Patents by Inventor James Crawford

James Crawford 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).

  • RULE TRIGGERING FOR SEARCH RULE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140280033
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of executing search queries by a search rule engine is disclosed. Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise a search engine that may evaluate an arbitrary number of rule triggering conditions with constant run-time complexity, which may result in increased efficiency and faster searching relative to traditional search rule engine methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zheng, Srikanth Subramaniam, Richard James Crawford
  • Serine/threonine kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8815877
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein A, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, Ra, Rb, X1, X2, X3 and n are as defined herein are inhibitors of PAK1. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating cancer and hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ignacio Aliagas-Martin, James Crawford, Wendy Lee, Simon Mathieu, Joachim Rudolph
  • Connection Pool for Accessing a Backend Processing System
    Publication number: 20140229525
    Abstract: Example systems and methods of providing a connection with a backend processing system are presented. In one example, a request for a connection between the backend processing system and a user of an application is received. One of a plurality of connections with the backend processing system is selected. Each of the plurality of connections is bound with a corresponding generic user session in the backend processing system. In response to the request, the selected connection is unbound from a generic user session and bound with a user session corresponding to the user of the application. Access to the selected connection is provided to the user of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • Transferring files
    Patent number: 8775557
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring one or more files by connecting to a communications system host; sending, to a client connected to the communications system host, a request to transfer one or more files; when a client permits access to the one or more files, establishing a direct socket connection from the client and bypassing the communications system host; and initiating the transfer of the one or more files from the client over the direct socket connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • DIRECT FILE TRANSFER BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140143432
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • DIRECT FILE TRANSFER BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140143379
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • Direct file transfer between subscribers of a communications systems
    Patent number: 8713114
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL ION EXCHANGE TREATMENT OF FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20140027288
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus comprises an electrochemical cell having fluid orifices to receive input fluid and release output fluid, the input fluid having a first level of a microorganism. First and second electrodes are about a water-splitting membrane in the electrochemical cell. A valve controls the flow of fluid through fluid orifices of the electrochemical cell. A power supply supplies a current to the first and second electrodes. A control module comprises program code to operate the valve to flow the input fluid into a fluid orifice of the electrochemical cell and provide a residence time of the fluid in the cell of at least 0.05 minutes, while controlling the power supply to supply to the first and second electrodes, a current having a current density of from about 0.01 to about 20 mA/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Pionetics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric David Nyberg, Christine Ellen Vogdes, James Crawford Holmes, Ashok Kumar Janah
  • Serine/threonine kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8637537
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein A, Z, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, Ra, Rb and n are as defined herein are inhibitors of PAK1. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating cancer and hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ignacio Aliagas-Martin, James Crawford, Wendy Lee, Simon Mathieu, Joachim Rudolph
  • Providing an indication that a user of a communications system is composing a message
    Patent number: 8583751
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • Electrochemical ion exchange treatment of fluids
    Patent number: 8562803
    Abstract: A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a fluid comprises an electrochemical cell having fluid orifices to receive and release fluid, and a fluid passageway connecting the orifices with a water-splitting ion exchange membrane is exposed to the fluid in the passageway. First and second electrodes are positioned about the membrane. The apparatus also comprises a controller to control and operate a power supply and valve system. The power supply supplies a current to the first and second electrodes at sufficiently high current density to result in bacteriostasis, deactivation, or a reduction in the microorganisms in the fluid. The controller can also operate a set of cells to deionize fluid and regenerate the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Pionetics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric David Nyberg, Christine Ellen Vogdes, James Crawford Holmes, Ashok Kumar Janah
  • Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata
    Patent number: 8539175
    Abstract: A virtual logical unit that stores learning metadata is allocated in a first storage server having a first plurality of clusters, wherein the learning metadata indicates a type of storage device in which selected data of the first plurality of clusters of the first storage server are stored. A copy services command is received to copy the selected data from the first storage server to a second storage server having a second plurality of clusters. The virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata is copied, from the first storage server to the second storage server, via the copy services command. Selected logical units corresponding to the selected data are copied from the first storage server to the second storage server, and the learning metadata is used to place the selected data in the type of storage device indicated by the learning metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua James Crawford, Benjamin Jay Donie, Andreas Bernadrus Mattias Koster
  • SERINE/THREONINE KINASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20130225620
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula I wherein A, Z, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R9, R10, Ra, Rb and n are as defined herein are inhibitors of PAK1. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for treating cancer and hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Ignacio Aliagas-Martin, James Crawford, Wendy Lee, Simon Mathieu, Joachim Rudolph
  • Transferring learning metadata between storage servers having clusters via copy services operations on a shared virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata
    Patent number: 8495313
    Abstract: A virtual logical unit that stores learning metadata is allocated in a first storage server having a first plurality of clusters, wherein the learning metadata indicates a type of storage device in which selected data of the first plurality of clusters of the first storage server are stored. A copy services command is received to copy the selected data from the first storage server to a second storage server having a second plurality of clusters. The virtual logical unit that stores the learning metadata is copied, from the first storage server to the second storage server, via the copy services command. Selected logical units corresponding to the selected data are copied from the first storage server to the second storage server, and the learning metadata is used to place the selected data in the type of storage device indicated by the learning metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua James Crawford, Benjamin Jay Donie, Andreas Bernardus Mattius Koster
  • Helical textile with uniform thickness
    Patent number: 8486517
    Abstract: A helical textile having a substantially uniform thickness from ID to OD having circumferential warp fibers; non-interlaced radially aligned weft fibers having fiber lengths that may vary with the textile diameter to maintain constant textile thickness, the warp fibers and weft fibers not interlaced together; and non-reinforcing binding yarns securing the warp fibers to the weft fibers, thereby forming a helical textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Crawford Textile Fabrications, LLC
    Inventor: James A. Crawford, Jr.
  • DIRECT FILE TRANSFER BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130173724
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring a file from a first client associated with a first subscriber to a communications system to a second client associated with a second subscriber to the communications system by connecting from the first client to a communications system host; sending, through the communications system host, a request to the second client to establish a direct connection to the second client; when the second client accepts the request, establishing a direct connection to the second client that bypasses the communications system host; and transferring a file over the direct connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • Voice instant messaging
    Patent number: 8429231
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data include enabling instant messaging communication between a sender an at least one recipient through an instant messaging host. In addition, voice communication is enabled between the sender and the recipient through the instant messaging host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuwu Wu, James Crawford
  • VOICE INSTANT MESSAGING
    Publication number: 20130080550
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data include enabling instant messaging communication between a sender an at least one recipient through an instant messaging host. In addition, voice communication is enabled between the sender and the recipient through the instant messaging host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Shuwu Wu, James Crawford
  • TRANSFERRING FILES
    Publication number: 20130073677
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring one or more files by connecting to a communications system host; sending, to a client connected to the communications system host, a request to transfer one or more files; when a client permits access to the one or more files, establishing a direct socket connection from the client and bypassing the communications system host; and initiating the transfer of the one or more files from the client over the direct socket connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventor: James Crawford
  • VOICE INSTANT MESSAGING
    Publication number: 20130073650
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data include enabling instant messaging communication between a sender an at least one recipient through an instant messaging host. In addition, voice communication is enabled between the sender and the recipient through the instant messaging host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Shuwu Wu, James Crawford