Patents by Inventor Jack A. Smith

Jack A. Smith 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: 20150010278
    Abstract: A component for a closure is disclosed herein. The component includes a collar extending around a central axis. The component also includes a first expansion housing positioned outside the collar in a radial direction relative to the central axis. The first expansion housing has an interior region in communication with an interior of the collar. The first expansion housing also includes a first adapter mounting wall defining a plurality of first adapter mounting openings in which a plurality of first fiber optic adapters are mounted. The first fiber optic adapters include first connector ports adapted for receiving connectors from outside the first expansion housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Eric E. ALSTON, Daniel B. HANGEBRAUCK, Jack SMITH
  • Patent number: 8923321
    Abstract: A base station (103) assigns a set of mobile stations (101) to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (710). A shared control channel information element (501) is sent to the group of mobile stations (101) and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (511), resource allocations (530), failure handling resources (540), and an ordering pattern (513). If a mobile station fails to decode the shared control channel information element (501) it will access the failure handling resources in order to receive data. The failure handling channel may be persistent in some embodiments, or may be released after the mobile station is once again able to decode the shared control channel information element (501) and thereby share in the shared resource pool allocated to its mobile station group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Jack A. Smith, Hao Bi, Sean M. McBeath, James M. O'Connor, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed
  • Patent number: 8861919
    Abstract: A component for a closure is disclosed herein. The component includes a collar extending around a central axis. The component also includes a first expansion housing positioned outside the collar in a radial direction relative to the central axis. The first expansion housing has an interior region in communication with an interior of the collar. The first expansion housing also includes a first adapter mounting wall defining a plurality of first adapter mounting openings in which a plurality of first fiber optic adapters are mounted. The first fiber optic adapters include first connector ports adapted for receiving connectors from outside the first expansion housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric E. Alston, Daniel B Hangebrauck, Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8730895
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for configuring UE-specific A-SRS subframes. More specifically, UE-specific Aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (A-SRS) subframes are defined only within a radio subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Jack Smith
  • Publication number: 20140072273
    Abstract: A method, systems, and apparatuses for high definition video capture are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving digital audio/video data from a device. The digital audio/video may include a preview (e.g., video trailer) of an application (e.g., game application, collaborative application, music application, mobile application, etc.) demonstrating the features and capabilities of the application on a display of the device. The device (e.g., mobile device, tablet device) may broadcast a digital audio-video signal for mirroring, or may require unlocking and installation of a module that enables mirroring with an alternative operating system. This digital audio-video data may be encrypted. The method further includes decrypting the encrypted digital audio/video data and converting this data into audio/video data (e.g., analog audio/video data). The method further includes sending the audio/video data to a recording unit that enables a data processing system to record the audio/video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Jack Smith, Ian Harris
  • Patent number: 8646154
    Abstract: An adjustable door stop system. The system includes a hinge pin having an axis about which the hinge leaves rotate, a top end, and an opposed bottom end. In one embodiment, a hinge pin cap has a first portion extending radially from the top end of the hinge pin and a second cylindrical portion extending from the first portion parallel to the access of the hinge pin. A control cap has an opening to receive the hinge pin therethrough, the control cap having a radially extending first portion and a cylindrical second portion substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge pin. A mechanism is provided to prevent movement of the hinge pin cap with respect to the control cap including a plurality of teeth on the control cap second cylindrical portion and a plurality of teeth of the control cap cylindrical portion which mate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: B. Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8380540
    Abstract: A method is described for reducing medication purchasing costs for a member of a pharmaceutical benefits plan. A member's currently prescribed medications are analyzed, and at least one substitute medication is recommended for the analyzed medication, this recommendation is based the member's pharmaceutical benefit plan. In response to the recommendation, the system receives at least one of an authorization and selection of a substitute medication. Approval for this medication is requested from the member's doctor. Further, the requested approval is sent along with a plurality of other medication substitution requests. The responses are processed to complete the substitution of the medication for the member. The member is informed that the substitute medication was approved for their purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack A. Smith, Thomas E. Feitel, Brian W. Cavanagh, Vicente L. Caride, Giovanni C. Minardi, Shannon Sue Scullin, John E. Gobinski
  • Patent number: 8379622
    Abstract: The PDCAB packet (300) and the RRA packet (308) are transmitted together on the F-SCCH. For example, 9 RRA bits (305) are appended to the PDCAB field (303), in place of the pad bits (205), thereby allowing both the PDCAB (303) and RRA (311) messages to be protected against errors by a 16-bit CRC (307). In accordance with the embodiments, a receiver is able to distinguish between the varying PDCAB (303) and RRA (305) message formats and transmitting the packets (300) and (308) together is a normal mode of operation in the embodiments. Therefore, in accordance with the embodiments, when the PDCAB packet (300) and RRA packet (308) are transmitted together, the network replaces the N PDCAB pad bits, such as pad bits (205), with the first N bits from the RRA bitmap (311), in order to use the nominal CRC length for both packets (300) and (308).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
  • Patent number: 8327505
    Abstract: An adjustable door stop system. A hinge mounted door has a least one hinge leaf connected to the door, a least one hinge leaf connected to a doorway, and a hinge pin having an axis about which the hinge leaves rotate. A movement control cylinder includes a first finger extending radially and axially, a cylindrical portion substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge pin, and an axial opening. A movement control cap has a second finger extending radially and axially, a cylindrical portion substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge pin, and an axial opening. The cylindrical portion of the movement control cylinder engages the cylindrical portion of the movement control cap to prohibit rotational movement of the door beyond a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: B. Jack Smith
  • Publication number: 20120237173
    Abstract: A component for a closure is disclosed herein. The component includes a collar extending around a central axis. The component also includes a first expansion housing positioned outside the collar in a radial direction relative to the central axis. The first expansion housing has an interior region in communication with an interior of the collar. The first expansion housing also includes a first adapter mounting wall defining a plurality of first adapter mounting openings in which a plurality of first fiber optic adapters are mounted. The first fiber optic adapters include first connector ports adapted for receiving connectors from outside the first expansion housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Eric E. Alston, Daniel B. Hangebrauck, Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8259662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning persistent resources in a wireless communications system is provided. A method comprises transmitting a first boundary indication to a mobile station, and transmitting a position indication to the mobile station, wherein the position indication corresponds to a network resource assigned based on a network resource request, the position indication is relative to the first boundary indication. The method also comprises transmitting a second boundary indication to the mobile station in response to detecting a change in a position of a boundary, and transmitting a first transmission to the mobile station using a network resource corresponding to the position indication or receiving a second transmission from the mobile station using a network resource corresponding to the position indication, wherein the position indication is relative to the second boundary indication. The first boundary indication is based on a position of the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: FutureWei Technologies
    Inventors: Jack Smith, Sean Michael McBeath
  • Patent number: 8254942
    Abstract: A system and method for resource allocation in wireless communications systems includes a method for operating a base station. The method includes receiving a resource request for radio resources for a mobile station and transmitting an indication of unallocated radio resources to the mobile station. A resource assignment is determined for the resource request, and the resource assignment is transmitted to the mobile station. The resource assignment comprises unallocated radio resources and a number of radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: FutureWei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Michael McBeath, Anthony C. K. Soong, Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8249607
    Abstract: A wireless communication infrastructure entity assigns a plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities to a group wherein each entity is assigned a location within the group. The infrastructure entity indicates which of the plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities assigned to the group have been assigned a radio resource, for example in a first bitmap (510), and indicates radio resource allocation policy information (520) and indicates a weighting for each assigned wireless communication entity, for example, in a second bitmap (530), to the schedulable wireless communication entities that have been assigned a radio resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120186043
    Abstract: An adjustable door stop system. The system includes a hinge pin having an axis about which the hinge leaves rotate, a top end, and an opposed bottom end. In one embodiment, a hinge pin cap has a first portion extending radially from the top end of the hinge pin and a second cylindrical portion extending from the first portion parallel to the access of the hinge pin. A control cap has an opening to receive the hinge pin therethrough, the control cap having a radially extending first portion and a cylindrical second portion substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge pin. A mechanism is provided to prevent movement of the hinge pin cap with respect to the control cap including a plurality of teeth on the control cap second cylindrical portion and a plurality of teeth of the control cap cylindrical portion which mate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: B. Jack SMITH
  • Publication number: 20120176977
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for configuring UE-specific A-SRS subframes. More specifically, UE-specific Aperiodic Sounding Reference Signal (A-SRS) subframes are defined only within a radio subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Shiwei Gao, Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8194696
    Abstract: A communication system distributes, in the time domain, acknowledgment transmissions by a group of access terminals sharing a same time domain resource. A position of one or more access terminals in the group of access terminals is determined and each of the one or more access terminals then sends an acknowledgment transmission, such as an acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement, in a time slot that is N time slots after the shared time domain resource, where N is a function of the position of the access terminal in the group of access terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Danny T. Pinckley, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
  • Patent number: 8156613
    Abstract: An adjustable door stop system. The system includes a hinge pin having an axis about which the hinge leaves rotate, a top end, and an opposed bottom end. In one embodiment, a hinge pin cap has a first portion extending radially from the top end of the hinge pin and a second cylindrical portion extending from the first portion parallel to the access of the hinge pin. A control cap has an opening to receive the hinge pin therethrough, the control cap having a radially extending first portion and a cylindrical second portion substantially parallel to the axis of the hinge pin. A mechanism is provided to prevent movement of the hinge pin cap with respect to the control cap including a plurality of teeth on the control cap second cylindrical portion and a plurality of teeth of the control cap cylindrical portion which mate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: B. Jack Smith
  • Patent number: 8107666
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an embedded sound box including a box body and a front panel, and the box body has a fixing plate and at least one spring plate at an end and at least one slide wedge at another end. When the sound box is installed, an end of the fixing plate having the spring plate of the box body is latched into an opening hole, and a slide wedge is retracted towards the interior of the box body, and another end of the fixing plate corresponding to the box body is installed into the opening hole, and finally the slide wedge is protruded out from the box body, such that the box body can be embedded completely into the opening hole, and the front panel is used for covering the opening hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Meiloon Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lowell Jack Smith, III, Chih-Ming Peng, Hou-Yung Lee, Hui-Fen Lee
  • Patent number: 7944866
    Abstract: A wireless communication infrastructure entity transmits an offset to a packet format table to a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal uses the received offset to determine the transmission characteristics for packets received from the wireless communication infrastructure entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. McBeath, Hao Bi, John D. Reed, Jack A. Smith
  • Patent number: RE44758
    Abstract: Interconnect cabinets for optical fibers include an enclosure and a splitter and termination panel mounted in the enclosure. The splitter has a plurality of optical fiber-connectorized pigtails extending therefrom. Each of the connectorized pigtails is associated with an optical fiber feeder cable to be coupled to a central office. The termination panel has a plurality of optical fiber connection members, ones of which are associated with respective subscriber locations. The connectorized pigtails have a cable length sufficient to allow connection to the plurality of connection members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry W. Allen, Douglas F. Dowling, Jack A. Smith, Jr.