Patents by Inventor Aidan THOMAS
Aidan THOMAS 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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Publication number: 20230337653Abstract: A system for dispensing a pest attractant or repellent into a surrounding environment, comprising: a main reservoir for storing a fluid; a control volume coupled to the main reservoir, a first flow restrictor arranged to regulate a flow of the fluid between the main reservoir and the control volume; a second flow restrictor arranged to regulate a flow of the fluid out of the control volume; and, an evaporation medium positioned at or downstream of the first flow restrictor, wherein at least one of the first and the second flow restrictors is a controllable flow restrictor, and wherein the system further comprises electronically controllable actuation means for actuating the controllable flow restrictor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Robert FRYERS, Neil D'SOUZA-MATHEW, Gareth FUNK, Paris THOMAS, Aidan THOMAS
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Patent number: 10353855Abstract: A software calculator is provided herein that includes an art object displayed along with the calculator as part of the calculator. The art object may be displayed as a background image, a portion of which is shown behind the controls and input/output display area of the calculator. The user may select other images from a gallery of available images to be displayed along with the calculator. The user may also provide rating for and/or purchase a print or an original of the art object currently being displayed by a click of a button or link displayed on the user interface of the calculator. The displayed art object may also automatically change or otherwise be updated according to user preferences.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: DIGITALCHEMY, LLCInventors: Aidan Thomas Hughes, Micah Andrew Koffron, Eric Charles Moselle, Yi Chen
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Publication number: 20150128084Abstract: A software calculator is provided herein that includes an art object displayed along with the calculator as part of the calculator. The art object may be displayed as a background image, a portion of which is shown behind the controls and input/output display area of the calculator. The user may select other images from a gallery of available images to be displayed along with the calculator. The user may also provide rating for and/or purchase a print or an original of the art object currently being displayed by a click of a button or link displayed on the user interface of the calculator. The displayed art object may also automatically change or otherwise be updated according to user preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Aidan Thomas Hughes, Micah Andrew Koffron, Eric Charles Moselle, Yi Chen
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Publication number: 20130325624Abstract: An active control of advertising is enhanced through the use of solicited information to gain knowledge about a desired population of users. In some examples, this knowledge about users provides a self-identification of target users, and this self-identification is used to select further users with similar characteristics, who would also be likely to self-identify themselves as target users.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: ChoiceStream, Inc.Inventors: Aidan Thomas Cardella, Peter Allen Bishop
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Patent number: 8528109Abstract: During a software activation process, a processing device may provide a software license key to be communicated to an activation authority. The software license key may be provided to the activation authority via one of a number of communication methods, such as, for example, via a telephone, via a facsimile, via e-mail, via a text message, or via other communication methods. A length of the software license key may be based on an expected amount of time to provide the software license key to the activation authority. When the expected amount of time is relatively long, the software license key may be relatively short. When the expected amount of time is relatively short, the software license key may be relatively long. In some embodiments, a relatively short software license key may be a unique subset of a relatively long software license key.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Boris Asipov, Aidan Thomas Joseph Hughes
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Patent number: 7937586Abstract: In various embodiments, a server may be provided. The server may respond to a request for a service, from a processing device, with a challenge. The challenge may include a partial key for a memory-intensive operation, a number of iterations of the memory-intensive operation to perform, and a result of performing the number of iterations of the memory-intensive operation. Upon receiving the challenge, the processing device may choose a complete key consistent with the partial key and may produce a proposed result by performing the memory-intensive operation for the number of iterations. When the proposed result matches the result included in the challenge, the processing device may send a challenge answer, including the chosen complete key, to the server. Upon receiving a correct challenge answer from the processing device, the server may access the requested service and may return a result of the access to the processing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Douglas Robert de la Torre, Aidan Thomas Joseph Hughes, Josh Benaloh
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Publication number: 20090092253Abstract: During a software activation process, a processing device may provide a software license key to be communicated to an activation authority. The software license key may be provided to the activation authority via one of a number of communication methods, such as, for example, via a telephone, via a facsimile, via e-mail, via a text message, or via other communication methods. A length of the software license key may be based on an expected amount of time to provide the software license key to the activation authority. When the expected amount of time is relatively long, the software license key may be relatively short. When the expected amount of time is relatively short, the software license key may be relatively long. In some embodiments, a relatively short software license key may be a unique subset of a relatively long software license key.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Boris Asipov, Aidan Thomas Joseph Hughes
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Publication number: 20090007265Abstract: In various embodiments, a server may be provided. The server may respond to a request for a service, from a processing device, with a challenge. The challenge may include a partial key for a memory-intensive operation, a number of iterations of the memory-intensive operation to perform, and a result of performing the number of iterations of the memory-intensive operation. Upon receiving the challenge, the processing device may choose a complete key consistent with the partial key and may produce a proposed result by performing the memory-intensive operation for the number of iterations. When the proposed result matches the result included in the challenge, the processing device may send a challenge answer, including the chosen complete key, to the server. Upon receiving a correct challenge answer from the processing device, the server may access the requested service and may return a result of the access to the processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas Robert de la TORRE, Aidan Thomas Joseph HUGHES, Josh BENALOH
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Patent number: 7107491Abstract: System, method and computer product for performing automated predictive reliability. A data acquisition component acquires service data for a complex system from a data repository. A statistical analysis component generates a statistical model for the service data. A simulation component predicts the reliability of the complex system according to the statistical model. An alert generation component generates alerts when predicted failures determined by the simulation component exceed predetermined alert criteria. A report generation component generates a summary of the analysis performed in the data acquisition, statistical analysis and alert generation components.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Catherine Mary Graichen, Aidan Thomas Cardella, Raymond Louis Nicolia, Jr., Lucille Anna Feher, Brock Estel Osborn
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Publication number: 20020174384Abstract: System, method and computer product for performing automated predictive reliability. A data acquisition component acquires service data for a complex system from a data repository. A statistical analysis component generates a statistical model for the service data. A simulation component predicts the reliability of the complex system according to the statistical model. An alert generation component generates alerts when predicted failures determined by the simulation component exceed predetermined alert criteria. A report generation component generates a summary of the analysis performed in the data acquisition, statistical analysis and alert generation components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2001Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Catherine Mary Graichen, Aidan Thomas Cardella, Raymond Louis Nicolia, Lucille Anna Feher, Brock Estel Osborn
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Patent number: 6480810Abstract: A method for processing monitored data from a remote asset to optimize maintenance and operation schedules, the method comprising the steps of collecting data from the remote asset, building a data set based on the data collected, applying statistical scripts to the data set to create a statistical model, comparing the statistical model to the data set, creating a standardization model from the compared statistical model and the data set, applying a trending algorithm to the data, deriving statistical based control limits, and applying the control limits to a new set of collected data.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: General Electric CorporationInventors: Aidan Thomas Cardella, Evelyn Varner
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Patent number: D1031022Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Jason Allan Klenner, Mark Thomas O'Connor, Brent Ian Laing, Sooji Hope Clarkson, Laurence Gulliver, Mathew Ian Peacock, Aidan James Moyle