Patents by Inventor Steven TO

Steven TO 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: 10004982
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are directed toward alterable tokens. The alterable token may include a base including an RFID pattern. The base may include an electrical contact electrically coupled to the RFID pattern. The alterable token may include a rotatable body mounted to the base. The body may include first and second RFID tags. The body may include a first electrical contact coupled to the first RFID tag and a second electrical contact coupled to the second RFID tag. The body may be rotatable to a first and a second position. The RFID pattern may be electrically coupled to the first RFID tag when the first electrical contact contacts the electrical contact of the base in the first position. The RFID pattern may be electrically coupled to the second RFID tag when the second electrical contact contacts the electrical contact of the base in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Performance Designed Products LLC
    Inventors: Tom Roberts, Steven Lavache
  • Patent number: 10009254
    Abstract: A method in a flow controller for selecting optimal path is provided. A plurality of potential flow paths in the network for a particular pair of source and destination switch ports is determined in a flow controller. A plurality of cost factors associated with each of the plurality of potential flow paths is identified. Individual cost values are determined for each of the identified plurality of cost factors for each of the plurality of potential flow paths by multiplying the identified cost factors by a stratification factor. A single cost value for each of the plurality of potential flow paths is determined based on the determined individual cost values. One of the potential flow paths is selected in the flow controller for the particular pair of source and destination switch ports based upon the determined single cost value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NetScout Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Greenbaum, Steven M. Rosenberry, Peter D. Toich, John C. Curtis
  • Patent number: 10009362
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for targeted attack protection using predictive sandboxing. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes retrieving a URL from a message of a user and performing a preliminary determination to see if the URL can be discarded if it is not a candidate for sandboxing. The exemplary method includes computing a plurality of selection criteria factors for the URL if the URL passes the preliminary determination, each selection criteria factor having a respective factor threshold. The method can further include determining if any of the selection criteria factors for the URL exceeds the respective factor threshold for the respective selection criteria factor. Based on the determining, if any of the selection criteria factors exceeds the factor threshold for the selection criteria factor, the exemplary method includes automatically placing the URL in a sandbox for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Robert Sandke, Bryan Burns
  • Patent number: 10005886
    Abstract: Described herein are stable hydroxide ion-exchange polymers. The polymers include ionenes, which are polymers that contain ionic amines in the backbone. The polymers are alcohol-soluble and water-insoluble. The polymers have a water uptake and an ionic conductivity that are correlated to a degree of N-substitution. Methods of forming the polymers and membranes including the polymers are also provided. The polymers are suitable, for example, for use as ionomers in catalyst layers for fuel cells and electrolyzers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Simon Fraser University
    Inventors: Steven Holdcroft, Andrew Wright
  • Patent number: 10006233
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus that includes a stationary hinge portion, which includes a first bracket configured to be attached to a fixed surface, a first arm extending from the first bracket, and a second arm extending from the first bracket. The first and second brackets include axial holes with a hinge pin arranged therethrough. The hinge pin defines a rotation axis. The stationary hinge portion also includes a stop plate extending away from the first bracket and connected to the first arm. The hinge apparatus also includes a rotatable hinge portion, which includes a body arranged around the hinge pin between the first and second arms and a stop body extending from the body along the rotation axis. Ends of the stop body contact the stop plate to limit rotation of the body about the rotation axis. A second bracket configured to be attached to a movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Steven J. Laurance
  • Patent number: 10009046
    Abstract: A military communications unit that utilizes a relatively high-bandwidth digital communication networks (e.g., cellular networks) is capable of acting as a wireless communications hub for a soldier, vehicle, weapon, or other entity. The military communications unit can obtain data from multiple devices via close-range wireless technologies and communicate with training or operational networks. The military communications unit can be flexible in its capacity to relay data by formatting data in accordance with Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), High-Level Architecture (HLA), and/or another distributed computer simulation standard. Moreover, the military communications unit may be further capable of “re-banding,” enabling communications using cellular protocols and/or standards in non-cellular frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Martyn Armstrong, Neale Smiles, Steven Taylor, Rod Tuckwell, Andrew Fox
  • Patent number: 10006379
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine in a variety of different cylinder operating modes are presented. In one example, an actual total number of available cylinder modes is increased in response to a vehicle's suspension setting and road roughness. By increasing the available cylinder modes, the engine may be operated in a higher number of modes where one or more engine cylinders may be deactivated to conserve fuel. The number of cylinder modes is increased during conditions where vehicle occupants may be less likely to object to operating the engine with fewer active cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Eric Rollinger, Adam J. Richards, Robert Michael Grant, Steven Lin, Matthew Gerow
  • Patent number: 10007489
    Abstract: A system and method automatically determines the physical memories inside a core or macro and their association with logical memories and their enabling signals. An integrated circuit (IC) source file that describes an integrated circuit in a hardware description language is received. The IC source file includes macros corresponding to memory. For each macro, a physical description file corresponding to the macro is generated. The description includes how the macro corresponds to the physical memory, associations of physical memories with the logical memory, enabling conditions, and data needed to test the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Puneet Arora, Steven Lee Gregor, Norman Robert Card
  • Patent number: 10005361
    Abstract: A vehicle including a mobile computer retainer disposed directly forward of the operator's seat. The mobile computer retainer holds a mobile computer, which displays the vehicle operational data (speed, fuel remaining, etc.) of the vehicle operator's choosing to the vehicle operator. The mobile computer retainer allows the vehicle operator to customize the display of vehicle operational data, something that dashboard instrument clusters heretofore have not allowed. The vehicle operator can customize the display of vehicle operational data using a mobile device that the vehicle operator may use in his or her home. The mobile computer retainer can include at least one channel retaining member that at least partially surrounds the mobile computer. The mobile computer retainer can include retaining arms pivotally connected to a horizontal base that lock into a position retaining the mobile computer when the mobile computer is pressed down toward the horizontal base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Sic, Adrian Romero Regalado
  • Patent number: 10005738
    Abstract: The present invention provides a salt form and compositions thereof, which are useful as an inhibitor of EGFR kinases and which exhibits desirable characteristics for the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Celgene CAR LLC
    Inventors: Mei Lai, Steven Richard Witowski, Richland Wayne Tester, Kwangho Lee
  • Patent number: 10005462
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving operation of a vehicle driveline that includes an engine and an automatic transmission with a torque converter are presented. In one non-limiting example, the engine may be stopped while a vehicle in which the engine operates is rolling. A transmission coupled to the engine may be shifted as the vehicle rolls so that vehicle response may be improved if a driver requests an increase of engine torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Steven Anatole Frait, Matthew John Shelton, Hong Jiang, Kirk Pebley
  • Patent number: 10007698
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program product embodiments for providing table parameterized function (TPF) functionality in a database are disclosed herein. An embodiment includes defining a TPF in a database, wherein the definition of the TPF defines one or more parameters of the TPF, at least one of the parameters being a table parameter. A query is received that operates to call the TPF, wherein the query defines one or more input parameters, the input parameters comprising at least one table input parameter to be used as input for calling the TPF. The query is processed to produce a result, and the result of the query is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SYBASE, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Delafranier, Jeffrey J. Plager, Muhammed Sharique, Vipul Sharma, Ivan T. Bowman, Anisoara Nica, Anil K. Goel, Steven A. Kirk
  • Patent number: 10004748
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating breast cancer in patients with a PI3K inhibitor, GDC-0941 in combination with an endocrine therapy agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Mika K. Derynck, Lori Friedman, Steven Brian Gendreau, Sandra Milan
  • Patent number: 10005264
    Abstract: A display film includes a transparent polymeric substrate layer having a 0.2% offset yield stress greater than 110 MPa and a transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer having a thickness of 100 micrometers or less disposed on the transparent polymeric substrate layer. The transparent aliphatic cross-linked polyurethane layer has a glass transition temperature in a range from 11 to 27 degrees Celsius and a Tan Delta peak value in a range from 0.5 to 2.5. The display film has a haze value of 2% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine A. Leatherdale, David Scott Thompson, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson, Joseph D. Rule
  • Patent number: 10004569
    Abstract: The disclosure herein provides repositionable medical instrument support systems, devices, and methods. A repositionable medical instrument support system comprises a frame for rigidly connecting the system to a patient support, a ball and socket joint configured to provide three degrees of rotational freedom, a frame mounting arm configured to releasably mount the ball and socket joint to the frame, a sliding joint configured to provide one degree of translational freedom, a connecting arm configured to connect the sliding joint to the ball and socket joint, and a docking member configured to engage a medical instrument to support the medical instrument during a medical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jiwan Steven Singh, Jai Singh
  • Patent number: 10009069
    Abstract: An electromagnetic induction wireless transceiver system including: a magnetic antenna; an electric antenna including first and second plates, the first plate being connectable to a body; and a power driver configured to produce a modulating signal used to drive the magnetic antenna and the electric antenna to produce electromagnetic induction fields, wherein the transceiver when connected to a body in a first location is configured to transmit power to a second electromagnetic induction wireless transceiver connected to a second location a distance from the first location, wherein the first and second locations are connected through magnetic and electric near-field coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Anthony Kerselaers, Liesbeth Gommë, Steven Thoen, Johan Van Ginderdeuren
  • Patent number: 10006334
    Abstract: A hydraulic driven fan system includes at least one first fan motor and a second fan motor connected in series with each other. The system also includes a fixed displacement pump configured to supply a pressurized flow of a hydraulic fluid to the at least one first and second fan motors. The system includes a proportional flow control valve in fluid communication with the at least one first fan motor and configured to allow a regulated amount of the pressurized flow of the hydraulic fluid there through to the corresponding at least one first fan motor. The system includes a pressure compensator disposed parallel to the proportional flow control valve and configured to maintain a pressure difference across the proportional flow control valve. The system further includes a proportional pressure relief valve disposed parallel to the second fan motor and configured to control a pressure difference across the second fan motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Edward Johnson
  • Patent number: 10009234
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by one or more processor, data related to a service level agreement for a service from a provider, wherein the service includes providing, to a client, network resources from a shared pool of network resources in a computing environment. The one or more processor utilizes the data to generate input parameters and these input parameters include target parameters for the service level agreement, penalty parameters for the service level agreement, and statistical process control parameters. The one or more processor analyzes the input parameters to model risk associated with probability of failure of the service from the provider in a given computing environment and generates and based on the risk model, allocating, by the one or more processor, a portion of the network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randall W. Blondeau, Steven J. Mazzuca, David M. Northcutt, Daniel S. Riley, Michael H. Roehl, George E. Stark
  • Patent number: D821103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Delaney, Jerry Snider, Steven Brian Burgess
  • Patent number: D821380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Alliance Sports Group, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Cramer, Bobby Bollinger, Jimmy Prieto, Brendon Bollinger