Patents by Inventor Silas Brown

Silas Brown 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: 10972809
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating media delivery packages from a source package. The techniques include receiving, by a computer system, a source package associated with a content item. Upon receiving the source package, the computer system determines a plurality of workflows, whereby each workflow is operable for generating a delivery package of a plurality delivery packages. A workflow defines parameters for execution of one or more transformation modules of a set of transformation modules of a media transformation service (MTS). The MTS generates the plurality of delivery packages based at least in part on the source package and an execution of respective workflows. The computer system then provides the plurality of delivery packages to respective target entities for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Key, Silas Brown, Eric Orme, Peter Schwabland, Nathan W. Bartel
  • Patent number: 4866894
    Abstract: A bracket for use in constructing a stairway of the type having stringers and a plurality of treads and risers. The bracket includes adjacent horizontal and vertical portions attachable to tread and riser members respectively, and an upwardly angled portion carried by an end of the bracket for attached to a stringer. The vertical portion of the bracket includes a downwardly directed finger which is grippingly receivable in an upwardly open slot means of an adjacent bracket, enabling a plurality of identical brackets to be firmly joined together and attached to a plurality of stringers to construct a stairway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Inventor: Silas Brown
  • Patent number: 4827316
    Abstract: A frame for properly aligning to glass masters on opposite sides of a substrate is disclosed. The frame includes: (a) first alignment means comprised of spherical balls projecting from one frame member intended to mate with associated concave ball receiving surfaces associated with the other frame member; and (b) second alignment means comprised of pins capable of being inserted into bores in one frame member and pin seats in the second frame member. The frame also includes a pump and solenoid valve. Depending upon the position of the valve, the pump will either draw air from between the frame members to close the frame or push air between the frame members to open the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventor: Silas Brown