Patents by Inventor Christopher Hardy

Christopher Hardy 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: 20190142093
    Abstract: A utility cap and utility cap reinforcement member is provided. The utility cap has a number of sidewalls forming a perimeter and a visor attached to a front side or a back side of the crown. The utility cap reinforcement member includes sections in an end-to-end arrangement on a single plane. The utility cap reinforcement member is adapted to be positioned within the utility cap along the perimeter, wherein the utility cap reinforcement member stiffens an appearance and a rigidity of the perimeter. In one embodiment, the utility cap reinforcement member forms a closed loop. In an alternative embodiment, the utility cap reinforcement member includes a gap that forms an open loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 10157612
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Reich, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 10094004
    Abstract: A cobalt-nickel alloy composition comprising by weight (wt %): about 31 to 42 percent cobalt (Co); about 26 to 31 percent nickel (Ni); about 10 to 16 percent chromium (Cr); about 4 to 6 percent aluminum (Al); about 6 to 15 percent tungsten (W); the Co and Ni being present in an atomic ratio of about 1.3:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Hardy, David Dye, Howard James Stone, Huiyu Yan
  • Patent number: 9781262
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardy, David E. Reich
  • Patent number: 9687074
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a container comprising forming a basket portion of metal mesh material and a rail connected to the basket portion. The rail extends substantially outwardly from the outer surface of the basket portion and the rail extends continuously around the outer surface of the basket portion. In one example, the method includes forming the rail so that it does not contain or surround a free edge of the basket portion. In another example, the method includes forming the rail so that it includes an opening for containing or surrounding a free edge of the basket portion. The method may also include forming a lower rail. The present invention is also directed to a container formed by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsi-Ming Cheng, R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy
  • Publication number: 20170071337
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a container comprising forming a basket portion of metal mesh material and a rail connected to the basket portion. The rail extends substantially outwardly from the outer surface of the basket portion and the rail extends continuously around the outer surface of the basket portion. In one example, the method includes forming the rail so that it does not contain or surround a free edge of the basket portion. In another example, the method includes forming the rail so that it includes an opening for containing or surrounding a free edge of the basket portion. The method may also include forming a lower rail. The present invention is also directed to a container formed by such method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hsi-Ming Cheng, R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9571633
    Abstract: Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the variations in the values of the objectively measurable characteristics. In the example context of evaluating packet switched telephony service, the present invention eliminates the need to perform subjective tests to characterize each combination of codec type and transmission protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: OL Security Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: William Christopher Hardy
  • Publication number: 20160239562
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for querying a data repository using a flexible natural language interface, which comprises receiving an initiated user question at a graphical user interface and generating automatically one or more suggested completed questions in response to the receipt of the initiated user question. A selected completed question at the graphical user interface is received and subsequently parsed into a logic representation. The logic representation is translated into an executable query, which is executed against the data repository. One or more search results in response to the executed translated query and presented at the graphical user interface. The present invention further comprises generating one or more analytic results corresponding to the one or more search responsive to the translated query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Schilder, Charese Smiley, Dezhao Song, Christopher Hardie Brew
  • Patent number: 9400633
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Reich, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9347118
    Abstract: A molybdenum based alloy composition including between 15% and 20% niobium and 0.05% and 0.25% carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Bryce David Conduit, Gareth John Conduit, Howard James Stone, Mark Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9292252
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardy, David E. Reich
  • Patent number: 9292253
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for voice-enabling a web application, wherein the web application includes one or more web pages rendered by a web browser on a computer. At least one information source external to the web application is queried to determine whether information describing a set of one or more supported voice interactions for the web application is available, and in response to determining that the information is available, the information is retrieved from the at least one information source. Voice input for the web application is then enabled based on the retrieved information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Reich, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9074476
    Abstract: A nickel-base alloy having the following composition (in weight percent unless otherwise stated): Cr 13.7-17.5; Co 2.5-5.6; Fe 8.0-9.3; Si 0-0.6; Mn 0-0.95; Mo 0.5-2.3; W 2.7-3.0; Al 2.2-3.5; Nb 2.7-7.2; Ti 0-0.85; Ta 0-3.25; Hf 0.0-0.5; C 0.01-0.05; B 0.02-0.04; Zr 0.04-0.06; Mg 0.015-0.025; S<50 ppm; P<50 ppm; the balance being Ni and incidental impurities. The alloy has an improved combination of properties (principally resistance to surface environmental damage and dwell fatigue crack growth) compared with known alloys, and is intended to operate for prolonged periods of time above 700° C., and up to peak temperatures of 800° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Mark Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9043906
    Abstract: Methods and devices for protecting computing devices against the effects of surreptitiously loaded machine language programs from a malware source. The user defines a pattern of disruption of the sequence of bytes. The user then installs legitimate programs to be run on a particular computing device by loading the original program onto the local hard drive and replacing the program by one to which the pattern of disruption has been applied. Using the user-defined disruption pattern, the computing device can define the transforms necessary to reverse the application of the disruptive pattern. As part of the process the operating system for the computing device is modified to apply transforms that reverse the disruption pattern when executing a program file loaded into RAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: William Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: 9009133
    Abstract: Methods and systems for formulating and executing concept-structured queries of unorganized data are described. One described method for searching an unstructured data set includes receiving at least one user specified category whose definition is unconstrained, receiving at least one user specified token associated with the at least one category, generating a boolean query associated with the at least one token and the at least one category, executing the boolean query against an unstructured data set to identify at least one article identifier associated with an article, and creating a result set comprising the at least one article identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Leidos, Inc.
    Inventor: William Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: D759976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardy, R. Neal Post
  • Patent number: D773815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy
  • Patent number: D804821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardy, R. Neal Post
  • Patent number: D807036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Hardy, R. Neal Post
  • Patent number: D847510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Design Ideas, Ltd.
    Inventors: R. Neal Post, Christopher Hardy