Matthew Edwin Ellis

US Patent:

20210336948, Oct 28, 2021

Filed:

May 24, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/328152

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Pittsburgh PA, US
Mark Yen - San Francisco CA, US
Meenakshi Vohra - Cupertino CA, US
Roman Kuzmenko - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 9/08
H04W 4/48
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods are directed to improvements for secure communications between client systems and a vehicle integration platform associated with a service provider entity. In one example, a communication infrastructure is provided which includes a vehicle integration platform that includes a plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate communication among clients. The communication infrastructure includes a security integration system which is configured to receive and validate a client certificate forwarded to the vehicle integration platform from a client and determine an identity of the client and an origin of a request associated with the client certificate. The security integration system is configured to generate a certificate signing request associated with the client certificate based in part on the identity of the client and obtain an operational certificate for the client based in part on the certificate signing request to establish ability for client authentication within the vehicle integration platform.

US Patent:

20210284196, Sep 16, 2021

Filed:

May 5, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/866977

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Pittsburgh PA, US
Matthew James Harris - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

B60W 60/00
H04L 9/32
H04L 29/06
G06Q 50/30
H04W 4/46

Abstract:

Systems and methods for servicing vehicle messages utilizing a common communications infrastructure are provided. A method includes obtaining, by a vehicle computing system onboard an autonomous vehicle, a message including a cryptographic signature and contextual information, a request, or a command. The method includes determining an originating sender associated with the message based on the cryptographic signature and determining a message privilege for the message based on the originating sender. The originating sender is a process that generated the message. The method includes determining a response for the contextual information, the request, or the command based on the message privilege. The response is indicative of an acceptance or rejection of contextual information, an assignment of computing resources to a request, or an acceptance or rejection of a command. The method includes performing a vehicle action based on the response.

US Patent:

20210288816, Sep 16, 2021

Filed:

May 5, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/866973

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Pittsburgh PA, US
Matthew James Harris - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
H04W 4/44

Abstract:

Systems and methods for vehicle message signing are provided. A method includes obtaining, by a vehicle computing system of an autonomous vehicle, a computing system state associated with the vehicle computing system and a message from at least one remote process running a computing device remote from the vehicle computing system. The message is associated with an intended recipient process running on the vehicle computing system. The method includes determining an originating sender for the message. The originating sender is indicative of a remote process that generated the message. The method includes determining a routing action for the message based on a comparison of the originating sender and the computing system state. The routing action includes at least one of a discarding action or a forwarding action to the intended recipient process. The method includes performing the routing action for the message.

US Patent:

20210288822, Sep 16, 2021

Filed:

May 5, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/866965

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Pittsburgh PA, US
Matthew James Harris - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32
G06F 3/06
H04L 9/08
B60R 25/24

Abstract:

Systems and methods for onboard vehicle certificate distribution are provided. A system can include a plurality of devices including a master device for authenticating processes and one or more requesting devices. The master device can include a master host security service configured to authenticate the one or more processes of the system. The master host security service can run a certificate authority to generate a root certificate and a private root key corresponding to the root certificate. A respective host security service can receive a request for a process manifest for a requesting process of a respective device from a respective orchestration service. The respective host security service can generate the process manifest for the requesting process and provide the process manifest to the requesting process. The requesting process can use the process manifest to communicate with the certificate authority to obtain an operational certificate based on the root certificate.

US Patent:

20200356651, Nov 12, 2020

Filed:

Oct 22, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/660379

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Joseph Maliksi - Pittsburgh PA, US
Roman Kuzmenko - San Jose CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Dublin CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 21/35
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods to authenticate a vehicle operator for an autonomous vehicle on a vehicle service platform are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining authentication request data indicative of an authentication request, the authentication request data including at least an operator identifier associated with the vehicle operator and a vehicle identifier associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing a service code associated with the authentication request to the autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining from a user device in response to providing the service code to the autonomous vehicle, operator data associated with the authentication request, the operator data including the service code. The method includes determining an authentication result associated with the authentication request based at least in part on the service code and the operator data. The method includes providing the authentication result to the user device.

US Patent:

20200314089, Oct 1, 2020

Filed:

Aug 30, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/557084

Inventors:

- San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Charles Ellis Wood - Pittsburgh PA, US
Mark Yen - San Francisco CA, US
Meenakshi Vohra - Cupertino CA, US
Roman Kuzmenko - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 9/08
H04W 4/48
G05D 1/00

Abstract:

Systems and methods are directed to improvements for secure communications between client systems and a vehicle integration platform associated with a service provider entity. In one example, a communication infrastructure is provided which includes a vehicle integration platform that includes a plurality of application programming interfaces configured to facilitate communication among clients. The communication infrastructure includes a security integration system which is configured to receive and validate a client certificate forwarded to the vehicle integration platform from a client and determine an identity of the client and an origin of a request associated with the client certificate. The security integration system is configured to generate a certificate signing request associated with the client certificate based in part on the identity of the client and obtain an operational certificate for the client based in part on the certificate signing request to establish ability for client authentication within the vehicle integration platform.

US Patent:

20170240841, Aug 24, 2017

Filed:

May 10, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/591598

Inventors:

Matthew Ellis - Littleton CO, US

International Classification:

C11B 1/10

Abstract:

A continuous-flow extraction system and method for extracting oil from oil-bearing plant parts, or biomass, with liquid-phase hydrocarbon solvent in a continuous process, providing more than one extraction vessel so that one or more extraction vessels can be cleared of exhausted biomass and reloaded with biomass, while another one or more extraction vessels are undergoing the extraction process, optionally providing a de-waxer for use when needed, providing a primary jacketed separator vessel for flashing hydrocarbon solvent to a vapor phase and precipitating and collecting liquid plant extract, providing at least one secondary jacketed separator vessel for purification and refinement of vapor-phase hydrocarbon solvent and providing for re-liquefication of the solvent for the purpose of re-circulating and reusing the solvent, and providing for the heating, cooling, and pumping necessary to carry out the various steps.

US Patent:

20160303490, Oct 20, 2016

Filed:

Jun 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/190977

Inventors:

Matthew Ellis - Littleton CO, US

International Classification:

B01D 11/02
C11B 1/10

Abstract:

A system for extracting oil from oil-bearing plant parts has an extraction vessel supported by an upright stand, a separator vessel mounted below the extraction vessel, and an expansion filter vessel mounted downstream from the separator vessel. A source of hydrocarbon solvent supplies liquid gas to the top of the extraction vessel, while a recycling pump connected to the separator vessel facilitates transport of the solvent through the plant material in the extraction vessel. The solvent is recovered and re-circulated, while extracted oil is removed from the separator. A computer-based temperature control assembly having a cooling device and a jacketed injection coil regulates temperature of the solvent delivered to the extraction assembly. A thermal jacket is mounted on each of the separator vessel and the expansion filter vessel, with the thermal jackets supplying heat and cold to the interior of the separator vessel and the expansion filter vessel and helping evaporate and condense the solvent.