Patents by Inventor Mark A. Criss

Mark A. Criss 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: 11095566
    Abstract: In some examples, a non-transitory machine-readable medium can include instructions executable by a processing resource to: monitor a quantity of interactions between a plurality of user interfaces with an embedded device, determine when the quantity of interactions with the embedded device exceeds a threshold, send a slow-down message to a portion of the plurality of user interfaces in response to the interactions with the embedded device exceeding the threshold, and restrict a portion of the quantity of interactions with the embedded device when the quantity of interactions continues to exceed the threshold for a quantity of time after the slow-down message was sent to the portion of the plurality of user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Troy Miller, Cherryl Dawson, Geoffery Schunicht, Jerry James Harrow, Jr., Mark A. Criss
  • Publication number: 20200127927
    Abstract: In some examples, a non-transitory machine-readable medium can include instructions executable by a processing resource to: monitor a quantity of interactions between a plurality of user interfaces with an embedded device, determine when the quantity of interactions with the embedded device exceeds a threshold, send a slow-down message to a portion of the plurality of user interfaces in response to the interactions with the embedded device exceeding the threshold, and restrict a portion of the quantity of interactions with the embedded device when the quantity of interactions continues to exceed the threshold for a quantity of time after the slow-down message was sent to the portion of the plurality of user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Troy Miller, Cherryl Dawson, Geoffery Schunicht, Jerry James Harrow, JR., Mark A. Criss
  • Patent number: 9353816
    Abstract: Method of making a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad by: needling a plurality of layers of fibrous fabric segments to one another to form a brake disc or pad preform; carbonizing the fibrous preform to provide a carbon fiber brake disc or pad preform having a fiber volume fraction in the range 17% to 30% in the brake disc or pad preform; densifying the resulting carbonized needled fibrous fabric preform with pitch (isotropic or anisotropic) or with pitch and CVD/CVI; carbonizing the resulting pitch-infiltrated carbon fiber disk to carbonize the pitch therein; heat-treating the resulting pitch-densified carbon brake disc or pad; and subjecting the carbon brake disc or pad to a final cycle of CVD/CVI processing in order to produce a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad having a density of at least 1.70 g/cc and having a uniform through-thickness density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Mark L. La Forest, Mark Criss James, Neil Murdie
  • Patent number: 9032397
    Abstract: A data processing system facilitates virtual machine migration with direct physical access control. The illustrative data processing system comprises a software-programmable trap control associated with hardware registers of a computer that selectively vectors execution control of a virtual machine (VM) between a host and a guest. The data processing system further comprises a logic which is configured for execution on the computer that programs the trap control to enable the virtual machine to directly access the hardware registers when the virtual machine is not migrated and to revoke direct access of the hardware registers in preparation for virtual machine migration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Troy Miller, Mark A. Criss, Jerry James Harrow, Jr., Thomas Turicchi, Michael Wisner
  • Publication number: 20110111123
    Abstract: Economically attractive method of making carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad. The manufacturing method herein provides lowered manufacturing cycle time and reduced cost of manufacturing while enabling increased density of the final composite. The method includes: providing a fibrous nonwoven fabric segment produced from high basis weight fabric; optionally needling sequential layers of the fabric segments together to construct a brake disc or pad preform; carbonizing the fibrous preform to obtain a carbon-carbon preform; and infiltrating the resulting carbonized needled fibrous fabric preform via pitch or pitch and CVD/CVI processing in order to produce a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad which has a final density of 1.60 to 1.90 grams per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. LA FOREST, Mark Criss James, Neil Murdie
  • Publication number: 20110083305
    Abstract: Method of making a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad by: needling a plurality of layers of fibrous fabric segments to one another to form a brake disc or pad preform; carbonizing the fibrous preform to provide a carbon fiber brake disc or pad preform having a fiber volume fraction in the range 17% to 30% in the brake disc or pad preform; densifying the resulting carbonized needled fibrous fabric preform with pitch (isotropic or anisotropic) or with pitch and CVD/CVI; carbonizing the resulting pitch-infiltrated carbon fiber disk to carbonize the pitch therein; heat-treating the resulting pitch-densified carbon brake disc or pad; and subjecting the carbon brake disc or pad to a final cycle of CVD/CVI processing in order to produce a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad having a density of at least 1.70 g/cc and having a uniform through-thickness density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. LA FOREST, Mark Criss James, Neil Murdie
  • Publication number: 20110033622
    Abstract: Method of making carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad. The manufacturing method herein benefits from lowered manufacturing cycle time, reduced cost of manufacturing, and at the same time increased density of the final composite. The method includes: providing a fibrous nonwoven fabric segment comprised of OPAN fibers, the segment being produced from high basis weight fabric; providing a needler to needle layers of the fabric segments to one another; needling two layers of the fabric segments to one another and then needling sequential layers of the fabric segments on top of the layers thereof which have previously been needled together, to construct a brake disc or pad preform; carbonizing the fibrous preform to obtain a carbon-carbon preform; and infiltrating the resulting carbonized needled fibrous fabric preform via CVD/CVI processing in order to produce a carbon-carbon composite brake disc or pad which has a density of at least 1.70 grams per cubic centimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark L. LA FOREST, Mark Criss James, Neil Murdie
  • Publication number: 20090300606
    Abstract: A data processing system facilitates virtual machine migration with direct physical access control. The illustrative data processing system comprises a software-programmable trap control associated with hardware registers of a computer that selectively vectors execution control of a virtual machine (VM) between a host and a guest. The data processing system further comprises a logic which is configured for execution on the computer that programs the trap control to enable the virtual machine to directly access the hardware registers when the virtual machine is not migrated and to revoke direct access of the hardware registers in preparation for virtual machine migration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Troy Miller, Mark A. Criss, Jerry James Harrow, JR., Thomas Turicchi, Michael Wisner
  • Publication number: 20060002340
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. A method of operation includes the steps determining whether a version of operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is a current version of the operating software, and wirelessly updating the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device if it is determined that the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is not the current version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Criss, Paul Cowan
  • Patent number: 6968184
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. A method of operation includes the steps determining whether a version of operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is a current version of the operating software, and wirelessly updating the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device if it is determined that the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is not the current version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Patent number: 6735434
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. The at least one mobile device includes a software update schedule table for providing one or more times at which the mobile device is to inquire and obtain available software upgrades. Entries in the software update schedule table may be made manually through a user input associate with the at least one mobile device or wirelessly through communications received from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Publication number: 20040038675
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. A method of operation includes the steps determining whether a version of operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is a current version of the operating software, and wirelessly updating the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device if it is determined that the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is not the current version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Patent number: 6643506
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. A method of operation includes the steps determining whether a version of operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is a current version of the operating software, and wirelessly updating the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device if it is determined that the operating software stored in the at least one mobile device is not the current version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Telxon Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Patent number: 6308061
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. The at least one mobile device includes a software update schedule table for providing one or more times at which the mobile device is to inquire and obtain available software upgrades. Entries in the software update schedule table may be made manually through a user input associate with the at least one mobile device or wirelessly through communications received from the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Telxon Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Publication number: 20010029178
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a system backbone, a host computer coupled to the system backbone, at least one base station coupled to the system backbone, the at least one base station including a base station transceiver for communicating wirelessly with mobile devices within the system, and at least one mobile device having a mobile device transceiver for communicating wirelessly with the host computer on the system backbone via the at least one base station. The at least one mobile device includes a software update schedule table for providing one or more times at which the mobile device is to inquire and obtain available software upgrades. Entries in the software update schedule table may be made manually through a user input associate with the at least one mobile device or wirelessly through communications received from the host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Mark A. Criss, Paul A. Cowan
  • Patent number: 6073016
    Abstract: A network communication system and method with mobile communication unit ID allocation wherein a mobile communication unit may request that an identification code be assigned for starting a session with a host computer or other device coupled to a network and wherein the host computer or other device assigns the mobile communication unit with an available identification code if any are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Telxon Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Hulthen, Bindya R. Patel, Mark A. Criss, Phillip C. Minor, Frank D. Ciotti, Jr.