Patents by Inventor Paul McDaniel
Paul McDaniel 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: 9736153Abstract: Techniques to perform federated authentication are described. An apparatus may comprise a resource server may have an authentication proxy component to perform authentication operations on behalf of a client. The authentication proxy component comprises an authentication handling module operative to receive an authentication request to authenticate the client using a basic authentication protocol. The authentication proxy component also comprises an authentication discovery module communicatively coupled to the authentication handling module, the authentication discovery module operative to discover an identity server for the client.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Paul McDaniel, Neil Shipp
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Publication number: 20130189540Abstract: Alloys of copper and manganese and copper, manganese and zinc can be used for the production of coins, such as the U.S. five cent piece or “nickel.” With appropriate platings, these alloys can match the electromagnetic signatures or electrical conductivity of currently circulated coins. This is important as modern vending machines include sensors which measure the conductivity of coins to ensure they are genuine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: JARDEN ZINC PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Paul McDaniel, Jon Headrick, Randy Beets
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Patent number: 8407218Abstract: A computing device includes a processing unit, and a system memory connected to the processing unit. The system memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a demographic identification module that retrieves demographic profile information associated with a user and identifies a relevant demographic category based on the demographic profile information; a population search module that categorizes search information from other users within the relevant demographic category as the other users search for information, the search information including search terms used by the other users and destination content reviewed by the other users; and a search result module that filters a search query from the user by applying the categorized search information for the relevant demographic category and presents filtered search results to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David S. Barlin, Michael R. Dean, Agnita Pandian, Ian Peacock, Khurrum Malik, Jason Christopher Mayans, Teresa Beikie Mah, Paul A. McDaniel, Barry A. Shepherd, Steven Neil Silverman
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Publication number: 20100145954Abstract: A computing device includes a processing unit, and a system memory connected to the processing unit. The system memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to create: a demographic identification module that retrieves demographic profile information associated with a user and identifies a relevant demographic category based on the demographic profile information; a population search module that categorizes search information from other users within the relevant demographic category as the other users search for information, the search information including search terms used by the other users and destination content reviewed by the other users; and a search result module that filters a search query from the user by applying the categorized search information for the relevant demographic category and presents filtered search results to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: David S. Barlin, Michael R. Dean, Agnita Pandian, Ian Peacock, Khurrum Malik, Jason Christopher Mayans, Teresa Beikie Mah, Paul A. McDaniel, Barry A. Shepherd, Steven Neil Silverman
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Publication number: 20090328178Abstract: Techniques to perform federated authentication are described. An apparatus may comprise a resource server may have an authentication proxy component to perform authentication operations on behalf of a client. The authentication proxy component comprises an authentication handling module operative to receive an authentication request to authenticate the client using a basic authentication protocol. The authentication proxy component also comprises an authentication discovery module communicatively coupled to the authentication handling module, the authentication discovery module operative to discover an identity server for the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Paul McDaniel, Neil Shipp
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Patent number: 7296370Abstract: Metals having a silvery-white appearance and methods of producing the same. In one embodiment, the composite material of the present invention comprises a metallic core, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer encases the external surfaces of the metallic core and is produced by electroplating copper or copper alloy from a first bath containing copper ions. The second layer encases the first layer and is produced by electroplating white bronze from a second bath containing copper and tin ions. According to one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the first layer is electroplated on the metallic core and the second layer is electroplated on the first layer. In another embodiment of the composite material and method of the present invention, the material comprises only the metallic core and a first layer of white bronze. The resulting composite has a silvery-white appearance and does not include exposed nickel so that persons allergic to nickel metals are not affected by the composite.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Jarden Zinc Products, Inc.Inventors: Paul McDaniel, Johnny Smelcer, Randy Beets
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Publication number: 20070238810Abstract: A method for preparing a nanoclay-filled thermoplastic vulcanizate, the method comprising introducing an olefinic thermoplastic vulcanizate, a functionalized thermoplastic resin, and a surface-modified nanoclay, where the blending takes place at a temperature above the melt temperature of the thermoplastic vulcanizate but below the temperature at which the surface-modified nanoclay degrades.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2006Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Maria Ellul, Paul McDaniel, Thomas Lengyel
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Publication number: 20070169271Abstract: A patient support is disclosed having an adjustable length deck and a mattress positionable on the deck. The mattress includes a foot portion having an adjustable length.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: E. Allen, Kenneth Kramer, Peter Wukusick, Eric Meyer, Gregory Branson, David Ulrich, James Thomas, Paul McDaniel, Dennis Zwink
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Publication number: 20070141869Abstract: A plug and a communication module communicate wirelessly. The plug includes prongs that couple to sockets of a power outlet to receive power for a device associated with the plug. The plug carries circuitry that communicates wirelessly with circuitry of the communication module. The communication module is located near the power outlet in some embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2004Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Craig McNeely, Richard Heimbrock, Carl Riley, Keith Huster, Irvin Vanderpohl, Paul McDaniel, Williams Collins Jr., Oscar Manguiat, Terry Tincher
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Publication number: 20070021564Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising a dynamically-cured rubber, and a thermoplastic resin, where the rubber has been cured with a peroxide in the presence of a coagent selected from the group consisting of a high-vinyl polydiene, high-vinyl polydiene copolymer, ?-?-ethylenically unsaturated metal carboxylate, or mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2005Publication date: January 25, 2007Inventors: Maria Ellul, Paul McDaniel
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Publication number: 20060286400Abstract: Substrates having an alloy finish and methods of producing the same. The finished product according to one embodiment of the present invention is a substrate having an alloy finish comprising two or more metals, and is made by the method of the present invention. Generally, the method of the present invention comprises provision of a substrate, electroplating two or more metals onto the substrate, and then baking the plated substrate to result an alloy of the plated metals through diffusion. Substrates made according to the present invention can be covered with a variety of types of alloy finishes, and a variety of characteristics of such finishes can be achieved. The method of the present invention uses steps of electroplating and heating that are well-known in the art, and does not require the use of toxic, cyanide-based plating baths.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: Jarden Zinc Products, Inc.Inventors: Paul McDaniel, Randy Beets, Johnny Smelcer, Albert Giles
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Publication number: 20060096030Abstract: A patient support is disclosed having an adjustable length deck and a mattress positionable on the deck.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: E. Allen, Kenneth Kramer, Peter Wukusick, Eric Meyer, Gregory Branson, David Ulrich, James Thomas, Paul McDaniel, Dennis Zwick
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Publication number: 20060068219Abstract: Metals having a silvery-white appearance and methods of producing the same. In one embodiment, the composite material of the present invention comprises a metallic core, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer encases the external surfaces of the metallic core and is produced by electroplating copper or copper alloy from a first bath containing copper ions. The second layer encases the first layer and is produced by electroplating white bronze from a second bath containing copper and tin ions. According to one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the first layer is electroplated on the metallic core and the second layer is electroplated on the first layer. In another embodiment of the composite material and method of the present invention, the material comprises only the metallic core and a first layer of white bronze. The resulting composite has a silvery-white appearance and does not include exposed nickel so that persons allergic to nickel metals are not affected by the composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2004Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Alltrista Zinc Products, L.P.Inventors: Paul McDaniel, Johnny Smelcer, Randy Beets
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Publication number: 20060068234Abstract: Metals having a silvery-white appearance and methods of producing the same. In one embodiment, the composite material of the present invention comprises a metallic core, a first layer, and a second layer. The first layer encases the external surfaces of the metallic core and is produced by electroplating copper or copper alloy from a first bath containing copper ions. The second layer encases the first layer and is produced by electroplating white bronze from a second bath containing copper and tin ions. According to one embodiment of the method of the present invention, the first layer is electroplated on the metallic core and the second layer is electroplated on the first layer. In another embodiment of the composite material and method of the present invention, the material comprises only the metallic core and a first layer of white bronze. The resulting composite has a silvery-white appearance and does not include exposed nickel so that persons allergic to nickel metals are not affected by the composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: Jarden Zinc Products, Inc.Inventors: Paul McDaniel, Johnny Smelcer, Randy Beets
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Patent number: 6939918Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared by a process comprising the steps of dynamically vulcanizing rubber within a blend that includes the rubber and a thermoplastic resin, where the rubber comprises an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene, at least one ?-olefin, and optionally one or more diene monomers, where the elastomeric copolymer is characterized by having a crystallinity, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, of less than 10 J/g, an ethylene content that is less than 90 mole percent based upon the entire copolymer, a weight average molecular weight that is greater than about 20,000 as measured by GPC with polystyrene standards, a molecular weight distribution that is less than 7, and an ethylene compositional distribution that is less than about 4 percent for the closest 90 percent of fractioned samples.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems L.P.Inventors: Maria D. Ellul, Sudhin Datta, Jianya Cheng, Paul McDaniel, Kang-Bo Wang
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Patent number: 6647531Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Patent number: 6632248Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1996Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Publication number: 20030125454Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared by a process comprising the steps of dynamically vulcanizing rubber within a blend that includes the rubber and a thermoplastic resin, where the rubber comprises an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene, at least one &agr;-olefin, and optionally one or more diene monomers, where the elastomeric copolymer is characterized by having a crystallinity, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, of less than 10 J/g, an ethylene content that is less than 90 mole percent based upon the entire copolymer, a weight average molecular weight that is greater than about 20,000 as measured by GPC with polystyrene standards, a molecular weight distribution that is less than 7, and an ethylene compositional distribution that is less than about 4 percent for the closest 90 percent of fractioned samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Maria D. Ellul, Sudhin Datta, Jianya Cheng, Paul McDaniel, Kang-Bo Wang
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Publication number: 20020143853Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Patent number: 6424981Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel