Patents by Inventor Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson 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).

  • Selection of wireless devices and service plans
    Patent number: 9143625
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are associated with a user. Wireless service plans, offered by at least one wireless carrier that services the geographic location, that meet the wireless preferences associated with the user are determined. A user interface is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is determined utilizing at least the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Moulton
  • Dock kit
    Patent number: 9121154
    Abstract: A dock and dock kit suitable for shipping from a manufacturing site to an erection site where a dock can be erected having elongated dock beams with a length that is greater than the length of any of the beams in the dock kit and the mateable beams have surfaces that are mateable and securable to each other through fasteners to form elongated dock beams with each of the mateable beams having supports thereon for receiving and holding a plurality of dock planks thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventor: Richard Steven Johnson
  • Item stabilizer
    Patent number: 9096348
    Abstract: An item stabilizer configured to prevent lateral movement of an item (such as a product-supporting pallet) in a transport container. The item stabilizer includes a first item side engager, a second item side engager, and a connector attached to each of the item side engagers such that an item can be positioned on the connector between the item side engagers. The item stabilizer is configured to prevent movement of the item by engaging opposite sides of the item while the weight of the item and any products thereon or therein rest on the connector, thereby preventing the connector and the item side engagers themselves from moving laterally. Each item side engager respectively extends between one side of the item and one of the side walls of the transport container to limit the lateral movement of the item. Multiple item stabilizers can work together to hold an item in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventors: Marc Steven Johnson, Michael Scott Carroll, Christopher Wayne Baker
  • Shipping container load securer
    Patent number: 9090378
    Abstract: A shipping container load securer including a pallet and a box connected to the pallet and filled with a filler, wherein the pallet and the box are substantially the same size and shape as a standardized crate used to package goods for transport in shipping containers. The load securer fills voids in partially filled shipping containers, enabling the shipping container to be tightly packed and preventing the movement of goods-filled crates during transport to minimize damage to the goods in the crates in the shipping container, while not substantially increasing the weight of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventors: David Arnold Christiansen, Marc Steven Johnson, Christopher Wayne Baker, George C. Boyse
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING PORTIONS OF VIDEO DATA FOR HIGH QUALITY FEED WHILE CONTINUING A LOW QUALITY FEED
    Publication number: 20150201169
    Abstract: A method for operating a video system is provided. The method includes receiving video data comprising a scene from a video capture device at a video processor, and processing the video data to produce first video data of the scene at a first quality level in the video processor. The method continues by transferring the first video data at a first data rate from the video processor to a remote video processor, receiving a control signal, and processing the video data to produce second video data of the scene at a second quality level in response to the control signal in the video processor, where the second quality level is greater than the first quality level. The method concludes by transferring the second video data at a second data rate from the video processor to the remote video processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Marc-Antoine Lamontagne, Mark Whiffen
  • Exhaust manifold for an engine and method for manufacture
    Patent number: 9080496
    Abstract: A cast exhaust manifold for an engine is disclosed that is fastened to the engine by a number of independent flanges between each pair of which a spacer is positioned to produce an interference fit when the exhaust manifold is at ambient temperature. The use of independent flanges allow the exhaust manifold to expand when heated without creating high levels of internal stress and the spacers prevent undue distortion of the exhaust manifold when the exhaust manifold cools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Bernard Demots, Robert Andrew Wade, Steven Johnson, Michael John Cade
  • Subcutaneous vascular access ports and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 9072880
    Abstract: Ports for accessing a vessels within a patient include passageways that can guide needles or other access devices directly into the vessels. The ports can be implanted subcutaneously within a patient. Some ports may be used in the creation and use of vascular access buttonholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Vital Access Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher M. Phillips, Nathaniel P. Young, Trent J. Perry, Duane D. Blatter, Mark A. Crawford, G. Doug Smith, Steven Johnson
  • Bezel Assembly For Use with An Automated Transaction Device
    Publication number: 20150187158
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R. Masters, Scott A Toth, SR., Daniel Petersen, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
    Patent number: 9071795
    Abstract: In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: David McElhatten, Steven Johnson, Robert Benya, Robert B. Golden, James W. Kasanin
  • Short standoff checkpoint detection system
    Patent number: 9029778
    Abstract: Detecting characteristics of a test subject at a checkpoint. Embodiments may include exposing a single test subject to electromagnetic radiation at a security checkpoint. They may further include determining how the electromagnetic radiation interacts with different portions of the single test subject. They may further include determining different material properties for the different portions of the single test subject by examining how the electromagnetic radiation interacts with the different portions of the single test subject. They may further include providing an indication of the different material properties of the different portions of the single test subject, wherein providing an indication of the different material properties of the different portions of the single test subject comprises distinguishing between different material properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Telesecurity Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Boyd, Steven A. Johnson, David T. Borup, James W. Wiskin, Manuel Berrondo
  • Document Handler System and Method With Timed Operation
    Publication number: 20150083802
    Abstract: A document handler system and method includes timed operation functionality in which the manufacturer of the document handler may input coded information in the document handler to establish a timed operation of the document handler which may be contingent on continued payments for use of the document handler. Alternatively, or in addition, the timed operation may be used to establish an appropriate warranty period during which the manufacturer is obligated to provide repairs, modification and/or support for the document handler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Henderson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Mark Adams, David Christopher Kubajak, Steven Johnson
  • Systems and methods for communicating and rendering electronic program guide information via digital radio broadcast transmission
    Patent number: 8983365
    Abstract: Methods and systems for preparing data for broadcast via digital radio broadcast transmission is disclosed comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of content files corresponding to programming information for program content to be broadcast; receiving an index file having a pointer for each of the plurality of content files, wherein the index file is associated with a first logical address; storing the index file and the plurality of content files; scheduling a broadcast rotation of the index file and the plurality of content files (wherein the index file is scheduled for repeated transmission intermittently relative to selected ones of the content files); and transmitting the index file and the plurality of content files to an importer in accordance with the broadcast rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: iBiquity Digital Corporation
    Inventors: Armond R. Capparelli, Joseph F. D'Angelo, Joseph P. Haggerty, Steven A. Johnson, Bei Li, Lia Meller, Marek Milbar, Jordan Scott, Chinmay M. Shah, Kun Wang, Girish K. Warrier, Christopher R. Gould
  • Bezel assembly for use with an automated transaction device
    Patent number: 8978868
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R Masters, Scott A Toth, Sr., Daniel Petersen, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • System and method for selecting portions of video data for high quality feed while continuing a low quality feed
    Patent number: 8970654
    Abstract: A method for operating a video system is provided. The method includes receiving video data comprising a scene from a video capture device at a video processor, and processing the video data to produce first video data of the scene at a first quality level in the video processor. The method continues by transferring the first video data at a first data rate from the video processor to a remote video processor, receiving a control signal, and processing the video data to produce second video data of the scene at a second quality level in response to the control signal in the video processor, where the second quality level is greater than the first quality level. The method concludes by transferring the second video data at a second data rate from the video processor to the remote video processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Verint Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Steven Johnson, Marc-Antoine Lamontagne, Mark Whiffen
  • Bezel assembly for data reception
    Patent number: 8960404
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting hollow tongue forward of the casing. The forward-extending hollow tongue accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R Masters, Scott A Toth, Sr., Daniel Petersen, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • Bezel assembly comprising image recognition for use with an automated transaction device
    Patent number: 8960406
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R Masters, Scott A Toth, Sr., Daniel Petersen, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • Method of extending life of rotating parts
    Patent number: 8959767
    Abstract: A method of refurbishing a gas turbine engine rotor is disclosed and includes an initial step of inspecting a rotor for defects such as cracks. A strain is then generated around any detected cracks in the rotor to create enhanced plasticized zones about the detected defects that delay defect propagation. Strain is generated by rotating the rotor at speeds greater than operational speeds to induce the desired strain and delay the propagation of defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Staroselsky, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Vincent Barker, Benjamin Adair, W. Steven Johnson
  • Bezel assembly comprising biometric authentication for use with an automated transaction device
    Patent number: 8960405
    Abstract: The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion/dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: JCM American Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Bryan Allen Wilcutt, Omar Jorge Rivera, Connie R Masters, Scott A Toth, Sr., Daniel Petersen, Brian Anthony Montano, Dominic Mohrhardt
  • EXTRACTION CLEANER
    Publication number: 20140345079
    Abstract: An extraction cleaner for a floor surface comprises a fluid delivery system for storing cleaning fluid and delivering the cleaning fluid to the surface to be cleaned and a fluid recovery system for removing the spent cleaning fluid and dirt from the surface to be cleaned and storing the spent cleaning fluid and dirt. The fluid delivery system can further include a bladder housed within a tank of the recovery system, and the bladder can be closed by a fill cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Michael Graham, Mitchell DeJonge, Kenneth MI Lenkiewicz
  • SELECTION OF WIRELESS DEVICES AND SERVICE PLANS
    Publication number: 20140315516
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are associated with a user. Wireless service plans, offered by at least one wireless carrier that services the geographic location, that meet the wireless preferences associated with the user are determined. A user interface is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is determined utilizing at least the wireless preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Moulton