Patents by Inventor Eric A. Wilson
Eric A. Wilson 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).
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Publication number: 20140352268Abstract: A lidded cylindrical container having an inlet duct having an intake for connecting to gas flow having particulate or liquid, and an outtake for directing the as flow downwardly and tangentially across a wail of the container. An outlet duct is integrally connected around the inlet duct and having an intake opening into the inside of the lidded cylindrical container and an outtake adapted to move the gas flow away from the particulate collection device leaving the particulate within the lidded cylindrical container. The cyclonic particulate collection device is secured to the lidded container through a single opening in the lidded cylindrical container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventor: Eric Wilson
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Patent number: 8896915Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Applied EnergeticsInventors: Paul B. Lundquist, Samvel Sarkisyan, Eric A. Wilson
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Publication number: 20140257806Abstract: A method of providing a custom response in conjunction with an application providing speech interaction is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a context of a current interaction with the user, and identifying an associated custom animation, when the associated custom animation exists. The method further comprises displaying the custom animation by overlaying it over a native response of the application. In one embodiment, when no custom animation exists, the method determines whether there is a default animation, and displays the default animation as part of a state change of the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson, Eric A. Wilson, Matthieu Hebert
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Patent number: 8749880Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Applied EnergeticsInventors: Samvel Sarkisyan, Paul B. Lundquist, Eric A. Wilson
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Patent number: 8689107Abstract: A system and method for aggregating IP flows in a telecommunication network is disclosed. A multi-protocol flow representing packets captured from the telecommunications network during a selected time period is displayed on a user interface of a network monitoring system. The multi-protocol flow is highlighted on the user interface display if any session records within the multi-protocol flow do not meet operator-defined criteria. The user interface detects a user's selection of the multi-protocol flow and displays a plurality of protocol-specific flows that are within the multi-protocol flow. The user interface detects the user's selection of one of the protocol-specific flows and displays a plurality of session flows that are within the selected protocol-specific flow. Any session records that do not meet operator-defined criteria are highlighted on the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.Inventors: Wei Dong, Sanchu Han, James Eric Wilson
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Publication number: 20140080109Abstract: Techniques for providing an immersive storytelling experience using a plurality of storytelling devices. Each of the storytelling devices may be configured to perform one or more actions based on a current context of a story and in response to a stimulus event. The actions include at least one of an auditory and a visual effect. Embodiments also provide a controller device configured to manage a playback of the story, by adjusting the stimulus event and the effect of each of the plurality of storytelling devices, based on the current context of the story, thereby creating an interactive and immersive storytelling experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Eric Charles Haseltine, Joseph O'Brien Garlington, Theodore Wei-Yun Leung, Eric Wilson Muhlheim, Gabriel Sebastian Schlumberger
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Patent number: 8665516Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Applied Energetics, Inc.Inventors: Samvel Sarkisyan, Paul B. Lundquist, Eric A. Wilson, Kyle Christian Heideman
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Patent number: 8605355Abstract: Presented herein is a multipass optical amplifier including a thin-disk gain medium, a first reflective element optically coupled to the gain medium, a first parabolic reflector in optical communication with the gain medium and the first reflective element, a second parabolic reflector in optical communication with the first parabolic reflector, and a second reflective element in optical communication with the second parabolic reflector. The amplifier also includes a pump source, a signal beam source, and a chamber having first and second regions configured about the multipass optical amplifier with a port that extracts gas from the chamber. The first region includes the first parabolic reflector, the gain medium, and the first reflective element. The second region of the chamber includes the second reflective element and the second parabolic reflector. An input optic propagates the signal beam through the amplifier to impinge the gain medium multiple times for gain.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Applied EnergeticsInventors: Paul B. Lundquist, Samvel Sarkisyan, Eric A. Wilson, Raymond M. Copenhaver, Hector Martin, Steven McCahon
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Patent number: 8510264Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, steps in a multi-tenant database service are approved to manually and/or automatically satisfy requests to approve various steps in the service. The ability of embodiments to provide such additional approval capabilities may lead to more flexible step approval during use of the on-demand database service.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Steven Tamm, Walter Macklem, Eric Wilson, Varadarajan Rajaram, Wendy Chang
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Patent number: 8510332Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data. These mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data can enable embodiments to more flexibly summarize data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may lead to enhanced aggregation features which may be used for providing more effective ways of summarizing data.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Alan Ballard, Eric Bezar, Lars Hofhansl, Mary Scotton, Eric Wilson, Simon Wong
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Patent number: 8468333Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for updating the management information of a computer system are provided. According to one method, a system management information table is built during the execution of the computer system. The system management information table is built from a base set of management information and one or more updates to the base set of management information. The updates to the base set of management information may be stored a protected region of a non-volatile memory device. A utility program is provided for storing the updates to the management information in the non-volatile memory device.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.Inventors: Purandhar Nallagatla, Hari Krishna Doppalapudi, Mark Eric Wilson
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Publication number: 20130086170Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a method for presenting content information to a user. The method includes identifying by a processor content associated with an influential content consumer. The method also includes providing the content information of the content associated with the influential content consumer for display to the user. A system for presenting content information to a user is provided. The system includes a social network database and an available content index comprising data concerning available content. The system also includes a recommendation engine adapted to access the social network database and identify an influential content consumer. The recommendation engine is further adapted to apply content data associated with the influential content consumer to the available content index to provide the content information to the user. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Sidebar, Inc.Inventors: Richard Skelton, Jason Rosenthal, Eric Wilson, Patrick Kennedy, Stephanie L. Grossman
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Publication number: 20130081085Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for personalized television listing user interfaces for set top boxes, computers, tablets, mobile phones and other devices. Exemplary methods may include generating a program guide that includes a channel listing, wherein a plurality of channels in the channel listing include broadcast content. Channels in the channel listing are ranked according to preference data for an end user relative to the broadcast content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Richard Skelton, Jason Rosenthal, Eric Wilson, Patrick Kennedy, Stephanie L. Grossman, Richard Harrison
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Publication number: 20130080907Abstract: The present invention provides a method for presenting content information to a user. The method includes receiving a filter selection and applying by a processor the filter selection to metadata of available content to form a hierarchical presentation of the available content. The method also includes providing the hierarchical presentation of the available content for display to the user. A system is provided for presenting content information to a user that includes a viewing history database. The system also includes an available content index including data concerning available content. The system further includes a recommendation engine adapted to access the viewing history database and form a reordered available content index by applying at least one filter selection to metadata of the available content. A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a program is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Richard Skelton, Jason Rosenthal, Eric Wilson, Patrick Kennedy, Stephanie L. Grossman
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Publication number: 20120212804Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Samvel Sarkisyan, Paul B. Lundquist, Eric A. Wilson, Kyle Christine Heideman
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Publication number: 20120143870Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data. These mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data can enable embodiments to more flexibly summarize data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may lead to enhanced aggregation features which may be used for providing more effective ways of summarizing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: SALESFORCE.COM, INC.Inventors: Alan Ballard, Eric Bezar, Lars Hofhansl, Mary Scotton, Eric Wilson, Simon Wong
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Patent number: 8140572Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data. These mechanisms and methods for aggregating on-demand database service data can enable embodiments to more flexibly summarize data. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may lead to enhanced aggregation features which may be used for providing more effective ways of summarizing data.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Alan Ballard, Eric Bezar, Lars Hofhansl, Mary Scotton, Eric Wilson, Simon Wong
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Publication number: 20110157689Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Paul B. Lundquist, Samvel Sarkisyan, Eric A. Wilson, Raymond M. Copenhaver, Hector Martin, Steven McCahon
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Publication number: 20110145763Abstract: A system and method for aggregating IP flows in a telecommunication network is disclosed. A multi-protocol flow representing packets captured from the telecommunications network during a selected time period is displayed on a user interface of a network monitoring system. The multi-protocol flow is highlighted on the user interface display if any session records within the multi-protocol flow do not meet operator-defined criteria. The user interface detects a user's selection of the multi-protocol flow and displays a plurality of protocol-specific flows that are within the multi-protocol flow. The user interface detects the user's selection of one of the protocol-specific flows and displays a plurality of session flows that are within the selected protocol-specific flow. Any session records that do not meet operator-defined criteria are highlighted on the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: TEKTRONIX INC.Inventors: Wei Dong, Sanchu Han, James Eric Wilson
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Publication number: 20110134511Abstract: The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Samvel Sarkisyan, Paul B. Lundquist, Eric A. Wilson