Patents by Inventor Robert Walker

Robert 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: 9834549
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain 3,3-disubstituted-(8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone, 3,3-disubstituted-(6-aza-bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-6-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone, and 4,4-disubstituted piperidin-1-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone compounds of the following formula that, inter alia, inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
    Inventors: Scott Peter Webster, Jonathan Robert Seckl, Brian Robert Walker, Peter Ward, Thomas David Pallin, Hazel Joan Dyke, Trevor Robert Perrior
  • Patent number: 9838398
    Abstract: A method of managing access to enterprise resources is provided. An access manager may operate at a mobile device to validate a mobile application installed at that mobile device. If the access manager does not successfully validate the mobile application, the access manager may prevent the mobile application from accessing computing resource. If the access manager does successfully validate the mobile application, then the access manager may identify the mobile application as a trusted mobile application. The access manager may thus permit the trusted mobile application to access the computing resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Barton, Zhongmin Lang, James Robert Walker
  • Patent number: 9836423
    Abstract: A system and method for adaptive bus configuration operable to respond to hardware changes and other configuration changes is disclosed. In an embodiment, the computing system includes a circuit assembly having at least one processing resource coupled to a respective set of bus traces, at least one peripheral device socket coupled to a respective set of bus traces, and a bus switch coupled to the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device. The bus switch implements a set of connections between the bus traces of the processing resource and the bus traces of the peripheral device sockets according to an instruction. The instruction may specify an allocation of peripheral device sockets to processing resources based on the number of installed processing resources so that no peripheral device is connected to a bus without an attached processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel John Kolor, William Leo Rollins, Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20170341448
    Abstract: A method of forming an image on a substrate by applying energy, involves a substrate in or on which there are at least two different colour-change agents, i.e. a first colour-change agent capable of giving rise to at least two different colours; and a second colour-change agent capable of giving rise to at least one different colour than achievable with the first colour change agent. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a multi-layer laminate comprising, in order, a layer comprising the first agent, a barrier layer, and a layer comprising the second agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony N. Jarvis, Christopher Anthony Wyres, William Green, Martin Robert Walker
  • Patent number: 9826657
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for populating and operating a storage enclosure carrier with multiple hot swappable storage devices. In some embodiments, a carrier housing having length, width and thickness dimensions is adapted to accommodate at least one hard disc drive (HDD) having a selected HDD form factor and configured for engagement in a storage enclosure housing. A plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) each conforming to a selected SSD form factor are supported within the length, width and thickness dimensions of the carrier housing. Each of the SSDs is individually retractable from a front facing portion of the carrier housing without removal of the carrier housing from the storage enclosure housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Odie Killen, Paul Foisy, Robert Walker, Alexander C. Worrall, David M. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170317229
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an ultraviolet (UV) light emitting device includes receiving a UV transmissive substrate, forming a first UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride upon the UV transmissive substrate using a first deposition technique at a temperature less than about 800 degrees Celsius or greater than about 1200 degrees Celsius, forming a second UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride upon the first UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride using a second deposition technique that is different from the first deposition technique, at a temperature within a range of about 800 degrees Celsius to about 1200 degrees Celsius, forming an n-type layer comprising aluminum gallium nitride layer upon the second UV transmissive layer, forming one or more quantum well structures comprising aluminum gallium nitride upon the n-type layer, and forming a p-type nitride layer upon the one or more quantum well structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yitao LIAO, Robert WALKER, Doug COLLINS
  • Patent number: 9793433
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an ultraviolet (UV) light emitting device includes receiving a UV transmissive substrate, forming a first UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride upon the UV transmissive substrate using a first deposition technique at a temperature less than about 800 degrees Celsius or greater than about 1200 degrees Celsius, forming a second UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride upon the first UV transmissive layer comprising aluminum nitride using a second deposition technique that is different from the first deposition technique, at a temperature within a range of about 800 degrees Celsius to about 1200 degrees Celsius, forming an n-type layer comprising aluminum gallium nitride layer upon the second UV transmissive layer, forming one or more quantum well structures comprising aluminum gallium nitride upon the n-type layer, and forming a p-type nitride layer upon the one or more quantum well structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: RAYVIO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yitao Liao, Robert Walker, Doug Collins
  • Publication number: 20170280737
    Abstract: A liquid treatment device includes a base with a power source, a UV-LED module for providing UV-B or UV-C light to liquid, an LED for providing visible light, and a processor for selectively powering the UV-LED module and the LED, and having a UV transmissive material above the UV-LED module for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted from the base housing, and a liquid storage housing removably coupled to the base housing with a storage portion configured to hold liquid and having a bottom portion comprising a UV transmissive material for allowing the UV-B or UV-C band light from the UV-LED module to be transmitted into the liquid, and an output coupled for restricting outflow of the liquid from the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yitao LIAO, Robert WALKER, Doug COLLINS
  • Publication number: 20170266330
    Abstract: A method for a hand-held device comprising illuminating, with a first UV LED associated with the hand-held device, a surface of an object with UV light, acquiring with a visible-light image sensor on the hand-held device, a first image of the surface of the object while the surface of the object is illuminated by the first UV LED, performing with the processor in the hand-held device, a function upon the first image to determine a type of contaminant disposed upon the surface of the object, determining with the processor in the hand-held device, sanitation techniques to perform in response to the type of contaminant that is determined, and displaying with a touch-screen display on the hand-held device, the sanitation techniques to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yitao LIAO, Robert WALKER, Doug COLLINS, Sheung LI
  • Patent number: 9767012
    Abstract: Methods of mapping memory regions to processes based on thermal data of memory regions are described. In some embodiments, a memory controller may receive a memory allocation request. The memory allocation request may include a logical memory address. The method may further include mapping the logical memory address to an address in a memory region of the memory system based on thermal data for memory regions of the memory system. Additional methods and systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Walker, David A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9731533
    Abstract: A method of forming an image on a substrate by applying energy, involves a substrate in or on which there are at least two different color-change agents, i.e. a first color-change agent capable of giving rise to at least two different colors; and a second color-change agent capable of giving rise to at least one different color than achievable with the first color change agent. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a multi-layer laminate comprising, in order, a layer comprising the first agent, a barrier layer, and a layer comprising the second agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: DATALASE LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony N Jarvis, Christopher Anthony Wyres, William Green, Martin Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20170230335
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for remote access and a server. The method includes: obtaining, by a Virtual Private Network VPN server, trust data of a user accessing a first network; determining, by the VPN server, a first trust level corresponding to the trust data according to a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence comprises the trust data and the first trust level; determining, by the VPN server, a first access zone of the first network corresponding to the first trust level according to a second correspondence, wherein the second correspondence comprises the first trust level and the first access zone; and establishing, by the VPN server, a first VPN connection between a device used by the user and the first access zone. The technical solution provides an adaptive security mechanism for the remote access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: William Robert Walker
  • Patent number: 9684632
    Abstract: Systems, internal processors, and methods of parallel data processing in an internal processor are provided. In one embodiment, an external controller sends instructions to a memory device, and the internal processor on the memory device executes the instructions on the data. The internal processor may include one or more arithmetic logic units (ALUs), and each ALU may perform an operation on an entire operand, such that one or more operands may be processed in parallel by one or more ALUs in the internal processor. The operations may be completed on each operand in one or more cycles through the circuitry of the ALU, and the path of the operands through the ALU may be based on the width of the ALU, the size of the operands, or the type of operation to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20170168817
    Abstract: The present techniques provide an internal processor of a memory device configured to selectively execute instructions in parallel, for example. One such internal processor includes a plurality of arithmetic logic units (ALUs), each connected to conditional masking logic, and each configured to process conditional instructions. A condition instruction may be received by a sequencer of the memory device. Once the condition instruction is received, the sequencer may enable the conditional masking logic of the ALUs. The sequencer may toggle a signal to the conditional masking logic such that the masking logic masks certain instructions if a condition of the condition instruction has been met, and masks other instructions if the condition has not been met. In one embodiment, each ALU in the internal processor may selectively perform instructions in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20170164501
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for populating and operating a storage enclosure carrier with multiple hot swappable storage devices. In some embodiments, a carrier housing having length, width and thickness dimensions is adapted to accommodate at least one hard disc drive (HDD) having a selected HDD form factor and configured for engagement in a storage enclosure housing. A plurality of solid state drives (SSDs) each conforming to a selected SSD form factor are supported within the length, width and thickness dimensions of the carrier housing. Each of the SSDs is individually retractable from a front facing portion of the carrier housing without removal of the carrier housing from the storage enclosure housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Odie Killen, Paul Foisy, Robert Walker, Alexander C. Worrall, David M. Davis
  • Patent number: 9669121
    Abstract: A method for a hand-held device comprising illuminating, with a first UV LED associated with the hand-held device, a surface of an object with UV light, acquiring with a visible-light image sensor on the hand-held device, a first image of the surface of the object while the surface of the object is illuminated by the first UV LED, performing with the processor in the hand-held device, a function upon the first image to determine a type of contaminant disposed upon the surface of the object, determining with the processor in the hand-held device, sanitation techniques to perform in response to the type of contaminant that is determined, and displaying with a touch-screen display on the hand-held device, the sanitation techniques to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: RAYVIO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yitao Liao, Robert Walker, Doug Collins, Sheung Li
  • Publication number: 20170147825
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to providing secure containers or data vaults for data of one or more managed applications. In some embodiments, each managed application may be assigned its own private data vault and/or may be assigned a shared data vault that is accessible to at least one other managed application. As the managed application executes, calls for access to the data may be intercepted and redirected to the secure containers. Data stored in a secure container may be encrypted according to a policy. Other aspects relate to deleting data from a secure container, such as via a selective wipe of data associated with a managed application. Further aspects relate to configuring and creating the secure containers, retrieving key information required to encrypt/decrypt the data stored in the secure containers, and publishing the managed applications, policy information and key information for download to a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Barton, Zhongmin Lang, Nitin Desai, James Robert Walker
  • Patent number: 9654508
    Abstract: Various aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring and providing policies that manage execution of mobile applications. In some embodiments, a user interface may be generated that allows an IT administrator or other operator to set, change and/or add to policy settings. The policy settings can be formatted into a policy file and be made available for download to a mobile device, such as via an application store or to be pushed to the mobile device as part of a data push service. The mobile device, based on the various settings included in the policy file, may perform various actions to enforce the security constraints that are represented by the policy. The various settings that can be included in a policy are numerous and some examples and variations thereof are described in connection with the example embodiments discussed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Barton, Zhongmin Lang, Nitin Desai, James Robert Walker
  • Patent number: D804595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Franziska-Maria Eva Löffelmann, Stefan Alois Bichler, Andrew Robert Walker, Christoph Juckelandt
  • Patent number: D805145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Franziska-Maria Eva Löffelmann, Stefan Alois Bichler, Andrew Robert Walker, Christoph Juckelandt