Patents by Inventor Stephen Daniels
Stephen Daniels 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).
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Publication number: 20230360457Abstract: A multi-factor authentication access control system is described for permitting access to secured locations. Types of authentication factors include property or physical-based items and biometric-based information. Optionally, the biometric information presented by the person is evaluated for being a presentation attack. Exemplary embodiments are directed to controlling door access.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Keith W. Hartman, Dan Potter, Sunny Wang, Stephen Daniel Connor
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Publication number: 20230210948Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods related to the treatment of IgA nephropathy. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for treating a patient having IgA nephropathy (IgAN), to methods for reducing the serum Gd-IgA1 level in a patient having IgA nephropathy (IgAN), to methods for reducing the proteinuria in a patient having IgA nephropathy, to methods for reducing the serum Gd-IgA1 level and the proteinuria in a patient having IgA nephropathy, and further related disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Stephen Daniel WAX, Roberto BASSI, Hans GUEHRING, Christopher TEHLIRIAN, Amy Hui-Chien KAO
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Patent number: 11667066Abstract: An apparatus and method for actuating a valve stem between an open position and a closed position and for taking one or more valve gated nozzle out of service is disclosed. The hot runner includes a valve gated nozzle having a valve stem, the valve stem coupled to a piston that is held against an actuation plate via pressurized air. When a valve stem becomes stuck in a gate of the hot runner, the actuation plate can continue to move while the piston remains stationary. The valve stem may also be protected from an over force situation such as if the valve stem encounters an obstruction as the actuation plate is moving toward the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Daniel Ferenc, William Steven Keir, Brandon Douglas White
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Publication number: 20230136152Abstract: A thermal shield flexure member. The thermal shield flexure member includes a first face portion, a second face portion and a third portion. The first face portion defines openings configured to align with receptacles of a thermal shield. The second face portion defines openings configured to align with openings of a core barrel and openings of an arm portion of a modified thermal shield flexure connected to the core barrel. The third portion is connected to the first face portion and the second face portion, and comprises a radiused portion. The thermal shield flexure member is configured to provide flexibility in an axial direction to accommodate differential axial expansions of the core barrel and the thermal shield, and rigidity in a radial direction to inhibit undesirable shell mode vibrations of the core barrel and/or the thermal shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLCInventors: Mark Michael PILLARD, Matthew James PALAMARA, Stephen Daniel SMITH
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Patent number: 11562714Abstract: An augmented reality device sends data representative of a field of view to a remote system. The field of view is comprises two portions, a first portion displayed to a user of the augmented reality device, and a second portion encompassing an area outside of the first portion. The remote system generates an element of an augmented reality display based on the second portion, and sends the element to the augmented reality device. When movement of the device causes the field of view to shift, the device includes the generated element in the augmented reality display.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Daniel Vilke
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Patent number: 11562758Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: James David Johnston, Stephen Daniel White, King Wei Hor, Barry M. Genova
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Publication number: 20220403733Abstract: The accuracy of directional surveys may be improved using accelerometers, magnetometers, or both. A control system containing accelerometers is configured specifically to correct errors in bias and gain of each accelerometer by requiring the measured field strengths to be as constant as possible over several tool face angles over multiple points in a wellbore, even when all measurements are within a tangent or lateral section of a wellbore. Corrections for the bias and gain errors determined based on one or more measurements from the accelerometers are applied to measurements at other survey points to improve the accuracy of surveys and the efficiency of drilling operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Daniel Lloyd
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Publication number: 20220365531Abstract: A heading control system for an aircraft arranged to maintain a heading of an aircraft by controlling a nose wheel angle of the aircraft. The heading control system includes an interface arranged to receive a bias signal indicating a bias towards the port or the starboard of the aircraft and one or more processors. The one or more processors are arranged to determine, based on the bias signal, an offset angle defining an offset from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft and to perform a control process to control the nose wheel angle within an angular range based on the offset angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: George HOWELL, Andrew HEBBORN, James KIRRANE, Stephen Daniel POLLARD
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Patent number: 11461168Abstract: Continuity-based data protection may be implemented by systems and methods described herein for collecting a set of data that corresponds to a graphical representation of a computing environment, determining a plurality of subsets of the set of data, wherein a subset of the plurality has mathematical continuity, compressing at least the subset of the plurality, thereby generating one or more compressed subsets, and providing the one or more compressed subset to another computing entity, the other computing entity being able to determine the graphical representation of the computing environment, wherein the graphical representation is presentable to a user of the other computing entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel Vilke, James Morgan Selvidge, Rudy Willis, Paul Hinks
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Patent number: 11454107Abstract: The accuracy of directional surveys may be improved using accelerometers, magnetometers, or both. A control system containing accelerometers is configured specifically to correct errors in bias and gain of each accelerometer by requiring the measured field strengths to be as constant as possible over several tool face angles over multiple points in a wellbore, even when all measurements are within a tangent or lateral section of a wellbore. Corrections for the bias and gain errors determined based on one or more measurements from the accelerometers are applied to measurements at other survey points to improve the accuracy of surveys and the efficiency of drilling operations.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Daniel Lloyd
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Publication number: 20220255910Abstract: Provided herein is a method for registering an IoT device with a DNS registry. The method can include obtaining, at a DNS server, an identifier, IP address, and a public key of an asymmetric key pair associated with the IoT device from a network gateway device that is in communication with the IoT device, wherein the asymmetric key pair is provisioned onto the IoT device and an associated private key stored within a memory of the IoT device at a time that IoT device is manufactured or during a predetermined time window after manufacturing; creating at least one DNS record for the IoT device; assigning a domain name associated with the internet protocol (“IP”) address to the IoT device; storing the identifier, IP address, the domain name, and the public key in the at least one DNS record; and providing confirmation of the registration to the IoT device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel JAMES, Daniel SCHONFELD, Andrew FREGLY, Eric OSTERWEIL
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Publication number: 20220231283Abstract: A functionalized lithium anode for batteries, which is obtainable according to a specific process using diazonium salts. The embodiments also relate to the use of that lithium anode in cells, to a cell including that lithium anode, to the use of that cell in an electronic device, and to an electronic device including that cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicants: ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLCInventors: Angel Manuel VALDIVIELSO PABLO, Luis Miguel MARTINS DOS SANTOS, Christophe AUCHER, Gokhan ÇAVUS, David GUTIERREZ TAUSTE, Sebastien DESILANI, Stephen Daniel LAWES, Ulderico ULISSI
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Publication number: 20220223164Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: James David Johnston, Stephen Daniel White, King Wei Hor, Barry M. Genova
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Patent number: 11368400Abstract: Application data may be transmitted while oscillating a transmission parameter. A metric associated with a complementary network property is analyzed to identify a transition point between a stochastic error state and a deterministic error state of the complementary network property. Additional network properties or states may be inferred from the transition point, and the transmission of the application data may be optimized based on the inferred additional properties or states.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel Vilke, James Morgan Selvidge, Rudy Willis, Paul Hinks
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Patent number: 11356326Abstract: Data is transmitted in accordance with a parameter. For a metric associated with transmission of the data, a response to a stochastic error state of the metric includes making a first adjustment to the parameter in a first direction. A response to a deterministic error state of the metric includes making a second adjustment to the parameter in a second direction, where the second direction is in opposition to the first direction. A transition point between the two states is identified, and a response to the identification is made.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel Vilke, James Morgan Selvidge, Rudy Willis, Paul Hinks
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Patent number: 11336954Abstract: Method and system for determining frame rate of multimedia content streaming on a client device are presented herein. The method includes selecting a region within a screen of a computing display device displaying a video stream. One or more image frames of the video stream in the region are recorded. Changes in the color composition between the recorded image frames are detected. Based on the changes in the color composition, the frame rate of the video stream is determined.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel Vilke, David Scheiderman
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Patent number: 11319025Abstract: A marine vessel hull, and marine vessels comprising at least one such hull, comprising a non-entrapment hull having at least one partial-beam, longitudinally vented transverse step, each partial-beam, longitudinally vented transverse step comprising a transverse step with port and starboard portions that do not continuously extend from port chine to starboard chine. In one embodiment, the port and starboard portions extend inwardly to an intersection with at least one longitudinal step but do not fully extend from starboard to port across the full beam of the vessel. In another, the port and starboard portions extend between longitudinal steps across the centerline but not to the starboard and port chines.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Cross Step LLCInventor: Stephen Daniel Matthews
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Patent number: 11323422Abstract: Provided herein is a method for registering an IoT device with a DNS registry. The method can include obtaining, at a DNS server, an identifier, IP address, and a public key of an asymmetric key pair associated with the IoT device from a network gateway device that is in communication with the IoT device, wherein the asymmetric key pair is provisioned onto the IoT device and an associated private key stored within a memory of the IoT device at a time that IoT device is manufactured or during a predetermined time window after manufacturing; creating at least one DNS record for the IoT device; assigning a domain name associated with the internet protocol (“IP”) address to the IoT device; storing the identifier, IP address, the domain name, and the public key in the at least one DNS record; and providing confirmation of the registration to the IoT device.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Daniel James, Daniel Schonfeld, Andrew Fregly, Eric Osterweil
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Patent number: 11289108Abstract: An encoder operable to filter audio signals into a plurality of frequency band components, generate quantized digital components for each band, identify a potential for pre-echo events within the generated quantized digital components, generate an approximate signal by decoding the quantized digital components using inverse pulse code modulation, generate an error signal by comparing the approximate signal with the sampled audio signal, and process the error signal and quantized digital components. The encoder operable to process the error signal by processing delayed audio signals and Q band values, determining the potential for pre-echo events from the Q band values, and determining scale factors and MDCT block sizes for the potential for pre-echo events.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: James David Johnston, Stephen Daniel White, King Wei Hor, Barry M. Genova
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Patent number: 11252097Abstract: Techniques for oscillatory complementary network property calibration of a network connection can be implemented by measuring a first network property (e.g., latency or bandwidth output) as a function of bandwidth input and performing statistical analysis to determine a correlation. If a non-zero correlation coefficient is detected, a second network property complementary to the first network property can be measured to determine a first value of the second network property. Likewise, the second network property can be measured as a function of bandwidth input to determine a second correlation which, if positive, may indicate how to determine a second value of the first network property. The first value and the second value can be utilized to determine a third value of a third network property (e.g., network latency and network capacity utilized to determine bandwidth-delay product).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: James Morgan Selvidge, Stephen Daniel Vilke, Paul Hinks, Rudy Willis