Patents by Inventor Peter Brown
Peter Brown 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: 9575843Abstract: The management of backup sets based on user feedback techniques include a method, and a system. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving an update to a backup set from a first client device. The method further includes analyzing the update made to the backup set. The method further includes updating a default backup set stored in a storage device based on the update to the backup set. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Carbonite, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Peter Brown, Jeffrey C. Flowers, Jessica Ann Mcisaac, David Friend
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Publication number: 20170035428Abstract: Devices and methods for deploying an anastomotic stent between portions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are disclosed. The anastomotic stents are configured to atraumatically engage the tissue walls and to permit the flow of fluid, partially digested food, and food. The stents can be deployed using endoscopic catheter devices, laparoscopic tools, and combinations of both endoscopic tools and laparoscopic tools. Examples of anastomoses include anastomoses between the stomach and a portion of the intestines such as the jejunum. Anastomoses can also be formed between two closed ends of the intestines, such as two closed ends of the colon formed during a colon resection procedure. Anastomoses can also be formed between a fundal pouch formed during a gastric bypass procedure and the jejunum. Laparoscopic tools are disclosed to deploy a stent by selectively removing a radial restraint on a self expanding stent with the restraint removed through the laparoscopic access points.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Kenneth F. BINMOELLER, Peter BROWN, Keke LEPULU, Ryan DONOVAN
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Patent number: 9547851Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators is provided. The method includes identifying a consumer during a point of sale transaction for purchasing different food items by a point of sale computer system, for example by scanning a bar code or reading a magnetic strip of a loyalty program card or reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) dongle. A list of the different food items can be provided to the smart refrigerator, for example from storage in the loyalty program card or RFID dongle, or as transmitted from the point of sale computer system to the smart refrigerator over a computer communications network. Finally, expiration dates can be determined for the food items in the list and stored in the smart refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Peter Brown
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Patent number: 9544378Abstract: A method and system for tracking activities relating to a common transaction executed across multiple services of a distributed computing environment. An aggregator receives intra-service activity information from collectors associated with a first service and a second service of the distributed computing environment. The aggregator identifies a first inter-service communication correlation linking the intra-service activity information of the first service to a first inter-service message. The aggregator further identifies a second inter-service communication correlation linking the intra-service activity information of the second service to the second inter-service message. The aggregator identifies an inter-service communication correlation linking the first inter-service message with the second inter-service message and associates the intra-service activity of the first service with the intra-service activity of the second service using the inter-service communication correlation.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventor: Gary Peter Brown
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Publication number: 20160360282Abstract: Systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms or apparatus for streaming content toward client devices, comprising a content delivery system configured to automatically ingest content asset packages and publish identifying data associated with content assets encrypted and stored therein at a content delivery network (CDN), a virtualized Digital Rights Management (DRM) platform configured to provide content encryption keys to the content delivery system and to authorized client devices, and a virtualized services platform configured to interact with client devices to authenticate client devices, receive client device content requests, and cause the CDN to transmit requested content to an authorized client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCInventors: Daniel Graham, Rob Martel, Angela Mitchel, Christine Haefling, Peter Brown, Rich Digeronimo
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Publication number: 20160242846Abstract: Adjacent tissue layers can be accessed using a catheter device with a distal tip having a conductive portion including a first cutting feature and one or more projections extending from the first cutting feature towards an outer diameter of the distal tip. Electrical energy can be supplied to the conductive portion of the device to cut tissue. A stent can be delivered to form a fluid communication between the adjacent tissue layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Peter Brown, Sith Khoune, Keke Lepulu, Ryan Donovan, Kenneth F. Binmoeller
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Patent number: 9381041Abstract: Adjacent tissue layers can be accessed using a catheter device with a distal tip having a conductive portion including a first cutting feature and one or more projections extending from the first cutting feature towards an outer diameter of the distal tip. Electrical energy can be supplied to the conductive portion of the device to cut tissue. A stent can be delivered to form a fluid communication between the adjacent tissue layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Xlumena, Inc.Inventors: Peter Brown, Sith Khoune, Keke Lepulu, Ryan Donovan, Kenneth F Binmoeller
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Patent number: 9302164Abstract: A golf grip for a golf club includes a cap, a body, a tip, and a grip surface. The body includes an under layer, a top layer, and a middle layer. The under layer includes a first color. The top layer includes a second color, different than the first color. The top layer is disposed on the under layer. The middle layer includes a third material. The middle layer is at least partially disposed between the under layer and the top layer. The tip is a portion of the under layer extending beyond the top layer and the middle layer. The grip surface extends between the cap and the tip. The grip surface is the radially outer surface of the body and includes the top layer, a plurality of exposed portions of the under layer, and a plurality of exposed portions of the middle layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Lamkin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Lamkin, Carl Pettersen, Denisse Camou, Patricia Marquez, Andrew Kerr, Carlos Martinez, Adam Colton, Peter Brown, Kerri Kauffman, Carlos Rodriguez, Raul Medina, Ricardo Medina, Ting Lau, Steve Tallman, Jorge Gonzalez, Mary Ramirez
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Publication number: 20160086146Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators is provided. The method includes identifying a consumer during a point of sale transaction for purchasing different food items by a point of sale computer system, for example by scanning a bar code or reading a magnetic strip of a loyalty program card or reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) dongle. A list of the different food items can be provided to the smart refrigerator, for example from storage in the loyalty program card or RFID dongle, or as transmitted from the point of sale computer system to the smart refrigerator over a computer communications network. Finally, expiration dates can be determined for the food items in the list and stored in the smart refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventor: Peter Brown
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Publication number: 20160038800Abstract: A golf grip for a golf club includes a butt end, a tip end, a grip surface, and a gripping feature. The tip end includes a shaft opening. The grip surface extends between the butt end and the tip end. The grip surface is a tapered circular cylinder with an axis extending from the butt end to the tip end. The gripping feature includes a rake surface forming an acute angle with the grip surface. The rake surface extends into the grip at an acute angle relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Robert J. Lamkin, Carl Pettersen, Carlos Rodriguez, Raul Medina, Andrew Kerr, Feliciano Guillen, Peter Brown, Adam Colton, Kerri Kauffman, Patricia Marquez, Denisse Camou, Ricardo Medina
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Patent number: 9208520Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for shelf life expiration date management for smart refrigerators is provided. The method includes identifying a consumer during a point of sale transaction for purchasing different food items by a point of sale computer system, for example by scanning a bar code or reading a magnetic strip of a loyalty program card or reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) dongle. A list of the different food items can be provided to the smart refrigerator, for example from storage in the loyalty program card or RFID dongle, or as transmitted from the point of sale computer system to the smart refrigerator over a computer communications network. Finally, expiration dates can be determined for the food items in the list and stored in the smart refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Peter Brown
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Patent number: 9199146Abstract: A golf grip for a golf club includes a butt end, a tip end, a grip surface, and a gripping feature. The tip end includes a shaft opening. The grip surface extends between the butt end and the tip end. The grip surface is a tapered circular cylinder with an axis extending from the butt end to the tip end. The gripping feature includes a rake surface forming an acute angle with the grip surface. The rake surface extends into the grip at an acute angle relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Lamkin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Lamkin, Carl Pettersen, Carlos Rodriguez, Raul Medina, Andrew Kerr, Feliciano Guillen, Peter Brown, Adam Colton, Kerri Kauffman, Patricia Marquez, Denisse Camou, Ricardo Medina
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Patent number: 9150693Abstract: Described is the preparation of sulfonated polyoxadiazole polymers with a high degree of sulfonation and good flammability properties. The polymers are useful in articles such as fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Peter A Brown, Justin W. Chan, Michael W Cobb, Sharlene Renee Williams
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Patent number: 9053061Abstract: The restore of user data techniques include a method, a system, a device and/or a computer program product. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving user selection for restoring backed up user data to a client device. The method further includes receiving backed up user data from a server based on the user selection. The method further includes determining file location for a file in the received backed up user data based on the user selection and a parameter associated with the client device. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Carbonite, Inc.Inventors: Martyn Roland James, Andrew Peter Brown, Jessica Ann Mcisaac, Michael Edward Stapp, Robert Ian Morgan
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Patent number: 9028727Abstract: Dielectric fluids are provided, the dielectric fluids comprising a mixture of polyol esters derived from a reaction of a) a polyol comprising pentaerythritol, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl glycol, or combinations thereof, and b) a mixture of fatty acid esters derived from a high oleic soybean oil comprising fatty acid moieties, wherein the high oleic soybean oil has a C18:1 content of greater than 65% of the fatty acid moieties in the oil, and a combined C18:2 and C18:3 content of less than 20% of the fatty acid moieties in the oil. Also provided are electrical apparatuses comprising the dielectric fluids, and processes for preparing the mixtures of polyol esters.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Weiming Qiu, Peter A Brown
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Publication number: 20150126299Abstract: A golf grip for a golf club includes a cap, a body, a tip, and a grip surface. The body includes an under layer, a top layer, and a middle layer. The under layer includes a first color. The top layer includes a second color, different than the first color. The top layer is disposed on the under layer. The middle layer includes a third material. The middle layer is at least partially disposed between the under layer and the top layer. The tip is a portion of the under layer extending beyond the top layer and the middle layer. The grip surface extends between the cap and the tip. The grip surface is the radially outer surface of the body and includes the top layer, a plurality of exposed portions of the under layer, and a plurality of exposed portions of the middle layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: Lamkin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Lamkin, Carl Pettersen, Denisse Camou, Patricia Marquez, Andrew Kerr, Carlos Martinez, Adam Colton, Peter Brown, Kerri Kauffman, Carlos Rodriguez, Raul Medina, Ricardo Medina, Ting Lau, Steve Tallman, Jorge Gonzalez, Mary Ramirez
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Patent number: 8956470Abstract: A steel (known as super bainite steel) containing between 90% and 50% bainite, the rest being austenite, in which excess carbon remains within the bainitic ferrite at a concentration beyond that consistent with equilibrium; there is also partial partitioning of carbon into the residual austenite. In one embodiment of the disclosure, the steel contains in weight percent: carbon 0.6 to 1.1%, silicon 1.5 to 2.0%, manganese 0.5 to 1.8, nickel up to 3%, chromium 1.0 to 1.5, molybdenum 0.2 to 0.5%, vanadium 0.1 to 0.2%, balance iron save for incidental impurities. Excellent properties are obtained if the manganese content is about 1% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandInventors: Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Hansraj Bhadeshia, Carlos Garcia-Mateo, Peter Brown
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Publication number: 20150039379Abstract: A method and system for providing a segmented business process engine for generating a result in response to an event message. A process instance identification component of the segmented business process engine identifies a process instance associated with the event message and provides the process instance message to a selected process execution component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component identifies a process definition in view of the process instance message and obtains state information associated with the event from a consistent image store component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component generates a result associated with the event in view of the state information and the process definition and provides the result to at least one of the client application or another process instance identification component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Red Hat, Inc.Inventor: Gary Peter Brown
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Publication number: 20140314256Abstract: An audio system provides modified audio signals for acoustic output sources (speakers) disposed around a listening area. A sound allocation processor receives an audio source signal. A plurality of audio modifying elements, each of which may comprise one or more custom filters, operate separately on the audio source signal and provide a custom output signal for each acoustic output source. The audio modifying elements may modify a gain and/or a phase characteristic of the audio source signal independently for each acoustic output source in order to create a substantially uniform sound level or desired sound field pattern over the listening area or within defined zones within the listening area. A global equalization adjustment may also be applied. Search algorithms may be used to arrive at appropriate parameters for the audio modifying elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Lawrence R. Fincham, Peter Brown
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Patent number: 8843943Abstract: A method and system for generating a set of service definitions relating to a computer application based on a set of activity events associated with a service. Based on an examination of an existing service of interest, a set of activity traces is extracted from the set of activity events and common activity events in each activity trace are identified. The common activity events are transformed into service actions and a service definition is generated including the service actions. The generated service definition may then be deployed on a suitable computing system, such as, for example, a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventor: Gary Peter Brown