Patents by Inventor Thomas To

Thomas 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: 10038767
    Abstract: Technologies for using fabric supported sequencers in fabric architectures includes a network switch communicatively coupled to a plurality of computing nodes. The network switch is configured to receive an sequencer access message from one of the plurality of computing nodes that includes an identifier of a sequencing counter corresponding to a sequencer session and one or more operation parameters. The network switch is additionally configured to perform an operation on a value associated with the identifier of the sequencing counter as a function of the one or more operation parameters, increment the identifier of the sequencing counter, and associate a result of the operation with the incremented identifier of the sequencing counter. The network switch is further configured to transmit an acknowledgment of successful access to the computing node that includes the result of the operation and the incremented identifier of the sequencing counter. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Francesc Guim Bernat, Karthik Kumar, Thomas Willhalm, Raj K. Ramanujan, Daniel Rivas Barragan
  • Patent number: 10035331
    Abstract: A glass laminate comprises an external glass sheet, an internal glass sheet, and a polymer interlayer formed between the external glass sheet and the internal glass sheet. The external glass sheet is a chemically-strengthened glass sheet having a thickness of less than 1 mm, the polymer interlayer has a thickness of less than 1.6 mm, and the internal glass sheet is a non-chemically-strengthened glass sheet having a thickness of less than 2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas M Cleary, Michael John Moore
  • Patent number: 10034697
    Abstract: A detachable actuator arm as part of or in combination with an osteogenesis distractor device, the actuator arm being detachable from the distraction mechanism of the distractor device by manipulation of a proximally disposed release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: KLS-MARTIN, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Johnston, Jr., Klaus Kohler
  • Patent number: 10035509
    Abstract: A method and system for warning an occupant of a vehicle of a traffic condition includes sensing an impending traffic condition, providing a first indication of the impending traffic condition, and monitoring the operating conditions of the vehicle after the first indication for changes in the operating conditions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Safer Technology Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Francis Vanden Berg, Karen Lynn Vanden Berg, Douglas Brian Vanden Berg, Scott Thomas Vanden Berg
  • Patent number: 10037339
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Tony Xu, Akos Albert, Nils Bunger, Sam Jau, Conor Woods, Aaron Staley
  • Patent number: 10037498
    Abstract: A project management system comprising a first, second, third, fourth and fifth processing sequences embodied in a computer readable medium. The first processing sequence is operable to provide a user interface to display a plurality of alert indicia corresponding to a plurality of alert status of a plurality of project requirements. The second processing sequence is operable to convert an incomplete requirement to a complete requirement upon completion of a task corresponding to the incomplete requirement. The third processing sequence is operable to determine the alert status of the requirements of the plurality of projects based on a time difference between a current date and a target date corresponding to each requirement. The fourth and fifth processing sequences are operable override the alert status based on user selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Roger L. Correll, Steven D. Lawyer, Thomas R. O'Brien, James W. Evans, II, M. Denise Wittmer, Karen B. Hixson
  • Patent number: 10035558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid bicycle that is driven by muscle power and electrical energy, in particular a series hybrid bicycle comprising a generator whose torque can be set by a control device and dependent upon the construction is limited to a maximum generator torque, and also pedals that are connected to the generator so as to apply a pedal torque to the generator by a rider so as to drive the generator, and also a drive motor that is connected to a drive wheel of the bicycle so as to drive the drive wheel, and also a battery for supplying the drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Thomas Birkenbeil
  • Patent number: 10038565
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for bypassing an authenticity check for a secure control module. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving authenticity data from a secure source, wherein the authenticity data includes a signature and an identifier that is unique to the control module; programming the control module with the authenticity data; and bypassing the authenticity check of a control program of the control module based on the authenticity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ansaf I. Alrabady, Kevin M. Baltes, J. David Rosa, Thomas M. Forest, Alan D. Wist
  • Patent number: 10036034
    Abstract: Nucleic acid sequences involved in plant yield are provided, as are methods of using such nucleic acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: NUtech Ventures
    Inventors: Harkamal Walia, Dante Placido, Thomas E. Clemente
  • Patent number: 10035281
    Abstract: A device and method are disclosed. The device may be mountable in a band saw table with a miter slot parallel to the cutting plane. An anchor bar may be mountable in the miter slot. A first and second guide bar may be perpendicularly connected to the anchor bar extending away from the cutting plane. A base may be slideably engaged to the first and second guide bar to allow the base to have transverse movement relative to the cutting plane. A guide rail may be connected to the base, wherein the guide rail may be perpendicular to the first and second guide bar, and may be positioned parallel to the anchor bar. A carriage may be slideably engaged to the guide rail for movement along the guide rail in a direction parallel to the cutting plane, the carriage may have a mounting surface for mounting a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Scientific Instrument Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Manura, Thomas F. Coughlan, Daniel Joseph Niedziocha, Christopher Wayne Baker
  • Patent number: 10034869
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and their use in modulating the activity of S1P receptors. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: BIOGEN MA INC.
    Inventors: Jermaine Thomas, Sha Mi, Edward Yin-Shiang Lin, Guo Zhu Zheng, Bin Ma, Richard D. Caldwell, Kevin M. Guckian, Gnanasambandam Kumaravel
  • Patent number: 10038758
    Abstract: Techniques are described for balancing traffic among content delivery networks (CDNs). A CDN balancer can analyze CDN performance data and determine CDN balancing ratios used to distribute traffic among the CDNs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Christian Richter, Nicholas James Benson, Justin Michael Binns, Kenneth Thomas Burford, James Marvin Freeman, II, Marc Joliveau, Li Tong
  • Patent number: 10037650
    Abstract: A gaming system comprising a first base game implementer for implementing a first base game. A selector selects a plurality of first symbols for the first base game. The first symbols are selected from a set of first game symbols for display in a plurality of first display positions. An outcome of the first base game is dependent on the selected first base game symbols. The system implements a second base game and selects a plurality of second symbols from a set of second game symbols for display in a plurality of second display positions. An outcome of the second base game is dependent on the selected second base game symbols. A trigger determiner determines whether a combination of displayed first game symbols and displayed second game symbols satisfies a trigger condition. A game event is implemented in response to the occurrence of a trigger condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bradley Hendricks, Thomas Tuomey
  • Patent number: 10038982
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to systems and methods that may be used to increase the information content of a mobile device so as to locate, track, or determine the behavior of a mobile device and/or the user of the mobile device. Separate pieces of information (information snippets) may be aggregated over time to form information linkages. The snippets and linkages may be associated with a time stamp and/or a time frame. The snippets and linkages may be associated with a probability value which may be updated as more information is acquired. The snippets and linkages may be aggregated with, for example a building floor plan to provide more complete informational description of the mobile device and/or the behavior of the user of the mobile device (information map).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Martin C. Alles, Suryanarayana A. Kalenahalli, Andrew E. Beck, Thomas B. Gravely, Javier F. Cereceda
  • Patent number: 10038877
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a teleconference session are described. Teleconference data including display streams is transmitted to a number of client computers. Each of the streams may include at least a video and an audio component. A user interface includes a first display area rendering a first stream and a second display area rendering a second stream. An event may occur that removes a video component from the first stream. In response to the event, the rendering of the first stream may be removed from the first display area, and one or more streams of the plurality of streams may be displayed in at least a portion of the first display area. Such techniques for modifying user interface displays based on the actions of select users that have transitioned to an audio-only mode can optimize the use of a display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Thomas Faulkner, Ekaterina Bassova, Thaddeus A. Scott, Marcelo Daniel Truffat, Mansoor Malik, Matthew Benjamin Blank, Kevin D. Morrison, Timothy Michael Cleary
  • Patent number: 10037117
    Abstract: A two-dimensional sensor arrangement is provided that detects locations, e.g. finger locations, in two or three dimensions, which is particularly suitable for touch-sensitive touchpads or touchscreens. The sensor arrangement includes a sensing zone in which a plurality of sensors are arranged, and contact zone, e.g. externally thereto, in which a plurality of electrically conductive contact points are arranged, which are connected to the sensors. The number of contact points is very small, although the electrically conductive components of the sensor arrangement form a single-layered network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Zenker, Franziska Back, Franziska Riethmueller
  • Patent number: 10037351
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented method for correlating artifacts between a versioned domain and an un-versioned domain, generates metadata having attributes of both of the versioned domain and the un-versioned domains, for an artifact in a set of artifacts; creates an instance using a specific version of a versioned artifact definition, wherein the instance comprises a first part directly created from the versioned artifact definition and a second part created from an un-versioned artifact definition; specifies linkages between a respective representation of the artifact in the versioned domain and the un-versioned domain; provides a set of facades through which a selected one of author, execute and update instances of the artifact is performed using either the versioned domain or the un-versioned domain; and correlates all versions of the artifact definition to a single un-versioned definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastian Carbajales, Dao-Quynh L. Dang, Khoi Dang, Sascha Schwarze, Thomas J. Watson
  • Patent number: 10037790
    Abstract: In a spin-torque magnetic random access memory (MRAM) that includes local source lines, auto-booting of the word line is used to reduce power consumption by reusing charge already present from driving a plurality of bit lines during writing operations. Auto-booting is accomplished by first driving the word line to a first word line voltage. After such driving, the word line isolated. Subsequent driving of the plurality of bit lines that are capacitively coupled to the word line causes the word line voltage to be increased to a level desired to allow sufficient current to flow through a selected memory cell to write information into the selected memory cell. Additional embodiments include the use of a supplemental voltage provider that is able to further boost or hold the isolated word line at the needed voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Andre, Syed M. Alam
  • Patent number: 10036585
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and an ice maker within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. In one example, a rotatable auger drives the ice pieces out of a removable ice bin via a driving force applied in a first direction. A latch is configured to apply a resisting force to the ice bin along a second direction. In another example, an air mover is disposed within the ice maker for delivering cooled air from an ice maker evaporator to a region adjacent to the ice bin. At least one air channel is formed into an inside surface of the ice maker chamber. In another example, a method of making ice in the refrigeration appliance is provided. The method includes the steps of operating the air mover and a defrost heating of the ice maker evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. McCollough, Nilton Carlos Bertolini, Justin Morgan, Dennis Carl Hansen
  • Patent number: D824586
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: AVANZATO TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Thomas Fornarelli