Patents by Inventor Samuel A. Taylor

Samuel A. Taylor 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).

  • Publication number: 20140075524
    Abstract: A system and method for authentication of a user using “lightweight” identities. The system and method provides for establishment of user credentials for a particular electronic mail address by an identity server through the recordation of a mail token and private token after receiving a request for credentials from the user. The identity server sends a private token to the user and sends a verification message to the user containing a specific link to the identity server for verification of the user along with the mail token, and then can verify the user by confirming that a mail token and private token recorded by the identity server match a mail token and a private token received from the user. After the verification process is successful, the identity server issues credentials that consist of a certificate either with or without a private key to the user which serves as an authenticated, unique, lightweight identity that a user can assume to access various services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Chris Yi-Cheng Ho, Samuel Taylor ZELNICK
  • Publication number: 20120317841
    Abstract: An athletic shoe includes an outsole, a midsole, an insole, a bootie, a cage surrounding the upper front of the bootie, a tongue, a quarter, a heel counter and wings. The bootie can have one, two, three, four or five individual toe sections which allow the toes of the foot to move independently. The bootie may be removable or adhesively attached to the midsole and the innersole. Both the midsole and the innersole can have slots cut between the toe portions which further allows for independent movement of the toes. The cage and outsole surround the front toe portions of the bootie, insole and midsole. The cage and outsole prevent all large particles from falling between the toes. The individual toe sections in the inventive shoe increase natural foot movement, haptic response and improve stability/balance, footstrike biomechanics and foot strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel Taylor, Ryan Duke
  • Patent number: 7812643
    Abstract: A method and current mode logic (CML) multiplexer circuit for implementing load balancing, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. CML multiplexer circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs receiving a first differential input signal and a second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the first and second differential transistor pairs are connected to respective differential signal first and second outputs. CML multiplexer circuit includes load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs receiving the first differential input signal and the second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs are connected to the opposite differential signal outputs as the first and second differential transistor pairs and the select devices are turned off, matching the source impedance of the unselected first or second differential transistor pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shashikala Govindu, Carl Christopher Hanke, III, Samuel Taylor Ray
  • Publication number: 20100194437
    Abstract: A method and current mode logic (CML) multiplexer circuit for implementing load balancing, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. CML multiplexer circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs receiving a first differential input signal and a second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the first and second differential transistor pairs are connected to respective differential signal first and second outputs. CML multiplexer circuit includes load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs receiving the first differential input signal and the second differential input signal. The respective transistors of the load balancing third and fourth differential transistor pairs are connected to the opposite differential signal outputs as the first and second differential transistor pairs and the select devices are turned off, matching the source impedance of the unselected first or second differential transistor pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shashikala Govindu, Carl Christopher Hanke, III, Samuel Taylor Ray
  • Patent number: 7598724
    Abstract: A current transformer assembly includes at least one Rogowski coil having a first closeable loop with an electrically conductive coil member and a first pair of terminals. An integrator unit has respectively a cable connected across the first pair of terminals of a respective Rogowski coil. Each respective Rogowski coil provides an output voltage received by the integrator assembly caused by when a respective electrical conductor on a phase of a multiphase circuit is arranged within an opening of the closeable first loop of the respective Rogowski coil, and provides an output signal proportional to a current in a conductor arranged in an opening of a Rogowski coil. At least one of the Rogowski coils includes an inline calibration unit for fast calibration and recalibration when retrofitting a monitor module that monitors a value of the current in one or more conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Admmicro Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Donald W. Howell, Samuel A. Taylor, Danny K. Dyess, Frank O. Blevins, Mark W. Vinson
  • Publication number: 20080211484
    Abstract: A current transformer assembly includes at least one Rogowski coil having a first closeable loop with an electrically conductive coil member and a first pair of terminals. An integrator unit has respectively a cable connected across the first pair of terminals of a respective Rogowski coil. Each respective Rogowski coil provides an output voltage received by the integrator assembly caused by when a respective electrical conductor on a phase of a multiphase circuit is arranged within an opening of the closeable first loop of the respective Rogowski coil, and provides an output signal proportional to a current in a conductor arranged in an opening of a Rogowski coil. At least one of the Rogowski coils includes an inline calibration unit for fast calibration and recalibration when retrofitting a monitor module that monitors a value of the current in one or more conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: ADMMicro Properties, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Donald W. HOWELL, Samuel A. Taylor, Danny K. Dyess, Frank O. Blevins, Mark W. Vinson