Patents by Inventor Steven A. Miller

Steven A. Miller 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: 20210332974
    Abstract: An underwater dock light having an adjustable anchoring system having a capturing assembly with an upper capturing housing located opposite a lower capturing housing. The upper capturing housing can have at least one cord opening configured to receive a cord. The upper capturing housing can have a cord capturing structure. The cord is configured to contact a portion of the cord capturing structure. A fastener is configured to connect the upper capturing housing to the lower capturing housing. The cord is captured between the cord capturing structure of the upper capturing housing and a surface of the lower capturing housing. An anchoring weight is configured to connect to the capturing assembly. The anchoring weight has an opening. The upper capturing housing and lower capturing housing are configured to retain the anchoring weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Patent number: 11142950
    Abstract: A removably attachable platform device for use with a ladder includes a base plate, a coupler, and a pair of fasteners. The coupler is coupled to a lower face of the base plate and is configured to removably couple to a respective rung of a ladder to couple the base plate to the rung. Each fastener is coupled to a respective opposing side edge of the base plate and is configured to removably couple to a respective siderail of the ladder to couple the base plate to the siderails of the ladder. The base plate is positioned substantially parallel to a substantially horizontal surface, upon which the ladder is positioned, and thus is configured to support a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Publication number: 20210172204
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a door locking apparatus. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus includes a door stop. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus includes a door block. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus includes a door lock. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus is multi-functional and includes at least one of a door stop, block, and a lock. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus may be operated by a user's foot, although other methods of operation are contemplated. In some implementations, the door locking apparatus may be affixed to either an inside opening door or an outside opening door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jon Steven MILLER, Robert Milton MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210154232
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of manipulating ARID5B expression in immune cells such NK cells, T cells, and T cell and NK cell progenitors to enhance their persistence and function in vivo. Also provided herein are modified immune cells and compositions comprising such modified cells for anti-cancer, anti-viral, and other immunotherapies. In some embodiments, immune cells are genetically modified to increase ARID5B expression and, thus, improve persistence, increase in vivo anti-tumor efficacy, and increase viability and functionality of the modified cells after freezing and thawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Steven Miller, Frank Martin Cichocki
  • Patent number: 10958954
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting a video stream are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive a video stream from a broadcaster, process the video steam, store the video streaming, and deliver the video stream to a viewer as a live video stream or a video on demand. The viewer may use an access token to access the video stream. The systems and methods may include an error detection mechanism for detecting an interrupt in the video stream. The systems and methods can restore the access token to its original state if an error is detected. The systems and methods can also include one or more link sharing mechanisms for sharing links to a video stream. The shareable links may be associated with share tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HALOGEN NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Woschank, Christian Maan, Patrick Marschik, Marc Dietrichstein, Eric Richardson, Kevin Conner, Thomas Steven Miller, Joseph August Fisher, III, William Bronson Tubb, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200248506
    Abstract: A removably attachable platform device for use with a ladder includes a base plate, a coupler, and a pair of fasteners. The coupler is coupled to a lower face of the base plate and is configured to removably couple to a respective rung of a ladder to couple the base plate to the rung. Each fastener is coupled to a respective opposing side edge of the base plate and is configured to removably couple to a respective siderail of the ladder to couple the base plate to the siderails of the ladder. The base plate is positioned substantially parallel to a substantially horizontal surface, upon which the ladder is positioned, and thus is configured to support a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Publication number: 20200178494
    Abstract: A collection system for monitoring conditions of a rack of animal cages. An animal caging system including a plurality of animal cages removably connected to an exhaust. A collection media cartridge is slidably received within an opening in a collection media housing dock. The collection media housing dock is positioned between an exhaust plenum of the rack an exhaust air inlet unit. Collection media is removably received in the collection media cartridge. Exhaust air dust clings to the collection media as exhaust from the animal cages flows along the length of the collection media. The collection media cartridge can be removed from the collection media housing dock and the collection media can be removed for sampling the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: John M. COIRO, Brian M. BILECKI, STEVEN MILLER
  • Patent number: 10616666
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems, methods, and computer readable medium devices disclosed herein provide a sentiment analysis system that can determine sentiment from an input of a user received from a device. Once the input is received, parsing and analysis can be performed to determine a particular sentiment corresponding to the input. The system can determine an overall sentiment of some or all of the users or viewers watching a particular video stream, such as a live video stream. The determined overall sentiment can represent a metric indicating what users generally feel about a portion of the video stream, and the system can use the determination to cause modification of the video stream or a future video stream to enhance the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HALOGEN NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Pontiff, John Li, Stephen Kirkland, Brian Drehoff, David Cyman, Henry Pate, Jacob Quattrocchi, Timothy Ashley, Dwight Doane, Patrick Francis Matthews, Joseph Austin Musice, Thomas Steven Miller
  • Publication number: 20200102643
    Abstract: In various embodiments, eroded sputtering targets are partially refurbished by spray-depositing particles of target material to at least partially fill certain regions (e.g., regions of deepest erosion) without spray-deposition within other eroded regions (e.g., regions of less erosion). The partially refurbished sputtering targets may be sputtered after the partial refurbishment without substantive changes in sputtering properties (e.g., sputtering rate) and/or properties of the sputtered films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Steven A. MILLER
  • Publication number: 20200060580
    Abstract: A custom foot orthotic and a system and a method for designing of a custom foot orthotic. The method includes: receiving 3D scan data of the patient's foot; receiving plantar pressure scan data of the patient's foot; establishing a desirable pressure distribution; generating an underfoot elevation profile relative to an elevation profile of the patient's foot in the 3D scan data; determining an internal density profile of the resulting foot orthotic 3D model by superimposing the desirable pressure distribution over the resulting foot orthotic 3D model and reducing or increasing density in regions of the foot orthotic 3D model based on the difference between an expected pattern of support and the desirable pressure distribution; and outputting the 3D model of the custom foot orthotic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Miller, Todd McLean
  • Patent number: 10567654
    Abstract: A light sensor system including a reference light source that moves in unison with a primary mirror and/or an inertial measurement device, and/or the reference light source is directed toward an obscured region of the light sensor system. The reference light source may allow for improved jitter compensation based on feedback of the reference light. The feedback may be representative of the elastic deformation of the optics and telescope optical axis. The improved jitter compensation may allow for the light sensor system (e.g., the housing and/or mirrors) to be built with less stiff materials, which can reduce the cost of manufacturing the present light sensor system compared to previously known optical sensor systems. In cases of high vibration levels which would otherwise degrade the resulting image quality after material stiffness property selections have been exhausted, the light sensor system may provide jitter compensation to improve video or still image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Kirk A. Miller, Christopher J. Baker, Steven A. Miller, Walter W. Norman, Lyale F. Marr, Richard L. Scott
  • Patent number: 10554391
    Abstract: Technologies for allocating data storage capacity on a data storage sled include a plurality of data storage devices communicatively coupled to a plurality of network switches through a plurality of physical network connections and a data storage controller connected to the plurality of data storage devices. The data storage controller is to determine a target storage resource allocation to be used by one or more applications to be executed by one or more sleds in a data center, determine data storage capacity available for each of a plurality of different data storage types on the data storage sled, wherein each data storage type is associated with a different level of data redundancy, determine an amount of data storage capacity for each data storage type to be allocated to satisfy the target storage resource allocation, and adjust the amount of data storage capacity allocated to each data storage type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Miller, Paul Dormitzer
  • Publication number: 20190368716
    Abstract: An underwater dock light having an adjustable anchoring system having a capturing assembly with an upper capturing housing located opposite a lower capturing housing. The upper capturing housing can have at least one cord opening configured to receive a cord. The upper capturing housing can have a cord capturing structure. The cord is configured to contact a portion of the cord capturing structure. A fastener is configured to connect the upper capturing housing to the lower capturing housing. The cord is captured between the cord capturing structure of the upper capturing housing and a surface of the lower capturing housing. An anchoring weight is configured to connect to the capturing assembly. The anchoring weight has an opening. The upper capturing housing and lower capturing housing are configured to retain the anchoring weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Patent number: 10499088
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting a video stream are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive a video stream from a broadcaster, process the video steam, store the video streaming, and deliver the video stream to a viewer as a live video stream or a video on demand. The viewer may use an access token to access the video stream. The systems and methods may include an error detection mechanism for detecting an interrupt in the video stream. The systems and methods can restore the access token to its original state if an error is detected. The systems and methods can also include one or more link sharing mechanisms for sharing links to a video stream. The shareable links may be associated with share tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Halogen Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Woschank, Christian Maan, Patrick Marschik, Marc Dietrichstein, Eric Richardson, Kevin Conner, Thomas Steven Miller, Joseph August Fisher, III, William Bronson Tubb, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10472712
    Abstract: In various embodiments, eroded sputtering targets are partially refurbished by spray-depositing particles of target material to at least partially fill certain regions (e.g., regions of deepest erosion) without spray-deposition within other eroded regions (e.g., regions of less erosion). The partially refurbished sputtering targets may be sputtered after the partial refurbishment without substantive changes in sputtering properties (e.g., sputtering rate) and/or properties of the sputtered films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: H.C. STARCK INC.
    Inventor: Steven A. Miller
  • Patent number: 10438790
    Abstract: A emitter is formed of a thin-film membrane disposed within a cavity so as to provide a output beam. The emitter may be configured to obtain broadband light. The emitter may enhance the emissivity of light over a broad spectral band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Michal Lipson, Gaurang R Bhatt, Raphael St-Gelais, Avik Dutt, Steven Miller, Felippe A. S. Barbosa
  • Patent number: 10436431
    Abstract: An underwater dock light having an adjustable anchoring system having a capturing assembly with an upper capturing housing located opposite a lower capturing housing. The upper capturing housing can have at least one cord opening configured to receive a cord. The upper capturing housing can have a cord capturing structure. The cord is configured to contact a portion of the cord capturing structure. A fastener is configured to connect the upper capturing housing to the lower capturing housing. The cord is captured between the cord capturing structure of the upper capturing housing and a surface of the lower capturing housing. An anchoring weight is configured to connect to the capturing assembly. The anchoring weight has an opening. The upper capturing housing and lower capturing housing are configured to retain the anchoring weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Publication number: 20190261039
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting a video stream are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive a video stream from a broadcaster, process the video steam, store the video streaming, and deliver the video stream to a viewer as a live video stream or a video on demand. The viewer may use an access token to access the video stream. The systems and methods may include an error detection mechanism for detecting an interrupt in the video stream. The systems and methods can restore the access token to its original state if an error is detected. The systems and methods can also include one or more link sharing mechanisms for sharing links to a video stream. The shareable links may be associated with share tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Woschank, Christian Maan, Patrick Marschik, Marc Dietrichstein, Eric Richardson, Kevin Conner, Thomas Steven Miller, Joseph August Fisher, III
  • Patent number: 10271079
    Abstract: Systems and methods for broadcasting a video stream are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive a video stream from a broadcaster, process the video steam, store the video streaming, and deliver the video stream to a viewer as a live video stream or a video on demand. The viewer may use an access token to access the video stream. The systems and methods may include an error detection mechanism for detecting an interrupt in the video stream. The systems and methods can restore the access token to its original state if an error is detected. The systems and methods can also include one or more link sharing mechanisms for sharing links to a video stream. The shareable links may be associated with share tokens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HALOGEN NETWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Woschank, Christian Maan, Patrick Marschik, Marc Dietrichstein, Eric Richardson, Kevin Conner, Thomas Steven Miller, Joseph August Fisher, III
  • Patent number: 10258546
    Abstract: Described herein are tooth whitening strips comprising a hydratable adhesive film with a first side and a second side, the first side having a granular bleaching ingredient attached thereto in an amount effective to whiten teeth, together with methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas Boyd, Guofeng Xu, Richard Adams, Robert Pierce, Steven Miller, David Viscio