Patents by Inventor Roy A. Paterson
Roy A. Paterson 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).
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Publication number: 20230077321Abstract: An electrowinning cell for extracting metals from an electrolyte solution, the electrowinning cell comprising a housing, a solution inlet, a solution outlet, a plurality of anodes, a plurality of cathodes and a product outlet, wherein at least one anode is substantially impermeable and configured to maintain a gap between a lower edge of the anode and the housing, so that fluid flow of solution is directed below the anode, and wherein at least one cathode is secured at a lower edge to the housing to prevent fluid flow below the lower edge of the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventor: Malcolm Roy PATERSON
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Patent number: 7774453Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for handling location information. The goal of the present invention is to allow users to collect and evaluate information from multiple sources, and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources for the present invention include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources for the present invention also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person's expected location depending on the date and time.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anand Naga Babu, Abraham S. Heifets, Adam Krauszer, Roy Paterson, Brian Lee White Eagle
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Publication number: 20070072626Abstract: Provided is a system and method that acquires and aggregates information to determine the location of a user. Information from multiple sources is collected and evaluated. Location sources include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make ti possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their coresponding user. Location sources also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that gave a particular user's expected location depending on the date and time. Provided is a method for aggregating information to determine a user's location. Also provided is a system for executing the claimed method. Also provided is a service for providing the claimed method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Anand Babu, Abraham Heifets, Adam Krauszer, Roy Paterson, Brian White Eagle
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Patent number: 7139252Abstract: Provided is a system and method that acquires and aggregates information to determine the location of a user. Information from multiple sources is collected and evaluated. Location sources include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their corresponding user. Location sources also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a particular user's expected location depending on the date and time. Provided is a method for aggregating information to determine a user's location. Also provided is a system for executing the claimed method. Also provided is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the claimed method.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anand Naga Babu, Abraham S. Heifets, Adam Krauszer, Roy Paterson, Brian Lee White Eagle
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Patent number: 7130871Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for synchronizing a database used by a client device with at least one server. A locally unique identifier is associated with each record in the database at the client. The locally unique identifier for a deleted record is changed to a selected value. This value is selected in a manner to indicate that a record has been deleted. This locally unique identifier may be a negative value and may be selected by multiplying the locally unique identifier by a negative one. The selected value is used in synchronizing the database and is used to track records deleted since a last synchronization of the database. In the depicted examples, this selected value is unique and allows for mapping back to the locally unique identifier for the record.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Kevin Acree, Brian Lee White Eagle, William Harold Gengler, Roy Paterson
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Patent number: 6976038Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for synchronizing a database utilized by a client device with a set of servers in which one server has the database. A change log is used with a client database for synchronizing the database. Dirty bits set in the client database are identified and a change log is modified based on the identified dirty bits. This change log is used to synchronize the database on the server with a client database on the client device.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Kevin Acree, Brian Lee White Eagle, William Harold Gengler, Roy Paterson
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Publication number: 20040078393Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for synchronizing a database used by a client device with at least one server. A locally unique identifier is associated with each record in the database at the client. The locally unique identifier for a deleted record is changed to a selected value. This value is selected in a manner to indicate that a record has been deleted. This locally unique identifier may be a negative value and may be selected by multiplying the locally unique identifier by a negative one. The selected value is used in synchronizing the database and is used to track records deleted since a last synchronization of the database. In the depicted examples, this selected value is unique and allows for mapping back to the locally unique identifier for the record.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Kevin Acree, Brian Lee White Eagle, William Harold Gengler, Roy Paterson
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Publication number: 20040078370Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for synchronizing a database utilized by a client device with a set of servers in which one server has the database. A change log is used with a client database for synchronizing the database. Dirty bits set in the client database are identified and a change log is modified based on the identified dirty bits. This change log is used to synchronize the database on the server with a client database on the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Richard Kevin Acree, Brian Lee White Eagle, William Harold Gengler, Roy Paterson
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Publication number: 20020145984Abstract: The present invention is a system and method that acquires and aggregates information to determine users' locations. The goal of the present invention is to allow users to collect and evaluate information from multiple sources, and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources for the present invention include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources for the present invention also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person's expected location depending on the date and time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2001Publication date: October 10, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anand Naga Babu, Abraham S. Heifets, Adam Krauszer, Roy Paterson, Brian Lee White Eagle
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Publication number: 20020143930Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for handling location information. The goal of the present invention is to allow users to collect and evaluate information from multiple sources, and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources for the present invention include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources for the present invention also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person's expected location depending on the date and time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anand Naga Babu, Abraham S. Heifets, Adam Krauszer, Roy Paterson, Brian Lee White Eagle
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Patent number: 4143869Abstract: A clamp of the type wherein an arm slides along a post, the sliding arm having a clamping jaw guided for vertical movement on its free end and a clamping screw threadably engaging with the free end and operable to effect vertical clamping movement with the clamping jaw.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1978Date of Patent: March 13, 1979Inventors: Roy A. Paterson, Alan F. Paterson