Patents by Inventor Michael J. Abbott
Michael J. Abbott 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).
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Patent number: 11933195Abstract: A method of treating a component adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is described herein. The component may comprise ceramic matrix composite materials. The treatment to the ceramic matrix composite component may reduce or eliminate the wear or damage of crack propagation in the ceramic matrix composite component.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Whittle, Louise J. Gale, Stephan J. Pattison, Anthony G. Razzell, Ian M. Edmonds, Michael G. Abbott
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Publication number: 20210231024Abstract: A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a vane assembly that redirects hot gases in the turbine section, a turbine shroud that extends around a turbine wheel to keep the hot gases from avoiding interaction with the turbine wheel, and a heat shield that provides parts of the vane assembly and the turbine shroud. The heat shield comprises ceramic matrix composite materials and is formed as a one piece component. The heat shield includes a vane portion that protects other vane assembly parts, a seal segment portion that protects other turbine shroud parts, and a forward turn-up and an aft turn-up. The forward turn-up and the aft turn-up couple the heat shield to other parts of the turbine section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Michael J. Whittle, Michael J. Abbott
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Patent number: 11073039Abstract: A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a vane assembly that redirects hot gases in the turbine section, a turbine shroud that extends around a turbine wheel to keep the hot gases from avoiding interaction with the turbine wheel, and a heat shield that provides parts of the vane assembly and the turbine shroud. The heat shield comprises ceramic matrix composite materials and is formed as a one piece component. The heat shield includes a vane portion that protects other vane assembly parts, a seal segment portion that protects other turbine shroud parts, and a forward turn-up and an aft turn-up. The forward turn-up and the aft turn-up couple the heat shield to other parts of the turbine section.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Inventors: Michael J. Whittle, Michael J. Abbott
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Patent number: 10033818Abstract: In the described embodiments, local caching servers (LCSs) are configured to cache content so that the content can be acquired by client electronic devices that are located on local area networks (LANs) with the LCSs. In some embodiments, to enable the acquisition of the cached content, a client electronic device sends, to a registration server, a request for identifiers for LCSs that are located on a LAN with the client electronic device. The request includes one or more “listen ranges,” each of which includes an indication of client electronic devices for which a corresponding LCS is to provide content. The registration server uses the listen ranges to select one or more LCSs, and returns identifiers for the one or more LCSs to the client electronic device. Using the one or more identifiers, the client electronic device acquires the content from an LCS via the LAN.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jason R. Thorpe, Michael J. Abbott, Gregory B. Vaughan, Gregory Burns, Kazuhisa Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20150350342Abstract: In the described embodiments, local caching servers (LCSs) are configured to cache content so that the content can be acquired by client electronic devices that are located on local area networks (LANs) with the LCSs. In some embodiments, to enable the acquisition of the cached content, a client electronic device sends, to a registration server, a request for identifiers for LCSs that are located on a LAN with the client electronic device. The request includes one or more “listen ranges,” each of which includes an indication of client electronic devices for which a corresponding LCS is to provide content. The registration server uses the listen ranges to select one or more LCSs, and returns identifiers for the one or more LCSs to the client electronic device. Using the one or more identifiers, the client electronic device acquires the content from an LCS via the LAN.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jason R. Thorpe, Michael J. Abbott, Gregory B. Vaughan, Gregory Burns, Kazuhisa Yanagihara
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Patent number: 8600970Abstract: An email server receives an email sent to an email account and including one or more attachments. The one or more attachments are extracted from the email into one or more temporary storage elements. Content from the temporary storage elements is indexed. The indexed content is stored along with an identifier of the email in an index corresponding to the email account. The one or more temporary storage elements is disposed of after the indexing.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Christopher P. Jalbert, Eric Richard Koebler
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Publication number: 20120215786Abstract: An email server receives an email sent to an email account and including one or more attachments. The one or more attachments are extracted from the email into one or more temporary storage elements. Content from the temporary storage elements is indexed. The indexed content is stored along with an identifier of the email in an index corresponding to the email account. The one or more temporary storage elements is disposed of after the indexing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Christopher P. Jalbert, Eric Richard Koebler
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Patent number: 8015480Abstract: An indexing system and method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and video data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Espial, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Patent number: 7272780Abstract: An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and vide data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Kasenna, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Patent number: 6941508Abstract: An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and vide data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Kasenna, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Publication number: 20040064831Abstract: An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and vide data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Kasenna, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Patent number: 6654933Abstract: An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and video data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1999Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Kasenna, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Publication number: 20030018587Abstract: The present invention includes methods for providing merchant's with verified information about a user during a remote electronic transaction; methods for carrying out a verified, remote electronic transaction over a network by providing verified user information to a merchant's server, which information is necessary to complete the verified transaction; and systems enabling a user to complete a verified, remote electronic transactions over a network with a merchant, wherein the verified transactions include providing the merchant's server with verified user information. Moreover, the present invention provides methods and systems for conducting verified, remote electronic transactions using a single access code.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Oliver T. Althoff, Thomas S. Johnston, Michael J. Abbott
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Patent number: 5973679Abstract: An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling data delivery to begin at the beginning of a frame of data. A synchronizing method is provided to minimize a time offset between audio and video data, particularly in environments using groups of pictures.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith
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Patent number: 5751280Abstract: An indexing method allows a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material while minimizing the time offset between audio and video data so that the viewer does not perceive a time delay between the audio and video. Video data frames may be grouped together into units referred to as "Groups of Pictures" (GOP's) comprising one or more frames. Synchronization is performed by correlating audio frames of the audio data with GOP's of the video data. When jumping to various points in an item of program material, this indexing method ensures that a jump is made to the beginning of a GOP. To prevent audio data from being "out of sync", the audio data must be correlated with the corresponding GOP. To do so, an index file for the video data is constructed, and then the video data index file is used to construct an index file for the corresponding audio data.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1995Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Abbott, Paul Close, Kevin P. Smith