Patents by Inventor Kenneth Richards

Kenneth Richards 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).

  • PERSONALIZATION OF MAP CONTENT VIA AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150143251
    Abstract: A mapping API provides a digital map via a user interface of a computing device. When invoked by a software application, the mapping API is configured to receive an identifier of a user operating the software application, provide a first interactive digital map including a representation of a certain geographic area for display by the software application, where the first interactive digital map is personalizable via the software application, receive personalization content from the user via the software application, and cause a second digital map including a representation of the geographic area, when provided to the same user, to be modified in view of the personalization content, where the first digital map and the second digital map are created independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Zhou Bailiang, Kenneth Richard Hoetmer, Patrick Hofmann
  • UNIFIED CATALOG MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
    Publication number: 20150120615
    Abstract: A unified catalog of products and services is described. In one implementation, a method may include receiving an indication of products, offered by a business, that are to be provided to a customer of the business, where the products are defined in a catalog based on a hierarchical product model. The method further includes determining pricing information relating to the products, the determination of the pricing information including: identifying, based on the catalog, a plurality of pricing formulas associated with the plurality of products, and applying the pricing formulas to determine the pricing information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Chetan Gopal, Swaminathan K. Natarajan, Dongxu Shan, Jagan Mohan Gunalan, Dingli Zeng, Gopan G. Menon, Joyce Alwin, Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Sivabharathi Karunanidhi, Kenneth Richard Boehm, Kristine Anne D. Jugo, Kimberly Eng Haberman, Maria Liza D. Steel, Charles C. Chen, Mingjun Zhang, Dinesh Agarwal, Junke Xu, Erin Arnold Clark, Krishnakumar N. Iyer, Scott G. Bleile, Scot Aaron Brown, Faiz M. Hasanuzzaman, Ann Cecelia Walsh, Paul Alapatt
  • CONE LINE AND CONVEYOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150079889
    Abstract: A conveyor system is disclosed wherein the conveyor line includes two or more conveyor lines wherein all of the conveyor lines are built on a common frame. By building the conveyor lines on a common frame, the conveyor lines can be built adjacent to one another and share common sidewalls, eliminating gaps of traditional conveyor systems. Adjustable standing platforms can also be added to assist workers in reaching the conveyor lines. The result is a more modular, easier to clean, ergonomically beneficial conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Richard Knott, Joseph William Knott, Lucius Riley Eubanks, JR.
  • AERATED FROZEN CONFECTIONARY PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20150064330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerated frozen confection with an overrun of between 120% and 160%, which includes acacia gum as all or part of a natural emulsifier. A process for the preparation of this frozen confection is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Madhavi Ummadi, Nirav Chandrakant Pandya, Kenneth Richard Moffitt
  • Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing targeted payload descent
    Patent number: 8939056
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, providing a guided descent from a release zone and toward an entry zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Barron Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Neal, III, Kevin Marlan Ehlmann, William Thomas Gressick, Alec Jacob Devine Bateman, Kenneth Richard Horneman
  • PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CUSTOMERS
    Publication number: 20150019374
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for providing recommendations to customers. Defining steps include establishing a connection with a customer's mobile device, obtaining information about the location of the customer's mobile device, determining recommended goods or services currently offered by one or more business locations, and outputting for display on the customer's mobile device a listing of the recommended goods or services navigable by category or subcategory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Monscierge, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Robinson, Nathaniel Paul Lewis, John Spencer Ready, Kenneth Richard Marold, James Russell Texter, III
  • Modifying An Application To Display Branding Information Identifying A Particular Business
    Publication number: 20140358735
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for displaying a branded interface. Defining steps enabling a customer to select a particular entity from among one or more entities at a mobile device utilized by the customer, configuring the customer's mobile device to receive display specifications defined by a user associated with the particular entity, receiving the display specifications at the customer's mobile device, and configuring the customer's mobile device to display a branded interface based on the display specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Robinson, Nathaniel Paul Lewis, John Spencer Ready, Kenneth Richard Marold, James Russell Texter, III
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RECORDING SOLUTION INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140341360
    Abstract: Included are embodiments for providing an interface. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving communications data associated with a communications session, the communications session facilitated in an Internet Protocol environment and providing an interface for facilitating recording of at least a portion of the communications session, the interface being facilitated in an Internet Protocol format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Jamie Richard Williams, Kenneth Richard Brodhagen
  • Use of EDG Receptor Binding Agents in Cancer
    Publication number: 20140303257
    Abstract: Provided is a method for treating solid tumors, e.g tumor invasiveness, and particularly inhibiting or controlling deregulated angiogenesis, using a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist, optionally in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent. The invention also comprises a combination of a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist with a chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baumruker, Volker Brinkmann, Kenneth Richard La Montagne, Peter T. Lassota, Diane Mechtcheriakova, Jeanette Majorie Wood
  • Tracking and Processing Requests From Hospitality Customers
    Publication number: 20140278642
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product embodiments process requests using a request management system. Defining steps include defining a set of users, each user associated with one or more groups, and defining a list of request types, each request type assigned to at least one group. Each request type defines one or more requests receivable from a customer's mobile device. A further step is receiving a request from a customer's mobile device. The customer's mobile device is configured to connect to the request management system to submit one or more requests defined by the set of request types. Finally, an assigning step assigns the request received from the customer to one or more groups assigned to fulfill the request type that includes the received request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Monscierge, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Robinson, Nathaniel Paul Lewis, John Spencer Ready, Kenneth Richard Marold, James Russell Texter, III
  • Receiving and Queuing Requests From Hospitality Customers
    Publication number: 20140279244
    Abstract: System, method, and computer program product embodiments for receiving customer requests use a request management system. An embodiment operates by establishing a connection with a customer's mobile device, obtaining information about the location of the customer's mobile device, providing to the customer's mobile device a set of data describing goods or services currently offered by one or more business locations, receiving from the customer's mobile device a request for a good or service offered by a particular business location, and adding the request to a queue associated with one or more groups assigned to fulfill the request based on the request type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Monscierge, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Robinson, Nathaniel Paul Lewis, John Spencer Ready, Kenneth Richard Marold, James Russell Texter, III
  • Generating Recommendations Based On Hospitality Customer Feedback
    Publication number: 20140279199
    Abstract: Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for generating recommendations to hospitality customers. Defining steps include enabling a customer to select a particular business from among one or more businesses at a mobile device utilized by the customer, configuring the customer's mobile device to receive a recommendation from the customer, and providing the recommendation to a user at the particular business for review, wherein the recommendation is selectable for public review by potential customers requesting information about the particular business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Marcus Lee Robinson, Nathaniel Paul Lewis, John Spencer Ready, Kenneth Richard Marold, James Russell Texter, III
  • PERCUTANEOUS ARTHRODESIS METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140214164
    Abstract: A method and system for percutaneous fusion to correct disc compression is presented. The method has several steps, for instance, inserting a percutaneous lumbar interbody implant; positioning guide wires for each facet screw to be implanted; performing facet arthrodesis in preparation for the facet screws; fixating the plurality of facet screws; and optionally performing foramen nerve root or central decompression. The system includes an implant, an elongate cannulated insertion tool, and an elongate lockshaft positioned within the insertion tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AMENDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Schell, Tracy Scott Anderson, Alan Scott Davenport, Kenneth Richard Barra
  • PERCUTANEOUS ARTHRODESIS METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140214165
    Abstract: A method and system for percutaneous fusion to correct disc compression is presented. The method has several steps, for instance, inserting a percutaneous lumbar interbody implant; positioning guide wires for each facet screw to be implanted; performing facet arthrodesis in preparation for the facet screws; fixating the plurality of facet screws; and optionally performing foramen nerve root or central decompression. The system includes an implant, an elongate cannulated insertion tool, and an elongate lockshaft positioned within the insertion tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AMENDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Schell, Tracy Scott Anderson, Alan Scott Davenport, Kenneth Richard Barra
  • PERCUTANEOUS ARTHRODESIS METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140194993
    Abstract: A method and system for percutaneous fusion to correct disc compression is presented. The method has several steps, for instance, inserting a percutaneous lumbar interbody implant; positioning guide wires for each facet screw to be implanted; performing facet arthrodesis in preparation for the facet screws; fixating the plurality of facet screws; and optionally performing foramen nerve root or central decompression. The system includes an implant, an elongate cannulated insertion tool, and an elongate lockshaft positioned within the insertion tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AMENDIA, INC.
    Inventors: Gerald Schell, Tracy Scott Anderson, Alan Scott Davenport, Kenneth Richard Barra
  • Preparation of polyamides
    Patent number: 8772438
    Abstract: A process for making a polyamide polymer, said process comprising heating, in one or more ionic liquid(s), one or more polyamide precursor(s) selected from: (i) one or more free dicarboxylic acid(s) or ester(s) thereof, with one or more diamine(s); or (ii) one or more salt(s) of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine; or (iii) one or more lactam(s); or (iv) mixtures of any of the foregoing precursors (i) to (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Invista North America S.är.l.
    Inventors: Keith Whiston, Charles Richard Langrick, Kenneth Richard Seddon, Alberto V. Puga
  • BALL FOR USE IN TEACHING PITCHING AND THROWING SKILLS
    Publication number: 20140155198
    Abstract: A ball for use in teaching proper throwing or pitching techniques in baseball or softball is disclosed. The ball provides an internal mechanism by way of a snap device or a channel having a shiftable weighted material to provide both an audible and visible indication of when a proper wrist snap release of the ball has occurred. The internal mechanisms disclosed can be incorporated into newly manufactured baseballs or softballs or placed into preexisting balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: KENNETH RICHARD FOUNTAIN
  • Systems and methods for recording resource association for a communications environment
    Patent number: 8743730
    Abstract: Included are embodiments for determining an extension-to-channel mapping. At least one embodiment includes determining, at a first time, a first extension-to-channel mapping configuration, the first extension-to-channel mapping configuration including an indication that at least one extension is coupled to a first recording channel. Similarly, some embodiments include determining, at a second time, a second extension-to-channel mapping configuration, the second extension-to-channel mapping configuration including an indication that the at least one extension is coupled to a second recording channel. Similarly, some embodiments include creating an extension-to-channel map, the extension-to-channel map indicating a configuration of the at least one extension, the first recording channel, and the second channel during a time period between the first time and the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Calahan, Jamie Richard Williams, Kenneth Richard Brodhagen, Damian Smith, Robert John Barnes
  • Catalytic converter exhaust trap
    Patent number: D704745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth Richard
  • Catalytic converter exhaust trap
    Patent number: D705270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth Richard