Patents by Inventor Scott Daniels

Scott Daniels 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).

  • Controlling user data visibility in online ad auctions
    Patent number: 10872355
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving, from a client device of a user, an ad request for an ad space of a seller, the ad space being for presentation in a user interface of an application executing on the client device, creating a bid request for bidding on the ad space, sending the bid request to one or more bidders, the bidders representing one or more buyers, receiving one or more bids from one or more of the bidders, each bid corresponding to a respective buyer and a creative, selecting, from the received bids, a winning bid corresponding to a particular buyer and a particular creative, and identifying a visibility profile for the particular buyer and, based thereon, providing data associated with the user to the particular buyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Xandr Inc.
    Inventors: Arel Ives Lidow, Scott Daniel Menzer
  • Methods and apparatus to monitor a split screen media presentation
    Patent number: 10839225
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor a split screen media presentation. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an audio processor to process audio output from a media device to determine audio metering data to identify first media presented by the media device. Disclosed example apparatus also include a video signature generator to generate one or more video signatures associated with video output from the media device. Disclosed example apparatus further include a computer vision processor to identify a first region-of-interest of a split screen presentation of the media device including the first media in response to a determination that the one or more generated video signatures do not match reference video signatures corresponding to the first media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Justin David Lee Fahnestock, John C. Kistenmacher, Ronan Heffernan, Scott Daniel Barraclough, John Wesley Kercher, IV
  • Event-driven computing
    Patent number: 10824484
    Abstract: A service manages a plurality of virtual machine instances for low latency execution of user codes. The service can provide the capability to execute user code in response to events triggered on various event sources and initiate execution of other control functions to improve the code execution environment in response to detecting errors or unexpected execution results. The service may maintain or communicate with a separate storage area for storing code execution requests that were not successfully processed by the service. Requests stored in such a storage area may subsequently be re-processed by the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Allen Wagner, Ajay Nair, Marc John Brooker, Scott Daniel Wisniewski
  • Concealed communications antenna and lighting feature
    Patent number: 10826154
    Abstract: A concealed communication antenna and lighting feature comprises a mount having base configured to be mounted to a structure and having a circumferentially disposed side wall adjacent the circumference of the base. The outer side wall defining a seat extending a radial distance from the outer side wall to the edge of the base circumference, and an inner wall disposed concentrically within the outer side wall. A plurality of solid state lighting elements adapted to direct light away from the base. A communications antenna is mounted to the inner side wall and a radome is disposed about the antenna and extends above the inner side wall. The radome is closed at an upper end and a lighting feature lens mounted to the outer wall. The lighting feature lens being closed at a top end such that the solid state lighting elements direct light intermediate the radome and the lighting feature lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ENE-HUB Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Stephen Matchett, Mark Robert James West, Scott Daniel Williams
  • ANTIPOLISHING RING
    Publication number: 20200300195
    Abstract: Unique apparatuses and methods for scraping deposits from a piston as the piston moves in an upstroke direction and a downstroke direction. An engine assembly includes a cylinder having a cylinder bore, a piston having a crown end, wherein the piston is disposed in the cylinder bore and configured to move in an upstroke direction and a downstroke direction relative to the cylinder bore. The piston includes a first land positioned adjacent the crown end. An antipolishing ring is disposed within the cylinder bore. The antipolishing ring has an outer annular surface and an inner annular surface, the inner annular surface has one or more protrusions configured to scrape the first land when the piston moves in the upstroke direction and the downstroke direction. The protrusions are also configured to scrape the first land when the piston has secondary or lateral motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chao Cheng, Neal R. Phelps, Andrew Laughlin, Scott Daniel Saum
  • Apparatus and method for gas compression
    Patent number: 10724510
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for substantially reducing or eliminating the introduction of ambient air into an open-crankcase compressor is disclosed. The method employs a compressed gas recycle control loop to reduce the magnitude of vacuum inside the open-crankcase compressor relative to ambient air pressure, thereby reducing or eliminating the introduction of ambient air into the open-crankcase compressor during the gas compression process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Scott Daniel Fleischman
  • Securing virtual execution environments
    Patent number: 10650157
    Abstract: Facilities are provided to secure guest runtime environments (GREs). Security policy specifications may be associated with GREs. A GRE's security policy may be specific to the GRE and may also include security policy inherited from higher levels such as a host operating environment. The security policy of a GRE specifies restrictions and/or permissions for activities that may be performed within the scope of execution of the GRE. A GRE's security policy may limit what the GRE's guest software may do within the GRE. Restrictions/permissions may be applied to objects such as files, configuration data, and the like. Security specifications may be applied to execution initiated within a GRE. A GRE's security specification may restrict/permit executable objects from loading and executing within the GRE. The executability or accessibility of objects may be conditioned on factors such as the health/integrity of the GRE, the host system, requested files, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Schultz, Kinshumann, David John Linsley, Charles Glenn Jeffries, Giridhar Viswanathan, Scott Daniel Anderson, Frederick J. Smith, Hari R. Pulapaka, JianMing Zhou, Margarit Simeonov Chenchev, David B. Probert
  • Golf club heads or other ball striking devices having distributed impact response
    Patent number: 10610746
    Abstract: A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the face. The body has an impact-influencing structure in the form of a channel positioned on at least one surface of the body. A majority of a force generated by impact with a ball is absorbed by the impact-influencing structure, and a majority of a response force generated by the head upon impact with the ball is generated by the impact-influencing structure. The face may have increased stiffness as compared to existing faces, and may include a stiffening structure to create the increased stiffness, such as a porous or cellular stiffening structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Larson, Robert M. Boyd, Kenneth W. Brown, Martin Brouillette, Chris Scott Daniels
  • Tube spreading device and boiler cleaning system
    Patent number: 10605450
    Abstract: The boiler cleaning apparatus and method provides for cleaning the exterior surfaces of a heat exchanger. The apparatus and method include tools and steps, respectively, for temporarily spreading tubes and holding open the tubes to gain access to tube lanes. Once access to a lane is attained, a nozzle assembly having an outlet for blowing high velocity cleaning fluid is selected from a group of nozzle assemblies. The selected nozzle assembly will have an outlet for blowing fluid in a direction that effectively cleans the tubes adjacent the opened lane. After the tubes are cleaned the tool for holding the lane opened is removed and the process is repeated for another lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: HRST, INC.
    Inventors: Robert James Krowech, Scott Daniel Olson
  • Systems and methods for discovery and tracking of obscured web-based advertisements
    Patent number: 10552878
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for discovering advertisements on publisher web pages and for determining whether the advertisements are obscured by other content on the web pages. An advertisement tracking and discovery system may use web crawler applications to explore multiple publisher websites. The web crawler applications may gather advertisement data that includes information associated with detected advertisements, placement pathways by which the advertisements were placed on the publisher web pages, and obscuration information for the detected advertisements. Obscured advertisements that have been detected may be ignored during advertisement tracking and discovery operations or obscuration information may be stored and provided with other advertisement information for the obscured advertisements. The advertisement data may be aggregated and formatted to be provided to a user. The provided data may include advertisement screenshots and web page screenshots containing the advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PATHMATICS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas George Lorimor, Gabriel Richard Gottlieb, Scott Daniel Carpenter
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR A SPLIT SCREEN MEDIA PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20200019787
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor a split screen media presentation. Example apparatus disclosed herein include an audio processor to process audio output from a media device to determine audio metering data to identify first media presented by the media device. Disclosed example apparatus also include a video signature generator to generate one or more video signatures associated with video output from the media device. Disclosed example apparatus further include a computer vision processor to identify a first region-of-interest of a split screen presentation of the media device including the first media in response to a determination that the one or more generated video signatures do not match reference video signatures corresponding to the first media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Justin David Lee Fahnestock, John C. Kistenmacher, Ronan Heffernan, Scott Daniel Barraclough, John Wesley Kercher, IV
  • Method and device for implementing a virtual browsing experience
    Patent number: 10438262
    Abstract: A virtual browsing experience may be implemented that allows a user to move a mobile device within a physical environment in order to control browser navigation to different items on an associated display. The virtual browsing experience improves the user's ability to recall where previously-viewed items are located in the virtual browsing environment. In some embodiments, a mobile device may determine its position and/or orientation in a physical environment, and when movement of the mobile device is detected, a user interface on an associated display may digitally navigate through multiple items according to the position and/or orientation of the mobile device. The position and orientation of the mobile device may be determined from position information or data obtained by a sensor device of the mobile device, and appropriate subsets of items can be determined for display based on detected movement of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Daniel Helmer, Junxiong Jia
  • OUTDOOR PATIO HEATER ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20190301740
    Abstract: An accessory for a patio heater includes a bracket to secure to a pole of the patio heater; two arms attached to and extending away from the bracket in an upward direction; and two concave shields attached to the arms to bend around a heating element of the patio heater; the concave shields reflect heat in a desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Scott Daniels
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE ORIENTATION IN A VEHICLE CONSIST
    Publication number: 20190263430
    Abstract: A system and method includes determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first aerial vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle, and determining an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to a second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within or through the first aerial vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Eugene Smith, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Sameh Fahmy, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffret James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Jared Klineman Cooper, Huan Tan, John Michael Lizzi, Charles Burton Theurer, Balajee Kannan, Romano Patrick, Brad Thomas Costa, James D. Brooks, Micahel Scott Miner, Harry Kirk Matthews, JR., Bradford Wayne Miller, Neeraja Subrahmaniyan, Brian Joseph McManus, Frank Wawrzyniak, Ralph C. Haddock, III, Robert James Foy, James Glen Corry, Steven Andrew Kellner, Joseph Mario Nazareth, Brian William Schroeck, Shawn Arthur McClintic
  • Object recognition
    Patent number: 10380461
    Abstract: Approaches introduce a pre-processing and post-processing framework to a neural network-based approach to identify items represented in an image. For example, a classifier that is trained on several categories can be provided. An image that includes a representation of an item of interest is obtained. Rotated versions of the image are generated and each of a subset of the rotated images is analyzed to determine a probability that a respective image includes an instance of a particular category. The probabilities can be used to determine a probability distribution of output category data, and the data can be analyzed to select an image of the rotated versions of the image. Thereafter, a categorization tree can then be utilized, whereby for the item of interest represented the image, the category of the item can be determined. The determined category can be provided to an item retrieval algorithm to determine primary content for the item of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Avinash Aghoram Ravichandran, Matias Omar Gregorio Benitez, Rahul Bhotika, Scott Daniel Helmer, Anshul Kumar Jain, Junxiong Jia, Rakesh Madhavan Nambiar, Oleg Rybakov
  • CODE EXECUTION REQUEST ROUTING
    Publication number: 20190227849
    Abstract: A system for providing low-latency compute capacity is provided. The system may be configured to route incoming code execution requests based on user indications to use specific containers running on a plurality of virtual machine instances. The system may be configured to process a code execution request, identify, based on the user indication that a specific container previously used to handle a request of similar type is to be used for handling the code execution request, and cause the code execution request to be handled using the specific container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Daniel Wisniewski, Marc John Brooker, Timothy Allen Wagner
  • LOCOMOTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190180118
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a digital camera configured to be disposed in a locomotive system that includes a locomotive coupled to a rail vehicle. The camera generates image data within a field of view that includes a cab of the locomotive system and a portion of a route being traveled on and/or wayside devices disposed along the route. The cab includes a space where an operator of the vehicle is located. The system also can include one or more analysis processors that examine the image data generated by the camera to identify route damage, a deteriorating condition of the route, and/or a condition of the wayside devices. The condition of the wayside devices can include damage to the wayside devices, a missing wayside device, deterioration of the wayside devices, or a change in terrain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Matthew Blair, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anwarul Azam, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Jaymin Thakkar, Ankit Sharma, Priyanka Joseph
  • LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190176862
    Abstract: System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Wolfgang Daum, Martin Paget, Daniel Rush, Brad Thomas Costa, Seneca Snyder, Jerry Duncan, Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Anwarul Azam, Matthew Lawrence Blair, Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Scott Daniel Nelson, Nikhil Uday Naphade, Wing Yeung Chung, Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Jeffrey James Kisak, Dale Martin DiDomenico, Suresh Govindappa, Manibabu Pippalla, Sethu Madhavan, Arunachala Karthik Sridharan, Prabhu Marimuthu, Jared Klineman Cooper, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Paul Kenneth Houpt, David Lowell McKay
  • Garden tool handle
    Patent number: D852021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CORONA CLIPPER, INC
    Inventors: Anthony Magana, James J. Wolf, Kevin Michael Kroeger, O'Ryan Lopez, Estevan Jose Silvas, Jr., Craig Steven Agney, Christopher Scott Daniels, Shannon Douglas Staats, Johannes Kyle Hertrich
  • Garden tool handle
    Patent number: D854906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: CORONA CLIPPER, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Magana, James J. Wolf, Kevin Michael Kroeger, O'Ryan Lopez, Estevan Jose Silvas, Jr., Craig Steven Agney, Christopher Scott Daniels, Donald Collins Meves