Patents by Inventor Kenneth Douglas

Kenneth Douglas 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).

  • Controlling the Status of Network Address Space
    Publication number: 20140372629
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media provide for automated control of the status of network address space. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network may be allocated from a free status to a new status based upon a request to allocate a particular size block. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network that have been allocated to a new status may be deallocated to return to a free status based upon a request to deallocate the chosen block. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network that have been allocated and otherwise manipulated such as through a lend from another network may be reclaimed for the original network upon a request to reclaim the chosen block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Dennis Joseph Boylan, Kenneth Douglas Burroughs, Sean Ming Drun, John Leland Lee, Angela Kristine Schneider
  • Network-based service access for wireless communication devices
    Patent number: 8914463
    Abstract: A device and method facilitates communication with a network-based service or application such as a Social Networking Service (SNS), for example. The device may be a cellular telephone that is not normally equipped to communicate with such services. However, a controller in the device selects a bearer service that can be used to communicate with the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Travis Angle, Daniel Dzuban, Graeme M. Gibbs, Jeffrey Griffin, Joachim Karlsson, Seneca D. Meyer, Kenneth Douglas Norbury
  • Resolving information in a multitenant database environment
    Patent number: 8904011
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for creating a representation of dependency relationships between computing resources within a computing environment. In some implementations, one or more sources for dependency analysis may be identified. Each source may be capable of being accessed to provide computing functionality via the computing environment. Each source may include one or more references to a respective one or more computing resources. Each computing resource may define a unit of the computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships may be identified based on the one or more sources. A dependency relationship representation may be created based on the identified dependency relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Jensen-Horne, Dileep Burki, Walter Sims Harley, Matthew Small, Kenneth Douglas Scott, David Andrew Brooks, Prasad Peddada, Hemang Patel, Gaurav Chawla, Theresa Vietvu, Shriman Gurram
  • METHOD, APPARATUS AND KIT FOR THE EXTRACTION OF LIPID-SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20140339160
    Abstract: A method of separating an aqueous portion from a heterogeneous sample containing said aqueous portion and a non-aqueous (lipid) portion, teaches passing a sample through glass wool, thus trapping the aqueous layer in the glass wool and eluting the lipid layer from the glass wool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Flaviu Ciobanu, Ameer Y. Taha, Adam Henry Metherel, Kenneth Douglas Stark
  • ADHESIVE APPLICATOR AND APPLICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140331921
    Abstract: An adhesive applicator nozzle for being attached to an adhesive applicator to apply adhesive to a surface of a structure having an edge to thereafter be adhered to a second structure. The nozzle includes a flow conduit for attachment to the applicator for receiving a delivered adhesive and an adhesive dispensing head having a discharge opening communicating with the flow conduit for receiving the adhesive from the flow conduit and applying the adhesive to the surface of the structure. A dispensing guide is attached to the applicator nozzle and extending forwardly and to one side of the dispensing head for engaging the edge of the surface of the structure and guiding the adhesive onto the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: PAM Fastening Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bert Martin Gausepohl, Kenneth Douglas Canup
  • Controlling the status of network address space
    Patent number: 8825903
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media provide for automated control of the status of network address space. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network may be allocated from a free status to a new status based upon a request to allocate a particular size block. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network that have been allocated to a new status may be deallocated to return to a free status based upon a request to deallocate the chosen block. Blocks of networking address space assigned to a network that have been allocated and otherwise manipulated such as through a lend from another network may be reclaimed for the original network upon a request to reclaim the chosen block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Infoblox Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Joseph Boylan, Kenneth Douglas Burroughs, Sean Ming Drun, John Leland Lee, Angela Kristine Schneider
  • Methods for individualizing trichomes
    Patent number: 8808501
    Abstract: A method for individualizing a trichome from an epidermis of a non-seed portion of a trichome-bearing plant in the Asteraceae family and Melastomataceae family to form a fibrous structure is provided. The method comprises contacting the plant with a device to separate the trichome from the epidermis and incorporating the separated trichome into fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Teresa Jean Franklin
  • Resolving information in a multitenant database environment
    Patent number: 8775946
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for providing a user interface component. In some implementations, a request for the user interface component may be received at a computing device. The user interface component may have a default visual presentation. A branding override may be selected from a plurality of available branding overrides. The branding override may define a modification to the default visual presentation of the user interface component. The branding override may be selected based on one or more contextual variables associated with the request for the user interface component. The user interface component may be modified in accordance with the selected branding override. The user interface component may be displayed on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Jensen-Horne, Dileep Burki, Walter Sims Harley, Matthew Small, Kenneth Douglas Scott, David Andrew Brooks, Prasad Peddada, Hemang Patel, Gaurav Chawla, Theresa Vietvu, Shriman Gurram
  • FLEXIBLE VEHICLE SURFACE PROTECTOR WITH RIGID NIBS
    Publication number: 20140113110
    Abstract: In one aspect, the disclosure describes a surface protector comprising a mat and a nib array. The mat includes a first material having a first hardness value. The nib array includes a second material having a second hardness value greater than the first hardness value. The nib array further includes a plurality of nibs connected by a lattice. In another aspect, the disclosure describes a method for making a surface protector. The method includes forming a nib array including a first material having a first hardness value. The nib array further includes a plurality of nibs connected by a lattice. The method includes attaching a mat to the nib array, the mat including a second material having a second hardness value less than the first hardness value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Winfield Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Johnson, Robert D. Tyler
  • Vehicle floor mat or floor liner kit having a clip
    Patent number: 8690222
    Abstract: Vehicle floor mat or floor liner kits are provided. In one embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or floor liner kit includes one or more vehicle floor mats or liners, and a clip. Each vehicle floor mat or liner has at least one aperture. The clip has first and second portions. The first portion is configured to secure the clip to a floor of a vehicle. The second portion is configured to secure the floor mat or liner to the clip utilizing the at least one aperture. In another embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or liner clip includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has a threaded aperture and an annular ring that surrounds the threaded aperture. The annular ring has a titled surface between an inner circumference and an outer circumference. The bottom portion has a threaded shaft, a disk, and a fastener section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Winfield Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Johnson, Robert D. Tyler
  • METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZING TRICHOMES
    Publication number: 20140083637
    Abstract: A method for individualizing a trichome from an epidermis of a non-seed portion of a trichome-bearing plant in the Stachys genus to form a fibrous structure is provided. The method comprises contacting the plant with a device to separate the trichome from the epidermis and incorporating the separated trichome into a fibrous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas VINSON, Teresa Jean FRANKLIN
  • System, method and computer program product for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service
    Patent number: 8661056
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for publicly providing web content of a tenant using a multi-tenant on-demand database service can allow the web content to be published by a tenant using the multi-tenant on-demand database service for use by non-tenants of the multi-tenant on-demand database service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Bulent Cinarkaya, Steven Tamm, Jayesh Sureshchandra, Alex Warshavsky, Irandi Upeka Bulumulla, Benjamin Fry, Kenneth Douglas Scott, David Brooks
  • Generating displays of networking addresses
    Patent number: 8650278
    Abstract: Technologies for generating displays of user-defined blocks of networking addresses on a map of an associated address space are provided. Each block of networking addresses is described in a user-defined table with a start address and a map size. The display for each block of network addresses may be rendered on the map at a location based on the relative position of the start address within the associated address space and of a size based on the mask size in relation to the associated address space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Internet Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Joseph Boylan, Kenneth Douglas Burroughs, Sean Ming Drun, John Leland Lee, Angela Kristine Schneider
  • Methods for individualizing trichomes
    Patent number: 8623176
    Abstract: A method for individualizing a trichome from an epidermis of a non-seed portion of a trichome-bearing plant in Labiatae family and Geraniaceae family to form a fibrous structure is provided. The method comprises contacting the plant with a device to separate the trichome from the epidermis and incorporating the separated trichome into a fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Teresa Jean Franklin
  • Multi-piece vehicle bed rail cover
    Patent number: 8613477
    Abstract: Multi-piece vehicle bed rail covers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle bed rail cover includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has at least one end that includes a raised feature, and the second portion has at least one end that is free from raised features. The first and the second portions are illustratively joined together in such a manner that a seam is concealed at least in part by the raised feature. The vehicle bed rail cover can also include additional raised features that may be perpendicular or angled with respect to a length of the bed rail cover. Furthermore, the vehicle bed rail cover may include one or more locking mechanisms to join the different portions together, and the vehicle bed rail cover may be made in part by utilizing injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Winfield Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Tyler, Kenneth Douglas Johnson
  • Portable vacuum system
    Publication number: 20130312214
    Abstract: Portable vacuum systems are provided. In one embodiment, a portable vacuum system includes a tank, an engine, and a transportation system. The engine is configured to generate a vacuum within the tank. The transportation system illustratively has one or more wheels and is configured to tilt the tank about an axis that is between a front and a back of the tank. In other embodiments, a portable vacuum system may also include a swivel elbow that connects the tank to a vacuum wand, a ledge that supports the engine, a back door that forms a seal with the tank along a curved lip, and a filter that is accessible through a threaded cover on the tank. Additionally, one or more of the components of a system may be made utilizing rotational molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: WINFIELD CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Johnson, Mark D. McNeil
  • Vehicle floor mat or floor liner kit having a clip
    Publication number: 20130313854
    Abstract: Vehicle floor mat or floor liner kits are provided. In one embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or floor liner kit includes one or more vehicle floor mats or liners, and a clip. Each vehicle floor mat or liner has at least one aperture. The clip has first and second portions. The first portion is configured to secure the clip to a floor of a vehicle. The second portion is configured to secure the floor mat or liner to the clip utilizing the at least one aperture. In another embodiment, a vehicle floor mat or liner clip includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has a threaded aperture and an annular ring that surrounds the threaded aperture. The annular ring has a titled surface between an inner circumference and an outer circumference. The bottom portion has a threaded shaft, a disk, and a fastener section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Winfield Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Johnson, Robert D. Tyler
  • METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZING TRICHOMES
    Publication number: 20130299111
    Abstract: A method for individualizing a trichome from an epidermis of a non-seed portion of a trichome-bearing plant in the Stachys genus to form a fibrous structure is provided. The method comprises contacting the plant with a device to separate the trichome from the epidermis and incorporating the separated trichome into fibrous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Teresa Jean Franklin
  • Methods for treating fibrous structures
    Patent number: 8545574
    Abstract: Methods for treating a fibrous structure in need of treatment with a chemical additive, such as a chemical softener, and products produced therefrom, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Khosrow Pariz Mohammadi, Robert Michael Bourbon, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Computing device display
    Patent number: D706265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter K. Lee, Stacy L. Wolff, Kenneth Douglas Wood, In Shr Tseng, Sangyong Park