Patents by Inventor Sean O'Connor

Sean O'Connor 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).

  • Inkjet printhead having common conductive track on nozzle plate
    Patent number: 8485638
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead; a nozzle plate extending across the printhead; and a conductive track disposed on the nozzle plate which extends longitudinally along the printhead and parallel with the nozzle rows. The conductive track is connected to a common reference plane in the drive circuitry layer via a plurality of conductor posts extending between the drive circuitry layer and the conductive track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Julie Catherine Hogan
  • Pagewidth inkjet printhead configured such that printed dot density exceeds nozzle density
    Patent number: 8485623
    Abstract: A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configured to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, such that a printed dot density exceeds a nozzle density of the printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • Proximity service discovery in wireless networks
    Patent number: 8478300
    Abstract: Discovery of services between devices is provided prior to establishing a connection between devices, including wireless-enabled devices or devices that are communicatively coupled to wireless access points or other wireless communication devices. Discovering services prior to establishing a connection may facilitate finding a desired service. The services that may be discovered may be, for example, print services, camera services, PDA services or any other suitable services. Services may be discovered using 802.11, UWB or any other suitable wireless technology. As one example, particular services may be requested. As another example, services that are provided by a device may be advertised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Kuehnel, Abhishek Abhishek, Amer A. Hassan, David Jones, Francis Duong, Hui Shen, Jiandong Ruan, Sean O. Lyndersay, Srinivas R. Gatta, Vishesh M. Parikh, Yi Lu
  • WINE AERATOR
    Publication number: 20130140721
    Abstract: A device for aerating a liquid, such as wine, includes a cup portion with a cavity that receives an amount of liquid therein, the cavity extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening. A neck portion of the device defines an aeration section in fluid communication with the cavity. Passages in the aeration section extend laterally to an outer surface of the neck portion through which air is drawn into the aeration section. A central passage through the neck portion is in fluid communication with the aeration section and extends to a distal opening of the device. A diffuser element between the cavity and the aeration section has arms that are configured to contact the liquid as it flows from the cavity to inhibit a swirling flow of the liquid so that the liquid passes into the aeration section in a generally vertical and linear manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: PRIME WINE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Borden, Sean O'Cuinneagain
  • Stationary inkjet printhead with dead nozzle compensation provided by nozzles in same nozzles row
    Patent number: 8434844
    Abstract: A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configurable to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, and each nozzle has an associated primary dot position. The printhead is configured to compensate for a dead nozzle by printing from a selected functioning nozzle positioned in a same nozzle row as the dead nozzle. The selected functioning nozzle is configured to fire some ink droplets at the primary dot position associated with the dead nozzle and to fire some ink droplets at its own primary dot position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • Printhead having polymer incorporating nanoparticles coated on ink ejection face
    Patent number: 8425004
    Abstract: A printhead having an ink ejection face, wherein at least part of the ink ejection face is coated with a polymeric material. The polymeric material is comprised of a polymerized siloxane incorporating nanoparticles. The printhead may be compatible with various printhead maintenance operations, ink characteristics and inkjet nozzle types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Emma Rose Kerr
  • Application-based copy and paste operations
    Patent number: 8429551
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide application- or browser-based, copy and paste operations. In one or more embodiments, a web browser supports copy and paste functionality thus enabling the user to easily move data from one location to another. The browser-based solution can thus relieve websites from having to include code that implements the copy and paste functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jane T. Kim, Sean O. Lyndersay, Walter VonKoch, Matt Augustine
  • Aircraft that can fly horizontally and vertically
    Patent number: 8398015
    Abstract: An aircraft that has a set of wings which spin about respective axes that are laterally spaced apart in a horizontal plane of the aircraft, parallel to each other, and positioned adjacent respective frame portions, each of said frame portions defining a continuous surface, having a semi-circular cross-section means being provided to drive the sets of wings so that, as they spin, each wing of said sets of wings moves sequentially upwards inside its respective frame portion, and downwards outside its respective frame portion so as to provide lift to the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: Sean O'Connor
  • Streaming-Content Analytics
    Publication number: 20130060912
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing data associated with one or more source logs. The data associated with the source logs corresponds to activity of a user at a particular time. The method also includes identifying the user and a device associated with the source logs; and mapping at least a portion of the data associated with the source logs to a user session associated with the user and the device. The user session corresponds to activity of the user while using the device. The information also includes providing data corresponding to a particular period of time based on the user session. The data corresponds to the particular period of time includes streaming content and geographic data captured during the particular period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: REALITY MOBILE LLC
    Inventors: David Kallett Rensin, Brian J. Geoghegan, Richard E. Grenfell, Sean O'Brien, Sean C. Osborne, Kevin J. Winters, Adam Wise
  • Method of printing at dot density exceeding nozzle density in stationary pagewidth printhead
    Patent number: 8388111
    Abstract: A method of printing at a dot density exceeding a nozzle density in a stationary pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) advancing a print medium transversely past the stationary printhead at a rate of one line per one line-time; and (ii) firing droplets of ink from predetermined nozzles in a nozzle row to create successive lines of print. Some or all of the predetermined nozzles fire droplets of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along a longitudinal axis of the printhead during one line-time, such that the printed dot density in each line of print exceeds the nozzle density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • DYNAMICALLY GENERATED PHRASE-BASED ASSISTED INPUT
    Publication number: 20130046791
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: VITA MARKMAN, SEAN O'DELL, ARKADY TRESTMAN, DREW BEECHUM, PAUL PAK, STEPHANE JANKOWSKI, MARC SILBEY, KIP MARTIN, KEVIN O'SULLIVAN, CHRISTIAN SHRIGLEY, LANE MERRIFIELD
  • SOFT-SENDING CHAT MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20130047099
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: VITA MARKMAN, SEAN O'DELL, ARKADY TRESTMAN, DREW BEECHUM, PAUL PAK, CHRISTIAN SHRIGLEY
  • Printhead integrated circuit having common conductive track fused to nozzle plate
    Patent number: 8356884
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead integrated circuit (IC) includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead IC; a nozzle plate extending across the printhead IC; and a conductive track fused to the nozzle plate which extends longitudinally along the printhead IC and parallel with the nozzle rows. The conductive track is connected to a common reference plane in the drive circuitry layer via a plurality of conductor posts extending between the drive circuitry layer and the conductive track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Julie Catherine Hogan
  • Method of controlling drop directionality from inkjet nozzle using multiple independently-actuable roof paddles
    Patent number: 8353577
    Abstract: A method of controlling a direction of droplet ejection from an inkjet nozzle having a plurality of moveable paddles, the method includes the steps of: (i) actuating a first thermal bend actuator via respective first drive circuitry such that a respective first paddle bends towards a floor of the nozzle chamber; (ii) actuating a second thermal bend actuator via respective second drive circuitry such that a respective second paddle bends towards a floor of the nozzle chamber; and (iii) thereby ejecting a droplet of ink. Actuation of the first and second thermal bend actuators is independently controlled via the first and second drive circuitry so as to control the direction of droplet ejection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • Printhead integrated circuit with printable zone longer than nozzle row
    Patent number: 8348388
    Abstract: A printhead integrated circuit (IC) for a stationary pagewidth printhead, includes nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. A length of a printable zone corresponding to the nozzle row is longer than a length of the nozzle row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Zamitec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • Printhead integrated circuit with end nozzles firing at multiple dot positions
    Patent number: 8342643
    Abstract: A printhead integrated circuit includes one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. The printhead IC has first and second ends for butting engagement with other printhead ICs so as to define a pagewidth printhead. Each nozzle has an associated primary dot position, wherein a first nozzle positioned at the first end is configured to fire some ink droplets skewed towards the first end in addition to firing some ink droplets at its own primary dot position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Emma Rose Kerr, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Vincent Patrick Lawlor, Misty Bagnat
  • Printhead having polysilsesquioxane coating on ink ejection face
    Patent number: 8342650
    Abstract: A printhead having an ink ejection face coated with a hydrophobic polymeric material. The polymeric material is comprised of a polysilsesquioxane, such as poly(methylsilsesquioxane) or poly(phenylsilsesquioxane). The printhead is compatible with various printhead maintenance operations requiring contact with the ink ejection face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, Emma Rose Kerr
  • System and method for aligning turbine components
    Patent number: 8337151
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system having a turbine support key having a set of key segments selectively stackable together in a plurality of combinations to adjust a thickness between turbine supports based solely on a selection of the key segments from the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Cooper, Timothy Andrew Melsert, James W. Clark, Craig D. Ivancic, Sean O'Meara, Jean-francois Lavie
  • Method of fabricating inkjet printhead assembly having backside electrical connections
    Patent number: 8323993
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an inkjet printhead assembly having backside electrical connections. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing printhead integrated circuits, each having a backside recessed edge portion and connectors extending through the integrated circuit, each connector having a head connected to frontside drive circuitry and a base in the recessed edge portion; (b) positioning a connection end of a connector film in the recessed edge portion; (c) connecting each film contact to the base of a corresponding connector; and (d) attaching the backside of each printhead integrated circuit together with the connector film to an ink supply manifold so as to provide the inkjet printhead assembly having backside electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Zamtec Limited
    Inventors: Gregory John McAvoy, Rónán Pádraig Seán O'Reilly, David McLeod Johnstone, Kia Silverbrook
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PASSIVELY DETERMINE THE STATE OF A FLOW INCLUDING DETERMINING FLOW STATE IN THE EVENT OF MISSING DATA ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF THE FLOW
    Publication number: 20120300628
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for determining the state of a flow of packets in a network. In one embodiment, the method comprises: monitoring, using a monitoring device, a flow of packets that are part of a connection between two network devices in a network, where the monitoring device is located in the network at one side of the connection; and passively determining a state of the flow while monitoring the flow, including determining at least one state of the flow without receiving data in the flow of packets that specifies the flow is in the at least one state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Dan Prescott, Sean O'Brien, Jim Kisela, Shawn McManus