Patents by Inventor Steven Edwards

Steven Edwards 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: 7533334
    Abstract: A apparatus and computer instructions for transmitting accessibility requirements. Content is received from a computer at a data processing system. The content is parsed for a selected indicator. The data processing system is queried to identify accessibility requirements in response to the selected indicator being present. The identified accessibility requirements are sent to the computer. These accessibility requirements are use by the computer to generate content for the data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Ronald B. Capelli, Michael Aaron Kaply
  • Publication number: 20090105881
    Abstract: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform allows the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yulun Wang, Keith Phillip Laby, Charles S. Jordan, Steven Edward Butner, Jonathan Southard
  • Publication number: 20090105882
    Abstract: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform allows the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yulun Wang, Keith Phillip Laby, Charles S. Jordan, Steven Edward Butner, Jonathan Southard
  • Patent number: 7518062
    Abstract: A hole seal for an enclosure includes a body having a threaded portion, and a nut having an inner threaded portion to receive the threaded portion of the body, the nut including a first outer flange having first diameter and a second outer flange having a second diameter, larger than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: William Joseph Nepsha, Steven Edward Hendricks
  • Patent number: 7512894
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method utilize a displayed pictorial representation that depicts the actual physical configuration of a plurality of hardware components in a physical computer system to facilitate the collective management of the underlying hardware components. Typically, within such a pictorial representation, a selected status is displayed for multiple of such hardware components, thereby permitting hardware components sharing common attributes or characteristics to be identified in an efficient and intuitive manner, as well as to permit collective management operations to be performed on all selected hardware components in addition, a pictorial representation may be dynamically generated to represent the physical configuration of a plurality of hardware components within a plurality of computers. In connection with such dynamic generation, the plurality of computers may be accessed to identify the plurality of hardware components that are resident in such computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Bradley James Lory, David Walter Mead, Chee Peh, Steven Edward Royer
  • Publication number: 20090062815
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a handheld microdermabrasion device includes a treatment head and a motor for driving, e.g., oscillating or rotating, the treatment head to abrade or exfoliate the skin. The treatment head may be abrasive or non-abrasive, and includes a passage or opening in communication with a reservoir for containing a topical solution. As the skin is abraded by the treatment head, the topical solution from the reservoir is automatically dispensed through the opening in the treatment head. In some embodiments, the motor which drives the treatment head also drives a pump for moving fluid from the reservoir and through the treatment head. The topical solution may be abrasive or non-abrasive. In some embodiments, the topical solution is a therapeutic solution for treating the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: eMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Karasiuk, N. Brendon Boone, III, Steven Edward Wojcik
  • Patent number: 7496544
    Abstract: An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for evaluating acquisition costs for a software product. A set of questions regarding the software product is presented. The set of questions are selected from a source. Costs for acquiring the software product are identified in response to receiving a user input to the set of questions. A report is generated using the costs, wherein the report is used to evaluate whether to acquire the software product in response to identifying the costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Mark Edward Davis, Michael Francis Moriarty, Dale Martin Schultz, William James Sullivan, Luis Zapata
  • Patent number: 7493596
    Abstract: An analysis tool extracts class data from Java objects within a potential plagiarizing Java program and the original Java program, and then compares classes common to the potential plagiarizing program and the original across various performance metrics. Similarities disclosed by the analysis tool are output for user or programmatic comparison of the matches between the potentially plagiarizing Java program byte code and the original program's byte code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Margot Bruce Casey, Tyron Jerrod Stading
  • Patent number: 7492821
    Abstract: A video processing method and system for generating a foveated video display with sections having different resolutions uses a network channel for communicating video images having video sections of different resolutions, and includes a video transmission system for processing and transmitting the received video images over the network channel. The system assigns a larger portion of the network channel's bandwidth to a video section with higher resolution. Further, the system includes a video receiving system for receiving and seamlessly combining the first and second video sections of different resolutions to form an output video image on a display device, and a control unit for sending one or more video control parameters to the video transmission system to control capturing, transmitting and processing of the video images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Berman, Paul F. Greier, Kenneth C. Ho, Richard I. Kaufman, Alphonso P. Lanzetta, Michael P. Mastro, Steven Edward Millman, Ron Ridgeway, Kai Schleupen, Steven Lorenz Wright
  • Publication number: 20090009885
    Abstract: A projection display system and method is provided. One or more light sources, such as solid state lasers, generates light of various colors that is modulated by a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micro-mirror device. The projection optics of the system include a telecentric rear group of lenses followed by a pair of aspheric lenses formed of a continuous piece of material. A folding mirror, such as a single-piece or multi-piece angular mirror, is disposed along the optical path between the aspheric lenses, to reduce the depth of the enclosure, and an aspheric mirror projects the image onto a projection screen. A folding mirror may be used after the aspheric mirror to further reduce the depth of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Edward Smith, Patrick Rene Destain
  • Publication number: 20090013258
    Abstract: An apparatus and program product utilize a displayed pictorial representation that depicts the actual physical configuration of a plurality of hardware components in a physical computer system to facilitate the collective management of the underlying hardware components. Typically, within such a pictorial representation, a selected status is displayed for multiple of such hardware components, thereby permitting hardware components sharing common attributes or characteristics to be identified in an efficient and intuitive manner, as well as to permit collective management operations to be performed on all selected hardware components. In addition, a pictorial representation may be dynamically generated to represent the physical configuration of a plurality of hardware components within a plurality of computers. In connection with such dynamic generation, the plurality of computers may be accessed to identify the plurality of hardware components that are resident in such computers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory Richard Hintermeister, Bradley James Lory, David Walter Mead, Chee Peh, Steven Edward Royer
  • Publication number: 20090009842
    Abstract: An optical architecture comprises a refractive cylinder that is movable relative to the incident light. By moving the refractive cylinder, the output light from the refractive cylinder is capable of sweeping through a spatial angle. Examples of the optical architecture can be implemented in an imaging system, such as a display system, for sequentially illuminating the target, such as a light valve in a display system with a high brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick Rene Destain, Steven Edward Smith
  • Publication number: 20080306106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the treatment of a central nervous system disorder related to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Wyeth
    Inventors: Ronald Charles Bernotas, Steven Edward Lenicek, Hassan Mahmoud Elokdah, David Zenan Li
  • Publication number: 20080300335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing viscoelastic flexible polyurethane foams by reacting a) polyisocyanates with b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, c) blowing agents, wherein the compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms which are reactive toward isocyanate groups b) comprise b1) from 70 to 10 parts by weight of at least one polyether alcohol consisting of exclusively polyoxypropylene units or polyoxypropylene units and not more than 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the alkylene oxides used, of polyoxyethylene units in the polyether chain and having a nominal functionality of from 3 to 6 and a hydroxyl number in the range from 100 to 300 mg KOH/g, b2) from 10 to 70 parts by weight of at least one polyetherol consisting of exclusively polyoxypropylene units or polyoxypropylene units and not more than 20% by weight, based on the total amount of alkylene oxides used, of polyoxyethylene units in the polyether chain and having
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Göttke, Heinz-Dieter Lutter, Berend Eling, Steven Edward Wujcik
  • Publication number: 20080255703
    Abstract: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform allows the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Yulun Wang, Keith Phillip Laby, Charles S. Jordan, Steven Edward Butner, Jonathan Southard
  • Publication number: 20080256436
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transmitting accessibility requirements. Content is received from a computer at a data processing system. The content is parsed for a selected indicator. The data processing system is queried to identify accessibility requirements in response to the selected indicator being present. The identified accessibility requirements are sent to the computer. These accessibility requirements are use by the computer to generate content for the data processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Edward Atkin, Ronald B. Capelli, Michael Aaron Kaply
  • Publication number: 20080256385
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for determining a link speed. When a link between two computing devices is operational, a link speed for use in communicating across the link is stored and a remembered indicator is set to TRUE. After any event occurs that causes the link to become inoperational, in response to determining that the remembered indicator is TRUE, the stored link speed is used when attempting to make the link become operational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Steven Bayus, Mark P. Bendyk, Roger Gregory Hathorn, Steven Edward Klein
  • Patent number: 7434629
    Abstract: A vehicle having a tire fire suppression system includes a vehicle body for transportation of occupants or cargo. A plurality of combustible tires is connected to the body. The tires are susceptible to auto-ignition in response to exposure to an elevated temperature condition. The fire suppression system is connected to the body and includes a container of a fire suppressant. At least one temperature sensor is positioned in close proximity to at least one of the tires. The temperature sensor is adapted to be activated in response to the elevated temperature condition and before the auto-ignition. At least one nozzle is positioned to direct the suppressant toward the tire. An actuator connects the container to the nozzle for the suppressant to be dispersed from the nozzle in response to activation of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Kidde Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Edward Hodges, Gregory Deane Simpson
  • Publication number: 20080230525
    Abstract: In laser micromachining and laser defect repair of a first material, a first set of one or more laser wavelengths is selected in accordance with the first material's absorption characteristics and is combined and delivered concurrently with a second set of one or more laser wavelengths which is selected in accordance with the absorption characteristics of a second material generated by and remaining from the ablating interaction of the first material with the first set of laser wavelengths. The concurrent presence of the second set of one or more laser wavelengths removes the residual second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Photon Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Edward Birrell
  • Publication number: 20080214142
    Abstract: An emergency alerting system for permitting a user to secretly send a request for help to multiple parties is described. The system uses a small panic button which may be concealed on the user and which can be activated without an attacker knowing that a call for help has been initiated. The panic button communicates the call for help to a cell phone or Blackberry which in turn sends the call to predetermined recipients using wireless technology. The call or alert message may also include location coordinates using GPS and the time of day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Michelle Stephanie Morin, Steven Edward Morin