Patents by Inventor Mark A. Wilson

Mark A. Wilson 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).

  • ATTRIBUTION OF A NEW APPLICATION INSTALLATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE BY ANALYZING NETWORK TRAFFIC OF THE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180322525
    Abstract: A system determines attribution of an application install on a mobile device that includes a virtual private network (VPN) application. An application executing on a mobile device may display a third party application advertisement. The VPN application detects a click on the third party application advertisements by monitoring the network requests and records a display time of the advertisement. Further, it detects the download and installation of the third party application by monitoring the network requests and comparing it against a rule from the rules dictionary, and records the installation time of the third party application. If the installation time is within a predetermined threshold time of the display time of the third party application advertisement, an attribution count is updated and is reported to an analytics engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Wilson Ungerer, Chang Sun, Jia Wang, Yu Chen
  • Appliance with a retractable and slidable door
    Patent number: 10105032
    Abstract: Apparatus relating to an appliance having a housing with an aperture providing access to an interior compartment of the appliance and a door are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the door may be designed to slide and retract within the housing when actuating between at least a closed position and an open position. Additionally, the door may be designed in various styles, wherein the particular style of door chosen may be dependent upon the particular appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark Wilson
  • Machining fixture production
    Patent number: 10025288
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a machining fixture for fixedly holding a workpiece during machining of that workpiece. The method comprises: providing an initial machining fixture comprising a plurality of receiving elements for receiving the workpiece to be machined; determining a datum, the datum being dependent upon the relative positions of the receiving elements; determining positions and orientations of one or more reference surfaces with respect to the datum; measuring the surface of the initial machining fixture with respect to the datum; and, thereafter, controlling machining apparatus with respect to the datum to machine the initial machining fixture to form the one or more reference surfaces, thereby producing the machining fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: John Bickerstaff, David Mark Wilson
  • Object production
    Patent number: 10025293
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing an object, the method comprising: providing a workpiece comprising a plurality of attachment features for attaching the workpiece to a machining fixture; determining a datum, the datum being dependent upon the relative positions of the attachment features; measuring the surface of the workpiece with respect to the datum; providing the machining fixture; attaching, using the attachment features, the workpiece to the machining fixture; providing a digital model specifying the object including the attachment features; and, thereafter, using the measurements of the workpiece surface and the digital model, controlling machining apparatus with respect to the datum to machine the workpiece so as to produce the object as specified by the digital model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: John Bickerstaff, David Mark Wilson
  • Caps for needleless connectors
    Patent number: 10016587
    Abstract: An antiseptic cap and packaging for use with a connector are provided. The antiseptic cap includes a material containing an antiseptic solution. Upon application of the cap to the connector, the material compresses thereby releasing the antiseptic solution. Packaging of the antiseptic cap typically includes a cap holder and a lid. A user could remove the cap from the cap holder before applying it to a connector. Alternatively, the cap holder may be used to apply the cap to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag Sanjay Walawalker, Larry Colquitt, Mark Wilson, William Anderson, Sofi Enroth, Jeffrey F. Kane, Joseph N. Logan, Deborah Laun, Robert Naas
  • Automated luminaire identification and group assignment devices, systems, and methods using dimming function
    Patent number: 9992838
    Abstract: The disclosed devices, systems, and methods may be used to automatically identify, locate, and assign luminaires into groups such that lighting systems may be more efficiently configured, used, and maintained especially in large buildings, etc. For example, a Lucas-Kanade function may be used with a system of sensors which are capable of detecting light patterns from individual and groups of luminaires to form virtual maps of luminaire locations which may be correlated with actual luminaire floor plans to efficiently identify, locate, and group the luminaires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Gooee Limited
    Inventors: Simon Coombes, Dan Andrei Tutunea, Shmuel Silverman, Mark Wilson, Jonathan Couch
  • SOOT SENSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180113062
    Abstract: A soot sensing system includes a soot sensor having a first element, and circuitry to an amount of soot accumulated on the element and to control heating of the element in response to the soot accumulation. An electrostatic repelling voltage (ERV) may be applied to a sensor/heater element(s) during a contamination prevention mode (CPM) to repel ash and reduce contamination of the sensor. A pulsed heating voltage (PHV) may be applied to the elements during the CPM and a pulsed ERV may be applied to the elements during the “off” period of the PHV. All voltage to the elements may be turned off during the CPM and the elements may be floating/ground. A PHV may be applied to the elements during the CPM and no voltage may be applied to the elements during the “off” period of the PHV. A heating voltage may be applied to the elements during a CPM corresponding to a cold start.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Kayvan Hedayat, John Hart, Eric Matson, Mark Wilson, Norman Poirier
  • Automated luminaire identification and group assignment
    Patent number: 9949331
    Abstract: The disclosed devices, systems, and methods may be used to automatically identify, locate, and assign luminaires into groups such that lighting systems may be more efficiently configured, used, and maintained especially in large buildings, etc. For example, a wink function may be used with a system of sensors which are capable of detecting light patterns from individual and groups of luminaires to form virtual maps of luminaire locations which may be correlated with actual luminaire floor plans to efficiently identify, locate, and group the luminaires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Gooee Limited
    Inventors: Simon Coombes, Jonathan Couch, Dan Andrei Tutunea, Shmuel Silverman, Mark Wilson
  • APPLIANCE WITH A RETRACTABLE AND SLIDABLE DOOR
    Publication number: 20180092507
    Abstract: Apparatus relating to an appliance having a housing with an aperture providing access to an interior compartment of the appliance and a door are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the door may be designed to slide and retract within the housing when actuating between at least a closed position and an open position. Additionally, the door may be designed in various styles, wherein the particular style of door chosen may be dependent upon the particular appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Wilson
  • Retractable spool and waterfowl decoy incorporating same
    Patent number: 9924710
    Abstract: A retractable spool reel integrated inside of or attached to a waterfowl decoy comprises a spool and a locking assembly housed inside an internal compartment such that a weighted line wound around the spool may be locked in place at a desired length. The weighted line may be pulled until the locking assembly is set in the locked position. The pulling of the weighted line unwinds the spool and coils a flat spring integrated into the spool. The uncoiling of the flat spring once the line is released allows the line to retract back into the spool once the locking assembly is removed from the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Wilson, Dane Smith
  • REFRIGERATOR WITH TARGETED COOLING ZONE
    Publication number: 20180080703
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having a targeted cooling zone for cooling objects within the fresh-food compartment. The cooling zone may include one or more identifying features. The identifying features may be positioned adjacent an outlet of an air flow channel supplying the cooling air stream from a cooling source. The identifying features may have insulating and/or non-insulating properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Wilson
  • REFRIGERATOR WITH TARGETED COOLING ZONE
    Publication number: 20180080702
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance and method of dispensing cooling air towards a targeted cooling zone for cooling objects within a fresh-food compartment. The dispensing of cooling air may be based in part on the temperature of the object within the targeted cooling zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Wilson
  • Method of inhibiting scale in a geological formation
    Patent number: 9890623
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting scale in a geological formation comprising depositing a binder on the formation surface, delivering a nano-material to the surface where it chemically interacts with the binder, emplacing a scale inhibitor on the formation that is absorbed by the nano-material, where a sustained release of the scale inhibitor into the geological formation results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Leeds
    Inventors: Nasser Ghorbani, Niall Fleming, Mark Wilson, Nikil Kapur, Anne Neville
  • ANTISEPTIC CAP EQUIPPED SYRINGE
    Publication number: 20170361023
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap holder assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material removably attached to the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag Sanjay Walawalkar
  • Integrated System and Method for Providing Users With Non-destructive Ways of Manipulating Musical Scores and/or Audio Recordings for Student Practise, Testing and Assessment
    Publication number: 20170345329
    Abstract: An integrated system and method that provides users with non-destructive ways of manipulating musical scores and or audio recordings for student practise, testing and assessment. The said integrated system and method allows users to create questions that utilise one or more of the manipulated items, present questions to a student, collect the said students answer and assess the said students answer. The said integrated system is delivered via digital devices including computers, tablets, smartphones and other such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Rising Software Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Tien Lan LEE, Timothy Mark WILSON, Hamish Neil MOFFATT, Anthony (Tony) RIETWYK, William THORPE
  • AUTOMATED DPI PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170289283
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for tracking usage of applications on a mobile device that includes a virtual private network (VPN) application. The VPN application includes a rule dictionary to store a rule for each application that is executable on the mobile device. A rule comprises an identifier for the application and an associated regular expression. To create a rule, a new application is installed on the mobile device and executed to create network traffic. The network traffic from the new application is inspected and a regular expression that matches the new application is created and stored in the rules dictionary. Once the rule is stored, a usage of the application can be identified based on monitoring the network traffic and searching the rule dictionary to identify a matching application. Once a matching application is found, the usage metric of the application is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Wilson Ungerer, Yu Chen, Jia Wang, Bo Lin, Lylian Abel Antoine Kieffer, Agha Zain
  • Antiseptic cap equipped syringe
    Patent number: 9707350
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap holder assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material removably attached to the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner, Chirag Sanjay Walawalkar
  • Antiseptic cap
    Patent number: 9707349
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antiseptic cap for use with an access site having a housing with a wall defining a chamber, the wall having a set of threads on an inner surface of the wall; and an access site contacting surface associated with the housing having an antiseptic substance for contacting a surface of the access site. The present invention also provides an antiseptic cap equipped plunger assembly wherein an antiseptic cap is retained within a housing of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt
  • Antiseptic cap with thread cover
    Patent number: 9707348
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner
  • Method of cleaning and covering an access site
    Patent number: 9700676
    Abstract: A syringe assembly including: (1) a syringe barrel defining a chamber; (2) a plunger mounted in the chamber and moveable with respect to the barrel; and (3) a cap assembly containing a cap and an absorbent material is removably attached to the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Excelsior Medical Corporation
    Inventors: William Anderson, Mark Wilson, Gary Henniger, Larry Colquitt, Christopher E. Gardner