Patents by Inventor James Lester

James Lester 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).

  • Patent number: 8402174
    Abstract: The context engine of a context aware platform may comprise a provider manager coupled to context providers and the provider manager may communicate with the context providers using application programming interfaces (API). To optimize the use of system resources, the provider manager may load/unload the context providers based on value of a load field of a hint signal or on prediction values. The context providers is to activate a first set of sensors of the plurality of sensors if the preferred activity level for the first set of sensors is set to activate state in the hint signal. The context providers is to deactivate a second set of sensors of the plurality of sensors if the preferred activity level for the first set of sensors is set to deactivate state in the hint signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James Lester Memmott, Atul N. Hatalkar
  • Patent number: 8387078
    Abstract: In some embodiments a remote request is received relating to a context of a computer after the computer has been powered off. A sensor of the computer is turned on to obtain context information of the computer from the sensor. The obtained context information is provided from the computer to a remote device while the computer is still powered off. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: James Lester Memmott
  • Patent number: 8082076
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic system also has a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller is configured display on the user interface a model containing the machine component in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Sells, James Lester Greene
  • Publication number: 20110286998
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating HPG axis-positive cancers, preventing or slowing proliferation of cells of HPG axis-positive cancer origin, preventing HPG axis-positive cancers in a patient at risk of contracting such cancers, preventing or inhibiting an upregulation of the cell cycle in HPG axis-positive cancer-derived cells in a patient, and decreasing the level of HPG axis-positive cancer-specific markers in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Voyager Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Gregory, Maria E. Kononov, Eric S. Werdin, James Lester Barbee, IV, Carol Giamario
  • Publication number: 20110137755
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic system also has a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller is configured display on the user interface a model containing the machine component in response to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Sells, James Lester Greene
  • Patent number: 7912602
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic system also has a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller is configured display on the user interface a model containing the machine component in response to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Sells, James Lester Greene
  • Publication number: 20100161953
    Abstract: The context engine of a context aware platform may comprise a provider manager coupled to context providers and the provider manager may communicate with the context providers using application programming interfaces (API). To optimize the use of system resources, the provider manager may load/unload the context providers based on value of a load field of a hint signal or on prediction values. The context providers is to activate a first set of sensors of the plurality of sensors if the preferred activity level for the first set of sensors is set to activate state in the hint signal. The context providers is to deactivate a second set of sensors of the plurality of sensors if the preferred activity level for the first set of sensors is set to deactivate state in the hint signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: James Lester Memmott, Atul N. Hatalkar
  • Publication number: 20090197796
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating HPG axis-positive cancers, preventing or slowing proliferation of cells of HPG axis-positive cancer origin, preventing HPG axis-positive cancers in a patient at risk of contracting such cancers, preventing or inhibiting an upregulation of the cell cycle in HPG axis-positive cancer-derived cells in a patient, and decreasing the level of HPG axis-positive cancer-specific markers in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Voyager Pharmaceutical Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher W. Gregory, Maria E. Kononov, Eric S. Werdin, James Lester Barbee, IV, Carol Giamario
  • Publication number: 20090089818
    Abstract: In some embodiments a remote request is received relating to a context of a computer after the computer has been powered off. A sensor of the computer is turned on to obtain context information of the computer from the sensor. The obtained context information is provided from the computer to a remote device while the computer is still powered off. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: James Lester Memmott
  • Publication number: 20090005928
    Abstract: A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic system also has a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller is configured display on the user interface a model containing the machine component in response to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Scott Matthew Sells, James Lester Greene
  • Patent number: 7469833
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for creating and using documents with machine-readable codes. A computer program receives user data provided for one or more fields in an electronic document, generates input data containing the user data and metadata that provides a self-contained description of the user data, encodes the input data into a machine-readable code, and generates a final representation of the electronic document with a display of the machine-readable code. Upon reading the machine-readable code, the metadata can be used to identify a set of fields in a target system to which to assign the user data. In some embodiments, the metadata and the user data can be transformed and sent to a target system. The use of metadata in this manner enables machine-readable codes to maintain a physical representation of data that facilitates transfer of the data back into an electronic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Yohko A. Kelley, Kenneth E. Feuerman, James Lester
  • Publication number: 20080311260
    Abstract: An article can be prepared for freeze-drying by creating one or more incisions in the article. In embodiments of the disclosed technologies, the one or more incisions can be made using a laser, a device which dispenses a quantity of liquid nitrogen, and/or an ultrasonic cutting device. The incisions can improve the quality of the article when, for example, it is freeze-dried or freeze-dried and rehydrated. At least some embodiments of the disclosed technologies can be used to prepare groups of one or more articles having non-uniform sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Norman Eugene Jager, James Lester Hook
  • Publication number: 20080066185
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to access a digital content item, the digital content item including multiple portions. Responsive to the request, multiple policies relating respectively to the multiple portions of the digital content item are identified. Access to the multiple portions of the digital content item is selectively enabled, based on the multiple policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: James Lester, Steven Clifford Gottwals, James D. Pravetz
  • Patent number: 7331383
    Abstract: A shore power HVAC system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a vehicular HVAC system with an engine compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve and an evaporator coupled to each other in series by a plurality of conduits. The shore power HVAC system includes an electric compressor structured to compress a coolant fluid and a diverter valve structured to allow fluid to pass through a selected fluid path. The electric compressor is coupled to, and in fluid communication with the evaporator and the diverter valve. The diverter valve is further coupled to the engine compressor. Thus, a first coolant fluid loop and a second coolant fluid loop are created. The first coolant fluid loop passes through, in series, the engine compressor, the diverter valve, the condenser, the expansion valve, and the evaporator. The second coolant fluid loop passes through, in series, the electric compressor, the diverter valve, the condenser, the expansion valve and the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: David Turner, James Lester Oliver
  • Publication number: 20070300222
    Abstract: A system and method of operation for a distributed media network and meta data server provides a low cost, efficient, reliable and versatile alternative to traditional media network systems. Multiple media data file servers are designated as primary or alternate data file servers for different media data media files. Related or linked media data files may be distributed throughout a media network which results in lower peak bandwidth usage at each media data file server. Each server in the distributed media network responds more quickly and efficiently due to its limited functionality and scope of media data files that it must server. Media data file servers transfer low bandwidth meta data to client devices allowing a significant increase in the number of clients which can simultaneously log in to a dedicated network server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: LISTEN.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Sincaglia, Sylvain Rebaud, James Lester, Eric Hansen, David Lampton, Timothy Bratton
  • Publication number: 20070288385
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, computer programs and data structures are provided, according to at least one embodiment, wherein an author of digital content identifies at least some trusted code that the author trusts to be used to read digital content, and stores information in the unit of digital content that is capable of identifying the trusted code. In at least some embodiments, the unit of digital content is an electronic document. In other embodiments, a publisher of the trusted code, or an author of the digital content, signs the trusted code with a private key, and a certificate associated with the private key is embedded in the unit of digital content. The certificate may provide public key information associated with the private key. The public key may be used to verify that code is trusted before it is allowed access to the unit of digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: James Lester
  • Patent number: 7305345
    Abstract: A customer communication is responded to by receiving an utterance from the customer at an agent that executes on a data processing system. The agent uses a knowledge base that includes information extracted from one or more exemplary conversations to generate a response to the received utterance. The agent then sends the generated response to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Livewire Acquisition, Inc.
    Inventors: William Bares, Bradford Mott, Luke Zettlemoyer, James Lester
  • Patent number: 7287582
    Abstract: A shore power HVAC system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has a vehicular HVAC system with an engine compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve and an evaporator coupled to each other in series by a plurality of conduits. The shore power HVAC system includes an electric compressor structured to compress a coolant fluid and a diverter valve structured to allow fluid to pass through a selected fluid path. The electric compressor is coupled to, and in fluid communication with the evaporator and the diverter valve. The diverter valve is further coupled to the engine compressor. Thus, a first coolant fluid loop and a second coolant fluid loop are created. The first coolant fluid loop passes through, in series, the engine compressor, the diverter valve, the condenser, the expansion valve, and the evaporator. The second coolant fluid loop passes through, in series, the electric compressor, the diverter valve, the condenser, the expansion valve and the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: David Turner, James Lester Oliver
  • Patent number: 7240841
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for creating and using documents with machine-readable codes. A computer program displays a list of fields in an electronic document, receives user input selecting one or more of the fields, automatically generates generation instructions for a machine-readable code to be displayed in a final appearance of the electronic document, and stores the generation instructions in the electronic document. The generation instructions specify that the machine-readable code is to be produced using data to be provided for the selected fields. In some embodiments, the program can also evaluate the user input, as well as user modifications made to the electronic document, to determine whether the machine-readable code is validly configured. By guiding users through the process of setting up machine-readable codes, the program can help users create forms with machine-readable codes that have a high probability of being scanned and decoded successfully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Yohko A. Kelley, Kenneth E. Feuerman, James Lester
  • Patent number: 7160893
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds defined by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, Q, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined in the specification. The invention also provides related pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: James Lester Hicks, William Howard Roark