Patents by Inventor Simon Clarke

Simon Clarke 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: 7974948
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for automatically capturing and maintaining versions of documents. These tools may provide methods that include receiving documents from a server, and receiving indications of revisions to the documents at client systems. The methods may also automatically determine whether to capture representations of states of the documents before entry of the revisions, in the absence of explicit user commands to capture these representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Baer, Simon Clarke, David John Rasmussen, Ilya Koulchin, David Christopher Tse, Olga Veselova
  • Patent number: 7774799
    Abstract: A method and system link page content with a media file and display these links during playback of the media file. In other words, the present invention can link notes stored in an electronic document with media such as audio stored in an audio file. As media is played back from the media file, the present invention can display visual indicators adjacent to or over page content so that a user can see how page content relates to the media file. According to one exemplary aspect of the present invention, page content can be highlighted when the page content has a relationship with the media that is being played. That is, page content can be highlighted at different times as the recorded live information from a media file such as audio from an audio file is being played back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy D. Sellers, Simon Clarke, Mark Yalovsky, Olga Veselova, Myungsub Kim, Jeffry N. Cardon
  • Publication number: 20100166792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said polypeptides; recombinant methods to manufacture said polypeptides; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: BIOSYNEXUS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Simon Foster, Philip McDowell, Kirsty Brummell, Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20090276471
    Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for automatically capturing and maintaining versions of documents. These tools may provide methods that include receiving documents from a server, and receiving indications of revisions to the documents at client systems. The methods may also automatically determine whether to capture representations of states of the documents before entry of the revisions, in the absence of explicit user commands to capture these representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Baer, Simon Clarke, David John Rasmussen, Ilya Koulchin, David Christopher Tse, Olga Veselova
  • Publication number: 20090269349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides, typically opsonic antigens, expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said antigens; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said antigenic polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, BIOSYNEXUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon Foster, James Mond, Simon Clarke, Philip McDowell, Kirsty Brummel
  • Patent number: 7585658
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising such polypeptides; recombinant methods to manufacture such polypeptides; and therapeutic antibodies directed to such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Biosynexus Incorporated
    Inventors: Simon Foster, Philip McDowell, Kirsty Brummell, Simon Clarke
  • Patent number: 7410647
    Abstract: A method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides, typically opsonic antigens, expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said antigens; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said antigenic polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignees: University of Sheffield, Biosynexus Incorporated
    Inventors: Simon Foster, James Mond, Simon Clarke, Philip McDowell, Kristy Brummel
  • Patent number: 7355622
    Abstract: A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance is presented. In general, this is accomplished by periodically identifying an attendee that is currently speaking at a rate substantially faster than the video frame rate, and updating each frame of the video to highlight the current speaker. More particularly, an A/V source provides a video stream to a client computing device that includes delta frames interspersed between the frames of the low frame-rate video. The full video frames act as keyframes, and the delta frames provide the changes needed to modify the last displayed version of the last keyframe to highlight just the region associated with the location of a current speaker. This allows the client device to operate as a standard A/V rendering and display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Clarke, Armen Hovhannisyan, Ross Cutler
  • Publication number: 20070195959
    Abstract: Encrypted content is synchronized without requiring a password. The structure of the data is synchronized while the content of the data remains encrypted. When the user desires viewing the encrypted content of the structure, the user is prompted for the password to render the encrypted content. Succinctly stated, the password requirement is pushed from the time of synchronization to the time of rendering of the content. In this manner, a user may synchronize a device without needing to enter a password. Such keyless synchronization promotes efficiency, increases productivity and pushes the password prompt to a more optimal time for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20060235894
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products disambiguate a globally universal identifier (GUID) within a file after the file is duplicated. The method involves generating a GUID for the file, generating a location identifier that defines a unique location of the file when the GUID was generated, and storing the location identifier in association with the GUID. The method also involves opening and examining the file, determining whether the location identifier matches a current location of the file, and in response to determining that the location identifier does not match the current location, generating a new GUID and replacing the GUID with the new GUID. Additionally, the method may also involve remapping references mapped to the GUID in the file to the new GUID and resetting the location identifier to match the current location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Rasmussen, Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20060212813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new and improved embodiments of systems and methods for using a “pen” input as a temporary pointer to highlight a portion of a document and having the “ink” disappear. In embodiments, a method and system for temporarily marking a portion of a document comprises sending a marking directive that produces a visual indicia on a document being viewed on two or more display devices connected over a network, waiting a period of time, and automatically erasing the visual indicia on the document being viewed on the two or more display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Yalovsky, Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20060161516
    Abstract: Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Revisions to the shared object are automatically synchronized such that all users can view the revisions to the shared object. Conflicting revisions are reconciled and merged into a current version of the shared object. A client may request the current version of the shared object from a store when the current version of the shared object is not available from the store. The current version of the shared object is synchronized with the client when the store receives the current version of the share object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Clarke, David Rasmussen, Igor Kofman
  • Publication number: 20060161585
    Abstract: Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Clients may communicate asynchronously by accessing the shared object through a physical server. Clients may also communicate synchronously by accessing the shared object through a peer-to-peer network. A manifest file associated with the shared object identifies the locations where other versions and instances of the shared object are stored. The shared object and the associated manifest file allow a client to transition seamlessly between local access, synchronous and asynchronous communication such that the user is not aware that the mode of communication has changed. A user may change location and any available data sharing transports are automatically identified. Thus, the user may access a shared object and collaborate with other authorized users through different mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Clarke, David Rasmussen, Igor Kofman
  • Publication number: 20060140979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said polypeptides; recombinant methods to manufacture said polypeptides; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Simon Foster, Philip McDowell, Kirsty Brummell, Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20050253707
    Abstract: A locating system is disclosed, which can be used for locating a child. The system comprises a child locating device (parent unit) and a further device (child unit) carried or worn by the child. The child unit transmits an electromagnetic signal towards the parent unit, and the parent unit receives the electromagnetic signal, using at least three spaced antennas which are switched in such a way as to obtain a Dopplescant effect. The received signal is processed and the direction of the child unit with respect to the parent unit is displayed on a display on the parent unit. Distance measurement is also possible. The system can be used with several child units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Roger Clarke, Linda Clarke, Simon Clarke, Peter Lillie, Terence Blaney
  • Publication number: 20050256299
    Abstract: A method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides, typically opsonic antigens, expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said antigens; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said antigenic polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Simon Foster, James Mond, Simon Clarke, Philip McDowell, Kristy Brummel
  • Publication number: 20050243167
    Abstract: A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance is presented. In general, this is accomplished by periodically identifying an attendee that is currently speaking at a rate substantially faster than the video frame rate, and updating each frame of the video to highlight the current speaker. More particularly, an A/V source provides a video stream to a client computing device that includes delta frames interspersed between the frames of the low frame-rate video. The full video frames act as keyframes, and the delta frames provide the changes needed to modify the last displayed version of the last keyframe to highlight just the region associated with the location of a current speaker. This allows the client device to operate as a standard A/V rendering and display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Clarke, Armen Hovhannisyan, Ross Cutler
  • Patent number: 6958364
    Abstract: A process for recovering light Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons from a rich tail gas produced from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis operation which comprises: (a) recovering separately from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis operation a Fischer-Tropsch condensate and a hydrocarbon rich Fischer-Tropsch tail gas; (b) cooling the Fischer-Tropsch condensate and Fischer-Tropsch tail gas; (c) using the cooled Fischer-Tropsch condensate as a lean oil to adsorb at least a portion of the light Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons present in the Fischer-Tropsch tail gas, whereby a rich oil mixture comprising Fischer-Tropsch condensate and light Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons is formed; and (d) collecting the rich oil mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart R. MacPherson, Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20050234943
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are provided for collaborating on an electronic document. According to the method, a data structure may be maintained at each of the computer systems participating in the collaborative session that represents the contents of a shared document. When user input is received at one of the computer systems modifying the document, the data structure is updated to reflect the modification. In response to the modification, the changes to the data structure are periodically identified and collected as a revision that identifies only the changes made to the data structure as a result of the edits made since the previous revision was taken. The revision is packaged and transmitted to each of the participants in the sharing session. The revisions are merged into the copy of the data structure stored at the participating computer systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Simon Clarke
  • Publication number: 20030186275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the identification of antigenic polypeptides expressed by pathogenic microbes; vaccines comprising said polypeptides; recombinant methods to manufacutre said polypeptides; and therapeutic antibodies directed to said polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Simon Foster, Philip McDowell, Kirsty Brummell, Simon Clarke