Patents by Inventor Fernando Garcia

Fernando Garcia 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).

  • Public wireless network performance management system with mobile device data collection agents
    Patent number: 9262370
    Abstract: Network auditing system and method for monitoring or auditing at least one communications network. The network auditing system includes an acquisition device to acquire, for locations throughout the at least one communications network, data related to at least one of: service coverage for the at least one communications network; service quality for the at least one communications network; and service usage for the at least one communications network, and a plotter to identify on an audit map the data acquired for the locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: NETMOTION WIRELESS, INC.
    Inventors: Christian E. Hofstaedter, Reyes Canales, III, Edward Goziker, James S. Simpkins, Fernando Garcia-Duarte, Julia Renouard, Joseph T. Savarese, Mark V. Kimmerly, Zhenwu Wang, John Dangov, Paul L. Hoover, Michael L. Snyder
  • AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20160031405
    Abstract: An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle. The module includes an inflatable airbag. The airbag includes a front panel configured to contact the occupant when the airbag is deployed and a rear panel including an opening. The front panel and the rear panel may be connected together along the periphery of each of the panels. The module includes an inflator for providing gas to inflate the airbag. The inflator being positioned in the opening so that inflation gas escapes the inflator into the airbag. The tether includes a strap connected at a second end to the front panel and at a first end at a location proximate to the inflator. The tether is connected to the front panel by a curved seam elongated in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: TK HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: Edgar Fernando GARCIA
  • Prediction of user response actions to received data
    Patent number: 9245225
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically predicting actions a user is likely to take in response to receiving data. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data and to identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data. The system may enable a trainer component and a classifier component to determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user and the identified pattern of the user's actions. The system may also be configured to continuously observe the user's actions to fine-tune and adjust the identified patterns of user actions and to update the probabilities of likely user actions in order increase the accuracy of the predicted user action in response to incoming data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Winn, Fernando Garcia, Tore Sundelin, James Edelen
  • Photoprotector and/or photoimmunoprotector compositions of the skin and their uses
    Patent number: 9233263
    Abstract: The composition comprises of a component A selected from a hydroxylated derivative of benzoic acid or of cinamic acid, their esters, amides or salts, a glycoside of a hexose, and their mixtures; and a component B selected from quinic acid, shikimic acid, their alkaline metal or alkaline earth salts, their methyl esters, and mixtures of the same. This composition is suitable for protecting the skin against ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun or artificial sources, such as those used in phototherapy units and in sun tanning rooms. For application in the field of dermatology and nutrition, and, in particular, in the photoprotection of the skin and mucosa, photo-ageing and photocarcinogenesis, including protection of the immune system associated with the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL FARMACEUTICA CANTABRIA, S.A.
    Inventors: Antonio Guerrero Gomez-Pamo, Marta Dominguez Valdes-Hevia, Aurora Ma Brieva Delgado, Fernando Garcia Martinez, Jose Luis Alonso Lebrero, Salvador Gonzalez Rodriguez, Juan Pablo Pivel Ranieri
  • SCROLLABLE PREVIEW OF CONTENT
    Publication number: 20160004401
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for displaying content. The method provides a first display area for displaying content and receiving modifications to the content. The method provides a second display area for displaying a preview of the content. In some embodiments, a modification to the content automatically causes a corresponding modification to the preview. In some embodiments, the size of the content is larger than the size of the first display area and the first display area only displays a portion of the content. In some such embodiments, the second display area displays the entirety of the preview of the entire content at once. Some embodiments also provide a window in the second display area that indicates in the preview the portion of the content concurrently displayed in the first display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Jordan P. McCommons, Fernando Garcia, Gregory E. Niles
  • Aggregating content from different content sources at a cloud service
    Patent number: 9219776
    Abstract: A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan LeCroy, Gurashish Brar, Joe Yap, Victor Wang, Umut Alev, Vamsi Kanamaluru, Dmitri Gavrilov, Tali Roth, Aditi Desai, Mike Borysenko, Ethan Bernstein, Patrick Tousignant, Fernando Garcia
  • FOOD PRODUCT SLICING APPARATUS AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150321372
    Abstract: A food product slicing apparatus includes a tray configured to support food product blocks. A cavity is provided for receiving unsliced ends of food product blocks, and a removal member is used to eject the ends from the cavity. Upper and lower drive assemblies are provided for moving the blocks to a slicing station. The height of the upper drive assembly is adjustable relative to the lower drive assembly. A plurality of output conveyors receive stacks of sliced food product from the slicing station. The output conveyors are parallel and convey the stacks of sliced food product along linear and parallel paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Gage A. Fox, Glen F. Pryor, Fernando Garcia-Perez, Jeff Schmuker
  • Removable modular antenna assembly for downhole applications
    Patent number: 9181798
    Abstract: A wellbore apparatus may include first and second tubular members joined together in end-to-end relation, the first tubular member having a reduced outer diameter end portion. The wellbore apparatus may further include a removable modular antenna assembly comprising a cylindrical dielectric housing removably positioned on the reduced outer diameter end portion of the first tubular member, at least one antenna coil carried by the cylindrical dielectric housing, and a first electrical connector coupled to the at least one antenna coil. The wellbore apparatus may also include resistivity processing circuitry coupled to the first electrical connector to determine an electrical resistivity of a wellbore based upon the at least one antenna coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tudor Palaghita, Cory James, Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Frank Espinosa
  • Method for a mud cake thickness determination
    Patent number: 9081121
    Abstract: The method of a mud cake thickness determination provides sending short high-frequency signals into a formation from at least two positions located at different distances from the mud cake and recording arrival times of reflected echo signals. The mud cake thickness is determined based on the time measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Timur Zharnikov, Masafumi Fukuhara, Alexander F. Zazovsky, Fernando Garcia-Osuna
  • MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A TWO-PART-COWL LOCK UNIT
    Publication number: 20150021928
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides a system for monitoring the state of a two-part-cowl lock unit, the lock unit comprising a pair hook-keeper. This system comprises a rod mechanically connected to the lock unit, a spring mechanically coupled with the rod and warning mechanism adapted to be activated by the rod, and to warn of the state of the two-part-cowl lock unit. The subject matter disclosed herein also provides a system for monitoring the state of a two-part cowl lock and an aircraft including at least one of those systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Mariano Fernando GARCÍA DE LA TORRE, Carlos Manuel ESCRIBANO SERRANO, Isabel ROMERO MOLINA, Jesús DE GRACIA MAQUEDA
  • AGGREGATING CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT CONTENT SOURCES AT A CLOUD SERVICE
    Publication number: 20140379851
    Abstract: A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Jonathan LeCroy, Gurashish Brar, Joe Yap, Victor Wang, Umut Alev, Vamsi Kanamaluru, Dmitri Gavrilov, Tali Roth, Aditi Desai, Mike Borysenko, Ethan Bernstein, Patrick Tousignant, Fernando Garcia
  • PREDICTION OF USER RESPONSE ACTIONS TO RECEIVED DATA
    Publication number: 20140351189
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically predicting actions a user is likely to take in response to receiving data. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data and to identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data. The system may enable a trainer component and a classifier component to determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user and the identified pattern of the user's actions. The system may also be configured to continuously observe the user's actions to fine-tune and adjust the identified patterns of user actions and to update the probabilities of likely user actions in order increase the accuracy of the predicted user action in response to incoming data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: John Winn, Fernando Garcia, Tore Sundelin, James Edelen
  • TELEPROMPTER TOOL FOR VOICE-OVER TOOL
    Publication number: 20140328575
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for a media editing application that creates a composite presentation from several different media clips. The method provides a set of editing tools for editing the composite presentation. The method provides a voice-over tool for receiving text for a voice-over that includes a transcript for a voice-over audio clip to be recorded by the media editing application as a clip of the composite presentation. The method provides a display area for scrolling the text when recording the voice-over audio clip. The display area in some embodiments is a preview display area that scrolls the text while displaying a preview of the composite presentation when recording the voice-over audio clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Rodriguez, Fernando Garcia
  • Prediction of user response actions to received data
    Patent number: 8849730
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically predicting actions a user is likely to take in response to receiving data. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data and to identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data. The system may enable a trainer component and a classifier component to determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user and the identified pattern of the user's actions. The system may also be configured to continuously observe the user's actions to fine-tune and adjust the identified patterns of user actions and to update the probabilities of likely user actions in order increase the accuracy of the predicted user action in response to incoming data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Winn, Fernando Garcia, Tore Sundelin, James Edelen
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A MUD FILTER CAKE
    Publication number: 20140283592
    Abstract: A pressure response to low frequency harmonic pressure oscillations generated in a borehole by at least one oscillation source is registered by at least one acoustic sensor. A phase shift of stationary pressure oscillations registered by the acoustic sensor relatively to the low frequency harmonic pressure oscillations of the oscillation source and a ratio between an amplitude of the stationary pressure oscillations registered by the acoustic sensor and an amplitude of the low frequency harmonic pressure oscillations of the oscillation source are determined. A thickness of a mudcake is determined and based on the results a cake piezoconductivity or a fluid mobility or both are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Timur Vyacheslavovich Zharnikov, Masafumi Fukuhara, Alexander Zazovsky, Fernando Garcia-Osuna
  • Bubble making wand
    Patent number: 8814623
    Abstract: A bubble wand device that includes an elongated handle and a pair of helical coils with a pair of smooth surface wires, a center core and a hollow space. The pair of helical coils are wound and placed in a circular configuration and provide a tapered surface to allow a bubble making solution to adhere to the hollow space between the pair of helical coils, with the center core providing a reservoir to retain the bubble making solution. The bubble wand device also includes a plurality of inner spires that protrudes from the center core of the pair of helical coils where the inner spires increase bubble production from the pair of helical coils which suspend the bubble making solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventor: Fernando Garcia
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A MUD FILTER CAKE
    Publication number: 20140233354
    Abstract: At least one acoustic sensor registers a pressure response to a low-frequency non-oscillating pressure signal generated in a borehole by at least one source. At least one characteristic of a transient process of pressure change is determined from the registered signal. A thickness of a mudcake is determined. Then, based on the values received, a mudcake piezoconductivity or a fluid mobility or both are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timur Vyacheslavovich Zharnikov, Masafumi Fukuhara, Alexander Zazovsky, Fernando Garcia-Osuna
  • Scrollable preview of content
    Patent number: 8788963
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for displaying content. The method provides a first display area for displaying content and receiving modifications to the content. The method provides a second display area for displaying a preview of the content. In some embodiments, a modification to the content automatically causes a corresponding modification to the preview. In some embodiments, the size of the content is larger than the size of the first display area and the first display area only displays a portion of the content. In some such embodiments, the second display area displays the entirety of the preview of the entire content at once. Some embodiments also provide a window in the second display area that indicates in the preview the portion of the content concurrently displayed in the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan McCommons, Fernando Garcia, Gregory Niles
  • Teleprompter tool for voice-over tool
    Patent number: 8744239
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for a media editing application that creates a composite presentation from several different media clips. The method provides a set of editing tools for editing the composite presentation. The method provides a voice-over tool for receiving text for a voice-over that includes a transcript for a voice-over audio clip to be recorded by the media editing application as a clip of the composite presentation. The method provides a display area for scrolling the text when recording the voice-over audio clip. The display area in some embodiments is a preview display area that scrolls the text while displaying a preview of the composite presentation when recording the voice-over audio clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Rodriguez, Fernando Garcia
  • APPARATUS WITH RIGID SUPPORT AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140000910
    Abstract: A wellbore apparatus may include first and second tubular members aligned in end-to-end relation, and an antenna assembly coupled to at least one of the first and second tubular members. The antenna assembly may include a cylindrical housing having a circumferential recess therein, a rigid insulating support ring carried by the cylindrical housing in the circumferential recess, an antenna coil carried by the rigid insulating support ring, and an electrical connector coupled to the antenna coil. The wellbore apparatus may include resistivity processing circuitry coupled to the electrical connector to determine an electrical resistivity of a wellbore based upon the antenna coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tudor Palaghita, Fernando Garcia-Osuna, Frank Espinosa