Patents by Inventor Paul Baker

Paul Baker 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).

  • ONLINE FULL STROKE TESTING OVERPRESSURIZATION SAFETY RELIEF VALVE
    Publication number: 20160084405
    Abstract: Cycling, self-checking, fail-open block valve system that continuously cycles such that the user of the block valve system can determine if the system is operational at all times. A dual port, tandem block valve body contains two block valves which alternate between full open and fully closed. The full open and full closing cycle is monitored for any changes, and the operator is alerted if one of the valves is not operating properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: GEORGE PAUL BAKER, JR.
  • Adaptive data synchronization based on device movement and location
    Patent number: 9277363
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for modifying data synchronization of a portable computing device responsive to movement of the portable computing device are disclosed. Data exchange quality associated with multiple locations is captured and stored. A predicted location of a portable computing device is determined from stored data describing previous locations of the portable computing device or navigation data. Data exchange quality associated with the predicted location is retrieved and analyzed to modify data exchange between the portable computing device and a server. For example, if the data exchange quality of the predicted location is low, a fault-tolerant data exchange method is selected or if data exchange is not possible at the predicted location, data exchanges occur more frequently prior to the portable computing device reaching the predicted location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Paul Baker, Alexander J. Ralph
  • Method and apparatus for adaptive network heartbeat message for TCP channel
    Patent number: 9246785
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a client to continue to receive updates from a server when a channel has been disconnected before the expiration of a heartbeat timer is disclosed. The method includes sending a heartbeat message from the client to the server wherein the heartbeat message is sent at the expiration of a timer having a first time interval that is less than the first timeout duration period of the server. The method includes detecting that the channel is disconnected before the expiration of the first time interval and then determining a second timeout duration period from detecting the channel is disconnected. After determining the second time out duration, the method includes resetting the first time interval to a second time interval for the sending of the heartbeat message wherein the second time interval being less than the second timeout duration period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander J. Ralph, Paul Baker
  • MODIFIED TOXINS
    Publication number: 20160009768
    Abstract: The present application relates to compositions of modified toxins exhibiting cytotoxicity and/or reduced immunogenicity. Also provided are polypeptide toxophores from a modified diphtheria toxin, where modifications are in at least one amino acid residue of at least one T-cell epitope. Another aspect relates to a fusion protein which comprises a modified diphtheria toxin and a non-diphtheria toxin fragment that is a cell binding portion. Another aspect relates to the use of a modified diphtheria toxin for the treatment of a malignant disease or a non-malignant disease. A modified diphtheria toxin or fusion protein may be administered with one or more other agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Claude Geoffrey Davis, Deepshikha Datta, Matthew Paul Baker, Jane Alyson Rust, Simon Keen
  • Computer input/output interface
    Patent number: 9207728
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • Computer Architecture
    Patent number: 9207729
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATION TOKEN GENERATION
    Publication number: 20150317630
    Abstract: Methods, media, and systems to receive a request for an authentication value for a transaction in an application programming interface (API) call from a software application; determine the request for the authentication value includes an indication of a first transaction type; generate, in response to the determination that the request for the authentication value includes an indication of the first transaction type, an authentication value for the transaction; and as an indication of a verified authentication send, to the software application, an API response including the generated authentication value for the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MasterCard Incorporated International
    Inventors: Brian Piel, Mark Hey, Paul Baker, Gregory D. Williamson
  • Computer system
    Patent number: 9176548
    Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Eric R. Prather, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Frank F. Liang
  • NITRATED LIPIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150246059
    Abstract: Described herein are nitrated lipids and methods of making and using the nitrated lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Bruce A. Freeman, Francisco Schopfer, Valerie O'Donnell, Paul Baker, Yuqing E. Chen, Bruce Branchaud
  • UNIFIED CONNECTOR FOR MULTIPLE INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20150137861
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may reduce the number of connector receptacles that are needed on an electronic device. One example may provide a unified connector and circuitry that may be capable of communicating with more than one interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: William P. Cornelius, Paul A. Baker, William O. Ferry, Min Chul Kim, Nathan N. Ng
  • Nitrated lipids and methods of making and using thereof
    Patent number: 9006473
    Abstract: Described herein are nitrated lipids and methods of making and using the nitrated lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: The UAB Research Foundation, The State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of The University of Oregon, University College Cardiff Consultants Limited, Morehouse School of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Freeman, Francisco Schopfer, Valerie O'Donnell, Paul Baker, Yuqing E. Chen, Bruce Branchaud
  • Converged computer I/O system and bridging mechanism for peer-to-peer communication
    Patent number: 8976799
    Abstract: A high-speed I/O interface that allows a number of native I/O formats to be encapsulated into PCIe Vendor Defined Messages (“VDMs”) for transfer over a single physical medium, preferably optical, and is thus referred to as the converged I/O (“CIO”) interface. The devices can be designed to provide synchronization (time value, frequency, and phase) among a network of routers, with signal paths of several meters, thereby providing an accurate time base suitable for exacting audiovisual applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Baker, Michael W. Murphy, Eric Werner Anderson, Colin Whitby-Strevens, David Ferguson, Keith Diefendorff, Ron Hochsprung, William Cornelius
  • HUMAN ANTIBODIES AND PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20150031860
    Abstract: The present invention provides composite proteins, including antibodies, which show reduced immunogenicity. In particular, composite antibodies for use in humans are provided, in particular antibodies which have been modified to remove one or more T-cell epitopes. Methods for generating such proteins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy David Jones, Matthew Paul Baker
  • HUMAN ANTIBODIES AND PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20150031550
    Abstract: The present invention provides composite proteins, including antibodies, which show reduced immunogenicity. In particular, composite antibodies for use in humans are provided, in particular antibodies which have been modified to remove one or more T-cell epitopes. Methods for generating such proteins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy David Jones, Matthew Paul Baker
  • Control system for a child swing
    Patent number: 8932143
    Abstract: A control system for a child swing that comprises an amplitude control subsystem configured to use one or more electrical signals from a swing sensor to compare an actual amplitude of the child swing to a pre-set amplitude of the child swing to generate an adjustment signal representing a desired adjustment to the phase of the drive mechanism. The child swing also comprises a phase control subsystem configured to use an electrical signal representative of a phase of the drive mechanism and the adjustment signal to generate a motor drive signal configured to cause the desired adjustment to the phase of the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Pyrce, James P. Meade, Mark Alan Wollen, James Paul Baker, James A. Bishop, Jr., Ross Allan Niver
  • COMPUTER INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140361893
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • COMPUTER INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20140361671
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20140362576
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140362519
    Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Eric R. Prather, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Frank F. Liang
  • POWER DISTRIBUTION INSIDE CABLE
    Publication number: 20140359319
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide for the powering of active components in connector inserts at each end of a cable may in various ways. For example, where a host is coupled to a device that is not self-powered, the host may provide power for circuitry at each end of the cable. In various embodiments of the present invention, the device may request higher voltage from the host, such that more power can be delivered. In these cases, the device may regulate the voltage received from the host to a lower voltage, and then provide the lower voltage to circuitry at one or both ends of the cable. Where the host is connected to a device that is self-powered, the host and the self-powered device may power their respective connector insert circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Paul A. Baker, William O. Ferry, James Orr