Patents by Inventor Steven Richards

Steven 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: 9892199
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting up a specialized personal electronic assistant on an electronic device includes a processor, a display, a language module, a tracking module, a knowledge module, and a rendering module. The language module interprets a communication from a user into a data request. The tracking module stores the data request as one of a plurality of stored data requests. The knowledge module determines a response to the data request. The rendering module displays the response in a tiled area on an image display of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, John Weldon Nicholson
  • Patent number: 9884942
    Abstract: A curable polymer composition comprising: (A) a thermoset maleimide resin precursor component; and further comprising one or both of: (B) an arylsulphone-containing maleimide component; and (C) a polyarylpolymer thermoplastic toughening agent component, wherein in the absence of component (B), said component (C) comprises one or more maleimide pendant and/or end groups, and thermoset resins and composites derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Ward, Paul Mark Cross, Robin Maskell
  • Publication number: 20180032943
    Abstract: A method and system for proactive network maintenance (PNM)-based onsite or remote evaluation of craft skills is provided. The method can be used in stand-alone manner or in conjunction with a local broadband services provider that uses PNM technology, and may be used to evaluate student or technician craft skills, as well as to develop a detailed catalog of craft flaws in order to facilitate better training and also facilitate better troubleshooting of actual network impairments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Harvey Howard, Thomas Martin Davidson, Dean Alan Stoneback, Steven Richard Harris, Pamela Ann Nobles, Christopher Dale Bastian
  • Publication number: 20180022340
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards modular power plants that provide power to operate machines. A power plant is a combustion-electric hybrid power plant that includes at least one or more engines, one or more generators, and one or more battery arrays. The battery arrays include one or more modular batteries. Rather than the engine directly providing power to the machine, the engine and generators charge the batteries. The batteries provide the power required to operate the machine. A user may vary the maximum power output of the power plant by varying the number and/or type of modular batteries included in the one or more battery arrays. The specific configuration of the batteries may be based on the power requirements of the machine's expected usage or operation. The power plant is configured to a specific machine application by installing and/or removing batteries from the battery arrays based on the machine's power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: William McGinley Hill, Adam Monroe Livesay, Steven Richard Schwasnick
  • Publication number: 20180022749
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses compounds of the formula (I) wherein the variables are defined herein which are suitable for the modulation of ROR? and the treatment of diseases related to the modulation of ROR?. The present invention also encompasses processes of making compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical preparations containing them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Johanna BAKONYI, Steven Richard BRUNETTE, Delphine COLLIN, Robert Owen HUGHES, Xiang LI, Shuang LIANG, Robert SIBLEY, Michael Robert TURNER, Lifen WU, Qiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9874950
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, involving: receiving, at a device, handwriting input from a user; detecting, using a processor, a location of at least a part of the handwriting input; and providing, on a display device, at least one adaptive line to guide the handwriting input; wherein the at least one adaptive line is positioned based on the location of at least a part of the handwriting input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Steven Richard Perrin, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak
  • Publication number: 20180011451
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards automatically identifying, configuring, monitoring, controlling, managing, and maintaining a machine, via collection computers in communication with the machine components. The components include ID Tags that store identification data, such as a component type and a unique identifier. Interrogation of the ID Tags enables the automatic identification and configuration of the machine. Data provided by the sensors, during usage of the machine, enables the remote monitoring and managing of the usage, as well as maintaining of the machine. Machine maintenance includes automatically predicting and scheduling the replacement of various components. Embodiments provide suggestions for suppliers of replacement components, as well as suggestions for alternative components that may be better optimized for the configuration and usage of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: William McGinley Hill, Adam Monroe Livesay, Steven Richard Schwasnick
  • Publication number: 20180012270
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards providing analytics and marketplace data to members of a user community. In some embodiments, the analytics and marketplace data are generated based on machine data provided by the members. The analytics and marketplace data may enable automatically identifying, configuring, monitoring, controlling, managing, and/or maintaining a machine or a collection/system of machine components. The analytics may include, but are not limited to analytics related to machine component reliability, machine maintenance conditions, machine prohibited conditions, machine usages, machine alert conditions, and the like. The marketplace data may include information relating to the maintenance of the machine, replacement components or alternative components for the machine, and the like for various machines. Marketplace data may include an aggregation of electronic (e)-commerce data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: WILLIAM McGINLEY HILL, ADAM MONROE LIVESAY, STEVEN RICHARD SCHWASNICK
  • Patent number: 9861802
    Abstract: A percutaneous catheter system for use within the human body and an ablation catheter for ablating a selected tissue region within the body of a subject. The percutaneous catheter system can include two catheters thai are operatively coupled to one another by magnetic coupling through a tissue structure. The ablation catheter can include electrodes positioned within a central portion. The ablation catheter is positioned such that the central portion of a flexible shaft at least partially surrounds the selected tissue region. Each electrode of the ablation catheter can be activated independently to apply ablative energy to the selected tissue region. The ablation catheter can employ high impedance structures to change the current density at specific points. Methods of puncturing through a tissue structure using the percutaneous catheter system are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for ablating a selected tissue region using the ablation catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventor: Steven Richard Mickelsen
  • Publication number: 20180001104
    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: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Steven Richard Devore Best
  • Publication number: 20180006405
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Neil Ktul Nay
  • Patent number: 9853827
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are provided for performing automated device discovery over a network operating according to the building automation and control network (BACnet) protocol standard (a BACnet network). For example, automated device discovery on a BACnet network can be performed via automated processing of BACnet traffic without going through a manual discovery and configuration process, and without binding to BACnet devices. For example, who-is and I-am BACnet messages can be used to identify BACnet devices on the network and their property values can be read and displayed (e.g., in a dashboard interface). BACnet devices can also be queried to determine their supported properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Alon Goodnow, Steven Richard Stolarski, Nicholas Ryan de Kanter
  • Publication number: 20170367041
    Abstract: While an information handling device is in a reduced power state, the information handling device transitions from the reduced power state to a higher power state in response to receiving a message over an established wireless network connection that maintains a presence on a wireless network. In turn, the information handling device processes the message accordingly in the higher power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey Clark, Mark Charles Davis, Justin Tyler Dubs, Steven Richard Perrin, Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki, Dekui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9847607
    Abstract: A shield cap is mounted to an electrical connector for reducing crosstalk between adjoining electrical connectors. The shield cap includes a body portion and opposite shield plates. The body portion is configured to engage the electrical connector and is formed from a non-conductive material. The opposite shield plates are connected to opposite sides of the body portion and configured to at least partially cover one or more insulation displacement contacts exposed from the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a wire termination conductor configured to be connected to a wire conductor of a cable. The wire termination conductor is at least partially coated with a shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: 9822219
    Abstract: A curable resin composition containing a blend of multifunctional benzoxazines, and composite materials derived therefrom. The benzoxazine blend contains the combination of (A) a difunctional benzoxazine component and (B) a multifunctional benzoxazine component with functionality of greater than 2. Cured matrix resins and cured composite materials containing such benzoxazine blend exhibit a significant retardation in the rate of organic solvent uptake as compared to the same cured matrix resins and composite materials without component (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Ward, Paul Mark Cross
  • Patent number: 9805844
    Abstract: A cable includes an insulative main jacket, a main conductive shield and a plurality of subunits. The main conductive shield may be located on an inner side of the insulative main jacket so as to be at least partially surrounded by the insulative main jacket. Each subunit includes a twisted pair of insulated conductors, a conductive subunit shield and a subunit insulative layer. The conductive subunit shield may at least partially surround the twisted pair of insulated conductors. The subunit insulative layer may be located on an outer side of the conductive subunit shield to at least partially surround the conductive subunit shield and the twisted pair of insulated conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Christine Anne Dooley, Brandon Eugene Bristow, Shawn Phillip Tobey
  • Patent number: 9804018
    Abstract: A luggage cart weighing apparatus includes a luggage platform, a plurality of wheels for supporting the platform, one or more weight measuring devices, and a user interface. The one or more weight measuring devices are disposed intermediate the second surface of the platform and at least one wheel of the plurality of wheels. The user interface is disposed adjacent the platform. The user interface is in electrical communication with the one or more weight measuring devices for providing information concerning a weight of one or more items loaded onto the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Richard Muccillo
  • Publication number: 20170300718
    Abstract: A third party system generates a group of users and a function that identifies users in the group as well as additional users not in the group when applied to user identifying information. The third party system transmits the function to an online system, which applies the function to user identifying information associated with various users of the online system. Applying the function to the user identifying information generates a set of users including users in the group and one or more additional users who are not in the group. The online system transmits information associated with users in the set and information identifying users in the set to the third party system, which determines obtained information associated with users of the group. In some embodiments, the information identifying users in the set is obfuscated user identifying information associated with the users in the set by the online system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Richard Geinitz, Nikhil Tarun Shah
  • Patent number: D802488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Motion Pro, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Patent number: D808751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Motion Pro, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott