Patents by Inventor William Hamilton
William Hamilton 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).
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Patent number: 10911921Abstract: A first client device or system performs a method that includes retaining in memory registration information for a respective application indicating the respective application is registered for sharing application state with other client devices or systems. The method further includes storing an application state of a respective application, and detecting a transfer triggering condition. The transfer triggering condition includes presence of a second client device or system within a predefined proximity of the first client device or system, and the predefined proximity is a predefined proximity for near field communication. Furthermore, upon detecting the triggering condition, the first client device or system determines, in accordance with the stored registration information, that the respective application is registered for application state sharing, and transmits the application state of the respective application to the second client device or system.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Cheng-Hsueh Andrew Hsieh, Chinyue Chen, Yung-Chieh Lo
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Publication number: 20200090446Abstract: A networked system for providing and maintaining a set of liquid dispenser stations is described. The fluid dispensers communicate with a managing/supervisory cloud server via an interposed base station. The fluid dispensers communicate locally with the base station via wireless communication network links. The base station operates as an accumulator of status/usage information provided by the dispenser stations and bridge for passing information and control commands between the cloud server and the individual dispenser stations. The dispenser stations are configured with control processors (controllers) to facilitate performing a variety of local control operations associated with dispensing liquids that have been cooled (or heated) prior to dispensing by the dispenser stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Edward Locke, William Hamilton, Franco Savoni, Damon D. Shaw, Raymond T. Hecker, Joel E. Leiser, Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli), Trevor Robert Smouter, Timothy Scott Edward Hiller
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Patent number: 10568150Abstract: A computer-implemented technique includes initiating, at a first computing device including one or more processors, communication with a second computing device via a short-range wireless communication protocol. The technique includes receiving, at the first computing device, a set of information from the second computing device via the short-range wireless communication protocol, the set of information for configuring communication via a different, second wireless communication protocol.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Benjamin J. Dodson
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Publication number: 20200042693Abstract: An application service system receives, from a merchant service system, an application program code comprising identifying information. The identifying information is extracted and the application is distributed for operation on a user device. A user interacts with the application, creating an access request that is transmitted to the application service system along with the extracted identifying information. The application service system transmits an access token to the user device comprising the received identifying information. The user device transmits the access token with a service request to the application service system. The application service system compares the identifying information from the access token to the identifying information extracted from the application program code received from the merchant services system. If the identifying information matches, the service request is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Michael David Galpin, Jon Christian Boekenoogen, Scott Roy Atwood, Jeffrey William Hamilton
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Patent number: 10482704Abstract: A networked system for providing and maintaining a set of liquid dispenser stations is described. The fluid dispensers communicate with a managing/supervisory cloud server via an interposed base station. The fluid dispensers communicate locally with the base station via wireless communication network links. The base station operates as an accumulator of status/usage information provided by the dispenser stations and bridge for passing information and control commands between the cloud server and the individual dispenser stations. The dispenser stations are configured with control processors (controllers) to facilitate performing a variety of local control operations associated with dispensing liquids that have been cooled (or heated) prior to dispensing by the dispenser stations.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Elkay Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Edward Locke, William Hamilton, Franco Savoni, Damon D. Shaw, Raymond T. Hecker, Joel E. Leiser, Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli), Trevor Robert Smouter, Timothy Scott Edward Hiller
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Patent number: 10445491Abstract: An application service system receives, from a merchant service system, an application program code comprising identifying information. The identifying information is extracted and the application is distributed for operation on a user device. A user interacts with the application, creating an access request that is transmitted to the application service system along with the extracted identifying information. The application service system transmits an access token to the user device comprising the received identifying information. The user device transmits the access token with a service request to the application service system. The application service system compares the identifying information from the access token to the identifying information extracted from the application program code received from the merchant services system. If the identifying information matches, the service request is processed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael David Galpin, Jon Christian Boekenoogen, Scott Roy Atwood, Jeffrey William Hamilton
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Publication number: 20190251782Abstract: Various systems and methods for streaming an impromptu community are described herein. In one example, a system for streaming impromptu communities includes a data storage device, a community analyzer, and a publisher. In an example, the data storage device can store a number of incoming data sets, wherein each data set identifies a time and location for the origin of the data, a media instance, and an identification of an origin device or origin user. In an example, the community analyzer can operate from the data storage device to use a processor in order to calculate an IC boundary and generate an impromptu community (IC) indicator based on the proximity and temporality of the number of incoming data sets. In an example, the processor can modify the number of data sets to include the IC indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gina D. Venolia, John C. Tang, Kori Inkpen, William A. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20190191469Abstract: A computer-implemented technique includes initiating, at a first computing device including one or more processors, communication with a second computing device via a short-range wireless communication protocol. The technique includes receiving, at the first computing device, a set of information from the second computing device via the short-range wireless communication protocol, the set of information for configuring communication via a different, second wireless communication protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Benjamin J. Dodson
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Publication number: 20190149972Abstract: A first client device or system performs a method that includes retaining in memory registration information for a respective application indicating the respective application is registered for sharing application state with other client devices or systems. The method further includes storing an application state of a respective application, and detecting a transfer triggering condition. The transfer triggering condition includes presence of a second client device or system within a predefined proximity of the first client device or system, and the predefined proximity is a predefined proximity for near field communication. Furthermore, upon detecting the triggering condition, the first client device or system determines, in accordance with the stored registration information, that the respective application is registered for application state sharing, and transmits the application state of the respective application to the second client device or system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Cheng-Hsueh Andrew Hsieh, Chinyue Chen, Yung-Chieh Lo
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Patent number: 10270820Abstract: Various systems and methods for streaming an impromptu community are described herein. In one example, a system for streaming impromptu communities includes a data storage device, a community analyzer, and a publisher. In an example, the data storage device can store a number of incoming data sets, wherein each data set identifies a time and location for the origin of the data, a media instance, and an identification of an origin device or origin user. In an example, the community analyzer can operate from the data storage device to use a processor in order to calculate an IC boundary and generate an impromptu community (IC) indicator based on the proximity and temporality of the number of incoming data sets. In an example, the processor can modify the number of data sets to include the IC indicator.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gina D. Venolia, John C. Tang, Kori Inkpen, William A. Hamilton
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Patent number: 10225711Abstract: A first client device or system performs a method that includes retaining in memory registration information for a respective application indicating the respective application is registered for sharing application state with other client devices or systems. The method further includes storing an application state of a respective application, and detecting a transfer triggering condition. The transfer triggering condition includes presence of a second client device or system within a predefined proximity of the first client device or system, and the predefined proximity is a predefined proximity for near field communication. Furthermore, upon detecting the triggering condition, the first client device or system determines, in accordance with the stored registration information, that the respective application is registered for application state sharing, and transmits the application state of the respective application to the second client device or system.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Jason Parks, Nicholas Julian Pelly, Jeffrey William Hamilton, Cheng-Hsueh Andrew Hsieh, Chinyue Chen, Yung-Chieh Lo
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Patent number: 10038844Abstract: The disclosed technology includes switching between a normal or standard-lens UI and a panoramic or wide-angle photography UI responsive to a zoom gesture. In one implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-out” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a minimum zoom state, may trigger a switch from a standard lens photo capture UI to a wide-angle photography UI. In another implementation, a user gesture corresponding to a “zoom-in” command, when received at a mobile computing device associated with a nominal wide-angle state, may trigger a switch from a wide-angle photography UI to a standard lens photo capture UI.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nirav Bipinchandra Mehta, Mikkel Crone Köser, David Singleton, Robert William Hamilton, Henry John Holland, Tony Ferreira, Thomas Weedon Hume
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Publication number: 20180096131Abstract: An application service system receives, from a merchant service system, an application program code comprising identifying information. The identifying information is extracted and the application is distributed for operation on a user device. A user interacts with the application, creating an access request that is transmitted to the application service system along with the extracted identifying information. The application service system transmits an access token to the user device comprising the received identifying information. The user device transmits the access token with a service request to the application service system. The application service system compares the identifying information from the access token to the identifying information extracted from the application program code received from the merchant services system. If the identifying information matches, the service request is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Michael David Galpin, Jon Christian Boekenoogen, Scott Roy Atwood, Jeffrey William Hamilton
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Patent number: 9862084Abstract: A device includes an actuation system with a dose chamber including an inlet for high pressure fluid. A working chamber extends away from the dose chamber. An annular wall separates a portion of the working chamber from the dose chamber such that the dose chamber encompasses the portion of the working chamber. In use an item to be driven along the working chamber is at least partially within the surrounded portion of the working chamber with the item at one end of its travel in the working chamber. A valve mechanism selectively allows high pressure fluid from the dose chamber to flow into the piston chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GlobalForce IP LimitedInventor: Hamish William Hamilton
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Patent number: 9852283Abstract: An application service system receives, from a merchant service system, an application program code comprising identifying information. The identifying information is extracted and the application is distributed for operation on a user device. A user interacts with the application, creating an access request that is transmitted to the application service system along with the extracted identifying information. The application service system transmits an access token to the user device comprising the received identifying information. The user device transmits the access token with a service request to the application service system. The application service system compares the identifying information from the access token to the identifying information extracted from the application program code received from the merchant services system. If the identifying information matches, the service request is processed.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael David Galpin, Jon Christian Boekenoogen, Scott Roy Atwood, Jeffrey William Hamilton
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Publication number: 20170365124Abstract: A networked system for providing and maintaining a set of liquid dispenser stations is described. The fluid dispensers communicate with a managing/supervisory cloud server via an interposed base station. The fluid dispensers communicate locally with the base station via wireless communication network links. The base station operates as an accumulator of status/usage information provided by the dispenser stations and bridge for passing information and control commands between the cloud server and the individual dispenser stations. The dispenser stations are configured with control processors (controllers) to facilitate performing a variety of local control operations associated with dispensing liquids that have been cooled (or heated) prior to dispensing by the dispenser stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Edward Locke, William Hamilton, Franco Savoni, Damon D. Shaw, Raymond T. Hecker, Joel E. Leiser, Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli), Trevor Robert Smouter, Timothy Scott Edward Hiller
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Patent number: 9736680Abstract: A method can include receiving, at a first computing device having one or more processors, a command to transfer a data payload to a second computing device and information from the second computing device using a near-field communication (NFC) protocol. The information can be indicative of a plurality of communication protocols capable of being received at the second computing device, including the NFC communication protocol. Additionally, the method can include estimating a transfer time corresponding to each of the plurality of communication protocols. Each of the transfer times can be indicative of an amount of time to transfer the data payload between the first and second computing devices using its corresponding communication protocol. The method can also include selecting a specific communication protocol based on the estimated transfer times and transmitting the data payload using the specific communication protocol.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Jeffrey William Hamilton, Nicholas J. Pelly, Benjamin J. Dodson
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Patent number: D838711Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Inventors: Jason Ingram, Matthew Seabaugh, William Hamilton
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Patent number: D880260Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Inventor: William Hamilton
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Patent number: D897160Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Inventor: William Hamilton