Patents by Inventor David Rowland

David Rowland 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: 20250118228
    Abstract: A leash tag that is attached directly along the length of the leash conveys the approachability of a dog at a glance to others. Anti-slip features keep it in place for a variety of leash sizes, materials, and shapes without sliding down. It contains panels that can feature multiple messages and be interchanged without removing the tag from the leash, and message panels are stored within the unit. The messages define a universal communication system for dog approachability. This system conveys information about how a dog should be approached that is intuitive and easy to understand through the coordinated use of color-coding, graphic icons, and text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: David Rowland, Kyle Rowland, Paul Bradley Forrest
  • Patent number: 10405187
    Abstract: A receiver receiving data includes: a first receiver configured to receive data in a first frequency band; a second receiver configured to receive second data in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being a subset of the first frequency band; and a data selector configured to select the frequency of operation of the second receiver from within the second frequency band in accordance with information representing the physical geographical location of the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Europe Limited
    Inventors: David Rowland Williams, Stephen Beck, John Nicholas Wilson, Gholam Hosein Asjadi
  • Publication number: 20180315407
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for automatically mixing music. An ordering component receives information regarding a set of songs, obtains pre-analyzed metadata about songs in the set of songs, and, based upon the pre-analyzed metadata orders the songs into a mix based upon an analysis of beats-per-minute and song key. A cue point component, based upon a user preference, selects one or more cue points from the pre-analyzed metadata for transitions into and/or out of the songs in the mix. A transition component, based upon the user preference and information derived from the pre-analyzed metadata for each section of a particular song, configures transitions between songs in the mix. The system can store metadata about the mix for playback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Harrison Wesley HOFFMAN, David Rowland SINCLAIR, Laurentiu Titi NEDELCU, Adam Thomas MOLLIS, Sung-Hon WU, Ahmed Raouf MEROUCHE, Brendan Mitchel WALSH
  • Patent number: 9363545
    Abstract: An apparatus for selecting television programs for display on a display device, for example a television, includes a receiver receiving audio/video data representing the television programs and receiving data indicating a schedule for the television programs. A control process receives an indication for at least one of the television programs to be broadcast providing a status of an availability for streaming the television program after the television program has been broadcast, and in response to the indication of the status of the availability for streaming the television program to perform a predetermined action in accordance with predetermined conditions. The predetermined actions may include, for example, recording the television program or generating a prompt for the user to watch the broadcast television program in response to an indication by the availability status that the television program will not be made available for streaming after being broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: David Rowland Williams, Nigel Stuart Moore, Brian Edwards
  • Publication number: 20150341796
    Abstract: A receiver receiving data includes: a first receiver configured to receive data in a first frequency band; a second receiver configured to receive second data in a second frequency band, the second frequency band being a subset of the first frequency band; and a data selector configured to select the frequency of operation of the second receiver from within the second frequency band in accordance with information representing the physical geographical location of the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: David Rowland WILLIAMS, Stephen BECK, John Nicholas WILSON, Gholam Hosein ASJADI
  • Publication number: 20150229981
    Abstract: An apparatus for selecting television programs for display on a display device, for example a television, includes a receiver receiving audio/video data representing the television programs and receiving data indicating a schedule for the television programs. A control process receives an indication for at least one of the television programs to be broadcast providing a status of an availability for streaming the television program after the television program has been broadcast, and in response to the indication of the status of the availability for streaming the television program to perform a predetermined action in accordance with predetermined conditions. The predetermined actions may include, for example, recording the television program or generating a prompt for the user to watch the broadcast television program in response to an indication by the availability status that the television program will not be made available for streaming after being broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY EUROPE LIMITED
    Inventors: David Rowland Williams, Nigel Stuart Moore, Brian Edwards
  • Patent number: 8889977
    Abstract: An electric pickup for stringed musical instruments for installation on a bridge that includes height-adjusting wheels for adjusting string height. The pickup includes three piezo-electric sensing elements symmetrically arranged around the adjuster stud, and the entire downward force generated by the strings and coupled to the instrument face through the bridge is borne by the piezo-electric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventors: David Rowland Gage, Richard Ned Steinberger
  • Publication number: 20140129041
    Abstract: A system controls electrical devices associated with a property such as a domestic dwelling. The system includes a local area network to provide a facility for communicating with the electrical devices and includes a wireless access gateway. Mobile devices include a transmitter and a receiver for communicating with the wireless access gateway. A controller connected to the network detects a relative location of the mobile devices depending on whether the mobile devices can communicate via the wireless access gateway. A data store stores an indication of an operating state for the electrical devices. A setting for the electrical devices is selected as a function of a relative location of the mobile devices with respect to the property. The controller, in response to a change in the location of the mobile device, changes the operating state of the electrical devices in accordance with the setting and to update the operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Sony Europe Limited, Sony Corporation
    Inventor: David Rowland WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 8455749
    Abstract: A detachable (portable) electrical pickup for musical instruments, such as basses, that includes a clamp to secure the pickup to the bridge of an instrument, a piezo crystal sensor, an integral audio jack, and a volume control. Also included are musician removable and interchangeable weights that are used to alter the response characteristics and to control any deleterious feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventors: David Rowland Gage, Richard Ned Steinberger
  • Patent number: 8209250
    Abstract: A method for conducting an interactive financial simulation. The method is implemented at least in part by a computer and includes transmitting an initial financial projection for a fictitious company, transmitting a news story, generating a new share price for the fictitious company based on an index, generating a new financial projection for the fictitious company based on a set of decisions selected for implementation by a participant of the interactive financial simulation, and generating a final share price for the fictitious company based on a final set of decisions selected for implementation by the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley
    Inventors: Robert A Bradway, Michael Tory, Nicolas Turner, Simon Smith, Wayne W F Woo, Thomas Henri Lefebvre, Stuart Turner, David Rowland, Ryan Yap
  • Publication number: 20120003622
    Abstract: Provided is a method comprising delivering a video of an event to a learner that includes a still menu that effectuates and simulates a pause; recording a video of an action by the learner in response to the event; presenting to the learner the video of the action by the learner; presenting to the learner a video showing a preferred action by a master in response to the event; and recording at least one additional action by the learner. Also provided is a method for teaching a learner how to respond to an event comprising allowing the learner to choose among recording an action in response to a video of an event, viewing one or more recorded actions of a master, and comparing the two videos; wherein recording may be chosen before and after either or both viewing and reviewing, and the recordings are viewable as videos on a monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: DRANE ASSOCIATES, LP
    Inventors: Douglas Drane, Paula Fracasso, David Rowland
  • Patent number: 8024276
    Abstract: Provided is a method comprising delivering a video of an event to a learner that includes a still menu that effectuates and simulates a pause; recording a video of an action by the learner in response to the event; presenting to the learner the video of the action by the learner; presenting to the learner a video showing a preferred action by a master in response to the event; and recording at least one additional action by the learner. Also provided is a method for teaching a learner how to respond to an event comprising allowing the learner to choose among recording an action in response to a video of an event, viewing one or more recorded actions of a master, and comparing the two videos; wherein recording may be chosen before and after either or both viewing and reviewing, and the recordings are viewable as videos on a monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Drane Associates, LP
    Inventors: Douglas Drane, Paula Fracasso, David Rowland
  • Patent number: 7983701
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a free format short message service (SMS) text message for alerting a mobile phone's user to significant information in the message received by the mobile phone from a sender. Program code stored in memory on the mobile phone executes the method on a processor. A theme, a rheme, at least one structural component, and a sentence type of the normalized message are generated from which a FEATURE FACTOR priority is determined. Semantic content of the normalized message is determined from which an EMOTIONAL FACTOR priority is determined. A TOTAL PRIORITY computed as a sum of the FEATURE FACTOR priority and the EMOTIONAL FACTOR priority is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold, from which it is determined that the received message is significant, which triggers overriding default handset settings of the mobile phone and alerting the user that the received message is significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Rowland Bell, John Brian Pickering
  • Patent number: 7867524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-mix and a pharmaceutical composition for oxygenating a subject's tissues, uses and methods of treatment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: David Rowland
  • Patent number: 7865176
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a fixed format short message service (SMS) text message for alerting a user of a mobile phone to significant information in the message received by the mobile phone. Program code stored in memory on the mobile phone executes the method on a processor. A value of each preset variable of at least two preset variables is retrieved from the memory on the mobile phone. The mobile phone receives the message from a sender. The message is ascertained to be significant by ascertaining that the received message passes at least one test. Each test utilizes at least one aspect of the received message and the retrieved value of at least one preset variable. Responsive to the ascertaining, default handset settings of the mobile phone are overridden and the user is alerted by an audio tone or vibration that the received message is significant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Rowland Bell, John Brian Pickering
  • Publication number: 20100142315
    Abstract: A phantom, and a method and system for scanning the phantom, is provided for assessing the performance of ultrasound scanners. The phantom has tissue mimicking material (TMM) sections with different backscatter properties. The resolution of the scanner is assessed by measuring the response of the system to a step change in backscatter. Penetration and sensitivity of the scanner can also be assessed by measuring backscatter properties. Layers of the phantom can comprise lesions to enable quantification of the lesion detection performance of the scanner. The scanner can also comprise regularly spaced targets to enable assessment of the distance measurement accuracy of the scanner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: ST GEORGE'S HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST
    Inventors: Dariush Khadje Nassiri, David Rowland, Valentine Newey
  • Publication number: 20090117922
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a free format short message service (SMS) text message for alerting a mobile phone's user to significant information in the message received by the mobile phone from a sender. Program code stored in memory on the mobile phone executes the method on a processor. A theme, a rheme, at least one structural component, and a sentence type of the normalized message are generated from which a FEATURE FACTOR priority is determined. Semantic content of the normalized message is determined from which an EMOTIONAL FACTOR priority is determined. A TOTAL PRIORITY computed as a sum of the FEATURE FACTOR priority and the EMOTIONAL FACTOR priority is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold, from which it is determined that the received message is significant, which triggers overriding default handset settings of the mobile phone and alerting the user that the received message is significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: David Rowland Bell, John Brian Pickering
  • Publication number: 20090111490
    Abstract: A method and system for processing a fixed format short message service (SMS) text message for alerting a user of a mobile phone to significant information in the message received by the mobile phone. Program code stored in memory on the mobile phone executes the method on a processor. A value of each preset variable of at least two preset variables is retrieved from the memory on the mobile phone. The mobile phone receives the message from a sender. The message is ascertained to be significant by ascertaining that the received message passes at least one test. Each test utilizes at least one aspect of the received message and the retrieved value of at least one preset variable. Responsive to the ascertaining, default handset settings of the mobile phone are overridden and the user is alerted by an audio tone or vibration that the received message is significant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: David Rowland Bell, John Brian Pickering
  • Publication number: 20090104290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pre-mix and a pharmaceutical composition for oxygenating a subject's tissues, uses and methods of treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: David Rowland
  • Publication number: 20090099983
    Abstract: Provided is a training method comprising delivering a situation to a learner, the situation comprising an event; automatically inserting a still menu in order to simulate a pause in the delivering; while pausing, recording an action by the learner in response to the event; reviewing the action recorded by the learner; and presenting to the learner a preferred action by a master in response to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Douglas Drane, Paula Fracasso, David Rowland