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: 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: 11254986
    Abstract: An immune response subtype of cancer is associated with DNA damage which allows subjects to be stratified for particular therapies including immune therapies which may be combined with DNA damage therapeutics. A method for predicting responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint comprises determining the expression level of at least one gene selected from Table 2B, 2A or 1 in a sample from the subject. The determined expression level is used to predict responsiveness to an antagonist of an inhibitory immune checkpoint and/or an agonist of a stimulatory immune checkpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Almac Diagnostics Services Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Davison, Jude O'Donnell, Max Bylesjo, Fionnuala Patterson, Steve Deharo, Laura A. Hill, Katherine E. Keating, Vitali Proutski, Denis Paul Harkin, Richard Kennedy, Nicolas Goffard, Steven Walker, Laura Taggart, Eileen Parkes
  • Patent number: 11218639
    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: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Nathan Petersen
  • Publication number: 20210254166
    Abstract: Methods for characterising and/or prognosing cancer in a subject comprise determining the expression level of at least one, and preferably 12, genes selected from Table 1 in a sample from the subject wherein the determined expression level is used to provide a characterisation of and/or a prognosis for the cancer. Determined expression levels are used to generate a signature score. The methods permit metastatic disease to be identified and monitored and guide therapeutic interventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: ALMAC DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Steven WALKER, Laura HILL, Andrena MCCAVIGAN, Sinead DONEGAN, Timothy DAVISON, Richard KENNEDY, Denis Paul HARKIN, Bethanie PRICE
  • Publication number: 20210233374
    Abstract: A smoke detector with an audible alarm wherein the smoke detection chamber is also an acoustic chamber for spreading the sound waves generated by the piezoelectric sounder as alarm signal. A slim profile can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Walker, Doug Lawrence
  • Patent number: D945472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Staples, Inc.
    Inventor: M. Steven Walker
  • 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