Patents by Inventor Robert A. Patterson

Robert A. Patterson 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: 10145542
    Abstract: A display system, a method of constructing a display system, and a method of displaying an image are described. In one embodiment, a display system includes a support structure having a plurality of attachment members and a plurality of tiles. Each of the plurality of tiles is attached to a corresponding attachment member of the plurality of attachment members. The support structure is configured to structurally support each of the plurality of tiles, and at least one of the plurality of tiles includes at least one connection configured to removably connect and align the at least one of the plurality of tiles with another one of the plurality of tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Arthur John Elliott, Marcus Robert Patterson
  • Patent number: 10028189
    Abstract: A method of processing a handover request from a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)-type network. The method comprises the steps of passing a handover request with GSM-type parameters from a base station controller (BSC) through a Master Switching Center (MSC) of the GSM-type network to a UMTS core network (CN) and to a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, translating the GSM-type parameters to UTRAN parameters in the Radio Network Controller (RNC), and allocating UTRAN resources in response to the translated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Gina Parmar, Robert Patterson
  • Patent number: 10015125
    Abstract: Contacts information is received from user devices that are associated with different users, the contacts information for each user device comprising one or more contact entries. Lookup information is identified for each contact entry of a plurality of contact entries using the contacts information. For each of the plurality of contact entries, a messaging directory associated with the same enterprise as the contact entry is identified using the identified lookup information, and the identified messaging directory is generated using information in the contact entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Zinc, Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Patterson, Zachary Thomas Parker
  • Patent number: 10012368
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implementation, the alignment mechanism includes a replaceable angle adjustment insert that is inserted into at least one of the clamp portions, such as the first clamp portion. When the first and second clamp portions are joined, a surface of the second clamp portion presses against the insert and a desired angle between the first and second tile is formed. The insert can have any angle so that any desired angle can be formed between the first and second tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Publication number: 20180024802
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Publication number: 20170292685
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implementation, the alignment mechanism includes a replaceable angle adjustment insert that is inserted into at least one of the clamp portions, such as the first clamp portion. When the first and second clamp portions are joined, a surface of the second clamp portion presses against the insert and a desired angle between the first and second tile is formed. The insert can have any angle so that any desired angle can be formed between the first and second tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Patent number: 9733885
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Patent number: 9689563
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implementation, the alignment mechanism includes a replaceable angle adjustment insert that is inserted into at least one of the clamp portions, such as the first clamp portion. When the first and second clamp portions are joined, a surface of the second clamp portion presses against the insert and a desired angle between the first and second tile is formed. The insert can have any angle so that any desired angle can be formed between the first and second tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Publication number: 20170135011
    Abstract: A method of processing a handover request from a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) -type network. The method comprises the steps of passing a handover request with GSM-type parameters from a base station controller (BSC) through a Master Switching Center (MSC) of the GSM-type network to a UMTS core network (CN) and to a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, translating the GSM-type parameters to UTRAN parameters in the Radio Network Controller (RNC), and allocating UTRAN resources in response to the translated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gina PARMAR, Robert PATTERSON
  • Patent number: 9591538
    Abstract: A method of processing a handover request from a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)-type network. The method comprises the steps of passing a handover request with GSM-type parameters from a base station controller (BSC) through a Master Switching Center (MSC) of the GSM-type network to a UMTS core network (CN) and to a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, translating the GSM-type parameters to UTRAN parameters in the Radio Network Controller (RNC), and allocating UTRAN resources in response to the translated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Gina Parmar, Robert Patterson
  • Publication number: 20170052754
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Patent number: 9483227
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Publication number: 20160261709
    Abstract: A method for notifying users of an online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site. The method comprises the steps of receiving a notification package from the external web site, the notification package including a notification message that describes the activity performed, parsing the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message, and issuing the notification message to each of the recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: David Oliver Sacks, Adam Marc Pisoni, Kris Branson Gale, James Robert Patterson
  • Patent number: 9363325
    Abstract: A method for notifying users of an online social network of an activity performed within a web site that is external to the online social network by an individual who is a registered user of the online social network and the web site. The method comprises the steps of receiving a notification package from the external web site, the notification package including a notification message that describes the activity performed, parsing the notification package to extract a list of recipients, each of whom is to receive the notification message, and issuing the notification message to each of the recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Yammer, Inc.
    Inventors: David Oliver Sacks, Adam Marc Pisoni, Kris Branson Gale, James Robert Patterson
  • Publication number: 20160105833
    Abstract: A method of processing a handover request from a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) -type network. The method comprises the steps of passing a handover request with GSM-type parameters from a base station controller (BSC) through a Master Switching Center (MSC) of the GSM-type network to a UMTS core network (CN) and to a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, translating the GSM-type parameters to UTRAN parameters in the Radio Network Controller (RNC), and allocating UTRAN resources in response to the translated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gina PARMAR, Robert PATTERSON
  • Publication number: 20160098405
    Abstract: A document curation system facilitates finding previously-created objects, such as text and charts, in electronic business documents, such as word processing documents and slide presentations files stored in documents of a separate document storage system. The document curation system enables a user to search for objects, without a priori knowledge of which documents might contain the objects. The system presents found objects, as well as objects that are similar to the found objects, and allows the user to select one or more of the presented objects. The system harmonizes display aspects of the user-selected objects and generates a new document from them. A user can query the document curation system, and the system accesses an index, which stores normalized versions of objects from the document storage systems to fulfill the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Gorbansky, Ryan Cooke, Irene Tserkovny, Adam Duston, Robert Patterson, James Federbush, Robert Kanarek
  • Patent number: D768405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Robert Patterson, Niklas Gustafsson, Joel Eric Tetreault, Larisa Schulze
  • Patent number: D768406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Robert Patterson, Joel Eric Tetreault
  • Patent number: D768407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Robert Patterson, Joel Eric Tetreault
  • Patent number: D803041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SPG HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Robert Patterson