Patents by Inventor Steven Baker
Steven Baker 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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Patent number: 12077369Abstract: A sanitation storage device and a method of installing the same is provided. The device comprises an upper storage portion comprising a platform, an upper storage portion containment feature, and an upper storage portion access opening. The device further comprises a lower storage comprising a lower storage portion access opening and a lower storage portion containment feature. The upper storage portion is configured to receive a first container filled with a hand sanitizer, such that the first container is disposed upon the platform and extends through the upper opening, and the lower storage portion is configured to receive a second container, filled with a cleaning solution, such that the second container is disposed within the interior void. The storage device allows for storage of hand sanitizer and cleaning solution in a manner that conceals the cleaning solution while allowing easy access to the hand sanitizer in the respective communal space.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Dean Transportation, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Dean, Daren Baker, James Prang, Scott Somerville, Steven McGeorge
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Publication number: 20240284850Abstract: A wheat variety designated G18C2097, the plants and seeds and plant parts of wheat variety G18C2097, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety G18C2097 with itself or another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety G18C2097 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis, or transformation of variety G18C2097. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety G18C2097 and wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: 21st Century Genetics Corp.Inventors: Brant A Baker, Gregory J Fox, Steven M Fox
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Patent number: 11294974Abstract: An embedding associated with a query comprising one or more query terms is determined to be not stored in memory. An embedding is generated for the one or more query terms. One or more web documents that are similar to the generated embedding are determined. One or more content cards associated with the one or more web documents that are determined to be similar to the generated embedding are provided in a content feed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Anand Shukla, Derek Kisman, Kushal Tayal, Steven Baker, Vishnu Priya Natchu
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Patent number: 11200288Abstract: A curation score associated with an entity is determined. A good interest probability value associated with the entity is determined. A content feed for a user that includes one or more web documents is generated based in part on the curation score and the good interest probability value.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Steven Baker, Hang Zhao, Kushal Tayal
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Patent number: 11149735Abstract: An insert component for a scroll compressor comprises a polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. The insert component comprises an annular body and an axial projection. The annular body defines a first centrally-disposed opening having has a central axis extending therethrough. The annular body has a first side comprising a first contact surface configured to engage a partition plate and a second side a second contact surface configured to engage a floating seal assembly. The first contact surface defines a slope between first and second radial locations. The axial projection extends from the annular body and can be received in a second centrally-disposed opening of the partition plate. The insert component can fluidly seal both a first interface between the first contact surface and the partition plate and a second interface between the second contact surface and a floating seal assembly during operation of the scroll compressor.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jack Morris DeFord, Charles Penzone Dagenfield, Steven Baker, Yogesh Sudhirarao Mahure
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Patent number: 10914604Abstract: A navigation system that includes a processor, a satellite antenna communicatively coupled to the processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, a route list stored in the one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory module that cause the navigation system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive the signal from the global positioning system satellite; transform the signal into a current location of the navigation system; track a travel route relative to the current location until conclusion of the travel route; determine whether at least one route candidate from the route list includes the travel route; and generate an inquiry to identify the travel route as a consistent route in response to determining at least one route candidate from the route list does not include the travel route.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Steven Baker
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Publication number: 20200080859Abstract: A navigation system that includes a processor, a satellite antenna communicatively coupled to the processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, a route list stored in the one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory module that cause the navigation system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive the signal from the global positioning system satellite; transform the signal into a current location of the navigation system; track a travel route relative to the current location until conclusion of the travel route; determine whether at least one route candidate from the route list includes the travel route; and generate an inquiry to identify the travel route as a consistent route in response to determining at least one route candidate from the route list does not include the travel route.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Steven Baker
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Publication number: 20190377729Abstract: Provided is a system for providing a computer-implemented targeted search interface including a graphical user interface including at least one selectable option and at least one untitled search break. The system includes a database having a plurality of search results. The system further includes a processor, programmed or configured to, in response to actuation of a first selectable option: generate at least one related search break; prompt the user to input user data; receive the user data; generate, from the user data, a user profile; identify at least one group of related users; and, in response to actuation of the at least one related search break, generate, on a graphical user interface, a plurality of subsets of the at least one related search break, wherein a subset of the plurality of subsets of the at least one related search break has a relationship with a group of related users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Kenneth Orkin, Sondra Baker, Daniel Wade, Steven Baker
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Publication number: 20190323504Abstract: An insert component for a scroll compressor comprises a polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. The insert component comprises an annular body and an axial projection. The annular body defines a first centrally-disposed opening having has a central axis extending therethrough. The annular body has a first side comprising a first contact surface configured to engage a partition plate and a second side a second contact surface configured to engage a floating seal assembly. The first contact surface defines a slope between first and second radial locations. The axial projection extends from the annular body and can be received in a second centrally-disposed opening of the partition plate. The insert component can fluidly seal both a first interface between the first contact surface and the partition plate and a second interface between the second contact surface and a floating seal assembly during operation of the scroll compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jack Morris DeFord, Charles Penzone Dagenfield, Steven Baker, Yogesh Sudhirarao Mahure
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Patent number: 10452718Abstract: A stopword detection component detects stopwords (also stop-phrases) in search queries input to keyword-based information retrieval systems. Potential stopwords are initially identified by comparing the terms in the search query to a list of known stopwords. Context data is then retrieved based on the search query and the identified stopwords. In one implementation, the context data includes documents retrieved from a document index. In another implementation, the context data includes categories relevant to the search query. Sets of retrieved context data are compared to one another to determine if they are substantially similar. If the sets of context data are substantially similar, this fact may be used to infer that the removal of the potential stopword(s) is not material to the search. If the sets of context data are not substantially similar, the potential stopword can be considered material to the search and should not be removed from the query.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Simon Tong, Uri Lerner, Amit Singhal, Paul Haahr, Steven Baker
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Publication number: 20190258719Abstract: A nearest neighbor image embedding associated with an n-gram is determined. The nearest neighbor image embedding is associated with an image. One or more web documents associated with the n-gram and the image are provided in a content feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Steven Baker, Vishnu Priya Natchu, Srinivasan Venkatachary
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Publication number: 20190178250Abstract: A polymeric composite insert component for a scroll compressor comprises a polymer and at least one reinforcing or lubricating particle. The insert component comprises an annular body and an axial projection. The annular body comprises a first annular inner surface defining a first centrally-disposed opening having a central axis. The annular body has a first side configured to engage a partition plate and a second side configured to engage a floating seal assembly. The axial projection extends from the first side of the annular body. The axial projection is configured to engage the partition plate. The insert component is configured to fluidly seal first and second interfaces during operation of the compressor. The first interface is defined between the first contact surface and the partition plate. The second interface defined between the second contact surface and the floating seal assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Jack Morris DeFord, Charles Penzone Dagenfield, Steven Baker
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Patent number: 10223439Abstract: A system and method for generating query refinement suggestions may include collecting refinement data for at least one received source query. The collected refinement data is then clustered to form at least one cluster. At least one potential refinement query suggestion is identified from the refinement data within the at least one cluster.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Steven Baker, Paul Haahr
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Publication number: 20180246974Abstract: Techniques for enhanced search for generating a content feed are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for enhanced search for generating a content feed includes determining a plurality of interests for a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account; searching one or more websites based on the plurality of interests associated with the user; generating an index that includes a plurality of web documents and relationships between each of the plurality of web documents; and generating a content feed that includes at least a subset of the plurality of web documents based on a ranking, wherein the ranking is based on the plurality of interests associated with the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Anand Shukla, Vishnu Priya Natchu, Srinivasan Venkatachary, Hang Zhao, Steven Baker, Kushal Tayal, Pedro Miguel Martins Roque Marques
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Publication number: 20180246973Abstract: Techniques for providing user interest modeling are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for providing user interest modeling includes determining a plurality of interests associated with a user account and generated a content feed for a user that includes one or more web documents based on the plurality of interests.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Hang Zhao, Steven Baker, Vishnu Priya Natchu, Anand Shukla, Pedro Miguel Martins Roque Marques
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Patent number: 9817920Abstract: A stopword detection component detects stopwords (also stop-phrases) in search queries input to keyword-based information retrieval systems. Potential stopwords are initially identified by comparing the terms in the search query to a list of known stopwords. Context data is then retrieved based on the search query and the identified stopwords. In one implementation, the context data includes documents retrieved from a document index. In another implementation, the context data includes categories relevant to the search query. Sets of retrieved context data are compared to one another to determine if they are substantially similar. If the sets of context data are substantially similar, this fact may be used to infer that the removal of the potential stopword(s) is not material to the search. If the sets of context data are not substantially similar, the potential stopword can be considered material to the search and should not be removed from the query.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Simon Tong, Uri Lerner, Amit Singhal, Paul Haahr, Steven Baker
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Patent number: 9495443Abstract: A system and method for generating query refinement suggestions may include collecting refinement data for at least one received source query. The collected refinement data is then clustered to form at least one cluster. At least one potential refinement query suggestion is identified from the refinement data within the at least one cluster.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven Baker, Paul Haahr
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Patent number: 9325814Abstract: A system for managing communications between a group of remote machine-to-machine devices and a management platform is described where the remote devices may have disparate communication protocols. An agent gateway sits in the communication path between the remote devices and the management platform and communicates wireless with the remote devices using the native communication protocols of each device. The agent gateway includes a translator function connected to a management information base, wherein the management information base contains information relating to each machine-to-machine device and its native protocol. The agent gateway translates the messages into a standard protocol, such as SNMP, used by the network management platform allowing the network management platform to monitor and manage the remote devices using the standard network protocol.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Numerex Corp.Inventors: Wayne Stargardt, Steven Baker
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Patent number: 9183297Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that considers lexical synonyms for terms while processing a query. During operation, the system receives a query containing one or more terms. Next, the system identifies one or more lexical synonyms for the one or more terms. The system then generates an altered query using the one or more lexical synonyms and processes the altered query to produce search results.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Steven Baker, Maureen Heymans, Evan M. Martin, Dimitra Papachristou, Trystan G. Upstill, Ke Yang
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Patent number: 8965919Abstract: A stopword detection component detects stopwords (also stop-phrases) in search queries input to keyword-based information retrieval systems. Potential stopwords are initially identified by comparing the terms in the search query to a list of known stopwords. Context data is then retrieved based on the search query and the identified stopwords. In one implementation, the context data includes documents retrieved from a document index. In another implementation, the context data includes categories relevant to the search query. Sets of retrieved context data are compared to one another to determine if they are substantially similar. If the sets of context data are substantially similar, this fact may be used to infer that the removal of the potential stopword(s) is not material to the search. If the sets of context data are not substantially similar, the potential stopword can be considered material to the search and should not be removed from the query.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Simon Tong, Uri Lerner, Amit Singhal, Paul Haahr, Steven Baker