Patents by Inventor Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis 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).

  • System and method for application programming interfaces for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation
    Patent number: 8200662
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to receive from a consumer application a request for activation of a keyword extraction service via an application programming interface, the request including an identity of a content source, the request further including an identification of a particular extraction process to be used by the keyword extraction service on the identified content source; determine if the keyword extraction service has already processed the identified content source and retained extracted keywords in a data store; extract keywords from the identified content source using the particular extraction process identified in the request; and make the extracted keywords accessible to the consumer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barbara Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis
  • BBS10 related diagnostic methods for Bardet-Biedl syndrome
    Patent number: 8163482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of a gene, designated BBS1O, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS, also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: Nicholas Katsanis, Helene Dollfus, Corinne Stoetzel, Erica E. Davis, Philip L. Beales, Jean-Louis Mandel, Richard Alan Lewis
  • Method and apparatus for forming a bale having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces
    Patent number: 8156862
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for forming a bale having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces. Also described is a bale having substantially flat upper and lower surfaces, which can be safely stacked vertically for transportation and storage purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Duane Mullins, Charles Clifton Sanders, Kenneth Wayne Martin, David Weldon Thompson, Paul Ross Hammes, Kenneth Alan Lewis, Lori Ballard Larkins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UPDATING DRIVE SCHEME VOLTAGES
    Publication number: 20120062615
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for calibrating display arrays. In one aspect, a method of calibrating a display array includes determining a particular drive response characteristic and updating a particular drive scheme voltage between updates of image data on the display array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Robertus Van Lier, Alan Lewis, Koorosh Aflatooni, Pramod Varma, Ramesh Kumar Goel, Nao Sugawara Chuei
  • Antenna operable across multiple frequencies while maintaining substantially uniform beam shape
    Patent number: 8063840
    Abstract: An antenna including a number of antenna units, each having a lens and an array of beam ports. The antenna units are arranged in a stack, and are configured to transmit or receive signals from the same field-of-view. Each unit is configured to operate in a different frequency band, with the lenses being configured such that an approximately constant beam shape is maintained across the entire operating bandwidth of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: James Christopher Gordon Matthews, Robert Alan Lewis, Christian Rieckmann
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKETPLACE LISTINGS USING A CAMERA ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110264549
    Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for generating marketplace listings using a camera enabled mobile device are described in which a request is received via a camera enabled mobile device to list one or more sale items. An image taken by the camera enable mobile device and depicting the one or more sale items is received. Image recognition is performed on the received image to identify the one or more sale items. Based on the identification of the one or more sale items depicted in the image, a set of descriptive data is automatically generated. The one or more sale items are listed on a marketplace using the image and the automatically generated set of descriptive data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lewis, Ken Sun
  • MYOSTATIN BINDING PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20110256132
    Abstract: Description of antigen binding proteins, such as antibodies, which bind to myostatin, polynucleotides encoding such antigen binding proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said antigen binding proteins and methods of manufacture. Furthermore, description of the use of such antigen binding proteins in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases associated with anyone or a combination of decreased muscle mass, muscle strength and muscle function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Claire Ashman, Andrew Beaton, Jonathan Henry Ellis, Baijin Han, Ian Kirby, Frederick Kull, Alan Lewis, Kathryn Mason Lindley, Martin Anibal Orecchia, Ying Shen, Paul Wilson, Tian Shun Xun, Hong Zhang
  • Method of making passive circuits for de-multiplexing display inputs
    Patent number: 8040338
    Abstract: A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Alan Lewis, Marc M. Mignard
  • Systems and methods for marketplace listings using a camera enabled mobile device
    Patent number: 7991646
    Abstract: Embodiments of computer-implemented systems and methods for marketplace listings using a camera enabled mobile device are described. One example embodiment comprises receiving a request via a camera enabled mobile device to list one or more sale items, receiving images having the one or more sale items, the images being taken by the camera enabled mobile device, receiving data associated with the one or more sale items, and based on the data, listing the one or more sale items on a marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lewis, Ken Sun
  • VISCOUS MATERIAL NONCONTACT JETTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110184569
    Abstract: A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots is controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ron Abernathy, Alec J. Babiarz, Nicholas Anthony Barendt, Robert Ciardella, James Everett Cooper, JR., Kenneth S. Espenschied, Erik Fiske, Christopher L. Giusti, Patrick R. Jenkins, Alan Lewis, Raymond Andrew Merritt, Naoya Ian Nagano, Horatio Quinones, Thomas Ratledge, Joe Sherman, Floriana Suriawidjaja, Todd Weston
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE AND PRIVATE SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20110145106
    Abstract: Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. A cursor movement request may be received from at least two users of a plurality of users of a collaborative session during a time period. The cursor may move on a common interface according to the cursor movement request from a first user selected from the at least two users that has satisfied a movement criterion. A completion criterion and a private session parameter may be designated for a private session. A number of user interactions may be processed from a participant of the private session. The private shopping session may be terminated for the participant when the completion criterion is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Helen M. Gould, Edward O'Neil Garcia, Ryan Melcher, Diego Lagunas, Alvaro Bolivar, Jennifer T. Anderson, Karenina Susilo, Ryan Spoon, Alan Lewis
  • Viscous material noncontact jetting system
    Patent number: 7939125
    Abstract: A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots is controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Abernathy, Alec J. Babiarz, Nicholas Anthony Barendt, Robert Ciardella, James Everett Cooper, Jr., Kenneth S. Espenschied, Erik Fiske, Christopher L. Giusti, Patrick R. Jenkins, Alan Lewis, Raymond Andrew Merritt, Naoya Ian Nagano, Horatio Quinones, Thomas Ratledge, Joe Sherman, Floriana Suriawidjaja, Todd Weston
  • Method and system for collaborative and private sessions
    Patent number: 7913178
    Abstract: Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. A cursor movement request may be received from at least two users of a plurality of users of a collaborative session during a time period. The cursor may move on a common interface according to the cursor movement request from a first user selected from the at least two users that has satisfied a movement criterion. A completion criterion and a private session parameter may be designated for a private session. A number of user interactions may be processed from a participant of the private session. The private shopping session may be terminated for the participant when the completion criterion is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Helen M. Gould, Edward O'Neil Garcia, Ryan Melcher, Diego Lagunas, Alvaro Bolivar, Jennifer T. Anderson, Karenina Susilo, Ryan Spoon, Alan Lewis
  • VISCOUS MATERIAL NONCONTACT JETTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110048575
    Abstract: A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots is controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ron Abernathy, Alec J. Babiarz, Nicholas Anthony Barendt, Robert Ciardella, James Everett Cooper, JR., Kenneth S. Espenschied, Erik Fiske, Christopher L. Giusti, Patrick R. Jenkins, Alan Lewis, Raymond Andrew Merritt, Naoya Ian Nagano, Horatio Quinones, Thomas Ratledge, Joe Sherman, Floriana Suriawidjaja, Todd Weston
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR KEYWORD EXTRACTION AND CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISEMENT GENERATION
    Publication number: 20110055195
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to receive from a consumer application a request for activation of a keyword extraction service via an application programming interface, the request including an identity of a content source, the request further including an identification of a particular extraction process to be used by the keyword extraction service on the identified content source; determine if the keyword extraction service has already processed the identified content source and retained extracted keywords in a data store; extract keywords from the identified content source using the particular extraction process identified in the request; and make the extracted keywords accessible to the consumer application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barb Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis
  • ANTIGEN-BINDING CONSTRUCTS
    Publication number: 20110008345
    Abstract: The invention relates to antigen-binding constructs comprising a protein scaffold which are linked to one or more epitope-binding domains wherein the antigen-binding construct has at least two antigen binding sites at least one of which is from an epitope binding domain and at least one of which is from a paired VH/VL domain, methods of making such constructs and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Claire Ashman, Thil Batuwangala, Michael Neil Burden, Stephanie Jane Clegg, Rudolf Maria De Wildt, Jonathan Henry Ellis, Paul Andrew Hamblin, Farhana Hussain, Laurent Jespers, Alan Lewis, Martin Anibal Orecchia, Radha Shah, Michael Steward
  • PASSIVE CIRCUITS FOR DE-MULTIPLEXING DISPLAY INPUTS
    Publication number: 20100321352
    Abstract: A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of voltage dividers coupled to the array and configured to provide row output voltages to drive the array, wherein each row is connected to at least two inputs joined by a voltage divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Chui, Alan Lewis, Marc M. Mignard
  • Internal optical isolation structure for integrated front or back lighting
    Patent number: 7855827
    Abstract: An optical isolation structure is incorporated into a display between the display elements and the transparent substrate for the display elements. The optical isolation structure reflects light rays within the substrate that impact the structure at high angles relative to normal to the structure, thereby permitting the substrate to be used as an integrated light guide for distributing light over the display from a light source on the edge of the substrate. The optical isolation structure may include a single layer having an index of refraction less than the substrate or a plurality of thin-film interference layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Xu, Alan Lewis, Brian Gally, Mark Mienko
  • Method of molding load-bearing articles from compressible cores and heat malleable coverings
    Patent number: 7837923
    Abstract: Load-bearing articles are manufactured from shape defining compressible cores and thermoplastic shells. The manufacture of these articles requires specific methods and tools. Articles that can be manufactured using these methods include relatively lightweight pallets with high load-bearing capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Novo Foam Products LLC
    Inventors: Ed Bearse, Thomas Bohan, David Hedley, Alan Lewis
  • System and method for application programming interfaces for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation
    Patent number: 7831586
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to receive from a consumer application a request for activation of a keyword extraction service via an application programming interface, the request including an identity of a content source, the request further including an identification of a particular extraction process to be used by the keyword extraction service on the identified content source; determine if the keyword extraction service has already processed the identified content source and retained extracted keywords in a data store; extract keywords from the identified content source using the particular extraction process identified in the request; and make the extracted keywords accessible to the consumer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alec Reitter, Barb Chang, Ken Sun, Raghav Gupta, Alvaro Bolivar, Alan Lewis