Patents by Inventor Mark A. Sprague

Mark A. Sprague 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: 10136613
    Abstract: An animal litter container enclosure system includes an access chute, a housing, and a drawer. The access chute has a first access, a second access, and an exterior surface, and is configured to be inserted through a wall between a first space and a second space such that the first access is located in the first space and the second access is located in the second space. The housing has a back access aperture; an interior top surface adjacent the back access aperture, a mounting flange adjacent the back access aperture, a front wall with a front wall exterior surface, and a front drawer aperture. The housing is configured to be mounted to the wall in the second space through attaching the mounting flange to the wall and resting the interior top surface on the exterior surface of the access chute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Sprague
  • Publication number: 20170367296
    Abstract: An animal littler container enclosure system includes an access chute, a housing, and a drawer. The access chute has a first access, a second access, and an exterior surface, and is configured to be inserted through a wall between a first space and a second space such that the first access is located in the first space and the second access is located in the second space. The housing has a back access aperture; an interior top surface adjacent the back access aperture, a mounting flange adjacent the back access aperture, a front wall with a front wall exterior surface, and a front drawer aperture. The housing is configured to be mounted to the wall in the second space through attaching the mounting flange to the wall and resting the interior top surface on the exterior surface of the access chute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Sprague
  • Publication number: 20160302379
    Abstract: An animal littler container enclosure system includes an access chute, a housing, and a drawer. The access chute has a first access, a second access, and an exterior surface, and is configured to be inserted through a wall between a first space and a second space such that the first access is located in the first space and the second access is located in the second space. The housing has a back access aperture; an interior top surface adjacent the back access aperture, a mounting flange adjacent the back access aperture, a front wall with a front wall exterior surface, and a front drawer aperture. The housing is configured to be mounted to the wall in the second space through attaching the mounting flange to the wall and resting the interior top surface on the exterior surface of the access chute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Sprague
  • Publication number: 20160078574
    Abstract: The subject disclosure provides methods and systems for managing information provided in conjunction with a virtual property (“VP”), and in some aspects, for managing a title associated with the same. In some implementations, a method of the subject disclosure can include steps for receiving a virtual property claim, authenticating the virtual property claim to determine if the user is in possession of a rightful title of the parcel of real property, and granting access to a title policy for the virtual property asset if the virtual property claim is properly authenticated. In some aspects, systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Sprague
  • Patent number: 6738058
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for compression and decompression of a two dimensional video object such that the video object may subsequently be displayed as a three dimensional object is generally accomplished by a set-up engine which receives vertex parameters and generates a plurality of derivatives and Bresenham parameters, therefrom. The derivatives and Bresenham parameters are provided to an edgewalker circuit which produces, therefrom, a plurality of spans which, in turn, is converted in to a set of texel addresses by a texel address generator. A texel fetch circuit receives the set of texel addresses and uses the addresses to retrieve a set of texels, which is subsequently processed by a texel processor to produce a filtered pixel. To retrieve the set of texels, the texel fetch circuit retrieves a set of indexes based on the texel addresses and uses the set of texels to retrieve the set of texels from a codebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Gruber, Mark A. Sprague
  • Patent number: 6339531
    Abstract: A dockable equipment container includes an outer shell of a durable material and an inner metallic container. The inner container is suspended within the outer shell by blocks of energy absorbent material, such as SORBATHANE. The dockable equipment container further includes a connector at one end, which is covered by a protective door. When mated with external equipment, the protective door is moved to an open position by an alignment device, such as alignment pins, pressing against an end of the protective door. The alignment pins mate with corresponding alignment holes for ensuring that the connector properly mates with a corresponding connector in the external equipment. The dockable equipment container may contain various electronic equipment, which communicates with the external equipment through the connector. The electronic equipment may include disk drives, which are protected from the environment and from shock by the construction of the dockable equipment container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. McKain, Peter Fasciano, Alan Denny, Raymond W. Imblum, Mark A. Sprague, Robert F. Deal, Morton Tarr
  • Patent number: 6043821
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rendering pixel information from blended texture information is accomplished by generating first texture information and second texture information for a given pixel location. Having generated this information, the first and second texture information is blended, based on a blending function, to produce blended texture information. The blended texture information is then used to render the pixel information at the given pixel location. This process continues for each pixel location of an object element of an object, image, and/or scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Sprague, Richard J. Fuller
  • Patent number: 5999406
    Abstract: A dockable equipment container includes an outer shell of a durable material and an inner metallic container. The inner c,ontainer is suspended within the outer shell by blocks of energy absorbent material, such as SORBATHANE. The dockable equipment container further includes a connector at one end, which is covered by a protective door. When mated with external equipment, the protective door is moved to an open position by an alignment device, such as alignment pins, pressing against an end of the protective door. The alignment pins mate with corresponding alignment holes for ensuring that the connector properly mates with a corresponding connector in the external equipment. The dockable equipment container may contain various electronic equipment, which conmmunicates with the external equipment through the connector. The electronic equipment may include disk drives, which are protected from the environment and from shock by the construction of the dockable equipment container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. McKain, Peter Fasciano, Alan Denny, Raymond W. Imblum, Mark A. Sprague, Robert F. Deal, Morton Tarr