Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Brown

Stephen A. 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).

  • Publication number: 20220292092
    Abstract: A computing system for querying multiple data sources and a method therefor is provided. The computing system may comprise one or more nodes in communication with at least one data source of the multiple data sources to access data therefrom. The computing system may further comprise a second node in communication with the one or more nodes. The second node may be configured to receive a query instance and process the query instance to generate one or more relational query instances. The one or more relational query instances may be distributed among the one or more nodes to extract data from the at least one data source in communication therewith corresponding to the respective one or more relational query instances. The second node may be further configured to receive extracted data from each of the one or more nodes queried. The second node may be further configured to aggregate the extracted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Xiao-Ming Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220290670
    Abstract: The disclosed invention provides an unmodified scroll compressor with enhanced oil management system that enables the compressor system to compress helium. The compressor system includes a standard scroll compressor, oil separator, and an adsorber. The compressor includes a housing containing an orbiting scroll and a stationary scroll, a motor, and an oil sump in a bottom of the housing. The stationary scroll has one or more injection ports, and the housing contains a single discharge port, a return port, and a single injection port connected to the injection ports of the stationary scroll. The oil separator receives a mixture of helium and oil from the discharge port. The compressor system further includes a line bringing a first fraction of oil from the oil separator to the injection port, one or more lines bringing a second fraction of oil to the return port along with helium. The adsorber retains a third fraction of oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Brown DUNN
  • Patent number: 11438655
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a plurality of distribution areas. A distribution area is defined by one or more geographic primitives and associated with a distribution area identifier. Also, a geographic primitive is defined by one or more location identifiers. The method stores distribution area identifiers for the plurality of distribution areas in a first data structure. Information for media content is received and the method generates a content bundle for the media content based on the information for the media content. The content bundle is associated with a distribution area identifier and metadata that describes characteristics of the media content. The content bundle is stored in a second data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Dallas Mahrt, Brandon Lonac, Hank Hwang, Stephen Brown, William Daly, Yingan Wang
  • Patent number: 11431657
    Abstract: A visual trigger node, indicative of a trigger, is displayed on a first display portion. A trigger configuration user interface is also displayed. A property input, indicative of a property that activates the trigger, is detected and code is generated to map the trigger to the property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Whitten, Sangwoo Han, Benjamin Abraham Russell Brown, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Andrew Stephen Brown, Marieke Watson Iwema, Yochay Kiriaty
  • Publication number: 20220231974
    Abstract: A visual bot designer displays a user interface that has a visual authoring canvas and a property pane. It can also have a serialized file display pane. A user can provide authoring inputs on any of the user interfaces, and the visual bot designer computing system generates and displays updates on the other parts of the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WHITTEN, Sangwoo Han, Benjamin Abraham Russell Brown, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Andrew Stephen Brown, Marieke Watson Iwema, Yochay Kiriaty
  • Patent number: 11354943
    Abstract: An operator's proximity to an automotive vehicle being inspected is tracked and recorded. An audio and/or a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected, inspection zones, and components within the inspection zones are rendered. A representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected is updated to reflect a condition of the vehicle being inspected, a condition of the inspection zones, and the numbers of defects for each of inspection zones. The audio and visual representations shown as part of any defects of the vehicle being inspected may be recorded. During a vehicle inspection, a visual indication of a driver's location in proximity to a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zonar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayla Heard, Jessica Randall, Alejandro Vazquez, Jerissa Lumansoc, Joseph D. M. Kane, Elias L. Cole, III, Henry Kevin Mest, Drory Ben-Menachem, Stephen Brown
  • Publication number: 20220169758
    Abstract: The devolatilization of plastomer pellets is undertaken using nitrogen that is recycled in the process. Volatile hydrocarbons are removed from the nitrogen in a hydrocarbon extraction vessel (e.g. an adsorbent bed). In an embodiment, the recycled nitrogen contains less than 300 ppm of volatile hydrocarbons after being treated in the adsorbent bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: NOVA Chemical (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Abolfazl Noorjahan, Stephen Brown, Lawrence Van Asseldonk, Robert Van Asseldonk, Jeffrey Cahill, Carlos Duque, William Oberg
  • Patent number: 11329932
    Abstract: A visual bot designer displays a user interface that has a visual authoring canvas and a property pane. It can also have a serialized file display pane. A user can provide authoring inputs on any of the user interfaces, and the visual bot designer computing system generates and displays updates on the other parts of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Whitten, Sangwoo Han, Benjamin Abraham Russell Brown, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Andrew Stephen Brown, Marieke Watson Iwema, Yochay Kiriaty
  • Patent number: 11316946
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for populating a cache in an information-centric network. A device of an ICN can include a content store including published content and attributes of the published content stored thereon, the attributes including at least two of a device from which the content originated attribute, a lineage attribute, and a service level agreement attribute, and content processing circuitry coupled to the content store, the content processing circuitry configured to manage the published content based on the attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastian Schoenberg, Andrew Stephen Brown, Srikathyayani Srikanteswara, Jessica C. McCarthy, Eve M. Schooler, Christian Maciocco, Hassnaa Moustafa, Nageen Himayat, Rath Vannithamby, David John Zage
  • Publication number: 20220091146
    Abstract: Digital microfluidic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate aligned generally parallel to each other with a gap defined therebetween in side view. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate include a first electrode array, a second electrode array spaced from and in electrical communication with the first electrode array, and a first interstitial area defined between the first electrode array and the second electrode array. At least one of the first electrode array and the second electrode array is configured to generate electrical actuation forces within an actuation area to urge at least one droplet within the gap along the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one spacer is disposed in the first interstitial area to maintain the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. HUFF, Mark A. HAYDEN, Nicholas John COLLIER, Stephen BROWN, Karen Xin Zhou YU
  • Publication number: 20220088600
    Abstract: System for storing and dispensing liquid in a digital microfluidic chip includes a plurality of reservoir electrodes defining a reservoir having an outlet and a first end opposite the outlet, the reservoir configured to be in fluidic communication with at least one device electrode proximate the outlet, the at least one device electrode and at least one of the plurality of reservoir electrodes configured to generate electrical actuation forces to dispense at least one droplet from the reservoir through the outlet. The plurality of reservoir electrodes include a first reservoir electrode proximate the first end, a reservoir outlet electrode proximate the outlet, and at least one intermediate reservoir electrode disposed between the first electrode and the reservoir outlet electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. HUFF, Mark A. HAYDEN, Nicholas John COLLIER, Stephen BROWN, Karen Xin Zhou YU
  • Publication number: 20220072989
    Abstract: A retractable trailer cover adapted for mounting to an existing boat trailer and a method for retrofitting the trailer cover to the boat trailer. The trailer cover includes multiple ribs extending from one side to the other, a flexible cover material, two elongated tracks, and multiple wheels received within the tracks. The ribs are affixed to the wheels so as to be slidably mounted to the tracks. Mounting brackets can be spaced along each of the trailer cover sides, and the tracks can be affixed to the mounting brackets. To mount the trailer cover to the boat trailer, the mounting brackets can be attached to a frame of the boat trailer. The trailer cover can selectively be expanded and retracted to cover and uncover an associated boat and boat trailer and may be used with new or used trailers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ted MacCready, Stephen Brown
  • Publication number: 20220060435
    Abstract: A chatbot designer user interface (UI) has a visual authoring canvas that shows visual elements indicative of a logical flow of processing in a chatbot application. The designer UI receives an authoring input identifying a language processing system that is to be used during runtime. The chatbot application is configured to use the identified language processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher WHITTEN, Sangwoo HAN, Benjamin Abraham Russell BROWN, Vishwac Sena KANNAN, Andrew Stephen BROWN, Marieke Watson IWEMA, Yochay KIRIATY
  • Publication number: 20220036669
    Abstract: A system and a method for identifying errors within a modular framework of a system comprising of a flight management system and an error reporting system. The modular components and correlating code modulars of the modular framework can be executed collectively or independently. Each modular component can be designed to incorporate independent modular updates or modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Terrell Michael Brace, Troy Stephen Brown, Franco ElĂ­as Ledesma Orozco, Francisco Javier Sanchez del Valle
  • Patent number: 11186655
    Abstract: The various embodiments provide, a magnesium titanium polymerization procatalyst, and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Qinyan Wang, Holly Kalma, Marissa Clapson, Peter Zoricak, Lawrence VanAsseldonk, Stephen Brown
  • Patent number: 11190466
    Abstract: A chatbot designer user interface (UI) has a visual authoring canvas that shows visual elements indicative of a logical flow of processing in a chatbot application. The designer UI receives an authoring input identifying a language processing system that is to be used during runtime. The chatbot application is configured to use the identified language processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Whitten, Sangwoo Han, Benjamin Abraham Russell Brown, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Andrew Stephen Brown, Marieke Watson Iwema, Yochay Kiriaty
  • Publication number: 20210349740
    Abstract: Systems and methods for executing a second application within a primary application window are provided, thereby improving the usability of graphical user interfaces (GUI). An exemplary method comprises executing a first application on the primary application window. The primary application window displays a plurality of GUI elements associated with the first application. The first application is configured to execute a second application upon processing an event invoked on the primary application window. Thereafter, the first application and the primary application window are suspended and a secondary application window is displayed within the primary application window. The second application window displays a plurality of GUI elements associated with the secondary application. The first application and primary application window automatically resume after closing the secondary application window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: MICHAEL MINARD, STEPHEN BROWN
  • Publication number: 20210272387
    Abstract: An operator's proximity to an automotive vehicle being inspected is tracked and recorded. An audio and/or a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected, inspection zones, and components within the inspection zones are rendered. A representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected is updated to reflect a condition of the vehicle being inspected, a condition of the inspection zones, and the numbers of defects for each of inspection zones. The audio and visual representations shown as part of any defects of the vehicle being inspected may be recorded. During a vehicle inspection, a visual indication of a driver's location in proximity to a visual representation of the automotive vehicle being inspected may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kayla Heard, Jessica Randall, Alejandro Vazquez, Jerissa Lumansoc, Joseph D. M. Kane, Elias L. Cole, III, Henry Kevin Mest, Drory Ben-Menachem, Stephen Brown
  • Patent number: 11089464
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems, devices and methods described herein generally facilitate performing Bluetooth pairing between a first device and a second device. In accordance with one example embodiment, a first device generates a barcode that encodes Bluetooth pairing data for transmission to the second device, wherein the pairing data comprises a Bluetooth address associated with the first device, and wherein the pairing data further comprises a personal identification number usable to complete the Bluetooth pairing, the barcode is transmitted to the second device, and Bluetooth pairing is performed with the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Brown, Herbert Anthony Little
  • Patent number: 11076134
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for personal sensory drones are described herein. A personal sensory drone system includes a drone remote control system comprising: a task module to transmit a task to a drone swarm for the drone swarm to execute, the drone swarm including at least two drones; a transceiver to receive information from the drone swarm related to the task; and a user interface module to present a user interface based on the information received from the drone swarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Giuseppe Raffa, Glen J. Anderson, Lenitra M. Durham, Richard Beckwith, Kathy Yuen, Joshua Ekandem, Jamie Sherman, Ariel Moshkovitz, Omer Ben-Shalom, Jennifer Anne Healey, Stephen Brown, Tamara Gaidar, Yosi Govezensky