Patents by Inventor Sean O'Connor

Sean O'Connor 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).

  • Patent number: 9176947
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Vita Markman, Sean O'Dell, Arkady Trestman, Drew Beechum, Paul Pak, Stephane Jankowski, Marc Silbey, Kip Martin, Kevin O'Sullivan, Christian Shrigley, Lane Merrifield
  • Publication number: 20150310697
    Abstract: An improved ticketing system and method for bearer raffles. Upon sale of a bearer ticket, a purchasor identifier is captured at the raffle sales unit. The purchasor identifier is stored in a central ticket database along with the particulars of the bearer ticket sold. On completion of a raffle, raffle winners can be contacted using the captured purchasor identifier information, or in other cases winners can be looked up or verified if a ticket is lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Sean O'Hagan
  • Publication number: 20150288926
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin
  • Publication number: 20150271041
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein determine a location independent network delay, via a network monitoring device. Such techniques particularly include determining various delays caused by retransmission in instances of lost data segments and application response time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Odell, Daniel Prescott, Douglas M. Roberts, Sean O'Brien, Shawn McManus
  • Publication number: 20150231474
    Abstract: A sports training target is provided. In exemplary embodiments, a sports training target may comprise a return net for substantially covering an opening defined by a frame, the return net having tension to withstand the impact of a sports projectile propelled from an originating location and having tension to allow the sports projectile to pass downward, exit a bottom portion of the return net, and return in the direction of the originating location; a target for substantially covering the return net, the target having an opening formed therein, the opening adapted to allow the sports projectile to pass behind the target to the return net, the target adapted to withstand the impact of a sports projectile, the target positioned in front of the return net, whereby a passage is formed between the target and the return net; and an attachment member adapted to attach the sports training target to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Littman, Sean O'Brien
  • Patent number: 9101977
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for casting amorphous alloys. Exemplary casting system may include an insertable and rotatable vessel configured in a non-movable induction heating structure for melting amorphous alloys to form molten materials in the vessel. While the molten materials remain heated, the vessel may be rotated to pour the molten materials into a casting device for casting them into articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Scott, Christopher D. Prest
  • Patent number: 9104773
    Abstract: A content syndication platform, such as a web content syndication platform, manages, organizes and makes available for consumption content that is acquired from the Internet. In at least some embodiments, the platform can acquire and organize web content, and make such content available for consumption by many different types of applications. These applications may or may not necessarily understand the particular syndication format. An application program interface (API) exposes an object model which allows applications and users to easily accomplish many different tasks such as creating, reading, updating, deleting feeds and the like. Further, in at least some embodiments, a user can subscribe to a particular web feed, be provided with a user interface that contains distinct indicia to identify new feeds, and can efficiently consume or read RSS feeds using both an RSS reader and a web browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amar S. Gandhi, Jane T Kim, John H Lueders, Sean O. Lyndersay, Warren G Stevens, Wayne Wy Choi, William Gould, Bruce A Morgan
  • Publication number: 20150217368
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vessel for melting and casting meltable materials. The vessel may be a surface temperature regulated vessel for providing a substantially non-wetting interface with the molten materials. In one embodiment, the vessel may include one or more temperature regulating channels configured to flow a fluid therein for regulating a surface temperature of the vessel such that molten materials are substantially non-wetting at the interface with the vessel. Disclosed also includes systems and methods for melting and casting meltable materials using the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Scott, Christopher D. Prest
  • Publication number: 20150216694
    Abstract: A capsule assembly for an endograft introducer is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a capsule retriever having a plug portion and a tail portion, the plug portion having a lead-in surface, the tail portion having an elongate body extending proximally from the plug portion to an end stop feature receiver; a capsule tube having an end stop feature at a proximal end thereof and terminating in a distal end, the end stop feature and the end stop receiver arranged such that proximal movement of the capsule tube relative to the plug portion is limited; and a capsule cavity inside the capsule tube, a proximal end of a prosthesis being receivable in the cavity. The capsule tube is slidably movable with respect to the capsule retriever to a position in which the distal end of the capsule tube is adjacent to the lead-in surface of the plug portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Werner D. Ducke, David Ernest Hartley, David Sean O'Brien, Blayne A. Roeder
  • Patent number: 9100202
    Abstract: A system to determine a hierarchical model comprising two or more associated nodes, each of the nodes associated with one or more message producers and one or more message consumers, receive a message from one of the one or more message producers; and route the message to one or more of the one or more message consumers based on the hierarchical model. The hierarchical model may include a root node and a plurality of nodes descending from the root node, the plurality of nodes including the two or more associated nodes, wherein each of the plurality of nodes is associated with a topic, a parent node, one or more child nodes, one or more message producers, and one or more message consumers. Routing the message may comprise traversing two or more nodes of the hierarchical model based on first logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Qiang Han, Sean O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20150169991
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for choosing image labels. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data specifying a first image, receiving text labels for the first image, receiving search results in response to a web search performed using at least some of the text labels as queries, ranking the text labels, at least in part, based on a number of resources referenced by the received search results, wherein at least some of the resources each include an image matching the first image, and selecting an image label for the image from the ranked text labels, the image label being selected based on the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Charles J. Rosenberg, Jingbin Wang, Sean O'Malley
  • Publication number: 20150169952
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying labels for image collections are presented. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a collection of images; obtaining, for each image in the collection of images, image similarity data that indicates a measure of similarity of the image to other images in the collection of images; generating, based on the similarity data, two or more image clusters from the collection of images, each image cluster including one or more images from the collection of images; for each image cluster: obtaining, for each image in the image cluster, a set of image labels; generating, from each set of image labels obtained for each image in the image cluster, a set of cluster labels; selecting one or more cluster labels from the set of cluster labels; and identifying the selected cluster labels as a set of collection labels for the collection of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Sean O'Malley, Xuemei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150143928
    Abstract: A sample encapsulation system includes a base, a chamber having an inlet and a chamber housing in which the chamber is housed. The chamber is fixedly mounted at least in part within the housing and the housing is movably mounted to the base. The system includes a cap, a first ram operably mounted to the cap for engaging the chamber inlet and a second ram positioned in the chamber opposite the inlet. The second ram is movable toward and away from the first ram. The chamber and housing are movable toward the cap for engaging the first ram with the chamber inlet during an encapsulation cycle and away from the cap, disengaging the first ram from the chamber inlet following an encapsulation cycle. The system includes heating and cooling assemblies and a temperature sensor located remotely from the chamber interior to automatically isolate cooling water to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Freson, Kurt G. Adair, Charles E. Shewey, Douglas A. Ceckowski, Sean O'Flaherty, Anatoly Gosis, Yury Shkolnikov, Michael F. Hart, Daniel P. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150144292
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus comprising at least one gate and a vessel, the gate being configured to move between a first position to restrict entry into an ejection path of the vessel and contain a material in a meltable form within the vessel during melting of the material, and a second position to allow movement of the material in a molten form through the ejection path. The gate can move linearly or rotate between its first and second positions, for example. The apparatus is configured to melt the material and the at least one gate is configured to allow the apparatus to be maintained under vacuum during the melting of the material. Melting can be performed using an induction source. The apparatus may also include a mold configured to receive molten material and for molding a molded part, such as a bulk amorphous alloy part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Quoc Tran Pham, Michael Deming, Theodore A. Waniuk, Sean O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 9043316
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating image search results. One of the methods includes receiving first image search results responsive to a text query, each first image search result associated with a respective first score indicating a relevance of an image represented by the first image search result to the text query. Second image search results responsive to a query image are received, each second image search result associated with a respective second score indicating a measure of similarity between an image represented by the second image search result and the query image. A set of final image search results is selected including combining first scores and second scores of the selected first image search results. The final image search results are ordered by similarity to the query image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Murphy-Chutorian, Charles J. Rosenberg, Nemanja Petrovic, Sergey Ioffe, Sean O'Malley
  • Patent number: 9004149
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for counter-gravity formation of BMG-containing hollow parts. In one embodiment, the BMG-containing hollow parts may be formed by first feeding a molten metal alloy in a counter-gravity direction into a mold cavity to deposit the molten metal alloy on a surface of the mold cavity and then solidifying the deposited molten metal alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot Stratton, Joseph Poole, Matthew Scott, Christopher Prest
  • Patent number: 9002831
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving, by one or more processors, a query image, obtaining, by the one or more processors, search results responsive to the query image, each search result identifying a corresponding web page containing an image that is determined to be responsive to the query image, the search results being ordered in a first arrangement, obtaining, by the one or more processors, text labels associated with the query image, and generating, by the one or more processors a second arrangement of the search results by ordering the search results based on a presence in the respective corresponding web pages of one or more of the text labels associated with the query image. This and other implementations of this aspect can include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean O'Malley, Jingbin Wang, Anelia Angelova, Charles J. Rosenberg, Henrik C. Stewenius
  • Publication number: 20150090421
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described herein related to methods and systems for casting metal alloys into articles such as BMG articles. In one embodiment, processes involved for storing, pre-treating, alloying, melting, injecting, molding, etc. can be combined as desired and conducted in different chambers. During these processes, each chamber can be independently, separately controlled to have desired chamber environment, e.g., under vacuum, in an inert gas environment, or open to the surrounding environment. Due to the flexible, independent control of each chamber, the casting cycle time can be reduced and the production throughput can be increased. Contaminations of the molten materials and thus the final products are reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Scott, Christopher D. Prest
  • Patent number: 8991474
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide systems and methods for casting amorphous alloys. Exemplary casting system may include an insertable and rotatable vessel configured in a non-movable induction heating structure for melting amorphous alloys to form molten materials in the vessel. While the molten materials remain heated, the vessel may be rotated to pour the molten materials into a casting device for casting them into articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Waniuk, Joseph Stevick, Sean O'Keeffe, Dermot J. Stratton, Joseph C. Poole, Matthew S. Scott, Christopher D. Prest
  • Patent number: D734190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Louay Abdul-Hadi, Sean O'Bryan, Ben Patel