Patents Represented by Attorney Salter IP Law
-
Patent number: 8347417Abstract: Various embodiments provide a pocket handkerchief support device. An example embodiment includes: a main support having a plurality of elastic straps attached thereto for holding a handkerchief firmly against a front surface of the main support, the main support including nubs at a lower end, the nubs creating a void in a recessed lower edge of the main support; and an extender attachment including an adhesive area on an upper portion of the extender attachment for removably attaching the extender attachment to the main support, the extender attachment including nubs at a lower end, the nubs creating a void in a recessed lower edge of the main support.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventor: ILsung R. Chur
-
Patent number: 8351369Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for adaptive data packet scheduling in a mesh network. An example embodiment is configured to divide a time period into a plurality of frames; subdivide each of the plurality of frames into a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots providing a time segment for local data communication between nodes in a mesh network; enable a first node to dynamically assign itself a first slot of the plurality of slots for local data communication, the first node using the first slot to receive data communications destined for the first node; and communicate to other nodes of the mesh network information indicative of the first node's dynamic assignment of the first slot.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: SynapSense CorporationInventors: Seokman Paul Han, Raju Pandey
-
Patent number: 8331282Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for adaptive channel hopping in a mesh network. An example embodiment is configured to divide a time period into a plurality of frames; subdivide each of the plurality of frames into a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots providing a time segment for local data communication between nodes in a mesh network; enable a first node to dynamically assign itself a first channel for local data communication, the first node using the first channel to receive data communications destined for the first node; and communicate to other nodes of the mesh network information indicative of the first node's dynamic assignment of the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: SynapSense CorporationInventors: Raju Pandey, Seokman Paul Han, Rituparna Ghosh
-
Patent number: 8313437Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for fast, reliable and automated processing for intima-media thickness (IMT) measurements. Various embodiments include receiving biomedical imaging data and patient demographic data corresponding to a current scan of a patient; checking the biomedical imaging data in real-time to determine if an artery of the patient has a calcium deposit in a proximal wall of the artery; acquiring arterial data of the patient as a combination of longitudinal B-mode and transverse B-mode data; using a data processor to automatically recognize the artery; using the data processor to calibrate a region of interest around the automatically recognized artery; and determining the intima-media thickness (IMT) of an arterial wall of the automatically recognized artery.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Inventor: Jasjit S. Suri
-
Patent number: 8296203Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system is disclosed in which a network-based e-commerce environment includes billing a client at a periodic flat rate for a pre-defined scope of legal advice in pre-defined areas of legal services and offering the client, as part of the periodic flat rate, an alternative billing option of participating in a litigation defense program having a graduated fee structure based on an outcome of a litigation. In other embodiments, a network-based e-commerce environment includes offering the client participation in an accrual of credits at a predetermined multiplier of the periodic flat rate paid whereby such credits are accrued over time and may be redeemed to offset legal fees otherwise payable.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventor: Scott Shibayama
-
Patent number: 8290881Abstract: A computer-implemented hierarchical revenue model to manage revenue allocations among derived product developers in a networked system. The model includes providing a first revenue value associated with a first digital component, providing a second revenue value associated with a second digital component, and combining the first revenue value with a second revenue value to produce a third revenue value associated with the second digital component, the second digital component including at least a portion, of the first digital component.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: IMVU, Inc.Inventors: Matt Danzig, William David Harvey, Vernon Mervin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, Marcus Gosling
-
Patent number: 8234833Abstract: A structural insulated roof panel with a rigid foam core is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes a rigid foam core having first and second faces, a plurality of support channels being formed on the first and second faces of the rigid foam core, each of the support channels being formed in the rigid foam core with at least one bend; and a plurality of supports being insertable into the plurality of support channels such that at least one face of each of the plurality of supports is external to the first and second faces of the rigid foam core and substantially flush with a face of the rigid foam core, each of the plurality of supports being fabricated using at least four bends to produce a support that fits within one of the plurality of support channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Inventor: Kenneth Andrew Miller
-
Patent number: 8160838Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for visualizing environmental conditions in a data center using wireless sensor networks. An example embodiment includes: establishing communication with a plurality of networked environmental sensors deployed at particular points in one of a plurality of pre-defined layers for a facility; periodically obtaining measured environmental data values from each of the plurality of networked environmental sensors using a wireless sensor network; using the measured environmental data values at the particular points to extrapolate computed environmental data values at intermediate points in the facility; and using the measured environmental data values and the computed environmental data values to generate a visualization of environmental conditions in the facility.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: SynapSense CorporationInventors: Yann Ramin, Raju Pandey
-
Patent number: 8109058Abstract: A structural insulated panel includes a rigid foam core without thermal bridging. A particular embodiment includes a rigid foam core having first and second faces, a plurality of stud channels being formed on the first and second faces of the rigid foam core, each of the stud channels being formed in the rigid foam core in an L-shape in cross-section. The particular embodiment includes a plurality of studs being insertable into the plurality of stud channels such that one face of each of the plurality of studs being external to the first and second faces of the rigid foam core and substantially flush with a face of the rigid foam core, each of the plurality of studs being fabricated using no more than four bends to produce a stud with a hat channel shape in cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Inventor: Kenneth Andrew Miller
-
Patent number: 8109055Abstract: A structural insulated panel includes a rigid foam core without thermal bridging. A particular embodiment includes a rigid foam core having first and second faces, a plurality of stud channels being formed on the first and second faces of the rigid foam core, each of the stud channels being formed in the rigid foam core in an L-shape in cross-section. The particular embodiment includes a plurality of studs being insertable into the plurality of stud channels such that one face of each of the plurality of studs being external to the first and second faces of the rigid foam core and substantially flush with a face of the rigid foam core, each of the plurality of studs being fabricated using no more than four bends to produce a stud with a hat channel shape in cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Inventor: Kenneth Andrew Miller
-
Patent number: 7995064Abstract: A computer-implemented chat system having dual channel communications and self-defining product structures is disclosed. The system and method includes providing a first logical communication channel between a first chat client and a second chat client, the first logical channel conveying text chat messages between the first chat client and the second chat client; providing a second logical communication channel between the first chat client and the second chat client, the second logical channel conveying text chat command/control information between the first chat client and the second chat client; and using the chat command/control information to modify a 3D chat scene displayed on each of the first chat client and the second chat client systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: IMVU, Inc.Inventors: Vernon Melvin Guymon, III, Eric Nathan Ries, William David Harvey, Matt Danzig, Marcus Gosling
-
Patent number: 7995467Abstract: Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for adapting to failures in gateway devices in mesh networks. An example embodiment is configured to provide a plurality of interconnected nodes in a mesh network, at least one node of the plurality of nodes being designated a primary node, the primary node providing timing synchronization for other nodes of the plurality of nodes; and the primary node to designate another one of the plurality of nodes as a secondary node, the secondary node only providing timing synchronization for other nodes of the plurality of nodes when the primary node fails to provide the timing synchronization.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: SynapSense CorporationInventors: Jeffery D. Fitch, Raju Pandey
-
Patent number: D642969Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Inventors: John Jay Saggau, Andrew Jones, Dave Molinari