Patents by Inventor Mark R. Gibson

Mark R. Gibson 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: 10465501
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of calculating fluid distribution from a hydraulically fractured well, especially during a plug-and-perf hydraulic fracturing operation. The Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data is used to quantify the fluid distribution in separate perf clusters during fracturing, and the result can be used for completion design and optimization, hydraulic fracturing, and ultimately for oil and gas production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Kyle Friehauf, Mark R. Gibson
  • Patent number: 10316649
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of calculating fluid distribution from a hydraulically fractured well, especially during a plug-and-perf hydraulic fracturing operation. The Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data is used to quantify the fluid distribution in separate perf clusters during fracturing, and the result can be used for completion design and optimization, hydraulic fracturing, and ultimately for oil and gas production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Kyle Friehauf, Mark R. Gibson
  • Publication number: 20170260849
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of calculating fluid distribution from a hydraulically fractured well, especially during a plug-and-perf hydraulic fracturing operation. The Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) data is used to quantify the fluid distribution in separate perf clusters during fracturing, and the result can be used for completion design and optimization, hydraulic fracturing, and ultimately for oil and gas production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kyle FRIEHAUF, Mark R. GIBSON
  • Publication number: 20170254211
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine bladed rotor arrangement comprises a rotor, a plurality of rotor blades and a plurality of lock plates. The rotor blades are mounted in circumferentially spaced axially extending slots in the periphery of the rotor. A plurality of lock plates are arranged at a first axial end of the rotor. The radially outer ends of the lock plates engage corresponding grooves defined by radially inwardly extending flanges on the platforms of the rotor blades. The radially inner ends of the lock plates also engage a circumferentially extending groove. The radially outer end of at least one lock plate at the first axial end of the rotor has at least one projection extending axially away from the rotor. Each projection locates against a corresponding anti-rotation feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Mark R GIBSON
  • Patent number: 9411434
    Abstract: Switching between an arm's length user interface and a distance user interface is provided. A first user interface optimized to operate a computer from an arm's-length distance is presented on a display. A command is received. It is determined whether the command is from a wired device or a wirelessly-connected device. When the command is from a wired device, then the first user interface continues to be presented. When the command is from a wirelessly-connected device, then the display is toggled from the first user interface to the distance user interface. The distance user interface is optimized for operating the computer from a television-viewing distance. The television-viewing distance measured in feet is approximately half of a diagonal measure of the image displayed on the display device measured in inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kathryn L. Parker, William T. Flora, Jr., Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark R. Gibson, Mark D. Mackenzie, Molly Scoville Rhoten, Tandy W. Trower, Mark Jeffrey Weinberg, Christopher Daniel Williams, Rodger William Benson
  • Patent number: 8739052
    Abstract: A method of overlaying layers of a user interface on a display of a computing device is presented herein. In a preferred embodiment, while a media item is displayed within the user interface, an overlay having features associated with the media item being displayed on the user interface is layered on top of the user interface such that the media item beneath the overlay layer is at least partially viewable through the overlay layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, William H Vong, Benjamin N Alton, Mark S Newell
  • Patent number: 8370744
    Abstract: A new user interface, a distance user interface, in a computer system for operating a computer from a television-viewing distance is provided. A centralized display is provided enabling a user to access streaming video and sound as well as music files, video files, and picture files from a single screen. Collaborative sharing of media content is provided by enabling a computer's operations and feedback to be collectively observed from a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn L. Parker, William T. Flora, Jr., Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark R. Gibson, Mark D. MacKenzie, Molly Scoville Rhoten, Tandy W. Trower, Mark Jeffrey Weinberg, Christopher Daniel Williams, Rodger William Benson
  • Patent number: 7810043
    Abstract: Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of representations of media items is arranged into a plurality of groups such that the plurality of groups of representations are horizontally navigated like a carousel. In another embodiment, the plurality of representations of media items is presented based on user selection of data associated with features of the media items. Yet in another embodiment where a plurality of representations is vertically aligned, navigating a representation causes vertical space between the representation and another representation next to it to be increased and causes representations of a sub-category of the representation to be displayed within the increased space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Benjamin N Alton, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, Mark S Newell, William H Vong
  • Patent number: 7761812
    Abstract: Outputting a user interface having a list of a plurality of representations of media items on a display of a computing device is presented. In one embodiment, a center locking region (CLR) is defined in the user interface and covers a portion of the plurality of representations, wherein navigation from a first representation within the CLR to a second representation outside the CLR causes a scrolling of the second representation into the CLR on one horizontal side and a scrolling of a third representation within the CLR out of the CLR on the other horizontal side while navigation through a portion of the plurality of representations within the CLR causes no scrolling. In another embodiment, a gap indicating a beginning and an end of the list is displayed and a scrolling occurs when the gap is within the CLR and a horizontal navigation within the CLR is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bojana Ostojic, Christopher A Glein, Mark R. Gibson, William H Vong, William T Flora, Benjamin N Alton, Mark S Newell
  • Publication number: 20100042947
    Abstract: Animations and transitions are provided for display of objects in a user interface. The animations and transitions include movement of objects into and within a display area, changes in the size or orientation of an object, and intensity changes for objects within a display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: BOJANA OSTOJIC, CHRISTOPHER A. GLEIN, KORT D. SANDS, MARK R. GIBSON, WILLIAM H. VONG
  • Patent number: 7178111
    Abstract: A 10-Foot media user interface is herein described. A computer user interface may be designed for primary use as a 10-Foot user interface, where a user controls the computer using a remote control device, instead of as a traditional 2-Foot user interface where the user controls the computer using keyboard and mouse from directly in from of the computer. The 10-Foot user interface uses 3D space and animations to more clearly indicate navigation and selection of items in the user interface to the controlling user. Use of three-dimensional space also increases the display screen real estate that is available for content items, and allows the media user interface to move unselected items out of primary view of the user. The user interface may animate movement in three-dimensions to allow the user to more easily conceptually follow navigation of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Glein, Bojana Ostojic, Jeffrey C. Fong, Kort Danner Sands, Mark R. Gibson
  • Patent number: D522017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark R. Gibson
  • Patent number: D522529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Mark R. Gibson
  • Patent number: D525985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gibson, Mark Daniel MacKenzie
  • Patent number: D536343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Fong, Mark Daniel MacKenzie, Mark R. Gibson, Kort Danner Sands
  • Patent number: D545828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic, Kort Danner Sands
  • Patent number: D546335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: D546336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic
  • Patent number: D552623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic, Kort Danner Sands, Marc S. Oshiro
  • Patent number: D553138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic