Patents by Inventor Michael Cameron

Michael Cameron 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: 8042930
    Abstract: A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Publication number: 20110197669
    Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor operates to detect the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined minimum level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Patent number: 7974219
    Abstract: A system, and a corresponding method, implemented on a suitable computing device, provides for troubleshooting a network using path topology. The system includes a network node manager that generates and displays a path topology. The path topology a most probable path between two end point elements in the network. The most probable path includes one or more network elements disposed between the two end point elements, and the path topology includes identities of each of the network elements. The system also includes a health report generator, coupled to the network node manager, that receives identities of each of the network elements, determines summary performance information for each of the network elements, and displays the summary performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Strahan, Michael Cameron
  • Patent number: 7931363
    Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of an imaging device at a first flow rate, and a reservoir spaced from the applicator including a supply of the release agent for the applicator. A first fluid path fluidly couples the reservoir to the applicator for delivering release agent to the applicator; and a second fluid path fluidly couples the applicator to the reservoir for recirculating release agent back to the reservoir. A delivery pump is configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator via the first fluid path at a second flow rate; and a recirculation pump is configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir at a third flow rate. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate, and the third flow rate is greater than the second flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Publication number: 20110005354
    Abstract: Provided herein are processes for recovering molybdenum and/or other value metals (e.g., uranium) present in aqueous solutions from a large range of concentrations: from ppm to grams per liter via a solvent extraction process by extracting the molybdenum and/or other value metal from the aqueous solution by contacting it with an organic phase solution containing a phosphinic acid, stripping the molybdenum and/or other value metal from the organic phase solution by contacting it with an aqueous phase strip solution containing an inorganic compound and having a ?1.0 M concentration of free ammonia, and recovering the molybdenum and/or other value metal by separating it from the aqueous phase strip solution. When the molybdenum and/or other value metal are present only in low concentration, the processes can include an organic phase recycle step and/or an aqueous phase strip recycle step in order to concentrate the metal prior to recover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Troy Allan Bednarski, Violina Antoneta Cocalia, Matthew Dean Soderstrom, Eduardo Alberto Kamenetzky, Andrew Michael Cameron, Douglas Harris
  • Publication number: 20100299343
    Abstract: Computer-readable media and computerized methods for automatically organizing search results according to task groups are provided. The methods involve aggregating a gallery of entities (e.g., search queries that share a common categorization) into a query class and assigning a dictionary (e.g., list of terms that are drawn from various sources) to the query class. The task groups are identified from the list of terms within the dictionary. The process of identification includes analyzing patterns of user search behavior to select terms from the list of terms, which reflect popular user search intents, and ranking the selected terms based on predetermined parameters to produce an ordering. Based on the ordering, a set of the selected terms that are highest ranked are declared the task groups. The task groups are employed to arrange the search results on a UI display and to provide a consistent and intuitive format for refining a search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sanaz Ahari, Xiaoxin Yin, Farid Hosseini, Sarthak Shah, Adam Troy, Daniel C. Fain, Brian MacDonald, Nikhil Dandekar, Michael Cameron
  • Publication number: 20100278667
    Abstract: A peristaltic pump mechanism comprises a gear having teeth configured for meshed engagement with a drive source, such as a DC motor and a pair of occlusion members configured to compress a transport tube against an occlusion surface. Each occlusion member is mounted on an axle, with one end of the axle mounted on the first gear and an opposite end of each axle engaged by a support member. Two support ribs are mounted between the gear and the support element. The pair of occlusion members includes a first pair of rollers mounted on the gear 180° apart from each other. The two support ribs are mounted on the gear 180° apart from each other and offset 90° from the pair of rollers. The DC motor drives a worm gear in meshed engagement with the gear of the pump mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Publication number: 20100271450
    Abstract: A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of an imaging device at a first flow rate, and a reservoir spaced from the applicator including a supply of the release agent for the applicator. A first fluid path fluidly couples the reservoir to the applicator for delivering release agent to the applicator; and a second fluid path fluidly couples the applicator to the reservoir for recirculating release agent back to the reservoir. A delivery pump is configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator via the first fluid path at a second flow rate; and a recirculation pump is configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir at a third flow rate. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate, and the third flow rate is greater than the second flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Publication number: 20100271451
    Abstract: A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward F. Burress, Michael Joel Edwards, Joseph Benjamin Gault, Michael Cameron Gordon, Devin Richard Bailly, Frank Alexander Weissig, Barry Daniel Reeves
  • Publication number: 20100241820
    Abstract: A method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. The method includes ceasing to use storage on thinly provisioned storage delivered by a thin-provisioning storage device and notifying the thin-provisioning storage device of the unused storage. The method may further include reclaiming the unused storage in response to the notification. Alternatively, the notification may include recognizing the storage being freed and communicating the recognition to the storage device. In another form, the invention is a method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. This method includes delivering thinly provisioned storage and receiving notification that part of the thinly provisioned storage is no longer in use. The method may further include reclaiming that part of the thinly provisioned storage in response to the notification. Between receiving and reclaiming, the method may wait for a time to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Greg PELTS, Michael Cameron HAY
  • Publication number: 20100174703
    Abstract: Computer systems, methods, and media improving the relevance of the search results presented to a user for queries having an implicit local intent are provided. Utilizing the systems and methods described herein locally-biased queries are identified, despite such queries being void of any location-specific terms. A location of a computing device associated with the user is determined and localized web search results associated with the data item pair comprising the input query and the user's determined location are generated and presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikhil Dandekar, Michael Cameron, Evan Despault
  • Publication number: 20100131517
    Abstract: A method of sorting search results associated with a function search performed on a source code repository comprises receiving the search results, wherein each search result is either a function definition or a function usage, grouping the search results into groups according to a grouping function, ranking the groups according to a ranking function, and displaying the grouped and ranked search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Huang, Michael Cameron Jones
  • Publication number: 20100082611
    Abstract: Multiple entities are tracked over periods of time and information concerning these entities are collected. For each entity, the entities associated with the entity and the types of associations are determined. One or more entities of interest is/are identified. Different weights are assigned to the entities on the trajectories connecting with the entity or entities of interest based on their associations with the entity or entities of interest and their positions on the trajectories. Selected entities are ranked and surfaced based on their total weights for the entity or entities of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Athellina Athsani, Elizabeth Frances Churchill, Michael Cameron Jones
  • Publication number: 20100080129
    Abstract: A system, and a corresponding method, implemented on a suitable computing device, provides for troubleshooting a network using path topology. The system includes a network node manager that generates and displays a path topology. The path topology a most probable path between two end point elements in the network. The most probable path includes one or more network elements disposed between the two end point elements, and the path topology includes identities of each of the network elements. The system also includes a health report generator, coupled to the network node manager, that receives identities of each of the network elements, determines summary performance information for each of the network elements, and displays the summary performance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Strahan, Michael Cameron
  • Publication number: 20100060604
    Abstract: An advanced technique of user interaction with compact, portable, hand-held devices, larger electronic devices and other surfaces and objects is disclosed. The particular component arrays, configuration modes and analytic methodologies disclosed are optimized and directed toward logical interpretation of device motions resulting from vector impulses as user data inputs and commands. Apparatus, system and method embodiments are described and illustrated by examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Jan Zwart, Greg Mark Derige, Andrew Michael Cameron, Jake Zwart, Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, Dawit Mergia Effa, Kenneth King Ho Lee, Matthew Allen Rendall
  • Publication number: 20100038384
    Abstract: A fluid dosing cartridge (110) comprising a fluid reservoir (112), a delivery conduit (114) with an output nozzle (22), a nozzle socket (24), a pump chamber (42) and plunger (44), and a check valve assembly (118). The check valve assembly (118) comprises a valve housing (26), defining a valve chamber (32), and first (34), second (36) and third (38) valve ports, and first and second check valves (28, 30). Each check valve (28, 30) comprises a stainless steel ball (46) resiliently biased under the action of a spring (50) and a valve seat (48). The valve seat (48) comprises a body member (52) and a circular wall member (56) defining a valve aperture (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Wallace, Ryan John Chessar, Clive Justin Edmunds, Jeremy Carey, Michael Cameron Bainton
  • Patent number: 7629884
    Abstract: A system for providing location based, event and inventory information having a first terminal coupled to a database correlating address information to location based coordinate information, said first terminal adapted to transmit said location based coordinate information and a second terminal adapted to receive the location based coordinate information, automatically input such location based coordinate information into a map display and display a map including the address that correlates to said location based coordinate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Michael Cameron, Sidney Weatherford
  • Publication number: 20090094221
    Abstract: Presenting one or more suggested search-engine queries based on an initial search-engine query is described herein. Once the initial query is received, a search engine determines whether any web content is relevant thereto. If not, a query-suggestion service determines whether any suggested queries can be substituted for the initial query. If not, the query is spell-corrected, if necessary, and parsed into individual terms. Each parsed term is then checked to see whether it can be associated with alternative search terms. Terms than can are combined and their combination is also checked for alternative search terms. All of the alternative search terms are scored and then assembled into a list of suggested search terms that is presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL CAMERON, HUGH WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20090089516
    Abstract: A method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. The method includes ceasing to use storage on thinly provisioned storage delivered by a thin-provisioning storage device and notifying the thin-provisioning storage device of the unused storage. The method may further include reclaiming the unused storage in response to the notification. Alternatively, the notification may include recognizing the storage being freed and communicating the recognition to the storage device. In another form, the invention is a method, medium and apparatus for managing storage in a thin-provisioning storage device. This method includes delivering thinly provisioned storage and receiving notification that part of the thinly provisioned storage is no longer in use. The method may further include reclaiming that part of the thinly provisioned storage in response to the notification. Between receiving and reclaiming, the method may wait for a time to pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Greg Pelts, Michael Cameron Hay
  • Patent number: D655380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Cameron Taylor