Patents by Inventor Ernest Nelson
Ernest Nelson 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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Patent number: 8449768Abstract: An oil skimmer includes a frame for attaching a porous collection bag. The frame automatically tilts in response to water flow, relative to the frame, and the frame automatically returns to its original (“neutral”) position when the water flow ceases. In the tilted position, the frame orients a portion of the mouth of the bag below the surface of the water, so the bag collects floating contaminants. However, in the neutral position, the frame orients the mouth of the bag upward and such that the mouth is above the surface of the water to prevent previously captured contaminants from escaping from the bag and floating away. Optionally, the frame may be releasably locked in the neutral position to facilitate bag replacement or when no collection is desired. The skimmer may be mounted between hulls of a catamaran.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: National Response CorporationInventors: Jason DeSantis, David Aviles, Lucas Owen, Ernest Nelson Dix Brown
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Publication number: 20090234258Abstract: An ulcer, lymphoedema and DVT treatment device (10) comprises a drive unit (12) adapted to deliver mechanical vibrations at its surface in three orthogonal directions at a frequency in each orthogonal direction of between 15 and 75 Hz and with an amplitude in each orthogonal direction of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm. A pad (110) is connected to the drive unit, and a strap (46) enables the pad to be pressed against the limb of the animal or human. The motor drives an eccentrically mounted weight (22) to provide oscillations of the casing in a radial plane. The device is employed to treat a patient suffering from leg ulcers, lymphoedema and DVT by applying three-dimensional vibrations. A cover (150) is provided to protect the pad (110) from contamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2003Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Ernest Nelson, Antony Seaney, Jeanette Nelson
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Patent number: 7490245Abstract: Initially, a hardware inventory device is provided within the data processing system. UIC that uniquely identifies the data processing system is stored in a non-erasable memory of the hardware inventory device. An encrypted hash generated by combining the UIC and a BIOS hash is stored in the non-erasable memory of the hardware inventory device. In response to a loading of a software program previously installed within a direct access storage device of the data processing system, the following steps are performed: i. the encrypted hash is obtained from the non-erasable memory of the hardware inventory device; ii. the encrypted hash is decrypted; iii. a new hash is generated by using the UIC and a BIOS from the data processing system, and the decrypted hash is compared with the new hash; and iv. the software program loading is allowed to continue when the decrypted hash matches the new hash.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2004Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Rod David Waltermann, Michael Douglas Anderson, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Kerry Graham Sanders
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Patent number: 7389536Abstract: Access to secure data through a portable computing system is provided only when a timer within the system is running. The timer is reset with the portable system connected to a base system, either directly, as by a cable, or indirectly, as through a telephone network. In an initialization process, the portable and base systems exchange data, such as public cryptographic keys, which are later used to confirm that the portable system is connected to the same base system. In one embodiment, the initialization process also includes storing a password transmitted from the portable system within the base system, with this password later being required within the reset process.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Ltd.Inventors: David Carroll Challener, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Hernando Ovies, James Peter Ward
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Patent number: 6823415Abstract: A computer system, includes a mobile computer, a docking station for receiving the mobile computer, a bridge having a first side coupled to the mobile computer and a second side coupled to the docking station, and a flat panel display formed with the docking station for being coupled to the mobile computer via the docking station. The docking station includes a dock housing coupled to a desktop display and including a first bus, and a bridge coupled between the first bus and a second bus, the first bus residing in the dock housing and the second bus for being coupled to the mobile computer.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2000Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sameh W. Asaad, Nicholas R. Dono, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Kevin W. Warren
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Patent number: 6675237Abstract: A computer network system includes a plurality of computers each including a central processing unit (CPU), a memory and at least one peripheral device, a connection fabric having selectable first and second sides, the first side being coupled to a first computer of the plurality of computers and the second side being coupled to at least a second computer of the plurality of computers. Each of the first and second computers performs a negotiation to determine which one of the first and second computers controls resources of the other of the first and second computers.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2000Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sameh W. Asaad, Nicholas R. Dono, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Kevin W. Warren
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Publication number: 20030154291Abstract: A modular computer system includes a core unit comprising a processor and a memory; a removable modular accessory; a docking connector for connecting the accessory to the core unit; and one or more subsystems contained within the accessory. The system is partitioned such that any of the cooling, power or input/output subsystems can be disposed within the modular accessory such that these subsystems can be removed from the system by removing the accessory. The core unit by itself is not useful to a user because it lacks power, cooling, or a user interface. The core unit can be connected into any of a variety of accessories and it adapts its functions to the system resources provided by each type of accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kenneth Blair Ocheltree, Masato Anzai, Nicholas R. Dono, Akira Hino, Toshitaka Imai, Seiichi Kawano, Shinsuke Noda, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Toshitsugu Mito, James Randal Moulic, Robert K. Montoye, Robert Stephen Olyha, Ronald Alan Smith, Hiromi Tanaka, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Yoshihisa Sueta, Masatoshi Ishii
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Patent number: 6591320Abstract: A method and system for eliminating peripheral device conflicts in a multibus data-processing system which includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) plus having multiple slots for interconnecting peripheral devices in an automatically derived configuration and an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus having multiple slots for interconnecting peripheral devices in a user-selected configuration. Each slot included within the ISA bus includes a reset line for temporarily disabling an associated slot in response to an application of electrical power to the data-processing system in order to prevent power transition problems. In response to an existing or potential device conflict brought about by a user-selected configuration, a control signal is selectively applied to the reset line for one or more slots included within the ISA bus, temporarily disabling those slots during normal operation of the data-processing system.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1999Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Carvis Cromer, Dhruv Manmohandas Desai, Jan Michael Janick, Howard Jeffrey Locker, Ernest Nelson Mandese
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Publication number: 20030093698Abstract: Access to secure data through a portable computing system is provided only when a timer within the system is running. The timer is reset with the portable system connected to a base system, either directly, as by a cable, or indirectly, as through a telephone network. In an initialization process, the portable and base systems exchange data, such as public cryptographic keys, which are later used to confirm that the portable system is connected to the same base system. In one embodiment, the initialization process also includes storing a password transmitted from the portable system within the base system, with this password later being required within the reset process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Carroll Challener, Ernest Nelson Mandese, Hernando Ovies, James Peter Ward
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Patent number: 6026492Abstract: Described is a computer system which is coupled to a remote computer via a network cable. The computer system has a normally closed enclosure and is capable of securing data retained within the system against unauthorized access. The computer system includes an erasable memory element mounted within the enclosure for selective activation to active and inactive states and for receiving and storing a security password when in the active state. A manually operable option switch is mounted within the enclosure. The option switch is operatively connected with the erasable memory element and manually settable by a user of the computer system for setting the erasable memory element to the active and inactive states.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1997Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daryl C. Cromer, Howard J. Locker, Ernest Nelson Mandese, James Peter Ward