Patents by Inventor Timothy Browne

Timothy Browne 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: 12301692
    Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Sandpiper CDN, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Brown, Veronica Kravchenko
  • Publication number: 20250072549
    Abstract: A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes an elastic region and a structural region. The elastic region may be positioned about a perimeter of an opening into a cavity configured to receive a wearer's foot, and the elastic region may be configured to secure the shoe to a wearer's foot. The elastic region may have a first elasticity that is greater than a second elasticity of the structural region. In an unworn configuration, the elastic region may cause a tread surface of a sole of the shoe to have a continuous curvature. In a worn configuration, substantially all of an intermediate section of the tread surface may contact a surface on which the shoe is placed. The elastic region may improve the performance of the shoe, including the comfort and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jamie McLellan, Thomas Jad Finck, Lisa Halbower-Fenton, James Romero, Timothy Brown, Dennice Quijano Barerra, Talia Rapier, April Gourdie
  • Patent number: 12201179
    Abstract: A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes an elastic region and a structural region. The elastic region may be positioned about a perimeter of an opening into a cavity configured to receive a wearer's foot, and the elastic region may be configured to secure the shoe to a wearer's foot. The elastic region may have a first elasticity that is greater than a second elasticity of the structural region. In an unworn configuration, the elastic region may cause a tread surface of a sole of the shoe to have a continuous curvature. In a worn configuration, substantially all of an intermediate section of the tread surface may contact a surface on which the shoe is placed. The elastic region may improve the performance of the shoe, including the comfort and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ALLBIRDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jamie McLellan, Thomas Jad Finck, Lisa Halbower-Fenton, James Romero, Timothy Brown, Dennice Quijano Barerra, Talia Rapier, April Gourdie
  • Publication number: 20240367655
    Abstract: A vehicle control system determines that a vehicle is not fully loaded with a payload, determines an upper limit on engine propulsion power for the vehicle that is not fully loaded with the payload, and reduces an engine speed of the vehicle to a determined speed at which a power capability of an engine of the vehicle matches the upper limit on the engine propulsion power of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Henry Todd Young, Rekha Doddarangaiah Prasad, Timothy Brown, David John Scott, Timothy Robert Heller, Phanindra Garimella
  • Publication number: 20240246603
    Abstract: A vehicle guidance system and method includes at least one guidance sensor configured to mount on or adjacent to a pantograph along a lateral width of the pantograph. The pantograph installs on a vehicle and conducts electrical energy from a conductive pathway as the vehicle travels along a route. The vehicle guidance system and method includes a controller that receives one or more sensor signals generated by the at least one guidance sensor and determines a lateral position of the conductive pathway relative to the pantograph based on the one or more sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Wolff, James Ghofulpo, Rekha Doddarangaiah Prasad, Henry Todd Young, Timothy Brown, Jennifer Sobierajski
  • Publication number: 20240230346
    Abstract: A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor. The interface is to receive a request for a ride from a user, wherein the request includes GPS information for the user. The processor is to determine compatibility between the typical route information and the request for the ride; determine a ranked list based at least in part on the compatibility; and provide a ride offer to a driver of the one or more casual drivers based at least in part on the ranked list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: David Dryjanski, Lev Popov, Timothy Brown, Logan Green, Austin Broyles
  • Publication number: 20240206841
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for cost effective and user-friendly handheld auscultation. In one implementation, the device may include a housing having a first end, a second end, and a circumference disposed there between. The device may further include a spherical bell disposed at the first end of the housing. The device may further include a microphone disposed below the spherical bell and configured to record auscultation signal data. The device may also include one or more cardiac sensors disposed along the circumference and configured to record cardiac signal data. The device may further include a microprocessor disposed in the housing and configured to process the auscultation and cardiac signal data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Timothy Brown, Keval Bollavaram, Sil Savla, Atharv Vikram Marathe, Abhiramgopal Akella, Ahdil Gill
  • Publication number: 20240187499
    Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Brown, Veronica Kravchenko
  • Patent number: 11940284
    Abstract: A system for casual driver ride sharing includes an interface and processor. The interface is to receive a request for a ride from a user, wherein the request includes GPS information for the user. The processor is to determine compatibility between the typical route information and the request for the ride; determine a ranked list based at least in part on the compatibility; and provide a ride offer to a driver of the one or more casual drivers based at least in part on the ranked list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dryjanski, Lev Popov, Timothy Brown, Logan Green, Austin Broyles
  • Patent number: 11909844
    Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Brown, Veronica Kravchenko
  • Publication number: 20240043043
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided that has an unoccupied control vehicle with no onboard driver. The control vehicle has a first propulsion system that can propel the control vehicle along a route, and optionally to stop or slow the control vehicle. One or more onboard power sources that can generate, store or both generate and store energy for powering at least the first propulsion system. A controller having one or more processors can autonomously control the propulsion system to move the control vehicle along one or more routes, and to interface with and couple to a driver-operable vehicle that has a second propulsion system. The controller can obtain control over the second propulsion system when the control vehicle is interfaced and coupled with the driver-operable vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Timothy Brown, Gnouma Diagana, Adam Franco, David Furedy, Ken Kenjale, Milan Karunaratne, Brian Kurz, Chadwick Kypta, Luke Leiter, Brian Nedward Meyer, Aaron Nye, Anthony D. Paul, David Petersen, Robert Peipert, Nicholas Savidge, Chris Schuchmann, Derek Kevin Woo
  • Patent number: 11890965
    Abstract: System and method configured to determine a direction of movement of a vehicle in response to a brake being released or in response to initiating movement of the vehicle from a stopped position along a route. The direction of movement is determined based on a selected travel direction of the vehicle, a grade of the route, and at least one of applied tractive efforts or applied braking efforts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Edward Trainor, Jr., James A Oswald, Jeffrey John Wolff, Timothy Brown, Henry Young, Lindsay Short, Edward Thomas Petrak, Ronald Fischer, Michael Wagner, Justin Chadwell, Carlos Vallejo, Sean Cillessen, Larry Bench, Kenneth Paul Nedley, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
  • Patent number: 11884311
    Abstract: A system and method obtain first image data of a route at a location of interest from a first optical sensor disposed onboard a vehicle system moving along the route. The first image data depicts the route at the location of interest prior to passage of the vehicle system over the route at the location of interest. Second image data of the route at the location of interest is obtained from a second optical sensor disposed onboard the vehicle system. The second image data depicts the route at the location of interest after passage of the vehicle system over the route at the location of interest. A determination is made as to whether a change in the route has occurred at the location of interest by comparing the first image data with the second image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kurz, Chris Schuchmann, Robert Peipert, Timothy Brown, Derek Woo
  • Patent number: 11874673
    Abstract: Techniques for integrating a travel control system and attitude and heading (AHR) system in a vehicle are disclosed. The integrated system includes interface circuitry that enables data communication between constituent travel control system and AHR system of the integrated system, and can further communicate data between the travel control system and/or the AHR system and other system(s) or device(s) in or on the vehicle. In some embodiments, the travel control system includes processing circuitry that is fault tolerant. Alternatively, or additionally, the AHR system may include processing circuitry that has a processing power greater than the travel control system processing circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Ross Horner, Neil Manning, John Koenig, Wayne Schultz, Timothy Brown
  • Publication number: 20230231932
    Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Brown, Veronica Kravchenko
  • Patent number: 11659893
    Abstract: A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes multiple regions having different textile properties to improve the performance of the shoe, including durability and comfort. In some cases, the multi-region upper portion may include regions having different thickness and/or flexibility based on a location relative to a wearer's foot to better support the wearer's foot. For example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first thickness and a flex region having a second thickness less than the first thickness. As another example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first stiffness and a flex region having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ALLBIRDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jamie McLellan, Thomas Jad Finck, Lisa Halbower-Fenton, James Romero, Uidong Cho, Joseph Zwillinger, Timothy Brown
  • Patent number: 11616858
    Abstract: Aspects of present disclosure include devices within a transmission path of streamed content forwarding received data packets of the stream to the next device or “hop” in the path prior to buffering the data packet at the device. In this method, typical buffering of the data stream may therefore occur at the destination device for presentation at a consuming device, while the devices along the transmission path may transmit a received packet before buffering. Further, devices along the path may also buffer the content stream after forwarding to fill subsequent requests for dropped data packets of the content stream. Also, in response to receiving the request for the content stream, a device may first transmit a portion of the contents of the gateway buffer to the requesting device to fill a respective buffer at the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Brown, Veronica Kravchenko
  • Patent number: D988149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sandesh Hemmuru Devaraja, Timothy Browne, Scott Greco, Vivek Kalyan, Unmesh Shankar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: D1064858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sandesh Hemmuru Devaraja, Timothy Browne, Scott Greco, Vivek Kalyan, Unmesh Shankar Kulkarni
  • Patent number: D1064879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventor: Timothy Brown