Patents by Inventor Christopher Martin

Christopher Martin 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: 20170086444
    Abstract: In one aspect, a fishing gaff includes a shaft, at least a first grip circumscribing a grip end segment of the shaft, and a hook member engaged with a hook end segment of the shaft. The hook end segment of the shaft is opposite to and longitudinally spaced from the grip end segment of the shaft. The hook member includes a shank extending longitudinally along the hook end segment of the shaft, an engagement segment located proximally on the shank and extending transversely away from the shank into a transversely-oriented hole of the hook end segment of the shaft, and a piercing element configured to pierce fish that is located distally on the shank. The piercing element extends distally beyond a distal end of the shaft. The fishing gaff also includes a coupling member disposed circumferentially around the shank to hold the shank onto the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: RYAN CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
  • Patent number: 9579809
    Abstract: A razor system with a handle having a connection base with a housing mounting surface and a housing having a guard and a cap, at least one blade mounted to the housing between the guard and the cap, and an interconnect member. The handle having a handle mounting surface that magnetically engages the housing mounting surface securing the housing to the connection base during a shaving stroke. The interconnect member slidably engages the connection base in a direction generally transverse to a direction of a magnetic attraction force between the connection base and the interconnect member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Hawes
  • Patent number: 9572558
    Abstract: A device for delivering an implant configured to seal an aperture in a tissue includes: a delivery shaft configured to engage the implant to allow the implant to be maneuvered into sealing engagement with a distal surface of the tissue, the delivery shaft comprising a retaining sleeve comprising a locking projection engagable with a locking recess of the implant to secure the implant to the delivery shaft, and a release sleeve axially slideable relative to the retaining sleeve between a first axial position in which the release sleeve is configured to maintain locking engagement between the locking recess and the locking projection, and a second axial position in which the release sleeve permits the locking projection to disengage the locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Christopher Martin, Michael Dunning, Damien Ryan, Joseph Dolphin, Micheál Hession, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Mark McGoldrick, Ger Brett, Michael McCartin, Des Regan, Matthew Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170046656
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided. In an example embodiment, a communication comprising form fields is received. A form field corresponding to first item information for a first item is identified. A textual item description for the first item is extracted from the form field. A code schedule is accessed and one or more codes are determined for the first item based on the textual item description and the code schedule. An item database is queried to identify second items that are relevant to the first item and a confidence level for each of the codes is determined based on the relevant second items. If a confidence level corresponding to one of the codes is greater than a configurable confidence level, a first code is selected from the codes. An item database is updated to reflect the first code being assigned to the first item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Barry Alan Bramble, Christopher Bernard Maiocco, Christopher Martin Rubio, Bruce Robert Petlock
  • Patent number: 9565303
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for abbreviated dialing in a femtocell network is provided. A user having authorized access to the femtocell network may dial another authorized user using an abbreviated code. On receipt of the call request, a femtocell system may evaluate the destination number to determine if it is an abbreviated code. If the dialed number is not an abbreviated code, the femtocell system may direct the call request to the telecommunication core network for processing thereby. If the dialed number is evaluated by the femtocell system as an abbreviated code, the femtocell system may direct the call request to an on-site PBX for call handling. If the abbreviated code is a valid code and the dialed user equipment is currently in the femtocell network service area, the PBX may then complete the call setup within the femtocell network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn
  • Patent number: 9544895
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for processing short message service terminations in a communication system featuring an IP-based femtocell system are provided. The femtocell system includes a base transceiver station and a Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter. The Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter conveys the depacketized message content to the base transceiver station which transmits the message content to the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn
  • Publication number: 20160380351
    Abstract: A device, a method, a system, and a computer program product for installation, positioning and/or repositioning of a radio device are disclosed. Using a positioning device, an identification information of the radio device and at least one first positioning parameter associated with the radio device are received for positioning of the radio device on an installation surface. The positioning device determines at least one second positioning parameter of the radio device. The first and second positioning parameters are compared and the radio device is positioned based on at least one of the following: the first positioning parameter and the second positioning parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Simmonds
  • Publication number: 20160337203
    Abstract: The disclosure reveals a system and approach for remote health monitoring and diagnostics of room controllers, networks and devices. A master room controller may be used to open a system health page or a diagnostic page for other controllers. A system health page may provide an overview of virtually all of the other room controllers. A tool of the present system may be used to trouble shoot issues remotely at another room controller in lieu of doing a visit to the respective room controller. A user may navigate from the system health page to virtually any place on the room controller to diagnose issues. The navigation may be done by hyper linking from the system health page. The healthy controllers may be hidden from the page so that the unhealthy systems can be viewed in one shot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ajay Nair, Upender Paravastu, Jijji Ramanathan, Mallikarjuna Nonayinakere Sugandharajappa, James Barrette, Liwen Yu, Christopher Martin, Wei Hua, Robert Klamka
  • Patent number: 9483067
    Abstract: Intelligent powered device (PD) control system including a switch system, state detector (SD), intelligent control device (ICD), and a PD. The switch system includes one or more conventional electrical switches. Each switch includes an interface to receive selection of a switch system state change between conductive and non-conductive states. The switch system includes a conductor pair(s) indicative of switch system state based on the selection. The SD signals the detected state to the ICD. The switch system output is in electrical connection with the detector such that, in the conductive state a loopback is formed in the switch system and SD, and in the non-conductive state no loopback is formed. The ICD receive the message from the state detector and transmits a fixture control command based on the message. The PD receives the command from the ICD via the data communications network, and controls its state based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Martin Lonvick, Charles Duffy, Luis Orlando Suau, Donald Schriner, Matthew A. Laherty
  • Patent number: 9472047
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods and systems are set forth to enable a player to play several, different concurrent games at a gaming device. The player selects the games to play from a game library and a processor assigns the game instances to real estate at the gaming device display. The player may record wagers to play the games. A processor determines game cycle times and choreographs play of the games' start and stop cycles to provide an appealing and serial display of game outcomes to the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Hilbert, Bryan Kelly, Joseph Randolph Hedrick, Paulina Rogers, David Ponce, Vamsi Krishna Gandu, Yogendrasinh Hematji Rajput, Martin Lyons, Sean Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 9462480
    Abstract: A method of operating a femtocell network cluster is disclosed. One example method of operating the femtocell network cluster may include certain operations, such as, selecting a master femtocell access point among various femtocell access points operating on the femtocell network cluster and updating a master table to include the master femtocell access point in the master table neighbor list. Other operations may include transmitting the master table to each of the femtocell access points informing them of the identity of the master femtocell access point. The tables may be maintained by all of the femtocell access points operating on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn, Seong Ju Seo, Kyungsik Choi
  • Patent number: 9451463
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitates delivery of mobile-terminated short message service messages to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server deployed in a core network receives a short message for short message service delivery to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system. If there is no active traffic channel with the mobile station, or if the short message is to be delivered to the mobile station via a paging channel, the femtocell system triggers an authentication process. The convergence server constructs a short message service delivery request message, transmits the short message service delivery request message to the femtocell system, and receives one of an acknowledgement and a negative acknowledgment regarding delivery of the short message to the mobile station. The convergence server thereafter notifies the message center of the acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement received thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Edward Osborn
  • Patent number: 9446361
    Abstract: A method of controlling coffee density exiting from a coffee densifier is disclosed. The method includes the steps of feeding a ground coffee into a mixing chamber having a discharge door. A mixer motor load on a mixer motor driving mixing members agitating the ground coffee in the mixing chamber is measured. The discharge door is moved when the mixer motor load is outside a predefined mixer motor load operating range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Modern Process Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Richard Ephraim, Christopher Martin Spatz
  • Publication number: 20160242599
    Abstract: A coffee densifier is disclosed. The coffee densifier comprises an elongated chamber, a densifier motor, a shaft, a plurality of densifier members, a discharge door actuator, a densifier motor load sensor, and a controller. The plurality of densifier members are fixed to the shaft and configured to polish a plurality of coffee particles of the ground coffee within the elongated chamber when the plurality of densifier members are rotated by the shaft through the ground coffee within the mixing chamber. The controller configured to signal the discharge door actuator to move the discharge door to increase or decrease a density of the ground coffee exiting the chamber through the discharge opening when the densifier motor load is outside a predefined densifier motor load operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Richard Ephraim, Christopher Martin Spatz
  • Publication number: 20160174953
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) one or more lateral support portions, to engage and/or hold a sealable member of the device against an interior surface of the tissue when the device is in the sealing position. The lateral support portions provide additional support surfaces to engage peripheral portions of the sealable member against the interior surface of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Grant, Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20160166241
    Abstract: The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mark McGoldrick, Bartosz Pawlikowski, Peter Grant, Noelle Barrett, Gerard Brett, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20160158949
    Abstract: A razor cartridge is provided comprising at least one blade having a cutting edge; a blade unit holding the at least one blade; and a guard positioned in front of the blade unit having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first fixed end joined to the blade unit and a first free end opposite the first fixed end, and the second portion has a second fixed end, a second free end, and a pivot axis joining the ends, wherein the pivot axis is positioned distally away from the blade unit and the second free end is positioned intermediate the pivot axis and the first free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Eagleton, Christopher Martin Hawes
  • Publication number: 20160158948
    Abstract: A razor cartridge is provided comprising at least one blade having a cutting edge; a blade unit holding the at least one blade; and a guard positioned in front of the blade unit having a fixed end joined to the blade unit and a free end, with a pivot axis between the fixed end and the free end located distally away from the blade unit, wherein the free end pivots about said pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Raymond Eagleton, Christopher Martin Hawes
  • Patent number: 9286253
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable medium for presenting unique Serial Attached Small computer system interface (SAS) target devices through a single target device. The method includes embedding a SAS protocol chip within an initiator-connectable device, the SAS protocol chip having storage for at least two SAS addresses and configured to select a single address, loading two or more SAS addresses into the SAS protocol chip, and mapping a respective SAS address to one of the unique target devices. The system includes a SAS protocol chip having storage for at least two SAS addresses and a method for selecting a single SAS address, and a processor unit connected to the SAS protocol chip by an interface bus, the processor configured to load two or more identifier addresses into the SAS protocol chip. The computer readable medium contains instructions that cause a processor to perform the described methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Curtis C. Ballard, Robert C. Elliott, Christopher Martin
  • Publication number: 20160065634
    Abstract: A method for distributing broadcast media over the internet includes providing a website containing a single genre of broadcast content via software executing on a computer is provided. The method generates a website account for at least one media consumer via software executing on a computer. The method further includes displaying broadcast content to at least one consumer via software executing on a computer. The method further includes querying at least one consumer for personal information and comments on the content via software executing on a computer. The method further includes tracking the activities of at least one consumer via software executing on a computer. The method further includes transmitting the tracked activities to a third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher Martin Pati