Patents by Inventor Michael Peter

Michael Peter 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: 20110280231
    Abstract: An Access Point (AP) advertises the availability of notifications, and this advertisement may be received and interpreted by stations (STAs), both by associated STAs and by non-associated STAs. Upon being informed of the availability of the notification message, a STA may take action in order to receive the notification message from the AP. Alternatively, the STA may be able to identify the notification message by analyzing the advertisement. If the contents of the notification message comprise a control message, the STA may act on the control message in a way that influences the STA's behavior. If the contents of the notification message indicate restrictions imposed by the AP, the STA may determine, in view of the restrictions, not to attempt association with the AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • Patent number: 8056205
    Abstract: A method of adapting an axial flow reaction vessel having opposed ports to an opposed axial flow reaction vessel includes installing a process fluid collection system centrally within the body of the vessel in fluid communication with one or more outlet ports of the ports; wherein said process fluid collection system includes a perforate member defining a chamber and a conduit in fluid communication with the chamber, the conduit being adapted for attachment to the one or more outlet ports, providing the vessel with a bed of particulate catalyst or sorbent around said process fluid collection system; and adapting a feed to the vessel through one or more inlet ports of the ports such that a process fluid fed to the vessel is passed axially and in an opposite direction through the fixed bed of catalyst or sorbent and is collected by the process fluid collection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Charles William Hooper, Michael Peter Roberts
  • Publication number: 20110271170
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to page faulting of memory operations in a subject code block. An aspect of the invention concerns an apparatus comprising a component for identifying a first object node having a first dependency path and second object node having a second dependency path, and a component for calculating a numerical difference between a first addressing value and a second addressing value, where the first and second addressing values are respectively associated with the first and second dependency paths. The apparatus may include a dependency generator for ordering a subject order list of the subject code block in an object dependency non-page-faulting order when the numerical difference is equal to or less than an assigned memory page size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Paul Michael Peter Brian Ronald Walker
  • Publication number: 20110268137
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an array of interconnected programmable logic elements (2) each logic element performing data processing control by a configuration. The logic elements may be part of a field programmable gate array. Embedded within the array are a plurality of dedicated communication interface circuits (36) providing access to one or more shared communication channels (38) to provide intra-array communication. Communication transactions between functional unit (78, 80, 82, 84) are multiplexed (e.g. time-division-multiplexed) together to share a shared communication channel provided within the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen John Hill, Michael Peter Muller
  • Patent number: 8041806
    Abstract: Targeted electronic content delivery control systems and methods are disclosed. All communication traffic exchanged with a communication network subscriber over an access communication link that enables the subscriber to access electronic content is monitored, and behavioral information indicative of behavior of the subscriber in using the access communication link is collected from the monitored communication traffic. A behavioral profile of the subscriber is maintained based on the behavioral information. Delivery of targeted electronic content to the subscriber for presentation with electronic content accessed by the subscriber is controlled based on the behavioral profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Michael Peter Gassewitz, Denny Lee, Steven Edward Morin
  • Publication number: 20110239253
    Abstract: An Internet-delivered television system facilitates enhanced viewer experiences by incorporating user-defined composite channels that include custom viewing schedules and content from multiple content sources. Additionally, customizable user interface elements for content delivered via a network may be provided to a user and may be arranged in an order according to a user-defined channel lineup customized according to any one or more of: user preference, time of day/day of week, user profile information, user viewing statistics, user community viewing statistics, sponsor or content provider preferences, user identity, parental control preferences, or other user-defined criteria, and/or are organized according to a user-defined channel numbering scheme. In some embodiments, the custom viewing schedule may be created by and/or managed by one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: R. Michael Peters West, Robert Francis Shambro
  • Publication number: 20110235869
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for parallel computing of a line of sight (LoS) map (e.g., view-shed) in a parallel computing system. For example, a method for computing an LoS map comprises the following steps. Data representing at least one image is obtained. An observation point in the at least one image is identified. A portion of the data that is associated with a given area in the image is partitioned into a plurality of sub-areas. The plurality of sub-areas are assigned to a plurality of processor elements of a parallel computing system, respectively, such that the data associated with each one of the plurality of sub-areas is processed independent from the data associated with each other of the plurality of sub-areas, wherein results of the processing by the processor elements represents the LoS map. The parallel computing system may be a multicore processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ligang Lu, Brent Paulovicks, Michael Peter Perrone, Vadim Sheinin
  • Publication number: 20110238824
    Abstract: A wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ client device that has just connected to a WLAN detects that the WLAN is offered by a hotspot, where access to a public network is provided by the WLAN via a gateway. A browser application of the WLAN client device is launched, either automatically or in response to receiving an indication via a user input element of the WLAN client device to register at the hotspot. The browser application is launched with an Internet Protocol address that ought to trigger an Internet Protocol filtering rule of the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Zaheen Somani, Alexander Jordan Reif, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • Publication number: 20110231952
    Abstract: The invention provides GmNFR1?, GmNFR1?, GmNFR5? and GmNFR5? soybean nodulation factor receptor proteins, a receptor complex and encoding nucleic acids. Also provided are GmNFR1?, GmNFR1?, GmNFR5? and GmNFR5? promoters which may be useful for expressing autologous or heterologous sequences in plants such as soybean. Variant proteins and nucleic acids including RNA splice variants, mis-sense mutants and non-sense mutants are also described. Also provided are genetically-modified plants and methods of producing genetically-modified plants. Over-expression of soybean nodulation factor receptor proteins by genetically-modified plants may lead to enhanced and/or otherwise facilitated nodulation and/or nitrogen fixation. Genetically-modified plants with down-regulated nodulation factor receptor expression, such as by RNAi or antisense constructs, may exhibit inhibited, diminished or otherwise reduced nodulation and/or nitrogen fixation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Arief Indrasumunar, Attila Kereszt, Michael Peter Gresshoff
  • Publication number: 20110228063
    Abstract: An apparatus for viewing images of a gemstone is described. The apparatus comprises a support structure for supporting the gemstone at an observation position. An illumination structure comprises a plurality of directional light sources directed towards the observation position so as to illuminate the gemstone. The support structure and illumination structure are relatively rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis. An imaging device is arranged to obtain images of the gemstone at the observation position at a variety of relative rotational positions between the illumination structure and support structure: the imaging device has an imaging axis passing through the observation position. The support structure is arranged so that the gemstone can be placed at the observation position in such a way that the normal to a selected facet of the gemstone is within a range of tilt angles from the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: De Beers Centenary AG
    Inventors: James Gordon Charters Smith, Michael Peter Gaukroger, Peter Stanley Rose
  • Publication number: 20110231887
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems for audio-video clip sharing for Internet-delivered television programming and sharing audio-video clips within a content distribution network. Initially, an audio-video clip creation message including an identification of a content item, an audio-video clip start index, an audio-video clip end index, and/or a user comment may be received at a server from a first client communicatively coupled to the server. An audio-video clip notification message including means for a recipient to request playing of an audio-video clip via the second client may then be sent from the server to a recipient. Upon receipt of a request to play the audio-video clip from the second client, the server may provide the audio-video clip to a second client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: R. Michael Peters West, Robert Francis Shambro
  • Publication number: 20110225272
    Abstract: An access point advertises a management frame quality of service (MFQ) policy that defines an access category used for transmitting a first type of management frame. Each mobile station associated with the access point is to prioritize transmission of management frames according to the MFQ policy advertised by the access point, unless a policy configuration request for the mobile station to prioritize transmission of management frames according to a different MFQ policy has been accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • Publication number: 20110225614
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated participants. An invitation to view a common audio-video content item may be distributed to a plurality of individual clients of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience. The invitation may include, for example, a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, means for accepting the invitation, and/or a comment. When an acceptance of the invitation is received, the common audio-video content item may be distributed to the individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing. The individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation may then play the common audio-video content item under the common control of one of the clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: R. Michael Peters West, Robert Francis Shambro
  • Publication number: 20110222520
    Abstract: An access point advertises a management frame quality of service (MFQ) policy that defines an access category used for transmitting a first type of management frame. Each mobile station associated with the access point is to prioritize transmission of management frames according to the MFQ policy advertised by the access point, unless a policy configuration request for the mobile station to prioritize transmission of management frames according to a different MFQ policy has been accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Peter Montemurro, Stephen McCann
  • Publication number: 20110221622
    Abstract: Described herein is a remote control including a saucer-shaped housing, a removable faceplate, and a processor. The saucer-shaped housing may be circular in plan view and sized to be graspable by a user in one or two hands. The upper side of the housing may be convexly shaped and support a keypad with a plurality of selectable buttons. In some embodiments, the remote control includes a biometric sensor for receiving biometric information from a user of the remote control and communicating the received biometric information to a processor configured to recognize the user based on the received biometric information. The remote control and/or the processor may be configured to enable a recognized user to access viewing control options provided via the hand-held remote control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: R. Michael Peters West, Robert Francis Shambro
  • Patent number: 8010939
    Abstract: The inventive method interacts with a project planning window, which has a working area at least with one window for a project planning level for displaying and linking graphic objects and with a window for a symbol library containing the graphic objects available for a project planning. To this end, graphic control objects are provided, which represent technical objects of the installation and graphic control unit objects, which represent control units that can be used for a control. In a first step, the control objects of a project planning are activated in the window for the system library and transmitted into the project planning level. In a second step, the transmitted control objects are, in the window of the project planning level, subsequently linked in a logical manner according to a control task. In a third step, at least one control unit object is activated in the symbol library and transmitted into the project planning level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Melzer, Michael Peter, Peter Wiedenberg
  • Patent number: 8006358
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric actuator, the method comprising: co-extruding alternating strips of a high permittivity material and a low permittivity material to form a green tape comprising said alternating strips of said high permittivity material and said low permittivity material; cutting said green tape to form a plurality of sheets, each sheet comprising a high permittivity region and at least two low permittivity regions adjacent to the high permittivity region; applying at least one conductive region to each one of two or more of the sheets to overly the high permittivity region and to leave exposed at least one low permittivity region; and stacking a plurality of sheets to form an actuator stack comprising adjacent sheets, wherein the or each conductive region on each sheet is offset with respect to a conductive region on a different sheet within the actuator stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies Holding S.arl
    Inventors: Michael Peter Cooke, Christopher Andrew Goat
  • Patent number: 8005061
    Abstract: The invention conducts a first activity to maintain or establish the first connection in a series of spaced, timed segments, such that the segments represent a timeframe of an original activity that would span a continuous period that would cause a transmission conflict with the second connection; and conducts a second activity for the second network only between two of consecutive segments of the series of segments. The first network may be a 802.11-class network; the first activity may be a beacon scan for a channel of the 802.11-class network; the second network may be a Bluetooth network; and the second activity may be transmission of an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile data to a second device through the Bluetooth network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Sherif Abdel-Kader, Michael Peter Montemurro
  • Publication number: 20110199118
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (8) comprising an array (10) of interconnected configurable logic elements (12), such as an FPGA array, is provided. The logic elements are used to form a power controller (14) which separately controls the power state of different regions of the array. Each region of the array contains one or more logic elements. Each region has a corresponding region controller (16) responsive to one or more power signals generated by the power controller to switch that region into the requested power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen John Hill, Michael Peter Muller
  • Patent number: 7997491
    Abstract: A color-based content encoding system is provided that includes providing a color-containing image from an electronic device display including a fixed pixel grid, wherein the color-containing image includes a plurality of color pixels on the fixed pixel grid, each of the color pixels having sub-pixels correlating to encoded binary data; reading the color-containing image with a scanner; and decoding the encoded binary data. In one embodiment, the plurality of sub-pixels includes three sub-pixels, wherein each sub-pixel of the three sub-pixels corresponds to a binary data value of “1” or “0”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Peter Kuyper-Hammond, Michael Charles Osborne, Tamas Visegrady