Patents by Inventor Reginald L. Walker

Reginald L. Walker 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: 11586260
    Abstract: A solar powered cooler for a smart device such as a smartphone or smart tablet is provided, optionally with a device holder and a solar powered charger unit. The cooler may include an upper fan casing, an optional bottom fan casing, smart device holder, and an air passage formed between the upper fan casing and the smart device holder. The heat dissipation structure of the smart device holder for holding a smart device is disposed in the close proximity space of the smart device to provide a good heat dissipation effect by way of active cooling (forced convection) and passive cooling (natural convection) so as to enhance the heat dissipation performance of the smart device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20210116979
    Abstract: A solar powered cooler for a smart device such as a smartphone or smart tablet is provided, optionally with a device holder and a solar powered charger unit. The cooler may include an upper fan casing, an optional bottom fan casing, smart device holder, and an air passage formed between the upper fan casing and the smart device holder. The heat dissipation structure of the smart device holder for holding a smart device is disposed in the close proximity space of the smart device to provide a good heat dissipation effect by way of active cooling (forced convection) and passive cooling (natural convection) so as to enhance the heat dissipation performance of the smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Patent number: 10886875
    Abstract: A solar powered cooler for a smart device such as a smartphone or smart tablet is provided. The cooler may include an upper fan casing, an optional bottom fan casing, smart device holder, and an air passage formed between the upper fan casing and the smart device holder. Also provided are one or more cooling fans drawing air into the air passage along a substantially vertical direction. One or more solar panels allows the cooler to harvest solar energy and deliver electric power to the one or more fans, or motors thereof. The solar panels are connected by one or more, e.g., a pair of, connector cables to the motor. The cooler may cool an entire bottom surface of the smart device using one or more cooling fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20190341884
    Abstract: A solar powered cooler for a smart device such as a smartphone or smart tablet is provided. The cooler may include an upper fan casing, an optional bottom fan casing, smart device holder, and an air passage formed between the upper fan casing and the smart device holder. Also provided are one or more cooling fans drawing air into the air passage along a substantially vertical direction. One or more solar panels allows the cooler to harvest solar energy and deliver electric power to the one or more fans, or motors thereof. The solar panels are connected by one or more, e.g., a pair of, connector cables to the motor. The cooler may cool an entire bottom surface of the smart device using one or more cooling fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20160247086
    Abstract: A method for discovering, locating, indexing, ranking, and clustering multimedia service providers using hierarchical communication topologies resulting in the retrieval of multimedia files by optimizing parameter sets to efficiently retrieve multimedia files. The method creates a plurity of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing object parameters for describing structures, search query sets, and dynamic search spaces to be optimized and setting the population of individuals as a population of memes. The parameter sets are initially created using a hierarchical ordering based on the priority and diversity of data transmissions to build and extend individual router tables for a plurity of servers by said client machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: Tapicu Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20160140115
    Abstract: A method for a system that indexes, ranks, and clusters multimedia documents using organizing means, scoring means, and stochastic means that optimizes parameter sets comprising of object parameters. The method creates a plurality of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing system object parameters for describing a model, structures, shape, design, process, search query sets, and dynamic search spaces to be optimized using selective variations, constructive variations, clustering variations, and stochastic variations. The optimizations of the search space are guided by document query terms of the search query set object parameter. The search space is defined in terms of the terminal set, function set, and fitness measures (NN computations).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Tapicu Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Patent number: 9275048
    Abstract: An information sharing system to solve one or more information retrieval problems is concerned with the novel, hybrid use of the stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation (EC) search strategies for computer information systems such as search engines, or service oriented architectures (SOAs). The information sharing system uses stochastic optimization agents for task distribution and communication when foraging a system of stored documents for information, assessing the computational effort required to retrieve information in the form of stored documents, sharing information among stochastic optimization agent processes and processors, and extracting knowledge from the information. The field of evolutionary computation encompasses stochastic optimization techniques, such as randomized search strategies, in the form of evolutionary strategies (ES), evolutionary programming (EP), genetic algorithms (GA), classifier systems, evolvable hardware (EHW), and genetic programming (GP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L Walker
  • Publication number: 20160026625
    Abstract: A method for a system that indexes, ranks, and clusters multimedia documents using assessment means, scoring means, stochastic means, and organizing means that optimizes parameter sets comprising of object parameters. The method creates a plurality of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing system object parameters for describing a model, structures, shape, design, process, search query sets, and dynamic search spaces to be optimized using selective variations, constructive variations, clustering variations, and stochastic variations. The optimizations are guided by document query terms of the search query set object parameter that are initially optimized by assessment means, scoring means, stochastic means, and organizing means that lead to selective variations, constructive variations, clustering variations, and stochastic variations of the parameter sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Tapicu Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Patent number: 8996427
    Abstract: A method is described for applying distributed stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation using a plurality of servers and a plurality of clients machines being connected via a computer network such as the Internet. The stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation seek to optimize a populations of individuals against one or more predetermined fitness criteria when applied to solving solve the network routing problem coupled with one or more information retrieval problems. The field of evolutionary computation encompasses stochastic optimization techniques, such as randomized search strategies, in the form of evolutionary strategies (ES), evolutionary programming (EP), genetic algorithms (GA), classifier systems, evolvable hardware (EHW), and genetic programming (GP). The stochastic optimization component objectives of the multimedia resource discovery and retrieval systems includes maximization of resource utilization and of overall LAN throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L Walker
  • Patent number: 8825562
    Abstract: A method for a system that indexes, ranks, and clusters multimedia documents using organizing means, scoring means, and stochastic means that optimizes parameter sets comprising of object parameters. The method creates a plurality of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing system object parameters for describing a structures, search query sets, and dynamic search spaces to be optimized and setting the population of individuals as a population of memes. These parameters are required to filter, organize, and index any large-scale data set—information stored on a single computer, a local area network (LAN), and a wide area network (WAN) that encompasses the whole Internet—that may consists of constantly fluctuating information content over relatively short periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L Walker
  • Publication number: 20120016819
    Abstract: A method for a system that indexes/ranks/clusters multimedia documents using hybrids of information retrieval algorithms and the stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation (EC) that optimizes parameter sets comprising of object parameters. The method creates a plurality of individual parameter sets, the parameter sets comprising information sharing system object parameters for describing a model, structure, shape, design, process, search query set, or dynamic search space to be optimized and setting the initial population as a current (static parent) population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20120016820
    Abstract: A method is described for applying distributed stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation using a plurality of servers and a plurality of clients machines being connected via a computer network such as the Internet. The stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation seek to optimize a populations of individuals against one or more predetermined fitness criteria when applied to solving solve the network routing problem coupled with one or more information retrieval problems. The field of evolutionary computation encompasses stochastic optimization techniques, such as randomized search strategies, in the form of evolutionary strategies (ES), evolutionary programming (EP), genetic algorithms (GA), classifier systems, evolvable hardware (EHW), and genetic programming (GP). The stochastic optimization component objectives of the multimedia resource discovery and retrieval systems includes maximization of resource utilization and of overall LAN throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker
  • Publication number: 20110191322
    Abstract: An information sharing system to solve one or more information retrieval problems is concerned with the novel, hybrid use of the stochastic optimization techniques of evolutionary computation (EC) search strategies for computer information systems such as search engines, or service oriented architectures (SOAs). The information sharing system uses stochastic optimization agents for task distribution and communication when foraging a system of stored documents for information, assessing the computational effort required to retrieve information in the form of stored documents, sharing information among stochastic optimization agent processes and processors, and extracting knowledge from the information. The field of evolutionary computation encompasses stochastic optimization techniques, such as randomized search strategies, in the form of evolutionary strategies (ES), evolutionary programming (EP), genetic algorithms (GA), classifier systems, evolvable hardware (EHW), and genetic programming (GP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Tapicu, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald L. Walker