Patents by Inventor Dan Davies

Dan Davies 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).

  • Patent number: 9565458
    Abstract: One system herein is operable to determine effectiveness of asset insertion in VOD content. The VOD content is selected by a user through a CPE. The system is operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify household identifications from the upstream internet traffic, and to detect an internet website selected by the user from the upstream internet traffic based on the user's household identification. The system is also operable to couple to a VOD asset insertion system of a headend in the cable television network to detect an asset inserted into the VOD content selected by the CPE, to associate the internet website with the inserted asset, to determine a period of time between insertion of the asset and the selection of the internet website by the user, and to determine an effectiveness of the asset based on the determined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canoe Ventures
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Dan Davies, Ed Knudson, Chris Pizzurro, Joel Hassell, Yong Liu, Michael Munhall
  • Publication number: 20160360250
    Abstract: One system herein is operable to determine effectiveness of asset insertion in VOD content. The VOD content is selected by a user through a CPE. The system is operable to analyze upstream internet traffic through a cable television network, to identify household identifications from the upstream internet traffic, and to detect an internet website selected by the user from the upstream internet traffic based on the user's household identification. The system is also operable to couple to a VOD asset insertion system of a headend in the cable television network to detect an asset inserted into the VOD content selected by the CPE, to associate the internet website with the inserted asset, to determine a period of time between insertion of the asset and the selection of the internet website by the user, and to determine an effectiveness of the asset based on the determined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Canney, Dan Davies, Ed Knudson, Chris Pizzurro, Joel Hassell, Yong Liu, Michael Munhall
  • Patent number: 8641797
    Abstract: The method of the present disclosure includes providing an organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with a crop to be grown, heating the organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with water, and extracting an aqueous liquid comprising humic acid and fulvic acid. The organic compost material may include straw and manure and the straw and manure may be subjected to several days and/or weeks of aerobic composting. The crop may include a variety of plants, trees, vegetables, fruits and fungi. In one embodiment, the crop may include mushroom spores, mycelia, or mushrooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Black Dirt Organics Patent Management
    Inventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies, Loyal B. Adams
  • Publication number: 20120279266
    Abstract: The method of the present disclosure includes providing an organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with a crop to be grown, heating the organic compost material, combining the organic compost material with water, and extracting an aqueous liquid comprising humic acid and fulvic acid. The organic compost material may include straw and manure and the straw and manure may be subjected to several days and/or weeks of aerobic composting. The crop may include a variety of plants, trees, vegetables, fruits and fungi. In one embodiment, the crop may include mushroom spores, mycelia, or mushrooms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies, Loyal B. Adams
  • Publication number: 20100010089
    Abstract: A method and system for producing fulvic acid and humic acid comprises extracting a liquid from an organic compost mixture. The liquid may be extracted by collecting liquid that percolates from the organic compost mixture or by separating liquid from solid components in the organic compost mixture. The extracted product comprises fulvic acid in an amount of at least 4% by weight, and more specifically at least 7%, and humic acid in an amount less than approximately 3% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Don Calvin Van Dyke, Asa Staples Nielson, Bruce Sutton, Dan Davies
  • Publication number: 20070246039
    Abstract: A mounting stand for supporting a solar panel or other solar energy collection device on a mounting surface, includes a body including a stand-off element for supporting the body clear of the surface, and a tension device, adapted to be connected between the body and the mounting surface, so as to hold the stand-off element securely in contact with the surface. The body preferably includes a triangular space-frame made up of three parallel members one of which has legs forming a stand-off elements while the other two form a mounting for the solar energy collection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Shay Brazier, Dan Davies, Lachlan Bateman
  • Publication number: 20070221266
    Abstract: A solar roof tile comprising an elongate unit whose length is a multiple of the length of a standard roof tile so that it may be substituted for a corresponding number of such tiles, and comprises an elongate trough-shaped member which is adapted to house a heat exchanger including fluid conduits, and a co-operating cover-plate which includes an aperture adapted to receive a transparent cover for the trough-shaped member, or a photovoltaic collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Dan Davies, Martyn Berry, Ian Kenyon