Patents by Inventor Jack J. LeTourneau

Jack J. LeTourneau 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: 20150193517
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 9077515
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 9043347
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and/or systems of manipulating tree expressions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 9020961
    Abstract: Embodiments of articles, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed herein including, for example, an apparatus that includes a computing platform to transform between a tree and a condensed array of numerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 9015202
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins for Jenkins Family Trust
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 9002862
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventors: Karl Schiffmann, Mark Andrews, Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8990769
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method of processing non-transitory stored binary digital signal quantities using a computing device is disclosed. For example, a computing device transforms between at least first and at least second non-transitory stored binary digital signal quantities respectively representing at least a first and at least a second expression. The represented expressions have a common view for non-common expression types of the represented expressions and have a non-common view for common expression types of the represented expressions. The represented expressions include at least one of the following expression types: a hierarchical edge and/or node labeled tree or a symbol string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins for Jenkins Family Trust
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Publication number: 20140362961
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated Feb, 8, 20002
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Publication number: 20140289278
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated Feb. 8, 2002
    Inventors: Karl Schiffmann, Mark Andrews, Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Publication number: 20140289279
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and/or systems of manipulating tree expressions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated Feb. 8, 2002
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Publication number: 20140289266
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trusted Dated Feb 8, 2002
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8650201
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed. For example, a sequence of binary signal values may, in one embodiment, represent a sequence of trees, such as unitary trees. A variety of techniques exist for transmitting and/or receiving signal data. However, such techniques typically have several disadvantages, including, a limit on the size of the signal datum that may be transmitted and/or received, such as 32 or 64 bits, for example. Another disadvantage includes the difficulty of synchronization between a receiver and transmitter. Thus, new methods and/or systems for receiving and/or transmitting signal data continue to be desirable, such as those disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8626777
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and/or systems of manipulating tree expressions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8615530
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In one particular example, such methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems may be directed to transforming between labeled and unlabeled trees which are elementary equivalents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8612461
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventors: Karl Schiffmann, Jack J. LeTourneau, Mark Andrews
  • Publication number: 20130151566
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular, methods, apparatus devices and or/or systems for enumerating rooted partial subtrees are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins as Trustees for the Jenkins Family Trust Dated Fe. 8, 2002
    Inventors: Karl Schiffmann, Jack J. LeTourneau, Mark Andrews
  • Patent number: 8443339
    Abstract: Embodiments of articles, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, a method of transforming one or more trees to one or more corresponding symbol strings according to an association of trees and symbol strings is disclosed. In another embodiment, as another example, a method of transforming between at least a first and at least a second expression is disclosed in which the expressions have a common view that is other than one. Additional embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8375050
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention ease the processing and exchange of information and data between programmatic schema and memory stores. A common and universal indexing system or coordination language is created based on natural number node-labeled tree data structures and use of the full sub-tree isomorphism query as the only operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Square Zero, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8356040
    Abstract: Embodiments of articles, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular embodiments, the hierarchical information may be expressed as trees. Such hierarchical information expressed as a tree may be transformed to an array. Likewise, hierarchical information expressed in an array may be expanded as a tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventor: Jack J. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 8316059
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular, methods, apparatus devices and or/or systems for enumerating rooted partial subtrees are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Robert T. and Virginia T. Jenkins
    Inventors: Karl Schiffmann, Jack J. LeTourneau, Mark Andrews