Patents by Inventor Edward Shaw

Edward Shaw 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: 20130340458
    Abstract: Water for data center uses is generated from the ambient air by a water generator that cools air below its dew point, thereby causing the water in such air to precipitate out. The water generator is powered by renewable energy sources that provide a sufficient amount of energy over an extended period of time, despite temporary interruptions. Heated air from the data center is exhausted so as to absorb moisture from the ambient air, with such heated air being capable of holding a greater amount of moisture, and is then directed through the water generator, thereby enabling the water generator to generate a greater amount of water. The level of water available is monitored and the water generator utilizes on-demand power sources to generate a greater amount of water so as to avoid emptying water storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Edward Shaw, Sean M. James
  • Patent number: 8582302
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to racking equipment in a data center. A modular equipment rack system can include an upper track, a lower track, a vertical support, a power and network distribution unit, and a tray. The upper track and the lower track can respectively include incrementally spaced mounting locations at which the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit can be attachable. The tray can be attachable to the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit when the vertical support is attached to the upper track at a first upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding first lower mounting location, and the power and network distribution unit is attached to the upper track at a second upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding second lower mounting location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Shaun L. Harris, Mark Edward Shaw, Matthew Allen Faist, Christian L. Belady, Darren Shakib
  • Patent number: 8549186
    Abstract: A system for sharing a device across a plurality of operating systems is provided. The system includes a sharable bit in the namespace for identifying whether the device is sharable. The system further includes one or more operating systems that are adapted to recognize the sharable bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bradley G. Culter, Mark Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 8504448
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to outgoing returns processing. The outgoing returns processing includes receiving outgoing returns data files, where the outgoing returns data files may be of a plurality of different file formats and received from a plurality of different channels. The outgoing returns processing further includes converting the outgoing returns data files to a platform file format and retrieving image files based on the outgoing returns data files. The outgoing returns are then settled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Martin T. Mulligan, Marcus Eugene McGinnis, Karl R. Johnson, Thomas D. Thibault
  • Publication number: 20130120941
    Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to racking equipment in a data center. A modular equipment rack system can include an upper track, a lower track, a vertical support, a power and network distribution unit, and a tray. The upper track and the lower track can respectively include incrementally spaced mounting locations at which the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit can be attachable. The tray can be attachable to the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit when the vertical support is attached to the upper track at a first upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding first lower mounting location, and the power and network distribution unit is attached to the upper track at a second upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding second lower mounting location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Peterson, Shaun L. Harris, Mark Edward Shaw, Matthew Allen Faist, Christian L. Belady, Darren Shakib
  • Patent number: 8381871
    Abstract: A resonator for a vehicle is provided, including a housing having at least one chamber formed therein. The housing has at least one aperture formed in a wall thereof. The housing is in fluid communication with an air conduit of the vehicle. At least one flexible member is disposed within the chamber of the housing. The flexible member includes an outer portion and an inner extension protruding from the outer portion which vibrates to attenuate low frequency sound energy transmitted from the air conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Donald Hellie, Anthony C. Arruda, Christopher Edward Shaw, Joshua Sparks
  • Patent number: 8249396
    Abstract: A system and methods for handling financial document returns and processing exceptions are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a returns and exceptions platform to image-enable check returns and exceptions within a financial institution. This capability can be in part enabled by a system that provides both for decisioning based on images, and dispatching or exporting images and data in a plurality of formats from the system into which they are first loaded, so that paper items need not be referenced again. The plurality of formats for export can include X9.37i files, external and internal cash letters, and image replacement documents. The image-based processes of the invention can be implemented by a plurality of application servers and a plurality of database servers interconnected by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Bethany M. Axtell, Patricia A. S. Fleming, Douglas P. McKinley, Sharon M. Morris, Martin Mulligan, Leslie M. Overholser, L. Edward Shaw, Gerald M. Vye, Brian K. Walter
  • Publication number: 20110099094
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to outgoing returns processing. The outgoing returns processing includes receiving outgoing returns data files, where the outgoing returns data files may be of a plurality of different file formats and received from a plurality of different channels. The outgoing returns processing further includes converting the outgoing returns data files to a platform file format and retrieving image files based on the outgoing returns data files. The outgoing returns are then settled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Martin T. Mulligan, Marcus Eugene McGinnis, Karl R. Johnson, Thomas D. Thibault
  • Publication number: 20110099198
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses and/or computer program products are directed to a nationwide send process of outgoing returns. A plurality of outgoing return files are collected. The plurality of outgoing return files are organized by endpoint destination and distributed on a predetermined schedule to the endpoint destinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin T. Mulligan, L. Edward Shaw, Patricia Anne Sullivan Fleming, Thelma Yvonne Ashe, Gerald M. Vye, Gilbert M. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7845466
    Abstract: A sound generator for a vehicle is provided, including a hollow drum having a sound radiation panel structurally and acoustically coupled thereto. The drum has an aperture formed in an outer wall thereof. The drum is adapted to be in fluid communication with an air conduit of the vehicle. The sound radiation panel covers at least a portion of the aperture and is adapted to radiate sound energy to at least one of an engine compartment and an interior of the vehicle. A vehicle system including the sound generator and a method for manufacturing the sound generator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Kostun, Mark Donald Hellie, Christopher Edward Shaw, Anthony Charles Arruda, Martin James Styles
  • Publication number: 20100139604
    Abstract: An inlet mechanism for a vehicle air induction system is disclosed, the inlet mechanism including a main body disposed in a housing, wherein the main body is selectively positionable within the housing to control a volume of airflow therethrough over a range of engine speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Reza Abdolhosseini, Christopher Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 7707144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing a distinct count metric by utilizing aggregate navigation. For a distinct count query of an identifier of a detail table, where the query specifies zero or more restrictions, an aggregate table associated with the detail table is identified. It is then determined whether the aggregate table contains the identifier that is being distinct counted, and if so, whether the identifier is different in every row of the aggregate table. If it is, then the rows of the aggregate table that satisfy the specified restrictions are plain counted to obtain a result for the distinct count query. If the identifier is not different in every row of the aggregate table, a distinct count operation is performed on the rows of the aggregate table that satisfy the specified restrictions to obtain a result for the distinct count query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Mittal, Edward Shaw-Lee Suen
  • Patent number: 7690478
    Abstract: A resonator for a vehicle air intake system is disclosed, wherein the resonator is variable tuned to militate against the emission of sound waves caused by the engine and other sources at a wide range of engine speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John David Kostun, David John Moenssen, Mark Donald Hellie, Erich James Vorenkamp, Christopher Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 7634397
    Abstract: Techniques to provide dynamic multi-lingual support for software applications such as analytics, which typically rely on two different types of data, underlying data and metadata, to generate reports. The metadata defines the underlying data and a presentation layer displays the reports, which may be generated using presentation and metadata layer objects. Each such object may be defined by a language independent representation, which may in turn be associated with multiple display or language dependent representations (i.e., translations or translated strings) for multiple supported languages. One of the languages may be selected for use in a given session, and the display representations for the selected language are then bound to the language independent representations. The binding may be dynamically performed and is session-specific.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Shaw-Lee Suen, Sunil Prabhakar Dixit, James P. Rogers, Samar Abbas Lotia, Eric Alan Musser
  • Patent number: 7624213
    Abstract: A data communications architecture employing serializers and deserializers that reduces data communications latency. In an illustrative implementation, the data communications architecture communicates data across communications links. The architecture maintains various mechanisms to promote data communications speed and to avoid communication link down time. These mechanisms perform the functions including but not limited to generating processing debug information, processing link identification information, injecting errors across communications links and performing error detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gregg Bernard Lesartre, Mark Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 7598386
    Abstract: Novel sulphones of Formula I are disclosed: wherein A completes a 4-7 membered ring optionally comprising up to two heteroatoms. The compounds modulate the action of ?-secretase and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian Churcher, Kevin Dinnell, Timothy Harrison, Sonia Kerrad, Alan John Nadin, Paul Joseph Oakley, Andrew Pate Owens, Duncan Edward Shaw, Martin Richard Teall, Susannah William, Brian John Williams
  • Patent number: 7595344
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulphones which modulate the action of gamma-secretase. The compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian Churcher, Kevin Dinnell, Timothy Harrison, Sonia Kerrad, Alan John Nadin, Paul Joseph Oakley, Andrew Pate Owens, Duncan Edward Shaw, Martin Richard Teall, Susannah William, Brian John Williams
  • Publication number: 20090131419
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulphones which modulate the action of gamma-secretase. The compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Jose Luis Castro Pineiro, Ian Churcher, Kevin Dinnell, Timothy Harrison, Sonia Kerrad, Alan John Nadin, Paul Joseph Oakley, Andrew Pate Owens, Duncan Edward Shaw, Martin Richard Teall, Susannah William, Brian John Williams
  • Publication number: 20090057054
    Abstract: A sound generator for a vehicle is provided, including a hollow drum having a sound radiation panel structurally and acoustically coupled thereto. The drum has an aperture formed in an outer wall thereof. The drum is adapted to be in fluid communication with an air conduit of the vehicle. The sound radiation panel covers at least a portion of the aperture and is adapted to radiate sound energy to at least one of an engine compartment and an interior of the vehicle. A vehicle system including the sound generator and a method for manufacturing the sound generator are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: John David Kostun, Mark Donald Hellie, Christopher Edward Shaw, Anthony Charles Arruda, Martin James Styles
  • Patent number: 7499910
    Abstract: Techniques to improve query caching performance by efficiently selecting queries stored in a cache for evaluation and increasing the cache hit rate by allowing for inexact matches. A list of candidate queries stored in the cache that potentially could be used to answer a new query is first determined. This list may include all cached queries, cached queries containing exact matches for select list items, or cached queries containing exact and/or inexact matches. Each of at least one candidate query is then evaluated to determine whether or not there is a cache hit, which indicates that the candidate query could be used to answer the new query. The evaluation is performed using a set of rules that allows for inexact matches of aggregates, if any, in the new query. A query plan is generated for the new query based on a specific candidate query with a cache hit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donovan Alfred Schneider, Edward Shaw-Lee Suen, Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman