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: 8564944
    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: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    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
  • Publication number: 20130268614
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for cache management. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the server computer can be configured to communicate with a client device configured to execute a cache module to maintain a cache storing data downloaded from and/or uploaded to the server computer by the client device. The server computer can be configured to receive requests for data stored at the server computer. The server computer can be configured to respond to the request with hashes that correspond to the requested data. The client device can search the cache for the hashes, obtain the data from the cache if the hashes are found, and/or download the data from the server computer if the hashes are not found. The client device also can be configured to update the cache upon uploading the data to the server computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Simon Clarke, David Charles Oliver, Malgorzata Anna Malaczek
  • Publication number: 20130229756
    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: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    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: 20130229762
    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: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20060218844
    Abstract: A fishing pole holder for use with a lawn chair or similar tubular structure that consists of two clamps attached to a horizontal bar that attaches to an arm or leg of the chair. This horizontal bar bends down at a 90-degree angle and is designed with a swivel joint and thumbscrew for adjusting and tightening this section at an angle. There is a 90 degree angle perpendicular to this and is angled back 25 degrees. The next section is angled forward horizontally and twisted with two ½? radii to support the handle of a fishing pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Sharon Oliver, Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP16335
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Royal Velvet’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; purple and bronze-colored foliage; numerous white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP16405
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Mountain Majesty’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; purple and silver-colored foliage; numerous large white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP17414
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Rose Majesty’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; purple bronze and slightly silver-colored foliage; numerous large pink-colored flowers arranged on mostly erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP17434
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Moonlight’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; silver and purple bronze-colored foliage; numerous large pale green-colored flowers arranged on mostly erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15067
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Silver Light’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; upper surfaces of leaves silver in color; lower leaf surfaces dark purple in color; numerous showy pink-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15085
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Frosted Violet’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; upper surfaces of leaves silvery purple in color; lower leaf surfaces dark purple in color; numerous showy pink-colored flowers arranged on erect to outwardly spreading panicles; long flowering period extending from early to late summer; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15320
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Hearts on Fire’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; upper surfaces of leaves silvery in color; lower leaf surfaces red purple in color; numerous showy white-colored flowers arranged on mostly erect panicles; red purple-colored flower buds, peduncles and pedicels; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15357
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Shenandoah Mountain’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; relatively large and vigorous plant habit; bronze and silver-colored foliage; numerous showy white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15358
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Midnight Burgundy’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; very dark purple-colored leaves, numerous showy white to light pink-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP15360
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Tiarella plant named ‘Running Tiger’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; palmately lobed green-colored leaves with dark purple markings; numerous showy white-colored flowers arranged on dense racemes; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP20026
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Caroline’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; purple bronze and silver-colored leaves; numerous large white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP20066
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Raspberry Chiffon’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; ruffled purple bronze and silver-colored leaves; numerous large light pink-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP20385
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Crystal Spires’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; silver-colored upper leaf surfaces and purple-colored lower leaf surfaces; numerous large white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP23349
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera, ‘Stainless Steel’, is characterized by its foliage that emerges silver in color and heavily suffused with red-purple and matures to silver with green veins, lower leaf surface is dark red-purple, its flowers that are comparatively large, well shaped, and white in color, its well-proportioned plant form, its evergreen foliage that is weather resistant with good tolerance to wind and rain, and its good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Plants Nouveau, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Oliver
  • Patent number: PP23454
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera of hybrid origin, ‘Dark Chocolate’, that is characterized by its foliage that is dark purple-bronze that is overlaid with silvery green mottling with the coloration retained throughout the growing season, its flowers that are comparatively large, well shaped, and pink in color, its red-purple flower buds and red-purple stems that contrast well with its pink flowers, its well-proportioned plant form, its foliage that is weather resistant with good tolerance to wind and rain, and its good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Plants Nouveau LLC.
    Inventor: Charles Oliver