Patents by Inventor Joel Walls

Joel Walls 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).

  • Publication number: 20160093094
    Abstract: A method includes receiving images of a rock sample. The method also includes modifying a set of voxels related to one or more of the received images by applying a digital pore growing operation that changes non-pore voxels surrounding a pore space to pore voxels, wherein the digital pore growing operation is based at least in part on a predetermined dead oil estimate. The method also includes estimating a property of the rock sample based at least in part on the modified set of voxels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Walls, Abraham Grader
  • Patent number: 9213519
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are broadly directed to novel systems and methods for evaluating a performance aspect in a multi-computer graphics system. One embodiment comprises selection logic capable of enabling a user to specify at least one render node for selection and generating logic associated with the compositor for generating the composite output signal, the generating logic being capable of eliminating, from at least a portion of the composite output signal, content from the video signals from all render nodes not specified for selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Donley Byron Hoffman, Byron Alan Alcom
  • Patent number: 9201026
    Abstract: A method for estimating properties of porous media, such as fine pore or tight rocks, is provided. The method comprises digital image scanning of sequential sub-samples of porous media at progressively higher resolution to systematically identify sub-sections of interest within the original sample and then estimate properties of the porous media. The resulting properties of the porous media then can be optionally upscaled to further estimate the properties of larger volumes of the porous media such as rock facies or subterranean reservoirs. A system operable for conducting the method also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Walls, Elizabeth Diaz, Michael Suhrer, Boaz Nur, Avrami Grader, Gustavo Carpio, Timothy Cavanaugh, Marcus Ganz
  • Publication number: 20150281398
    Abstract: Automated cloud set up may include collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud, identifying packages available to apply to the compute resources, and determining which subsets of the packages to apply to which compute resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Mark Perreira
  • Patent number: 9083653
    Abstract: Automated cloud set up may include collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud, identifying packages available to apply to the compute resources, and determining which subsets of the packages to apply to which compute resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Mark Perreira
  • Publication number: 20150121244
    Abstract: Building a realized topology with a binding document includes generating a binding document based on user input, assigning values to the binding document, and building a realized topology based on the binding document such that a user interface to the realized topology is tied to the binding document and is independent of a cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Tapan Sharma, Mark Perreira, Bryan P. Murray
  • Publication number: 20150113145
    Abstract: Automated cloud set up may include collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud, identifying packages available to apply to the compute resources, and determining which subsets of the packages to apply to which compute resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Mark Perreira
  • Publication number: 20150025863
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cuttings-based well logging, including a method that includes converting measurements of cuttings samples from one or more depth intervals of a wellbore to a concentration percent of one or more elements, determining a one or more minerals of the cuttings samples from the concentration percent and building a mineralogy model for the cuttings sample based at least in part on a gravimetric conversion of the concentration percent of at least some of the one or more elements to a concentration percent of the one or more minerals. The method further includes normalizing the concentration percent of the one or more minerals, computing a photo-electric absorption factor (PEF) of the cuttings samples for each of the one or more depth intervals, and presenting to a user a log of the computed PEF as a function of wellbore depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel WALLS, Elizabeth DIAZ, Sonia JAM, Bryan GUZMAN
  • Publication number: 20150026586
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to translation of touch input into local input based on a translation profile for an application. Examples include translating touch input into local input based on a translation profile for an application in focus, if the translation profile is accessible. Examples further include providing the touch input to an operating system if no translation profile for the application in focus is accessible and the operating system is able to utilize touch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Edward Nylund, Derek Lukasik, Jeffrey Joel Walls
  • Patent number: 8938045
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a reservoir includes a multi-energy X-ray CT scan of a sample, obtaining bulk density and photoelectric effect index effect for the sample, estimation of at least mineral property using data obtained from at least one of a core gamma scan, a spectral gamma ray scan, an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis, or an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the sample, and determination of at least one sample property by combining the bulk density, photoelectric effect index, and the at least one mineral property (e.g., total clay content). Reservoir properties, such as one or more of formation brittleness, porosity, organic material content, and permeability, can be determined by the method without need of detailed lab physical measurements or destruction of the sample. A system for evaluating a reservoir also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Dvorkin, Naum Derzhi, Elizabeth Diaz, Joel Walls
  • Patent number: 8884973
    Abstract: A system is provided for rendering graphics. The system comprises a plurality or render nodes configured to collectively render a graphics image in response to graphics information supplied from a selected host, at least two hosts operatively coupled to the plurality of render nodes, the at least two hosts comprising the selected host, and logic for selectively configuring the plurality of render nodes to render a graphics image based on content supplied by the selected host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Byron Alan Alcorn, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Donley Byron Hoffman
  • Patent number: 8661513
    Abstract: In one embodiment a computing system comprises one or more processors, a display device coupled to the computing system, and a memory module communicatively connected to the one or more processors. The memory module comprises logic to receive, in a connection server, a service request from a user via a remote connection client, wherein the service request comprises at least one of a user credential, a connection client identifier, and a layout identifier, authenticate, in the connection server, the user credential and the connection client identifier, retrieve, in the connection server, a user profile associated with the user, a connection client layout associated with the layout identifier, connection data for at least one remote system, and a policy associated with the user profile, and transmit the user profile, the connection client layout, a remote system and the connection data for a remote system and a policy associated with the user profile from the connection server to the remote connection client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Roland M. Hochmuth, Byron A. Alcorn, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Thomas J. Flynn, Quoc P. Pham, Valentin Popescu
  • Publication number: 20140010289
    Abstract: An example system can comprise a memory to store machine readable instructions. The system can also comprise a processing unit to execute the machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions can a server can comprise a codec selector to dynamically partition a video stream into a plurality of partitions based on graphical elements of the video stream, such that a given frame of the video stream is divided into the plurality of partitions. The codec selector can also select a plurality of different codecs to compress the plurality of partitions based on the graphical elements of the video stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: DEREK LUKASIK, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Mark Edward Nylund, Reynaldo Cardoso Novaes, Paulo Roisenberg, Joao Luis Prauchner, Adriano Silveira Krauthein
  • Publication number: 20130259190
    Abstract: A method for estimating properties of porous media, such as fine pore or tight rocks, is provided. The method comprises digital image scanning of sequential sub-samples of porous media at progressively higher resolution to systematically identify sub-sections of interest within the original sample and then estimate properties of the porous media. The resulting properties of the porous media then can be optionally upscaled to further estimate the properties of larger volumes of the porous media such as rock facies or subterranean reservoirs. A system operable for conducting the method also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Walls, Elizabeth Diaz, Michael Suhrer, Boaz Nur, Avrami Grader, Gustavo Carpio, Timothy Cavanaugh, Marcus Ganz
  • Publication number: 20130194270
    Abstract: A computing device to receive remote graphics based on a size of a display component from a second computing device, display a user interface to include the remote graphics, detect a user repositioning a region of the user interface, transmit information of the repositioned region to the second computing device and receive remote graphics corresponding to the repositioned region for display on the display component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Derek Lukasik, Karen Ellen Thayer
  • Publication number: 20130182819
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a reservoir includes a multi-energy X-ray CT scan of a sample, obtaining bulk density and photoelectric effect index effect for the sample, estimation of at least mineral property using data obtained from at least one of a core gamma scan, a spectral gamma ray scan, an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis, or an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the sample, and determination of at least one sample property by combining the bulk density, photoelectric effect index, and the at least one mineral property (e.g., total clay content). Reservoir properties, such as one or more of formation brittleness, porosity, organic material content, and permeability, can be determined by the method without need of detailed lab physical measurements or destruction of the sample. A system for evaluating a reservoir also is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Ingrain, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Dvorkin, Naum Derzhi, Elizabeth Diaz, Joel Walls
  • Publication number: 20130176380
    Abstract: A persistent connection may be established between a first and second computing device based on a signal received by the first computing device from the second computing device, where the second computing device is protected by a protective mechanism that blocks unauthorized signals from reaching the second computing device and the signal from the second computing device is allowed by the protective mechanism. A command signal may be sent to the second computing device over the persistent connection, and an exchange of conferencing transmissions may be orchestrated by the first computing device between the second computing device and other computing devices connected to the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Dirk John Hogan, Byron A. Alcom, Richard N. Mckay, Mark D. Coleman, Jeffrey Joel Walls
  • Patent number: 8443093
    Abstract: In one embodiment a computing system comprises one or more processors, a display device coupled to the computing system, a connection client module, at least one remote access client module, a memory module communicatively connected to the one or more processors and comprising logic to; receive a service request from a user via a remote connection client coupled to the connection server, wherein the service request comprises at least one user credential, authenticate the at least one user credential, retrieve at least one user profile associated with the user, connection data for at least one remote system and at least one policy associated with the at least one user profile, transmit the at least one user profile, at least one remote system and the connection data for at least one remote system and at least one policy associated with the at least one user profile from the connection server to the remote connection client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Roland M. Hochmuth, Byron A. Alcorn, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Thomas J. Flynn, Quoc P. Pham
  • Patent number: 8436851
    Abstract: A system is provided for rendering three-dimensional graphics. An embodiment of the system comprises a host capable of executing an application program that calls for the rendering of at least three-dimensional graphics in an application window, and logic associated with the host for apportioning content defining a three-dimensional graphics window to be rendered. The embodiment of the system further comprising a plurality of render nodes configured to collectively render the three-dimensional graphics window in response to the content supplied by the host, and logic associated with a first render node configuring the render node to be capable of rendering only a portion of the three-dimensional graphics window based on apportioned content that the first render node receives from the host and without content comprising a portion of the three-dimensional graphics window apportioned to at least one other of the plurality of render nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Donley Byron Hoffman, Jeffrey Joel Walls, Byron Alan Alcorn
  • Patent number: 8392579
    Abstract: A transmitting apparatus comprises a plurality of communication sessions and a transport manager. The transport manager is configured to establish and manage network sockets for communicating between the transmitting apparatus and a network. The transport manager is configured to receive a plurality of session requests respectively corresponding with a plurality of applications that produce data, each of the session requests identifying a respective set of receiving units and a respective transport protocol. The transport manager is configured to select, in response to each one of the session requests, at least one of the sessions to service a corresponding one of the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joel Walls, Michael T Hamilton