Patents by Inventor Douglas Alexander

Douglas Alexander 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: 8930162
    Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ray Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Alan Newberger, Lixin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140359515
    Abstract: A system and method for inputting text A system (10) comprising a feature identification means (2) configured to generate one or more features (12) from a plurality of samples (11), wherein each of the plurality of samples (11) are sampled at a different time and correspond to a location of a single continuous gesture on a gesture-sensitive keyboard as the gesture is being performed and, wherein each of the one or more features (12) relates to one of a plurality of targets of the gesture sensitive keyboard that a user may have intended to input when performing the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Benjamin Medlock, James Aley, Douglas Alexander Harper Orr
  • Patent number: 8903752
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying a set of documents are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving a subset of the set of documents. The method also includes automatically determining at least one classification rule for the subset of documents based on the documents in the subset. At least a true-positive threshold proportion of documents in the subset of documents follows the at least one classification rule. At most a false-positive threshold proportion of documents in the set of documents and not in the subset of documents follow the at least one classification rule. The method also includes storing the at least one classification rule in association with the subset of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ond{hacek over (r)}ej Pacovský, Douglas Alexander Aberdeen, Pál Takácsi
  • Publication number: 20140337757
    Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting electronic messages are provided. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, (A) causing to be concurrently displayed in an E-mail application (i) a first view of a message folder that includes one or more electronic messages and (ii) a user interface control indicating one or more alternate views are available for the message folder, wherein the user interface control persistently indicates the availability of the one or more alternative views and (B) hiding the user interface control, without user intervention, responsive to the occurrence of a predetermined system event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Keith Jonathan Coleman, Douglas Alexander Aberdeen, Paul Morrell McDonald, Annie Chen, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Klaus Martin Kretzschmar, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Debra Joy Lauterbach
  • Publication number: 20140324301
    Abstract: A wear monitoring system is disclosed for use with a track type machine. The wear monitoring system may have at least a first radius sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a change in radius of at least one idler wheel, and a displacement sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of a change in displacement of a track tensioning actuator. The wear monitoring system may also have a controller in communication with the first radius sensor and the displacement sensor. The controller may be configured to determine wear of a track link guided by the at least one idler wheel and tensioned by the track tensioning actuator based on the first and second signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Alexander REBINSKY
  • Publication number: 20140297267
    Abstract: Systems comprising a user interface configured to receive text input by a user and a text prediction engine configured to receive the input text and generate text predictions. The text prediction engine may comprise a general language model and a context-specific language model. The text prediction engine is configured to generate text predictions from the general language model and the context-specific language model and combine the text predictions. The text prediction engine may comprise first and second language models and a first context-specific weighting factor associated with the first language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Spencer, Páidí Creed, Benjamin William Medlock, Douglas Alexander Harper Orr
  • Publication number: 20140256357
    Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Ray Xiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Alan Newberger, Lixin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140257747
    Abstract: Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Debra Lin Repenning, Ray Xiaohang Wang, Yakov Okshtein, Farhan Shamsi, David Singleton, Lixin Zhang, Alan Newberger, Chandrasekhar Thota, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Nicholas Fey, Marcus Alexander Folster, Petra Cross, Andres Morales
  • Patent number: 8793591
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method including generating first instructions for presenting, on a computing device, a first view of an inbox that lists multiple electronic messages and for presenting a control, concurrently with the first view of the inbox, that indicates one or more alternate views available for the inbox. Each of the alternate views separate the electronic messages within the inbox into two or more concurrently displayed sections. The method further includes providing the first instructions to the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Jonathan Coleman, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Debra Joy Lauterbach, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Paul Morell McDonald, Annie Chen, Douglas Alexander Aberdeen, Klaus Martin Kretzschmar
  • Patent number: 8776327
    Abstract: Kits enabling one or more items to be attached or detached using an assembly with a magnet for providing a magnetic attraction strong enough to movably hold the magnet adjacent a first outer plate for a quick connecting and disconnecting of an item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Dual Magnetic Interlocking Pin System, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wein, Stephen Douglas Alexander
  • Patent number: 8739386
    Abstract: A method for removably attaching portable items which are usable with each other. The method comprises the steps of removably inserting a first magnetically attractable component into a first portable item, thereby forming a first magnetically attractable item; removably inserting a second magnetically attractable component into a second portable item, thereby forming a second magnetically attractable item; allowing the first magnetically attractable item to magnetically engage the second magnetically attractable item, thereby forming a detachable magnetic assembly, wherein the detachable magnetic assembly can magnetically engage a magnetic surface, enabling the detachable magnetic assembly to be removably secured to the magnetic surface, and enabling one of the first or second portable items to be removed from the detachable magnetic assembly while maintaining the other first or second portable item in engagement with the magnetic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: The Dual Magnetic Interlocking Pin System, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wein, Stephen Douglas Alexander
  • Patent number: 8735173
    Abstract: A novel protein profiling method of testing for Lysosomal Storage Diseases (“LSD”) using discovered normalized lysosomal fingerprint patterns. The fingerprint patterns reveal the health of lysosomal organelles, specific LSD, and clinical severity. Multiplexing bead technology for simultaneous screening of multiple LSD and normalizing measured enzyme activity or protein levels against other lysosomal proteins, enzymes, or enzyme activities. Compounds, reagents, and methods for identifying and quantifying multiple target enzymes and proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Women's and Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Peter John Meikle, John Joseph Hopwood, Douglas Alexander Brooks, Caroline Dean
  • Patent number: 8730231
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating personalized media content having multiple content layers in “one-click” fashion by selecting a background media template or by using an end-user media composition tool to create or modify a template. For example, the personalized media content can include at least two separate layers, the data of each being stored independently of one another. The two layers may include a background layer including at least one background character and an intermediate layer including an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model, alignment information, and lighting information. The personalized media content can be displayed by overlaying the background layer using the alignment intermediate layer using the alignment information and the lighting information. In certain examples, template data associated with the background media is created and subsequently used on multiple occasions in generating personalized media content with various 3D head models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Image Metrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Hayes Snoddy, Jonathan Isaac Strietzel, Douglas Alexander Fidaleo, Michael David Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140108994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method that models a user's interaction with a user interface. There is provided a data input system, comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive user input. The system comprises a plurality of models, each of which relates previous user input events corresponding to a target to that target. An input probability generator is configured to generate, in association with the plurality of models, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. There is also provided a method of modelling a target of a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input, by modelling for each target previous user input events which correspond to that target. Furthermore, there is provided a method of inputting data into a system comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TOUCHTYPE LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Medlock, Douglas Alexander Harper Orr
  • Patent number: 8666755
    Abstract: A system and method for forecasting a price of a property in a first housing sub-market based on data related to a second housing sub-market are described. A price index is derived for the second housing sub-market, and an error correcting function is calculated for the first housing sub-market. A price index for the first housing sub-market is derived from the second sub-market price index and the error correcting function. An estimate of the price of the price of the property in the first housing sub-market is then provided. The estimate of the price can be used as the basis for an economic decision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Alexander McManus, Sol T. Mumey
  • Patent number: 8653839
    Abstract: A sensor is disclosed for determining a sulfur concentration in a liquid, such as a liquid fuel. The sensor includes a substrate that is at least partially coated with zinc oxide and, more specifically, zinc oxide microstructures. The zinc oxide microstructures have a crystal lattice structure that is oriented in the (002) plane, are oxygen-deficient and have a rod-like microstructure. If the substrate is conductive, it may be connected directly to a working electrode which is connected to a potentiometer which, in turn, is connected to a reference electrode. If the substrate is non-conductive, the conductive layer can be deposited on the substrate prior to deposition of the zinc oxide to form a working electrode. An application of a constant current (or voltage) to either electrode will result in a voltage across (or current flow between) the working and reference electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Alexander Rebinsky, Orhan Altin, Yong Tian, Ryan A. Dusheke, Luke W. Zinda, Maggie R. Burrow, Jedidah Hastings, Kulasegaram Guga Gugaratshan
  • Patent number: 8638111
    Abstract: A measurement system is disclosed for determining a sulfur concentration in a liquid, such as a liquid fuel. The measurement system includes a first electrode that is at least partially coated with zinc oxide and, more specifically, zinc oxide microstructures. The zinc oxide microstructures have a crystal lattice structure that is oriented in the (002) plane. The first electrode may be connected to an electrometer which, in turn, may be connected to a second electrode. The second electrode may be disposed on a common substrate with the first electrode or may be in the form of a plate disposed substantially parallel to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Alexander Rebinsky, Yong Tian, Orhan Altin, Xiaodong Liu
  • Publication number: 20130253912
    Abstract: A text prediction engine, a system comprising a text prediction engine, and a method for generating sequence predictions. The text prediction engine, system and method generate a final set of sequence predictions, each with an associated probability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TOUCHTYPE LTD.
    Inventors: Benjamin Medlock, Douglas Alexander Harper Orr
  • Publication number: 20130132012
    Abstract: A method of configuring an eddy current detector to measure a thickness of a coating on a substrate includes measuring an impedance of the coated substrate, and establishing an impendence plane plot using a computer. The method may also include determining a rotation angle. The rotation angle may be an angle of rotation of the impedance plane plot that will make the inductive reactance component of the impedance substantially insensitive to substrate electrical conductivity within a coating thickness range. The method may further include establishing a calibration curve that is substantially insensitive to substrate electrical conductivity using the rotation angle. The calibration curve may be a curve that relates the inductive reactance component of the impedance to coating thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: YONG TIAN, DOUGLAS ALEXANDER REBINSKY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY KINNEY, KEGAN LUICK
  • Patent number: 8402612
    Abstract: A dual magnetic interlocking pin system for attaching an item with a free moving magnet for providing a magnetic attraction strong enough to movably hold the free moving magnet adjacent a first outer plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: The Dual Magnetic Interlocking Pin System, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wein, Stephen Douglas Alexander