Patents by Inventor Thomas Whittaker

Thomas Whittaker 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).

  • Publication number: 20200097004
    Abstract: Artificial intelligence vehicle systems include vehicle guidance systems and adaptive, evolutionary driving training protocols for state machines. A state machine makes decisions based on information supplied by the sensors attached to the vehicle, the current state of the vehicle, the capabilities of the vehicle, and optionally the applicable traffic laws (e.g., if a roadway vehicle) or facility rules (e.g., if a facility vehicle, such as warehouse, construction site, campus, or the like). An autonomous driver of a state machine decides between possible actions given the current environment where those possible actions to existing conditions are represented by action rules, which may be referred to as “genes.” The adaptive systems enable improved vehicle guidance and can improve over time as new circumstances are encountered and processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: CYNGN, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas WHITTAKER, Jared JENSEN
  • Patent number: 8145728
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing advertisements for offline display on mobile devices are provided. In a first aspect, a channel is received at a mobile device server from one or more providers, including a first web page, an advertiser web page, and an advertisement image file. The received channel is transmitted to the mobile device. In an offline mode, when displayed, the first web page includes an image contained by the advertisement image file. A user viewing the first web page on the mobile device can select the displayed image of the advertisement image file to traverse a link to cause the advertiser page to be displayed on the mobile device. In another aspect, a plurality of advertisement image files are received and stored at a mobile device. The display of the advertisement images on a first web page is cycled each time the first web page is displayed on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: IAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Whittaker, Antony John Sargent
  • Patent number: 8135803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing advertisements for offline display on mobile devices are provided. In a first aspect, a channel is received at a mobile device server from one or more providers, including a first web page, an advertiser web page, and an advertisement image file. The received channel is transmitted to the mobile device. In an offline mode, when displayed, the first web page includes an image contained by the advertisement image file. A user viewing the first web page on the mobile device can select the displayed image of the advertisement image file to traverse a link to cause the advertiser page to be displayed on the mobile device. In another aspect, a plurality of advertisement image files are received and stored at a mobile device. The display of the advertisement images on a first web page is cycled each time the first web page is displayed on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: iAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Whittaker, Antony John Sargent
  • Publication number: 20100120402
    Abstract: As Mobile Subscribers increasingly employ their Wireless Devices to access an ever expanding universe of content—anything including but not limited to for example WWW pages, JavaScript, ActiveX, static images, audio, video, streaming audio/video, data, software applications, etc.—an infrastructure that supports seamless access to content by addressing a range of challenges that arise during such interactions including, for example, the proper identification of content, the timely retrieval of content from a variety of sources, the processing and persistence of content, the delivery of content, etc. The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: SYBASE 365, INC.
    Inventors: Ramandeep Sethi, Thomas Whittaker, Bill Clagett
  • Publication number: 20080154732
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing advertisements for offline display on mobile devices are provided. In a first aspect, a channel is received at a mobile device server from one or more providers, including a first web page, an advertiser web page, and an advertisement image file. The received channel is transmitted to the mobile device. In an offline mode, when displayed, the first web page includes an image contained by the advertisement image file. A user viewing the first web page on the mobile device can select the displayed image of the advertisement image file to traverse a link to cause the advertiser page to be displayed on the mobile device. In another aspect, a plurality of advertisement image files are received and stored at a mobile device. The display of the advertisement images on a first web page is cycled each time the first web page is displayed on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas WHITTAKER, Antony John Sargent
  • Publication number: 20060136571
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for executing scripts that can be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to interact with such scripts on their devices in an interactive manner. According to embodiments, the present invention performs script operations for mobile devices including steps for sending a request for an object and a list of support languages, and receiving the object and any related scripts in the supported languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: iAnywhere Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kloba, Michael Gray, David Moore, Thomas Whittaker, David Williams, Rafael Weinstein, Joshua Freeman, Linus Upson, Adam Dingle
  • Publication number: 20060041638
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing advertisements for offline display on mobile devices are provided. In a first aspect, a channel is received at a mobile device server from one or more providers, including a first web page, an advertiser web page, and an advertisement image file. The received channel is transmitted to the mobile device. In an offline mode, when displayed, the first web page includes an image contained by the advertisement image file. A user viewing the first web page on the mobile device can select the displayed image of the advertisement image file to traverse a link to cause the advertiser page to be displayed on the mobile device. In another aspect, a plurality of advertisement image files are received and stored at a mobile device. The display of the advertisement images on a first web page is cycled each time the first web page is displayed on the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Whittaker, Antony Sargent
  • Publication number: 20050235979
    Abstract: For inclusion on the line between the liquid wash supply and the discharge jets of a vehicle windshield liquid wash pumping system, a liquid wash heater secured on an engine manifold or exhaust pipe, comprising a housing with a thin-walled, relatively small diameter, non-linear liquid wash tube contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Whittaker
  • Publication number: 20030070849
    Abstract: An auxiliary cooling, heating and electrical power unit for vehicles with large capacity internal combustion engines. The unit includes a small capacity auxiliary engine driving an auxiliary coolant pump, alternator and refrigerant compressor, a separate air conditioning unit and an auxiliary battery. A heat exchanger attached to the auxiliary engine transfers heat from the exhaust gases to coolant circulating through the heat exchanger. The coolant pump circulates the heated coolant through the main heater core and the main engine before returning to the heat exchanger. The refrigerant compressor provides refrigerant to the auxiliary air conditioning unit. The auxiliary alternator provides electrical power to the auxiliary battery, the main battery and other electrical equipment. An interlock prevents the simultaneous operation of the auxiliary engine and the main engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Clark Thomas Whittaker