Patents by Inventor Sean McBride

Sean McBride 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: 20240100329
    Abstract: The embodiments and methods described herein relate to an improved functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthosis. An apparatus can include a frame assembly, an electrode assembly, and an electric stimulator. The frame assembly is removably coupleable to a portion of a limb. The electrode assembly is configured to be in electrical communication with a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and includes first and second sets of electrodes. The electric stimulator is in electrical communication with the electrode assembly. The electric stimulator is configured to send a first signal substantially during a first time period and via a first channel to the first set of electrodes for stimulation of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and is configured to send a second signal, during at least one of the first time period or a subsequent second time period, via a second channel to the second set of electrodes for stimulation of the neuromuscular system of the limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Bioness Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Sean MCBRIDE
  • Patent number: 11724106
    Abstract: The embodiments and methods described herein relate to an improved functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthosis. An apparatus can include a frame assembly, an electrode assembly, and an electric stimulator. The frame assembly is removably coupleable to a portion of a limb. The electrode assembly is configured to be in electrical communication with a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and includes first and second sets of electrodes. The electric stimulator is in electrical communication with the electrode assembly. The electric stimulator is configured to send a first signal substantially during a first time period and via a first channel to the first set of electrodes for stimulation of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and is configured to send a second signal, during at least one of the first time period or a subsequent second time period, via a second channel to the second set of electrodes for stimulation of the neuromuscular system of the limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Sean McBride
  • Patent number: 11077300
    Abstract: The embodiments and methods described herein relate to an improved functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthosis. An apparatus can include a frame assembly, an electrode assembly, and an electric stimulator. The frame assembly is removably coupleable to a portion of a limb. The electrode assembly is configured to be in electrical communication with a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and includes first and second sets of electrodes. The electric stimulator is in electrical communication with the electrode assembly. The electric stimulator is configured to send a first signal substantially during a first time period and via a first channel to the first set of electrodes for stimulation of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and is configured to send a second signal, during at least one of the first time period or a subsequent second time period, via a second channel to the second set of electrodes for stimulation of the neuromuscular system of the limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Bioness Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Sean McBride
  • Patent number: 10511652
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products. A server system receives from a plurality of computing devices indications that a user of each of the computing devices requested to receive posts that a first user authors. The server system receives from a first computing device a post that was authored by the first user. The post is transmitted from the server system to the plurality of computing devices. A score for the post is determined to satisfy a criteria for transmission to a second user who has not requested to receive posts authored by the first user. The determination uses a distance of the second user to the first user in a social network graph. In response, the post is transmitted from the server system to a second computing device that is associated with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Todd Jackson, Andrew A. Bunner, Matthew Steiner, John Pongsajapan, Jessica Shih-Lan Cheng, Edward Ho, Sean McBride
  • Publication number: 20180318583
    Abstract: The embodiments and methods described herein relate to an improved functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthosis. An apparatus can include a frame assembly, an electrode assembly, and an electric stimulator. The frame assembly is removably coupleable to a portion of a limb. The electrode assembly is configured to be in electrical communication with a portion of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and includes first and second sets of electrodes. The electric stimulator is in electrical communication with the electrode assembly. The electric stimulator is configured to send a first signal substantially during a first time period and via a first channel to the first set of electrodes for stimulation of a neuromuscular system of the limb, and is configured to send a second signal, during at least one of the first time period or a subsequent second time period, via a second channel to the second set of electrodes for stimulation of the neuromuscular system of the limb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Bioness Inc.
    Inventor: Keith Sean MCBRIDE
  • Publication number: 20180183852
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products. A server system receives from a plurality of computing devices indications that a user of each of the computing devices requested to receive posts that a first user authors. The server system receives from a first computing device a post that was authored by the first user. The post is transmitted from the server system to the plurality of computing devices. A score for the post is determined to satisfy a criteria for transmission to a second user who has not requested to receive posts authored by the first user. The determination uses a distance of the second user to the first user in a social network graph. In response, the post is transmitted from the server system to a second computing device that is associated with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Todd JACKSON, Andrew A. BUNNER, Matthew STEINER, John PONGSAJAPAN, Jessica Shih-Lan CHENG, Edward HO, Sean McBRIDE
  • Patent number: 9930096
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products. A server system receives from a plurality of computing devices indications that a user of each of the computing devices requested to receive posts that a first user authors. The server system receives from a first computing device a post that was authored by the first user. The post is transmitted from the server system to the plurality of computing devices. A score for the post is determined to satisfy a criteria for transmission to a second user who has not requested to receive posts authored by the first user. The determination uses a distance of the second user to the first user in a social network graph. In response, the post is transmitted from the server system to a second computing device that is associated with the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Todd Jackson, Andrew A. Bunner, Matthew Steiner, John Pongsajapan, Jessica Shih-Lan Cheng, Edward Ho, Sean McBride
  • Publication number: 20150278736
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for efficiently allocating resources to projects in a schedule under time, resource and budget constraints. In some embodiments, a method is presented. The method may include accessing variables for determining an efficient allocation of resources in the schedule, including a set of project dependency values indicating which projects in the plurality of projects must be completed as requisite for completing other projects in the plurality of projects. The method may also include determining a dependency path indicating an ordering of projects to be completed, based on the set of project dependency values, wherein a project in the dependency path cannot be started until all preceding projects in the dependency path are completed; and determining an efficient selection of projects to be completed within the time horizon that maximizes an optimization goal, based on the dependency path and constrained by budget expenditures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: INNOTAS
    Inventors: Cosimo Spera, Samir Mukadam, Clifford Sean McBride, Charles Lawrence Read
  • Publication number: 20150012449
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems and program products. A server system receives from a plurality of computing devices indications that a user of each of the computing devices requested to receive posts that a first user authors. The server system receives from a first computing device a post that was authored by the first user. The post is transmitted from the server system to the plurality of computing devices. A score for the post is determined to satisfy a criteria for transmission to a second user who has not requested to receive posts authored by the first user. The determination uses a distance of the second user to the first user in a social network graph. In response, the post is transmitted from the server system to a second computing device that is associated with the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Todd JACKSON, Andrew A. BUNNER, Matthew STEINER, John PONGSAJAPAN, Jessica Shih-Lan CHENG, Edward HO, Sean McBRIDE
  • Patent number: 8751965
    Abstract: A first single-action input is received indicating a start tracking request and including information identifying a first current location of a user-controlled object on a user display device. A second single-action input is received indicating a movement of the object across the display device to a first different location and including a stop tracking request. A first display object associated with the first current location and a second display object associated with the first different location are determined. A group of selected display objects is determined including the first and second display objects. Display objects associated with locations displayed in an area spanning a first region located between the first current location and the first different location are determined, where a selection of the selected display objects is based on the first start tracking request and the first stop tracking request, with no input associated with a modifier input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Wiley, Sean McBride, Michael Hart Leggett
  • Publication number: 20100241994
    Abstract: A first single-action input is received indicating a start tracking request and including information identifying a first current location of a user-controlled object on a user display device. A second single-action input is received indicating a movement of the object across the display device to a first different location and including a stop tracking request. A first display object associated with the first current location and a second display object associated with the first different location are determined. A group of selected display objects is determined including the first and second display objects. Display objects associated with locations displayed in an area spanning a first region located between the first current location and the first different location are determined, where a selection of the selected display objects is based on the first start tracking request and the first stop tracking request, with no input associated with a modifier input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jon Wiley, Sean McBride, Michael Hart Leggett