Patents by Inventor Loren Dean

Loren Dean 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: 20070028242
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for providing a distributed computing environment in which an arbitrary job manager or scheduler is able to be plugged. In the distributed computing environment, a job is created in a storage location to include one or more technical computing tasks and submitted to the arbitrary scheduler by transferring a reference to the storage location of the job. Since a reference to the storage location of the job is transferred to the scheduler, the interface with the scheduler can be implemented regardless of the scheduler. The scheduler then transfers the reference to the storage location of the job to one or more remote workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jocelyn Martin, Loren Dean
  • Patent number: 7139686
    Abstract: A method and apparatus, including a computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for generating a report from a technical computing environment provided by a mathematical computer program. A report generator defines a set of reporting components that can be assembled to form a report template and processes the reporting components of the report template in order to extract data from the mathematical computing environment and generate the report. The report generator includes a user interface by which a designer can hierarchically assemble the reporting elements, which are defined according to an object-oriented programming language. The report generator bi-directionally communicates with the mathematical computing environment such that the report generator can evaluate expressions defined within the mathematical computing environment, change initial conditions and parameters of a mathematical model, and issue commands to advance the simulation time of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Mathworks, Inc.
    Inventors: David Critz, Loren Dean
  • Patent number: 7108169
    Abstract: Storage devices in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, and systems utilizing such storage devices, can allow for archival of various articles, particular planar articles such as electronic media, records, papers, etc. Such a storage device can comprise a sleeve having a pocket for receiving said article and one or more tabs connected with the sleeve. In some embodiments, said one or more tabs can be removably connected with the sleeve, while in other embodiments, multiple sleeves can have one or more tabs formed in various shapes, sizes, and/or colors and arranged in varying positions along an edge of the sleeve. A system utilizing such storage devices can allow for archival of various articles such that the location of an article can be readily identified by identifying one or more tabs connected with the corresponding sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Inventor: Loren Dean Balzer
  • Publication number: 20060107266
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for providing a distributed computing environment in which an arbitrary job manager or scheduler is able to be employed. In the distributed computing environment, a job is created in a host or client to include one or more technical computing tasks and submitted to the arbitrary scheduler in a portable format. Since the portable format of the job is independent of the platform structure of the scheduler, the schedule can handle the job regardless of the platform structure of the scheduler. The scheduler then transfers the job in the portable format to one or more remote workers. The present invention utilizes a portable format to submit the job to a scheduler and to distribute the job to remote workers so that any scheduler can receive and distribute the job to the remote workers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jos Martin, Loren Dean
  • Publication number: 20040129584
    Abstract: Storage devices in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, and systems utilizing such storage devices, can allow for archival of various articles, particular planar articles such as electronic media, records, papers, etc. Such a storage device can comprise a sleeve having a pocket for receiving said article and one or more tabs connected with the sleeve. In some embodiments, said one or more tabs can be removably connected with the sleeve, while in other embodiments, multiple sleeves can have one or more tabs formed in various shapes, sizes, and/or colors and arranged in varying positions along an edge of the sleeve. A system utilizing such storage devices can allow for archival of various articles such that the location of an article can be readily identified by identifying one or more tabs connected with the corresponding sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Loren Dean Balzer
  • Publication number: 20030010815
    Abstract: A specially constructed retainer sleeve used to store one or more records, paper files, CDs, DVDs, planar objects, electronic disc media which is enclosed on three sides to form a pocket accompanied by an array of removable protruding tabs that extend beyond the edges of the sleeve to aid in indexing, identifying and retrieving the sleeve and contents therein. The sides of the pocket are adhered with an adhesive or thermo heat weld whose body substrate is made of either plastic, vinyl, synthetic resin, a pressed material or preferrably paper pulp. The tabs are formed out of the same substrate as the body sleeve container itself and extend beyond the edges of the pocket. The tabs make this invention unique, inasmuch as these tabs can be used for archiving, indexing, referencing and retrieving when the desired sleeve and contents thereof are referenced. These tabs have an ink receiving surface which can be scribed upon to identify the sleeve and contents therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventor: Loren Dean Balzer
  • Patent number: 6409198
    Abstract: An advance in a passive, remote sensing device for measurement of atmospheric temperature utilizes an actuated modulator for periodically alternating the radiation detected by a detector at a selected infrared wavelength between the infrared radiation from the atmosphere and that from the infrared reference radiation emitted from a reference material such that the detector compares the radiation emitted from the atmosphere to that emitted by the reference material at the selected infrared wavelength in order to determine the atmosphere temperature. Preferably, the modulator is a MEMS based modulator having a movable grating formed by MEMS based fabrication techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Ophir Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Scott Weimer, Stuart Paul Beaton, Martin Joseph O'Brien, Loren Dean Nelson
  • Patent number: 5979171
    Abstract: A condensate retaining apparatus for use with a refrigeration heat exchanger having at least two plannar slabs mounted in an air duct. Each slab has an upper and lower end and forms an oblique angle with respect to the direction of air flow and further includes a coil for conducting a fluid and a plurality of form defining channels for conducting condensate toward the lower end of the slab. The slabs are mounted so that the lower end of each overlying slab is offset inwardly from the upper end of the nearest underlying slab with each pair of adjacent slab ends defining an apex of the heat exchanger. The apex is covered to prevent condensate from being entrained in that air flow and as well as being shielded from the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Anthony Mitchell, Floyd Joseph Frenia, Loren Dean Hoffman, Thomas Kenneth Rembold
  • Patent number: 5658975
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a hot-melt pressure sensitive adhesive composition wherein the composition is comprised of a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive selected from the group consisting of a mixture of (i) a silicone resin and (ii) a silicone fluid and a condensed product of (i) and (ii); the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive exhibiting tackiness and adhesiveness; the silicone pressure sensitive adhesive being blended with (iii) from about 1 to 20 weight percent, based on the total weight of (i) and (ii), of a siloxylated polyether wax. The instant invention also encompasses method of using the composition, methods of making hot-melt silicone pressure sensitive adhesive-coated substrates, and devices made using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Katherine Lynn Ulman, Randall Paul Sweet, Loren Dean Durfee