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SCS cryptography, and communications between the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SMS cryptography, the SMS cryptography differing from the SCS cryptography. The SCS and/or the SMS may each include dedicated hardware and/or memory to support the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Fortenberry, Samuel Douglas Crowder, Patryk Kaminski, Daniel William Bailey, David Glasco
  • Publication number: 20230110111
    Abstract: A server transmits to a third-party application a request for a resource that is received from a client. The server receives an authentication request from the client device that has been generated by the third-party application. The server transmits an identity provider selection page to the client device that allows the client device to select an identity provider. The server causes the client device to transmit a second authentication request to a selected identity provider. The server receives an authentication response that was generated by the identity provider that includes the identity of the user. The server enforces access rule(s) including identity-based rule(s) and/or non-identity based rule(s). If the user is permitted to access the third-party application, the server causes an authentication response to be transmitted from the client device to the third-party application that indicates the user has successfully authenticated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: James Howard Royal, Samuel Douglas Rhea
  • Publication number: 20220405132
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and computer implemented methods for providing quantum computing as a service. According to one embodiment the system includes a frontend computing system storing a frontend computer program, a backend computing system, and a quantum computer, the frontend computer program being a spreadsheet application configured to receive a service request from a user, the service request comprising service request parameters and input data. The frontend computing system sends the service request to the backend computing system, which is configured to encode it to a service job in a format suitable for the quantum computer to execute, and to submit the service job to the quantum computer. The quantum computer is configured to execute the service job and to provide service job results to the backend computing system, which translates them into results data and sends them to the frontend computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Roman Oscar Orus Lacort, Serkan Sahin, Rodrigo Hernandez Cifuentes, Samuel Mugel, Samuel Douglas Palmer
  • Patent number: 11394710
    Abstract: A server transmits to a third-party application a request for a resource that is received from a client. The server receives an authentication request from the client device that has been generated by the third-party application. The server transmits an identity provider selection page to the client device that allows the client device to select an identity provider. The server causes the client device to transmit a second authentication request to a selected identity provider. The server receives an authentication response that was generated by the identity provider that includes the identity of the user. The server enforces access rule(s) including identity-based rule(s) and/or non-identity based rule(s). If the user is permitted to access the third-party application, the server causes an authentication response to be transmitted from the client device to the third-party application that indicates the user has successfully authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: James Howard Royal, Samuel Douglas Rhea
  • Publication number: 20220082273
    Abstract: There is provided an air treatment apparatus comprising an air flow generator that is arranged to generate an air flow through the air treatment apparatus, a moisture source that is arranged to introduce water vapour into the air flow, a body that is use surrounds both air flow generator and the moisture source, and a water supply system that is arranged to provide water to the moisture source. The water supply system comprises a water tank assembly that is separable from the body, and the water tank assembly comprises a water tank and a water pump for pumping water from the water tank to the moisture source. The water tank comprises a tank opening and the water tank assembly further comprises a removable tank cap that is arranged to fit over and thereby occlude the tank opening, and wherein the water pump is provided on the removable tank cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jack Cyril BILTCLIFFE, Jason Ryan KING, Richard Thomas COOMBER, Samuel Thomas RAILTON, Steven Eduard PEET, Samuel Douglas CLIFFORD, Mark Niall O'RIORDAN, Joseph Robert CARLING, George Joseph MOONE, Bamaby Nicholas MAIN
  • Publication number: 20210385073
    Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data received from the plurality of autonomous driving sensors. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes communication circuitry, a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The communication circuitry supports communications between the plurality of parallel processors, including inter-processor communications between the general processors of the plurality of parallel processors, communications between the SCSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SCS cryptography, and communications between the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SMS cryptography, the SMS cryptography differing from the SCS cryptography. The SCS and/or the SMS may each include dedicated hardware and/or memory to support the communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Thaddeus Fortenberry, Samuel Douglas Crowder, Patryk Kaminski, Daniel William Bailey, David Glasco
  • Publication number: 20210385316
    Abstract: A mobile device accessory assembly for holding and using a mobile device is provided. The assembly includes an attachment base for attaching the accessory assembly to a surface of the mobile device, and a multi-positional stand member extendable to hold the mobile device in a variety of upright orientations. A pivot assembly couples the stand member to the attachment base while providing the stand member two distinct degrees of freedom with respect to the attachment base. A clip member is coupled to the stand member providing an attachment mechanism to secure the accessory assembly and the mobile device held thereby to a separate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Samuel Douglas
  • Patent number: 11005649
    Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data received from the plurality of autonomous driving sensors. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes communication circuitry, a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The communication circuitry supports communications between the plurality of parallel processors, including inter-processor communications between the general processors of the plurality of parallel processors, communications between the SCSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SCS cryptography, and communications between the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SMS cryptography, the SMS cryptography differing from the SCS cryptography. The SCS and/or the SMS may each include dedicated hardware and/or memory to support the communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Fortenberry, Samuel Douglas Crowder, Patryk Kaminski, Daniel William Bailey, David Glasco
  • Patent number: 10469533
    Abstract: Encrypted SFTP file transfers and other encrypted file transfers may be audited and what files can be transferred may be controlled at a firewall or other gateway. Transferred files may be subjected to data loss prevention analysis and/or virus checks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY OYJ
    Inventors: Tatu J. Ylonen, Samuel Douglas Lavitt
  • Publication number: 20190334950
    Abstract: Encrypted SFTP file transfers and other encrypted file transfers may be audited and what files can be transferred may be controlled at a firewall or other gateway. Transferred files may be subjected to data loss prevention analysis and/or virus checks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tatu J. Ylonen, Samuel Douglas Lavitt
  • Publication number: 20190334706
    Abstract: An autonomous driving controller includes a plurality of parallel processors operating on common input data received from the plurality of autonomous driving sensors. Each of the plurality of parallel processors includes communication circuitry, a general processor, a security processor subsystem (SCS), and a safety subsystem (SMS). The communication circuitry supports communications between the plurality of parallel processors, including inter-processor communications between the general processors of the plurality of parallel processors, communications between the SCSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SCS cryptography, and communications between the SMSs of the plurality of parallel processors using SMS cryptography, the SMS cryptography differing from the SCS cryptography. The SCS and/or the SMS may each include dedicated hardware and/or memory to support the communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: TESLA, INC.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Fortenberry, Samuel Douglas Crowder, Patryk Kaminski, Daniel William Bailey, David Glasco
  • Patent number: 10091239
    Abstract: SSH sessions and other protocol sessions (e.g., RDP) may be audited using an interceptor embedded within an SSH server or other protocol server. Operations performed over an SSH connection may be controlled, including controlling what files are transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY OYJ
    Inventors: Tatu J. Ylonen, Samuel Douglas Lavitt
  • Publication number: 20150107373
    Abstract: A process for measuring the friability of a material, such as a polymer bale, may include measuring the amount of force required to break-up a portion of the material. A corresponding testing apparatus for measuring the friability may include a device configured for breaking-up the portion of the material and measuring the force required to cause the break-up to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Errol OLIVIER, Dilipkumar PADLIYA, Samuel Douglas STONE, Bruce STONE, Mark KUIJPERS
  • Patent number: 8970237
    Abstract: A system and method for low-cost, fault tolerant, EMI robust data communications, particularly for an EV environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Brian Martin, Ian Casimir Dimen, Samuel Douglas Crowder
  • Patent number: 8836515
    Abstract: A device for continuously monitoring an elevation, ?, from horizontal of a backrest against which a backbody of an individual may lean, to provide an automatic notification in the event the elevation, ?, falls below a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Denver Health and Hospital Authority
    Inventors: Richard K. Albert, Robert F. Wolken, Russell J. Woodruff, Ivor Samuel Douglas