Patents by Inventor Robert A. Hansen

Robert A. Hansen 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: 8822009
    Abstract: A support member such as a belt or sleeve includes a topographical pattern on its sheet contact side. A plurality of land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas are formed on the top surface of the support member to produce the topographical pattern. The land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas may be formed by graving, cutting, etching, embossing, mechanical perforation or a combination thereof. The improved belt or sleeve imparts desired physical characteristics, such as bulk, appearance, texture, absorbency, strength, and hand to a nonwoven product produced thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Pierre Riviere, Jean-Louis Monnerie, Jonas Karlsson, Dana Eagles, Sabri Mourad, Robert A. Hansen
  • Patent number: 8814678
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for gyro-controlled gaming viewpoint with auto-centering. A virtual camera is positioned at a first position while the virtual camera views a first object at a first direction. Once the system moves, the virtual camera moves to a second position based on a measurement by an angular velocity sensor. While the virtual camera moves to the second position, the viewing direction of the virtual camera simultaneously so as to keep the first object positioned in a same position of a viewing direction of the virtual camera. The apparatus and method allow the system to move a virtual camera based on a measurement of a gyroscope while keeping an object of importance in the center of the field-of-view of the virtual camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Robert Hansen, Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshihito Ikebata, Ryuichi Nakada
  • Publication number: 20140230056
    Abstract: A clickjacking protector in an electronic system helps prevent unwanted clickjacking. The elements clicked on by the click position are evaluated to determine whether any of the elements clicked on by the click position is obscured (including being transparent or partially transparent). A protective action is generated in response to a determination that an element clicked on by the click position is obscured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8784202
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for controlling a virtual camera. The virtual camera is positioned in a first position and a first direction while an object is in a first state and the virtual camera is moved to a second position and second direction when the object transitions from a first state to a second state. The virtual camera is held in the second position and second direction while the object is in the second state and then moves back to the first position and first direction when the object transitions from the second state back to the first state. While the virtual camera is in the second position and second direction, the lowest part of the object is made more easily viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Robert Hansen, Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshihito Ikebata, Ryuichi Nakada
  • Publication number: 20140201270
    Abstract: A distributed comment moderation service is arranged to help mediate the moderation of blog comments using a (for example) centralized moderation queue. The centralized moderation queue can be used to automatically (including semi-automatically) outsource blog comment moderation to third party resource providers. The distributed comment moderation service is optionally arranged to provide an indication of an assessment of the quality of the third party resource providers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8782157
    Abstract: A distributed comment moderation service is arranged to help mediate the moderation of blog comments using a (for example) centralized moderation queue. The centralized moderation queue can be used to automatically (including semi-automatically) outsource blog comment moderation to third party resource providers. The distributed comment moderation service is optionally arranged to provide an indication of an assessment of the quality of the third party resource providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8764943
    Abstract: An industrial fabric, belt or sleeve and a method of making the fabric, belt or sleeve are disclosed. The industrial fabric, belt or sleeve is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon material, and joining the adjoining sides of the strips of material using ultrasonic welding or laser welding techniques. The fabric, belt or sleeve may then be perforated using a suitable technique to make it permeable to air and/or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Dana Eagles, Robert Hansen, Jonas Karlsson
  • Publication number: 20140143460
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for enabling communication between a SAS communication port of a SAS communication component and multiple storage devices. In a first example, a first SAS to SATA bridge chip and a second SAS to SATA bridge chip may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a second example, a SAS to SATA bridge chip and a port multiplier may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a third example, a four port SAS to SATA bridge comprising two SAS ports and two SATA ports may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. Supporting two or more storage devices with a single SAS communication port allows storage enclosures to increase storage capacity, while decreasing cost per slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Hansen, Radek Aster, Tim K. Emami
  • Patent number: 8728280
    Abstract: An industrial fabric such as an endless belt or sleeve for use in the production of nonwovens, and a method of making thereof are disclosed. The industrial fabric is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon material, and joining the adjoining sides of the strips of material using ultrasonic welding or laser welding techniques. The fabric may then be perforated using a suitable technique to make it permeable to air and/or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Dana Eagles, Robert Hansen, Jonas Karlsson
  • Publication number: 20140137189
    Abstract: A cross-site request forgeries (CSRF) protection system helps protect against cross-site request forgeries attacks. A CSRF protector is arranged to receive a signal from a service provider that notifies a browser running on a potential victim consumer machine to selectively permit and/or deny cross-site requests in accordance with a set of one or more security policies. The policies can be selected and applied on a domain name basis, IP address basis, trusted zone basis, and combinations thereof. The CSRF protector can also provide a context of the event that triggers a request that contains a cross-site request, where the context provides indicia of circumstances that indicate a likelihood of a cross-site request forgery is being attempted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8726381
    Abstract: A clickjacking protector in an electronic system helps prevent unwanted clickjacking. The elements clicked on by the click position are evaluated to determine whether any of the elements clicked on by the click position is obscured (including being transparent or partially transparent). A protective action is generated in response to a determination that an element clicked on by the click position is obscured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8683193
    Abstract: Strict transport security controls are arranged to detect a first navigation command of a network-enabled application to navigate from a secure connection established with a first network address and to navigate to a second network address using an unsecure reference. A filter is used to filter, in response to the detection of the first navigation command, referring information in a second navigation command used to establish a second address secure connection with a device having the second network address. The strict transport security controls service is optionally arranged to provide a warning signal upon detecting formation of the second navigation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8677048
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for enabling communication between a SAS communication port of a SAS communication component and multiple storage devices. In a first example, a first SAS to SATA bridge chip and a second SAS to SATA bridge chip may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a second example, a SAS to SATA bridge chip and a port multiplier may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. In a third example, a four port SAS to SATA bridge comprising two SAS ports and two SATA ports may be configured to route data from a SAS communication component to multiple storage devices. Supporting two or more storage devices with a single SAS communication port allows storage enclosures to increase storage capacity, while decreasing cost per slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NetApp Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Hansen, Radek Aster, Tim K. Emami
  • Publication number: 20140075553
    Abstract: A network-enabled electronic system is arranged to determine whether a subsequent DNS request uses a selected domain name of a previous DNS request. A protective action is taken in response to an indication that the subsequent DNS request uses the selected domain name of a previous DNS request. The protective action can include flushing state information that could be used to generate a request using an address that is (maliciously, for example) rebound to the selected domain name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140068786
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely operating web servers, operating systems, etc. Methods of embodiments include creating virtual roots for executive jails and corresponding administrative jails within parent operating systems. Embodiments also include setting privileges associated with each of the executive jails to disk read-only. Moreover, administrative jails are hidden from executive jails and the parent operating system is hidden from both sets of jails. Also, the methods include cross mounting user configuration information and/or applications from the administrative jails and in to the corresponding executive jails. Methods can include password protecting the administrative jails and/or restricting the executive jails from initiating outbound communications. Methods can also include storing security related syslog data in locations associated with parent file structure of the parent operating systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Hansen, James Flom
  • Publication number: 20140020101
    Abstract: A trusted zone protector in exemplary embodiments of an electronic system helps reduce unwanted attempts to use a consumer machine in a trusted zone to address a network resource that lies inside the trusted zone on behalf of a website that lies outside of the trusted zone. An address manager in the electronic system is arranged to provide an indication whether an element retrieved by a network-enabled application executing on the consumer machine is arranged to address a network resource that lies inside the trusted zone. The trusted zone protector is arranged to generate a protective action in response to the indication that the element retrieved by the network-enabled application is arranged to address the network resource that lies inside the trusted zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8607815
    Abstract: A butterfly valve with an undulating sealing surface, which has an inflatable annular seal mounted in a housing. A disk is pivotally mounted in the housing and has an edge with an undulating sealing surface and a peripheral sealing edge. The undulating sealing surface of the disk and a sealing face of the annular seal have non-mating profiles when the valve is in an unsealed condition. Pressure in a chamber proximate the annular seal causes the face of the annular seal to expand and deform and the face forms a high-pressure seal between the sealing ridge and the annular seal. Also includes a method for stopping delivery, of a conduit transportable material through a butterfly valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Dynamic Air Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Hansen, Daniel Sabelko
  • Publication number: 20130326617
    Abstract: A clickjacking protector in an electronic system helps prevent unwanted clickjacking. The elements clicked on by the click position are evaluated to determine whether any of the elements clicked on by the click position is obscured (including being transparent or partially transparent). A protective action is generated in response to a determination that an element clicked on by the click position is obscured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130275595
    Abstract: A network element failure detector provides a fallback mechanism when external resources fail to load. For example, a “contingency” tag allows a consumer to load local resources when third party resources specified by a webpage developed by a service provider fail to load. Thus, the webpage developer can specify the functionality of a webpage when the referenced third party external resource fails to load. The consumer can also alert the service provider and/or the third party of the failure to load the referenced third party external resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Hansen
  • Patent number: 8559418
    Abstract: A method, system, and device for establishing a call using a single identifier, which includes receiving contact information relating to the single identifier from an uploading device, the contact information identifying at least one protocol, storing the contact information received from the uploading device, retrieving the stored contact information and transmitting a message including the contact information, in response to a request from a call server for the contact information relating to the single identifier, receiving a request from a first communication device to establish a call to a second communication device associated with the single identifier, requesting the contact information relating to the single identifier, receiving the contact information relating to the single identifier, and establishing a call between the first communication device and the second communication device associated with the single identifier using the at least one protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Hansen, Paul Witty