Patents by Inventor Louise Brown
Louise Brown 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).
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Publication number: 20240111482Abstract: The disclosed playback devices, media playback systems, and/or methods improve upon the media playback experience by selectively reducing audio quality under certain conditions. The reduction of audio quality may be based on one or more aspects of the acoustic environment, such as the number and locations of one or more users, noise levels, playback device locations relative to the acoustic environment, etc. The media playback system may monitor or periodically poll each of one or more playback devices and other devices or sensors in and around an acoustic environment to determine whether there are opportunities to reduce audio quality for one or more playback devices. This reduction in quality allows the media playback system to conserve resources in one or more aspects and, potentially, divert those resources to other aspects for purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Ryan Michael Bello, Daniel Jones, Peter Dodds, Briet Louise Brown, Christopher Pike
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Publication number: 20230304048Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant microorganisms for producing biological hydrogen. In addition, the invention relates to nucleic acid constructs and processes for modifying microorganisms for enabling the production of hydrogen therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Robert Willows, Louise Brown, Natalie Curach, Ante Jerkovic, Kerstin Petroll, Jocelyn Johns, Samuel King, Ari Edmonds
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Patent number: 9118972Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Publication number: 20140344865Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Kenneth Wayne MAZE, Jeffrey Philip REAVIS, Robert Howard MILLER, Sheila Renee CROSBY, Hugh Boyd MORRISON, Megan Louise Brown
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Patent number: 8776138Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Publication number: 20130232647Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a constitutive promoter for use in plants. The plant genus from which the promoter is derived is Arabidopsis. The invention encompasses the isolated promoter, expression cassettes comprising said promoter and a heterologous nucleic acid segment, and monocot and dicot plants and plant cells transformed with said expression cassettes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Devon Louise Brown
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Publication number: 20130125174Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Patent number: 8205233Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Patent number: 7917927Abstract: A video processing apparatus may be controlled in response to selecting an advertisement displayed in connection with a productivity or communication application software program being operated on a video processing apparatus. The advertisement includes control information, which is used by the video processing apparatus to control an operating mode thereof. The control information may include both time and channel data as well as a recording data for programming a timer. Alternately, the control information may only include program data, which is passed to the electronic program guide to determine the time and channel information associated with the program data.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1999Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Hugh Boyd Morrison, Anthony Edward Stuart, Robert Joseph Logan, Charles Bryan Hunt, Megan Louise Brown, Jill Suzanne Allen
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Publication number: 20110027785Abstract: Consumption of high energy diets, lack of physical activity and sleep curtailment have all been linked to the development of type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Studies have also shown how powerful diet and lifestyle modification can be for preventing disease. However not everyone responds to lifestyle change in the same way. This is because genetic factors can modify biological response to environmental challenge. This invention relates to a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to treatment to alleviate or pre-empt a particular medical condition. In particular to a method for determining the predisposition of an individual to epigallocatechin gallate, catechin, gallocatechin, catechin gallate, gallocatechin gallate, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate and mixtures thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of at least one of: (a) high diastolic blood pressure; (b) type II diabetes; and (c) vascular stiffness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventor: Anna Louise Brown
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Patent number: 6983483Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2001Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Patent number: 6966064Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing programs indicated by the associated program description to be audio-only programs, including the following. A respective program description for programs is received. Upon user selection of a program, a determination is made as to whether the selected program is an audio-only program. If the selected program is an audio-only program, then preprogrammed on-screen display information is displayed while the selected audio-only program is played to provide additional visual entertainment for users.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1998Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Daniel Richard Schneidewend, Darrel Wayne Randall, Michael Joseph McLane, Megan Louise Brown, Mark Sheridan Westlake
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Patent number: 6888016Abstract: Our invention concerns a mixture of CLA glycerides, and/or CLA-fatty acids and or CLA-alkyl esters and another component, wherein the other component (=component A) is selected for its capacity to alleviate problems related to insulin resistance in mammals, using CLA rich diets and/or foods and/or food supplements using an appropriate in vitro test so that in at least one step of the in vitro test, as described in the text, an improvement in test results is obtained of at least 4% by the blend of the CLA derivative and component A when compared to the CLA derivative only. The inventon further concerns CLA rich dietic food, food supplements and foods containing the combination of CLA and component A as defined, while also the use of this combination for achieving an alleviation of insulin resistance is part of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Loders Croklaan USA LLCInventors: Anna Louise Brown, Frederick William Cain, Ingrid Celestina Mohede, Preyesh Parmar, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
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Publication number: 20050053533Abstract: The present invention provides decontamination equipment which can be on site with the first responders, and set up on the clean line, ready to process personnel as they move from the contaminated area. In one embodiment the present invention provides a transportable mass personnel decontamination system comprising a transportation means (10) carrying a plurality of individual three compartment processing cubicles (36, 39, 42); (37, 40, 43); (38, 41, 44) for ambulatory personnel, each processing cubicle having enclosure means (49, 50, 51) for each compartment to provide modesty screening of personnel, the first compartment (30, 31) for disrobing, the second compartment (32, 33) containing a temperature and pressure controlled personnel operated shower with a decontaminant dispenser, and the third compartment (34, 35) providing a re-dress area. A soft conveyor liter patient processing line (4, 5, 7) including stations for decontaminating, washing, rinsing, and drying litter patients is included.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2002Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventor: Louise Brown
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Patent number: 6737442Abstract: The present invention relates to molecules derived from guggulipid extract which are capable of reducing insulin resistance in humans. The invention further relates food compositions and medicaments comprising such molecules which can be used to treat and/or prevent insulin resistance and the symptoms thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John Anthony Bosley, Anna Louise Brown, Julia Sarah Rogers
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Publication number: 20030171398Abstract: The present invention relates to molecules derived from guggulipid extract which are capable of reducing insulin resistance in humans. The invention further relates food compositions and medicaments comprising such molecules which can be used to treat and/or prevent insulin resistance and the symptoms thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: Unilever Patent Holdings BVInventors: John Anthony Bosley, Anna Louise Brown, Julia Sarah Rogers
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Publication number: 20030072785Abstract: Our invention concerns a mixture of CLA glycerides, and/or CLA-fatty acids and or CLA-alkyl esters and another component, wherein the other component (=component A) is selected for its capacity to alleviate problems related to insulin resistance in mammals, using CLA rich diets and/or foods and/or food supplements using an appropriate in vitro test so that in at least one step of the in vitro test, as described in the text, an improvement in test results is obtained of at least 4% by the blend of the CLA derivative and component A when compared to the CLA derivative only.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Applicant: UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Anna Louise Brown, Frederick William Cain, Ingrid Celestina Mohede, Preyesh Parmar, Julia Sarah Rogers, Ulrike Schmid
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Patent number: 6351888Abstract: A window paint scraper for scraping paint from a window while protecting the window frame from the blade. The window paint scraper includes a head portion, a distal end, a proximal end, and a pair of sides. The distal end has a slot therein adapted for removably receiving a blade. A sharp edge of the blade extends away from the distal end. The sharp edge has a width generally equal to a width of the distal end. A handle portion is elongate and is integrally coupled to the proximal end of the head portion. A pair of spacing members places a distance between the sides of the head portion and a window frame. Each of the spacing members is integrally coupled to one of the sides of the head portion. Each of the spacing members is abutted against a junction of the sides and the distal end of the head portion. A bumper protects the widow frame from the sharp edge of the blade. The bumper is integrally coupled to and extends away from the distal end of the head portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2000Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Inventors: Alan Brown, Louise Brown
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Publication number: 20020023082Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown
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Patent number: 6216264Abstract: In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.Inventors: Kenneth Wayne Maze, Jeffrey Philip Reavis, Robert Howard Miller, Sheila Renee Crosby, Keith Reynolds Wehmeyer, Hugh Boyd Morrison, Megan Louise Brown