Patents by Inventor David Nicholl

David Nicholl 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: 20230316029
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data transfer and platform integration using quick response (QR) codes are provided. The system generates first item data associated with a first property item, generates one or more QR codes that encrypt and store the first item data, and sends or displays the one or more QR codes. The system reads the one or more QR codes from an application program installed on a computing device to obtain the encrypted first item data. The system decrypts, using a decryption key, the encrypted first item data to obtain the first item data from the QR code. The system generates, by the application program, first analysis data based at least in part on the first item data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Xactware Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Sykes, Ryan James Huntbach, Jeremy David Nicholls, Cortney Reber, Devan Morriss
  • Publication number: 20180020147
    Abstract: A body-worn surveillance system is associated with the ICV system via a docking mechanism that is connected to the ICV system via a cable, or other means. The ICV system recognizes the specific bodyworn system(s). In order to reduce power draw on the mobile battery powered BWV device and thus extend record time(s), the BWV wireless radio is left in a suspended or sleep state and the lower power draw Bluetooth radio is enabled. When the body-worn system is within a specified proximity (RSSI) of the ICV system's wireless Bluetooth transceiver and there are recorded files available for transfer, the BWV device's wireless Ethernet connection will be enabled to transfer AV files to the ICV system, which will then store those files on the ICV system's internal media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Warren Page, Michael Paulson, Dave Teeter, David Nicholl
  • Patent number: 9391781
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for intermediate authentication of a message transmitted through a switched-path network, such as an optical transport network (OTN). In one method, a message transmitted through communication nodes of a switched-path network may be authenticated, at least partially, by authentication logic of one or more of the communication nodes. The one or more communication nodes may identify whether a prior communication node has tampered with or corrupted the message or may generate an authentication tag to enable an authentication authority to authenticate the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Langhammer, Shawn David Nicholl, Wally Haas
  • Patent number: 9121027
    Abstract: Provided herein are improved methods for transforming monocotyledonous plants, as well as an improved phosphomannose-isomerase (PMI) protein coding region and transformation vectors including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Qiudeng Que, David Nicholl
  • Patent number: 8936923
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of biodiesel feedstock and biodiesel. A process for producing a biodiesel utilizing a thraustochytrid is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Biomass Research & Refining Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Lindsay Fisher, David Nicholls, Kevin Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20140359297
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for intermediate authentication of a message transmitted through a switched-path network, such as an optical transport network (OTN). In one method, a message transmitted through communication nodes of a switched-path network may be authenticated, at least partially, by authentication logic of one or more of the communication nodes. The one or more communication nodes may identify whether a prior communication node has tampered with or corrupted the message or may generate an authentication tag to enable an authentication authority to authenticate the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: ALTERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Langhammer, Shawn David Nicholl, Wally Haas
  • Publication number: 20120278950
    Abstract: Provided herein are improved methods for transforming monocotyledonous plants, as well as an improved phosphomannose-isomerase (PMI) protein coding region and transformation vectors including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Qiudeng Que, David Nicholl
  • Publication number: 20120204957
    Abstract: A method for growing an In(x)Al(y)Ga(1?x?y)N layer (where x is greater than zero and less than or equal to one, y is greater than or equal to zero and less than or equal to one and the sum of x and y is less than or equal to one). The method includes supplying plasma-activated nitrogen atoms as a source of nitrogen for the In(x)Al(y)Ga(1?x?y)N layer to a growth surface, where a flux of the plasma-activated nitrogen atoms supplied to the growth surface is at least four times higher than a total flux of aluminium and gallium atoms also supplied to the growth surface, where either the aluminium or gallium flux may or may not be zero; and simultaneously supplying indium atoms and nitrogen-containing molecules to the growth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: David NICHOLLS, Tim Michael Smeeton, Valerie Berryman-Bousquet, Stewart Edward Hooper
  • Publication number: 20100041112
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of biodiesel feedstock and biodiesel. A process for producing a biodiesel utilising a thraustochytrid is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lindsay Fisher, David Nicholls, Kevin Sanderson
  • Patent number: 5354052
    Abstract: A device for detecting the presence of a golf ball G in a ball-receiving cup comprising a flag pole 1 having a tubular lower portion 2 dimensioned to be received within a standard ball-receiving cup C and supporting four photointerruptors each comprising an infrared emitter 5 and a corresponding photodetector 5A, with the beams from the emitters 5 passing through opening 6 in the tubular portion 2 and being spaced at 90.degree. intervals around the periphery of the tubular portion 2 so that the four quadrants of the cup C are within the fields of the photointerruptors. When a golf ball G enters the cup C, the infrared beam from one of the emitters 5 is reflected from the surface of the golf ball G and i s received by the corresponding photodetector to cause a change in the state of the photodetector which in turn causes a display 3 to be illuminated to indicate that a golf ball G has ended the cup C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: David Nicholls
    Inventors: David Nicholls, Glenn D. Pywell
  • Patent number: 4808972
    Abstract: A security system includes a plurality of sensors each capable of providing a detection input signal adapted to cause activation of the alarm system, a circuit for inhibiting activation of the alarm system as a result of a first detection input signal, and a circuit for removing the inhibition and allowing activation of the alarm system in response to a second detection input signal from any one of the sensors, including the sensor that provided the first detection input signal. A first alarm device is located essentially indoors on the premises to be protected and a second alarm device is located outdoors on the premises to be protected. The inhibition circuit allows activation of only the indoor alarm device, but a further detection input signal from one of the sensors within a predetermined time activates the outdoor alarm device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Cadin Electronics Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: David Nicholls
  • Patent number: 4100530
    Abstract: An electronic control system suitable for monitoring operation of an automatic automotive gearbox and for verifying actuation thereof in a correct manner. The control system includes stages corresponding to different gear positions, the stages being switchable between set and reset conditions. A control unit is operable to set a particular stage only when the next adjacent stage already is in a set condition. Electrical signals indicating the existing gearbox position are compared with signals defining which stage of the control system is set and operation of the control unit is inhibited if the compared signals do not correspond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl S. den Brinker, Keith David Nicholls
  • Patent number: 4012730
    Abstract: A Doppler detector device includes means for transmitting signals into a field to be protected, means for generating a unit step signal from the Doppler shift signal, means for integrating the unit step signal, means for activating an alarm when the output of the integrating means reaches a predetermined threshold level, and a false alarm inhibitor including means for sampling the integrator output and for resetting the integrator if the output does not reach the predetermined threshold level within a predetermined time. The false alarm inhibitor preferably comprises a level detector connected to the integrator output, a timer connected to and activated by detection of a predetermined signal level by the detector, and a reset current source connected to the integrator input and activated by the timer output, the predetermined signal level of the level detector being substantially lower than the predetermined threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Inventor: David Nicholls