Patents by Inventor John A. Robinson

John A. Robinson 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: 20160057474
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing content are provided. A non-tunable device (e.g., a device without the capability to tune to a particular channel) can access a particular channel via a tunable device (e.g., a device with the capability to tune to the particular channel). A computing device can facilitate content tuning. In an aspect, the non-tunable device can transmit a request for content to the computing device. The request for content can comprise a title of the content, a type of content, channel information, and the like. Upon receiving the request for content, the computing device can determine the characteristics of the non-tunable device such as device type, device capabilities, location, and identify all the tunable devices capable of communicating with the non-tunable device. Entitlement information can be provided to the one or more tunable devices. The entitlement information can facilitate access to the requested content by the non-tunable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Slade Mitchell, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160057473
    Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing or receiving content are provided. In one aspect, a non-tunable device (e.g., a device without the capability to tune to a particular channel) can access a particular channel via a tunable device (e.g., a device with the capability to tune to the particular channel). For example, the non-tunable device can receive a notification or a service denial notification in a tuning attempt. Based on the notification, the non-tunable device can transmit user information (e.g., relates to purchasing entitlement to content) to a computing device and receive tuning information (e.g., available tuners capable of accessing the request content) from the computing device. Upon receiving the tuning information, the non-tunable device can transmit a tuning request to the tunable device and receive a data asset (e.g., requested content, tuning denial) based on the tuning request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Slade Mitchell, John Robinson
  • Patent number: 9257320
    Abstract: A wafer carrier purge apparatus, an automated mechanical handling system, and a method of handling a wafer carrier during integrated circuit fabrication are provided. The wafer carrier purge apparatus includes a purge plate adapted for insertion into a carrier storage position. The purge plate includes a gas port and a gas nozzle in fluid communication with the gas port. The gas port receives a gas flow. The gas nozzle is adapted to contact an inlet port of a wafer carrier. The purge plate further includes a vacuum port and a vacuum nozzle in fluid communication with the vacuum port, spaced from the gas nozzle. The vacuum nozzle is adapted to capture gas that escapes from the wafer carrier through an outlet port of the wafer carrier. The purge plate is separate and removable from the carrier storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC.
    Inventors: William J. Fosnight, Stephanie Waite, Stephen B. Miner, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160021058
    Abstract: Some aspects as described herein are directed to mirroring, in upstream and/or downstream data traffic for a particular connection, markings of data packets (e.g., DSCP and/or other markings) that have been received in downstream data traffic for that same connection. A trusted device in the network may control the markings, rather than a less-trusted endpoint device and/or a less trusted software application operating in any device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Chen, Sree Kotay, John Robinson
  • Patent number: 9225340
    Abstract: Disclosed and claimed is a method of improving the effective frequency stability of a frequency reference, wherein an algorithm utilizing temperature frequency hysteresis characterization values or hysteresis model parameters, and temperature history data, is used to account for effects of temperature frequency hysteresis. Devices and manufacturing systems are also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: RAKON LIMITED
    Inventors: Timothy Roberton Rae, Oleg Nokhimovich Sheynin, Brent John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150371479
    Abstract: An apparatus (30) for separating a single coin from a plurality of coins comprising a rotatable coin disk (31) including at least one coin-retaining aperture, said rotatable coin disk configured to transport coins along a dispensing path interconnecting a coin source and a coin outlet aperture, said coin outlet aperture closed by a double outlet gate (32); characterised in that said double outlet gate (32) comprises adjacent first and second gate members (33, 34), wherein the first gate member (33) is a biased moveable coin stripping element and the second gate member (34) is a fixed barrier including an aperture section (37) configured to allow the unhindered passage therethrough of a separated coin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150361576
    Abstract: Provided is an acid mist control apparatus for the control of acid mist emissions in an electrolytic cell. The apparatus includes an elongate hood having longitudinal edges, an upper surface and a lower surface; and a receiving aperture which is adapted to receive therethrough an anode of an electrolytic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Hatch Associates Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert John Fraser, Timothy George Johnston, Douglas John Robinson, Mathew George White
  • Publication number: 20150280686
    Abstract: A single frequency control device incorporating a high frequency resonator, a low frequency resonator and a temperature sensing element, the latter thermally coupled closely to the said resonators to facilitate temperature sensing with higher resolution and accuracy. Additional benefits offered by the structure include smaller size and lower cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventor: Brent John Robinson
  • Patent number: 9135765
    Abstract: A coin validator apparatus includes an inclined coin chute interconnecting the coin outlet gate with a coin rejection outlet via a validation sensor module and a coin diverter mechanism, the coin chute defining a coin transport path and including a radially outer curved guide wall, such that in operation a coin exiting the coin outlet gate and traversing the coin transport path is subjected to a centripetal acceleration that constrains the coin to follow and abut the contour of the radially outer curved guide wall between the coin outlet gate and a coin diverter sensor disposed downstream in the coin transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Innovative Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Sackfield, Matthew Strong, John Robinson
  • Patent number: 9116442
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for process control in a lithographic process are described. Metrology may be performed on a substrate either before or after performing a patterning process on the substrate. One or more correctables to the lithographic patterning process may be generated based on the metrology. The patterning process performed on the substrate (or a subsequent substrate) may be adjusted with the correctables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Adel, John Fielden, Amir Widmann, John Robinson, Dongsub Choi
  • Patent number: 9102639
    Abstract: This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Hans, Eli M. Wallace, Qian Zhao, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Thomas D. Aicher, Ellen R. Laird, John Robinson, Shelley Allen
  • Publication number: 20150210658
    Abstract: This invention relates to inhibitors of mitotic kinesins, particularly KSP, and methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing the inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Hans, Eli M. Wallace, Qian Zhao, Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Thomas D. Aicher, Ellen R. Laird, John Robinson, Shelley Allen
  • Publication number: 20150107758
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible composite panel having a plurality of reservoirs connected by at least one capillary includes forming a capillary assembly by winding a flexible, deformable capillary base web partially around a rotating cylinder that has a plurality of recessed features formed therein; drawing the capillary base web into the recessed features to form the capillaries in the capillary base web; filling the capillaries; and laminating a capillary barrier web over the capillary base web. A flexible reservoir assembly is formed by cutting the perimeter of the at least two reservoirs and associated catchments into a flexible reservoir web; removing the waste cut interiors of the reservoirs and the catchments from the reservoir web; securing the reservoir web to a base layer; overfilling each reservoir; and laminating the capillary assembly over the reservoir assembly, driving excess filler from the reservoirs into the catchments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin Stone Manes, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20150083792
    Abstract: A securable banknote carrier comprising an enclosure of flexible material attached to an articulated bi-fold frame delimiting a banknote aperture, wherein the frame comprises a pair of hingedly coupled opposing jaw members, and wherein the frame is configured such that when moving from a banknote aperture open position to a banknote aperture closed position the opposing jaw members rotate inwardly towards one another from a position in which the jaw members are substantially coplanar to a position in which the jaw members are substantially adjacent and parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Bullock, John Robinson
  • Patent number: 8989349
    Abstract: Treatment targets such as tumors or lesions, located within an anatomical region that undergoes motion (which may be periodic with cycle P), are dynamically tracked. A 4D mathematical model is established for the non-rigid motion and deformation of the anatomical region, from a set of CT or other 3D images. The 4D mathematical model relates the 3D locations of part(s) of the anatomical region with the targets being tracked, as a function of the position in time within P. Using fiducial-less non-rigid image registration between pre-operative DRRs and intra-operative x-ray images, the absolute position of the target and/or other part(s) of the anatomical region is determined. The cycle P is determined using motion sensors such as surface markers. The radiation beams are delivered using: 1) the results of non-rigid image registration; 2) the 4D model; and 3) the position in time within P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Accuray, Inc.
    Inventors: Euan Thomson, John Robinson Dooley, Gopinath Kuduvalli, James Wang, Eric Earnst, Chris Raanes
  • Patent number: 8983191
    Abstract: One embodiment described herein may take the form of a system or method for dynamically recognizing an Internet address within a video or audio component of a multimedia presentation on a distribution system or network such as, but not limited to, a satellite, cable or Internet network. In general, the embodiment may analyze the audio portion of the presentation or one or more frames of a video component to detect the presence of a web address within the one or more frames. In the embodiment where the audio portion is analyzed, the system may perform a voice recognition or a similar analysis on the audio portion to detect the utterance of a web address. Similarly, one embodiment analyzing the one or more frames of the video component may comprise performing an optical character recognition (OCR) of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: EchoStar UK Holdings Limited
    Inventors: David John Robinson, Craig Avison-Fell
  • Patent number: 8948495
    Abstract: Methods for inspecting a wafer and/or predicting one or more characteristics of a device being formed on a wafer are provided. One method includes acquiring images for multiple die printed on a wafer, each of which is printed by performing a double patterning lithography process on the wafer and which include two or more die printed at nominal values of overlay for the double patterning lithography process and one or more die printed at modulated values of the overlay; comparing the images acquired for the multiple die printed at the nominal values to the images acquired for the multiple die printed at the modulated values; and detecting defects in the multiple die printed at the modulated values based on results of the comparing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp.
    Inventors: Gino Marcuccilli, Amir Widmann, Ellis Chang, John Robinson, Allen Park
  • Patent number: 8936693
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible composite panel having a plurality of reservoirs connected by at least one capillary includes forming a capillary assembly by winding a flexible, deformable capillary base web partially around a rotating cylinder that has a plurality of recessed features formed therein; drawing the capillary base web into the recessed features to form the capillaries in the capillary base web; filling the capillaries; and laminating a capillary barrier web over the capillary base web. A flexible reservoir assembly is formed by cutting the perimeter of the at least two reservoirs and associated catchments into a flexible reservoir web; removing the waste cut interiors of the reservoirs and the catchments from the reservoir web; securing the reservoir web to a base layer; overfilling each reservoir; and laminating the capillary assembly over the reservoir assembly, driving excess filler from the reservoirs into the catchments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Mark Andy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Stone Manes, John Robinson
  • Publication number: 20140360531
    Abstract: A wafer carrier purge apparatus, an automated mechanical handling system, and a method of handling a wafer carrier during integrated circuit fabrication are provided. The wafer carrier purge apparatus includes a purge plate adapted for insertion into a carrier storage position. The purge plate includes a gas port and a gas nozzle in fluid communication with the gas port. The gas port receives a gas flow. The gas nozzle is adapted to contact an inlet port of a wafer carrier. The purge plate further includes a vacuum port and a vacuum nozzle in fluid communication with the vacuum port, spaced from the gas nozzle. The vacuum nozzle is adapted to capture gas that escapes from the wafer carrier through an outlet port of the wafer carrier. The purge plate is separate and removable from the carrier storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: William J. Fosnight, Stephanie Waite, Stephen B. Miner, John Robinson
  • Patent number: RE45472
    Abstract: A data stream may be processed using a computer system by receiving the data stream using a browser application, detecting a content type of data in the data stream, temporarily overriding a default rendering process otherwise associated with the content type detected for the data in the data stream by associating a particular rendering process with the data stream based on the type of data in the data stream, and routing the data stream to the particular rendering process. The default rendering process may be identified in a registry of the computer system. It may be temporarily overridden by discriminating among internal and external instances of the browser application used to receive the data stream, and temporarily overriding the default rendering process only if the browser application is an internal instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: John Robinson