Patents by Inventor Andrew Simpson
Andrew Simpson 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: 20130226899Abstract: A method of triggering crawling of a domain includes receiving information related to a domain from a registrar and processing the information related to the domain. The method also includes storing the processed information in a registry zone file and forming a list of registry data based on the processed information. The list of registry data comprises a subset of the registry zone file. The method farther includes crawling one or more of the domains in the list of registry data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: VERISIGN, INC.Inventors: Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Alexander Durych Holmes, Andrew Simpson, Phani Pattappu
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Patent number: 8458598Abstract: Example embodiments provide apparatuses and methods directed to a system for presenting customized advertisements and branding in conjunction with an audio-visual presentation, e.g., an online slideshow with audio enhancement, played on a player module on an access device. In example embodiments, the online slideshow includes a customized pre-roll advertisement, a customized post-roll advertisement, and/or a customized banner advertisement on the final slide of the slideshow. The system also might customize the GUI views displayed by the player module which plays the online slideshow and/or the player landing page on the CDN that hosts the player module. In example embodiments, the system might base the customization on branding (e.g., in support of “white labeling”), seasonal themes, and/or personalization.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Goldmail, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Hakel, David Andrew Simpson, Paul N. Vilevac
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Patent number: 8433700Abstract: A method of triggering crawling of a domain includes receiving information related to a domain from a registrar and processing the information related to the domain. The method also includes storing the processed information in a registry zone file and forming a list of registry data based on the processed information. The list of registry data comprises a subset of the registry zone file. The method further includes crawling one or more of the domains in the list of registry data.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Verisign, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Alexander Durych Holmes, Andrew Simpson, Phani Pattappu
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Patent number: 8350487Abstract: A switch circuit, particularly suitable for dimmer switches, detects zero-crossing or similar points in the supply and uses those to make predictions of future zero-crossing occurrences. The predicted occurrences may be used to time the operation of the switch itself to chop the supply which results in less variation in the power supplied (flicker if the switch circuit is operating a lamp) since the positions of the measured zero-crossings can be subject to noise but flicker is reduced if the switch is operated at times with respect to the true supply waveform. The predicted times may be obtained from a local oscillator having a period set by, for example, low pass filtering the period of the measured zero-crossings. The phase of the oscillator may be adjusted such that an error between the predicted and measured zero-crossings is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Novar ED&S LimitedInventors: Kanthimathinathan Thirugnanasambandham, Girish Ramdas Wabale, Vignesh Eswara Prasad, Michael Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20120265748Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for detecting the stockpiling of domain names. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for detecting a status of a domain name. The method may include receiving information related to the domain name from a registrar. The method may include crawling the at least one domain name, wherein the crawling receives first information located on a website associated with the domain name and receives second information related to a registration of the domain name. The method may also include storing the first information and the second information, wherein the crawling is initiated at a first time prior to expiration of the at least one domain name and a second time after expiration of the at least one domain name.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventor: Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20120235385Abstract: A carriage including: a frame (12) collapsible from an open configuration to a closed configuration, the frame having a base (18) supported by wheels (16, 18, 20, 22) and a pair of longitudinally extending side members (24, 26) attached to the base, each side member having a major direction of extension with the directions being generally parallel and extending upward and rearward with respect to the base; locking means (30) for securing the frame in the open configuration; a handle (28) extending between the side members and remote the base, the handle operatively associated with the locking means for unlocking the frame; and carrying means securable to the frame to carry an item to be transported, wherein the handle is pivotably connected to one said side member such that in use, the handle upon actuation by a user unlocks the locking means moving the frame from the open configuration to the closed configuration and wherein in the closed configuration the handle is substantially parallel and adjacent the siType: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Andrew Simpson, Jonathan Blake, Davida Michelle Sweeney
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Publication number: 20120138219Abstract: Process for producing multilayer composite structures, which comprises carrying out the following operations in succession: (a) use of power-modulated laser engraving to provide, to a female or male mold, a surface structure in the form of an image or of a pattern, where this has at least one element (D) which is not a geometric element, not a numeral, and not a letter, and where, within the surface structure, there are differences in screen angles, in depression depth, or in taper values, (b) optional molding of a female mold from the male mold, (c) spray-application of a plastics formulation onto the female mold, where the temperature of the female mold is in the range from 50 to 200° C., (d) solidification of the plastics formulation to give a film, (e) bonding the film to a substrate (A), (f) and removal of the mold, where the operations (e) and (f) can be carried out in any desired sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Paul Andrew Simpson, Jürgen Herrmann, Lothar Wefers
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Publication number: 20120072407Abstract: A method of triggering crawling of a domain includes receiving information related to a domain from a registrar and processing the information related to the domain. The method also includes storing the processed information in a registry zone file and forming a list of registry data based on the processed information. The list of registry data comprises a subset of the registry zone file. The method further includes crawling one or more of the domains in the list of registry data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Alexander Durych Holmes, Andrew Simpson, Phani Pattappu
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Publication number: 20110291735Abstract: A switch circuit, particularly suitable for dimmer switches, detects zero-crossing or similar points in the supply and uses those to make predictions of future zero-crossing occurrences. The predicted occurrences may be used to time the operation of the switch itself to chop the supply which results in less variation in the power supplied (flicker if the switch circuit is operating a lamp) since the positions of the measured zero-crossings can be subject to noise but flicker is reduced if the switch is operated at times with respect to the true supply waveform. The predicted times may be obtained from a local oscillator having a period set by, for example, low pass filtering the period of the measured zero-crossings. The phase of the oscillator may be adjusted such that an error between the predicted and measured zero-crossings is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: NOVAR ED&S LIMITEDInventors: Kanthimathinathan Thirugnanasambandham, Girish Ramdas Wabale, Vignesh Eswara Prasad, Michael Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20100274836Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and using a domain profile include identifying a status of a first page associated with a domain. The first page is retrieved and additional pages from the domain are identified based on hyperlinks from the first page. The status of the additional pages is identified and the hyperlinks are prioritized based on the status and/or a comparison with predetermined data. Content is extracted from the first page and selected pages from among the additional pages. The specific additional pages may be selected based on the prioritization. The retrieved content may be processed through a signature marker set to determine a contextual match. A purpose of the domain is determined according to the status of the first page, the status of the additional pages and results of the processing of the content. The domain profile can be displayed, stored, sent and/or searched to identify web sites or attributes of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Linas Orentas, Mark Alan Kosters, Dave Moston, Karthik Shyamsunder, Srinivas Sunkara, Eduardo Jimenez, Phani Pattapu, Alex Holmes, Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20100186394Abstract: A combustion engine exhaust after treatment system mount, including a body, with a first mounting position, a second mounting position, and a foot for mounting the body to an engine or wall, the first mounting position having a first mounting surface, the second mounting position having a second mounting surface, the first mounting position having a first longitudinal axis, and the second mounting position having a second longitudinal axis, the first axis positioned substantially parallel to the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Benjamin Harrison, Nasser Ahmed Niaz, Barry Medd, Jack Albert Merchant, Scott Andrew Simpson, Matthew Dean Moran, Brian Robert Weller, Paul Frederick Olsen, Stephan D. Roozenboom
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Publication number: 20100075115Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous dispersions comprising a pigment (B) at least partially enveloped by polyurethane (A) and further comprising at least one polymerization inhibitor (C), said polyurethane (A) being obtainable by reaction of (a) 15% to 70% by weight of di- or polyisocyanate comprising on average from 1 to 10 allophanate groups and on average from 1 to 10 C—C double bonds per molecule, and optionally (b) 0% to 60% by weight of further di- or polyisocyanate, with (c) 5% to 50% by weight of compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, weight % ages being based on total polyurethane (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Holger Tuerk, Paul Andrew Simpson, Gernot Diehlmann
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Publication number: 20090125297Abstract: A computer-implemented method for dynamically generating a speech recognition grammar is provided. The method includes determining a target entry, and accessing a plurality of potential distractors. The method also includes selecting one or more distractors from the plurality of potential distractors. More particularly, each potential distractor selected is selected based upon an assessed acoustic dissimilarity between the distractor and the target entry. The method further includes dynamically generating a speech recognition grammar that includes the target entry and one or more of the distractors selected based upon an acoustic dissimilarity to the target entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: James Robert Lewis, Andrew Simpson, Peeyush Jaiswal
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Publication number: 20090023056Abstract: A battery pack thermal management system for use in an electric car. The battery pack thermal management system includes a plurality of thermistors connected to a plurality of cells of a battery pack. A battery monitor board is connected to the thermistors. The system also includes a manifold and a plurality of cooling tubes connected to the manifold. A tube seal plug is arranged over an end of the cooling tube and an end fitting is arranged on an end of the cooling tube. The thermal management system will cool the battery pack to predetermined temperatures to increase the longevity of the battery pack within the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Daniel T. Adams, Gene Berdichevsky, Thomas Everett Colson, Arthur Hebert, Scott Kohn, David Lyons, Noel Jason Mendez, Jeffrey Brian Straubel, Dorian West, Andrew Simpson
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Patent number: 7325220Abstract: Techniques are provided for automatically recommending a suitable programmable IC for a circuit design in response to receiving information about the circuit design. The information can be provided in any desired format. For example, specifications defining the circuit design can be provided in a spreadsheet. As another example, a user can select circuit components for the circuit design from a design library. The information describing the circuit design is compared with information about the features of available programmable ICs. A determination is then made as to which of the available programmable ICs is suitable for the circuit design.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Altera CorporationInventor: Philip Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20070123191Abstract: A vehicle interface unit (220) provides a voice recognition-based human-machine interface for a portable electronic device (210) such as a portable digital assistant or a laptop computer in a vehicle. The interface unit (220) may be configured to provide run-time implementation of new PDA applications by transferring menu configuration files associated with the application from the PDA (210) to the interface unit (220).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2005Publication date: May 31, 2007Inventor: Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20070107195Abstract: A tubing expansion device is adapted to be advanced axially, without rotation, through tubing to be expanded. The device comprises a body and a plurality of expansion members mounted on the body, the expansion members being independently radially movable. The expansion members may be rotatable, or may be non-rotating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: David Stephenson, Grant Adams, David Grant, Neil Andrew Simpson
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Publication number: 20070021332Abstract: The primary objective of the present invention is the development of new mutant forms of the Sm14 protein, for producing a greater production volume. The recombinant proteins here obtained were capable of providing protection against schistosome and fasciola infection. The level of protection of Sm14 recombinant proteins obtained in the present invention was similar to that reached in the parasite saline extract. The mutant proteins of the present invention have reached approximately 100% of renaturation after the heating at 80° C., different from wild forms of the Sm14 protein. Moreover, after storage for 2 months at 4° C., mutant proteins have shown smaller ?-structure loss than wild forms that have shown formation with random structure, as demonstrated by the circular dichroism analysis, indicating the success of mutations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2004Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZInventors: Miriam Tendler, Naftale Katz, Andrew Simpson, Isaias Raw, Paulo Ho, Celso Ramos
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Publication number: 20070005255Abstract: The present invention relates to peptide fragments which have one or more shared and/or similar amino acid sequences to amino acid sequences of specific portions of the 14 kDa protein of S. mansoni (Sm14) or related FABPs (Fatty Acid Binding Proteins), the said peptide fragments functioning as continuous or discontinuous epitopic regions of the molecule or mimicking its biological activity. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for constructing active peptide fragments, peptide fragments, immunogenic composition and diagnostic kit using said peptide fragments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2004Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZInventors: Miriam Tendler, Richard Garrat, Naftale Katz, Andrew Simpson, Frank de Barrientos, Monica Vilar, Marilia Almeida
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Publication number: 20060000617Abstract: A method of sealing an expandable tubular within a bore comprises the steps of providing an expandable tubular describing a first diameter and having a sealing medium on its outer surface, running the tubular into a bore and expanding the tubular within the bore to describe a second larger diameter, and activating the sealing medium to facilitate provision of a seal between the tubular and the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventors: Simon Harrall, Neil Andrew Simpson