Patents by Inventor Alan Cook

Alan Cook 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: 9784927
    Abstract: A connector plug arrangement (330, 600, 700) includes a connector body (334, 610, 720); and an indication component (335, 650, 750). The indication component (335, 650, 750) includes a first portion (337, 653, 751) that is disposed at a rear end of the connector body and a second portion (339, 654, 753) that extends outwardly from the first portion (337, 653, 751). The first portion (337, 653, 751) is configured to extend along a circumferential perimeter of the connector body (334, 610, 720). The second portion (339, 654, 753) is configured to extend along the longitudinal axis of the connector body (334, 610, 720).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Lambourn, Ai Ling Xu, Alan Cook, Ian Miles Standish
  • Patent number: 9778433
    Abstract: A blade arrangement for use in a bladed chassis system includes a splice module coupled to a blade. The splice module includes a splice region, a storage region, a first enter/exit region at the first side, and a second enter/exit region at the second side. Either of the enter/exit regions can be faced towards a rear of the blade when the splice module is mounted to the blade. The splice allows unterminated optical cables routed to the rear of the blade to be optically spliced to connectorized pigtails that are received at rear ports of optical adapters on the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: Ryan Kostecka, Alan Cook, David Thomas
  • Patent number: 9767163
    Abstract: The disclosure described herein is directed to a computerized system and method of grading and authenticating collectibles utilizing digital imaging devices and processes to provide an objective, standardized, consistent high-resolution grading of collectible objects, such as but not limited to sport and non-sport trading cards. The disclosure eliminates the subjectivity present in the human grading process and overcomes the inherent limitations of the human eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Brent Kass, Edward Korbel, Daniel R. Barbakow, Robert Alan Cook, Hayden Blauzvern, Megan Shao, Ben Teng, Avi Thaker
  • Patent number: 9625465
    Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided herein that includes an instrument comprising an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detector, and a cartridge configured to fit within a portion of the instrument, wherein the cartridge includes at least one reagent including an ECL label and a blood collection holder. Also provided herein is a system that includes a diagnostic instrument, which includes a pump, an ECL detector, an incubator, a magnet, and an output device, and a cartridge configured to fit within a portion of the diagnostic instrument, a sample holder configured to fit within the cartridge, and a closed fluidic loop between the diagnostic instrument and the cartridge when the cartridge is fit within a portion of the diagnostic instrument, wherein the cartridge is configured to accept a sample from the sample holder and place the sample in fluidic communication with the diagnostic instrument via the closed fluidic loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DEFINED DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Alan Cook, Sang Cho, Charles Quentin Davis, Kevin E Dorsey, Jason Charles Harley, Jonathan Leland, Rober Krikor Matikyan, Sjef Otten, Jeffrey Howard Peterman, Brian B Thomas
  • Patent number: 9572978
    Abstract: An electro stimulation system for providing signals to a subject including: at least one electrical power supply; a first switching device for intermittently connecting the output of an electrical power supply to one or more connection probes electrically connected to the subject; a second switching device for intermittently connecting one or more connection probes electrically connected to the subject to form an electrical current return path for current supplied by the electrical power supply; and switching control devices connected to the first and second switching devices; wherein the intermittent connection of the output of an electrical power supply or the intermittent formation of electrical current return paths vary during a treatment and wherein the switching of the first and second devices occurs independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SKOP GmbH Ltd
    Inventors: Axel L. Bernhard, Alan Cook
  • Publication number: 20170045696
    Abstract: A connector plug arrangement (330, 600, 700) includes a connector body (334, 610, 720); and an indication component (335, 650, 750). The indication component (335, 650, 750) includes a first portion (337, 653, 751) that is disposed at a rear end of the connector body and a second portion (339, 654, 753) that extends outwardly from the first portion (337, 653, 751). The first portion (337, 653, 751) is configured to extend along a circumferential perimeter of the connector body (334, 610, 720). The second portion (339, 654, 753) is configured to extend along the longitudinal axis of the connector body (334, 610, 720).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Lambourn, Ai Ling Xu, Alan Cook, Ian Miles Standish
  • Publication number: 20160370552
    Abstract: A connection assembly (100) includes a base structure (110); a backplane (120) coupled to the base structure (110), the backplane (120) including a first circuit board (122); and a tray module (140) configured to couple to the backplane (120). The tray module (140) includes a tray body (160) including a second circuit board (162); and a bridge member (150) to which the tray body (160) is moveably coupled. The tray body (160) moves relative to the backplane (120) while the bridge member (150) remains stationary relative to the backplane (120). Managed connectivity components (250) on the second circuit board (162) remain connected to the first circuit board (122) even while the tray body (160) is pivoting relative to the backplane (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen LAMBOURN, Ian Miles STANDSIH, Alan COOK, David MATHER, Lee HOLLOWAY, Junkai WANG
  • Patent number: 9514055
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to distributed media cache for data storage systems, such as disc drives, flash devices, or hybrid devices. In one example, a data storage device comprises a data storage medium and a controller adapted to selectively divide a media cache into a plurality of physically separate media cache portions on the data storage medium based on a physical attribute of the data storage medium and to store data received from a host system into the media cache portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Williams Haines, Brett Alan Cook
  • Publication number: 20160352914
    Abstract: Measures for transferring an established communication session in a telecommunications network, the communication session being established between one of a plurality of communication clients associated with a user and a remote device associated with a remote party. At a call control system located in the signaling path for the established communication session, a communication session transfer request is received from a device associated with the user, the communication session transfer request having been generated by and transmitted from the device. Transfer of the established communication session from the one communication client in the plurality of communication clients to another communication client in the plurality of communication clients is initiated at the call control system. The transfer is conducted on the basis of a preconfigured data set, specific to the user, identifying one or more of the plurality of communication clients associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Chris MAIRS, Alan COOK, Jon ROWLAND, Lionel James Jerome LEE, Doug CURRIE
  • Patent number: 9467325
    Abstract: A method of controlling a communication session is provided. The communication session is established in a telecommunications network between a first communication client of a plurality of communication clients on one or more communication devices associated with a first party and a communication device associated with a second party, the established communication session comprising at least a first communication session leg established between the first communication client and an intermediate node in the telecommunications network. The method includes detecting a loss in connectivity associated with the first communication session leg, and in response to detecting the loss in connectivity, initiating set up of a second communication session leg between an intermediate node in the telecommunications network and at least a second communication client of the plurality of communication clients on one or more communication devices associated with the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan Cook
  • Patent number: 9435969
    Abstract: A connector plug arrangement (330, 600, 700) includes a connector body (334, 610, 720); and an indication component (335, 650, 750). The indication component (335, 650, 750) includes a first portion (337, 653, 751) that is disposed at a rear end of the connector body and a second portion (339, 654, 753) that extends outwardly from the first portion (337, 653, 751). The first portion (337, 653, 751) is configured to extend along a circumferential perimeter of the connector body (334, 610, 720). The second portion (339, 654, 753) is configured to extend along the longitudinal axis of the connector body (334, 610, 720).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity UK Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Lambourn, Ai Ling Xu, Alan Cook, Ian Miles Standish
  • Patent number: 9438739
    Abstract: Measures for transferring an established communication session in a telecommunications network, the communication session being established between one of a plurality of communication clients associated with a user and a remote device associated with a remote party. At a call control system located in the signaling path for the established communication session, a communication session transfer request is received from a device associated with the user, the communication session transfer request having been generated by and transmitted from the device. Transfer of the established communication session from the one communication client in the plurality of communication clients to another communication client in the plurality of communication clients is initiated at the call control system. The transfer is conducted on the basis of a preconfigured data set, specific to the user, identifying one or more of the plurality of communication clients associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Metaswitch Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Chris Mairs, Alan Cook, Jon Rowland, Lionel James Jerome Lee, Doug Currie
  • Publication number: 20160210734
    Abstract: The disclosure described herein is directed to a computerized system and method of grading and authenticating collectibles utilizing digital imaging devices and processes to provide an objective, standardized, consistent high-resolution grading of collectible objects, such as but not limited to sport and non-sport trading cards. The disclosure eliminates the subjectivity present in the human grading process and overcomes the inherent limitations of the human eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Brent Kass, Edward Korbel, Daniel R. Barbakow, Robert Alan Cook
  • Publication number: 20160116697
    Abstract: A blade arrangement for use in a bladed chassis system includes a splice module coupled to a blade. The splice module includes a splice region, a storage region, a first enter/exit region at the first side, and a second enter/exit region at the second side. Either of the enter/exit regions can be faced towards a rear of the blade when the splice module is mounted to the blade. The splice allows unterminated optical cables routed to the rear of the blade to be optically spliced to connectorized pigtails that are received at rear ports of optical adapters on the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan Kostecka, Alan Cook, David Thomas
  • Patent number: 9274712
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to systems and methods of controlling wear of a memory. In a particular embodiment, a system is disclosed that comprises a memory and a performance governor circuit coupled to the memory. The performance governor circuit is adapted to control a wear of the memory as a function of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Richard Feldman, Jonathan Williams Haines, Brett Alan Cook
  • Publication number: 20160036863
    Abstract: A method of initiating a voice call via a dialler user interface on a user device in a telecommunications network is provided. The user device comprises at least a first communication client adapted to communicate via a first part of the telecommunications network and a second communication client adapted to communicate via a second, different part of the telecommunications network. The method includes, at the user device, receiving, via the dialler user interface of the user device, user input from a user of the device associated with initiating setup of a communication session, and selecting a given one of the first and second communication clients to pass the user input to for processing, whereby a communication session setup request is transmitted from the given communication client into the respective part of the telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Alan COOK, Jonathan Thomas ROWLAND, Bilen Sahin AHMET
  • Patent number: 9213043
    Abstract: In embodiments disclosed herein, a diagnostic system is provided having a cartridge comprising at least one needle; at least one reservoir; at least one fluidic seal; and at least one fluidic channel of a fluidic pathway, wherein the cartridge is configured to store at least one reagent and at least one waste material on the cartridge. The diagnostic system is provided also having a diagnostic instrument comprising the fluidic pathway; an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection system; and a pump, wherein the fluidic pathway begins and ends in the cartridge and has a substantially single direction of flow in a pathway fluidically connecting the diagnostic instrument and the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: WELLSTAT DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Alan Cook, Sang Cho, Charles Quentin Davis, Kevin E Dorsey, Jason Charles Harley, Jonathan Leland, Rober Krikor Matikyan, Sjef Otten, Jeffrey Howard Peterman, Brian B Thomas
  • Patent number: 9191796
    Abstract: A method of initiating a voice call via a dialler user interface on a user device in a telecommunications network is provided. The user device comprises at least a first communication client adapted to communicate via a first part of the telecommunications network and a second communication client adapted to communicate via a second, different part of the telecommunications network. The method includes, at the user device, receiving, via the dialler user interface of the user device, user input from a user of the device associated with initiating setup of a communication session, and selecting a given one of the first and second communication clients to pass the user input to for processing, whereby a communication session setup request is transmitted from the given communication client into the respective part of the telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD
    Inventors: Alan Cook, Jonathan Thomas Rowland, Bilen Sahin Ahmet
  • Patent number: 9081001
    Abstract: Provided is a clinical diagnostic system that comprises a diagnostic instrument and a disposable cartridge. The diagnostic system can be used to measure assays in point of care clinical settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Wellstat Diagnostics, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Alan Cook, Sang Cho, Charles Quentin Davis, Kevin E Dorsey, Jason Charles Harley, Jonathan Leland, Rober Krikor Matikyan, Sjef Otten, Jeffrey Howard Peterman, Brian B Thomas
  • Patent number: 9075042
    Abstract: A clinical diagnostic system is disclosed, including a clinical diagnostic instrument with a disposable cartridge. The disposable cartridge is capable of performing diagnostic and analytical functions including filtering samples such as plasma from whole blood and running assays and collecting measurements of analytes or biomarkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Wellstat Diagnostics, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Alan Cook, Charles Quentin Davis, Jason Charles Harley, Jonathan Leland, Rober Krikor Matikyan, Jeffrey Howard Peterman