Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Nolan

Kenneth P. Nolan 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).

  • Patent number: 8127279
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated with indexing of information in documents where the documents include line data with shift out/shift in (“SOSI”) code point encodings. SOSI controls are often embedded in documents encoded as simple line data (data formed to be printed on line printers). A document indexing system in accordance with features and aspects hereof converts the SOSI characters embedded in such a document to reserved codes for presentation on a user interface. The user may then precisely select trigger and field parameters used for identifying index values in such a line data document for purposes of indexing and archiving. The reserved controls help a user identify trigger and field value in a manner that the indexing system can track to determine whether and where the selected trigger and field values contain SOSI characters and thus require different column counting and indexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Production Print Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Boltz, Kenneth P. Nolan, Debra K. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080126382
    Abstract: Systems and methods associated with indexing of information in documents where the documents include line data with shift out/shift in (“SOSI”) code point encodings. SOSI controls are often embedded in documents encoded as simple line data (data formed to be printed on line printers). A document indexing system in accordance with features and aspects hereof converts the SOSI characters embedded in such a document to reserved codes for presentation on a user interface. The user may then precisely select trigger and field parameters used for identifying index values in such a line data document for purposes of indexing and archiving. The reserved controls help a user identify trigger and field value in a manner that the indexing system can track to determine whether and where the selected trigger and field values contain SOSI characters and thus require different column counting and indexing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Boltz, Kenneth P. Nolan, Debra K. Wagner
  • Patent number: 6397878
    Abstract: A backflow and back-siphonage preventer assembly, consisting of a ball valve and a double check valve backflow preventer with an atmospheric vent, provides isolation protection on high pressure plumbing supply lines, such as high pressure hose drops used for the washdown of equipment and facilities, e.g. in food processing plants. The backflow preventer includes a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a drain outlet therebetween. A first valve is upstream of the drain outlet passage, and a second valve is downstream of the drain outlet, a sealing member moves between a first position in which the drain outlet passage is closed, and a second position in which the drain outlet passage is open. A reinforcing member operatively coupled to the sealing member permits operating pressures of greater than about 500 psi without blow-out of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4533996
    Abstract: A peripheral system attached to a host having plural virtual machines accommodates the virtual machines via "guest" attribute signals signifying that a given chain of peripheral or I/O commands are virtual machine sourced (GO bit). The attribute signals may include modifier control signals to enable the peripheral system to adjust to virtual machine operations of the host. In particular, virtual machine "minidisks" are accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Hartung, Kenneth P. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4500954
    Abstract: A storage hierarchy has a caching buffer and a backing store; the backing store preferably having disk-type data-storage apparatus. A directory indicates data stored in the caching buffer. Upon a data-storage access, read or write, within a series of such accesses, resulting in a cache miss, all subsequent data storage accesses in the series are made to the backing store to the exclusion of the caching buffer even though the caching buffer has storage space allocated for such a data transfer. Selected limits are placed on the series to the backing store, such as receiving on end of series (end of command chain) indication from a using unit, crossing DASD cylinder boundaries, receiving an out of bounds address or receiving certain device oriented commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan H. Duke, Michael H. Hartung, Frederick J. Marschner, Kenneth P. Nolan