Patents by Inventor Stephen An

Stephen An 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: 20160062567
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing and playing music. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of a music application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing playlists, an affordance for a list of artists, and an affordance for accessing a list of songs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. YANG, David Chance GRAHAM, Christopher Patrick FOSS, Anton M. DAVYDOV, Alan C. DYE, Jonathan P. IVE, Stephen O. LEMAY
  • Publication number: 20160059895
    Abstract: An all-terrain 4 wheeled vehicle with a frame comprising an arcuate shape. In one embodiment, the arcuate shape extends from a rear axis to a front axis such that there is additional clearance over a typical non arcuate frame at a given ride height. The arcuate frame may also provide for additional structural strength. The frame may also include the ability to attach periphery accessories such as an engine cage, a passenger cage, trailing arms, power train and transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Stephen Kariniemi
  • Publication number: 20160060655
    Abstract: Viral infection is a persistent cause of human disease. Guided nuclease systems target the genomes of viral infections, rendering the viruses incapacitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: STEPHEN R. QUAKE, JIANBIN WANG
  • Publication number: 20160059155
    Abstract: A carafe filter cartridge for reverse flow applications where the filter housing and filter media top end cap directs unfiltered fluid into the filter media annular cavity, through the filter media sidewalls. And the filter media bottom end cap prohibits egress, filter fluid from exiting through the filter media end or the annular cavity. Filtered fluid is instead directed out through apertures in the filter housing sidewall. The optimum ratio of annular cavity and/or top end cap orifice area to the respective perimeter is determined to remove the risk of detrimental fluid flow due to air bubble generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew W. Lombardo, Stephen P. Huda, Frank A. Brigano
  • Publication number: 20160060302
    Abstract: A composition of matter and method of treating HIV with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) is disclosed. Specifically, MSCs are transduced with vectors incorporating an anti-viral fusion inhibitor, such as a C46-derived peptide. The transduced MSCs are capable of expression the inhibitor and preventing HIV virus-cell fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen E. BRAUN, Debasis MONDAL, Bruce A BUNNEL, Narae LEE
  • Publication number: 20160059909
    Abstract: A side-view mirror assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The mirror assembly may generally include a mirror housing configured to support a mirror. The mirror housing may define an airfoil shape have a first side surface and a second side surface extending between a forward edge and an aft edge. In addition, the mirror housing may be movable between a first position, wherein the mirror housing is aerodynamically aligned with an airflow flowing past the vehicle, and a second position, wherein the mirror reflects a rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Lorenzo Henderson, Stephen Alfred Wulff
  • Publication number: 20160063448
    Abstract: A system is provided for establishing an open communication channel between a client and an advisor. The system includes a client device, an advisor device, and a host device, all connected via a network. If the client interacts with a “talk” portion of a mobile web site, the host will attempt to authorize the request by determining whether the client has sufficient funds in their account to cover a communication with the advisor for a predetermined period of time, where the predetermined period of time is either set by the host, an administer, or the advisor. If the host device determines that sufficient funds are available, the host device then determines whether the advisor is currently available. If the advisor is currently available, then the host will provide a phone number to the client device and update the advisor's queue to reflect the instant communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Jason Freeland, Burhan Khan, Fred Roby
  • Publication number: 20160061552
    Abstract: An elastomerically self-grasping spear holder for an underwater sling. A cylindrical spear holder has a ring-shaped front part, a solid rear part and a center part containing only two support arms of limited circumferential extent. An elastomeric constrictor placed over the support arms has sides that have a smaller dimension than the diameter of the spear holder. When a spear is placed within the spear holder, the sides of the elastomeric constrictor grip the spear by compression so that the spear is held in position without being held by the operator. The rear part of the spear holder is solid, with a recess on the front surface to receive the rear end of the spear, and a through hole to receive the elastic band connected to a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Michael John Nicely, Stephen John Nicely, Travis Carlysle Nicely
  • Publication number: 20160059672
    Abstract: A liquid cooling system for a work vehicle may generally include an expansion tank and a deaeration line having a fluid conduit which fluidly couples the expansion tank to a component of the cooling system. The fluid conduit defines a flow passage therein and includes an upstream portion, a downstream portion and an intermediate portion where the intermediate portion is defined between the upstream and downstream portions. The flow passage within the intermediate portion has cross-sectional shape which restricts liquid coolant flow between the component and the expansion tank during operation of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Bunnell, Stephen M. Balcom, Daniel A. Morey, Rajeshwar Adupala, Mark Klassen
  • Publication number: 20160065319
    Abstract: Apparatus and method pertaining to the calculation of at least one value that represents, at least in part, wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of both a local wireless receiver and a remote receiver that receives wireless transmissions from a local wireless transmitter. By one approach the apparatus directly determines the wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of the local wireless receiver and indirectly determines the wireless reception signal strength from the perspective of the remote receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Peter MONTEMURRO, Khaled LAKHDHAR, Stephen McCANN, Lizhong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20160063807
    Abstract: A console is described, having display means, and game control means arranged to control images displayed on the display means, the game control means being arranged to play a game in which one or more symbols are randomly selected as a combination of symbols and displayed on the display means. If a winning combination results, the machine awards a prize. In some circumstances, the console will display an animated character to communicate information to the player. The character is independent of and appears asynchronously with respect to the game being played and is arranged to appear super imposed over any game screen currently displayed at the time the character is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Luke Bennett, Natalie Bryant, Stephen Byng
  • Publication number: 20160063268
    Abstract: A display device includes one or more sensors to sense activity in a physical region near the display, as well as a permission component, account component, and a data gathering component. The permission component is configured to determine a permission level corresponding to the display device. The account component is configured to determine an account status that is based on the permission level. The data gathering component is configured to gather usage data for the display device based on the permission level. The usage data includes data from the one or more sensors regarding activity in the physical region near the display device. The transmission component is configured to transmit the usage data to a remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jesse R. Cheatham, III, William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Publication number: 20160065684
    Abstract: A request is received at a proxy server for a web page, the request originating from a client network application of a client device. The requested web page includes multiple references to multiple images. The proxy server retrieves the requested web page. The proxy server modifies code of the retrieved web page such that the client network application will not, for each one of images, request that image until the location where that image is to be displayed is within a viewport of the client network application or within a defined distance from the viewport of the client network application. The proxy server transmits the modified web page to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Joel, Michael Sofaer, Lee Hahn Holloway, Ray Raymond Bejjani, Matthieu Philippe François Tourne, Sébastien Andreas Henry Pahl, Dane Orion Knecht
  • Publication number: 20160059153
    Abstract: A sand separator is provided that includes a separation chamber and a drain. The sand separator comprises a meter in fluid communication with an interior of the separation chamber, wherein the meter is configured to detect a liquid/solid interface. Meter electronics in electrical communication with the meter are configured to receive a signal from the meter indicating the liquid/solid interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Micro Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Dewhurst Smith, Simon P.H. Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20160066124
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for managing alerts of one or more computing devices. For example, a user device may configure a user interface to present electronic content corresponding to a first category. The user device may also receive a data structure of rules. At least one rule may correspond to an entry of the data structure for an alert category pairing. The user device may receive information that identifies and incoming alert and determine a presentation method for the incoming alert based at least in part on a corresponding rule. The user device may also present the incoming based at least in part on the determined presentation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Chang, Austen J. Green, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Imran A. Chaudhri, Gary I. Butcher, Stephen O. Lemay, Christopher I. Wilson, Alan C. Dye, Curtis Rothert
  • Publication number: 20160060216
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) wherein L1, L2, L3, L4, R1, R4, R5, R6, and s are as defined in the specification. Compounds of formula (I) are EP4 agonists useful in the treatment of glaucoma, osteoporosis, bone fracture, periodontal bone loss, orthopedic implant, alopecia, neuropathic pain, and related disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating conditions or disorders are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Douglas Barrett, Joseph Michael Colombo, Bradlee David Germain, Gregory William Endres, Andriy Komilov, James Bernard Kramer, Adam Uzieblo, Fred Lawrence Ciske, Kirk M. Maxey, James Paul O'Malley, Thomas Allen Owen
  • Publication number: 20160063184
    Abstract: A user device for professional workflow assistance provides decision support in the form of concise alerts in the form of immediate feedback (real-time or near real-time) analysis performed by a user device application based on locally stored rules. The decision support is rendered in a timely manner in a current session with the patient, client or customer to maintain a context of the information gathering and the concurrent consideration of the decision support provided. The decision maker need not retreat to an office or separate location for consideration and analysis of the decision support results, but instead immediately considers the application generated results on the rendering screen of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen S. Hau, Tuyen Tran, Alan Huffman, Craig A. Fields
  • Publication number: 20160062747
    Abstract: A graph-based program specification includes: a plurality of components, each corresponding to a processing task and including one or more ports, including scalar data ports for sending or receiving a single data element and collection data ports for sending or receiving a collection of multiple data elements; and one or more links, each connecting an output port of an upstream component to an input port of a downstream component. Prepared code is generated representing subsets of the plurality of components, including: identifying one or more subset boundaries, including identifying one or more links connecting a collection data port of a component to a scalar data port of a component; forming the subsets based on the identified subset boundaries; and generating prepared code for each formed subset that when used for execution by a runtime system causes processing tasks corresponding to the components in each formed subset to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Craig W. Stanfill, Richard Shapiro, Stephen A. Kukolich
  • Publication number: 20160058717
    Abstract: The invention comprises methods for treating and preventing a bacterial infection in a subject, methods for preparing a medicament for use in treating and preventing a bacterial infection in a subject, and pharmaceutical and veterinary antibacterial compositions when used therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Page, Sanjay Garg
  • Publication number: 20160066424
    Abstract: A circuit board has a first side and a second side opposite thereto. The board includes vias extending through the substrate from the first side to the second side, and via contact pads on the second side, each of which surrounds a corresponding via. The board includes a pair of surface mount contact pads on the second side. Each surface mount contact pad has a surface area and edges, each of which can have a shape to maximize the surface area while maintaining predetermined minimum separation distances. Each edge except one or more edges that are opposite another surface mount contact pad have a curved shape, and each edge opposite another surface mount contact pad have a linear shape. Curved edges adjacently opposite corresponding via contact pads can have curved shapes can have concave shapes, and curved edges not adjacently opposite via contact pads can have convex shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Eric R. Ao, Stephen J. Flint, Michael W.J. Hogan, Shannon D. McGale, Rodolfo B. Salinas