Patents by Inventor Michael AARON

Michael AARON 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: 7920377
    Abstract: Embodiments include hardware and/or software for manufacturing a removable plate having a medium, to be integral to a casing for a processor-based device. Integrating the removable plate in or on the casing facilitates access to the medium and the data stored on the medium by providing storage in a location that is convenient and local to the processor-based device. The removable plate may include a first surface designed to cover a portion of the processor-based device and a second surface to be covered by the first surface when integrated with the casing, to provide access to the medium. The removable plate may also include any other types of media that can communicatively couple with the processor-based device directly, or indirectly through, e.g., a computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kaply, Walter Chun-Won Lee, Jonas Sicking, Lloyd Bernard Stearns, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100293170
    Abstract: Systems and methods of identifying and categorizing social network messages that are relevant to selected categories and text terms are provided. The frequency of text terms appearing in social network messages are calculated for multiple categories. Based on the calculated text term frequency, social network messages can be identified and/or categorized that match a provided set of text terms. Selecting and/or associating text terms and categories are determined by repeatedly analyzing social network messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: CITIZENNET INC.
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Hall, Daniel Benyamin, Aaron Chu
  • Publication number: 20100263003
    Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure comprises displaying a program in a first format on a first television channel to a user and automatically displaying a message to the user indicating that the program is available in a second format on a second television channel. The message may be displayed on the first television channel while the program in the first format is being displayed. Additionally, the automatic displaying of the message may be unprompted by the user. In certain embodiments, the user may be provided the option to purchase the program in the second format if the second format is not within the user's subscription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Shekhar Gupta, Michael Aaron Roberts, Krishnakumar K. Bhaskarankutty Nair
  • Publication number: 20100248777
    Abstract: A method for storing data with a digital image comprises providing a digital camera for capturing and storing digital images, the digital camera having a controller, a storage medium, a data entry mechanism, and a positioning system. The method further includes the camera receiving direction from a user to capture a digital image and capturing and storing the digital image in response to the user's direction. Additionally, the positioning system determines location information corresponding to the location of the digital camera when the image is captured. The camera receives user-supplied data input to be associated with the captured digital image captured via the data entry mechanism and the controller automatically associates the user-supplied data input and the location information with the digital image and stores the data input, the location information, and the digital image in the storage medium as a combined data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Roberts, Shekhar Gupta, Anthony James Zerillo
  • Publication number: 20100189395
    Abstract: An optical connector comprising: (a) a lens; (b) a ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule with an endface and at least one fiber in the ferrule having a fiber end presented at the endface; (c) a housing for holding the ferrule assembly and the lens in a certain axial and radial relationship; and (d) a glass element having a first and second surface, the first surface affixed to the endface such that it is in physical contact with the fiber end, the second surface having an AR coating and defining a space between it and the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Soren Grinderslev, Randall Bobby Paul
  • Patent number: 7758389
    Abstract: A connector assembly configured to connect a plug body into a receiving module of an electrical device is provided. The connector assembly has a cable end and a plug end and a cable channel extending therethrough. The connector assembly includes an inner body having and an outer housing that is coupled to and surrounds at least a portion of the inner body. The outer housing is configured to attach to the electrical device. The connector assembly further includes a plug having the plug body and at least one cable conductor extending through the cable channel and connecting to the plug body. The plug body is held near or within the inner body and is movable from a first position near or within the inner body to a second position engaged with the receiving module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Edmund J. Haley, Larry Gene Eby
  • Patent number: 7729812
    Abstract: A system for providing field deployable electrical power distribution is provided. The system includes a plurality of power sources providing electrical power to meet the electrical needs of a field operations camp. The power sources include at least one regenerative fuel cell that is arranged to provide a electrical power when renewable energy sources are unavailable. Also provided is at least one generator and one regenerative fuel cell electrically connected to the plurality of loads. Also provided is a plurality of power converters, each of the plurality of power converters being electrically connected between the at least one generator and regenerative fuel cell and one of the plurality of loads. An arrangement is also included for providing a high availability battery charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Spaner
  • Patent number: 7722261
    Abstract: An optical connector comprising: (a) a lens; (b) a ferrule assembly comprising a ferrule with an endface and at least one fiber in the ferrule having a fiber end presented at the endface; (c) a housing for holding the ferrule assembly and the lens in a certain axial and radial relationship; and (d) a glass element having a first and second surface, the first surface affixed to the endface such that it is in physical contact with the fiber end, the second surface having an AR coating and defining a space between it and the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Soren Grinderslev, Randall Bobby Paul
  • Publication number: 20100108535
    Abstract: An electrochemical system having a plurality of discrete electrochemical cell stacks is described. The system includes a water-oxygen management system fluidly coupled to the plurality of electrochemical cell stacks and a hydrogen management system fluidly coupled to the plurality of electrochemical cells. A means for ventilating the system and a control system for monitoring and operating said electrochemical system, said control system including a means for detecting abnormal operating conditions and a means for degrading the performance of said electrochemical system in response to said abnormal condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Justin Damien Baltrucki, A. John Speranza, Michael Aaron Spaner, Curt Copeland Ebner, Ken Wayne Dreier, Stephen Arthur Goyette, Lawrence Clinton Moulthrop, Matthew J. Christopher
  • Publication number: 20100080002
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a light source and an optical element. The light source generates light where the color of the light varies based on the direction the light is emitted from the light source. The optical element is positioned transverse to the optical axis and is configured to mix the light. The color of the light mixed by the optical element is substantially independent of the direction at which the light emanates from the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: MICHAEL AARON KADAR-KALLEN
  • Patent number: 7677812
    Abstract: A strain relief boot for a connectorized cable. The boot has a staged bending characteristic in that there are discrete first and second zones that have different bending and minimum bend radius characteristics. The boot is of a segmented design including multiple links separated from one another by open gaps that are spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction. Gaps are positioned along a periphery of the boot for each axial location. Ribs extend longitudinally to connect axially adjacent links, and to separate peripherally spaced gaps. The different characteristics relate to differences in the gap, link and rib structures, which have dimensions varying along the boot's length. Preferably, link and rib dimensions are relatively smaller toward a proximal end of the boot, and gap dimensions are relatively larger toward the proximal end of the boot. This provides greater flexibility and smaller minimum bend radii toward the boot's proximal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lou Castagna, Michael L. Gurreri, Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, David Cormany
  • Patent number: 7645162
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that has a plug end and a cable end and is configured to insert a plug that is coupled to a cable into a receiving module of an electrical device. The connector assembly includes an inner body that has a cable channel extending in an axial direction between the plug end and the cable end. The connector assembly also includes a slider element that is configured to hold a plug proximate to the plug end. The slider element is held by and movable along the inner body in an axial direction. The connector assembly further includes an outer housing that surrounds the inner body and the slider element. The outer housing is movable in the axial direction with respect to the inner body and the slider element, and the outer housing is also configured to attach to the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Edmund J. Haley, Larry Gene Eby
  • Publication number: 20090307003
    Abstract: Activity systems and methods for social networks are provided in which user activities are gathered and matched with advertisers and/or publishers and displayed by publishers. Paid links or units can also be attached to these displayed user activities to provide revenue to the user, advertiser and/or publisher. The gathering and matching may be enhanced by a message classifier and an optimizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel Benyamin, Michael C. McGinley, Michael Aaron Hall, Nicholas J. Bina
  • Publication number: 20090264555
    Abstract: Absorbable and non-absorbable cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive/sealant formulations include at least one multipurpose carboxylic, acid-bearing C-succinylated polymeric rheology modifier capable of increasing the viscosity of the liquid formulation, while controlling the anionic polymerization of the cyanoacrylate monomers and increasing the compliance of the cured solid adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Michael Aaron Vaughn, James M. Lindsey, III
  • Publication number: 20090265210
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for managing at least one store associate in the operation of a store through wireless electronic communication through a communication network between a manager and at least one store associate. The manager uses a manager's communication device and the at least one store associate uses an associate's communication device to communicate through the communication network. The store associate is provided a list of orders to perform and the manager receives data on the manager's communication device pertaining to the performance of the list of orders created on the associate's communication device, wherein the manager uses said data to evaluate the job performance of the at least one store associate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: THE KROGER CO.
    Inventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Christopher Todd Hjelm, Titus Arthur Jones, Michael Aaron Jordan, Dion Brent Perkins
  • Publication number: 20090233887
    Abstract: Hydroswellable, absorbable and non-absorbable, aliphatic, segmented polyurethanes and polyurethane-urea capable of swelling in the biological environment with associated increase in volume of at least 3 percent have more than one type of segments, including those derived from polyethylene glycol and the molecular chains are structurally tailored to allow the use of corresponding formulations and medical devices as carriers for bioactive agents, rheological modifiers of cyanoacrylate-based tissue adhesives, as protective devices for repairing defective or diseased components of articulating joints and their cartilage, and scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Shalaby W. Shalaby, Joel T. Corbett, David R. Ingam, Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20090204538
    Abstract: A graphical user interface including a controller for redistributing funds between a first account and a second account. The controller includes a slidable element positionable over a fixed background element to define a first segment and a second segment of the background element. A length of the first segment is representative of a balance of the first account, and a length of the second segment is representative of a balance of the second account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Ley, Christine Johns, Christopher Michael Bajgier, David Wisely Vondle, Dario Francesco Buzzini, Michael Aaron Chapman, Mark Alexander Jones, Rodney Hal Monson
  • Publication number: 20090191750
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that has a plug end and a cable end and is configured to insert a plug that is coupled to a cable into a receiving module of an electrical device. The connector assembly includes an inner body that has a cable channel extending in an axial direction between the plug end and the cable end. The connector assembly also includes a slider element that is configured to hold a plug proximate to the plug end. The slider element is held by and movable along the inner body in an axial direction. The connector assembly further includes an outer housing that surrounds the inner body and the slider element. The outer housing is movable in the axial direction with respect to the inner body and the slider element, and the outer housing is also configured to attach to the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Edmund J. Haley, Larry Gene Eby
  • Publication number: 20090191738
    Abstract: A connector assembly configured to connect a plug body into a receiving module of an electrical device is provided. The connector assembly has a cable end and a plug end and a cable channel extending therethrough. The connector assembly includes an inner body having and an outer housing that is coupled to and surrounds at least a portion of the inner body. The outer housing is configured to attach to the electrical device. The connector assembly further includes a plug having the plug body and at least one cable conductor extending through the cable channel and connecting to the plug body. The plug body is held near or within the inner body and is movable from a first position near or within the inner body to a second position engaged with the receiving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen, Edmund J. Haley, Larry Gene Eby
  • Patent number: 7533334
    Abstract: A apparatus and computer instructions for transmitting accessibility requirements. Content is received from a computer at a data processing system. The content is parsed for a selected indicator. The data processing system is queried to identify accessibility requirements in response to the selected indicator being present. The identified accessibility requirements are sent to the computer. These accessibility requirements are use by the computer to generate content for the data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Ronald B. Capelli, Michael Aaron Kaply