Patents by Inventor Jacob Thomas

Jacob Thomas 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: 20090010187
    Abstract: A system an adaptive access point node includes (a) a switch disposed within a network, the network comprising at least one virtual local area network; (b) an anchor access point disposed in the at least one virtual local area network, the anchor access point connected to the switch via a data path, the anchor access point configured to receive a broadcast data packet from the switch via the data path; and (c) at least one access point connected to the anchor access point via a local data path to receive the broadcast data packet from the anchor access point via the local data path. The anchor access point and the access points further forward the broadcast data packet to other devices connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Somesh Agarwal, Frances Lee, Ilya Minkin, Andrea Giuseppe Palisca, Jeelan Poola, Vinay Rajagopal, Wanda Sealander, Ramesh Sekhar, Jacob Thomas
  • Publication number: 20080201493
    Abstract: A user may enable features of a software application installed on a processing device only when the processing device is at a location for which the processing device is authorized to use the software application. If the processing device is offline, the processing device may refer to data in a component of the processing device to determine whether the data includes an authorized value. If processing device determines that the data has the authorized value, then the features of the installed software application may be enabled. In some embodiments, data with respect to unauthorized use of the software application may be recorded. In other embodiments, a determination may be made regarding whether a processing device, associated with an entity, violates a license agreement of the entity with respect to an installed software application. If the license agreement of the entity is determined to be violated, then information may be recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Clark Richardson, Yaron Hezroni, Manoranjan Mishra, Prashant Shyamsundar Mishra, Surender Mohan, Jacob Thomas
  • Publication number: 20070199320
    Abstract: System, methods, and strategies for regulating charge air temperature in an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine (50) by controlling the flow rate and temperature of liquid engine coolant flowing through a liquid flow path of a charge air cooler (72) that is in heat exchange relationship with charge air entering the intake manifold over a range that provides for the charge air to be selectively heated and cooled by liquid engine coolant. The invention provides flexible control that is useful in controlling exhaust gas temperature for regeneration and/or efficiency restoration of exhaust after-treatment devices (66) as well as improved engine performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: James Yager, Shengmei Zhang, Qianfan Xin, Gregory Lapp, Jacob Thomas
  • Publication number: 20070168170
    Abstract: Systems and techniques, including computer programs, for monitoring and controlling thermal recovery involve generating input parameters for use in real time monitoring and controlling of a thermal recovery operation for a reservoir. The input parameters to a thermal generator are generated using a reservoir simulator and an economic model, and the input parameters have a corresponding predicted output of the thermal recovery operation. Data indicative of actual output from the reservoir is received, and the reservoir simulator is automatically updated based on a comparison of the data indicative of the actual output with the predicted output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventor: Jacob Thomas
  • Patent number: 7079952
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig William Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler
  • Publication number: 20050038603
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig Godfrey, William Vidrine, Jerry Wauters, Douglas Seiler
  • Patent number: 6853921
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig William Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler
  • Patent number: 6427226
    Abstract: Tools and techniques used in conjunction with integrated circuit path timing information can selectively reduce the channel length of transistors in cells associated with the most critical paths in an integrated circuit, while keeping the overall integrated circuit design within a specified power budget. Moreover, by targeting pins of cells (and thus their associated transistors) that are used by multiple paths, and/or that offer the greatest potential speed improvement, timing violations along critical paths can be reduced or eliminated with a relatively few number of replacements. Paths within a certain timing violation range are selected for analysis. The pins within those paths are ranked by pin criticality, which can depend on, for example, the number of times a particular pin occurs in any path, the timing enhancement associated with replacing a cell having that pin, and the impact of replacing a cell having that pin would have on the power budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Dhiraj Mallick, Jacob Thomas, Rajesh Khanna, Anil L. Pandya, Satish Kumar Raj
  • Publication number: 20020099505
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig William Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler
  • Patent number: 6356844
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig William Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler
  • Publication number: 20020016679
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig William Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler
  • Patent number: 6266619
    Abstract: A method of real time field wide reservoir management comprising the steps of processing collected field wide reservoir data in accordance with one or more predetermined algorithms to obtain a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast, generating a signal to one or more individual well control devices instructing the device to increase or decrease flow through the well control device, transmitting the signal to the individual well control device, opening or closing the well control device in response to the signal to increase or decrease the production for one or more selected wells on a real time basis. The system for field wide reservoir management comprising a CPU for processing collected field wide reservoir data, generating a resultant desired field wide production/injection forecast and calculating a target production rate for one or more wells and one or more down hole production/injection control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Thomas, Craig Godfrey, William Launey Vidrine, Jerry Wayne Wauters, Douglas Donald Seiler