Patents by Inventor Colin Leonard
Colin Leonard 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: 20190046412Abstract: A tablet and capsule dispensing assembly, comprising a case including an inner circumferential surface having a first plurality of teeth a tablet disc having a plurality of tablets disposed circumferentially thereon, the tablet disc arranged to rotate within the case, and a lock arranged to engage with the first plurality of teeth to prevent rotation of the tablet disc in a first rotational direction during a first predetermined time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Publication number: 20180344575Abstract: A dispensing assembly which includes a case having a superior component and inferior component, the superior component and inferior component operatively arranged to form a first cavity therebetween. A tablet disc is arranged within the first cavity having a plurality of tablets disposed about a circumference of the tablet disc, where the tablet disc is arranged to rotate about a central axis and within the case. The assembly further includes a lock to prevent rotation of the tablet disc in a first rotational direction during a first predetermined time interval. The lock includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a display and a first circuit connected to the display. The second component includes an actuator, a catch, a plurality of teeth on an outer circumferential surface of the second component, and a ratchet operatively arranged to engage with the plurality of teeth and the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Robert Owen Brady, Joseph B. Bujalski, Jeffery S. Heitzenrater, Matthew William Vergin, Jon Colin Leonard, Joel Raymond Chartier
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Publication number: 20180308518Abstract: An audio processing system includes a server complex in communication with a network. The server complex receives a digital audio file and one or more analog domain control settings from a client device across the network. A digital-to-analog converter converts the digital audio file to an analog signal. One or more analog signal processors apply at least one analog modification to the analog signal in accordance with the one or more analog domain control settings. An analog-to-digital converter converts the modified analog signal to a modified digital audio file. The server complex can then deliver the modified digital audio file to the client device across the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Publication number: 20180301168Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein may provide for processing audio with increased loudness and dynamics. A first clock frequency associated with a digital audio file may be increased to a second clock frequency, which speeds up the playback of the audio. The digital audio file may then be converted to analog at the higher second frequency, where it is further modified in the analog domain. The analog audio is then converted back into digital audio at the second clock frequency. The clock frequency is then decreased back to the first clock frequency for playback or storage of the processed (i.e., modified or manipulated) digital audio file. Alternatively, the entire process can take place in the digital domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 10068611Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein may provide for processing audio with increased loudness and dynamics. A first clock frequency associated with a digital audio file may be increased to a second clock frequency, which speeds up the playback of the audio. The digital audio file may then be converted to analog at the higher second frequency, where it is further modified in the analog domain. The analog audio is then converted back into digital audio at the second clock frequency. The clock frequency is then decreased back to the first clock frequency for playback or storage of the processed (i.e., modified or manipulated) digital audio file. Alternatively, the entire process can take place in the digital domain.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Publication number: 20180004375Abstract: A system can connect multiple disparate web products and services through a common interface. Each product can function with or without other plugins as the features are dynamic based on what plugins are available. Desktops for contact centers can provide dynamic adjustment for given usage contexts. Secure electronic communication between parties reduce exposure to a man-in-the-middle attack within a contact center deployment equipped with interactive voice response functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Benjamin Friend, Marat Irner, Christopher Connolly, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Leonid Vymenets, Colin Leonard, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Josef Eric Eisner
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Publication number: 20180007081Abstract: A system can connect multiple disparate web products and services through a common interface. Each product can function with or without other plugins as the features are dynamic based on what plugins are available. Desktops for contact centers can provide dynamic adjustment for given usage contexts. Secure electronic communication between parties reduce exposure to a man-in-the-middle attack within a contact center deployment equipped with interactive voice response functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Benjamin Friend, Marat lrner, Christopher Connolly, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Leonid Vymenets, Colin Leonard, Vladimir Mezhibovsky, Josef Eric Eisner
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Publication number: 20160336911Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein may provide for processing audio with increased loudness and dynamics. A first clock frequency associated with a digital audio file may be increased to a second clock frequency, which speeds up the playback of the audio. The digital audio file may then be converted to analog at the higher second frequency, where it is further modified in the analog domain. The analog audio is then converted back into digital audio at the second clock frequency. The clock frequency is then decreased back to the first clock frequency for playback or storage of the processed (i.e., modified or manipulated) digital audio file. Alternatively, the entire process can take place in the digital domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 9449082Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein may provide for processing audio with increased loudness and dynamics. A first clock frequency associated with a digital audio file may be increased to a second clock frequency, which speeds up the playback of the audio. The digital audio file may then be converted to analog at the higher second frequency, where it is further modified in the analog domain. The analog audio is then converted back into digital audio at the second clock frequency. The clock frequency is then decreased back to the first clock frequency for playback or storage of the processed (i.e., modified or manipulated) digital audio file. Alternatively, the entire process can take place in the digital domain.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 8874583Abstract: Tags on documents are clustered using tag weightings of the tags on the documents. Each cluster includes an identified subject. The identified subjects are compared to identify relationships between the identified subjects. A taxonomy of subjects is built using the identified relationships between the identified subjects programmatically without user intervention.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Publication number: 20140207265Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein may provide for processing audio with increased loudness and dynamics. A first clock frequency associated with a digital audio file may be increased to a second clock frequency, which speeds up the playback of the audio. The digital audio file may then be converted to analog at the higher second frequency, where it is further modified in the analog domain. The analog audio is then converted back into digital audio at the second clock frequency. The clock frequency is then decreased back to the first clock frequency for playback or storage of the processed (i.e., modified or manipulated) digital audio file. Alternatively, the entire process can take place in the digital domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventor: Colin Leonard
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Patent number: 8700617Abstract: A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises: managing a plurality of nodes representing resources, the nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein the node contains a resource reference for referencing the resource; managing one or more links representing one or more relationships between the resources, the links including links between content nodes, between person nodes and between content and person nodes, each link comprising node references to identify the nodes in the relationships and an importance value to identify the importance of the relationship; providing an interface for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes; adapting, in response to the user selected node, one or more importance values of certain links.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas James Hill, Mark James Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
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Patent number: 8620922Abstract: A method and system for generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data are provided. The method includes obtaining tag data in the form of tags on documents with tag weightings for a document and clustering the tags using the tag weightings for documents, wherein each cluster is an identified subject. The documents are associated with each identified subject and the subjects are compared to identifying relationships between subjects to build a taxonomy of subjects. A tag weighting for a document is the number of times the tag is applied to the document with a user rating of the relevance of the tag to the document. The steps are carried out automatically without user intervention.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Publication number: 20130013608Abstract: Tags on documents are clustered using tag weightings of the tags on the documents. Each cluster includes an identified subject. The identified subjects are compared to identify relationships between the identified subjects. A taxonomy of subjects is built using the identified relationships between the identified subjects programmatically without user intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Patent number: 8346776Abstract: A method and system for generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data are provided. The method includes obtaining tag data in the form of tags on documents with tag weightings for a document and clustering the tags using the tag weightings for documents, wherein each cluster is an identified subject. The documents are associated with each identified subject and the subjects are compared to identifying relationships between subjects to build a taxonomy of subjects. A tag weighting for a document is the number of times the tag is applied to the document with a user rating of the relevance of the tag to the document. The steps are carried out automatically without user intervention.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Publication number: 20120191718Abstract: A method and system for generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data are provided. The method includes obtaining tag data in the form of tags on documents with tag weightings for a document and clustering the tags using the tag weightings for documents, wherein each cluster is an identified subject. The documents are associated with each identified subject and the subjects are compared to identifying relationships between subjects to build a taxonomy of subjects. A tag weighting for a document is the number of times the tag is applied to the document with a user rating of the relevance of the tag to the document. The steps are carried out automatically without user intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Publication number: 20110282878Abstract: A method and system for generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data are provided. The method includes obtaining tag data in the form of tags on documents with tag weightings for a document and clustering the tags using the tag weightings for documents, wherein each cluster is an identified subject. The documents are associated with each identified subject and the subjects are compared to identifying relationships between subjects to build a taxonomy of subjects. A tag weighting for a document is the number of times the tag is applied to the document with a user rating of the relevance of the tag to the document. The steps are carried out automatically without user intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
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Patent number: 7953697Abstract: A system and associated method for collaboratively developing information. An information delivery system for information regarding rapidly evolving software products builds an initial information set and a vocabulary. The initial information set is released for annotations on the information set by contributing users. The vocabulary defines a group of terms and respectively associated confidence level that can be used in describing annotations. An access control list may be employed in authenticating contributing users in accessing the information delivery system to assure reliability of annotations. A reliable annotation having a confidence level satisfying a threshold confidence level is integrated with the information set according to an approval by a content owner.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, John Bryan Ibbotson
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Patent number: 7877391Abstract: A method is provided for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises managing a plurality of nodes representing resources. The nodes include content nodes and person nodes. The node contains a resource reference for referencing the resource. The method comprises managing one or more links representing one or more relationships between the resources. Each link comprises node references to identify the nodes in the relationships and an importance value to identify the importance of the relationship. The method further comprises providing an interface for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes and estimating, in response to a selected nodes, a node having a likelihood of subsequent selection based on the importance value of its link to the selected nodes. The method comprises providing an interface for selecting said estimated node.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas James Hill, Mark James Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
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Publication number: 20090271430Abstract: A system and associated method for collaboratively developing information. An information delivery system for information regarding rapidly evolving software products builds an initial information set and a vocabulary. The initial information set is released for annotations on the information set by contributing users. The vocabulary defines a group of terms and respectively associated confidence level that can be used in describing annotations. An access control list may be employed in authenticating contributing users in accessing the information delivery system to assure reliability of annotations. A reliable annotation having a confidence level satisfying a threshold confidence level is integrated with the information set according to an approval by a content owner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Colin Leonard Bird, John Bryan Ibbotson