Patents by Inventor Paul To

Paul To 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: 10083209
    Abstract: Representative embodiments are disclosed for a rapid and highly parallel decompression of compressed executable and other files, such as executable files for operating systems and applications, having compressed blocks including run length encoded (“RLE”) data having data-dependent references. An exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of processors or processor cores to identify a start or end of each compressed block; to partially decompress, in parallel, a selected compressed block into independent data, dependent (RLE) data, and linked dependent (RLE) data; to sequence the independent data, dependent (RLE) data, and linked dependent (RLE) data from a plurality of partial decompressions of a plurality of compressed blocks, to obtain data specified by the dependent (RLE) data and linked dependent (RLE) data, and to insert the obtained data into a corresponding location in an uncompressed file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cornami, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Master, Frederick Curtis Furtek, Kim Knuttila, L. Brian McGann
  • Patent number: 10083248
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for navigating, by a browser executing on the computing device, to a web page; transmitting by a client-side module executing on the computing device to a server computer over a network a request to the server computer for topics associated with the web page; receiving, by the computing device, a set of (one or more) topics associated with the web page from the server computer; displaying by the browser in a first content area the web page; and displaying by the browser in a second content area the received set of topics associated with the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: EXCALIBUR IP, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Broman, Jon Sweet, Tim Rechin, Jessi Dong, John Greene, Frank Yoo
  • Patent number: 10080348
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to sensor apparatuses for attachment to an animal that include a housing and a sensor assembly. The housing can be attachable to the animal and includes an internal cavity formed therein. The sensor assembly can be disposed within the internal cavity of the housing. The sensor assembly includes a force sensor and an accelerometer arranged to detect force data and accelerometer data representative of a physiological state of the animal. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to method and sensor systems for detecting a physiological state of an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Philip Rowe, Ramakrishnan Vishwanath, Paul Julian Martinsen
  • Patent number: 10085067
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for a network interface device including an entry port connected to a cable television (CATV) network. A noise suppressor is provided that improves the detection and differentiation between ingress noise and valid upstream signals. The noise suppressor can gate the upstream path logically and dynamically to pass valid upstream signals, while blocking ingress noise form the CATV network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Bailey, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 10080438
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus including a seat section, a backrest section that is movable relative to the seat section, and an arm supported relative to the seat section. The arm is adapted to move between a first position adjacent the seat section for use as an arm rest for a person sitting on the patient support apparatus to a raised second position adjacent the backrest section. The arm and the backrest section are coupled together when the arm is in the raised second position wherein the arm moves with the backrest section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Anish Paul, Matthew A. Cutler, Kaitlin Therese Konopacz, Christopher Stuart Hough, Joseph Adam Upchurch
  • Patent number: 10080447
    Abstract: A controller for trimming power used by a heated glass temperature-controlled storage device comprising a frame and a door, the door comprising a door rail and a glass pane, wherein the glass pane includes a glass heater circuit, the controller comprising a variable impedance; a first impedance; a low pass filter; a diode for alternating current (DIAC); and a triode for alternating current (TRIAC), wherein the controller is configured to adjust voltage from the AC power input to a first voltage; filter the first voltage; generate a gate current when the DIAC is on; generate a glass current when the TRIAC is on; and provide the glass current to the glass heater circuit when the TRIAC is on, wherein the variable impedance is adjusted so power used by the glass heater circuit is below a first predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen Bridget Holst, Paul J. Artwohl
  • Patent number: 10083553
    Abstract: An exemplary reporting method includes the steps of receiving diagnostic data from electric vehicle supply equipment, and then reporting the diagnostic data through an interface of an electrified vehicle. An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes a controller of an electrified vehicle. The controller is configured to receive diagnostic data from electric vehicle supply equipment. The exemplary assembly further includes an interface of the electrified vehicle configured to report the diagnostic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Paul Gibeau, Susan Curry, Arthur M. Rutyna, Sriram Jala, Brittany Connolly
  • Patent number: 10082940
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing text functions in augmented reality are described herein. A system for implementing text functions in augmented reality includes a display to display a field of view to a user of the system; a gesture detection module to detect a selection gesture performed by a user of the system, the selection gesture defining a selection area in the field of view; a camera array to capture an image of the selection area; a text module to perform a text operation on text identified in the image; and a presentation module to present an indication of the text operation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Emily N. Ivers, Kahyun Kim, Paul F. Sorenson
  • Patent number: 10083469
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing automated data processing as a function of database entries that correspond to one or more products, such as experiences and including those performed via video and/or social media electronic communication(s), are disclosed. According to exemplary innovations, computer implemented methods of performing automated data processing herein may involve a platform that provides and processes experiences and products via GUIs, graphical indicia, and access rights as a function of product type identifiers and/or Boolean flags. Additional processing performed via the platform may include, e.g., as also performed as a function of the product type identifiers and the Boolean flags, automatically generating differing GUIs as well as scheduling and managing fulfillment of the experiences, wherein processing regarding the various information being generated for, displayed to, and transacted between the customer and the individual (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TRAINA INTERACTIVE CORP.
    Inventors: Trevor Dow Traina, Joseph Peter Vierra, Jennifer Chih-Ting Chen, Mitchell Paul Galbraith
  • Patent number: 10085133
    Abstract: A pest control device system includes a plurality of pest control devices and a data collector. The system may further include the data collector in the form of a gateway that is connected to a data management server via a computer network along with other gateways in corresponding pest control device groups. Each pest control device includes a pest sensor and a wireless communication circuit to transmit information from the corresponding sensor. The devices also configure to define a local wireless communication network that can relay the information from one to the next and ultimately to the data collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Paul W. Borth, Peter N. Scherer, Mike P. Tolley, Christopher J. Voglewede, Brian M. Schneider, Nailah Orr, Richard V. Baxter, Douglas K. Brune
  • Patent number: 10081892
    Abstract: A loom system for making a fibrous preform may comprise a base, a bedplate coupled to the base, wherein the bedplate is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and an air entangling module coupled to the base. The air entangling module may comprise an air entangling head coupled to an outer support and an inner support, wherein the air entangling head is configured to apply a jet of air toward the bedplate at an entangling zone. The air entangling head may have freedom of motion along the outer support and the inner support, and may be configured to rest on top of a fibrous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher T. Kirkpatrick, Jean-Francois Le Costaouec, John Linck, Paul Perea, Gregory J. Loughry, Daniel Register, Lance McWilson, Lauren Rosler, Christopher L. Everhart
  • Patent number: 10082936
    Abstract: The hand which a user is using to hold an electronic device can be determined by analyzing data captured by one or more motion sensors on the device. The curvature to the motion can be indicative of handedness, and processing motion features using a classifier algorithm can enable the determination of handedness with a corresponding confidence. In some embodiments, motion data is collected over a monitoring window, and handedness values are accepted when the handedness value remains the same with at least a minimum confidence for at least a minimum number of window periods. A determination of handedness enables an operating system and/or applications executing on the device to adjust one or more operational or interface aspects in order to make it easier for the user to operate the device using the hand currently holding the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Dillon, Steven Scott Noble, Paul Aksenti Savastinuk, Ross David Roessler
  • Patent number: 10083089
    Abstract: A method to efficiently checkpoint and reconstruct an in-memory index associated with a log-structured object store includes enabling asynchronous write operations to occur to a log-structured object store. The log-structured object store utilizes an in-memory index to access objects therein. The method further enables checkpoint operations to occur to the log-structured object store without pausing the asynchronous write operations. When initiating checkpoint operations, the method establishes a “begin checkpoint” marker on the log-structured object store. This “begin checkpoint” marker is configured to point to an earliest address in the log-structured object store that is uncommitted to the in-memory index. In the event the in-memory index is lost, the method reconstructs the in-memory index by analyzing the log-structured object store starting from the earliest address uncommitted to the in-memory index. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Chiu, Paul H. Muench, Sangeetha Seshadri
  • Patent number: 10083381
    Abstract: A remote override system may comprise a remote device and a local device. The remote device may include a remote device computer having a remote device processor and a remote device communication interface, and an outgoing override signal handler capable of sending an override signal by way of the remote device communication interface. The local device may include a local device computer having a local device processor and a local device communication interface, and an incoming override signal handler capable of receiving the override signal by way of the local device communication interface. The override signal may be capable of causing override of a power saving mode at the local device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Neil-Paul Bermundo
  • Patent number: 10084663
    Abstract: Method to display the status of tags applied to objects in a cloud computing environment, by comparing an attribute of an object to a criterion of a tag applied to the object, wherein the object is part of the cloud computing environment, and outputting for display a graphical representation of the tag, wherein the graphical representation comprises a text of the tag and an indication of a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Randal L. Bertram, Gregory R. Hintermeister, Geraint North, Paul B. Tippett
  • Patent number: 10081712
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing an improved compounded product and a compounded product prepared by the described process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
    Inventors: Raymond E. Fogle, Troy D. Calvert, Zachary J. Carben, Steven C. Manning, Chie H. Wang, Paul A. Wheeler, J. Marty Zabcik
  • Patent number: 10081503
    Abstract: An automated analyzer with an on-board fridge for long-term cooling of reagents, and a method for isolating and analyzing an analyte comprising long-term cooling of reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Frank, Andreas Gisler, Robert Huesler, Rolf Knobel, Markus Rinderknecht
  • Patent number: 10081456
    Abstract: A device for enhancing the appearance and physical stability of a gift bag is described, the device being insertable within a gift bag. The device includes an upper, cut section that extends from the top of the bag to cover the gift bag from the inside and simultaneously add decoration, while the uncut portion is expanded upon insertion into the bag to provide support to the gift bag and keep the bag in an open configuration. The device is adjustable in height to allow it to accommodate a variety of gift bag sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Paul F. Wagner
  • Patent number: D829032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: John Paul McGowan
  • Patent number: D829390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Jurox Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Paul Logan, Graham Simpson