Patents by Inventor Michael A. Guy

Michael A. Guy 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: 20160046232
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, via a sensor, data associated with a vehicle operator; determining, using a processor, a view of the vehicle operator based on the received data; associating the view with a characteristic of a collision avoidance system; and thereafter modifying the characteristic of the collision avoidance system. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Spencer Michael Guy, Russell Speight VanBlon, Dharma Teja Nukarapu, Russell Stuart Gantman
  • Publication number: 20160034855
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: sending, using a processor, an event having a specified time; receiving, using a processor, an acceptance of the event; and receiving, using a processor, location data of a user that accepted the event; wherein the location data is received for a predetermined time frame associated with the specified time of the event. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Spencer Michael Guy, Russell Speight VanBlon, Russell Stuart Gantman
  • Publication number: 20150269943
    Abstract: For directing voice input based on eye tracking, a method is disclosed that includes receiving, by use of a processor, an audio signal, the audio signal comprising voice input, selecting a location from the group consisting of a computing device and an application being displayed on a screen of the computing device, the location being detected where a user's eyes are directed, and directing the voice input to the selected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE, LTD.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Manisha Bijjaragi, Jason Grimme, Spencer Michael Guy, Kyle Jared McDaniel
  • Patent number: 9077622
    Abstract: A method and device for automatic login of a virtual private network on an interface change, the method: associating a virtual private network profile with a plurality of connection interfaces, each connection interface within the plurality of connection interfaces having a priority; monitoring the plurality of connection interfaces for availability; if a connection interface with a higher priority than the connection interface currently used by the virtual private network becomes available, utilizing the higher priority connection interface for the virtual private network; and if the connection interface currently used by the virtual private network becomes unavailable, transferring the virtual private network to a highest priority available connection interface within the plurality of connection interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Chi Chiu Tse, Elliott Michael Guy Mazzuca, Alan Pak-Lun Ho
  • Patent number: 8980083
    Abstract: A water treatment apparatus comprises a chamber divided by a partition into a treatment section and an outlet section. The treatment section may, for example, contain a filter media including organic material which supports a shrub or tree. Runoff water enters the treatment section over an inlet chamber which forms a bridge over the outlet section. During heavy flow conditions, some of the incoming water overflows inlet bypass weirs to pass directly to the outflow section, bypassing the filter media in the treatment section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Keith Garry Hutchings, Michael Guy Faram
  • Patent number: 8623204
    Abstract: A stormwater gully comprises a chamber in which an outlet assembly is installed. The outlet assembly comprises filter units connected to an outlet housing. In use, stormwater can flow from the chamber in an upwards direction through filter units into the outlet housing. The outlet housing has an outlet, which extends from the gully. At high rates of flow, the water level in the chamber will rise until water can flow into the outlet housing through bypass inlets. The bypass inlets are connected to the interior of the housing by siphons defined by arched regions of a top cover. The siphons allow rapid discharge of water until the water level returns below the level of the bypass inlets. A slow drain down feature is provided which enables the chamber and outlet assembly to be drained below the level of the primary inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Michael Guy Faram, Jeremy Paul Lecornu
  • Publication number: 20130277292
    Abstract: A stormwater gully comprises a chamber in which an outlet assembly is installed. The outlet assembly comprises filter units connected to an outlet housing. In use, stormwater can flow from the chamber in an upwards direction through filter units into the outlet housing. The outlet housing has an outlet, which extends from the gully. At high rates of flow, the water level in the chamber will rise until water can flow into the outlet housing through bypass inlets. The bypass inlets are connected to the interior of the housing by siphons defined by arched regions of a top cover. The siphons allow rapid discharge of water until the water level returns below the level of the bypass inlets. A slow drain down feature is provided which enables the chamber and outlet assembly to be drained below the level of the primary inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Michael Guy Faram, Jeremy Paul Lecornu
  • Publication number: 20130219465
    Abstract: A method and a mobile device having a plurality of modes of operation, the method associating each connection interface on the mobile device with one of a plurality of modes; and restricting access to a profile for each connection interface on the mobile device to only a subset of applications based on the mode associated with the profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Chi Chiu TSE, Elliott Michael Guy MAZZUCA, Konrad HAMMEL
  • Patent number: 8480887
    Abstract: A stormwater gully comprises a chamber in which an outlet assembly is installed. The outlet assembly comprises filter units connected to an outlet housing. In use, stormwater can flow from the chamber in an upwards direction through filter units into the outlet housing. The outlet housing has an outlet, which extends from the gully. At high rates of flow, the water level in the chamber will rise until water can flow into the outlet housing through bypass inlets. The bypass inlets are connected to the interior of the housing by siphons defined by arched regions of a top cover. The siphons allow rapid discharge of water until the water level returns below the level of the bypass inlets. A slow drain down feature is provided which enables the chamber and outlet assembly to be drained below the level of the primary inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Jeremy Paul Lecornu, Michael Guy Faram
  • Publication number: 20130001144
    Abstract: A water treatment apparatus comprises a chamber divided by a partition into a treatment section and an outlet section. The treatment section may, for example, contain a filter media including organic material which supports a shrub or tree. Runoff water enters the treatment section over an inlet chamber which forms a bridge over the outlet section. During heavy flow conditions, some of the incoming water overflows inlet bypass weirs to pass directly to the outflow section, bypassing the filter media in the treatment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: HYDRO INTERNATIONAL plc
    Inventors: Keith Garry Hutchings, Michael Guy Faram
  • Patent number: 8342338
    Abstract: A separator 2 for separating solids, such as grit, from an influent, such as water, the tray assembly 4 comprising a plurality of nested tray units 14 which are spaced apart from one another along a vertical separator axis 16. Each tray unit 14 comprises a substantially conical tray 18, an aperture 20 in the apex of the tray 18, and a means for restricting flow through the respective aperture 20, such as a baffle 22 disposed at or adjacent the aperture 20. In use, grit is separated from water circulating among the trays 18 and falls through successive apertures 20 in each of the trays to exit through the bottom of the tray assembly 4. The baffles 22 restrict upward flow through the apertures 20 in the trays 18 thereby reducing agitation of the grit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Michael Guy Faram, Paul Stephen Barter
  • Patent number: 8342528
    Abstract: A new card game and method of play is provided. The card game includes a means for making at least one proposition related to the value of a single card to be revealed from a 36-card deck of cards and a means for representing the deck of thirty-six cards. The deck of thirty-six cards includes (a) one card of a first value, (b) two cards of a second value, (c) three cards of a third value, (d) four cards of a fourth value, (e) five cards of a fifth value, (f) six cards of a sixth value, (g) five cards of a seventh value, (h) four cards of an eighth value, (i) three cards of a ninth value, (j) two cards of a tenth value, and (k) one card of an eleventh value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Guy Porto
  • Publication number: 20110226693
    Abstract: A separator 2 for separating solids, such as grit, from an influent, such as water, the tray assembly 4 comprising a plurality of nested tray units 14 which are spaced apart from one another along a vertical separator axis 16. Each tray unit 14 comprises a substantially conical tray 18, an aperture 20 in the apex of the tray 18, and a means for restricting flow through the respective aperture 20, such as a baffle 22 disposed at or adjacent the aperture 20. In use, grit is separated from water circulating among the trays 18 and falls through successive apertures 20 in each of the trays to exit through the bottom of the tray assembly 4. The baffles 22 restrict upward flow through the apertures 20 in the trays 18 thereby reducing agitation of the grit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Michael Guy Faram, Paul Stephen Barter
  • Publication number: 20110127204
    Abstract: A stormwater gully comprises a chamber in which an outlet assembly is installed. The outlet assembly comprises filter units connected to an outlet housing. In use, stormwater can flow from the chamber in an upwards direction through filter units into the outlet housing. The outlet housing has an outlet, which extends from the gully. At high rates of flow, the water level in the chamber will rise until water can flow into the outlet housing through bypass inlets. The bypass inlets are connected to the interior of the housing by siphons defined by arched regions of a top cover. The siphons allow rapid discharge of water until the water level returns below the level of the bypass inlets. A slow drain down feature is provided which enables the chamber and outlet assembly to be drained below the level of the primary inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Fink, Jeremy Paul Lecornu, Michael Guy Faram
  • Publication number: 20100300568
    Abstract: A vortex flow control device is manufactured by forming a template unit having end walls of which the wall has an outlet opening, and a partial outer wall. The partial outer wall has an opening. A plate is subsequently secured to the template unit to partially close the opening, to leave an inlet. The size of the plate is selected so as to result in an inlet 30 sized to achieve required flow characteristics for the finished device. The plate is inclined to a planar portion on the opposite side of the inlet at an angle in the range 85° to 95°, so as to induce turbulence in the region of the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Hydro International plc
    Inventors: Michael Guy Faram, Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Jeremy Paul Lecornu, Keith Garry Hutchings, Daniel Stuart Jarman
  • Patent number: 7699984
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic treatment device comprises a vessel (2) within which is disposed an inner partition (24). The inner partition (24) divides the interior of the vessel (2) into outer and inner regions (22, 28). Flow enters the vessel (2) through a tangentially oriented inlet (14) and establishes a complex circulating flow within the vessel (2). Settleable solids migrate to the bottom of the vessel (2) and are deposited in a sump (20) through a solids outlet opening (18). Flow enters the inner region (28) through apertures (34) in the inner partition (24), and is discharged through an outlet duct (8). The inner region (28) is closed at its lower end by a frusto-conical, downwardly diverging lower wall (30) which projects outwardly from a central cylindrical wall (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hydro International PLC
    Inventors: Robert Yaw Gyamfi Andoh, Michael Guy Faram
  • Publication number: 20090124318
    Abstract: A new card game and method of play is provided. The card game includes a means for making at least one proposition related to the value of a single card to be revealed from a 36-card deck of cards and a means for representing the deck of thirty-six cards. The deck of thirty-six cards includes (a) one card of a first value, (b) two cards of a second value, (c) three cards of a third value, (d) four cards of a fourth value, (e) five cards of a fifth value, (f) six cards of a sixth value, (g) five cards of a seventh value, (h) four cards of an eighth value, (i) three cards of a ninth value, (j) two cards of a tenth value, and (k) one card of an eleventh value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Guy Porto
  • Patent number: 7344636
    Abstract: A separator comprises a gully chamber 2 having inlet and outlet ducts 10, 12. Inlet and outlet housings 20, 22 are disposed within the separator and are connected by a bypass duct 24 which extends around the wall of the chamber 2. Flow enters the chamber through an inlet which is oriented to create a circulating flow. Flow exits from the chamber through an outlet opening provided in the outlet housing 22. The outlet opening is oriented in the direction of the circulating flow so that liquid has to reverse from that flow to pass through the outlet opening. The inlet and outlet housings 20, 22 are made from identical mouldings in which appropriate openings are formed. The bypass duct can be cut to length to position the inlet and outlet housings 20, 22 opposite existing inlet and outlet ducts 10, 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hydro International PLC
    Inventors: Michael Guy Faram, Mark Richard Bowditch, Paul Lecornu, Pam J. Deahl, Jeremy Fink, Mark P. Wogaman, Robert Yaw Gwamfi Andoh
  • Patent number: D622779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Guy Porto
  • Patent number: D644270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Guy Porto