Patents by Inventor John Hicks

John Hicks 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: 20130085689
    Abstract: An infusion system includes a pump, a fluid delivery line, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory. The fluid delivery line is connected to the pump for delivering fluid. The at least one sensor is connected to the fluid delivery line for emitting and receiving signals to detect whether there is air in the fluid delivery line. The processor is in electronic communication with the pump and the at least one sensor. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory comprises programming code for execution by the processor. The programming code is configured to determine a percentage of the air within an observed volume of the fluid delivery line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Kunal Sur, Paul T. Kotnik, Anatoly S. Belkin, John Hicks Dumas, III, Timothy L. Ruchti
  • Publication number: 20130046508
    Abstract: An infusion system includes a pump, a fluid delivery line, a sensor, a processor, and a memory. The fluid delivery line is connected to the pump for delivering fluid. The sensor is connected to the fluid delivery line for emitting and receiving signals to detect whether there is air in the fluid delivery line. The processor is in electronic communication with the pump and the sensor. The memory is in electronic communication with the processor. The memory includes programming code for execution by the processor. The programming code is configured to analyze the signals to determine if a stuck fluid droplet is stuck within the fluid delivery line at a location of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Kunal Sur, Paul T. Kotnik, Anatoly S. Belkin, John Hicks Dumas, III, Timothy L. Ruchti
  • Patent number: 8365215
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing advertisement insertion to a user device are disclosed. A method includes providing a multimedia applications gateway (MAG) that is connected to an access gateway for a domain or a multimedia applications gateway that includes an integrated access gateway function, the access gateway in communication with user devices. The method also includes configuring the MAG to convert multimedia program content from a program source received at the access gateway and transmitted from the access gateway to a user device into a first communication having an open standards protocol recognized by each of the user devices, the first communication representing programming content. The method further includes configuring the MAG to convert multimedia advertising content into a second communication having the open standards protocol, the second communication representing advertising content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John A. Hicks, III, Gerald M. Ezrol
  • Patent number: 8308602
    Abstract: A gear mounting has a spindle (11) extending substantially normal to a carrier (12) and capable of radial excursions from an initial position, when under load. The spindle and carrier have generally conical abutment surfaces (23, 24) normals to which extend substantially through the centroid of a projecting portion of the spindle, and in the initial position of the spindle there is a gap between the abutment surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Orbital2 Limited
    Inventor: Raymond John Hicks
  • Patent number: 8176112
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for a multimedia applications gateway. A home network management application is downloaded to the multimedia applications gateway operating in a home network. An anomaly that occurs in the home network is observed. An alert is sent to an external network controller, and the alert describes the anomaly in the home network. An instruction is received from the external network controller to remedy the anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John A. Hicks, IIII, Jason Savard, Gerald Ezrol
  • Publication number: 20120023023
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing electronic media to a customer. One method prompts a customer to license a right to electronic media. If the customer agrees to license the right, then the license is electronically stored on behalf of the customer. The licensed electronic media is communicated to the customer via a communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: John Hicks, Randy Zimler
  • Patent number: 8075443
    Abstract: The present epicyclic gear includes a carrier (12), a generally central sun gear (11), an outer annular gear (13) and an intermediary helical planet gear (14) which is mounted on the carrier (12) by a flexible pin assembly (15). The gear further includes a reaction member in the form of a rolling ring (22) at each axial end of the helical planet gear (14) to provide a respective radially inward reaction load onto the planet gear (14) in a sense that the reaction members (22) together resist a twisting moment on the planet gear (14) arising from the tooth loads on that gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Orbital2 Limited
    Inventors: Frank Cunliffe, Raymond John Hicks
  • Patent number: 8060557
    Abstract: Application services gateways that execute electronic application programs/services allows the application programs/services to be managed and administered out of a network rather than locally. The application services gateways are elements in a services delivery system that execute application programs/services that control or otherwise interact with systems and devices of a home or business such as a heating and cooling system or a security system. The application services gateways have a LAN connection to a communication gateway that in turn communicates over a WAN to a remote services gateway. The remote services gateway channels data from a remote service platform to provide application programs/services and management services over the WAN to the communications gateway where it is then channeled to the application services gateways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: John A. Hicks, III, Randy Zimler, Mustafa S. Bilsel
  • Patent number: 8055248
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing integrated wireless and wired data voice and data services via a dual mode telecommunications device are provided. A communication directed to an address associated with a dual mode device is received. If the dual mode device is in range of a wireless access point connected to a wired data network, then a determination is made whether the address of the dual mode device is associated with an address of at least one other device associated with the wired data network. If the address of the dual mode device is associated with an address of at least one other device associated with the wired data network, then the communication is routed over the wired data network to the dual mode device and the at least one other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: John A. Hicks, III
  • Patent number: 8046303
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing electronic media to a customer. One method prompts a customer to license a right to electronic media. If the customer agrees to license the right, then the license is electronically stored on behalf of the customer. The licensed electronic media is communicated to the customer via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John Hicks, Randy Zimler
  • Patent number: 7992091
    Abstract: A computing device comprises a memory to store a first version of an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) message, a receiver to receive a second version of the XML message, a processor and a display interface. The display interface provides a user interface having a first control, a second control and a third control. The first control is to cause the processor to merge the second version with the first version to produce a third version of the XML message. The second control is to cause the processor to replace in the memory the first version with the second version of the XML message. The third control is to cause the processor to reject the second version of the XML message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Sean Bolger, Anirudh Yadav, Terry Lynn Jensen, Robert Henry Mizote, Michael John Hicks
  • Publication number: 20110172612
    Abstract: Apparatus for the application of topical negative pressure, or vacuum, therapy to a wound site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Bryan Greener, John Hicks, Edward Yerbury Hartwell
  • Patent number: 7941528
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing application services to an end user domain are disclosed. A method includes providing a multimedia applications gateway that is connected to an access gateway for the end user domain of the application services or a multimedia applications gateway that includes an integrated access gateway function. The access gateway is communicatively coupled to end user devices at the end user domain. The method also includes configuring the multimedia applications gateway to convert network communications of a selected application service that is downloaded to the access gateway and transmitted from the access gateway to an end user device into communications having an open standards protocol recognized by each of the end user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: John A. Hicks, III, Gerald M. Ezrol
  • Publication number: 20110066179
    Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment device? having a substrate facing surface, wherein the substrate facing surface is provided with at least one flexible protrusion extending therefrom, said protrusion forming a flexible bridge between the substrate facing surface and a flexible substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew PLC
    Inventors: Bryan Greener, John Hicks
  • Patent number: 7904068
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing integrated wireless and wired data voice and data services via a dual mode telecommunications device are provided. A communication directed to an address associated with a dual mode device is received. If the dual mode device is in range of a wireless access point connected to a wired data network, then a determination is made whether the address of the dual mode device is associated with an address of at least one other device associated with the wired data network. If the address of the dual mode device is associated with an address of at least one other device associated with the wired data network, then the communication is routed over the wired data network to the dual mode device and the at least one other device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: John A. Hicks, III
  • Publication number: 20110053561
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and key fob apparatuses for facilitating hands free mobile communications from within an automotive vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a key fob with a housing and a SIM associated with the housing. The SIM is operative to identify a subscriber to a mobile telephone network when interfaced with the mobile telephone network. The apparatus may further include a key integrated with the key fob and operatively associated with the SIM. The key is operative to initiate the start of an engine of the automotive vehicle and interface the SIM with a mobile telephone, such as a GSM phone, integrated with the automotive vehicle. Thus, when the key is inserted into an ignition switch operatively associated with a SIM reader, the SIM identifies a subscriber to the mobile telephone network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. via transfer from BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Hicks, III
  • Publication number: 20100296933
    Abstract: A transmission (10) is disclosed for use in generating power from a fluid driven turbine such as a wind turbine (5). The transmission (10) is supported in a turbine carrier (50) and includes an input (12) and an output (20) and a gear train (14/16) between the input and the output for increasing the rotational speed of the output relative to the input. The gear train includes a plurality of gears for transmitting torque from the input to the output. The transmission includes also a generally static planet carrier (44) of an epicyclic gear stage (16), which is resiliently connected to the turbine carrier for providing a single resilient gear train torque reaction. Thus, the transmission is not restrained relative to the carrier other than in torsion and in the support of its own weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond John Hicks, Frank Cunliffe
  • Publication number: 20100279813
    Abstract: A variable ratio transmission is described having an infinitely variable ratio, for enabling or tidal turbine (10) or the like running at relatively low but continuously varying speeds, to drive smoothly a constant speed machine, such as a synchronous generator or the like, without excessive transient torques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond John Hicks, Frank Cunliffe
  • Publication number: 20100276942
    Abstract: A rotatable drive mechanism is disclosed for a power generating apparatus 5. The drive mechanism provides a link between an electrical generator 20 and a turbine 10, for example a wind or water turbine. In use the turbine 10 rotates at variable speed and the rotatable drive mechanism produces a fixed speed output to generator 20. The drive mechanism includes a differential gearbox 16 which has two output shafts; one driving the generator 20 via shaft 26 and another driving an electric machine 30 via gearing 18. In use, a varying reaction torque provided by the electric machine 30 can be used to control the torque and speed at the output shaft 26. The input torque from the turbine 10 is measured at a reaction point of the gearbox 16 and this measurement is used to alter the reaction torque provided by the electric machine 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Raymond John Hicks, Frank Cunliffe
  • Patent number: 7805169
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and key fob apparatuses for facilitating hands free mobile communications from within an automotive vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a key fob with a housing and a SIM associated with the housing. The SIM is operative to identify a subscriber to a mobile telephone network when interfaced with the mobile telephone network. The apparatus may further include a key integrated with the key fob and operatively associated with the SIM. The key is operative to initiate the start of an engine of the automotive vehicle and interface the SIM with a mobile telephone, such as a GSM phone, integrated with the automotive vehicle. Thus, when the key is inserted into an ignition switch operatively associated with a SIM reader, the SIM identifies a subscriber to the mobile telephone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: John A. Hicks, III