Patents by Inventor William Madison

William Madison 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: 11220569
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerogel made from a polyhydroxy benzene compound crosslinked with formaldehyde. The aerogel is dry and has a first volume and wherein the aerogel can be exposed to a liquid and be re-dried in a gas while retaining at least 70% of the first volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: William Madison Parks, Rebecca J. Boohaker, Ashish Pathak, Saibal Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 10450399
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerogel made from a polyhydroxy benzene compound crosslinked with formaldehyde. The aerogel is dry and has a first volume and wherein the aerogel can be exposed to a liquid and be re-dried in a gas while retaining at least 70% of the first volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Southern Research Institute
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Cain, William Madison Parks, Rebecca J. Boohaker, Ashish Pathak, Saibal Chakraborty
  • Publication number: 20190276580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerogel made from a polyhydroxy benzene compound crosslinked with formaldehyde. The aerogel is dry and has a first volume and wherein the aerogel can be exposed to a liquid and be re-dried in a gas while retaining at least 70% of the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: William Madison Parks, Rebecca J. Boohaker, Ashish Pathak, Saibal Chakraborty
  • Publication number: 20170366641
    Abstract: A social networking platform can provide universal profiles. A universal profile can define a user's account on the social networking platform of the present invention and can include a number of different endpoints by which the user can establish channels with other users. These endpoints can include a phone number endpoint and an email endpoint as well as a number of endpoints pertaining to the user's profiles with other social networking platforms. A user can define which endpoints will be included in his or her universal profile. Then, when other users view the user's universal profile, they will be able to see which endpoints the user has included and will be able to create a channel with the user via any of the endpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: John Mitchell Fultz, Daniel Gene Collingridge, Bryan Lloyd Anderson, William Madison Clifton, III, Eric Jeffrey Bateman, Scott Patrick Davis, Yuvraj Parihar
  • Publication number: 20170291980
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerogel made from a polyhydroxy benzene compound crosslinked with formaldehyde. The aerogel is dry and has a first volume and wherein the aerogel can be exposed to a liquid and be re-dried in a gas while retaining at least 70% of the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Cain, William Madison Parks, Rebecca J. Boohaker, Ashish Pathak, Saibal Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 9684878
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Bogusky, Mary Ann Emmett, Donald A. Hallock, Arden Steuart Lake, Joseph Paul Palmeri, James I. Paradies, William Madison Sipperley
  • Publication number: 20170160889
    Abstract: Tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts are provided. More specifically, processes are automatically graphically rendered and editable. A progression diagram is automatically generated from data stored in a data storage, and at least some directional lines of the progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the progression diagram a view is presented that includes a focus diagram. The focus diagram and progression diagram are editable to enable a change in a functional relationship between two nodes within the focus diagram and/or the progression diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Bogusky, Mary Ann Emmett, Donald A. Hallock, Arden Steuart Lake, Joseph Paul Palmeri, James I. Paradies, William Madison Sipperley
  • Patent number: 9600785
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James M. Bogusky, Mary Ann Emmett, Donald A. Hallock, Arden Steuart Lake, Joseph Paul Palmeri, James I. Paradies, William Madison Sipperley
  • Patent number: 8803072
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that can measure flux density in-situ under high vacuum conditions includes a means for confining a collection of identical, elemental sensor particles to a volume of space by initial cooling by laser or another method, then confinement in a sensor volume using externally applied magnetic and/or optical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: British Columbia Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James Lawrence Booth, David Erik Fagnan, Bruce George Klappauf, Kirk William Madison, Jicheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20120198382
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James M. Bogusky, Mary Ann Emmett, Donald A. Hallock, Arden Steuart Lake, Joseph Paul Palmeri, James I. Paradies, William Madison Sipperley
  • Publication number: 20120198390
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to tools for optimizing complex processes or systems, such as flow process charts and, more specifically to the automatic graphical renderings of processes. In an exemplary embodiment, the process is a complex process including hundreds or thousands of operations. In an exemplary embodiment, a device displays a first view that includes a complete progression diagram automatically generated from data stored in a database, and at least some directional lines of the complete progression diagram unintelligibly overlap. In response to a selection of a particular operation in the complete progression diagram, in an exemplary embodiment, the display toggles to a second view that includes a focus diagram. In an exemplary embodiment, an edit to the focus diagram is checked in real-time and rejected if the edit orphans of an object currently undergoing the process on a live production line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James M. Bogusky, Mary Ann Emmett, Donald A. Hallock, Arden Steuart Lake, Joseph Paul Palmeri, James I. Paradies, William Madison Sipperley
  • Publication number: 20110290991
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that can measure flux density in-situ under high vacuum conditions includes a means for confining a collection of identical, elemental sensor particles to a volume of space by initial cooling by laser or another method, then confinement in a sensor volume using externally applied magnetic and/or optical fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: James Lawrence Booth, David Erik Fagnan, Bruce George Klappauf, Kirk William Madison, Jicheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20080242231
    Abstract: A controller in a wireless communication device automatically generates and sends presence updates when a detector in the device senses user motion or other parameters related to the user's current activity. The presence updates may indicate that the user is performing the sensed activity. When the detector no longer senses the user motion or other parameters, the controller automatically generates and sends another presence update to indicate that the user is finished performing the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: William Madison Gray
  • Patent number: D939803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: William Madison