Patents by Inventor Steven A. Richards

Steven A. Richards 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: 10798249
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to minimize data usage over a costly or slow communication link, this method allows a camera to stream only when a user or a plurality of users are actively watching the video. When the user(s) are not watching the video stream the stream is terminated preventing any further data usage on the metered data connection. The system may also include a user device and a back-end network with a stream manager service. The stream manager service terminates streaming over a wireless channel by an application of the user device when the user device determines one of inactivity of a user of the user device with the application or navigation on the user device away from the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Live View Technologies
    Inventors: Steven Richard Lindsey, Skyler J. Call, Charles G. Hayward
  • Publication number: 20200309114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pneumatically driven fluid pump apparatus having an outer pump housing for collecting liquid to be pumped, and a valve assembly in communication with liquid admitted through an inlet end of the outer pump housing and collecting within the outer pump housing. The valve assembly includes a housing assembly and a poppet valve assembly disposed within the housing assembly to act as a one-way check valve when pumping collected liquid out from the outer pump housing. The poppet valve assembly includes a poppet valve component including a relief area that helps to depressurize an interior area of the valve assembly, to facilitate rapid movement of the poppet valve element from an open position toward a closed position, when only a pressurized fluid flow being used to eject the collected liquid is flowing past the poppet valve component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicants: Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. SCHAUPP, David A. FISCHER, Steven Richard WELLS, Donald Lee SCHULTZ, Matthew Thomas MCKEOWN, William C. ALLEN, III
  • Publication number: 20200303880
    Abstract: An electrical connection system includes various devices and structures for improving alien crosstalk performance in a high density configuration. In certain examples, a plurality of insulation displacement contacts of a connector are arranged at angle and oriented to be symmetrical about an axial of the connector. The connector includes a connector housing and a shield cap configured to at least partially cover the connector housing. The shield cap includes a shield wall and an open side that is not closed by a shield wall. The shield wall exposes a portion of the connector when the shield cap is mounted to the connector housing. When a plurality of such connectors are arranged side by side in a high density configuration, the connectors are aligned such that the open side of the shield cap is arranged close to, or abutted to, the shield wall of the shield cap of an adjacent connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Richard BOPP, Paul John PEPE, Shawn Phillip TOBEY, Bernard Harold HAMMOND, JR.
  • Patent number: 10782799
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating data from a smart pen to a device using a pen input data channel having a first bandwidth; said data including short range wireless connection data; establishing, using said data, a short range wireless connection between the smart pen and the device; and communicating, in a connected condition, higher bandwidth data between the smart pen and the device using the short range wireless connection. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Steven Richard Perrin
  • Patent number: 10766759
    Abstract: A volatile liquid refueling apparatus, which includes a probe, and a receiver including a dual locking mechanism whereby said apparatus can be locked in either an open position or a closed position, and a safety lock which disables or enables access to the dual locking mechanism when manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Scott, Jeffrey Nicholas Wilson
  • Patent number: 10723612
    Abstract: A method for transferring volatile liquid from a refueling tank to the fuel tank of an internal combustion device including the steps of providing a volatile liquid refueling apparatus, having a probe including an outer collar and a receiver including a receiving collar, where the outer collar and the receiving collar are configured to join to create a vapor-tight enclosure, installing the receiver in the fuel tank of an internal combustion device, installing the probe in the refueling tank, inserting the probe into the receiver, engaging the receiving collar and the probe outer collar to create a vapor-tight enclosure, transferring volatile liquid from the refueling tank to the fuel tank, and disengaging the probe from the receiver, including sealing the refueling tank and the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Patent number: 10728048
    Abstract: A telecommunications panel and associated system are disclosed. In one example, the panel includes a panel housing having a first side and a second side, one or more data connectors on the first side, and a power input signal connector on the first side. The panel includes one or more combined power output and data signal connectors on the second side, each of the combined power output and data signal connectors configured to electrically connect to a twisted pair cable and including a plurality of twisted pairs each having first and second wire contacts. The one or more twisted pairs are configured to carry a power signal as a direct current voltage difference between the first and second wire contacts, and the remaining twisted pairs from the plurality of twisted pairs are configured to carry differential data signals. The telecommunications panel is configured to selectably allow pairs of the remaining twisted pairs from the plurality of twisted pairs to cooperate to carry a power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul John Pepe, Steven Richard Bopp
  • Patent number: 10716950
    Abstract: A method for treating conditions associated with thalamocortical dysrhythmia. The method includes applying transcranial low voltage electrical stimulation (TLVES) therapy or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy to a patient in need thereof, and administering to the patient a dissociative anesthetic during the TLVES therapy or the TMS therapy. A number of conditions including tinnitus, depression and pain can be treated with TLVES or TMS in combination with the dissociative anesthetic, such as an NMADR inhibitor, including ketamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Inventor: Steven Richard Devore Best
  • Publication number: 20200223042
    Abstract: A tool for installing circlips in a universal joint, the tool including a handle and a blade configured to hold a circlip, the blade further including a retaining device which holds the circlip until it can be installed on a universal joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Richard Scott, Jeffrey Nicholas Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200228477
    Abstract: A real-time messaging system platform receives from, a communication application installed on a first user communication device, a first user identifier, an indication that a messaging service message composed by the first user is being directed to a first destination associated with a second user, and an identification of data present in the messaging service message. The identification of the data and a message transmission history of the first user is used to enable selection of a message of a first entity. The selected message of the first entity is caused to be displayed by the communication application within a message framework that frames the first user messaging service message. The first entity message is caused to be included in the messaging service message transmitted to the second user device, wherein the first entity is not provided with access to the identity of the first user or the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Richard Brown, Leonard Robert Butterman, Anthony Pisciotto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10698597
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input overlay application, handwriting ink strokes; determining handwriting units for the handwriting ink strokes; accepting editing input of the handwriting ink strokes; and reflowing handwriting ink strokes based on the editing input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, John Weldon Nicholson, Scott Edwards Kelso, Bradley Park Strazisar, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch
  • Publication number: 20200191535
    Abstract: A field filled, flexible linear charge system for cutting through material by explosive detonation; the system including a flexible carcass for application to a surface; the carcass adapted for filling with an explosive compound at a site of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Chris MURRAY, Steven Richard COURTLEY
  • Patent number: 10674852
    Abstract: An axially collapsible cooking vessel comprises a flexible body having plural circumferentially extending reduced thickness areas spacedly arrayed between an upper peripheral edge and a bottom edge that provide for nested folding of the flexible body axially inwardly and downwardly upon itself; a heat conductive base that is interconnected with a bottom peripheral edge of the flexible body in a fluid tight engagement therewith; a heatsink structurally interconnected to a bottom surface of the heat conductive base, the heatsink having an annular shaped radiator and a circumferentially extending shield extending about the annular shaped radiator; and a removable lid releasable engageable with a top opening defined by the flexible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GSI Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Gauss, Steven Richard Motzkus
  • Patent number: 10671795
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, in an overlay input application, one or more ink strokes provided to an input field overlay area; and providing, in the overlay input application, a preview area that displays a typeset preview for the one or more ink strokes; wherein the preview area is displayed in a location determined by an area associated with current ink stroke input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Sarah Jane E Cox, Geoffrey Simon Bula, Rajesh Krishna Daivajna
  • Patent number: 10645041
    Abstract: A real-time messaging system platform receives from, a communication application installed on a first user communication device, a first user identifier, an indication that a messaging service message composed by the first user is being directed to a first destination associated with a second user, and an identification of data present in the messaging service message. The identification of the data and a message transmission history of the first user is used to enable selection of a message of a first entity. The selected message of the first entity is caused to be displayed by the communication application within a message framework that frames the first user messaging service message. The first entity message is caused to be included in the messaging service message transmitted to the second user device, wherein the first entity is not provided with access to the identity of the first user or the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SlamAd.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Brown, Leonard Robert Butterman, Anthony Pisciotto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10618797
    Abstract: A volatile liquid refueling apparatus, which includes a probe including an outer collar, and a receiver including a receiving collar, where the outer collar of the probe and the receiving collar of the receiver are configured to join to create a vapor-tight enclosure, and where the receiver further includes a dual locking mechanism whereby the apparatus can be locked in either an open position or a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Patent number: 10614300
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, in an input and display device, handwriting ink strokes; providing, using a handwriting recognition engine, one or more machine words for the one or more ink strokes; determining a characteristic of the one or more handwriting ink strokes; changing, based on the characteristic of the handwriting ink strokes, input formatting for the one or more machine words; and inputting the one or more machine words according to the input formatting. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Edwards Kelso, John Weldon Nicholson, Bradley Park Strazisar, Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Sarah Jane E Cox, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • Patent number: 10608382
    Abstract: An electrical connection system includes various devices and structures for improving alien crosstalk performance in a high density configuration. In certain examples, a plurality of insulation displacement contacts of a connector are arranged at angle and oriented to be symmetrical about an axial of the connector. The connector includes a connector housing and a shield cap configured to at least partially cover the connector housing. The shield cap includes a shield wall and an open side that is not closed by a shield wall. The shield wall exposes a portion of the connector when the shield cap is mounted to the connector housing. When a plurality of such connectors are arranged side by side in a high density configuration, the connectors are aligned such that the open side of the shield cap is arranged close to, or abutted to, the shield wall of the shield cap of an adjacent connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe, Shawn Phillip Tobey, Bernard Harold Hammond, Jr.
  • Patent number: D884443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Pro, inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Scott, Jeffrey Nicholas Wilson
  • Patent number: D886555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Scott, Jeffrey Nicholas Wilson