Patents by Inventor Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan 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: 20100234501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition with enhanced gas barrier properties comprising a thermoplastic polymer, an antiplasticizer and a chain extender. Suitable antiplasticizers and suitable chain extenders are disclosed herein. Other embodiments of the present invention include a method to produce such a thermoplastic composition, an article comprising such a thermoplastic composition, and a method for making such an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Sanjay Mehta, Mark Ryan Roodvoets
  • Publication number: 20100225018
    Abstract: Polymeric structures, methods for making same, fibrous structures comprising same and fibrous product incorporating same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: David William Cabell, David Loebker, Larry Neil MacKey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Ryan Richards, Fred J. Keck
  • Publication number: 20100178485
    Abstract: Hydroxyl polymer-containing compositions, especially hydroxyl polymer-containing compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Paul Arlen Forshey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil MacKey, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Patent number: 7754119
    Abstract: Polymeric structures, methods for making same, fibrous structures comprising same and fibrous product incorporating same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David William Cabell, David Warren Loebker, Larry Neil Mackey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Mark Ryan Richards, Fred J. Keck
  • Publication number: 20100162284
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: William S. Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D. Karnalkar, Mark Ryan
  • Publication number: 20100162148
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Ryan, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Susan Steele
  • Publication number: 20100161998
    Abstract: A method and system is provided for operatively associating a signing key with a software component of a computing platform. The computing platform includes a trusted device and on start-up first loads a set of software components with each component being measured prior to loading and a corresponding integrity metric recorded in registers of the trusted device. The system stores a key-related item in secure persistent storage, the key-related item being either the signing key or authorisation data for its use. The trusted device is arranged to enable a component of the software-component set to obtain the key-related item, this enabling only occurring when the current register values correspond to values only present prior to loading of components additional to those of the software-component set. Certificate evidence is provided indicating that the signing key is operatively associated with a component of the software-component set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Liqun Chen, Mark Ryan, David Plaquin, Serdar Cabuk
  • Publication number: 20100144341
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a base unit operable in part as a femtocell having a controller to detect a cellular phone, wirelessly establish communications with the cellular phone, establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a broadband interface, and enable one or more landline phones communicatively couplable to the base unit to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to establishing communications with the cellular phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: William Stanley Robbins, Larry B. Pearson, R. Tyler Wallis, Mark Ryan
  • Publication number: 20100128641
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Susan S. Steele, Mark Ryan
  • Patent number: 7714065
    Abstract: Hydroxyl polymer-containing compositions, especially hydroxyl polymer-containing compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Arlen Forshey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil MacKey, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Publication number: 20100047576
    Abstract: Crosslinking systems suitable for use in a polymer melt composition wherein the polymer melt composition comprises a hydroxyl polymer; polymeric structures made from such polymer melt compositions; and processes/methods related thereto are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Linda Evers Smith, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, John Gerhard Michael, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Publication number: 20100022237
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication system having a battery-operated communication device (BOCD) operating according to a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) access protocol, or a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) wireless access protocol, one or more battery-operated handsets (BOHs) operating according to the DECT wireless access protocol, and a base unit with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) port and an Ethernet port. The base unit can be adapted to provide voice or data services to the BOCD by way of the PSTN port or the Ethernet port while communicatively coupled thereto according to the DECT wireless access protocol, or the WiFi access protocol, and provide voice services to each of the one or more BOHs by way of the PSTN port while communicatively coupled thereto according to the DECT wireless access protocol. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Larry B. Pearson, Anup D. Karnalkar, Mark Ryan, Susan S. Steele, Jerry O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20090271151
    Abstract: A machine data acquisition system is disclosed. The data acquisition system may include a sensor disposed on a machine and configured to produce a signal indicative of an operational parameter of the machine. The system may also include a data processor and controller configured to convert the signal into a plurality of parameter data points. The system may further include a primary data circular buffer disposed on the machine and configured to store the plurality of parameter data points. Additionally, a variable resolution circular buffer may be disposed on the machine and configured to store a compressed parameter data point calculated from the plurality of parameter data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Wayne O'Neal, Mark Ryan Hazen, Todd Philip Cole, David Charles Janik, Joseph Anthony Lang
  • Publication number: 20090254851
    Abstract: A method of conducting a survey by a wireless device having a memory circuit and a display screen, the wireless device being capable of wireless communication with a server during a connection period, is provided. The method involves: downloading from the server during the connection period a metadata variable; displaying on the display screen of the wireless device presentation information associated with the metadata variable; receiving user input in response to the presentation information; after receiving the user input, allocating memory of the memory circuit for storing the user input in association with the metadata variable; and storing the user input in the memory in association with the metadata variable. A system for conducting a survey by a wireless device includes a server and a plurality of the wireless devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: TECHNEOS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Brenton Porter Scott, Stefan Andrew Mohr, Aaron John Pazurik, Mark Ryan Cameron
  • Publication number: 20080313547
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to present a graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of toolbars, detect a selection of a web-based toolbar, present the GUI with a hierarchical listing of content associated with the selected web-based toolbar, detect a selection of content from the hierarchical listing of content, create a new toolbar associated with the selected content with at least one selectable GUI element, present the GUI with the new toolbar intermixed with at least a portion of the plurality of toolbars, poll a web service for content updates, wherein the web service is associated with the selected content, and present the GUI with content updates supplied by the web service displayed in a portion of the new toolbar. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicants: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Tyler Wallis, Larry B. Pearson, Mark Ryan, Susan S. Steele, William S. Robbins, Anup D. Karnalkar, Jerry O'Leary
  • Publication number: 20080313154
    Abstract: A method for managing contact information is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to perform a web-based search for contact information based on a request, present search results obtained from the web-based search, monitor for a selection to populate an address book of the communication device with a target portion of the contact information for an entry of the search results, parse the entry of the search results to obtain the target portion of the contact information, and populate the address book with the target portion of the contact information. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicants: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC., AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: TYLER WALLIS, LARRY B. PEARSON, MARK RYAN, SUSAN S. STEELE, WILLIAM S. ROBBINS, ANUP D. KARNALKAR, JERRY O'LEARY
  • Patent number: 7460488
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selectively configuring, in a router, physical ports to either a Wide Area Network (WAN) or a Local Area Network (LAN). Method steps include receiving a message to configure a physical port for use with either the LAN or WAN; associating, in response to receiving the message, a set of mapping assignments for using the physical port to access the network; and implementing the mapping assignments, in response to associating the mapping assignments, to configure the physical port for coupling to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventor: Mark Ryan Mayernick
  • Patent number: 7461137
    Abstract: A weather system available through the Internet provides for clean and consistent global navigation, brings content close to the consumer, and allows consumers to plan their lives based on the weather. The weather system provides consumers with multiple methods of navigating through the site, including: geographical, categorical/activity-based, localized/contextual, and temporal. These navigation methods are not mutually exclusive but instead are tightly nested to allow consumers to navigate seamlessly through the site, switching from one method to the next. On a local weather page, the information is organized in a hub-and-spoke fashion so that consumers can navigate to interrelated information. The weather system can quickly give consumers the local weather at any location, but also empowers consumers to plan their lives based on the weather.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: The Weather Channel
    Inventors: Mark Ryan, Jody Fennell, Joe Pearson
  • Patent number: 7426775
    Abstract: Polymer melt compositions, especially polymer melt compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Arlen Forshey, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, Mark Ryan Richards
  • Patent number: D567537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mehmen, Daniel Jackson, Fred Ritchie, Deonna Fritz, Mark Ryan