Patents by Inventor Andrew Patterson
Andrew Patterson 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: 9063950Abstract: A method for enabling raster image editing software to work with geospatial imagery includes identifying geospatial metadata for an image upon opening of the image, and monitoring all raster image editing operations performed on the image to determine if the geospatial metadata is affected. The geospatial metadata is updated if the geospatial metadata is affected by a raster image editing operation. In another aspect, a computer readable medium contains instructions for controlling a computer system to perform a method for enabling raster image editing software to work with geospatial imagery.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: AVENZA SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Edward Florence, Garvan Keeley, Ilya Varaev, Michael Yakubovsky, Andrew Patterson
-
Publication number: 20150129449Abstract: A low cost and durable package for use in shipping thin, fragile planar members, such as protective tempered glass screen protectors for electronic devices. The package may include a rectangular box having a sidewall that defines an interior portion. A support insert having two outer sidewall members and a middle wall portion is configured and adapted to fit within the interior portion of the box. The middle portion may include cutouts for restraining a glass screen protector for an electronic device. A flap configurable between an open position and a closed position may provide further protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Mark Andrew Patterson, Gregory Blair Norris
-
Patent number: 9026849Abstract: A system and method for providing reliable storage are provided. A method for initiator operations includes storing information associated with an access attempt in a store, and accessing a storage system responsive to the access attempt, wherein the storage system includes a first storage node and a second storage node arranged in a sequential loop, and where the first storage node is accessed by an initiator. The method also includes determining if the access attempt completed successfully, deleting the information from the store if the access attempt completed successfully, and indicating an error if the access attempt did not complete successfully.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Patterson, James Hughes, Hao Zhang
-
Patent number: 8994114Abstract: An apparatus having an active device, a plurality of traces and one or more areas is disclosed. The active device may have a channel layer. A buffer layer is generally disposed between the channel layer and a substrate. A parasitic layer may be formed at an interface between the buffer layer and the substrate. The traces may be connected to the active device. The areas are generally proximate at least one of (i) the active device and (ii) at least two of the traces from which the parasitic layer is removed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Leckey, Lyndon Pattison, Andrew Patterson, Timothy E. Boles
-
Publication number: 20150045094Abstract: A color-conversion kit for a mobile electronic device, such as a mobile phone, comprises a front member, a back member, a side strip member, and a bumper member. The front member is adhered to the display side of the mobile electronic device while the back member is adhered to the back of the mobile electronic device. The side strip member is adhered to the sides of the mobile electronic device. The bumper member is applied to the sides of the electronic device over the side strip member. A transparent portion of the bumper member allows viewing of the side strip member even though covered by the bumper member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Mark Andrew Patterson, Gregory Blair Norris
-
Publication number: 20140344708Abstract: A method of capturing business intelligence requirements includes establishing a graphical object definition interface, receiving user input through this interface to define various requirements objects, and storing the user-defined requirements objects in an object library. A graphical business intelligence outputs interface can also be established, such that users can provide input to define business intelligence outputs, each of which includes at least one requirements object from the object library expressed in reports and/or dashboards. Systems for practicing this and related methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Michael Carr, Andrew Patterson, Jacqueline Meriwether, Robert McWaters
-
Publication number: 20140207499Abstract: Techniques for allowing prospective hotel guests to check-in online are provided. An online check-in service sends, to a computing device of a prospective guest, an electronic notification that indicates that the prospective user can check-in online instead of having to wait in line at the hotel. A series of pages are presented to the prospective guest, such as a page to allow the prospective guest to specify room preferences and other requests, a page to allow the prospective guest to accept an upgrade offer, a page to confirm payment, and/or a page that shows a room assignment. In this way, a guest does not have to wait in a hotel lobby to be assigned a room. Also, a hotel may be notified when a confirmed guest is approaching the hotel to allow hotel staff to make any arrangements necessary to expedite the process of getting the guest to his/her room.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Room 77, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Fliess, Brad Gerstner, Calvin Yang, Roger Wong, Anthony H. Maggio, Brian McManus, Andrew Patterson
-
Publication number: 20140156359Abstract: An approach is provided for indirectly connecting a customer's mobile smart device to a point of sale computer located at a business when the customer is making a purchase at the business. The customer's mobile smart device and the POS computer communicate over the Internet with a customer interaction manager executing on an Internet server. This provides an easy to use interface for the customer and allows the customer to receive information and send requests to the business without having to wait for personnel working at the business to be available.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Taylor Drake Morgan, Azhar Bande-ali, Curtis Patrick Quinn Evans, James Lee Fortuna, Brian Jerel Ollison, Kevin Andrew Patterson, Sherry Shirah Spreter
-
Publication number: 20140156533Abstract: A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer to download fulfillment software prior to requesting secure data. The data distribution system is characterized by server technology which can dynamically encrypt secured data files just prior to a customer request to download the data file. A framework for building a universal data distribution infrastructure is provided which employs Requesters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Arvato Digital Services LLCInventors: Shannon Lee Byrne, Innes Muecke, Andrew Patterson, David Slik
-
Publication number: 20140156426Abstract: An approach is provided for indirectly connecting a customer's mobile smart device to computers located at a business when the customer is making a purchase at the business. The customer's mobile smart device and the business's computers communicate over the Internet with a customer interaction manager executing on an Internet server. This provides an easy to use interface for the customer and allows the customer to receive information and send requests to the business without having to wait for personnel working at the business to be available.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventors: Taylor Drake Morgan, Azhar Bande-ali, Brett S. Taylor, Michael Cain Finley, Charles Howard Mallory, Curtis Patrick Quinn Evans, James Lee Fortuna, Brian Jerel Ollison, Kevin Andrew Patterson, Sherry Shirah Spreter, David Allen Turner
-
Publication number: 20140136316Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Kayak Software CorporationInventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul M. English, Steve Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Daniel S. Hafner
-
Publication number: 20140134035Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system including a trochoidal rotary device. The trochoidal rotary device includes a housing comprising an inner surface, a rotor having at least one bearing recess, a shaft eccentrically mounted to the rotor, wherein the shaft and the rotor are integrated with one another, and at least one bearing disposed between the bearing recess of the rotor and the inner surface of the hollow housing, wherein at least one of the inner surface of the hollow housing, the bearing recess of the rotor, and the at least one bearing comprise a bearing interface comprises a surface treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Omar M. Kabir, Mark Andrew Patterson, Ronald Wayne Webb
-
Publication number: 20140067677Abstract: A method for facilitating secure payment for a transaction, the method comprising: Systems, methods, and devices for facilitating secure payment for a transaction are described. In some embodiments, secure tokens that are linked with remotely- and securely-stored purchaser payment information may be exchanged and transmitted during transaction processing so as to avoid direct transmission of sensitive purchaser information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Shem ALI, Caleb REYNOLDS, Nick TOLOMICZENKO, Christopher BRANDT, Amer MATAR, Andrew PATTERSON
-
Patent number: 8583485Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Kayak Software CorporationInventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Daniel S. Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Steve Hafner
-
Patent number: 8499356Abstract: A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer to download fulfillment software prior to requesting secure data. The data distribution system is characterized by server technology which can dynamically encrypt secured data files just prior to a customer request to download the data file. A framework for building a universal data distribution infrastructure is provided which employs Requesters.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Arvato Digital Services Canada, Inc.Inventors: Shannon Lee Byrne, Innes Muecke, Andrew Patterson, David Slik
-
Publication number: 20130055009Abstract: A system and method for providing reliable storage are provided. A method for initiator operations includes storing information associated with an access attempt in a store, and accessing a storage system responsive to the access attempt, wherein the storage system includes a first storage node and a second storage node arranged in a sequential loop, and where the first storage node is accessed by an initiator. The method also includes determining if the access attempt completed successfully, deleting the information from the store if the access attempt completed successfully, and indicating an error if the access attempt did not complete successfully.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: FutureWei Technologies, IncInventors: Andrew Patterson, James Hughes, Hao Zhang
-
Publication number: 20130007389Abstract: A system and method for making snapshots of storage devices are provided. A method for making a snapshot of a volume includes setting the volume to a read-only mode, receiving an access attempt for the volume, and if the access attempt is a write access attempt, buffering information associated with the write access attempt in a buffer, and updating a snapshot indicator based on the information associated with the write access attempt, where the snapshot indicator includes block information regarding a block in the volume that is a target of the write access attempt. The method also includes if the access attempt is a read access attempt, providing read information requested in the read access attempt, where the read information is based on the volume, or a combination of the snapshot indicator, the buffer, and a buffer indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FutureWei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Patterson, James Hughes, Hao Zhang
-
Patent number: 8099768Abstract: A method for multi-protocol logout. The method includes receiving, by a first identity provider, a logout request from a user agent, wherein the first identity provider executes in a federation manager, and initiating a logout on a service provider associated with the first identity provider based on the logout request by the first identity provider. The method further includes identifying, by the federation manager, a plurality of identity providers associated with the user agent, wherein the plurality of identity providers communicate using heterogeneous federation protocols, and initiating, by the federation manager, a logout on each of the plurality of identity providers based on the logout request using the plurality of heterogeneous federation protocols. The method further includes initiating, by the plurality of identity providers, a logout of each service provider corresponding to the plurality of identity providers, identifying a status of each logout, and sending the status to the user agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.Inventors: Qingwen Cheng, Ping Luo, Andrew Patterson, Rajeev Angal
-
Publication number: 20110145061Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: KAYAK SOFTWARE CORPORATIONInventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Steve Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Daniel S. Hafner
-
Patent number: 7917387Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Kayak Software CorporationInventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul English, Daniel S. Hafner, Andrew Patterson