Patents by Inventor John Flowers
John Flowers 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).
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Patent number: 7627663Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Patent number: 7426191Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20080215680Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Patent number: 7418476Abstract: A system for allowing conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens is disclosed. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20080195704Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20080195703Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those steams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20080195955Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20080133769Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Patent number: 7369515Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Patent number: 7310675Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne
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Publication number: 20070277418Abstract: The present invention is a container for a picture frame capable of withstanding temperatures of 500-1000° F. for 15 to 20 minutes that employs the use of water as its main protectant. The present invention works on the property of the phase change of water from a liquid to a gas. During the phase change the temperature of the water will remain constant until all of the water has changed to gas. At sea level this temperature is about 212° F. of 100° C. Tests showing that most photographic paper can withstand temperatures of this magnitude. This test involved putting a picture is a water tight plastic baggie and submerging it in boiling water for 20 minutes. The photograph emerged unchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Vincent Magallanes, John Flowers
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Publication number: 20070208732Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries. Particular embodiments of the present invention include walkie-talkie-type telephone interfaces where the user may speak directly to the present invention and receive a spoken response relevant to any provided enquiry.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: FUTURE VISTAS, INC.Inventors: John Flowers, Michael Farmer, Martin Quiroga, Gordon Fischer, John DeSanto
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Publication number: 20070201596Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing clocks using an early clock are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: John Flowers, Raymond Yeung, Janet Yun
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Publication number: 20070192309Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for isolating sentence boundaries between sentences in text. Sentences of the normalized document feeds or source text are separated by determining boundaries between individual sentences, by a Bayesian algorithm, that has been seeded with rule frequencies, developed from a previous training phase, that employed a text of sentences with marked boundaries between the sentences.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicants: kozoru, Inc.Inventors: Gordon Fischer, Lutz Mueller, John Flowers, John DeSanto
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Publication number: 20070185859Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Applicants: Kozoru, Inc.Inventors: John Flowers, Michael Farmer, Martin Quiroga, Gordon Fischer, John DeSanto
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Publication number: 20070143852Abstract: A system and method for providing distributed security of a network. Several device profilers are placed at different locations of a network to assess vulnerabilities from different perspectives. The device profiler identifies the hosts on the network, and characteristics such as operating system and applications running on the hosts. The device profiler traverses a vulnerability tree having nodes representative of characteristics of the hosts, each node having an associated set of potential vulnerabilities. Verification rules can verify the potential vulnerabilities. A centralized correlation server, at a centrally accessible location in the network, stores the determined vulnerabilities of the network and associates the determined vulnerabilities with attack signatures. Traffic monitors access the attack signatures and monitor network traffic for attacks against the determined vulnerabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Timothy Keanini, Martin Quiroga, Brian Buchanan, John Flowers
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Publication number: 20070113285Abstract: A system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes a vulnerability detection system (VDS) and an intrusion detection system (IDS). The intrusion detection system leverages off of information gathered about a network, such as vulnerabilities, so that it only examines and alerts the user to potential intrusions that could actually affect the particular network. In addition, both the VDS and IDS may use rules in performing their respective analyses that are query-based and that are easy to construct. In particular, these rules may be based on a set of templates, which represent various entities or processes on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: John Flowers, Thomas Stracener
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Publication number: 20070083597Abstract: An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are made obsolete by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Janne
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Publication number: 20070078814Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: Kozoru, Inc.Inventors: John Flowers, Michael Farmer, Martin Quiroga, Gordon Fischer, John DeSanto
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Patent number: 7197535Abstract: A system and method for capturing a displayed frame image from a computing device in a conferencing system is disclosed. A user selected area on the computing device is translated into boundary positions, those positions being configurable such that they may remain independent of the boundaries of the actual display or any window within the display. A frame image within the boundary is captured. The captured image may be transmitted to another computing device along with data associated with the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Pixion, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Salesky, Peter Madams, John Flower, Clint Kaul, Benjamin Wells, Edward Arthur Ho-Ming Janne