Patents by Inventor James Melvin

James Melvin 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: 7987271
    Abstract: Mechanisms and techniques provide a data communications device for inserting an audio tag into a content page during a communications session between a first computerized device and a second computerized device. A data communications device receives a request for a content page from a first computerized device and transfers the request to a second computerized device. The data communications device receives the content page from the second computerized device in response to the request, inserts an audio tag within the content page, and adjusts a connection characteristic associated with the content page to maintain the communications session between the first computerized device and the second computerized device. The data communications device then transfers the content page having the inserted audio tag and modified connection characteristic to the first computerized device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. O'Toole, Jr., James A. Aviani, Joshua Miles Chase, James Melvin
  • Publication number: 20110117252
    Abstract: A process for preparing tetrahydroisohumulone compositions from a hop extract, which process provides an improvement over the extant art, and provides a tetrahydroisohumulone preparation of high yield and purity, which tetrahydroisohumulone preparation exhibits excellent physical stability, and is essentially free from undesirable lupulones, fatty acids, hop oils and degradation compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Buffin, Joshua James Tuinstra, Peter Collins Vanalstyne, Elizabeth Barren, Paul H. Todd, JR., James Melvin, Bradley Weller
  • Publication number: 20050003154
    Abstract: Plastic building panels for exterior use on buildings are made by forming a plastic sheet at an elevated temperature, overlaying an exterior surface portion of the formed sheet with a coloring sheet having a preselected color, and thermally bonding the coloring sheet to the formed sheet. The coloring sheet may comprise a vinyl resin plastisol and pigment particles. Both the formed sheet and the vinyl resin in the plastisol may comprise polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The coloring sheet can be configured with a matte surface substantially without the use of flattening agents, and an adhesion system can be used to augment the lamination between the coloring sheet and the plastic sheet. The coloring sheet can also be configured to have a predetermined pattern, such as may be provided with a plurality of coloring materials having multiple colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Gary White, Thomas Levendusky, Steven Baker, James Melvin
  • Patent number: 5291494
    Abstract: The software error handling determines the nature of the fault and takes different action depending upon the nature of the fault. If the fault prevents the data processing system from continued reliable operation, then the element causing the fault is immediately disabled. Otherwise, the element which is the source of the fault is treated so that it does no harm to the system and causes no further faults. The element can then be completely handled during normal software status checks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Bruckert, Thomas D. Bissett, James Melvin
  • Patent number: 5153881
    Abstract: Hardware error processing is undertaken to analyze the source of the error and to preserve sufficient information to allow later software error processing. The hardware error processing also allows, for certain errors, complete recovery without interruption of the sequence of instruction execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Bruckert, Thomas D. Bissett, James Melvin