Patents by Inventor James Marks

James Marks 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: 8355734
    Abstract: The capacity of a cellular wireless system is increased by operation of base stations or base station sectors arranged to re-use radio resource elements that are used by neighboring base stations or base station sectors, in conjunction with operation of relay stations, which are similarly arranged to re-use radio resource elements used by neighboring relay stations, and where the radio resource elements re-used by the relay stations are different to those used by the base stations. The relay stations provide coverage, particularly in the areas at the boundaries between the areas of coverage of base stations that suffer from interference between signals transmitted from the respective base stations. In addition, the relay stations generally increase the average available carrier to interference ratio compared with a system in which base stations alone are deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Mark Naden, Peiying Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130010697
    Abstract: A wireless communication system and method for wireless communication in a multi-hop network. A first preamble is transmitted using a first repetition cycle. Monitoring for a second preamble is done in a second repetition cycle. The first repetition cycle is different than the second repetition cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Hang Zhang, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Mo-han Fong, Nimal Gamini Senarath, David Steer, Derek Yu, James Mark Naden, Israfil Bahceci
  • Publication number: 20130013079
    Abstract: Regarding semi-constrained artificial ball (head) and socket (cup) joints such as the hip or shoulder joint, which allow for certain numbers of degrees of rotation along three independent axes. For example, one embodiment creates at least two axes of rotation through a super-spherical space carved out of the inner surface of the cup, with a cup-cable connecting two points along the super-spherical space, and a perpendicular head-cable looping around the head and the cup-cable within the super-spherical space, and with the head-cable residing in a groove. Another embodiment creates two axes of rotation through a combination of a 1) swivel with lever and/or 2) cable attached to a circular track (with the knob or ring around cable facing inward or outward), both of which have the center of the head as the center of rotation. The third axis may be created by a horizontal swivel and by wiggle room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Floyd Franklin Castro, James Mark Oakley Fisher, Alex Paul Moskovitz
  • Patent number: 8353002
    Abstract: A machine includes card stores to store information cards. For each card store, one or more card selectors can be provided. When performing a transaction involving information cards, a generic card selector, using a selector policy engine, can identify a card selector to use for the transaction. The identified card selector can be used to identify an information card in a card store to use in performing the transaction, which can be used to provide a security token to the relying party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Mark Norman, Daniel S. Sanders
  • Patent number: 8346597
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for client/customer-centric macro (e.g., business-wide) monitoring of business performance and determination of business-wide customer impact trends associated with the client's/customer's composite relationship with the business. Additionally, embodiments provide for determining customer impact trends at other levels of the business relationship, such as at business unit/line of business levels, product/service levels and the like. Based on the determined customer impact trends, further determinations may be made regarding whether alerts are warranted based on the trends, and generating and communicating the alerts if warranted. Determining business-wide customer impact trends provides for the business to identify problems or potential problems that may adversely impact the global relationship between the overall client entity and the business implementing the performance monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Willard H. Waldron, III, Timothy James Mark
  • Publication number: 20120300675
    Abstract: A network is partitioned into a set of independent partitions, and the topology of each partition is determined, then merged to form a topology of the entire network. Preferably, the partitioning is hierarchical, wherein the network is partitioned to form individual VLAN partitions, and each of the VLAN partitions is further partitioned based on the nodes that are simply connected to each port of one or more selected root switches within the VLAN partition. Simple connections to each port are efficiently determined based on an aggregate address forwarding table associated with each node. Ancillary information, such as spanning tree or CDP data, may be used to facilitate efficient partitioning and/or to validate inferences that are made with incomplete information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Raghavendra Uppalli, Rajesh BALASUBRAMANIAM, James Mark SHAW
  • Patent number: 8316196
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for improving synchronization performance after partially completed writes are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for improving synchronization performance after partially completed writes includes receiving, from a requesting entity, data to be written to storage. The data to be written is sent to each of a plurality of data storage entities, including a primary data storage entity and at least one secondary data storage entity for providing a duplicate of the primary data storage entity. For each of the plurality of data storage entities, the portion of the data that was stored to the respective data storage entity is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Mullis, James Mark Holt, Dennis Duprey
  • Patent number: 8305931
    Abstract: A method and/or system is configured to improve the results of an auto-detection of network devices based on the causes of detection failures in preceding runs of the auto-detection process. As each device that is believed to be in the network is found to be undiscovered, the identification of the device and information regarding the cause(s) of non-discovery are stored. Prior to the next auto-detection run, one or more of the discovery parameters are modified, based on the causes associated with the undiscovered devices. The extent to which the discovery parameters are modified is preferably based on the apparent stability of the network, or upon the detection of changes to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: OPNET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnan Sivaramakrishna Iyer, James Mark Shaw, Jerrold A. Stiffler
  • Patent number: 8301564
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses, methods, and computer program products that allow for interaction with a user at an automated teller machine (ATM) based on pre-established user preferences. For example, an ATM is provided having: (1) a user interface configured to receive user identifying information from a user; and (2) a processing device operatively coupled to the user interface and configured to use the user identifying information to determine a pre-established user preference, wherein the processing device is further configured to use the user interface to interact with the user based at least partially on the pre-established user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Felix A. Mon, Timothy James Mark, Jason Michael Ackiss, Maile George, Robert Fleetwood Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20120217737
    Abstract: A gauge is provided that may be used to facilitate proper installation of a flexible bellow in a vehicle between an engine and an exhaust treatment system of the vehicle. A method of using the gauge to facilitate proper installation of the flexible bellow in the vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: James Mark Johnson, Adam John Eisbach, Daniel Philip Ellert-Beck
  • Publication number: 20120207161
    Abstract: Potential paths between a source and destination of a network are identified based on trace-route information, then filtered to eliminate paths or links that are not supported by ancillary information associated with the network so as to identify feasible/actual paths between the source and destination. The ancillary information includes, for example, routing tables and ARP tables. If a feasible path cannot be identified based on the ancillary information, supplemental information regarding nodes further along the potential path is assessed to provide a basis for inferring the nodes that may provide a feasible path. The determined feasible paths are displayed for review, and provided to serve as filters for subsequent path-analysis tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Raghavendra Uppalli, James Mark Shaw, Pradeep Natarajan, Alain Cohen
  • Publication number: 20120195598
    Abstract: A communications system comprising at least one light source, a side-emitting fiber light rope into which light emitted from the light source is coupled, and means for sending at least one data carrying optical signal along the light rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERITY OF ST ANDREWS
    Inventors: Malcolm Harry Dunn, Donald Walker, David James Mark Stothard
  • Publication number: 20120182903
    Abstract: The connectivity information provided by a variety of inference engines is integrated to provide a set of inferred links within a network. A consolidation is performed among inference engines that operate at a base level of connectivity detail to create a model of the network at this base level. The connectivity information provided by inference engines at each subsequent higher level of connectivity abstraction is then overlaid on the base level connectivity. By separately consolidating the connectivity information at each level of abstraction, the rules for dealing with conflicts can be simplified and/or better focused to resolve the conflict. By assuming that the more detailed lower level information is likely to be more accurate, rules can be developed to modify the connectivity models produced by the higher level techniques to conform to the lower level connectivity details while still maintaining the integrity of the higher level connectivity models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: OPNET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghavendra B. Uppalli, James Mark Shaw
  • Publication number: 20120179034
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are provided that determine the angular orientation of detectors and detector electronic assemblies (“DEAs”). In various embodiments, the orientation of detectors/DEAs (in the ring) is determined with respect to other detectors/DEAs in the ring, the orientation of the detectors/DEAs with respect to a patient bed, or the orientation of the detectors/DEAs with respect to Earth's gravitational field. In another embodiment, a nuclear medical imaging system has one or more detector units arranged around or that can be swept around a patient bed. Each of the detector units includes an angular orientation-sensing accelerometer. By determining angular orientation of the detector from signals outputted by the accelerometer, the circumferential position of the detector relative to the patient bed can be determined. That information is used in conjunction with information about detected events to construct an image of an organ or tissue mass of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventor: James Mark Long
  • Patent number: 8219499
    Abstract: The business review application provides a customer with a bank-hosted business review platform that provides an advertising and feedback service for the bank's business customers and provides a rating, review, feedback, and recommendation service for the bank's individual and business customers. Thus, the bank's customers can rate and review the bank's business customers. The bank uses its authentication systems used by its customers to access online banking services to authenticate the identity of the customer creating a business review in the business review platform. In some embodiments, the business review application only permits its customers to make one review of a business within a certain period of time or one review after a transaction with that business shows up in the customer's transaction information maintained by the bank. In this way, the bank can host a review platform that is much more accurate and trust-worthy than traditional business review platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Srinath Nagarajan, Timothy James Mark, Kerry Cantley, David Joa, Kurt D. Newman
  • Publication number: 20120134483
    Abstract: A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee answering a call placed to a destination device is received at an intermediary device. The intermediary device then accesses a billing plan for the authenticated identity of the callee and loads the billing plan for specifying charges for the call, such that telephone service billed to the callee is accessible at multiple destination devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Brown, Joseph Herbert McIntyre, Michael A. Paolini, James Mark Weaver, Scott Lee Winters
  • Publication number: 20120131061
    Abstract: A method of creating a family tree includes receiving a request from a user to return a file that includes the family tree and using a plurality of primary source records to construct the family tree based on the request. The records indicate multiple alternatives for at least one branch of the family tree. The method also includes sending a file that includes the family tree to the user. The file includes the alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Cookson, JR., Ken Boyer, James Mark Hamilton, Kendall J. Jefferson, Daren Thayne, Michael J. Wolfgramm
  • Publication number: 20120114411
    Abstract: A package for dispensing a substance is described, where the package includes a stiff sheet that has a score formed on and traversing the first surface. The package also includes a flexible sheet defining a cavity for receiving the substance between the stiff sheet and the flexible sheet. The package also includes an applicator having a porous material pad, where the applicator is attached to the stiff sheet over the score by two hinges. The stiff sheet is configured to be folded about the score to cause the substance to be expelled from the cavity through a metering hole into the porous material pad and the two hinges allow the porous material pad to remain generally flat as the stiff sheet is folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: The Tapemark Company
    Inventors: James Mark Maloney, Patrick J. Cody
  • Publication number: 20120106393
    Abstract: Implementations are disclosed that provide protocols for connecting an intelligent service module within a storage area network (SAN). The protocols support physical connections between the intelligent service module and a director-level switch of the SAN. In some variations, the intelligent service module may comprise a director service module (DSM), a domain-sharing leaf switch service module (LSSM), or a non-domain-sharing LSSM. The protocols provide for establishing link parameters and negotiating responsibilities between the intelligent service module and the director-level switch. In one configuration, for example, ELP and ELP_ACCEPT frames may be used to establish the link parameters. In another configuration, ESC and ESC_ACCEPT frames may be used to negotiate responsibilities between the intelligent service module and the director-level switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: McDATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Mark Walden, Keith Noe, Jesse Willeke
  • Patent number: D667811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Four Force LLC
    Inventors: James Mark McGillivary, Rebecca Marianne McGillivary, Jason Earl Sannar