Patents by Inventor Scott Joseph

Scott Joseph 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).

  • Integrated Guidance and Validation Policy Based Zoning Mechanism
    Publication number: 20110320654
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to automatically retrieve zoning best practices from a centralized repository and to ensure that automatically generated zones do not violate these best practices. A user selects a set of hosts and storage controllers. The user also selects a guidance policy for creating the zone, and also selects a set of validation policies that must be enforced on the zone. If the user selects a guidance policy and a validation policy combination that is incompatible, the mechanism allows the user to change either the selected guidance policy or the set of validation policies. If the user has selected consistent-zoning as a guidance policy, then the mechanism automatically selects a guidance policy that does not violate the known validation policies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Kevin Butler, Pi-Mei Chin, Scott Joseph Colbeck, Kaladhar Voruganti
  • Calendaring techniques and interfaces
    Patent number: 8037021
    Abstract: The calendaring techniques and interfaces described herein provide access to calendar data stored in a server hosted calendar store to applications. The calendar data includes calendar events and tasks. In one aspect, an application program interface (API) retrieves an occurrence from a series of reoccurring calendar data upon request from an application. In another aspect, the API sends calendar data provided by the application to a server program that manages a calendar store for storage and queries the server program to retrieve calendar data requested by the application from the calendar store. In yet another aspect, the API sends notifications that the calendar store has changed to interested applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Adler, Matthew Dimaggio, Matthew Elliott Shepherd, Lala Dutta, Bruce Arthur
  • System and method for displaying inventory and future inventory for purchase
    Patent number: 8036940
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides the ability for forest products sellers to provide potential buyers with price and availability information about their products, whether or not those products are in existing inventory. It gives the seller control over which products can be pre-sold prior to production or purchase, and control over pre-sold quantities so that the seller may be not committed beyond his capacity to produce or purchase to fill orders and inquiries. An embodiment of the invention provides sellers a means for indicating willingness to sell specific forest products under specific conditions of price, time, delivery, and other terms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Silvaris Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Hull, Robert Scoverski, Steven John Malloy, Scott Joseph Bean
  • AUTOMATIC EVENT GENERATION
    Publication number: 20110239146
    Abstract: A text input is received in a calendar context. The text input is processed with a context-neutral extraction process to generate a first set of elements and with a calendar-specific extraction process to generate a second set of elements. A calendar event is created from the first set of elements and the second set of elements and displayed on a display device without confirming the elements of the calendar event with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Lala Dutta, Scott Joseph Adler
  • Integrated guidance and validation policy based zoning mechanism
    Patent number: 8024773
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to automatically retrieve zoning best practices from a centralized repository and to ensure that automatically generated zones do not violate these best practices. A user selects a set of hosts and storage controllers. The user also selects a guidance policy for creating the zone, and also selects a set of validation policies that must be enforced on the zone. If the user selects a guidance policy and a validation policy combination that is incompatible, the mechanism allows the user to change either the selected guidance policy or the set of validation policies. If the user has selected consistent-zoning as a guidance policy, then the mechanism automatically selects a guidance policy that does not violate the known validation policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Kevin Butler, Pi-Wei Chin, Scott Joseph Colbeck, Kaladhar Voruganti
  • Plant Growth and Imaging Devices and Related Methods and Computer Program Products
    Publication number: 20110197509
    Abstract: A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and has a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein. The plurality of apertures are configured so that the root portions grow substantially in a common orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Philip N. Benfey, Richard W. Twigg, III, Robert L. Clark, JR., Scott Joseph Kennedy, Gregory Kealoha Fricke
  • Single joint elevator with jaws secured by a powered door
    Patent number: 7992909
    Abstract: A single joint elevator for releasably securing a tubular segment for hoisting the tubular segment into position to be threadably coupled to a pipe string suspended in a borehole. The elevator comprises two pivotally coupled jaw retainers securing jaws for engaging and gripping the tubular segment. A powered door is pivotally coupled to a first jaw retainer for selectively securing the second jaw retainer. The powered door includes a pivotable collar, a linear actuator assembly, and a linkage mechanism for selectively closing the door and clamping the distal end of the second jaw retainer to the distal end of the first jaw retainer. The actuator assembly clamps the jaw retainers with sufficient force for the jaws to grip and support the tubular segment for lifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Frank's Casing Crew and Rental Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Vernon Joseph Bouligny, Jr., Scott Joseph Arceneaux
  • System and method of providing a high-quality voice network architecture over IP centrex
    Patent number: 7974271
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing high quality sound communications in an IP Centrex environment. The method aspect of the invention comprises, from a network switch, negotiating between a first customer premises equipment (CPE) and a second CPE, the negotiation being related to a possible quality of a call between the first CPE and the second CPE. Next, the switch controls mapping between a dialing plan and a network address, determining a network address of the first CPE and the second CPE and connecting the call between the first CPE and the second CPE. In this manner, the highest quality and broadest bandwidth possible between the first CPE and second CPE through the IP Centrex environment may be used for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
  • UPPER CYLINDER HEAD HOUSING FOR USE WITH AN ENGINE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110155084
    Abstract: An upper cylinder head (UCH) housing for use with a vehicle engine is provided. The UCH housing includes a cover body and a variable cam timing (VCT) valve body integrally formed with the cover body. The VCT valve body is configured to at least partially cover a VCT valve assembly coupled to the vehicle engine. The UCH housing further includes a plurality of cam caps integrally formed with the cover body. The plurality of cam caps is configured to receive at least a portion of a cam shaft for securing the cam shaft to a cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Scott Joseph Sargeant
  • Electronic loop provisioning
    Patent number: 7940750
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a local network access architecture and method of providing local services that advantageously replaces portions of the physical hardwired local loop with a path that is software-defined. In one embodiment the system comprises a remote terminal comprising a packet processor that converts an analog signal carried on a customer loop into digital packets and a packet node connected to the remote terminal configured to selectively forward the digital packets based on an identifier in the digital packets to equipment of one of a plurality of local exchange carriers, wherein said plurality of local exchange carriers are different companies and each one of said plurality of local exchange carriers provides at least one different service subscribed to by a subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
  • Plant growth and imaging devices and related methods and computer program products
    Patent number: 7937891
    Abstract: A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and has a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein. The plurality of apertures are configured so that the root portions grow substantially in a common orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: GrassRoots Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip N. Benfey, Richard W Twigg, III, Robert L. Clark, Jr., Scott Joseph Kennedy, Gregory Kealoha Fricke
  • Method and apparatus to manage network addresses for private voice communications
    Patent number: 7907615
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to manage network address for private voice communication are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Salman Yousef Abbasi, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas Wilmer Hill, Scott Joseph Mollica
  • CHEMOKINE GENE-MODIFIED CELLS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
    Publication number: 20110059137
    Abstract: Described herein are methods of cancer immunotherapy, particularly compositions comprising genetically-modified cells that express macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), CD40 ligand (CD40L), and chemokine C—C motif ligand 21 (CCL21), wherein the population of cells comprises bystander cells and target cancer cells, and methods of making these compositions and treating cancer using these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTUTE, INC, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Scott Joseph Antonia, James J. Mule
  • METHOD OF FABRICATING SUPER FINISHED ITB'S VIA INTERNAL MANDREL FLOW COATING
    Publication number: 20110024024
    Abstract: Provided are apparatuses and methods of making a transfer belt. The method can include providing a hollow mandrel including an interior surface and rotating about a longitudinal axis. The method can also include dispensing a coating liquid through a dispensing tip over the interior surface of the rotating mandrel and using a doctor blade to smooth the coating liquid to form a layer of coating. The method can further include curing the layer of coating to form a seamless belt over the interior surface of the mandrel and releasing the belt from the interior surface of the mandrel, wherein the belt has a thickness uniformity in the range of about 100 nm to about 1 um.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dante M. PIETRANTONI, Robert ALTAVELA, Jin WU, Jonathan Henry HERKO, Scott Joseph GRIFFIN, Michael S. ROETKER
  • Cell lines for production of replication-defective adenovirus
    Patent number: 7851218
    Abstract: The present invention provides cell lines for the production of E1-deleted adenovirus (rAd) vectors that complement E1A and E1B functions. The present invention also provides cell lines for the production of E1- and E2-deleted adenovirus vectors that complement E1A, E1B and E2B polymerase functions. The invention provides particular cell lines that complement E1A function by insertion of an E1A sequence containing mutations in the 243R and 289R proteins and an E1B sequence comprising the E1B-55K gene. Production yields in the resulting producer cell lines, designated SL0003 and SL0006, were similar to those obtained from 293 cells without generation of detectable recombinant replication competent adenovirus (“RCA”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Howe, Ken N. Wills, Robert Orville Ralston, II, Scott Joseph Sherrill
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUALITY ASSURANCE
    Publication number: 20100299411
    Abstract: A network includes a media server and a service activation device. The media server may receive a request for content from a subscriber device and transmit a message. The message may identify the subscriber device and include information relating to the content. The service activation device may receive the message from the media server, identify, in response to receiving the message, bandwidth and quality of service requirements for the content, determine whether resources needed to provide the identified bandwidth and quality of service requirements exist, reserve the resources when the resources needed to provide the identified bandwidth and quality of service requirements exist, and transmit a second message to the media server in response to reserving the resources. The second message may cause the media server to provide the content to the subscriber device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Hugh Donal STEWART, Gregory Allan SIDEBOTTOM, Wladimir de Lara Filho ARAUJO, Steffen Georg RIES, Scott Joseph STEVENS
  • Transgenic plants expressing a cellulase
    Patent number: 7838732
    Abstract: The instant disclosure describes the application of genetic engineering techniques to produce cellulase in plants. Cellulase coding sequences operably linked to promoters active in plants may be transformed into the nuclear genome and/or the plastid genome of a plant. As cellulases may be toxic to plants, chemically-inducible or wound-inducible promoters may be employed. Additionally, the expressed cellulases may be targeted to vacuoles or other cellular organelles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Edouard Guillaume Lebel, Peter Bernard Heifetz, Eric Russell Ward, Scott Joseph Uknes
  • Vehicular drive system with FWD-only mode and associated method
    Patent number: 7823897
    Abstract: A drive system for a work vehicle comprises a control unit adapted to: monitor output of a speed ratio setting input device for a speed ratio setting request signal and output of a drive-request input device for a FWD-only request signal, determine from the speed ratio setting request signal if a requested speed ratio setting represented thereby is one of at least one predetermined speed ratio setting among a plurality of speed ratio settings possible for the work vehicle upon receipt of the FWD-only request signal, and, if so, output at least one control signal engaging a FWD-only mode enabling FWD operation of the work vehicle but disabling RWD operation of the work vehicle. An associated method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Kelly, Brent Allen Smith, Scott Joseph Breiner, Craig Ronald Timmerman
  • Systems and methods for providing quality assurance
    Patent number: 7797401
    Abstract: A server includes first logic to receive a message identifying a subscriber device and including information relating to content requested by the subscriber device; and second logic to determine whether adequate network resources exist for providing the requested content to the subscriber device, and to reserve the network resources when adequate network resources are determined to exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Hugh Donal Stewart, Gregory Allan Sidebottom, Wladimir de Lara Filho Araujo, Steffen Georg Ries, Scott Joseph Stevens
  • Upper cylinder head housing for use with an engine
    Patent number: D632305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Spartan Light Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Joseph Sargeant