Patents by Inventor Simon Peter

Simon Peter 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).

  • Caching infrastructure
    Patent number: 8825594
    Abstract: Example systems and methods are directed at maintaining and retrieving presence metadata. One example method includes receiving a request from a first client to edit a document file, and sending short-term check out metadata to the first client to begin an editing session. The method also includes writing the transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache, wherein the presence of another transition ID in the cache indicates that a document has switched from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode. An example system includes a processing unit operative to receive a document, the document including short-term check out metadata indicating an editing session has begun, ping a cache to determine if another transition ID is stored in the cache, and send a transition ID to a transition table stored in a cache to switch from a single-client mode to a multi-client mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Skaria, Naresh Kannan, Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab Sakhya Singha Bose, Christopher J. Antos, Mark Rolland Knight, Andrew G. Carlson, Don Adam Hedgpeth, Mitesh Pankaj Patel, Andrew Sean Watson, Jonathan B. Bailor, Elena Petrova
  • Surveillance system and method
    Patent number: 8803684
    Abstract: A surveillance method and system is provided for receiving image data from a plurality of said cameras; storing the received image data identifying each camera from which the image data originated; enabling each of a plurality of camera users who own or operate respective cameras to assign a said camera owned or operated by the camera user to at least one said set of cameras and to authorize selected users of the system to access image data from said at least one set of cameras, wherein said users of the system can include camera users and/or users not owning or operating any cameras; storing camera set data identifying the assigned camera as belonging to said set of cameras; storing user data identifying the users authorized to access image data from said set of cameras; and outputting image data to users dependent upon said camera set data and said user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cloudview Limited
    Inventors: Simon Peter Dudley Barker, James Becher-Wickes, Robert Vivian Searles, Elizbeth Clare Wood, Keith Alistair Hamilton, Robert Laurence Searles
  • Method and system for verifying an access request
    Patent number: 8806600
    Abstract: A system for verifying a request for access to data is provided, the system comprising a first module and a second module. The first module is arranged to generate a password, and the second module is arranged to receive a password associated with a request for data (received at step), validate the received password, and enable access to the requested data. The system is such that the first and second modules share a secret that has been uniquely assigned thereto, the shared secret being for use in generation and validation of a said password. Furthermore, the first module is communicatively disconnected from the second module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Visa Europe Limited
    Inventors: Boris Taratine, Matthew Johnson, Simon Peter Rust, Andrew Warren Rounds
  • Filter assembly
    Patent number: 8794263
    Abstract: A filter assembly for an additive manufacturing apparatus has a housing defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A filter element is located within the housing between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. The assembly includes valves that can be actuated to seal the gas inlet and the gas outlet. Additionally the assembly has a fluid inlet for allowing ingress of a fluid into the housing. The assembly allows a filter element, which may contain volatile particles, to be changed safely. By sealing the gas inlet and outlet and flooding the housing with a suitable fluid, volatile particles captured by the filter can be neutralised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: MTT Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Simon Peter Scott, Christopher Sutcliffe
  • MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140195132
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor. The apparatus is arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to detection by means of the at least one sensor of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects. The apparatus is arranged to determine a lateral offset value being a distance of the or each target object from an extended axis of the host vehicle and to over-ride triggering of the at least one action such that triggering of the at least one action is not performed in dependence on the lateral offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Mark Cund, Simon Peter Gilling, Paul Widdowson
  • Manufacturing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8753105
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layerwise consolidation of powder comprises a lowerable build platform for supporting the object during manufacture and a sealable chamber for controlling the atmosphere around the object. The apparatus also has gas transport devices, such as pumps and valves. Substantially all of the gas transport devices are maintained within a controlled atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: MTT Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Peter Scott
  • Identifier compression for file synchronization via soap over HTTP
    Patent number: 8744999
    Abstract: As changes are made to a document, each change may be assigned an extended identifier comprising a globally unique identifier (GUID) component and an integer component. Upon determining that the same GUID component is used in identifiers for multiple changes, the GUID component may be mapped to a range of indices. Each index of the range of indices may then be used to represent the same GUID component in each extended identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Peter Clarke, David Charles Oliver, Brent James Van Minnen, Miko Arnab S Bose
  • Data Assembly, Transfer and Storage
    Publication number: 20140149263
    Abstract: A user registers with a server system and provides user data (e.g., personal information). The server system divides the user data into multiple components. Each device in a set of devices receives a component of the user data for storage. When the user accesses a web page through a host device that includes one or more data fields into which user data can be entered, the host device receives the components of the user data from the devices in the set. The host device reassembles the user data based on the received components. When an authorization gesture is performed by the user with a storage device from the set of devices, the host device inserts the user data in the data field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Mashinery Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Charles Denton, Henry William Peter Beadle, Joseph Alan Narai, Simon Peter Narai, James Ian Murchison
  • CLEANER HEAD FOR A CLEANING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20140137366
    Abstract: A cleaner head comprising a main body rotatably coupled to a neck, and a locking arrangement operable to permit rotation of the main body relative to the neck when the cleaner head is positioned on a surface and to prevent rotation of the body relative to the next when the cleaner head is lifted off a surface. The locking arrangement therefore stops the cleaner head from rotating undesirably when the cleaner head is lifted away from a cleaning surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: India Shaw ELSDON, Simon Peter CROSS, Timothy Nicholas STICKNEY
  • Use of an apparatus for separating magnetic pieces of material
    Patent number: 8678194
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating magnetic pieces of scrap-material of a first group from magnetic pieces of scrap-material of a second group, wherein a mixture of pieces of scrap-material from the first group and from the second group is collectively transported with a conveyor to a separating zone, in which separating zone the pieces or scrap-material are subjected to forces induced by a magnetic field and to gravitational forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Technische Universiteit Delft
    Inventors: Peter Carlo Rem, Simon Peter Maria Berkhout
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING AN ACCESS REQUEST
    Publication number: 20140068739
    Abstract: A system for verifying a request for access to data is provided, the system comprising a first module and a second module. The first module is arranged to generate a password, and the second module is arranged to receive a password associated with a request for data (received at step), validate the received password, and enable access to the requested data. The system is such that the first and second modules share a secret that has been uniquely assigned thereto, the shared secret being for use in generation and validation of a said password. Furthermore, the first module is communicatively disconnected from the second module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Boris Taratine, Matthew Johnson, Simon Peter Rust, Andrew Warren Rounds
  • Coffee flavour modification process
    Patent number: 8658231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for improving the flavor of roasted Robusta and Arabica quality coffee and is characterized by modifying roasted coffee flavor precursors in aqueous extracts of green coffee beans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Peter Penson, Scott D. Brooks, Anthony Wragg, David Ikenberry, Allan Bradbury, Kazuto Ozaki, Fumio Ito
  • CLEANER HEAD FOR A VACUUM CLEANER
    Publication number: 20140041152
    Abstract: A cleaner head that includes a suction inlet for admitting a first airflow, a turbine inlet for admitting a second airflow, an outlet for discharging the first airflow and the second airflow and an agitator and its drive assembly. A first airflow path then carries the first airflow from the suction inlet to the outlet, and a second airflow path carries the second airflow from the turbine inlet to the outlet. The drive assembly includes a turbine that is driven by the second airflow. A baffle is located in the second airflow path and is movable between an open position in which the second airflow path is unrestricted and a closed position in which the second airflow path is restricted. The baffle is biased in the open position and moves to the closed position when the dynamic pressure of the second airflow at the baffle exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: James Martin COLEMAN, Simon Peter CROSS
  • MOBILE MEASUREMENT DEVICES, INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130335559
    Abstract: A portable instrument or apparatus includes a portable device and a rangefinder module. The rangefinder module can be attached to the portable device, which may be any suitable smartphone, tablet or other consumer electronics device having a camera. By suitable alignment of the rangefinder and camera, the device is capable of capturing accurate data over significant ranges, including for example an image of a target together with position information concerning the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SURVEYLAB GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Leon Mathieu Lammers Van Toorenburg, Jeremy James Gold, Simon Peter Redington, Grant Alexander Reid
  • Electronic system
    Patent number: 8582295
    Abstract: An electronic system includes an electronic device and a heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the device. The heat exchanger includes a flow duct for receiving a fluid, at least a portion of the flow duct being arranged in thermal communication with the device. The system further includes a pump associated with the flow duct and a Venturi tube for reducing the pressure of the fluid in the portion of the flow duct to a value less than the pressure external to the duct, to minimize any leakage of the fluid onto the device in the event the portion of the flow duct develops a leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Aqua Cooling Solutions Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon Peter Davis
  • Synchronizing file partitions utilizing a server storage model
    Patent number: 8572030
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for synchronizing file partitions utilizing a server storage model in a client-server computer network. Edits to content of an electronic document may be received at a client computer. The content may be included in a first partition of a file stored on a server computer. The first partition may include a first stream which includes the electronic document content. The file may include multiple partitions with each partition including one or more streams. The client computer may generate metadata in a second partition of the file. The metadata may be associated with the edits to the electronic document content in the first partition. The second partition may then be individually synchronized with the server computer to store the metadata. The first partition may then be individually synchronized with the server computer to store the edits made to the electronic document content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Peter Clarke, Miko Arnab S. Bose, Xuelei Sun
  • AMINOHYDROXYLATION OF ALKENES
    Publication number: 20130274479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the aminohydroxylation of alkenes using N-oxycarbamate reagents, e.g. N-acyloxycarbamate, N-alkyloxycarbonyloxycarbamate and N-aralkoxycarbonyloxycarbamate reagents. The invention particularly relates to an intermolecular aminohydroxylation reaction that can be carried out in the absence of added base. The invention also relates to novel N-oxycarbamate reagents that are stable crystalline materials. The process of the invention is useful in the synthesis of compounds having a vicinal amino alcohol moiety, such as biologically active compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Peter Harold Mee, Andreas Luxenburger, Lawrence Daniel Harris
  • Neutralising Antibody Molecules Having Specificity for Human IL-17
    Publication number: 20130245229
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antibody molecule having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-17, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecule and methods for producing said antibody molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: UCB Pharma S.A.
    Inventors: Ralph Adams, Andrew George Popplewell, Stephen Edward Rapecki, Simon Peter Tickle
  • Separation Apparatus
    Publication number: 20130233776
    Abstract: A separation-apparatus for separating from a particle-stream at least a first fraction with particles of a first group of dimensions, and a second fraction with particles of a second group of dimensions, comprising an infeed-device (2, 10) for the particle-stream, a rotatable drum (5) having at its circumference plates (6, 6), each plate having a radially extending hitting surface for the particles, at least a first receiving area (12) proximal to the drum for receipt therein of particles of the first fraction, and at least a second receiving area (11) distant from the drum for receipt therein of particles of the second fraction, wherein a conveyor (17) in the second receiving area (12) moves during use at a speed of at least 2 m/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: INASHCO R&D B. V.
    Inventors: Simon Peter Maria Berkhout, Peter Carlo Rem
  • Identifier Compression for File Synchronization Via Soap Over HTTP
    Publication number: 20130198155
    Abstract: As changes are made to a document, each change may be assigned an extended identifier comprising a globally unique identifier (GUID) component and an integer component. Upon determining that the same GUID component is used in identifiers for multiple changes, the GUID component may be mapped to a range of indices. Each index of the range of indices may then be used to represent the same GUID component in each extended identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Simon Peter Clarke, David Oliver, Brent James Van Minnen, Miko Arnab S. Bose