Patents by Inventor Martin Snell

Martin Snell 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: 20090048860
    Abstract: Automatically determining pricing for at least one unit of content that can be selected and licensed or purchased over a network. Pricing is determined based on an initial price, and at least one of the following: a reviewer rating, content activity, or a customer offer price. Each of these factors may be weighted. The initial price may be a minimum price, a maximum price, a suggested price from a content owner, a pre-calculated market price, or other initial price. Content activity generally reflects user behaviors related to a content item, such as selecting a content item from a search results list, saving it as a favorite, returning to view it, placing it in a virtual shopping cart, or licensing it. Content activity combined with reviewer rating and/or offer price, indicates a “snappyness” score. A new price is dynamically calculated based on the initial price and snappyness score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Corbis Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Bennett Brotman, Glen Arthur O'Connor, Nandini Ranjitkumar, Todd Brian Guill, Daniel Martin Snell, William G. Bronske
  • Publication number: 20080270309
    Abstract: Automatically determining pricing for at least one unit of content that can be selected and licensed or purchased over a network. Pricing is determined based on an initial price, and at least one of the following: a reviewer rating, content activity, or a customer offer price. Each of these factors may be weighted. The initial price may be a minimum price, a maximum price, a suggested price from a content owner, a pre-calculated market price, or other initial price. Content activity generally reflects user behaviors related to a content item, such as selecting a content item from a search results list, saving it as a favorite, returning to view it, placing it in a virtual shopping cart, or licensing it. Content activity combined with reviewer rating and/or offer price, indicates a “snappyness” score. A new price is dynamically calculated based on the initial price and snappyness score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Corbis Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Bennett Brotman, Glen Arthur O'Connor, Nandini Ranjitkumar, Todd Brian Guill, Daniel Martin Snell, William G. Bronske
  • Patent number: 6285270
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for a circuit breaker having a pair of relatively moveable contacts is disclosed. The actuator includes primary actuator coupled to at least one of the contacts by a link mechanism operable to provide closing and holding forces to the contacts of the circuit breaker and a secondary, faster acting actuator which, on tripping thereof, provides sufficient force to at least initiate opening of the contacts by the configuration of the link mechanism. The secondary actuator includes a stored energy latch which has a permanent magnet flux circuit for providing a holding force and a coil connected to receive a trigger signal to overcome the permanent magnet flux to trip the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: FKI plc
    Inventors: Stephen Ernest Lane, Martin Snell
  • Patent number: 5452172
    Abstract: An auto-recloser circuit-breaker has three vacuum interrupters driven from a single bistable magnetic actuator which is powered by a first lithium sulphur dioxide battery under control of an electronic protection relay which is powered by a second lithium sulphur dioxide battery. The drive mechanism, actuator and relay are designed to minimize current consumed by the batteries so that the recloser may be self-powered for its full life by these batteries independent of the power line in which it is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Inventors: Stephen E. Lane, Martin Snell