Patents by Inventor James Morris

James Morris 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).

  • Supercharger-Based Twin Charging System for an Engine
    Publication number: 20130090832
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dual compression engine boosting systems utilizing both a turbocharger and a supercharger and control systems relating to relative activation and deactivation of the boosting devices. Various Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) configurations are also disclosed for the dual compression engine boosting systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Evelyn Bevan, Douglas Anthony Hughes, Sean Keidel, Benjamin James Morris, Jeremy Novak, Martin Dale Pryor, Christopher Suhocki, Philip William Wetzel
  • Mounting system for telecommunications panels
    Patent number: 8363996
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a telecommunications system, the system including a panel and a frame. The mounting arrangement providing a tool-less connection between the panel and the frame for ease of assembly and installation. In one embodiment, the mounting arrangement including flexible retaining clips provided on the panel, and guides formed on the frame. The flexible retaining clip and guides defining a snap-fit connection that is secure and easy to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen James Morris
  • PHOTO-BIOREACTOR AND METHOD FOR CULTIVATING BIOMASS BY PHOTOSYNTHESES
    Publication number: 20130005022
    Abstract: A method of cultivating biomass by photosynthesis. The method includes providing a fluid growth medium in which biomass is dispersed and which light can penetrate, exposing the growth medium to a source of incident light characterised in that the incident light is lensed using lensing means so as to form one or more elongate light foci in the growth medium, and transporting growth medium through said foci in a direction transverse or oblique with respect to a longitudinal foci axis so as to provide temporal photo-modulation in the growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Peter James MORRIS
  • Video imagery-based sensor
    Patent number: 8334906
    Abstract: A sensing device includes: a video imager to obtain video of an area; a processing unit to receive and process the video from the video imager to identify one of an event or a datum of interest; and a communication channel to output a non-imagery signal representing the event or datum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Lipton, Bruce Thompson, John I. W. Clark, Peter L. Venetianer, Zhong Zhang, Li Yu, Wei Hong Yin, Steve Titus, Amit Mistry, James Morris
  • DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING WITHIN A SECURE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20120269346
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to facilitating secure voice and data communication by way of a commercially available communication device (i.e., smartphone/smartdevice). Specifically, the device and system for pairing a specialized cryptographic device with a non-specialized communication device, wherein the two devices engage in bidirectional communication to facilitate encryption of voice and data for secure transmission over a network. While providing the sensitive cryptographic features for secure communications, the cryptographic device further implements and enforces security policies for the communication device by way if an intermediary native application executed at the communication device. The encryption device is suitably designed to be carried discreetly and may be used in conjunction with a commercially available communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: APRIVA, LLC
    Inventors: Randolph Best, Rinaldo Spinella, James Morris
  • Novel Protein Kinase B Inhibitors - 060
    Publication number: 20120190679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel group of compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof: wherein Y, Z1, Z2, R1, R4, R5 and n are as described in the specification, which may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through protein kinase B (PKB) such as cancer. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, methods of treatment of diseases mediated by PKB using said compounds and methods for preparing compounds of Formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Paul David Johnson, Andrew Leach, Richard William Arthur Luke, Zbigniew Stanley Matusiak, Jeffrey James Morris
  • Media streaming of web content data
    Patent number: 8200772
    Abstract: Methods for streaming web content data via a computer-readable medium. The web content data comprises one or more media samples. The media samples are encoded in a streaming media format as a web component stream. The web component stream is combined with other component streams comprising additional data other than web content data into a presentation stream. The presentation stream is transmitted via a media server to a client. Rendering commands, which are included in one or more rendering samples encoded in the web component stream along with the media samples, coordinate synchronization between the media samples and the additional data when the client renders the presentation stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventors: Richard William Saunders, Ian Cameron Mercer, James Morris Alkove, Mei L. Wilson, Brian D. Crites
  • APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER DELIVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120096454
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display engine and one or more data files are determined. They are then sent to a website provider's network. The display engine and data are used to provide ASP functionality without contacting the ASP network for every user request. So even if the ASP network is not available, the ASP functionality provided by the display engine and data is always accessible to the website provider. For example, the website provider's network may provide the ASP functionality by displaying data in one or more data files at a user's display device. This is performed without relying on the availability of the ASP network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: POWERREVIEWS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert S. Chea, Gautam Prabhu, James Morris
  • Distribution channels and monetizing
    Patent number: 8117094
    Abstract: A system to facilitate royalty tracking is provided. The system includes at least one tag to identify a portion of a creative work. A distribution component tracks the portion of the creative work and a crediting component reports usage of the creative work when the portion is detected in a larger body of work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Boyd Cannon Multerer, William T. Flora, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, Eric Peter Wilfrid, Nigel Stuart Keam, Steven N. Bathiche, Oliver Roup, James Morris Alkove, Zachary Lewis Russell, Jon Marcus Randall Whitten, Andrew David Wilson
  • Auto-summary generator and filter
    Patent number: 8108398
    Abstract: A system that facilitates data presentation and management includes at least one database to store a corpus of data relating to one or more topics. The system further includes a summarizer component to automatically determine a subset of the data over the corpus of data relating to at least one of the topic(s), wherein the subset forms a summary of at least one topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shai Guday, Bret P. O'Rourke, John Mark Miller, James Morris Alkove, Andrew David Wilson
  • FIRE PROTECTION AND COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110259613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated fire protection and cooling system which operates with water under high pressure for use in combating fires in buildings, particularly in buildings where total flooding which can be caused by conventional sprinkler systems is especially undesirable and damaging, and also to a fire protection system that utilises a fire sprinkler piping system to distribute cooling liquids to provide a central cooling system to a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: COOLFIRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Darren James Morris
  • Multiple Use Fabric Conditioning Block With Indentations
    Publication number: 20110237491
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning blocks comprising indentations and/or protrusions are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Rick Ah-Man Woo, Toan Trinh, Charles Michael Hardy, Kurt Alfred Karussi, Samuel James Morris, III, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, John William Smith, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt
  • Fabric conditioning dispenser and methods of use
    Patent number: 7980001
    Abstract: Fabric conditioner dispensers capable of being maintained with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Toan Trinh, Samuel James Morris, III, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, John William Smith
  • Multiple use fabric conditioning block with indentations
    Patent number: 7977303
    Abstract: Multiple use fabric conditioning blocks comprising indentations and/or protrusions are useful for conditioning fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rick Ah-Man Woo, Toan Trinh, Charles Michael Hardy, Kurt Alfred Karussi, Samuel James Morris, III, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, John William Smith, Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt
  • Method of removing a telecommunications panel from a frame
    Patent number: 7970250
    Abstract: A latch and handle arrangement for a panel that provides a number of functions. The arrangement including a lever arm that functions as both a handle and a latch release in some panel and frame embodiments. The lever arm also functioning as a fastener cover in other panel and frame embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen James Morris
  • Mounting arrangement for a standard telecommunications panel
    Patent number: 7950531
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for mounting a telecommunications panel to a frame. The mounting arrangement including a fastener piece having a retaining clip and a corresponding threaded hole. The retaining clip expanding outward when a fastener is threaded into the corresponding threaded hole. The expanded retaining clip engaging openings formed in the frame to retain the telecommunications panel in a position relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Stephen James Morris
  • COUPLING DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY BASED AMBIENT PRESSURE ION PREFILTERING AND ION FOCUSING AT LOW FLOW RATES FOR A PORTABLE MASS SPECTROMETER
    Publication number: 20110101214
    Abstract: A sample analysis apparatus and system including an ion inlet, an ion detector and an ion focusing assembly for converging a plurality of ion streams from the ion inlet into at least one focused ion stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Raanan A. Miller, Erkinjon G. Nazarov, C. James Morris, Stephen Coy, Evgeny Krylov, D. Westervelt Davis
  • Consumer product review system using a comparison chart
    Patent number: 7937391
    Abstract: A system for presenting keywords obtained from users in a review process. The keywords are displayed along with a use value that reflects the number of times users have voted or selected the keyword as being relevant or effective in a review of a product. The keywords can be used to assist consumers in deciding whether to purchase a product or a service, in determining a brand's reputation, or for other purposes. Keywords can be ranked according to usage criteria such as the frequency of use of the keyword in reviews, the reputation of a user/reviewer who created or used the keyword, etc. Rankings can be dynamically updated when keyword usage changes. Such as when a keyword declines in popularity, when words change in meaning or become obsolete or irrelevant with respect to their original intent, etc. Keywords can be used as filters for product searches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: PowerReviews, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Chea, James Morris, Gautam Prabhu
  • Application service provider delivery system
    Patent number: 7930363
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display engine and one or more data files are determined. They are then sent to a website provider's network. The display engine and data are used to provide ASP functionality without contacting the ASP network for every user request. So even if the ASP network is not available, the ASP functionality provided by the display engine and data is always accessible to the website provider. For example, the website provider's network may provide the ASP functionality by displaying data in one or more data files at a user's display device. This is performed without relying on the availability of the ASP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: PowerReviews, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Chea, Gautam Prabhu, James Morris
  • Package
    Patent number: D640551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Marilyn Gale Perkins-Stanaford, Samuel James Morris, III, Barry Michael Beagle