Patents by Inventor William A. Frederick

William A. Frederick 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: 11580295
    Abstract: In implementations of systems for generating layouts of text objects, a computing device implements a layout system to receive input data describing a sequence of text and the layout system represents the sequence of the text as a number of text objects. A candidate layout for the text objects is identified from layout data describing a plurality of layouts, the candidate layout identified at least partially based on the number of the text objects. The layout system generates a binary tree having leaf nodes and at least one parent node representing the candidate layout. An arrangement of the text objects in the candidate layout is generated for display in a user interface based on the binary tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: William Frederick Kraus
  • Patent number: 11570224
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for navigating through content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a first plurality of interactive stream items; causing the first plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a first presentation mode; receiving a first user selection of an interactive stream item from at least a portion of the first plurality of interactive stream items; continuing to receive the stream of content including a second plurality of interactive stream items; determining a second presentation mode based at least in part on a content type associated with the second plurality of interactive stream items; causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in a second presentation mode; receiving a second user selection indicating that the interactive stream item is no longer selected; and causing the second plurality of interactive stream items to be presented in the first presentation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Marco Paglia, William Frederick Kiefer, Jokubas Zukerman
  • Patent number: 11569992
    Abstract: A cryptographic key management service receives a request, associated with a principal, to use a cryptographic key to perform a cryptographic operation. In response to the request, the service determines whether a rate limit specific to the principal is associated with the cryptographic key. If the rate limit is associated with the cryptographic key, the service generates a response to the request that conforms to the rate limit. The service provides the response in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Lynn Carlough, William Frederick Hingle Kruse
  • Patent number: 11558388
    Abstract: A policy management service receives a request to evaluate a provisional policy to determine the impact of implementation of the provisional policy. The policy management service evaluates an active policy against a request to access a computing resource to determine an authorization decision. The policy management service then evaluates the provisional policy against the request to access the computing resource to generate an evaluation of the provisional policy. The policy management service provides the evaluation and the authorization decision in response to the request to evaluate the provisional policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Frederick Hingle Kruse, Nima Sharifi Mehr
  • Publication number: 20230000381
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator generates an electric field at a nominal frequency and a nominal amplitude. The electric field generator is connected to an antenna that radiates the electric field. A detector measures a frequency and an amplitude of the generated electric field as the electric field interacts with a body (such as a human body) in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. For each of one or more internal components of the body, a computation unit determines a respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency corresponding to movement of the internal component. The computation unit also computes, for each of the one or more internal components, a respective rate of the movement of the internal component based on the determined respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency. A gain control circuit adjusts the nominal amplitude according to the measured amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Publication number: 20230000380
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator includes a differential oscillator that oscillates at a nominal frequency. The electric field generator is connected to a differential antenna that radiates an electric field. A differential detector measures a frequency of the generated electric field as the electric field interacts with a body (such as a human body) in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. For each of one or more internal components of the body, a computation unit determines a respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency indicative of movement of the internal component. The computation unit also computes, for each of the one or more internal components of the body, a respective rate of movement (such as a heart rate or a respiration rate) of the internal component according to the respective periodic behavior in the measured frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Publication number: 20220410812
    Abstract: A vehicular accessory adapter attaches a vehicular accessory to a front vehicular mount of a vehicle, and includes a front connector having a main body, a first and second front connector openings, and a front connector flange having a front connector attachment structure to which an accessory can attach; and first and second attachment elements to secure the front connector to the front vehicular mount. The adapter can optionally include a spacer configured to position between the front vehicular mount and the front connector. The adapter can further optionally include a rear connector having a base a base opening and a rear connector flange to which an accessory can attach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: WILLIAM FREDERICK HARE
  • Publication number: 20220409082
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electric field generator generates an electric field at a nominal frequency. A detector measures, at multiple time points during a measuring period, one or more properties of the generated electric field. In various embodiments, the one or more properties of the electric field change over time due to interactions with a human body in a reactive near-field region of the electric field. From the measured one or more properties, a computation unit determines one or more periodic behaviors (such as a respiration or heartbeat) and one or more non-periodic behaviors (such as movement of a limb). The computation unit also computes, from at least one of the periodic and non-periodic behaviors, one or more physiological parameters of the human body. From the one or more physiological parameters, the computation unit detects one or more symptoms of a condition of the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Carlin Howie, Mark Bradford Flowers, Tandhoni Srinivasa Rao, Orville Rey Rule, III, Darpan Dinesh Damani, Guy McIlroy, John Robert Haggis, John Bertram Langley, II, Steven Sven Fastert, William Frederick Ellersick, Dwight David Birdsall
  • Patent number: 11499996
    Abstract: A dead front connector including a housing, an electrical coupling configured to electrically connect a power cable to a device, and an indicator located on the housing. The dead front connector further including a voltage testing circuit configured to test a voltage between the power cable and the device and illuminate the indicator when the voltage is above a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Xingniu Huo, William Frederick Tyrrell, III, Bastiaan Hubertus Van Besouw, Jeffrey Joseph Kester, Peter James Swales
  • Publication number: 20220300696
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for text style suggestions and/or text emphasis suggestions. In an example embodiment, an electronic design application provides a text style suggestion tool that generates text style suggestions to stylize a selected text element based on the context of the design. A text emphasis tool allows a user to select a text element and generate text emphasis suggestions for which words should be emphasized with a different text styling. Various interaction elements allow the user to iterate through the suggestions. For example, a set of style suggestions may be mapped to successive rotational increments around a style wheel, and as the user rotates through the positions on the style wheel, a corresponding text style suggestion is previewed and/or applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: William Frederick Kraus, Nathaniel Joseph Grabaskas, Ajinkya Kale
  • Patent number: 11446590
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides improved methods for conducting a wash cycle in a filtration unit. The methods may be used alone or in combination with one another to achieve the improvements described herein. Filtration units adapted for carrying out the novel methods are also provided. Through the use of the methods and filtration units described, significant economic benefits are obtained without a significant increase in the costs of the filtration unit or in the costs of operation of the filtration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PARKSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Howard Carmichael Boyd, William Frederick Foreman, III
  • Patent number: 11423206
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer storage media for text style suggestions and/or text emphasis suggestions. In an example embodiment, an electronic design application provides a text style suggestion tool that generates text style suggestions to stylize a selected text element based on the context of the design. A text emphasis tool allows a user to select a text element and generate text emphasis suggestions for which words should be emphasized with a different text styling. Various interaction elements allow the user to iterate through the suggestions. For example, a set of style suggestions may be mapped to successive rotational increments around a style wheel, and as the user rotates through the positions on the style wheel, a corresponding text style suggestion is previewed and/or applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: William Frederick Kraus, Nathaniel Joseph Grabaskas, Ajinkya Kale
  • Patent number: 11425140
    Abstract: A configuration management service provides data identifying its subscribers to a secure sharing service that executes in an account that has a higher security level than a service account used to provide the configuration management service. The secure sharing service securely determines whether each subscriber has authorized producer services to share resource configuration data with the configuration management service. If a subscriber has authorized such sharing, information identifying the subscriber can be stored in a location accessible to the producer services. If a subscriber has not authorized such sharing, the secure sharing service will not make the subscriber's information available to the producer services. The producer services can use the subscriber data to provide resource configuration data to the configuration management service only for those subscribers that subscribe to both the configuration management service and to the producer services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanya Bansal, Veeraraghavan Vijayaraj, Ravikanth Repaka, William Frederick Hingle Kruse, Rodolfo Flores Hinojosa, Rajesh Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20220225721
    Abstract: A helmet has a fan forcing air into a ducting channel to provide air circulation within the helmet for distributing the exhaust air over a faceplate linked to the helmet for eliminating moisture and frost from the faceplate's interior surface. A heating element warms the circulating air for warmth in extremely cold weather. A wiper is installed above the faceplate for clearing moisture from the faceplate's surface. The faceplate is coated with a photochromic material for causing the lightening and darkening of the faceplate dependent upon the ambient light. A pair of lights are mounted on the front and rear of the helmet for safety. A pair of audio headphones, a microphone, and a transceiver are mounted within the helmet for communication with a cellular telephone. A battery provides power for powering the fan heating elements, the wiper, and the lights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: William Frederick Cafiero
  • Publication number: 20220211043
    Abstract: Disclosed are antimicrobial releasing agents, methods of preparing the antimicrobial releasing agents, and entrained polymers containing antimicrobial releasing agents. The antimicrobial releasing agent is prepared with an acidified hydrophilic material with a pH below 3.5 as a carrier, an active compound, and a trigger. The entrained polymer of the invention releases an antimicrobial agent in gas form, such as ClO2, optionally over a range of concentration from 150 ppm to 1800 ppm per gram of the entrained polymer under certain tested conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jason Pratt, Jonathan R. Freedman, Deepti S. Gupta, Michael A. Johnston, John Belfance, William Frederick Spano
  • Publication number: 20220206200
    Abstract: A light emitting structure includes a pixel layer having at least one subpixel, a microlens layer having at least one microlens, the at least one microlens aligned with the at least one subpixel for providing a narrowly-confined on-axis emission profile along an on-axis direction, a first filler material layer and a second filler material layer between the pixel layer and the microlens layer, an interface between the first filler material layer and the second filler material layer configured for reflecting a portion of off-axis emissions from the at least one subpixel by total internal reflection (TIR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: WILLIAM FREDERICK SMITH, DAVID JAMES MONTGOMERY
  • Patent number: 11351168
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine compounds useful as kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Celgene CAR LLC
    Inventors: Juswinder Singh, Russell C. Petter, Richland Wayne Tester, Arthur F. Kluge, Hormoz Mazdiyasni, William Frederick Westlin, III, Deqiang Niu, Lixin Qiao
  • Patent number: 11344056
    Abstract: Methods for storing and preserving cannabis or cannabis-containing substances using container assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary container assembly includes a lid and a container body. The lid is configured to be closed onto the container body over an opening of the container body. The opening provides access to an interior space having a product compartment configured to store product. The assembly also includes a humectant compartment permanently secured within the assembly. The humectant compartment includes a rigid housing containing a humectant solution. The rigid housing is configured within the assembly to prevent leaking of the humectant solution into the product compartment while facilitating bidirectional transmission of moisture between the humectant compartment and the product compartment. The humectant solution regulates relative humidity of the product compartment to maintain the relative humidity at a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Belfance, Kasey Myers, Ethan Ross Perdue, William Frederick Spano, Jonathan Freedman, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220141227
    Abstract: Technologies are described for managing metadata associated with external content. For example metadata can be obtained that describes content stored on external systems. The metadata can be obtained without locally storing the content items themselves. For example, the metadata can be retrieved from the external systems while the external content continues to be stored on the external systems. The metadata can also include indications of the actions that can be performed in relation to the external content. For example, actions can be obtained (e.g., locally determined and/or obtained from the external systems) and added to the metadata. The metadata can be stored and used locally. For example, the metadata can be used to locally perform the actions in relation to the external content. The metadata can also be used to locally initiate actions that are then carried out in the external systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Jive Software, Inc.
    Inventors: William Frederick Frantz, III, David Edward Brown
  • Patent number: D964638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: William Frederick Hare