Patents by Inventor Anthony A. Ashton
Anthony A. Ashton 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: 20230144941Abstract: According to one aspect, it becomes possible to easily modify a 3D object which is displayed in a virtual reality space. A method is performed by a computer configured to be communicable with a position detection device that includes a drawing surface and that, in operation, detects a position of an electronic pen on the drawing surface. The method includes rendering, in a virtual reality space, a first object that is a 3D object, rendering, near the first object, a display surface that is a 3D object, rendering, on the display surface, a 3D line that is a 3D object generated based on the position of the electronic pen on the drawing surface, wherein the position of the electronic pen is detected by the position detection device, and outputting the first object, the display surface, and the 3D line, which are the 3D objects, to a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIOKA, Naoya NISHIZAWA, Kenton J. LOFTUS, Milen Dimitrov METODIEV, Markus WEBER, Anthony ASHTON
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Patent number: 10387444Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program executable by at least one processing unit of a first device. The program receives from a second device a selection of a set of measures associated with data. The program also receives from the second device a selection of a set of dimensions associated with data. The program further receives from the second device a selection of a type of analysis. Based on the set of measures, the set of dimensions, and the type of analysis, the program also determines a type of visualization of the set of measures and the set of dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SUCCESSFACTORS, INC.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Maria Clarisse Gatchalian, Anthony Ashton, Lisa Meehan, Anastasia Ellerby
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Patent number: 9953022Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Michael Strezo, Michel Angelo Capraro, Lyndal Hagar, Anthony Ashton, Laesa Bolwell, Dmitri Krakovsky, Thor Axel Ahlberg
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Patent number: 9404649Abstract: A pressurized boiler (1) for a steam generator appliance comprises an evaporation chamber (78), an electric heater (60) in good thermal contact with a wall (70) of the evaporation chamber (78), a water inlet (77) arranged in a cover (72) of the evaporation chamber (78) separate from said wall (70), and a pump in fluid communication with the water inlet (77) arranged to supply water to the evaporation chamber (78) through the water inlet (77).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Strix LimitedInventors: Steven Anthony Ashton, Colin Moughton, Nicholas Edward Gibbs
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Publication number: 20160203117Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Michael Strezo, Michel Angelo Capraro, Lyndal Hagar, Anthony Ashton, Laesa Bolwell, Dmitri Krakovsky, Thor Axel Ahlberg
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Patent number: 9323736Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of business metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Michael Strezo, Michel Angelo Capraro, Lyndal Hagar, Anthony Ashton, Laesa Bolwell, Dmitri Krakovsky, Thor Axel Ahlberg
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Publication number: 20140100923Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of business metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Michael Strezo, Thor Axel Ahlberg, Lyndal Hagar, Laesa Bolwell, Anthony Ashton, Dominic Philip Haine, Michel Angelo Capraro, Dmitri Krakovsky
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Publication number: 20140100901Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of business metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Michael Strezo, Michel Angelo Capraro, Lyndal Hagar, Anthony Ashton, Laesa Bolwell, Dmitri Krakovsky
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Publication number: 20140100846Abstract: Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of business metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: SuccessFactors, Inc.Inventors: Dominic Philip Haine, Michael Strezo, Michel Angelo Capraro, Lyndal Hagar, Anthony Ashton, Laesa Bolwell, Dmitri Krakovsky, Thor Axel Ahlberg
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Publication number: 20140093225Abstract: An electrical water heating appliance includes pump means connected to a water heating means via a water flow path. One or more flow-regulating valve means are arranged in the flow path to regulate the flow of water to the heating means so as to achieve a substantially uniform flow rate. The flow-regulating valve means may include a pressure-compensating valve means arranged to achieve a substantially uniform flow rate regardless of the water pressure. A suitable pressure-compensating valve means may include an elastic diaphragm arranged to regulate the flow by distorting in response to the pressure of water entering the valve means. The water heating means may be a water boiler for steam generation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Strix LimitedInventor: Steven Anthony Ashton
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Patent number: 8615908Abstract: A steam generating appliance such as an electric iron comprises a base unit and a hand-held mobile unit which can be releasably coupled to the base unit. The base unit comprises a reservoir for water and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir into the mobile unit when the mobile unit is coupled to the base unit. The mobile unit comprises a boiler and an on-board reservoir for water, wherein the on-board reservoir is adapted to store water received from the base unit under pressure and to deliver the water to the boiler under the control of a user-operable valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Strix LimitedInventors: Marc Gibson Collinson, Nicholas Edward Gibbs, Steven Anthony Ashton, Vincent Joseph Garvey
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Publication number: 20130279890Abstract: A pressurised boiler (1) for a steam generator appliance comprises an evaporation chamber (78), an electric heater (60) in good thermal contact with a wall (70) of the evaporation chamber (78), a water inlet (77) arranged in a cover (72) of the evaporation chamber (78) separate from said wall (70), and a pump in fluid communication with the water inlet (77) arranged to supply water to the evaporation chamber (78) through the water inlet (77).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Strix LimitedInventors: Steven Anthony Ashton, Colin Moughton, Nicholas Edward Gibbs
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Patent number: 8446631Abstract: In an exemplary method, a driver for a printing device receives a print job comprising a poster document. The print job is designated to be printed on a printing device. The driver identifies the size of the paper for which the poster document is initially formatted. The driver determines whether the target printing device is capable of printing on larger paper. If the target printing device is capable of printing on larger paper, the driver reformats the poster document for printing on the larger paper.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Anthony A. Ashton, James E. Owen
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Publication number: 20120060396Abstract: A steam generating appliance such as an electric iron comprises a base unit and a hand-held mobile unit which can be releasably coupled to the base unit. The base unit comprises a reservoir for water and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir into the mobile unit when the mobile unit is coupled to the base unit. The mobile unit comprises a boiler and an on-board reservoir for water, wherein the on-board reservoir is adapted to store water received from the base unit under pressure and to deliver the water to the boiler under the control of a user-operable valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: STRIX LIMITEDInventors: Marc Gibson Collinson, Nicholas Edward Gibbs, Steven Anthony Ashton, Vincent Joseph Garvey
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Publication number: 20120039586Abstract: A steam generator e.g. for a hand-held portable appliance such as a domestic iron or steam cleaner comprises a water inlet, a boiler, a valve for controlling the entry of water into the boiler and means for delivering a surge of water to the boiler when the valve is opened. Also disclosed is an adaptor for supplying electrical power to a mobile electrical appliance. The adaptor is operable in a corded mode when secured to the appliance for supplying electrical power and water while the appliance is being used; or a cordless mode when secured to a base unit such that electrical and water connection can be made by placing the appliance on or against the base unit; and broken by lifting or moving the appliance away from the base unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: STRIX LIMITEDInventors: Marc Gibson Collinson, Nicholas Edward Gibbs, Steven Anthony Ashton, Vincent Joseph Garvey
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Publication number: 20080070255Abstract: The invention relates generally to isolated leucoanthocyanidin reductase LAR polypeptides of the Reductase-Epimerase-Dehydrogenase (RED) protein family, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same and their use in regulating the biosynthesis and accumulation of proanthocyanidins in plants. The invention is further directed to isolated nucleic acid molecules of plants which encode leucoanthocyanidin reductases of the RED protein family. The isolated polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are useful for modifying the pasture quality of legumes, and, in particular, for producing bloat-safe forage crops. or crops having enhanced nutritional value, enhanced disease resistance or pest resistance, or enhanced malting qualities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Gregory Tanner, Anthony Ashton, Sharon Abrahams, John Watson, Philip Larkin, Katarzyna Francki
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Publication number: 20060232807Abstract: In an exemplary method, a driver for a printing device receives a print job comprising a poster document. The print job is designated to be printed on a printing device. The driver identifies the size of the paper for which the poster document is initially formatted. The driver determines whether the target printing device is capable of printing on larger paper. If the target printing device is capable of printing on larger paper, the driver reformats the poster document for printing on the larger paper.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Anthony Ashton, James Owen
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Publication number: 20050283851Abstract: This inventions provides an isolated protein or polypeptide having activity in the synthesis of proanthocyanidin (PA) polymer from epicatechin or catechin in plants, and which is not naturally regulated by the TT2 or TT8 regulators, or a fragment comprising at least about 10 contiguous amino acids derived from said protein or polypeptide, particularly TDS1, TDS2, TDS3, TDS4, TDS5, or TDS6 protein, or fragment thereof. Also provided are nucleic acid encoding such proteins or polypeptides; plant cells and plants containing and expressing such nucleic acids; antibodies that bind to such proteins or polypeptides; and related methods.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventors: Sharon Abrahams, Anthony Ashton, Gregory Tanner, Philip Larkin