Patents by Inventor Charles Oliver

Charles Oliver 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: 9621953
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for presenting segments of an uncensored version of a media asset on a second device while a censored version of the media asset is displayed on a first device. These systems and methods alert a user when segments of the uncensored version of the media asset do not overlap with the censored version, i.e., the uncensored version contains inappropriate content that is censored. Subsequent to alerting the user, the segment of the uncensored version is presented on the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Oliver Holcomb, Jennifer Danielle Lamm, Courtney R. Vann
  • Patent number: 9602871
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for presenting segments of an uncensored version of a media asset on a second device while a censored version of the media asset is displayed on a first device. These systems and methods allow a user to view only the segments of the uncensored version of the media asset that do not overlap with the censored version, i.e., the inappropriate content that is censored. During a defined timeframe, the system presents the audio portion or the audio and video portion of the uncensored media asset on the second device, but does not present them otherwise. In some instances, the system enables both the audio and video of the uncensored version on the second device throughout the entirety of the media asset, but selectively mutes and unmutes the audio based on determining non-overlapping segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Oliver Holcomb, Jennifer Danielle Lamm, Courtney R. Vann
  • Publication number: 20170028160
    Abstract: An expiratory therapy device (100) has a disc (21) mounted at right angles in the expiratory gas passage (9). The disc (21) is rotated about an axis at right angles to the passage (9) by an electric motor (23) at a speed that is independent of the respiratory pressure exerted by the patient during use. The motor (23) and its control (30) are located in a drive unit (25) that can be removed from the device (100) for reuse on another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Charles OLIVER
  • Publication number: 20170020776
    Abstract: A respiratory therapy system includes a vibratory expiratory therapy device through which the patient exhales to set up vibrations within the chest. An array of piezoelectric vibration sensors is mounted on the patient's chest and supplies vibration outputs to a processor, which in turn provides an output to a display indicative of impedance of different regions of the chest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Mohammad Qassim Mohammad Khasawneh, Mark Charles Oliver, Mark Sinclair Varney
  • Publication number: 20160331917
    Abstract: Respiratory therapy apparatus includes an oscillating expiratory therapy device (100) and pressure and flow sensors (20 and 21) in the patient inlet (7) connected to supply signals to a processor (24). The processor (24) includes artificial intelligence software to correlate the output signals with prescribed values and control a feedback device (26) that prompts the patient accordingly to adjust use of the device as necessary. The feedback device (26) may be of a visual, audible or tangible kind. The processor (24) may also automatically adjust a setting dial (5) of the therapy device (100) by means of an actuator (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul James Leslie Bennett, Robert James Burchell, Mohammad Qassim Mohammad Khasawneh, Mark Charles Oliver, Mark Sinclair Varney
  • Publication number: 20160321274
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Burra Gopal, Adrian Fanaru, James Rupke, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20160321276
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Gang Zhao, Daniel Keith Winter, Shyam Narayan, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20160321248
    Abstract: Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. It is then isolated into its own container. The contents are then moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Shyam Narayan, Adrian Fanaru, Burra Gopal, James P. Rupke, Parul Manek, Ziyi Wang, David Charles Oliver, Daniel Keith Winter, Yang Xiang
  • Publication number: 20160321461
    Abstract: A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-Wei Wang, Mingquan Xue, Christopher Paul Holder, Daniel Keith Winter, Parul Manek
  • Publication number: 20160321133
    Abstract: A post-encryption checksum is generated for a file to be stored on a remote storage location. It can be generated before sending the encrypted file to the remote storage system. A post-write checksum can be received from the remote storage system. The post-write checksum is generated after the encrypted file is written there. A comparison of the two checksums indicates whether the file has been correctly written to the remote storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Oliver, Ming-wei Wang, Dan Winter, Parul Manek
  • Patent number: 9477337
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20160291787
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20150334355
    Abstract: A system for managing devices in a data center includes an equipment rack configured to house the devices, and one or more cameras mounted on the equipment rack. The one or more cameras are configured to capture one or more images of the devices. The system also includes a processor coupled to the one or more cameras configured to receive the one or more images of the devices, identify, from the one or more images, information relating to at least one of the devices, and transmit the information to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary R. Ware, Christophe Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: 9176901
    Abstract: Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Summer L. Schneider, Eric Joseph Wahl, James H. Wise, Camilo Leon, Karsten Aagaard, Thomas Charles Oliver
  • Publication number: 20150261364
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20150011826
    Abstract: A video bougie 1 for use in inserting a medical tube 3 includes a bendable rod 10 with a camera unit 11 mounted at its forward end and connected by a cable 13 with an electrical connector 14 at the machine end of the bougie. A brass ferrule 30 has its forward end 32 attached to an external recess 24 around the machine end of the rod 10, the rear end 33 of the ferrule supporting the electrical connector 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Mayo, Mark Charles Oliver, Eric Pagan
  • Publication number: 20140362506
    Abstract: Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Summer L. Schneider, Eric Joseph Wahl, James H. Wise, Camilo Leon, Karsten Aagaard, Thomas Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: 8854799
    Abstract: Flux fountain techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a cover configured to be disposed over at least a portion of a display device of a computing device that is configured as a tablet and a connection portion attached to the cover using a flexible hinge. The connection portion is configured to be physically coupled to the computing device using a magnetic coupling device. The magnetic coupling device includes a first magnet that is disposed in the connection portion such that a magnetic field is aligned along an axis and second and third magnets are disposed in the connection portion at opposing sides of the first magnet from each other. The second and third magnets have respective magnetic fields that are aligned along a respective axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the magnetic field of the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Summer L. Schneider, Eric Joseph Wahl, James H. Wise, Camilo Leon, Karsten Aagaard, Thomas Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: 8800562
    Abstract: A resuscitator has two separate, spaced controls (23) and (30) both of which can be actuated manually to open a valve (100) and deliver a breathing cycle of a maximum timed duration to a patient. One control (23) has a button (24) on the top (13) of the unit (1), which is pushed in to actuate. A ring (25) surrounds the button (24) and has cam profiles (122) that engage with cam pins (120) on the button to push and hold it down when rotated. The other control (30) is on the underside surface (14), facing the patient and adjacent the gas outlet (5). This control includes a toggle lever (31), which can be displaced laterally in two different planes to open the valve (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Group PLC
    Inventors: Robert James Burchell, Mark Charles Oliver, Brian Alan Willatts
  • Patent number: 8744999
    Abstract: As changes are made to a document, each change may be assigned an extended identifier comprising a globally unique identifier (GUID) component and an integer component. Upon determining that the same GUID component is used in identifiers for multiple changes, the GUID component may be mapped to a range of indices. Each index of the range of indices may then be used to represent the same GUID component in each extended identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Peter Clarke, David Charles Oliver, Brent James Van Minnen, Miko Arnab S Bose