Patents by Inventor William Snyder
William Snyder 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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Publication number: 20250230022Abstract: A novel jack system that eliminates structures likely to fail that are common in other jack systems and includes a variety of attachments that allow the system to raise objects that are lower to the ground or higher off the ground than traditional jacks can accommodate. The system includes a locking mechanism that transfers the weight lifted by the jack to a central main support shaft. The system includes attachments that allow a user to lift a marine vessel such as a personal watercraft, an object that has fallen on the ground such as a trailer, and/o the front of a vehicle such as a lawnmower. The attachments are interchangeable and adjustable in height and position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Inventor: Stephen William Snyder
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Publication number: 20250170476Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods to allow a user to create virtual and real-world game content to provide players with physically engaging virtual content that is anchored to real-world locations. A content creator is provided a set of “drag-n-drop” modular assets (e.g., encounter tiles, content tiles, creatures, chests, rooms, vehicles, etc.) that can be aggregated together to form a complete content set (e.g., a dungeon, level, puzzle, etc.) through which a player is able to engage the game via the real-world. Each individual modular asset may include a set of in-game challenge criteria that must be satisfied to complete an in-game challenge associated with the asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Shawn Semler Anderson, Matthew Wayne Geer, Jesse William Snyder, Michael E. Madden, III, John Wiacek, Jake Tyler Fyfe, Nicholas James Witchey
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Patent number: 12179091Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods to allow a user to create virtual and real-world game content to provide players with physically engaging virtual content that is anchored to real-world locations. A content creator is provided a set of “drag-n-drop” modular assets (e.g., encounter tiles, content tiles, creatures, chests, rooms, vehicles, etc.) that can be aggregated together to form a complete content set (e.g., a dungeon, level, puzzle, etc.) through which a player is able to engage the game via the real-world. Each individual modular asset may include a set of in-game challenge criteria that must be satisfied to complete an in-game challenge associated with the asset.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Inventors: Shawn Semler Anderson, Matthew Wayne Geer, Jesse William Snyder, Michael E. Madden, III, John Wiacek, Jake Tyler Fyfe, Nicholas James Witchey
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Publication number: 20240106883Abstract: A method for sharing digital content includes determining whether a first computing device is physically located within a defined geographical area, if the first computing device is physically located within the defined geographical area, providing access of shareable digital content to the first computing device, instantiating a tethering object associated with the shareable digital content, the tethering object including at least a first endpoint at the first computing device and a second endpoint at a second computing device remote from the first computing device, and providing access of at least a portion of the shareable digital content, via the tethering object, to the second endpoint at the second computing device remote from the first computing device. Other example methods and computer systems for implementing content sharing methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Michael E. MADDEN, III, Jesse William SNYDER, Jake Tyler FYFE, John WIACEK, Matthew W. GEER
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Publication number: 20240104584Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for facilitating generation and utilization of causal-based models. In embodiments described herein, a set of events comprising touchpoints resulting in a conversion are obtained. A direct attribution indicating credit for an event contribution to the conversion is determined. An adjusted attribution for the event based on the direct attribution for the event augmented with an indirect attribution for the event is determined. The indirect attribution can be identified based on the event causing a subsequent event of the set of events to result in the conversion. Thereafter, the adjusted attribution for the event is provided to indicate an extent of credit assigned to the event for causing the corresponding conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: James William Snyder, JR., Sai Kumar Arava, Amirhossein Meisami, Jun Tao
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Patent number: 11876615Abstract: A method for sharing digital content includes determining whether a first computing device is physically located within a defined geographical area, if the first computing device is physically located within the defined geographical area, providing access of shareable digital content to the first computing device, instantiating a tethering object associated with the shareable digital content, the tethering object including at least a first endpoint at the first computing device and a second endpoint at a second computing device remote from the first computing device, and providing access of at least a portion of the shareable digital content, via the tethering object, to the second endpoint at the second computing device remote from the first computing device. Other example methods and computer systems for implementing content sharing methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NantG Mobile, LLCInventors: Michael E. Madden, III, Jesse William Snyder, Jake Tyler Fyfe, John Wiacek, Matthew W. Geer
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Patent number: 11811063Abstract: A solid-state cathode for a solid-state electrochemical cell includes an electrochemically active cathode material and one or more elemental dopant residing in grain boundaries of the electrochemically active cathode material. The grain boundaries contain at least 0.2 wt % of the one or more elemental dopant and the one or more elemental dopant is less than 10 wt % of the solid-state cathode. The solid-state cathode does not have liquid, gel and polymer materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Terry Tiegs, Jeffrey J. Kelly, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Jianer Bao, Mona Shirpour
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Publication number: 20230348993Abstract: Methods for diagnosis of cancer or other physiological conditions using cDNA as sentinel endpoints are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: BELLWETHER BIO, INC.Inventors: Matthew William SNYDER, Robert Navid Farjad AZAD, Jay SHENDURE
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Publication number: 20230287516Abstract: Methods for diagnosis of one or more physiological conditions using cfDNAs are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is the computer implemented analysis of mapped circulating cell-free DNA fragment endpoint locations using a hidden Markov model to detect the presence of absence of cancer in a test subject. Another embodiment is a system for implementing the analysis of circulating cell-free DNA to detect the presence of absence of cancer using a hidden Markov model.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: BELLWETHER BIO, INC.Inventors: Matthew William SNYDER, Jason Thaddeus DEAN
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Publication number: 20230144600Abstract: This document describes techniques and systems to detect and localize NLOS objects using multipath radar reflections and map data. In some examples, a processor of radar system can identify a detection of an object using reflected EM energy and determine, using map data, whether a direct-path reflection associated with the detection is within a roadway. In response to determining that the direct-path reflection is not located within the roadway, the processor can determine whether a multipath reflection (e.g., a multipath range and multipath angle) associated with the detection is viable. In response to determining that the multipath reflection is viable, the processor can determine that the detection corresponds to an NLOS object. The processor can also provide the NLOS object as an input to an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving system of the vehicle, thereby improving the safety of such systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Branka Jokanovic, William Snyder, Mohamed A. Moawad, Michael H. Laur
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Publication number: 20220403467Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, methods, and compositions for use in determining the cellular origin of circulating cell-free DNA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventor: Matthew William SNYDER
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Patent number: 11435445Abstract: A movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver and an array of LEDs. Two laser controllers aim vertical laser light planes toward any desired point on the jobsite. The user moves the accessory into a first laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that laser light impact and illuminates a corresponding LED in a first color. The user then moves the accessory into a second laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that impact and illuminates a corresponding LED in a second, different color. The user then moves the accessory until the two LED colors intersect. When the intersect occurs, the accessory's electronic controller translates these impacts and illuminates a corresponding LED in a third, different color.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Trimble, Inc.Inventors: Chris William Snyder, Ayman Zuhdi Hajmousa, Eric Keith Unger
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Patent number: 11435182Abstract: A movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver, target screen, and an array of LEDs. A laser controller aims a vertical laser light plane toward any desired point on the jobsite. The user moves the accessory into the laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that laser light impact and illuminates a corresponding LED. The illuminated LED indicates the desired point of interest on the jobsite floor for the user to mark. An electronic distance measuring instrument (an LDM) aims along the same laser plane, and the target screen reflects the LDM signal to provide a distance reading, which is sent to a remote controller operated by the user. Alternatively, the LED array indicates where the laser plane strikes the photosensor, allowing the user to quickly move the accessory to the null position of the photosensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Trimble, Inc.Inventors: Ayman Zuhdi Hajmousa, Chris William Snyder, Eric Keith Unger
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Publication number: 20220222594Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for facilitating analysis of attribution models. In embodiments described herein, an indication to compare a set of attribution models is received. For each attribution model, a lift score is determined that indicates an extent of improvement as compared to a baseline attribution model. The lift score can be generated based at least on a divergence between a weighted-positive path distribution and a negative path distribution determined using a sign correction term and/or on a divergence between a weighted-positive path distribution and a reference distribution, which reflects the deviation between positive and negative paths. The weighted-positive path distribution reflects attribution scores, generated via the corresponding attribution model, applied as weights to a positive event paths and used to produce a distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: James William SNYDER, JR., Sai Kumar ARAVA, Yiwen SUN, Zhenyu YAN
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Patent number: 11271210Abstract: A lithium battery cathode material comprises lithium transition metal-based material selected from lithium transition metal oxides and lithium transition metal phosphates, and crystalline silicon carbide residing at grain boundaries of the lithium transition metal-based material, forming conductive pathways along the grain boundaries, the crystalline silicon carbide being less than 10 wt. % of the cathode material.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mona Shirpour, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Sally S. Lou, Juchuan Li, Shawn William Snyder
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Publication number: 20210352131Abstract: A method for sharing digital content includes determining whether a first computing device is physically located within a defined geographical area, if the first computing device is physically located within the defined geographical area, providing access of shareable digital content to the first computing device, instantiating a tethering object associated with the shareable digital content, the tethering object including at least a first endpoint at the first computing device and a second endpoint at a second computing device remote from the first computing device, and providing access of at least a portion of the shareable digital content, via the tethering object, to the second endpoint at the second computing device remote from the first computing device. Other example methods and computer systems for implementing content sharing methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Michael E. MADDEN, III, Jesse William SNYDER, Jake Tyler FYFE, John WIACEK, Matthew W. GEER
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Publication number: 20210234170Abstract: A solid-state cathode for a solid-state electrochemical cell includes an electrochemically active cathode material and one or more elemental dopant residing in grain boundaries of the electrochemically active cathode material. The grain boundaries contain at least 0.2 wt % of the one or more elemental dopant and the one or more elemental dopant is less than 10 wt % of the solid-state cathode. The solid-state cathode does not have liquid, gel and polymer materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Shawn William Snyder, Terry Tiegs, Jeffrey J. Kelly, Damon E. Lytle, Bernd Jurgen Neudecker, Jianer Bao, Mona Shirpour
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Publication number: 20210190915Abstract: A movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver and an array of LEDs. Two laser controllers aim vertical laser light planes toward any desired point on the jobsite. The user moves the accessory into a first laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that laser light impact and illuminates a corresponding LED in a first color. The user then moves the accessory into a second laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that impact and illuminates a corresponding LED in a second, different color. The user then moves the accessory until the two LED colors intersect. When the intersect occurs, the accessory's electronic controller translates these impacts and illuminates a corresponding LED in a third, different color.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Trimble, Inc.Inventors: Chris William Snyder, Ayman Zuhdi Hajmousa, Eric Keith Unger
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Publication number: 20210190492Abstract: A movable accessory for an automatic point layout system includes a laser receiver, target screen, and an array of LEDs. A laser controller aims a vertical laser light plane toward any desired point on the jobsite. The user moves the accessory into the laser light plane, thereby impacting a photosensor on the laser receiver. The accessory's electronic controller translates that laser light impact and illuminates a corresponding LED. The illuminated LED indicates the desired point of interest on the jobsite floor for the user to mark. An electronic distance measuring instrument (an LDM) aims along the same laser plane, and the target screen reflects the LDM signal to provide a distance reading, which is sent to a remote controller operated by the user. Alternatively, the LED array indicates where the laser plane strikes the photosensor, allowing the user to quickly move the accessory to the null position of the photosensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Trimble, Inc.Inventors: Ayman Zuhdi Hajmousa, Chris William Snyder, Eric Keith Unger
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Publication number: 20210175506Abstract: A lithium battery cathode material comprises lithium transition metal-based material selected from lithium transition metal oxides and lithium transition metal phosphates, and crystalline silicon carbide residing at grain boundaries of the lithium transition metal-based material, forming conductive pathways along the grain boundaries, the crystalline silicon carbide being less than 10 wt. % of the cathode material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Mona Shirpour, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Sally S. Lou, Juchuan Li, Shawn William Snyder