Patents by Inventor Anthony Osborne

Anthony Osborne 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).

  • Publication number: 20210192075
    Abstract: Systems (1000, 200, 300, 400, 500) and network communication devices (100) enable originators and custodians (190) of potentially private or otherwise sensitive data to control access to and/or use of such data by others for social, economic, and other purposes. Such originators are enabled to consent to sharing of specific items of personal or other sensitive data, for desired purposes and under specified conditions, and can be entitled to incentives for sharing data in their control. Brokers or other managers of such sharing are enabled to generate and store records of consents given by such originators or custodians, and to access such records as needed in order to verify that valid consents were given prior to release of potentially private or sensitive data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Neil Terrance Sweeney, Robert Anthony Osborne
  • Patent number: 10179434
    Abstract: Molding assemblies and molding processes are disclosed. The molding assemblies are for producing a product and include a first subassembly and a second subassembly for the producing of the product. The first subassembly includes a cavity insert arrangement corresponding with the design of the product, a movable insert abutting the cavity insert arrangement, and rail members securing the movable insert with interlocking features at a specific location, the specific location being one of multiple movable insert positions. The molding process includes molding a first product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at a first movable insert portion, removing the subassembly from the second subassembly, re-positioning the movable insert and the additional movable insert to a second movable insert position, and molding a second product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at the second movable insert portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Anthony Osborne, Fernando Luis Sierra, Jason Thomas Chiota
  • Publication number: 20180100502
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotary device comprising a first rotor rotatable about a first axis and having at its periphery a recess bounded by a curved surface, and a second rotor counter-rotatable to said first rotor about a second axis, parallel to said first axis, and having a radial lobe bounded by a curved surface, the first and second rotors being coupled for intermeshing rotation, wherein the first and second rotors of each section intermesh in such a manner that on rotation thereof, a transient chamber of variable volume is defined, the transient chamber having a progressively increasing or decreasing volume between the recess and lobe surfaces, the transient chamber being at least in part defined by the surfaces of the lobe and the recess; the ratio of the maximum radius of the lobe rotor and the maximum radius of the recess rotor being greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Gunnar MOELLER, Marcus ARDRON, Anthony Osborne DYE
  • Publication number: 20180085983
    Abstract: Molding assemblies and molding processes are disclosed. The molding assemblies are for producing a product and include a first subassembly and a second subassembly for the producing of the product. The first subassembly includes a cavity insert arrangement corresponding with the design of the product, a movable insert abutting the cavity insert arrangement, and rail members securing the movable insert with interlocking features at a specific location, the specific location being one of multiple movable insert positions. The molding process includes molding a first product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at a first movable insert portion, removing the subassembly from the second subassembly, re-positioning the movable insert and the additional movable insert to a second movable insert position, and molding a second product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at the second movable insert portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jason Anthony OSBORNE, Fernando Luis SIERRA, Jason Thomas CHIOTA
  • Patent number: 9864637
    Abstract: User intentions can be derived from observations of user actions or they can be programmatically specified by an application or component that is performing an action. The intentions can then be utilized to adjust the operation of resource managers to better suit the actions being performed by the user or application, especially if such actions are not “typical”. Resource managers can inform a centralized intention manager of environmental constraints, including constraints on the resources they manage and constraints on their operation, such as various, pre-programmed independent modes of operation optimized for differencing circumstances. The intention manager can then instruct the resource managers in accordance with these environmental constraints when the intention manager is made aware of the intentions. If no further optimization can be achieved, specified intentions may not result in directives from the intention manager to the resource managers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Osborne, Souren Aghajanyan
  • Publication number: 20150323017
    Abstract: A clutch system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a thrust bearing and a load sensor positioned relative to the thrust bearing and configured to measure a load exerted against the thrust bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jon O'Neill, Anthony Osborne
  • Patent number: 9043808
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for state management of an operating system and applications. A framework may be provided for separating behaviorless state information from code or instructions for executing a method. Applications may have instances of state information derived from, or completely different from, instances of state information of an operating system. Instances of state information for an application may be layered over corresponding instances of state information of the operating system, such that the application and the operating system may have different views of the instances of the state information. At least one policy may be defined, which may include rules for resolving conflicts, information for providing a merged view of data from multiple repositories, default values for instances of data, as well as other information. In various implementations, referential integrity of state information may be guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Suren Aghajanyan, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Publication number: 20120216201
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for state management of an operating system and applications. A framework may be provided for separating behaviorless state information from code or instructions for executing a method. Applications may have instances of state information derived from, or completely different from, instances of state information of an operating system. Instances of state information for an application may be layered over corresponding instances of state information of the operating system, such that the application and the operating system may have different views of the instances of the state information. At least one policy may be defined, which may include rules for resolving conflicts, information for providing a merged view of data from multiple repositories, default values for instances of data, as well as other information. In various implementations, referential integrity of state information may be guaranteed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suren Aghajanyan, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Patent number: 8191075
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for state management of an operating system and applications. A framework may be provided for separating behaviorless state information from code or instructions for executing a method. Applications may have instances of state information derived from, or completely different from, instances of state information of an operating system. Instances of state information for an application may be layered over corresponding instances of state information of the operating system, such that the application and the operating system may have different views of the instances of the state information. At least one policy may be defined, which may include rules for resolving conflicts, information for providing a merged view of data from multiple repositories, default values for instances of data, as well as other information. In various implementations, referential integrity of state information may be guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Suren Aghajanyan, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Patent number: 7962711
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for detecting a device newly connected to the processing device. The processing device may copy files from the device to a cache of the processing device. In some embodiments, the files may include a digital image files and associated files, such as wav files, or other files. Acquisition processing of the files stored in the cache may be initiated at any time after the processing device begins to copy the files from the device to the cache. Via a user interface, a user may preview thumbnail images corresponding to digital image files stored in one or more virtual devices, corresponding to one or more respective caches. The user may be prompted to initiate acquisition processing of a cache, having unprocessed files, after a configurable amount of time has passed since a file was last copied to the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Osborne, Brendan Clarke Fields
  • Patent number: 7882187
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting undesired email containing image-based messages employs a statistical analysis process which identifies and assigns probability values to the presence of each of a pre-selected set of text-related characteristics of an email under consideration and to the presence of each of a pre-selected set of image-related characteristics of the email under consideration. The identified characteristics and their associated probability values are used to determine whether the email is undesired. In one embodiment, the identification and assignment of probability values is a Bayesian analysis and, preferably, a Statistical Token Analysis. The system and method can identify undesired emails which contain images having messages, generally in the form of text in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Watchguard Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon David Hedley Gammage, Robert Anthony Osborne, Bruce Murray Walker
  • Patent number: 7814903
    Abstract: A safety device integrated into a respiratory system that includes an oxygen mask having a cup-shaped rigid portion overlying a face mating portion to define a respiratory envelope that is adapted to sealingly engage over the mouth and nose of a user. An integrated control circuit includes an externally mounted connection block and a circuit looping through the respiratory envelope. A hands-free, mouth-activated switch is located within the cup-shaped rigid portion and is electrically coupled to the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Osborne, Robert Mc Cay
  • Publication number: 20100242044
    Abstract: User intentions can be derived from observations of user actions or they can be programmatically specified by an application or component that is performing an action. The intentions can then be utilized to adjust the operation of resource managers to better suit the actions being performed by the user or application, especially if such actions are not “typical”. Resource managers can inform a centralized intention manager of environmental constraints, including constraints on the resources they manage and constraints on their operation, such as various, pre-programmed independent modes of operation optimized for differencing circumstances. The intention manager can then instruct the resource managers in accordance with these environmental constraints when the intention manager is made aware of the intentions. If no further optimization can be achieved, specified intentions may not result in directives from the intention manager to the resource managers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Osborne, Souren Aghajanyan
  • Publication number: 20100107125
    Abstract: A processing device and a machine-implemented method may be provided for assisting users of photographic applications to organize large numbers of digital images. A light box may be a conceptual workspace having a number of digital images positioned on a surface thereof. A user may select one of a number of light boxes and a portion of a surface of the selected one of the light boxes may be displayed along with a navigation panel. The navigation panel may provide an indication of where the displayed portion of the surface of the selected one of the light boxes is located with respect to a complete surface of the light box. Digital images may be automatically grouped or manually grouped. A filtering capability may be provided to filter digital images on a surface of a light box based on one or more specified criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Ockene, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Publication number: 20090228905
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for state management of an operating system and applications. A framework may be provided for separating behaviorless state information from code or instructions for executing a method. Applications may have instances of state information derived from, or completely different from, instances of state information of an operating system. Instances of state information for an application may be layered over corresponding instances of state information of the operating system, such that the application and the operating system may have different views of the instances of the state information. At least one policy may be defined, which may include rules for resolving conflicts, information for providing a merged view of data from multiple repositories, default values for instances of data, as well as other information. In various implementations, referential integrity of state information may be guaranteed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suren Aghajanyan, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Publication number: 20090216734
    Abstract: A method and a processing device are provided. A group of documents may be selected from multiple documents of a search result. Associations among the selected group of documents may be determined and indicated. An indication of ones of the associations that are of interest and/or others of the associations that are of no interest may be received. A new search result may be presented, including one or more documents satisfying some or all of the associations of interest and none of the associations of no interest. In some embodiments, a document may be selected from a search result and characteristics of the document may be determined. A search result may be presented, which may include one or more documents having none or some of the characteristics of the selected document. A visual indication of a strength of an association of a document may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suren Aghajanyan, Craig Anthony Osborne
  • Publication number: 20090210641
    Abstract: A method and a processing device may be provided for detecting a device newly connected to the processing device. The processing device may copy files from the device to a cache of the processing device. In some embodiments, the files may include a digital image files and associated files, such as wav files, or other files. Acquisition processing of the files stored in the cache may be initiated at any time after the processing device begins to copy the files from the device to the cache. Via a user interface, a user may preview thumbnail images corresponding to digital image files stored in one or more virtual devices, corresponding to one or more respective caches. The user may be prompted to initiate acquisition processing of a cache, having unprocessed files, after a configurable amount of time has passed since a file was last copied to the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Osborne, Brendan Clarke Fields
  • Publication number: 20080091765
    Abstract: A system and method of detecting undesired email containing image-based messages employs a statistical analysis process which identifies and assigns probability values to the presence of each of a pre-selected set of text-related characteristics of an email under consideration and to the presence of each of a pre-selected set of image-related characteristics of the email under consideration. The identified characteristics and their associated probability values are used to determine whether the email is undesired. In one embodiment, the identification and assignment of probability values is a Bayesian analysis and, preferably, a Statistical Token Analysis. The system and method can identify undesired emails which contain images having messages, generally in the form of text in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Simon David Hedley Gammage, Robert Anthony Osborne, Bruce Murray Walker
  • Publication number: 20070277819
    Abstract: A safety device integrated into a respiratory system that includes an oxygen mask having a cup-shaped rigid portion overlying a face mating portion to define a respiratory envelope that is adapted to sealingly engage over the mouth and nose of a user. An integrated control circuit includes an externally mounted connection block and a circuit looping through the respiratory envelope. A hands-free, mouth-activated switch is located within the cup-shaped rigid portion and is electrically coupled to the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Osborne, Robert McCay
  • Patent number: 7198208
    Abstract: A fuel injection assembly comprising a main structure (101) for mounting on an internal combustion engine, the main structure having one or more orifices (115) for injecting fuel directly into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and the main structure also having mounted thereon charge electrodes (105, 118) positioned to provide an electric field which passes through the flow of fuel, for charging fuel particles to improve atomisation. The main structure also has mounted thereon a spark electrode (104) adapted to provide a fuel ignition spark for the internal combustion engine. The main structure of the assembly is adapted for removable mounting, having a threaded portion (102) adapted to co-operate with a threaded aperture in the internal combustion engine, normally adapted to receive a convention spark plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventors: Anthony Osborne Dye, Mark Schofield, Rachel Patience Groves Harker, Harold Morser