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).

  • Fluid droplet ejection devices and methods
    Patent number: 8491076
    Abstract: A method for driving a droplet ejection device having an actuator, including applying a primary drive pulse to the actuator to cause the droplet ejection device to eject a droplet of fluid in a jetting direction, and applying one or more secondary drive pulses to the actuator which reduce a length of the droplet in the jetting direction without substantially changing a volume of the droplet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Hoisington, Robert A. Hasenbein
  • System and method for managing access to a service for communication device
    Patent number: 8494488
    Abstract: A system, method and device for managing requests for services by a communication device in a communication network are provided. The method comprises: receiving a request for a service provided through the communication network; determining whether an account associated with the device has all features required to access the service; when the all features are not provided by the account displaying a first message on a display of the device indicating that access to the service is denied for the device, identifying alternative accounts for the network, displaying a second message on the display listing the alternative accounts and when a selection is provided of a selected account from the alternative accounts, sending a request to an account manager to update the account to the selected account for the device; and when the selected account is activated for the device providing access to the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Michael Tyler, Paul Andrew Graham, Lenworth Richard Rose
  • Retractable safety barriers and methods of operating same
    Patent number: 8490668
    Abstract: A retractable barrier system includes an example gear assembly that can be manipulated for rapidly deploying a flexible barrier, exerting high torque for the initial tightening of the barrier, maintaining high static tension in barrier when in use, and/or rapidly retracting barrier for storage. In some examples, the gear assembly is a worm drive with a worm that can be selectively disengaged from a worm gear. Other optional features of the barrier system include selective right-hand/left-hand configurations, an electric switch that can be added to indicate whether the barrier system is in use, an intermediate coupling that joins the distal ends of two barriers for creating an extra long barrier system, and removable vehicle-mounted posts for certain loading dock applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald P. Snyder, Jason D. Miller, Donald P. Grant, Paul J. Maly, Mike Gallenberger, Aaron J. Wiegel, Daniel M. Anderson, Daniel Quarles, Eric Bublitz, James Oates, Joe Korman, Matthew C. McNeill, Jason Dondlinger
  • Evaluation of risk of conflict for security solutions integration
    Patent number: 8495744
    Abstract: A method and a system for evaluation of risk of conflict between a number of integrating security solutions. In a computer system, a number of fragmentary security solutions are received. A set of the received fragmentary security solutions is integrated to form a composite security solution to satisfy a number of security requirements. In one aspect, the security requirements are established during a design of a computer system. A risk of conflict between the set of integrating fragmentary security solutions is evaluated. In another aspect, the risk of conflict between the set of integrating fragmentary security solutions exists at authority level and at configuration level. Conflict at authority level arises when different authorities control the same fragmentary security solution. Conflict at configuration level arises when integrating fragmentary security solutions share configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Paul El Khoury, Azzedine Benameur, Smriti Kumar Sinha
  • Digital data transfer via audio signal conductors
    Patent number: 8494184
    Abstract: An electro-acoustic transducer or a device into which an electro-acoustic transducer is incorporated has at least two audio signal conductors through which the electro-acoustic transducer or device may be coupled to another device to convey analog audio signals representing sounds at a time when the other device places a relatively low DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors, and to be operated as a digital serial bus to exchange pieces of digitally-encoded data concerning the electro-acoustic transducer at a time when the other device places a relatively high DC bias voltage across the at least two audio signal conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventor: Paul G. Yamkovoy
  • Threading of mixed media
    Patent number: 8495147
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for automatically threading multiple media into a single document. More specifically, a single conversation may be distributed among a number of different contacts and replies to those contacts. The distributed contacts and the corresponding replies may be chronologically ordered and analyzed. Then the repetitive portions of the documents and replies are removed. After repetitive portions of the conversation have been removed, the multiple documents are threaded together as a single representation of the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Lang, Paul Thomas McNamara, Muneyb Minhazuddin, David Preshan Thambiratnam
  • Identifying universal resource locator rewriting rules
    Patent number: 8495050
    Abstract: A computer-implemented process for identifying universal resource locator rewriting rules may receive input of universal resource locators of an application, to form received universal resource locators, may represent the received universal resource locators in a specialized graph and may apply analysis algorithms and heuristics to properties of the specialized graph. The computer-implemented process may further identify universal resource locator rewriting patterns using the specialized graph to form detected patterns and may generate rewrite rules corresponding to the detected patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Ionescu
  • Respiration measurements and dosimetry control in inhalation testing systems
    Patent number: 8491491
    Abstract: Inhalation measurement systems and methods enable, during inhalant exposure, substantially real-time respiratory measurements of a test subject using techniques that obtain measurements of respiration directly from that test subject, instead of from inhalation chamber parameter measurements. Direct test subject respiratory measurements may be, by way of example only, impedance measurements. These respiratory measurements taken directly from the test subject may be transmitted, wirelessly for example, for processing during the course of the test to a processing system to determine a cumulative volume of inhalant inspired by the test subject. From that, a cumulative amount of inhalant (or dose) inspired by the test subject may be determined during the course of the inhalation compound test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Data Sciences International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Haefner, Loell Boyce Moon, Steve Hachtman, Scott R. Tiesma, Gary Pritchard
  • Method and system for providing option spread indicative quotes
    Patent number: 8494947
    Abstract: A computer network and method for electronically trading combinations of derivatives. One preferred method of trading includes providing quotes information to a central server, and determining indicative quotes for combination trades, and providing the non-binding, indicative quotes to market participants (which typically includes subscribers, but may also include market makers). A participant may then submit an e-RFQ, which is a request for a binding quote for the combination of derivatives. Market Makers may then elect to submit a binding quote for the corresponding derivative combination. Market participants may then elect to enter a binding order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
    Inventors: Neal Brady, Tom Paronis, Christopher S. Whittington, Paul A. Schmid, Jon Dahl
  • System and method for storing a configuration of virtual servers in a hosting system
    Patent number: 8495512
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method that defines a user interface (UI) that displays several UI elements representing several virtual machines deployed in a particular configuration for a particular user in a hosting and storage system that includes several nodes for hosting user specified virtual machines. The method receives input from the user through the UI to save the particular configuration of virtual machines. For each virtual machine in the particular configuration, the method stores an image of the virtual machine. The method stores data representing the particular configuration of virtual machines. The data includes references to the stored images of the virtual machines and connections between the virtual machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Gogrid, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Lappas, John M. Keagy, Justin Kitagawa
  • Railroad rail having thermal insulation below the railhead either coated in the field or at the rail production facility
    Patent number: 8490887
    Abstract: A railroad rail having superior thermal expansion characteristics. Such railroad rail comprising a rail having a predetermined weight and a predetermined length and a ceramic based insulating type paint having a predetermined capability of resisting heat buildup in such rail adhered to predetermined areas of such rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Paul Jones
  • System and method for lost packet recovery with congestion avoidance
    Patent number: 8493862
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for overcoming lost packets and avoiding congestion when conducting media conferences over packet switched networks are described herein. To avoid the problem of lost packets, redundant information is inserted into the media stream that permits the receiver to reconstruct any lost packets from the redundant information. Congestion avoidance techniques include adjusting the bitrate of the media stream to find the highest bitrate that can be supported without packet loss due to congestion. When increasing the bitrate to a higher rate, the additional bits can come from the redundant information used for lost packet recovery so that any lost packets caused by network congestion will not adversely affect the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Polycom, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Botzko, John Paul Spearman, Richard Flott, Jr., David Hein
  • Method and system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body
    Patent number: 8491567
    Abstract: A method and system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body is provided. More particularly, a manually steered “rapid exchange” type catheter for a system for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating an area of interest in a patient's body is provided. The catheter comprises a catheter body configured to be introduced to an area of interest in a patient's body, a device for imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating the area of interest contained within the catheter body, and a manual steering device attached to the imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating device to allow an operator to manually steer the imaging, diagnosing, and/or treating device, wherein the catheter is configured to be mounted on a commercially available guidewire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Paul A. Magnin, Russell W. Bowden, John W. Goodnow
  • Loading station for transport bags transported in an overhead conveyor system
    Patent number: 8490774
    Abstract: A loading station for transport bags transported in an overhead conveyor system comprises an upper supply rail for the transport bags, a vertical conveyor which adjoins the supply rail for moving the transport bags into a lower loading position, a device for opening the transport bags in the loading position and a lower discharge rail which adjoins the vertical conveyor for discharging the transport bags from the loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Dürkopp Fördertechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Paul Janzen
  • Method and system for transforming and storing digital content
    Patent number: 8495098
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods disclosed may serve to normalize digital content into a canonical format to in a way that decouples the digital content from a format that may be required by consuming devices. Specifically, certain embodiments may create a container for storing the digital content and store structured representations and metadata associated with that digital content in that container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Libredigital, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Kern, Albert Leo McGuill, III, William Joseph Champ, Matthew Paul Bush
  • Folding knife blade with dual locking mechanism
    Patent number: 8490288
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for a folding knife. The locking mechanism has a locking sleeve and an opposed locking bolt which are coaxial and biased to a locking position by a spring. In the locked position, either with the blade extended or folded, both a lug on the bolt and a surface on the sleeve engage a locking surface on the blade tang area. Simultaneous manual force must be applied by the user to oppositely release buttons on the opposite handles to move both the locking bolt and locking sleeve to positions to disengage them from the locking surface to allow the blade to be folded or unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Mollick, Paul Mollick
  • Kauai shaped plate
    Patent number: D686457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Paul H. Gober
  • Oahu shaped plate
    Patent number: D686458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Paul H. Gober
  • Dual directional hybrid surfboard
    Patent number: D686682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Joshua Paul Wilbur
  • Methods of inhibiting the binding of P-selectin to PSGL-1 with anti-P-selectin antibodies
    Patent number: RE44389
    Abstract: This invention relates to anti-P-selectin antibodies and, in particular, to anti-P-selectin antibodies and variants thereof that contain an Fc part derived from human origin and do not bind complement factor C1q. These antibodies have new and inventive properties causing a benefit for a patient suffering from critical limb ischemia or peripheral arterial occlusive disease (CLI/PAOD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Yvo Graus, Jacques Himber, Miranda Jansen-Molenaar, Dorothee Kling, Erhard Kopetzki, Paul Parren, Frank Rebers, Beat Steiner, Anne Stern, Pamela Braemer, Kay-Gunnar Stubenrauch, Jan van de Winkel, Martine van Vugt