Patents by Inventor John A. Baker

John A. Baker 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).

  • ADAPTIVE DIGITIZED CARDS
    Publication number: 20180260809
    Abstract: A digitized card data structure is stored in association with a digital card environment. The digitized card data structure corresponds to a card issued to a card holder. The digitized card data structure has a component for providing output to the card holder. Under a first condition the component provides a first output and under a second condition, the component provides a second output different from the first output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kerry Tryon, John Baker, Gary Adler, Nigel John Raynor
  • WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180159784
    Abstract: A data signal is transmitted in a wireless communication system from a primary station to a secondary station. The data signal comprising a medium access control header (MAC-hs header) and a protocol data unit associated with the medium access control header. The medium access control header comprising a set at least one field (e.g.TSN, SEG, LI, FMT, LCid), wherein a size allocated to at least one field of the set is determined based on a length of the protocol data unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Matthew Peter John Baker
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TASK TIME ESTIMATION AND SCHEDULING
    Publication number: 20180130027
    Abstract: A method and system for automatic task time estimation and scheduling comprising the steps of: (1) storing a plurality of media items; (2) defining an aggregate task; (3) storing participant data and historical time data; (4) determining a plurality of metadata attributes; and (5) determining a final time estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Owen Mullings, John Baker
  • EFFICIENT CQI SIGNALING IN MULTI-BEAM MIMO SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180123672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the signaling of channel quality information in a multi-beam transmission system, wherein a plurality of beams are simultaneously transmitted and a plurality of sets of channel quality information are transmitted for controlling independently the transmission rate on the different beams. Determined are beams with a different quality resulting in different effects of errors in the transmissions of the channel quality information for the beams. Said different effects are exploited for reducing a signaling overhead of the channel quality information for the beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Peter John BAKER, Timothy James MOULSLEY
  • Method for communicating a network, a secondary station and a system therefor
    Patent number: 9954654
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising at least one primary station communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station sending to the primary station a buffer status report representative of the amount of data in a buffer of the secondary station, (b) in absence of acknowledgement from the primary station, the secondary station retransmitting the buffer status report and, (c) if a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached, the secondary station sending a further buffer status report to the primary station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Bernard Hunt, Matthew Peter John Baker, Timothy James Moulsley
  • METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING STRUCTURED BLOCK PLAY
    Publication number: 20180065058
    Abstract: A system and a method for facilitating structured block play that includes a set of images providing a spatial representation of a predefined 3-D arrangement of blocks for analysis by a user, a set of blocks configured to be positioned by the user into a replication of the predefined 3-D arrangement, and an indicator for signaling the user's completion of the replication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jim LaCrosse, John Baker
  • METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING STRUCTURED BLOCK PLAY IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180068574
    Abstract: A system and a method for facilitating structured block play in a VR environment that includes a set of computer-generated images providing a spatial representation of a predefined arrangement of blocks for analysis by a user in a VR environment, and a set of intangible, computer-generated blocks configured to be positioned by the user into a replication of the predefined arrangement in the VR environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jim LaCrosse, John Baker
  • Wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9887926
    Abstract: A data signal is transmitted in a wireless communication system from a primary station to a secondary station. The data signal comprising a medium access control header (MAC-hs header) and a protocol data unit associated with the medium access control header. The medium access control header comprising a set at least one field (e.g. TSN, SEG, LI, FMT, LCid), wherein a size allocated to at least one field of the set is determined based on a length of the protocol data unit. For example, the size allocated to a segmentation indication field (SEG) determined for a protocol data unit of a first length is less than the size determined for a protocol data unit of a second length, the second length being higher than the first length, the segmentation indication depending on a number of segments that the protocol data unit is subdivided into.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Bucknell, Matthew Peter John Baker
  • Efficient CQI signaling in multi-beam MIMO systems
    Patent number: 9859968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the signaling of channel quality information in a multi-beam transmission system, wherein a plurality of beams are simultaneously transmitted and a plurality of sets of channel quality information are transmitted for controlling independently the transmission rate on the different beams. Determined are beams with a different quality resulting in different effects of errors in the transmissions of the channel quality information for the beams. Said different effects are exploited for reducing a signaling overhead of the channel quality information for the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Peter John Baker, Timothy James Moulsley
  • Laser beam amplification by homogenous pumping of an amplification medium
    Patent number: 9847616
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the amplification of a laser beam by pumping a homogenous composite source beam through an amplification medium. A slab crystalline active medium is side-pumped via a pump module having a laser diode bar and an optical assembly. The optical assembly has a fast axis collimator and a lens in the fast axis and an array of slow axis collimators and the lens in the slow axis. The lenses are spaced so that the individual source beams from the emitters are: imaged upon a first facet of the amplification medium; have a beam waist at or near the first facet; are sized to fill the first facet; substantially overlap on the first facet; and are directed so that peripheral source beams undergo total internal reflection on entering the amplification medium. Embodiments of multiple laser diode bars and optical assemblies are described together with double side pumping arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROFIN-SINAR UK LTD.
    Inventors: Howard John Baker, Jason Robert Lee, Benjamin Stuart Fulford, David James Lewis Birkin
  • Laser Beam Amplification by Homogenous Pumping of an Amplification Medium
    Publication number: 20170346254
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the amplification of a laser beam by pumping a homogenous composite source beam through an amplification medium. A slab crystalline active medium is side-pumped via a pump module having a laser diode bar and an optical assembly. The optical assembly has a fast axis collimator and a lens in the fast axis and an array of slow axis collimators and the lens in the slow axis. The lenses are spaced so that the individual source beams from the emitters are: imaged upon a first facet of the amplification medium; have a beam waist at or near the first facet; are sized to fill the first facet; substantially overlap on the first facet; and are directed so that peripheral source beams undergo total internal reflection on entering the amplification medium. Embodiments of multiple laser diode bars and optical assemblies are described together with double side pumping arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Howard John Baker, Jason Robert Lee, Benjamin Stuart Fulford, David James Lewis Birkin
  • Pipeline magnetic separators, more particularly to pipelines along which material is conveyed
    Patent number: 9827572
    Abstract: A pipeline magnetic separator (10) having a magnet 20 including a length (24) that is to extend transverse of the separator chamber (19) to collect metal from flow passing in the direction (13) through the separator (10). The end surface (26) of the magnet (20) is hemispherical and is transverse of a longitudinal axis (33) of the magnet (20). Upstream of the magnet (20) is a flow diverter (25, 29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: Active Magnetics Research Pty. Ltd., WJB Nominees Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: William John Baker
  • System and method for transferring wireless network access passwords
    Patent number: 9826397
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an access node for transferring and/or assigning network passwords. The access node includes a first interface for sending and receiving communication of a first type to and from a first node operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The access node also includes a second interface for sending and receiving communication of a second type to and from a second node in a mobile network, such as a GSM/GPRS network. The access node further includes a short messaging service (SMS) module for sending and receiving. SMS messages to the second node carrying an OTP allocated. The access node also includes a mechanism to verify a precondition before the OTP is sent to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Zhou, Prasanna J. Satarasinghe, David Ka-Wai Hui, Vladimir Alperovich, James Goss, John Baker
  • RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170230278
    Abstract: A radio communication system comprises a communication channel for the transmission of data packets from a primary station having a plurality of antennas to a secondary station having at least one antenna. The channel comprises a plurality of paths, and the primary station transmits a plurality of to packets substantially simultaneously. Each of the plurality of packets is transmitted via a different subset of the plurality of paths. The secondary station receives the plurality of data packets, determines whether each packet is received correctly and signals this determination as an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement to the primary station for each of the plurality of packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: TIMOTHY J. MOULSLEY, MATTHEW PETER JOHN BAKER, BERNARD HUNT
  • IDENTIFYING PRESENTATION STYLES OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
    Publication number: 20170220867
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing Personalised Audio-Visual Instruction
    Publication number: 20170206794
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus (10) for providing a personalized audio-visual instructional aid for assisting a person (11) to emulate preferred positions and/or movements in undertaking an activity by capturing position and/or movement data of the person (11) or an object associated with and controlled by the person undertaking the activity using position and/or movement sensing devices such as MEMS sensors (13) on the person (11) or object and using a computer (16) to analyze and compare the captured data with pre-stored data relating to preferred positions and/or movement in undertaking the activity and generating a visual presentation (19) based on the differences between the captured position and/or movement of the person or object and the preferred positions and/or movement and adding to the generated visual presentation, audio instructional comments relating to the differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventor: Richard John Baker
  • Controlling access to radiotherapy systems
    Patent number: 9700475
    Abstract: A patient support includes a bed, one or more mechanisms configured for manipulating at least one of position and orientation of the bed, and a display configured for displaying a user interface and receiving inputs to control at least the one or more mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Elekta AB
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Morris, Alexander John Baker, Alexander James Woolley, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Sarah Witheford, Timothy Lewis Sharpe, John David Cross, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • Identifying presentation styles of educational videos
    Patent number: 9652675
    Abstract: The presentation style of a video is identified. A set of features that represents the video is computed. A pre-learned video presentation style classifier is then used to weight each of the features in the set of features and determine a presentation style that is predominately employed in the video based on the weighting of the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Anitha Kannan, Simon John Baker
  • METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170099615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network from a first station to a second station, wherein the first station comprises at least one buffer memory for storing data packets to be transmitted, the method comprising the steps of (a) the first station estimating the status of the at least one buffer memory, (b) the first station transmitting at least one buffer status packet representative of the buffer memory status, wherein the method further comprises (c) adapting the value of a first parameter of the buffer status packets on the basis of a data traffic characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Milos TESANOVIC, Matthew Peter John BAKER
  • Efficient CQI signaling in MIMO systems with variable numbers of beams
    Patent number: RE46450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the signaling of channel quality information in a multi-beam transmission system, wherein a plurality of sets of channel quality information are transmitted for controlling the transmission rate on one of the beams, wherein each set of channel quality information is derived dependent on an assumed parameter of at least one other beam which could be transmitted, comprising selecting a parameter of the transmission of each of the sets of channel quality information dependent on the assumed parameter of the at least one other beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Peter John Baker, Timothy James Moulsley