Patents by Inventor Frank Andrews
Frank Andrews 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: 20100041391Abstract: A method or process enables the collection of data from mobile devices and mobile networks using filtering, compression, encryption, memory management, and power management technologies to collect mobile device metrics at the mobile device (client side), and then transmit these metrics from the mobile device to a server for processing by analytics software. The analytics processing may also occur directly on the mobile device. Policies are determined and configured at the processing server to drive and control the mobile device metrics captured, which may include but are not limited to, data usage (e.g. time of day, amount of data sent/received), voice usage (e.g. time of day, calls in/out of network, dropped calls, call duration), the location of the mobile device, cell patterns (e.g. problem cells, roaming), touch interactions, behavioral analysis (programs used, services uses), battery performance, CPU usage, memory usage, network usage (e.g. 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX), and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Anthony Wayne Spivey, Blane E. Rockafellow, Frank Andrew Smoak, Keith Collins
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Patent number: 7509530Abstract: The present embodiments perform active volume restores on actively running initial operating systems in an active partition. The methods identify available memory within a partition, duplicate at least a portion of an initial operating system image into the identified available memory providing a duplicate operating system, remap access from an initial operating system to the at least the duplicate operating system image, store a temporary operating system on to the partition, reboot into the temporary operating system, operate through the temporary operating system and store a restore operating system into the partition; and reboot into the restore operating system.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Sonic SolutionsInventor: Frank Andrew Welts
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Publication number: 20090017789Abstract: A wireless device with a capacity for high bandwidth connectivity adapted to provide access to the Internet or other WAN for a single user or multiple concurrent users. The wireless access device acts as a network point of presence to provide access to a number of different devices. Authorization is performed and billing measures are established in real time. Billing credits may be provided to an account associated with the user of the wireless access device based upon selected metrics (for example, duration of the connection or amount of data passed). In certain implementations, devices that are previously unknown to the wireless access device and that have not received a wireless access device-specific configuration can be provided network access. Thus, instead of a hard-wired point of presence to the Internet, a mobile, ad hoc point of presence is established through the wireless access device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: TapRoot Systems, Inc.Inventors: Hugh W. Thomas, Michael John Linstrom, Antti Juhani Raina, Jun Xu, Frank Andrew Smoak, Kevin Martin Asbury, William Henze, III, Darrin Jesse Bates, Steven E. Cistulli
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Publication number: 20080288928Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems and methods for converting application code in a turbine control system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for converting a turbine control system may be provided for. The method may include providing a first application code format including one or more elements, providing a second application code format including one or more elements, and identifying mappings of the one or more first application code format elements to the one or more second application code format elements. The method may further include retrieving a first control system application code written in the first application code format, and generating application data from the first control system application code based at least in part on the identified mappings. Additionally, the method may include converting the application data to a second control system application code written in the second application code format.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: David Thomas Bowers, Nagesh Laxminarayana Kurella, Patrick Joseph Conroy, Peter Frank Andrews, Marc Gavin Lindenmuth
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Patent number: 7432940Abstract: A method of animating a sprite in a video production comprising a plurality of sequential video frames is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting (2004) a feature, with which the sprite is to be juxtaposed, in one of said video frames, applying (2006) a feature tracking process to the video production to thereby output (2008), for a series of said plurality of video frames containing the feature, a temporal-spatial record for the feature across the plurality of video frames, and compositing (2010), with the series of said plurality of video frames, a corresponding series of instantiations of the sprite dependent upon the temporal-spatial record.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: John Charles Brook, Rupert William Galloway Reeve, Lena Qian, Choi Chi Evelene Ma, Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Michael Jan Lawther, Julie Rae Kowald
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Publication number: 20080179020Abstract: A multi-fold door for an enclosed railcar comprising a first panel, a second panel and a third panel is disclosed. The first panel is pivotally attached to the second panel at an edge of each panel and the third panel is pivotally attached to the second panel at an edge of each panel. A posterior edge of the first panel is attached to a corner post of an end of the enclosed railcar by hinges that are positioned externally to the enclosed railcar.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Richard W. Dawson, Ronald P. Sellberg, Frank Andrew Nibouar
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Patent number: 7177446Abstract: A method (500, 600) of tracking a feature (201) across a sequence of image frames is disclosed. A current feature position in a current frame is estimated from at least a previous feature position in a previous frame. Feature data is extracted from pixel data of the current frame. The feature data is then compared with reference data. If a difference between the feature data and the reference data is larger than a predetermined number, then track of the feature (201) has been lost. Alternatively, the current feature position is appended to the trajectory of the feature, and the reference data is updated periodically with feature data of a plurality of frames. Preferably the reference data is a statistical representation of feature data of the plurality of frames.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Julian Frank Andrew Magarey
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Patent number: 6947590Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (400) is described for segmenting an image (102). Starting with each pixel of the image (102) being a separate region, segments are formed by merging the regions. As merging proceeds, a merging cost of the regions being merged generally increases. This increase however is not purely monotonic as the overall rise in the merging cost is punctuated by departures from monotonicity. A complete pass is made through the segmentation, in which all regions are merged until only one remains. By analysing the points immediately after significant departures from monotonicity, a final segmentation stopping value (?stop) is chosen as being the last return to monotonicity from such a significant departure. Segmentation is repeated until the merging cost reaches the final segmentation stopping value (?stop).Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2001Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Brian John Parker
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Patent number: 6904601Abstract: A method and system for providing remote procedure calls in a multiprocessing system is disclosed. The multiprocessing system includes a general purpose processor and a plurality of network processors. Each of the plurality of network processors includes a memory. The method and system comprises accessing a reserved address in at least one of the network processors and initiating a software action by a first portion of the reserved address. The method and system further includes pointing to an address within the memory of the at least one network processor to be processed based upon data in a second portion of the reserved address, wherein the data at the address is processed. A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides an indirect software jump in a microprocessing system through providing a reserved address in memory of each of the reserved address includes two portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2000Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard John Blasiak, David Wayne Cosby, Anthony Matteo Gallo, Frank Andrew Smoak
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Patent number: 6717391Abstract: A battery is a collection of cells place in series, parallel, or both. A telemetry circuit is presented for determining the individual voltage of each cell making up a battery. This device uses a high voltage isolation circuit to isolate each cell from the remainder of the measuring circuitry. This is to ensure precision cell voltage measurements are made even at high common-mode voltages. This is an inherent problem for high voltage battery telemetry designs.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Frank Andrew Linkowsky, WojCiech Jaklik, Robert John Secor
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Patent number: 6649686Abstract: A washable spray formulation that includes a decorative component is provided. The decorative component may be glitter, pigment, dye, other materials that provide special effects or coloration, or combinations thereof. The preferred embodiment of the spray formulation also includes a solvent that functions as a carrier vehicle, two adhesives, a defoamer, glycol, an amine solvent, and a surfactant. The formulation is able to be pumped through a spray pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Duncan EnterprisesInventor: Frank Andrew Peters
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Publication number: 20030189421Abstract: A battery is a collection of cells place in series, parallel, or both. A telemetry circuit is presented for determining the individual voltage of each cell making up a battery. This device uses a high voltage isolation circuit to isolate each cell from the remainder of the measuring circuitry. This is to ensure precision cell voltage measurements are made even at high common-mode voltages. This is an inherent problem for high voltage battery telemetry designs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2002Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Frank Andrew Linkowsky, WojCiech Jaklik, Robert John Secor
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Publication number: 20030146915Abstract: A method of animating a sprite in a video production comprising a plurality of sequential video frames is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selecting (2004) a feature, with which the sprite is to be juxtaposed, in one of said video frames, applying (2006) a feature tracking process to the video production to thereby output (2008), for a series of said plurality of video frames containing the feature, a temporal-spatial record for the feature across the plurality of video frames, and compositing (2010), with the series of said plurality of video frames, a corresponding series of instantiations of the sprite dependent upon the temporal-spatial record.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: John Charles Brook, Rupert William Galloway Reeve, Lena Qian, Choi Chi Evelene Ma, Julian Frank Andrew Magarey, Michael Jan Lawther, Julie Rae Kowald
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Publication number: 20030076826Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for reliably transmitting a frame. A transmitting node may be coupled to a plurality of destination nodes. The transmitting node may insert in a frame, e.g., multicast frame, to be transmitted to any two or more destination nodes coupled to the transmitting node two or more sequence numbers in the frame to be transmitted. The two or more sequence numbers may be associated with the two or more destination nodes. Upon transmitting the frame, the transmitting node may store a copy of the frame transmitted. Upon verifying that the frame has been delivered to each destination node to receive the frame, the memory associated with the transmitted frame may be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2001Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: International Business Machine CorporationInventors: Richard John Blasiak, David Wayne Cosby, Anthony Matteo Gallo, Sridhar Rao, Sonia Kiang Rovner, Frank Andrew Smoak, Colin Beaton Verrilli
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Publication number: 20030053661Abstract: A method (500, 600) of tracking a feature (201) across a sequence of image frames is disclosed. A current feature position in a current frame is estimated from at least a previous feature position in a previous frame. Feature data is extracted from pixel data of the current frame. The feature data is then compared with reference data. If a difference between the feature data and the reference data is larger than a predetermined number, then track of the feature (201) has been lost. Alternatively, the current feature position is appended to the trajectory of the feature, and the reference data is updated periodically with feature data of a plurality of frames. Preferably the reference data is a statistical representation of feature data of the plurality of frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Julian Frank Andrew Magarey
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Patent number: 6515029Abstract: An absorbent article having a bodyside liner includes a hydrophilic lotion formulation on the outer bodyfacing surface thereof. The hydrophilic lotion formulation comprises from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of a hydrophilic solvent, from about 5 to about 90 weight percent of a high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, and from about 0 to about 60 weight percent of a fatty alcohol. The hydrophilic lotion formulation has a reduced adverse effect on the absorbent and liquid uptake properties of the liner and the absorbent body when compared to conventional lipophilic or hydrophobic lotion formulations. The hydrophilic lotion formulation acts as a lubricant to reduce the abrasion of the skin caused by the liner and also transfers to the skin to provide improved skin health.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1999Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Duane Gerard Krzysik, David Charles Musil, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Gordon Allen Shaw, Diane Michele Underhill, Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith
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Patent number: 6503525Abstract: An absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet; and an absorbent body located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent body may include multiple zones of high air permeability. The absorbent article may also include a ventilation layer between the absorbent body and the backsheet and a surge management layer between the absorbent body and the topsheet. The article exhibits improved air exchange within the article during use. As a result, the article maintains the temperature and exhibits substantially reduced levels of hydration of the wearer's skin when in use which renders the skin less susceptible to the viability of microorganisms. The absorbent article may further include lotion formulations and/or treatment compositions thereon for maintaining or improving skin health.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Susan Carol Paul, Frank Jerrel Akin, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio, Dennis Stein Everhart, Elizabeth Deibler Gadsby, Pamela Jean Mayberry, Audra Stefanik Wright, Ali Yahiaoui, Michael John Faulks, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Karen Marie Menard, David Charles Musil, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Gordon Allen Shaw, David John Tyrrell, Diane Michele Underhill, Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith, Gunilla Elsa Gillberg-LaForce, Wade Bolton May
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Patent number: 6482422Abstract: An absorbent article includes a vapor permeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet positioned in facing relation with the backsheet; and an absorbent body located between the backsheet and the topsheet. The absorbent body may include multiple zones of high air permeability. The absorbent article may also include a ventilation layer between the absorbent body and the backsheet and a surge management layer between the absorbent body and the topsheet. The article exhibits improved air exchange within the article during use. As a result, the article maintains the temperature and exhibits substantially reduced levels of hydration of the wearer's skin when in use which renders the skin less susceptible to the viability of microorganisms. The absorbent article may further include lotion formulations and/or treatment compositions thereon for maintaining or improving skin health.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Susan Carol Paul, Frank Jerrel Akin, Robert Cosmo Di Luccio, Dennis Stein Everhart, Elizabeth Deibler Gadsby, Pamela Jean Mayberry, Audra Stefanik Wright, Ali Yahiaoui, Michael John Faulks, Duane Gerard Krzysik, Karen Marie Menard, David Charles Musil, Frank Andrew Rosch, III, Gordon Allen Shaw, David John Tyrrell, Diane Michele Underhill, Jeffrey Michael Hockersmith, Gunilla Elsa Gillberg-LaForce, Wade Bolton May
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Publication number: 20020043180Abstract: A wax-based composition for repairing defects in underground pipes in situ. The composition comprises wax and a dewetting agent. The dewetting agent is preferably an ethoxylated acetylenic diol.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Andrew Bayliff, Frank Andrews, Gary R. Latto, Stephen E. Russell
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Publication number: 20020041710Abstract: A method (300) and apparatus (400) is described for segmenting an image (102). Starting with each pixel of the image (102) being a separate region, segments are formed by merging the regions. As merging proceeds, a merging cost of the regions being merged generally increases. This increase however is not purely monotonic as the overall rise in the merging cost is punctuated by departures from monotonicity. A complete pass is made through the segmentation, in which all regions are merged until only one remains. By analysing the points immediately after significant departures from monotonicity, a final segmentation stopping value (&lgr;stop) is chosen as being the last return to monotonicity from such a significant departure. Segmentation is repeated until the merging cost reaches the final segmentation stopping value (&lgr;stop).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Julian Frank Andrew Magarcy, Brian John Parker