Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Price

Christopher D. Price 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: 20210108624
    Abstract: An improved pump manual rolling system and method of use. The improved pump manual rolling system can include a pump manual rolling device that has a torque wheel that is bolted to and remains on the pump crankshaft; a torque wheel cover that bolts to, and remains on, a non-rotating part of the pump, pump component (such as a the belt guard cover), or an independent stand, and a detached handle with or without a key to both activate and select ratchet operation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: PIONEER ENERGY SERVICES CORP.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Price, David Wells
  • Patent number: 9473316
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to resource consumption in a clustered environment hosting an e-meeting and provide a method, system and computer program product for resource consumption reduction for an e-meeting via meeting affinity. In one embodiment of the invention, an e-meeting affinity method can be provided. In a clustered environment, the e-meeting affinity method can include identifying a clone supporting an e-meeting and having session affinity with a moderator to the e-meeting. The method further can include establishing session affinity between the clone and other participants to the e-meeting for requests relating to the e-meeting while permitting parallel session affinity to other clones for requests from the other participants not relating to the e-meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Madhu K. Chetuparambil, James S. Johnston, Christopher D. Price, Brian L. Pulito, William M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 9425973
    Abstract: A system for providing resource-based synchronization between clients in a Web-based real-time collaboration, in which a session front end on the server layers a transaction history on top of all session resources. HTTP operations are issued by client systems to request changes to session resources and to request session updates. The HTTP resource change requests include hierarchical pointers containing session identifiers and resource identifiers within a URL. The client generated resource change request operations may be HTTP PUT, HTTP DELETE, and HTTP POST commands. The HTTP session update request operations may be HTTP GET commands. A session front end stores each received resource change request operation in a resource-specific transaction history of change request operations received from all client systems. The session front end maintains a current session state indicating the number of resource change request operations stored for each session resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Ron E. Pontrich, Ramya Sethuraman, Christopher D. Price, Christopher A. Hyland, Aseel Aziz-Gomez
  • Patent number: 8200764
    Abstract: A highly scalable and highly responsive RTC system uses asynchronous or non-blocking I/O and HTTP response queuing to avoid server overload. The system distinguishes between two types of requests: an update request and a change request. An update request is a request used to fetch an update or change notification. A change request is a request to change some data related to the real-time session. For a given RTC session, the server first checks whether any updates exist for an update request. If an update exists, the server code can send an immediate response to the client. However, if no update exists, the server code application sets a well-defined HTTP response header, and then responds. Once the server code application responds, all application server resources are freed, and the application server is free to handle the next requests without blocking any thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Erik J. Burckart, Brian G. Cline, James P. Galvin, Jr., Christopher D. Price, Thomas Schaeck
  • Patent number: 8190678
    Abstract: Described are an online meeting system and method for integrating a third-party system with the online meeting system. A service provider interface (SPI) defines procedures for communicating with a meeting services application of the online meeting system. Each software module implements the procedures of the SPI to perform meeting-related operations customized in accordance with the third-party system when called by the meeting service application. Called SPI procedures include two types. One type notifies a software module of a proposed transaction of an event in the online meeting system, to enable the software module to perform the meeting-related operation before the event occurs. A second type notifies a software module of an event that has occurred in the online meeting system, to enable the software module to perform the meeting-related operation in response to the occurrence of that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Miles A. Palis, Ronald E. Pontrich, Jr., Christopher D. Price
  • Patent number: 8146002
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for providing a pop-up repelling region (e.g., frame) for use in a screen sharing session that includes providing, or creating a region on a screen, during a screen sharing session, that includes a view of at least one application within the region and repelling from the view in the frame of all other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Price, William M. Quinn, Amy D. Travis
  • Publication number: 20090006110
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for monitoring event participation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Kristina S. Beckley, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Christopher D. Price, Amy D. Travis, Lorin E. Ullmann
  • Patent number: 7412923
    Abstract: A stencil device ensures that solder paste is accurately applied to a printed circuit board to create a substantially zero signal degradation solder bridge electrical connection. The printed circuit board is defined by a dielectric structure core having a first surface which further includes a first conducting pad having an edge and a second conducting edge having an edge separated from and adjacent to the edge of the first conducting pad. The edges of the first and second conducting pads define therebetween a surface area of the first surface. The stencil device includes a stencil plate member defining a first opening sized to substantially correspond to the first conducting pad, a second opening sized to substantially correspond to the second conducting pad, and a third opening. The third opening links the first opening to the second opening at a size to correspond to a partial portion of the surface area of the first surface between the edges of the first and second conducting pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ian P. Shaeffer, Everett Basham, Christopher D. Price
  • Publication number: 20080155104
    Abstract: A system for providing resource-based synchronization between clients in a Web-based real-time collaboration, in which a session front end on the server layers a transaction history on top of all session resources. HTTP operations are issued by client systems to request changes to session resources and to request session updates. The HTTP resource change requests include hierarchical pointers containing session identifiers and resource identifiers within a URL. The client generated resource change request operations may be HTTP PUT, HTTP DELETE, and HTTP POST commands. The HTTP session update request operations may be HTTP GET commands. A session front end stores each received resource change request operation in a resource-specific transaction history of change request operations received from all client systems. The session front end maintains a current session state indicating the number of resource change request operations stored for each session resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Ron E. Pontrich, Ramya Sethuraman, Christopher D. Price, Christopher A. Hyland, Aseel Aziz-Gomez
  • Publication number: 20080147834
    Abstract: A highly scalable and highly responsive RTC system uses asynchronous or non-blocking I/O and HTTP response queuing to avoid server overload. The system distinguishes between two types of requests: an update request and a change request. An update request is a request used to fetch an update or change notification. A change request is a request to change some data related to the real-time session. For a given RTC session, the server first checks whether any updates exist for an update request. If an update exists, the server code can send an immediate response to the client. However, if no update exists, the server code application sets a well-defined HTTP response header, and then responds. Once the server code application responds, all application server resources are freed, and the application server is free to handle the next requests without blocking any thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: William M. Quinn, Erik J. Burckart, Brian G. Cline, James P. Galvin, Christopher D. Price, Thomas Schaeck
  • Publication number: 20080091779
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to resource consumption in a clustered environment hosting an e-meeting and provide a method, system and computer program product for resource consumption reduction for an e-meeting via meeting affinity. In one embodiment of the invention, an e-meeting affinity method can provided. In a clustered environment, the e-meeting affinity method can include identifying a clone supporting an e-meeting and having session affinity with a moderator to the e-meeting. The method further can include establishing session affinity between the clone and other participants to the e-meeting for requests relating to the e-meeting while permitting parallel session affinity to other clones for requests from the other participants not relating to the e-meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Madhu K. Chetuparambil, James S. Johnston, Christopher D. Price, Brian L. Pulito, William M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 7278107
    Abstract: Under the present invention, a source meeting partner can select a target application for sharing with one ore more destination meeting partners during a collaborative meeting. Upon selection of the target application, a portion of a meeting application window will be removed, and a window corresponding to the target application will be positioned to be viewable through the removed portion. If necessary, one or more navigators (e.g., scroll bars) can be provided to manipulate the target application window. Thus, the present invention allows the meeting application window and the target application window to be simultaneously viewable without requiring resizing or repositioning of either one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher D. Price
  • Patent number: 7140531
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a substantially zero signal degradation electrical connection on a printed circuit board includes providing a printed circuit board defined by a dielectric structure core. The dielectric structure core has a first surface, which includes a first connecting pad having an edge and a second connecting pad having an edge separated from an adjacent to the edge of the first conducting pad. The edges of the first and second conducting pads define therebetween a surface area of the first surface. A solder paste is applied on the first and second conducting pads and on the first surface of the dielectric structure core. The solder paste at least partially covers the surface area of the first surface between the edges of the first and second conducting pads, thereby forming a substantially zero signal degradation electrical connection between the first and second conducting pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ian P. Shaeffer, Everett Basham, Christopher D. Price
  • Publication number: 20040109021
    Abstract: Under the present invention, a source meeting partner can select a target application for sharing with one ore more destination meeting partners during a collaborative meeting. Upon selection of the target application, a portion of a meeting application window will be removed, and a window corresponding to the target application will be positioned to be viewable through the removed portion. If necessary, one or more navigators (e.g., scroll bars) can be provided to manipulate the target application window. Thus, the present invention allows the meeting application window and the target application window to be simultaneously viewable without requiring resizing or repositioning of either one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher D. Price
  • Publication number: 20040041001
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a zero signal degradation solder bridge electrical connection for connecting adjacent conducting pads of a printed circuit board, and a printed circuit board having at least one of these solder bridge electrical connections. In the method, a stencil, having an opening that corresponds to the adjacent conducting pads and at least a portion of the surface area of the printed circuit board between the adjacent conducting pads, is placed on the surface of printed circuit board. Solder paste is then applied to the stencil such that the solder paste flows through the stencil opening and onto the adjacent conducting pads and at least a portion of the surface area of the printed circuit board between the pads. The stencil is then removed and the printed circuit board is subjected to reflow soldering, thereby fabricating a printed circuit board having a solder bridge electrical connector between adjacent conducting pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Ian P. Shaeffer, Everett Basham, Christopher D. Price
  • Patent number: 6664482
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a zero signal degradation solder bridge electrical connection for connecting adjacent conducting pads of a printed circuit board, and a printed circuit board having at least one of these solder bridge electrical connections. In the method, a stencil, having an opening that corresponds to the adjacent conducting pads and at least a portion of the surface area of the printed circuit board between the adjacent conducting pads, is placed on the surface of printed circuit board. Solder paste is then applied to the stencil such that the solder paste flows through the stencil opening and onto the adjacent conducting pads and at least a portion of the surface area of the printed circuit board between the pads. The stencil is then removed and the printed circuit board is subjected to reflow soldering, thereby fabricating a printed circuit board having a solder bridge electrical connector between adjacent conducting pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ian P. Shaeffer, Everett Basham, Christopher D. Price
  • Patent number: 6571357
    Abstract: The application discloses a system and method for providing a compact and high speed mechanism for emulating an ASIC or other chip operating within a large computing system environment for diagnostic purposes. A two step process is disclosed for generating data patterns for fully exercising a chip and to then transmit these data patterns at a high frequency to a system under test. In phase one, a pattern generator preferably transmits test pattern data at a first frequency to a memory storage device. In phase two, the memory storage device is enabled to transmit the stored test pattern data at a high frequency to a system under test. Buffering the test pattern data in this manner enables the inventive system to bypass the data transmission speed limitation of the pattern generator while still employing the test patterns created by the pattern generator and to thereby test the system under test under high speed operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Martin, Everett Basham, Christopher D. Price