Patents by Inventor John Gordon

John Gordon 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).

  • Method, Apparatus and System for Sensing a Signal With Automatic Adjustments for Changing Signal Levels
    Publication number: 20130127511
    Abstract: The present specification provides a method, apparatus and system for sensing a signal with automatic adjustments for changing signal levels. A novel fractional peak discriminator circuit is provided which can be incorporated into a system for measuring periodic signals from moving elements. The circuit can be used regardless of whether the periodic signals are detected using optics, magnetic detector or other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: COGNITIVE VISION INC.
    Inventors: Derek H. Geer, Timothy John Smelter, John Gordon Thomas
  • Method and apparatus to indicate prior use of a medical item
    Patent number: 8444599
    Abstract: The present invention monitors an IV bag injection port and informs the user of prior injections. The present invention employs an object and/or a sealed chamber within a transparent IV fluid bag injection port. In the case of the object, notification of prior use is achieved when the object's or IV fluid's appearance is altered. With respect to the sealed chamber, the chamber's seal is breached to allow fluid to pass between the chamber and the IV bag to change the appearance of the contents of the chamber. Since the injection port and bag walls are at least partially transparent, medical personnel are able to observe the altered appearance of either the object, IV fluid or the sealed chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Patented Medical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Durward I. Faries, Jr., Bruce R. Heymann, David Hendrix, John Gordon
  • 6-substituted-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepines as 5-HTreceptor agonists
    Patent number: 8420631
    Abstract: The present invention provides 6-substituted 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepines of Formula (I) as selective 5-HT2C receptor agonists for the treatment of 5-HT2C associated disorders including obesity, obsessive/compulsive disorder, depression, and anxiety: where R6 is —C?C—R10, —CH?CR11R11?, or —(C0-C8)alkyl-Ar2 optionally substituted on the alkyl moiety with 1 to 6 fluoro substituents and other substituents are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: John Gordon Allen, Karin Briner, Anne Marie Camp, Manuel Javier Cases-Thomas, Richard Charles Hoying, Maria Angeles Martinez-Grau, Michael Philip Mazanetz, Natalia Pokrovskaia, Richard Edmund Rathmell, Roger Ryan Rothhaar, Selma Sapmaz, Andrew Caerwyn Williams
  • Enhanced E911 network access for call centers
    Patent number: 8406728
    Abstract: An emergency call (e.g., a 911 call, an alarm company call) forwarded by a telematics call center is routed over the switched PSTN to a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call server, where the switched call is converted to a session initiating protocol (SIP) packetized IP call for presentation to an emergency services gateway, which reconverts the call to TDM and connects to a selective router via dedicated circuits, gaining full access to the Enhanced 911 network. This provides a PSAP receiving a call from a telematics call center or other call center with all features available in an Enhanced 911 network, e.g., callback number of the 911 caller, and location of the 911 caller. Location of the caller is provided using a VoIP positioning center (VPC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dickinson, John Gordon Hines, Jonathan Croy
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFLECTING A PARTICLE BEAM
    Publication number: 20130043403
    Abstract: A variety of systems, apparatus and methods for deflecting a particle beam are described. An apparatus comprises at least six electromagnetic portions disposed on a plane. Each of the at least six electromagnetic portions is aligned with a radius emanating from an axis normal to the plane and is distanced from the axis to form a volume about the axis. At least six coils are configured for affecting a dipole magnetic field in the volume in response to electrical currents applied to physically opposing coils where a particle beam entering the volume is deflected. Each of the at least six coils is disposed about a one of the at least six electromagnetic portions. A yoke structure is configured for returning a generated magnetic flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gordon, Raymond Paul Boisseau, Andrew Dart
  • System, apparatus and method for deflecting a particle beam
    Patent number: 8378312
    Abstract: A variety of systems, apparatus and methods for deflecting a particle beam are described. An apparatus comprises at least six electromagnetic portions disposed on a plane. Each of the at least six electromagnetic portions is aligned with a radius emanating from an axis normal to the plane and is distanced from the axis to form a volume about the axis. At least six coils are configured for affecting a dipole magnetic field in the volume in response to electrical currents applied to physically opposing coils where a particle beam entering the volume is deflected. Each of the at least six coils is disposed about a one of the at least six electromagnetic portions. A yoke structure is configured for returning a generated magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Pyramid Technical Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: John Gordon, Raymond Paul Boisseau, Andrew Dart
  • LAMINATED FOAMS WITH MATING PEAKS AND GROOVES
    Publication number: 20130034700
    Abstract: A laminated foam article contains at least two foam boards having mating peak and groove surface profiles where surface skin remains on at least a portion of the profiles and wherein the foam boards are laminated to one another in a mating orientation with the peaks of one foam surface within the grooves of the adjoining foam surface with an adhesive between the mating surfaces of the foams and wherein the laminated foam article has a thickness that exceeds 200 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: John Gordon- Duffy, Anett Borgwardt
  • Enhanced E911 network access for a call center using session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging
    Patent number: 8369825
    Abstract: A switched emergency call (e.g., a 911 call, an alarm company call) forwarded by a telematics call center is converted into a session initiation protocol (SIP) packetized phone call at the call center, and routed over an IP network, for presentation to an emergency services gateway, which connects to a selective router via dedicated circuits, gaining full access to the Enhanced 911 network. This provides a PSAP receiving a call from a telematics call center or other call center with all features available in an Enhanced 911 network, e.g., callback number of the 911 caller, and location of the 911 caller. Location of the caller is provided using a VoIP positioning center (VPC), queried from the call center. In this way, the switched emergency call is converted into a SIP packetized phone call and routed without further passage through the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Dickinson, John Gordon Hines, Jonathan Croy
  • Protection domains for a computer operating system
    Patent number: 8359575
    Abstract: A protection domain system is implemented to provide protection for applications executing in a computing environment. Protection domains are allocated system resources and may contain executing tasks. The protection domain system may allow tasks to access resources in other protection domains to which attachments have been made. Attachment is transparent to the software developer. The protection domain system provides flexibility in implementing operating system services and defining protection hierarchies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Wind River Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David N. Wilner, John C. Fogelin, Kent D. Long, Thierry C. Preyssler, Maarten A. Koning, John Gordon, Cy H. Myers
  • GENERATING A TAXONOMY FOR DOCUMENTS FROM TAG DATA
    Publication number: 20130013608
    Abstract: Tags on documents are clustered using tag weightings of the tags on the documents. Each cluster includes an identified subject. The identified subjects are compared to identify relationships between the identified subjects. A taxonomy of subjects is built using the identified relationships between the identified subjects programmatically without user intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
  • Systems and methods for identifying a network
    Patent number: 8353007
    Abstract: Exemplary systems and methods for identifying a wireless network are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes at least a digital device receiving network information associated with a network, generating an access identifier based on the network information, generating a credential request including the access identifier, providing the credential request to a credential server, receiving a credential request response from the credential server, the credential request response comprising network credentials to access the network, and providing the network credentials to a network device to access the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Devicescape Software, Inc.
    Inventor: John Gordon
  • Generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data
    Patent number: 8346776
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a taxonomy for documents from tag data are provided. The method includes obtaining tag data in the form of tags on documents with tag weightings for a document and clustering the tags using the tag weightings for documents, wherein each cluster is an identified subject. The documents are associated with each identified subject and the subjects are compared to identifying relationships between subjects to build a taxonomy of subjects. A tag weighting for a document is the number of times the tag is applied to the document with a user rating of the relevance of the tag to the document. The steps are carried out automatically without user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Timothy David Catt, Thomas Alan Clabon, David John Gordon Robert Rankine, James Edwin Jerome Thompson, Cerys Willoughby
  • Extruded polymer foams containing brominated fatty acid-based flame retardant additives
    Patent number: 8324288
    Abstract: Extruded polymer foams are prepared using brominated fatty acids, an ester, amide or ester-amide of a brominated fatty acid, a glyceride of one or more brominated fatty acids, or a polymerized brominated fatty acid as an FR additive. The brominated FR additives unexpectedly are stable at the extrusion temperatures, and provide excellent flame retardancy to the foams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: William J. Kruper, Jr., David R. Arrowsmith, Duane R. Romer, Bruce M. Bell, William G. Stobby, Inken Beulich, Zenon Lysenko, John Gordon-Duffy, Chau V. Vo
  • Enhanced E911 Network Access for Call Centers
    Publication number: 20120287826
    Abstract: An emergency call (e.g., a 911 call, an alarm company call) forwarded by a telematics call center is routed over the switched PSTN to a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call server, where the switched call is converted to a session initiating protocol (SIP) packetized IP call for presentation to an emergency services gateway, which reconverts the call to TDM and connects to a selective router via dedicated circuits, gaining full access to the Enhanced 911 network. This provides a PSAP receiving a call from a telematics call center or other call center with all features available in an Enhanced 911 network, e.g., callback number of the 911 caller, and location of the 911 caller. Location of the caller is provided using a VoIP positioning center (VPC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Dickinson, John Gordon Hines, Jonathan Croy
  • Extended Efficient Usage of Emergency Services Keys
    Publication number: 20120263279
    Abstract: An emergency services key (e.g., ESQK or ESRK) is guaranteed to be available from a limited size ESQK pool. A plurality of ESQKs are grouped into a pool of emergency service keys “ESQK Pool ID”, each including anywhere from 1 to N number of ESQKs. Each ESQK preferably has a “Timestamp”, information relating to the specific emergency E911 call (“Call Data ID”), a guard timer, and an optional hold timer. The ESQK having a Call Data ID=“NULL”, and having the oldest Timestamp, is chosen for selection. If no such ESQK has both Call Data ID=NULL and the oldest Timestamp is found, then the ESQK with merely the oldest Timestamp is selected. The timestamp is reset to a current time plus a guard timer, or hold timer if desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Gerhard Geldenbott, Yinjun Zhu, John Gordon Hines, Victor Burton
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING LOW VISCOSITY OIL FROM AN OIL FIELD
    Publication number: 20120261122
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented. An apparatus for extracting low viscosity oil from an oil field includes a gasification unit to generate syngas adapted to hydrogenate and hydrocrack high viscosity oil to produce low viscosity oil. At least one injection well injects the syngas belowground to a location near an upper portion of an oil deposit. At least one production well for recovering and bringing aboveground at least some low viscosity oil that was high viscosity oil that was at least partially hydrogenated and cracked by the syngas to produce the low viscosity oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: AGOSTO CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Jose J.P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy
  • SYSTEM FOR REDUCING OIL BENEATH THE GROUND
    Publication number: 20120261112
    Abstract: A system and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented. A system includes a gasifier, an injection well and a production well. The gasifier creates high pressure, high temperature syngas. The pressurized syngas flows through an injection well into a deposit of oil under the ground to crack and hydrogenate the oil to produce upgraded oil with a reduced density and viscosity. The production well of the system receives the reduced density and viscosity oil, transports it above the ground where it may be further separated into a portion that may be sold and a portion that can be gasified in the gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: AGOSTO CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Jose J.P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING CARBON DIOXIDE IN SITU
    Publication number: 20120261119
    Abstract: A system and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented. A system includes injecting carbon dioxide and syngas into a deposit of oil under the ground to crack and hydrogenate the heavy oil to produce upgraded oil with a reduced density and reduced viscosity. The carbon dioxide acts as a pressurization agent to further reduce the viscosity of the heavy oil. The method transports the reduced density and reduced viscosity oil aboveground. The carbon dioxide is left underground after the reduced viscosity oil is transported aboveground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: AGOSTO CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Jose J. P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy
  • METHOD OF CREATING CARBONIC ACID WITHIN AN OIL MATRIX
    Publication number: 20120261142
    Abstract: A system and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented. A system includes injecting syngas into a oil deposit to crack and hydrogenate the oil to produce upgraded oil with a reduced density and viscosity. An acid is created to increase the geological matrix within the oil deposit to allow an increase volume of upgraded oil to flow through the geological matrix. For example, condensing the syngas in the oil deposit produces condensed syngas and this can be combined with combining carbon dioxide with the condensed syngas to produce carbonic acid. The upgraded oil with reduced density and viscosity is extracted from the underground deposit to transport the upgraded oil aboveground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: AGOSTO CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Jose J.P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VOLUME OF HYDROGEN INPUT AND THE AMOUNT OF OIL TAKEN OUT OF A NATURALLY OCCURRING OIL FILED
    Publication number: 20120261123
    Abstract: A system and method for cracking, hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented. A method includes injecting a mixture of oxygen, steam and oil into an injection well to upgrade oil in an oil deposit below ground to decrease the viscosity of the oil to product upgraded oil. The upgraded oil is extracted with a production well to bring upgraded oil aboveground. The method monitors at least one characteristic of the upgraded oil to determine when the at least on characteristic exceed a threshold. The mixture of oxygen, steam and oil is adjusted when the at least one characteristic exceeds the threshold value so that the mixture of oxygen, steam and oil does not exceed the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Agosto Corporation Ltd.
    Inventors: Jose J.P. Lourenco, John Gordon Murphy