Patents by Inventor David Butler

David Butler 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION AND TRACKING COORDINATES OF A TRACKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120119905
    Abstract: A device and method to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device are disclosed here. The device includes transceiver circuitry to receive at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; accelerometer circuitry to measure displacements of the portable electronic tracking device; a battery power monitor configured to selectively activate and deactivate at least one portion of the transceiver circuitry and location tracking circuitry; and processor circuitry configured to process the at least one portion of the receive communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Location Based Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Scalisi, David Butler, Roger B. Anderson, Desiree Mejia, Michael L. Beydler
  • Apparatus and Method for Determining Location and Tracking Coordinates of a Tracking Device
    Publication number: 20120122480
    Abstract: A device and method to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device are disclosed here. The device includes transceiver circuitry to receive at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; accelerometer circuitry to measure displacements of the portable electronic tracking device; a battery power monitor configured to activate and deactivate at least one portion of signaling circuitry; and processor circuitry configured to process the displacements. The method includes receiving at least one portion of a receive communication signal comprising location coordinates information; measuring displacements of a portable electronic tracking device; activating and deactivating at least one portion of signaling circuitry; and processing the at least one portion of the receive communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Location Based Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Scalisi, David Butler, Roger B. Anderson, Desiree Mejia, Michael L. Beydler
  • NOVEL LIPIDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20120095075
    Abstract: The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah MANOHARAN, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, David Butler, Narayanannair K. Jayaprakash, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Laxman Eltepu
  • LIPIDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20120058144
    Abstract: The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structures XIV or XVII.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Muthusamy Jayaraman, David Butler, Jayaprakash K. Narayanannair, Marco A. Ciufolini
  • CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS OF MONOMERS AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDES WITH CYCLOADDITION
    Publication number: 20120035115
    Abstract: The invention features compounds of formula I or II: In one embodiment, the invention relates compounds and processes for conjugating ligand to oligonucleotide. The invention further relates to methods for treating various disorders and diseases such as viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections, cancers, allergies, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiencies and immunosuppression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Takeshi Yamada, David Butler, K. Narayanannair Jayaprakash, Muthusamy Jayraman, Shigeo Matsuda, Rajendra K. Pandey, Chang Geng Peng
  • NOVEL LIPIDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20120027796
    Abstract: The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structures: (Formula (I) or (XXXV)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, David Butler, Jayaprakash K. Narayanannair, Muthusamy Jayaraman, Laxmab Eltepu
  • Apparatus and method for determining location and tracking coordinates of a tracking device
    Patent number: 8102256
    Abstract: An apparatus to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device. The apparatus includes a transceiver, a signal processor, an accelerometer, and an antenna. The antenna communicates signal strength to the signal processor associated with the electronic tracking device. In response to signal strength, a battery power monitor controls battery usage by electronic circuitry associated with the electronic tracking device. An accelerometer provides a supplemental location tracking system to improve tracking accuracy of a primary location tracking system of the electronic tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Location Based Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Scalisi, David Butler, Roger B. Anderson, Desiree Mejia, Michael L. Beydler
  • Information Handling System Image Restoration
    Publication number: 20120017044
    Abstract: An information handling system is returned to its original manufacture state with a tool stored on a detachable memory device that retrieves image restore information from non-volatile memory of the information handling system, cleanses information stored on the non-volatile memory and then returns the image restore information to the non-volatile memory. By executing an image restore tool that applies the image restore information, the original manufacture image is re-built in the non-volatile memory after the cleansing so that any personal information stored on the non-volatile memory by a previous user is erased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Ashley George, David Butler
  • NOVEL LIPIDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS
    Publication number: 20110311583
    Abstract: (A1) Translate this text The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Muthusamy Jayaraman, David Butler, Jayaprakash K. Narayanannair, Martin Maier, Laxman Eltepu
  • Interactive advertising System
    Publication number: 20110295667
    Abstract: A system and computerized process for interactive display of advertisements is contemplated. The computerized process is embodied by online software that enables end users to voluntarily view and interact with an advertisement. Incentives may be offered for interacting with the advertisement. The incentives may relate to data transmission parameters such as data transmission rate. The incentives may be based on a monitored level of interaction by a user with the advertisement. Upon acceptance and/or interaction with the advertisement the transmission rate of the file may be increased up to the limit of the bandwidth otherwise available to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: David Butler
  • Alien wavelength channel balancing and line amplifier optimization
    Patent number: 8055129
    Abstract: An algorithm is disclosed for performing alien-wavelength channel balancing on channels between optical network elements within an optic-fiber communications system. The algorithm determines initial values of various optimization parameters for each of the channels, such as the input launch power and operating conditions of optical amplifiers in the optical path, and calculates an initial total optimization offset for the channels based on the initial values of the optimization parameters for each of the channels. The algorithm then adjusts the optimization parameters to new values and calculates a new total optimization offset based on the new optimization parameter values. The algorithm repeats this process until the relative channel launch powers and optical amplifiers are optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: David Butler, Lev B. Sofman
  • Channel balancing algorithm
    Patent number: 8045852
    Abstract: An algorithm is disclosed for performing channel balancing on channels between optical network elements within an optic-fiber communications system. The algorithm groups at least a portion of the channels into channel pairs, differentially adjusts the transmitter output power level of each of the channel pairs until the bit error ratio (BER) of at least one channel in each of the channel pairs exceeds a threshold, and records a respective power margin for each of the channels as the difference between the initial and final power levels. From the recorded power margins, a mean power margin is determined that is used to shift the transmitter output power level of each of the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: David Butler, Carlton Brown
  • Service Level Executable Environment for Integrated PSTN and IP Networks and Call Processing Language Therefor
    Publication number: 20110194556
    Abstract: A service level executable environment (SLEE) in a telecommunications network linking a PSTN and a packet (e.g., IP) network is provided. The SLEE includes a scripting language, a compiler adapted to compile scripts written with said scripting language into executables, and a plurality of dynamically loaded shared libraries, wherein the dynamically loaded shared libraries are distributed over the IP network and executables can utilize dynamically loaded shared libraries from different locations in the IP network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: David Butler, R. David Freedman
  • ANTI-TAMPER USING BARCODE DEGRADATION
    Publication number: 20110127321
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a first document (270) including content (271) and a barcode (272). The barcode (272) comprising barcode elements each having a predetermined form. A plurality of the barcode elements of the barcode are detected in a representation of the first document (270). A visual difference between each of the detected barcode elements and the predetermined form of the barcode element is determined. The barcode (272) is decoded to determine a second document. The first document (270) and the second document are compared based on the determined visual difference, in order to authenticate the first document (270).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: ROGER DAVID BUTLER, ALAN GORDON DOUBLEDAY, MATTHEW CHRISTIAN DUGGAN
  • SITE-SPECIFIC DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS BY COMBINING TARGETING LIGANDS WITH ENDOSOMOLYTIC COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20110123520
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for site-specific delivery of nucleic acids by combining them with targeting ligands and endosomolytic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muthiah Manoharan, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, David Butler, Muthusamy Jayaraman
  • Orchestration engine as an intermediary between telephony functions and business processes
    Patent number: 7940916
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for interfacing business processes with telephony functions. Particularly, an orchestration engine is interposed between a business process engine that executes business processes and an enterprise telecommunications network that executes telephony functions. Acting as an intermediary between the business process engine and the telecommunications network, the orchestration engine decouples the atomic telephony functions that are required for a business application from the business logic that is used in features that comprise one or more business processes. Thus, a new protocol state, feature, or algorithm change is isolated to a single and easy-to-develop location in software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Albert J. Baker, Scott Allan Schell, Frederick Peter Block, Janis R. Putman, David Butler
  • Service level executable environment for integrated PSTN and IP networks and call processing language therefor
    Patent number: 7934206
    Abstract: A service level executable environment (SLEE) in a telecommunications network linking a PSTN and a packet (e.g., IP) network is provided. The SLEE includes a scripting language, a compiler adapted to compile scripts written with said scripting language into executables, and a plurality of dynamically loaded shared libraries, wherein the dynamically loaded shared libraries are distributed over the IP network and executables can utilize dynamically loaded shared libraries from different locations in the IP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Convergent Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: David Butler, R. David Freedman
  • Coaxial mid-frequency and high-frequency loudspeaker
    Patent number: 7920712
    Abstract: A loudspeaker is provided for receiving an electrical signal and transmitting an acoustic signal through a transmission medium. The system includes generally two elements: a coaxial transducer and an acoustic transformer. The coaxial transducer includes a high-frequency driver and a mid-frequency driver that are coaxially arranged. The acoustic transformer is acoustically coupled to the coaxial transducer and includes an initial horn section that expands from a first end to a second end in a direction away from the coaxial transducer. The initial horn section defines a plurality of openings therethrough, such that the initial horn section is acoustically opaque to high-frequency acoustic signals to thereby function as a waveguide for the high-frequency acoustic signals, while it is acoustically transparent to mid-frequency acoustic signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Loud Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan David Butler
  • Guide system for signal lines, device for measuring temperatures and/or concentrations, and use of the system and device
    Patent number: 7785528
    Abstract: A guide system for signal lines includes a guide tube, through which the signal lines are guided, a cooling system which laterally surrounds the guide tube and has at least one coolant chamber and at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the coolant. The coolant chamber is tubular in construction and is hermetically sealed by a seal at least at one end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Heraeus Electro-Nite International N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Charles Whitaker, Andrew David Butler
  • Video Management System for Interactive Online Instruction
    Publication number: 20100021877
    Abstract: A system for interactive online instruction includes an instructional subscription website and video management system configured to process video recordings. The video recordings may include (i) student videos uploaded by a student and (ii) instructor videos providing feedback to said student videos. A method of interactive online instruction is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing prerecorded course materials on an instructional subscription website including video lessons accessible by subscribing students, and providing a video management system configured to process video recordings including (i) student videos submitted by a student and (ii) instructor videos providing feedback to said student videos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: David A. Butler