Patents by Inventor Andrew S. Hansen
Andrew S. Hansen 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: 20120270650Abstract: A video gaming system and related network interfaces with an online fantasy sports game. The video game play is enhanced using selectable and/or geographically relevant in-game advertising. A video game program product can include video game instructions, video game character parameters, and image data configured to provide a video game environment in the video game. The video game program product can include instructions configured to display a first selectable advertisement in the video game environment, wherein when selected by a user of the video game, (i) an advertisement web page is electronically directed to the user (ii) advertisement information is made accessible to the video game user, (iii) additional advertisement information is displayed to the user, or (iv) additional advertisement information is downloaded into the video game for viewing by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: VOODOO GAMING LLCInventors: David A. Jones, Andrew S. Hansen
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Patent number: 8263413Abstract: Methods for accurately comparing the levels of ionizable lipids in two cell populations that differ in some respect from each other using mass spectroscopy and isotopic labeling are provided. The methods can be used to identify a change in a lipid of interest in response to a cellular, chemical, genetic, or environmental change to the cell population (i.e., a lipid response to a cell perturbation). The change in the lipid of interest can be a change in composition, rate of synthesis, and/or location of the lipid.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventor: Andrew S Hansen
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Publication number: 20120185474Abstract: A method for searching a database that includes private network data includes providing one or more databases including a plurality of database entries, a first portion of the database entries including private social network data and a second portion including non-social network data that is publicly accessible on the World Wide Web. The method further includes receiving a keyword search request from a search request user and searching the one or more databases or a keyword index thereof using one or more keywords and ranking ranking the search result items according to relevancy. The method also includes displaying at least a portion of the search results items as a selectable link where a first portion of the selectable links are to private network data and a second portion of the links are to public, non-social network data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: HB BIOTECHInventors: Andrew S. Hansen, Scott B. Hansen
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Publication number: 20120145046Abstract: Engineered cements are described that include an engineered clinker fraction designed for use with one or more supplementary cementitious material (“SCM”) fractions. The engineered clinker fraction has a narrow particle size distribution (“PSD”) with a relatively high tricalcium silicate (“C3S”) content as compared to traditional ordinary Portland cement (“OPC”). The high C3S content and narrow PSD provide desired reactivity and set time when combined with the one or more SCMs. The clinker fraction may be combined with one or more ultrafine SCM fractions and/or one or more coarser SCM fractions to achieve a desired wide particle size distribution. By engineering the chemistry and the particle size of the clinker fraction and the SCM fraction to work together, the engineered cements can have superior packing density, water demand, reactivity, set time, sulfate resistance, and strength development as compared to conventional OPC-SCM blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Andrew S. Hansen, John M. Guynn
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Publication number: 20120085263Abstract: Hydraulic cements, such as Portland cements and other cements that include substantial quantities of tricalcium silicate (C3S), dicalcium silicate (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A), and/or tetracalcalcium alumino-ferrite (C4AF), are particle size optimized to have increased reactivity compared to cements of similar chemistry and/or decreased water demand compared to cements of similar fineness. Increasing hydraulic cement reactivity increases early strength development and release of reactive calcium hydroxide, both of which enhance SCM replacement and 1-28 day strengths compared to blends of conventional Portland cement and one or more SCMs, such as coal ash, slag or natural pozzolan. Decreasing the water demand can improve strength by decreasing the water-to-cement ratio for a given workability. The narrow PSD cements are well suited for making blended cements, including binary, ternary and quaternary blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Roman Cement, LLCInventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Patent number: 8121999Abstract: A method for searching a database that includes private social network data includes providing one or more databases including a plurality of database entries, a first portion of the database entries including private social network data and a second portion including non-social network data that is publicly accessible on the World Wide Web. The method further includes receiving a keyword search request from a search request user and searching the one or more databases or a keyword index thereof using one or more keywords and determining a hierarchy for search result items. The method also includes displaying at least a portion of search results items according to the hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventors: Andrew S Hansen, Scott B. Hansen
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Publication number: 20120012034Abstract: Hydraulic cements, such as Portland cements and other cements that include substantial quantities of tricalcium silicate (C3S), dicalcium silicate (C2S), tricalcium aluminate (C3A), and/or tetracalcalcium alumino-ferrite (C4AF), are particle size optimized to have increased reactivity compared to cements of similar chemistry and/or decreased water demand compared to cements of similar fineness. Increasing hydraulic cement reactivity increases early strength development and release of reactive calcium hydroxide, both of which enhance SCM replacement and 1-28 day strengths compared to blends of conventional Portland cement and one or more SCMs, such as coal ash, slag or natural pozzolan. Decreasing the water demand can improve strength by decreasing the water-to-cement ratio for a given workability. The narrow PSD cements are well suited for making blended cements, including binary, ternary and quaternary blends.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Publication number: 20110259246Abstract: A high early strength blended cement composition includes larger sized fly ash and/or natural pozzolan particles blended with smaller sized hydraulic cement particles containing tricalcium silicate and/or dicalcium silicate (e.g., Portland cement and/or ground granulated blast furnace slag). Excess calcium released from the hydraulic cement particles when mixed with water forms calcium hydroxide available for reaction with the fly ash and/or natural pozzolan. The fineness of the hydraulic cement particles is substantially greater than the fineness of the fly ash and/or natural pozzolan particles (e.g., about 1.25 to about 50 times greater). Reducing or eliminating coarse hydraulic cement particles that cannot fully hydrate but include unreacted cores reduces or eliminates wasted cement normally found in concrete.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Patent number: 7972432Abstract: A high early strength pozzolan cement includes larger sized pozzolan particles blended with smaller sized hydraulic cement particles containing tricalcium silicate and/or dicalcium silicate (e.g., Portland cement). Excess calcium release from the hydraulic cement when mixed with water forms calcium hydroxide available for reaction with the pozzolan. The fineness of the hydraulic cement particles is substantially greater than the fineness of the pozzolan particles (e.g., about 1.25 to about 50 times greater). Reducing or eliminating coarse hydraulic cement particles that cannot fully hydrate but include unreacted cores reduces or eliminates wasted cement normally found in concrete. Replacing some or all of the coarse cement particles with pozzolan particles provides a pozzolan cement composition having significantly lower water demand compared to the hydraulic cement by itself.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Roman Cement, LLCInventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Publication number: 20100313795Abstract: A high early strength pozzolan cement includes larger sized pozzolan particles blended with smaller sized hydraulic cement particles containing tricalcium silicate and/or dicalcium silicate (e.g., Portland cement). Excess calcium release from the hydraulic cement when mixed with water forms calcium hydroxide available for reaction with the pozzolan. The fineness of the hydraulic cement particles is substantially greater than the fineness of the pozzolan particles (e.g., about 1.25 to about 50 times greater). Reducing or eliminating coarse hydraulic cement particles that cannot fully hydrate but include unreacted cores reduces or eliminates wasted cement normally found in concrete. Replacing some or all of the coarse cement particles with pozzolan particles provides a pozzolan cement composition having significantly lower water demand compared to the hydraulic cement by itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Roman Cement, LLCInventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Patent number: 7799128Abstract: A high early strength pozzolan cement includes larger sized pozzolan particles and smaller sized hydraulic cement particles which contain tricalcium silicate (e.g., Portland cement). Particles larger than 10 ?m are predominantly (50%, 65%, 75%, 85% or 95%) pozzolan particles, and particles smaller than 10 ?m are predominantly (50%, 65%, 75%, 85% or 95%) hydraulic cement particles. Excess calcium from the hydraulic cement forms calcium hydroxide available for reaction with the pozzolan particles, optionally in combination with supplemental lime. At least 30%, 40%, 45%, 55%, 65% or 75% of the pozzolan cement (combined pozzolan and hydraulic cement particles) consists of pozzolan, and less than 70%, 60%, 55%, 45%, 35% or 25% consists of hydraulic cement.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Roman Cement, LLCInventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Publication number: 20100174709Abstract: A method for searching a database that includes private social network data includes providing one or more databases including a plurality of database entries, a first portion of the database entries including private social network data and a second portion including non-social network data that is publicly accessible on the World Wide Web. The method further includes receiving a keyword search request from a search request user and searching the one or more databases or a keyword index thereof using one or more keywords and determining a hierarchy for the search result items. The method also includes displaying at least a portion of the search results items according to the hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Andrew S. Hansen, Scott B. Hansen
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Publication number: 20100089293Abstract: A high early strength pozzolan cement includes larger sized pozzolan particles and smaller sized hydraulic cement particles which contain tricalcium silicate (e.g., Portland cement). Particles larger than 10 ?m are predominantly (50%, 65%, 75%, 85% or 95%) pozzolan particles, and particles smaller than 10 ?m are predominantly (50%, 65%, 75%, 85% or 95%) hydraulic cement particles. Excess calcium from the hydraulic cement forms calcium hydroxide available for reaction with the pozzolan particles, optionally in combination with supplemental lime. At least 30%, 40%, 45%, 55%, 65% or 75% of the pozzolan cement (combined pozzolan and hydraulic cement particles) consists of pozzolan, and less than 70%, 60%, 55%, 45%, 35% or 25% consists of hydraulic cement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: ROMAN CEMENT, LLCInventors: John M. Guynn, Andrew S. Hansen
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Publication number: 20090011835Abstract: A video gaming system and related network interfaces with an online fantasy sports game. The fantasy sports game can be enhanced using various features of the video game play. In one aspect of the invention the video game system provide a video game console platform for the fantasy team owner to attend the fantasy draft over a network that includes the Internet. Attending the fantasy draft includes selecting available real-life athletes from a list of available real-life athletes in the fantasy draft as members of a fantasy team roster and receiving information describing fantasy draft selections by other fantasy team owners attending the fantasy draft. The video game system includes instructions for displaying sports video game characters associated with the same real-life athletes being drafted in the online fantasy game.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: VOODOO GAMING, LLCInventors: ANDREW S. HANSEN, DAVID A. JONES
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Publication number: 20080280685Abstract: A video gaming console and related network interfaces with a server computer hosting an online fantasy sports game. The video game machine acquires a fantasy team roster of the fantasy sport game over a network that includes the Internet and the video game console is programmed to create a video game team using at least a portion of the fantasy team roster. The video game team created is playable on the video game console.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: VOODOO GAMING LLCInventors: Andrew S. Hansen, David A. Jones
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Publication number: 20080161113Abstract: A video gaming system and related network interfaces with an online fantasy sports game. The video game play is enhanced using various features of a fantasy sports game. Similarly, the fantasy sports game can be enhanced using various features of the video game play. In one aspect of the invention the video game system acquires a team roster of the fantasy sport game and the team roster is used to define the sports video game team. The sports video game also acquires sports video game parameters that are associated with real-life attributes of video game team members that are associated with the real-life team members. The video game play changes frequently over a sports season due to the changing video game parameters and fantasy sports settings being used to define video game play.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Voodoo Gaming LLCInventors: Andrew S. Hansen, David A. Jones