Patents by Inventor P. Watson

P. Watson 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: 7263180
    Abstract: A system and method for processing a plurality of call detail records (CDRs) each indicative of a call transaction on a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving the plurality of CDRs at a first controller, wherein each of the CDRs include a data structure including a plurality of fields each containing at least one character. The method then selects a first sorting field from the plurality of fields and groups the plurality of CDRs as a function of data within the first sorting field. In one embodiment, the first sorting field is used to group the CDRs according to different carriers. The method then analyzes at least one additional sorting field within each of the CDRs which were previously grouped according to the first sorting field. A report is then generated for each of the grouped CDRs as a function of data within the additional sorting field. In this way, periodic, customized reports can be generated from information contained with CDRs with user-selectable sorting or analysis fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignees: Ameritech Communications, Inc., Pacific Telesis Shared Services
    Inventors: Richard D. Kreckel, Raymond P. Watson
  • Patent number: 7198179
    Abstract: A packaged gas-solubilized product is described. The gas-solubilized product contains a first gas with a first pressure. The product is placed into a flexible inner container made of a gas-impermeable material. The inner container is hermetically disposed inside an outer container. A space formed between the inner and the outer containers is charged with a second gas with an initial charging pressure. The initial charging pressure is higher than the pressure of the first gas contained in the product. Additionally, a product dispenser in a fluid connection with the product contained in the internal container is included. The present invention also provides a method of packaging a gas-solubilized product to prevent a change in the concentration of the gas dissolved in the product during its storage and dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: TherOx, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Gilkerson, Jeffrey L. Creech, Li-Chien Hsu, Gregory P. Watson
  • Publication number: 20060259584
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the resources available or used in a remote device is disclosed. The system can be used to determine whether the remote device is using expected resources as originally configured or to determine whether resources are available to support new or extended services. The method can be used to configure or reconfigure the remote device for its intended use or as reconfigure a remote device for new, different or extended purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: P. Watson, Scott Swix, James Gray
  • Patent number: 7062024
    Abstract: A system and method for processing a plurality of call detail records (CDR) each indicative of a call transaction on a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving the plurality of CDRs at a first controller, wherein each of the CDRs include a data structure including a plurality of fields each containing at least one character. The method then selects a first sorting field from the plurality of fields and groups the plurality of CDRs as a function of data within the first sorting field. In one embodiment, the first sorting field is used to group the CDRs according to different carriers. The method then analyzes at least one additional sorting field within each of the CDRs which were previously grouped according to the first sorting field. A report is then generated for each of the grouped CDRs as a function of data within the additional sorting field. In this way, periodic, customized reports can be generated from information contained with CDRs with user-selectable sorting or analysis fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Ameritech Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Kreckel, Raymond P. Watson
  • Patent number: 6974435
    Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: TherOx, Inc
    Inventors: Derek J. Daw, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Jr., Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
  • Patent number: 6933645
    Abstract: A magnet cradle for supporting a permanent magnet in an overhung recessed slot on the surface of a permanent magnet rotor having an axis of rotation. The cradle is non-magnetic and comprises a top and bottom wall abutting the permanent magnet. The cradle is sized to hold the permanent magnet within the overhung slots. Axial end walls generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation have circumferential edges configured to directly abut overhung portions of the slots. The total axial length of the top and bottom walls of the cradles in the axial direction are greater that the total axial length of the magnet, thereby permitting a magnet to fit between the axial end walls of the cradle without the cradle in the magnetic flux path of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Elliott Company
    Inventor: Andrew P. Watson
  • Publication number: 20050076394
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the resources available or used in a remote device is disclosed. The system can be used to determine whether the remote device is using expected resources as originally configured or to determine whether resources are available to support new or extended services. The method can be used to configure or reconfigure the remote device for its intended use or as reconfigure a remote device for new, different or extended purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: P. Watson, Scott Swix, James Gray
  • Publication number: 20040166064
    Abstract: A packaged gas-solubilized product is described. The gas-solubilized product contains a first gas with a first pressure. The product is placed into a flexible inner container made of a gas-impermeable material. The inner container is hermetically disposed inside an outer container. A space formed between the inner and the outer containers is charged with a second gas with an initial charging pressure. The initial charging pressure is higher than the pressure of the first gas contained in the product. Additionally, a product dispenser in a fluid connection with the product contained in the internal container is included. The present invention also provides a method of packaging a gas-solubilized product to prevent a change in the concentration of the gas dissolved in the product during its storage and dispensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: John S. Gilkerson, Jeffrey L. Creech, Li-Chien Hsu, Gregory P. Watson
  • Publication number: 20040141595
    Abstract: An advanced intelligent network (AIN) telephony service provided in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) is controlled based on instructions from a subscriber, browsing a packet switched data network using a voice browser. The packet switched data network may include the Internet. The subscriber is connected to the voice browser through the PSTN using, for example, a GR-1129 audio channel set up between the voice browser and a switch in the PSTN. The browsing is based on a verbal instruction received from the subscriber through the PSTN. A web server in the packet switched data network is connected to the voice browser and call routing data is retrieved based on the verbal instruction. At least one call is routed through the PSTN based on the call routing data retrieved from the web server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: Susanne M. Crockett, Raymond P. Watson
  • Publication number: 20040141596
    Abstract: A call is processed in a public switched telephone network (PSTN), in accordance with at least one advanced intelligent network (AIN) telephony service associated with one of a calling party number and a called party number. The call is initially connected to a voice markup language platform in response to preliminary routing instructions from a service control point, in accordance with the telephony service. Data relating to the telephony service is retrieved and at least one caller query is formulated based on the retrieved data. The caller query is verbally provided to the calling party. Additional data is then received through voice communication from the calling party, including a response to the caller query. The call is routed in accordance with the additional data provided by the caller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: Susanne M. Crockett, Raymond P. Watson
  • Patent number: 6763790
    Abstract: A valve actuator assembly for actuating a valve, the valve having a longitudinal axis includes an electrohydraulic actuator being displaced a lateral distance from the valve longitudinal axis, and a rocker arm being rotatable about a hinge point, a first arm portion extending from the hinge point to a proximal end and a second arm portion extending from the hinge point to a distal end, the proximal end being operably coupled to the second stage piston and the distal end being operably coupled to the valve, the fist arm portion being shorter than the second arm portion, the rocker arm spanning the lateral distance. A method of stroke amplification is further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Watson, William de Ojeda
  • Publication number: 20040019319
    Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Daw J. Derek, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20040013566
    Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20030182354
    Abstract: The Open Autonomy Kernel (OAK) addresses critical infrastructure requirements for next generation autonomous and semi-autonomous systems (24), including performance tracking, anomaly detection, diagnosis, fault recovery, and plant “safing”. OAK combines technologies in automated planning and scheduling, control agent-based systems (22), and model based reasoning to form a portable software architecture (26), knowledge-base, and open Application Programming Interface (API) to enable integrated auxiliary subsystem autonomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: David H Scheidt, David p Watson, David L Alger, Christopher B McCubbin, Shon D Vick
  • Patent number: 6613280
    Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Therox, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
  • Patent number: 6582387
    Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: TherOx, Inc.
    Inventors: Daw J. Derek, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Jr., Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20030112937
    Abstract: A system and method for processing a plurality of call detail records (CDRs) each indicative of a call transaction on a telecommunications network. The method includes receiving the plurality of CDRs at a first controller, wherein each of the CDRs include a data structure including a plurality of fields each containing at least one character. The method then selects a first sorting field from the plurality of fields and groups the plurality of CDRs as a function of data within the first sorting field. In one embodiment, the first sorting field is used to group the CDRs according to different carriers. The method then analyzes at least one additional sorting field within each of the CDRs which were previously grouped according to the first sorting field. A report is then generated for each of the grouped CDRs as a function of data within the additional sorting field. In this way, periodic, customized reports can be generated from information contained with CDRs with user-selectable sorting or analysis fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Richard D. Kreckel, Raymond P. Watson
  • Patent number: PP13881
    Abstract: A new a distinct variety of prune plum tree, Prunus domestica, originating as a hybrid seedling of the cross: ‘Valor’ (non-patented)בIroquois’(non-patented). This new variety is unique from its parents and other prune plums because it is has a freestone, non-shattering stone and flesh which processes very well yielding highly colored, high quality plum products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc
    Inventor: John P. Watson
  • Patent number: PP14020
    Abstract: A new a distinct variety of prune plum tree, Prunus domestica, originating as a hybrid seedling of the cross: ‘Standard’(non-patented)בStanley’(non-patented). This new variety is unique from its parents and other prune plums because it is has a freestone, non-shattering stone and flesh which processes very well yielding highly colored, high quality plum products. It is also more vigorous and pest tolerant than other commercial prune plum varieties grown at this time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Watson
  • Patent number: D497989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: TherOx, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Mark S. Buhr, William R. Patterson, Gregory P. Watson