Patents by Inventor Paul A. Tucker
Paul A. Tucker 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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Publication number: 20120209638Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: The Crawford Group, Inc.Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
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Publication number: 20120209637Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/ accounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: THE CRAWFORD GROUP, INC.Inventors: Hugues Belanger, Kelli Boruff, Vernon James Chrisco, Robert Michael Hibbard, Julia Phaenome Owens Rogers, Paul Tucker
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Patent number: 8234134Abstract: A method of processing a reservation transaction between a customer and reservation-booking entity via a computer network inter-connecting a customer computer with an automated reservation transaction processor, the reservation transaction requiring submission of at least three different types of reservation data from the customer for successful completion thereof, each reservation data type having one of a plurality of different values, wherein each reservation data type value is dependent upon other reservation data type values, the method including presenting an initial page for data value entry for a plurality of reservation data types, accepting for partial data entry data values for less than all of said reservation data types, and determining, on the basis of the interdependence of the different data values for the different reservation data types, a list of acceptable data values for any un-entered reservation data types.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2003Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.Inventors: Neil Fitzgerald, Hugues Belanger, Kelli Boruff, Paul Tucker, Jeffrey Lee Everson
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Patent number: 8224826Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Minogue, Paul A. Tucker
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Patent number: 8108231Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/accounts. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein customers are provided with a streamlined ability to log into their customer profiles/accounts.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: The Crawford Group, Inc.Inventors: Kelli Boruff, Robert Michael Hibbard, Paul Tucker
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Publication number: 20110289095Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Minogue, Paul A. Tucker
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Publication number: 20110213770Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Minogue, Paul A. Tucker
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Publication number: 20110092482Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of pain management, and in particular, the management of neuropathic or inflammatory pain including a neuropathic or inflammatory component of nociceptive pain. More particularly, the present invention provides methods and compositions which treat, alleviate, prevent, diminish or otherwise ameliorate the symptoms of neuropathic or inflammatory pain. The present invention further contemplates combination therapy involved in the treatment of pain in association with the treatment of a particular disease condition or pathology. The present invention further also provides sustained and slow release formulations, tamper-proof deliver systems and stents, catheters and other mechanical devices coated with formulations which permit sustained or slow release of active ingredients involved in pain management.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Applicant: RELEVARE AUST. PTY LTDInventors: Raymond Nadeson, Adam Paul Tucker, Colin Goodchild
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Patent number: 7840547Abstract: Methods and systems for efficient query rewriting and the like are described here. One such described method comprises: offline mapping frequently-seen search queries to rewritten queries that may be better for searching; offline caching the mapping in a cache memory; and upon receiving a search query from a user similar to one of the mapped search queries, obtaining a corresponding rewritten query from the mapping in the cache memory based on predetermined conditions, and issuing a search of the rewritten query to the backend data system in order to avoid having to issue a search query to the backend data system twice while the user is online.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Paul Tucker, Amit Singhal, Eric Jackson
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Publication number: 20100070041Abstract: An expandable spinal implant including an implant body transitionable between an initial configuration and an expanded configuration. The implant body includes first and second axial walls spaced apart along a transverse axis, with at least one of the walls including first and second axial wall portions laterally offset from one another. An expansion member co-acts with the first wall portion to outwardly displace the first wall portion relative to the second wall portion to transition the implant body to the expanded configuration. In another embodiment, the first wall portion defines a recessed region relative to the second wall portion when the implant body is in the initial configuration, and wherein the recessed region is outwardly expanded as the implant to body is transitioned to the expanded configuration. In a further embodiment, the first wall portion is movable while the second wall portion remains substantially stationary.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Marc M. Peterman, Jeffrey D. Moore, Paul Tucker Geibel
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Patent number: 7655043Abstract: An expandable spinal implant including an implant body transitionable between an initial configuration and an expanded configuration. The implant body includes first and second axial walls spaced apart along a transverse axis, with at least one of the walls including first and second axial wall portions laterally offset from one another. An expansion member co-acts with the first wall portion to outwardly displace the first wall portion relative to the second wall portion to transition the implant body to the expanded configuration. In another embodiment, the first wall portion defines a recessed region relative to the second wall portion when the implant body is in the initial configuration, and wherein the recessed region is outwardly expanded as the implant body is transitioned to the expanded configuration. In a further embodiment, the first wall portion is movable while the second wall portion remains substantially stationary.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Inventors: Marc M. Peterman, Jeffrey D. Moore, Paul Tucker Geibel
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Publication number: 20090287697Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Minogue, Paul A. Tucker
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Patent number: 7565358Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Minogue, Paul A. Tucker
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Publication number: 20080039463Abstract: Compositions of flupirtine for management of neuropathic or inflammatory pain optionally including one or more other analgesics including opiates, NSAIDS and other active agents in immediate and controlled release forms. Methods and systems for administration of these compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2004Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: CNSBio Pty LtdInventors: Raymond Nadeson, Adam Paul Tucker, Colin Goodchild
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Patent number: 7315542Abstract: A method and structure for the handling and discarding of packets in a packet data network. The method includes a packet data network receiving one or more packets from one or more remote locations and initiating a transfer of a packet of the one or more packets to a remote destination. The remote destination is operable to act as a destination port of a switch. The transfer of the packet is initiated while the packet of the one or more packets is being received, and the packet validity is also checked while the transfer of the packet is initiated. If the packet is invalid, the transfer of the packet of the one or more packets to the remote destination is canceled. Determining packet validity includes inspection of a packet header. The structure has a receive link determining packet validity and passing this error signal to a packet processor. The packet processor has a packet transfer request generator, a packet checker, packet reader, packet memory and tag memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Mercedes E Gil, S. Paul Tucker, Edmundo Rojas
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Patent number: 7313090Abstract: In general, a system and method for providing data packet flow control is disclosed. Generally, a switch is provided that contains a series of ports, an arbiter and a hub. The arbiter determines an outgoing port, wherein the outgoing port is one port for the series of ports, for transmission of a data packet received by the switch, determines whether the outgoing port is available to receive the received data packet, and regulates transmission of the received data packet to a destination end node. The hub provides a point-to-point connection between any two of the series of ports and the arbiter.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Edmundo Rojas, S. Paul Tucker, Mercedes E Gil
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Method and system for providing and administering online rental vehicle reservation booking services
Publication number: 20070239494Abstract: A system and method is disclosed herein for customizing pages of a rental vehicle reservation booking website with deep-links for specialized rental vehicle reservations. The specialized rental vehicle reservations may comprise reservations for a division of a customer entity and/or promotional offer reservations. Multi-division and multi-offer pages can also be defined for the website through an administrative tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Scott Stephens, Paul Tucker, Kelli Boruff, Colleen Zurliene -
Patent number: 7209478Abstract: A switch for use with an InfiniBand network. The switch includes a crossbar that redirects packet-based data based on a forwarding table. At least one port that receives data from a network and selectively transfers that data to the crossbar using a variable number of virtual lanes. A state machine controls the changing of the number of virtual lanes.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Palau Acquisition Corporation (Delaware)Inventors: Edmundo Rojas, S. Paul Tucker
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Patent number: 7184411Abstract: An infiniband architecture switch, includes a plurality of ports each configured to receive switch parameters, identify at least one data-packet error condition responsive to the switch parameters, generate a trap-initialization signal when the at least one data-packet error condition matches a trap-error condition, and a switch manager configured to receive the trap-initialization signal. A method for generating a switch manager control signal includes identifying at least one data-packet error condition in an infiniband architecture switch, determining when the at least one data-packet error condition matches a trap-error condition, generating a trap-initialization signal responsive to the trap-error condition, and forwarding the trap-initialization signal to a switch manager.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Palau Acquisition Corporation (Delaware)Inventors: S. Paul Tucker, Venitha L Manter
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Publication number: 20070033168Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2005Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: David Minogue, Paul Tucker