Patents by Inventor Herbert W. Spencer

Herbert W. Spencer 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: 20150278805
    Abstract: A method for a user to perform a transaction comprising the steps of connecting a first electronic communication device 400 with a transaction receiver, receiving electronic data from the transaction receiver, displaying the received electronic data on the first electronic communication device 400, sending with a second electronic communication device 402 the received electronic data, a hardware profile 208, and a user information profile 204 to an authentication server 404, wherein the user information profile 204 and the hardware profile 404 are associated with the second electronic communication device 402, the hardware profile 208 comprising user generated data stored on the second electronic communication device 402, and if the authentication server 404 authenticates the sent hardware profile 208, the user information profile 206, the and the received electronic data, performing the transaction with the first electronic communication device 400.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Acuity Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, Christopher M. Canfield, Harlan Hutson, Vince Conroy, Steven Hickerson
  • Publication number: 20150047000
    Abstract: A system for creating a combined electronic identification that obtains user information (202) about a user of a hardware device (100), authenticates the user from the user information (202), obtains a hardware profile (208) of the device (100), the hardware profile 208 comprising user generated data stored on the device (100) and links the user information (202) and the hardware profile (208) as a combined electronic identification. The hardware device (100) can be comprised of a main processor, memory, a touchscreen interface, and a wireless communication module, such as a mobile phone, computer, or tablet computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, Christopher M. Canfield, Harlan Hutson, Vince Conroy, Steven A. Hickerson
  • Patent number: 8313722
    Abstract: In a process for producing ammonia from urea which process comprises: (a) heating a liquid phase reaction medium comprising an aqueous solution of urea, or a mixture of urea, containing biuret or ammonium carbamate on site, in a hydrolysis reactor such that a pressurized gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product is obtained which is essentially free of urea, biuret, or ammonium carbamate; (b) separating the gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product from the liquid phase reaction medium at the prevailing pressure; (c) retaining the liquid phase reaction medium in the reactor for further conversion to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide, and/or recycling at least a portion of the said reaction medium back into the reactor, a urea dissolver, or feed solution to the reactor for further conversion; and (d) withdrawing the gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product separated in step (b) at a controlled rate to meet varying ammonia demand requirements; the improvement wherein th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, H. James Peters, William G. Hankins, Madoka Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110076222
    Abstract: In a process for producing ammonia from urea which process comprises: (a) heating a liquid phase reaction medium comprising an aqueous solution of urea, or a mixture of urea, containing biuret or ammonium carbamate on site, in a hydrolysis reactor such that a pressurized gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product is obtained which is essentially free of urea, biuret, or ammonium carbamate; (b) separating the gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product from the liquid phase reaction medium at the prevailing pressure; (c) retaining the liquid phase reaction medium in the reactor for further conversion to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide, and/or recycling at least a portion of the said reaction medium back into the reactor, a urea dissolver, or feed solution to the reactor for further conversion; and (d) withdrawing the gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product separated in step (b) at a controlled rate to meet varying ammonia demand requirements; the improvement wherein th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: EC&C Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, H. James Peters, William G. Hankins, Madoka Fujita
  • Publication number: 20100245588
    Abstract: A new system is described that integrates real time item location data from electronically tagged items with a video system to allow cameras in proximity to a tagged item to automatically be enabled or recorded and to move and follow the movement of the tagged item. The methodology to implement such a system is described and involves computerized coordinate system scaling and conversion to automatically select and command movement if available of the most appropriate cameras. The system can follow a moving tagged item and hand off the item from one camera to another, and also command other facility assets, such as lights and door locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ACUITY SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Glenn C. Waehner, Herbert W. Spencer, III
  • Publication number: 20090148370
    Abstract: In a process for generating ammonia from urea which process comprises: (a) heating an aqueous solution of urea, or a mixture of urea, containing biuret or ammonium carbamate on site, in a hydrolysis reactor such that a gaseous ammonia-containing product is obtained which is essentially free of urea, biuret, or ammonium carbamate, the temperature and pressure being maintained by the input of heat to the reactor; (b) separating the gaseous ammonia-containing product from the liquid phase aqueous reaction media at the operating pressure; (c) retaining the liquid phase reaction medium in the reactor for further conversion to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide, and/or recycling at least a portion of the said reaction medium back into the reactor, a urea dissolver, or the feed solution to the reactor for further conversion; and (d) withdrawing the gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide-containing product separated in step (b) at a controlled rate to meet demand requirements; the improvement wherein the temperature
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, H. James Peters, William G. Hankins, Madoka Fujita
  • Patent number: 7226570
    Abstract: An algorithm process for treating fly ash found in flue gas to prevent rapping reentrainment of fly ash particles comprising adding ammonia to the fly ash particles in a stoichometric amount of one part or somewhat less of ammonia to one part of sulfur trioxide, such that rapping reentrainment of fly ash particles in the flue gas is prevented. An algorithm is used to determine the amount of sulfur in the flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, Ralph F. Altman
  • Patent number: 7220395
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Douglas Cooper, legal representative, Herbert W. Spencer, III, Hal B. H. Cooper, Sr., deceased
  • Patent number: 7078235
    Abstract: Optimizing fly ash resistivity by controlling concentration of sulfur trioxide (SO3) in flue gas by the use of an algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, Ralph F. Altman
  • Publication number: 20040126294
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Hal B.H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer, John Douglas Cooper
  • Patent number: 6730280
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hal B. H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer, III
  • Publication number: 20030182020
    Abstract: Optimizing fly ash resistivity by controlling concentration of sulfur trioxide (SO3) in flue gas by the use of an algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, Ralph F. Altman
  • Publication number: 20030108470
    Abstract: An algorithm process for treating fly ash found in flue gas to prevent rapping reentrainment of fly ash particles comprising adding ammonia to the fly ash particles in a stoichometric amount of one part or somewhat less of ammonia to one part of sulfur trioxide, such that rapping reentrainment of fly ash particles in the flue gas is prevented. An algorithm is used to determine the amount of sulfur in the flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, Ralph F. Altman
  • Publication number: 20030053943
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Hal B.H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer
  • Patent number: 6506350
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hal B. H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer, III
  • Patent number: 6436359
    Abstract: A process to provide a pressurized gas stream useful for removing nitrogen oxides from a combustion gas stream by hydrolyzing urea in aqueous solution in a closed reactor to evolve gaseous ammonia at a rate essentially balanced to the amount required from the combustion gas stream. The improvement resides in maintaining the pressure in the reactor within a preselected range when the demand for ammonia for external use suddenly drops by cooling the solution within the hydrolysis reactor by heat exchange either within or external to the reactor in response to rapid changes in demand for ammonia required to remove said nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Herbert W. Spencer, III, Harold James Peters
  • Publication number: 20020102197
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: EC&C Technologies
    Inventors: Hal B.H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer
  • Patent number: 6322762
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: EC & C Technologies
    Inventors: Hal B. H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer, III
  • Patent number: 6077491
    Abstract: This patent describes technology for generating ammonia from urea. The method is based on the hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of urea and/or biuret by heating under pressure to form a mixture of ammonia, carbon dioxide and water. The gas mixtures produced are useful for supplying ammonia at controlled pressure and rate of flow for many industrial applications without the risks and hazards associated with the transportation and on-site storage of ammonia, thereby providing a significant safety advantage over present industrial practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: EC&C Technologies
    Inventors: Hal B. H. Cooper, Herbert W. Spencer, III
  • Patent number: 4584271
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method are disclosed for reducing sulfate contained within a flowable material to hydrogen sulfide by the use of two stages of reaction. The flowable material is deoxygenated and then introduced into a first reactor which contains a sulfate reducing bacteria such as a Desulfovibrio or Desulfotomoculum. Hydrogen sulfide is removed from the first reactor and the remaining portion of the flowable material is subjected to a separating action to produce a supernatant component and a sludge component. The sludge component is reintroduced to the first reactor which is generally devoid of packing or support and the supernatant is introduced into a second reactor which is preferably in the nature of a supported film reactor. Mixed products including carbonate may be removed from the first reactor. The second reactor also contains anaerobic sulfate reducing bacteria. Hydrogen sulfide, low sulfate water and carbonates may be withdrawn from the second reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Joy Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jay L. Stern, Herbert W. Spencer, III, Alon Lebel