Patents by Inventor R. Tremaine

R. Tremaine 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).

  • Methods and systems for establishing an electronic account for a customer
    Patent number: 7984289
    Abstract: Registration information is sent form a customer to a registration system over a network. The registration system creates an electronic account for the customer and facilitates the validation of the customer's identity. When the customer's identity is validated, the registration system activates the electronic account. The electronic account includes a unique electronic account number, a physical address of the customer, and an electronic address of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Wayne H. Orbke, Samuel R. Tremaine
  • Methods and systems for establishing an electronic account for a customer
    Patent number: 7711950
    Abstract: Registration information is sent form a customer to a registration system over a network. The registration system creates an electronic account for the customer and facilitates the validation of the customer's identity. When the customer's identity is validated, the registration system activates the electronic account. The electronic account includes a unique electronic account number, a physical address of the customer, and an electronic address of the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: United States Postal Services
    Inventors: Wayne H. Orbke, Samuel R. Tremaine
  • Learning and cache management in software defined contexts
    Publication number: 20070234323
    Abstract: A exemplary system and method are provided for learning and cache management in software defined contexts. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention described herein address the problem of the data access wall resulting from processor stalls due to the increasing discrepancies between processor speed and the latency of access to data that is not stored in the immediate vicinity of the processor requesting the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Franaszek, Luis Alfonso Montano, R. Tremaine
  • Apparatus and method for integrated functional built-in self test for an ASIC
    Publication number: 20070157059
    Abstract: We describe, in exemplary embodiments, an on-chip Functional Built-In Self Test (“FBIST”) mechanism for testing integrated circuits with internal memory state and complex transaction based interfaces. Such interfaces include system-on-chip applications, memory chip applications, and input/output (“IO”) protocol adapter chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Tsao, R. Tremaine
  • Methods and systems for establishing an electronic account for a customer
    Publication number: 20020059430
    Abstract: Registration information is sent form a customer to a registration system over a network. The registration system creates an electronic account for the customer and facilitates the validation of the customer's identity. When the customer's identity is validated, the registration system activates the electronic account. The electronic account includes a unique electronic account number, a physical address of the customer, and an electronic address of the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Wayne H. Orbke, Samuel R. Tremaine