Patents by Inventor Steven Walker

Steven Walker 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).

  • Publication number: 20250071157
    Abstract: Systems and methods of intelligent reporting within online communities are provided. A current communication session associated with a plurality of user device may be monitored. The current communication session may include a stream of audio-visual content generated in real-time based on interactions between the user devices. A recording trigger may be detected within the current communication session. A recording of a portion of the stream of audio-visual content may be recorded in response to the detected trigger event. The recording may be analyzed to attribute one or more sub-portions within the recording to one or more of the user devices. At least one of the sub-portions attributed to an identified one of the user devices may be determined to meet a moderation event. A report regarding the identified user device may be generated that includes the at least one sub-portion that meets the moderation event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Brielle Powell, Celeste Bean, Victoria Walker, Olga Rudi, Steven Osman
  • Publication number: 20250037576
    Abstract: A system for processing vehicle speed data is disclosed that includes a plurality of speed data systems operating on one or more electronic devices, each speed data system configured to detect vehicle speeds, to generate vehicle speed data for each vehicle and to transmit the vehicle speed data to a central data processing system. The central data processing system operating on one or more electronic devices and configured to receive the vehicle speed data, to transmit user interface control data to a remote device, and to process the vehicle speed data as a function of user-entered data from the remote device to generate a display that incorporates the processed speed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John Miller, Stanley A. Walker, Steven F. Hocker, Sanford Damasco, Russell D. Kautz
  • Publication number: 20250028870
    Abstract: A method for creating a computer-implemented data system, includes: providing a virtual 3D engine model of an engine including a plurality of components; providing component-specific data associated with said each of the plurality of components; and virtually linking the virtual 3D engine model to the component-specific data by creating virtual data markers in the virtual 3D engine model at a coordinate of each of the plurality of components, and associating each virtual data marker with the component-specific data of its corresponding one of the plurality of components. In this regard, the component specific data may include, for example, part number, name, inspection intervals, etc. The engine may be an aircraft engine, and may further be an aircraft engine casing. Further, in addition to the virtual 3D engine model, the method may include providing 2D images of the plurality components, and the step of virtually linking may further include linking the 2D images to the component specific data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Horst Martensen, Steven Walker-Knapp, Lars Aschermann, Frank Seidel
  • Publication number: 20250022203
    Abstract: The present invention sets forth a technique for performing automated motion adaptation in an animated sequence. The technique includes generating a set of one or more motion sequences based on motion capture data and selecting one of the set of motion sequences based on a score function value. The technique also includes adapting the selected motion sequence such that the adapted motion sequence, when applied to an animation character model, causes the animation character model to move from a specified starting position associated with the animation character to a specified goal position associated with the animation character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Noureddine GUEDDACH, Steven Charles POULAKOS, Robert Walker SUMNER
  • Publication number: 20240346415
    Abstract: A novel location and marking system is configured to provide a seamless in-the-field access to resource and asset information databases with automated functionality that effectively and more efficiently manages, controls, and distributes data according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, such systems can enable utilities to manage assets in real-time, provide map asset status, and provide automatic ticket routing, dispatching and management. For example, in some embodiments, the system is configured to generate maps with identifiers or components of an active division including tickets of one or more assets of an active division. These assets include sites of residential and business gas, electrical, and/or water and sewer conduits and metering systems, as well as related underground infrastructure that can be susceptible to earthquakes, ground disturbances, and other emergency situations according to some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Shelbey Warner, Michael Robert Wolf, Billy Dean Glenn, Michael Hansen, Morgan Sharif, Jason Klemm, Zachary Scofield, Edward Dotson, Travis Huston, Steven Walker, Michael S. Glass, Patrick Buckles, Tony Chen, Sivakrishna Jasti
  • Publication number: 20240232999
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Publication number: 20240135436
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Patent number: 11961380
    Abstract: A audible alarm device (AAD) having: a housing extending axially upwardly and radially outwardly, and having an axial bottom portion and an axial top portion, the top portion having a smoke chamber defined by: a top surface that is planar and having a first diameter, a bottom surface separating the top portion from the bottom portion, the bottom surface being planar and having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, a side surface connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and a circumferential opening in the side surface providing fluid egress to the smoke chamber, a piezo sounder disposed in the smoke chamber, radially centered within the top portion and axially proximate the top surface of the top portion, the piezo sounder configured to direct sound to the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC MODULAR SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Walker, Doug Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11910082
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a mobile interface for marking and organizing images is described herein. In some instances, the system may present, on a display device, an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device and a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews. The system may receive an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, generate a second image preview representing the second image, and update the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region. The system may receive an input including an annotation using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device and update the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Nathan Petersen
  • Patent number: 11798067
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Publication number: 20230230148
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana
  • Patent number: 11549280
    Abstract: A fencing system and method includes: a first vertical post secured at least partially below ground; a second vertical post secured at least partially below the ground; a first rail member having a first slot attached to the first vertical post; a second rail member having a second slot attached to the second vertical post; a third rail member having a third slot; a fourth rail member having a fourth slot; a plurality of generally horizontally arranged cement composite slats positioned in a common plane formed by the first slot and the second slot forming a floating arrangement of horizontally positioned cement composite slats; and wherein the first rail member, the second rail member, the third rail member, and the fourth rail member form a frame for the floating arrangement of horizontally positioned cement composite slats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Steven Walker
  • Patent number: 11544772
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana
  • Publication number: 20220366480
    Abstract: A system and method for intelligent item reordering using an adaptable mobile graphical user interface is described herein. In some instances, the system may generate a graphical user interface including a first set of graphical elements representing a first set of items, and receive a first input selecting a particular item of the first set of items, the first set of graphical elements including a graphical element representing the particular item. The system may generate a graphical list of quantities and render the graphical list of quantities at a first position in the graphical user interface based on the graphical element representing the particular item in the graphical user interface. In some instances, the system may receive a second input identifying a selected quantity from the graphical list of quantities and modify the graphical element representing the particular item to indicate the selected quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Publication number: 20220261727
    Abstract: A novel location and marking system is configured to provide a seamless in-the-field access to resource and asset information databases with automated functionality that effectively and more efficiently manages, controls, and distributes data according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, such systems can enable utilities to manage assets in real-time, provide map asset status, and provide automatic ticket routing, dispatching and management. For example, in some embodiments, the system is configured to generate maps with identifiers or components of an active division including tickets of one or more assets of an active division. These assets include sites of residential and business gas, electrical, and/or water and sewer conduits and metering systems, as well as related underground infrastructure that can be susceptible to earthquakes, ground disturbances, and other emergency situations according to some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Shelbey Warner, Michael Robert Wolf, Billy Dean Glenn, Michael Hansen, Morgan Sharif, Jason Klemm, Zachary Scofield, Edward Dotson, Travis Huston, Steven Walker, Michael S. Glass, Patrick Buckles, Tony Chen, Sivakrishna Jasti
  • Publication number: 20220245717
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Patent number: 11403698
    Abstract: A system and method for intelligent item reordering using an adaptable mobile graphical user interface is described herein. In some instances, the system may generate a graphical user interface including a first set of graphical elements representing a first set of items, and receive a first input selecting a particular item of the first set of items, the first set of graphical elements including a graphical element representing the particular item. The system may generate a graphical list of quantities and render the graphical list of quantities at a first position in the graphical user interface based on the graphical element representing the particular item in the graphical user interface. In some instances, the system may receive a second input identifying a selected quantity from the graphical list of quantities and modify the graphical element representing the particular item to indicate the selected quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Patent number: 11315174
    Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
  • Patent number: D962281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Steven Walker
  • Patent number: D1009517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Clay Steven Walker