Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Sullivan

Daniel Thomas Sullivan 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).

  • Buffered meal component and a kit for making a meal
    Publication number: 20040033295
    Abstract: A buffered meal component and a kit comprising the buffered meal component and a sauce are described. The sauce has an acidic pH that is increased by the buffered meal component during cooking to produce a fresh looking and tasting meal that can be prepared in under 40 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods
    Inventors: Kenneth Gimelli, Daniel Thomas Sullivan
  • Diversity reception employing periodic testing
    Patent number: 6456675
    Abstract: The quality of a channel for each of a plurality of receive antennas is determined in part by examining data collected during reception of test data. Substantially simultaneously, payload data is also used to evaluate channel quality for at least one antenna. A quality metric calculated for any given antenna is the result of measurements made upon the test and payload data. Parameters used to calculate the quality metric are preferably divided into two sets of non-identical parameters, those based on the test data and those based on the payload data. These parameters preferably include jitter, received signal strength, CRC errors and synchronization errors. By continuously updating quality metrics based on both test and payload data, more reliable assessments can be made of the various antennas being used. As a result, antenna selection is rendered commensurately more reliable thereby improving received signal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Memorylink Corporation
    Inventors: Keely Anne Wagner, Brian John Melewski, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Daniel Thomas Sullivan, Todd Robert Thyes, Gregory W. Burneske
  • Diversity reception employing periodic testing
    Publication number: 20020006159
    Abstract: The quality of a channel for each of a plurality of receive antennas is determined in part by examining data collected during reception of test data. Substantially simultaneously, payload data is also used to evaluate channel quality for at least one antenna. A quality metric calculated for any given antenna is the result of measurements made upon the test and payload data. Parameters used to calculate the quality metric are preferably divided into two sets of non-identical parameters, those based on the test data and those based on the payload data. These parameters preferably include jitter, received signal strength, CRC errors and synchronization errors. By continuously updating quality metrics based on both test and payload data, more reliable assessments can be made of the various antennas being used. As a result, antenna selection is rendered commensurately more reliable thereby improving received signal quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Keely Anne Wagner, Brian John Melewski, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Daniel Thomas Sullivan, Todd Robert Thyes, Gregory W. Burneske
  • Complete flavor mix transformed into the glassy state
    Patent number: 5846580
    Abstract: A completely formulated, ready to cook, food product mix is discussed which is entirely in the glassy state and has a single glass transition temperature. An extrusion process for preparing the product is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: William Conrad Franke, Jacob Paul Jae, Daniel Thomas Sullivan, Maya Parada, Francis John Farrell