Patents by Inventor Timothy Jones

Timothy Jones 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: 20110240287
    Abstract: In an arrangement for monitoring of flow within a hydrocarbon well or reservoir by means of one or more tracers which are placed at subterranean locations such that they may be present in flow produced from the well, the analysis of the flow produced from the well is carried out using an electrochemical method, preferably voltammetry, to detect tracer chosen to undergo a detectable electrochemical reaction. The tracer may be provided as nanoparticles in the well fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Seth Hartshorne, Nathan Lawrence, Timothy Jones, Andrew Meredith, Gary John Tustin
  • Publication number: 20110107002
    Abstract: Described herein is an improved mechanism for bridging between SAS and SATA drives based upon existing SAS expanders in a SAS domain. In particular, a bridge capable of translating between SAS and SATA protocols is embedded in or coupled to an expander. When a SAS initiator request is received at the expander, the expander can route the request, based on a routing table, either directly to a destination SAS device or to the bridge for necessary translation before it is transmitted to a destination SATA drive. The routing table includes corresponding relationships between all SAS addresses and Phys through which those SAS and SATA devices are attached to the expander. SATA devices can be virtualized in the expander through a few assigned addresses in the routing table in a SAS discovery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy JONES, Murthy Kompella, Thomas Vincent Spencer, Carl Joseph Mies, Sammy Dwayne Sawyer
  • Patent number: 7882509
    Abstract: The persistent binding of STP SAS addresses to SATA devices is disclosed so that SATA devices can be moved to different insertion points (ports) within a SAS expander and still properly receive I/O requests. When a SATA device is inserted into the SAS expander, it is interrogated to obtain information about the attached device. This information may be combined using a hashing function to obtain a unique ID for the SATA device. A table can be used to assign a STP SAS address to the Phy connected to the device based in the unique ID. In this manner, the same STP SAS address will be assigned to the Phy connected to a particular SATA device, regardless of where the device is connected to the SAS expander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Curtis Edward Nottberg, Kevin Dale Bowman
  • Patent number: 7882281
    Abstract: Enabling virtualization in a SAS expander is disclosed. For each SAS address to be virtualized through one or more physical or virtual Phy, a reference Phy associated with each SAS address is created within the expander. Next, a route table is generated that includes an entry for each of the SAS addresses being virtualized, each entry associated with one or more of the physical or virtual Phy through which the SAS address is being virtualized. With the route table so established, requests for a virtualized SAS address are routed to a particular one of the one or more physical or virtual Phy associated with the virtualized SAS address in the route table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Patent number: 7787452
    Abstract: When a new device is attached to a SAS expander, malfunctioning devices can cause many BCNs to be generated, which in turn can cause excessive re-discovery processes to be performed by initiators in a storage network. Therefore, the isolation of devices from the storage network until they can be validated as healthy is disclosed. Any device malfunctions during this time of isolation do not cause BCNs to be generated and do not cause re-discovery processes to be performed. Once the device is validated (via a port-test-before-insertion approach) and found to be healthy, the fabric is notified via a BCN, and the device can be made visible to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Marc Timothy Jones
  • Publication number: 20100168454
    Abstract: Catalytic hydrogenation of a double bond, notably a C?C or C?N double bond, is carried out using a homogenous catalyst which is a complex of rhodium or other transition metal containing at least one ligand which is a nitrogenous organic base. Preferably the complex is phosphorus-free and the ligand is a bicyclic base having formula where R1 and R4 are hydrocarbon chains. R1 preferably is a saturated chain of two carbon atoms and R4 preferably is a saturated chain of three to five carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Li Jiang, Timothy Jones, Fenglou Zou
  • Publication number: 20090281682
    Abstract: A wirelessly controlled motorized vehicle system may be utilized to facilitate operation of a motorized vehicle. The wirelessly controlled motorized vehicle system may comprise a motorized vehicle and a wireless communications system. The motorized vehicle may comprise a drive system operable to operate the motorized vehicle and a controller in communication with at least a portion of the drive system. The controller may be configured to receive a command from a user. The wireless communications system may be configured to allow wireless communication between the controller and the portion of the drive system. The wireless communications system may comprise one or more transmitters in communication with the controller and one or more receivers in communication with the portion of the drive system. Alternate embodiments may comprise a gauge and/or a central display unit in combination with one or more of the elements listed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Edward D. Siemer, Ean D. Siemer, Timothy Jones, Srikanth Talla
  • Patent number: 7584026
    Abstract: A wirelessly controlled motorized vehicle system may be utilized to facilitate operation of a motorized vehicle. The wirelessly controlled motorized vehicle system may comprise a motorized vehicle and a wireless communications system. The motorized vehicle may comprise a drive system operable to operate the motorized vehicle and a controller in communication with at least a portion of the drive system. The controller may be configured to receive a command from a user. The wireless communications system may be configured to allow wireless communication between the controller and the portion of the drive system. The wireless communications system may comprise one or more transmitters in communication with the controller and one or more receivers in communication with the portion of the drive system. Alternate embodiments may comprise a gauge and/or a central display unit in combination with one or more of the elements listed above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventors: Edward D. Siemer, Ean D. Siemer, Timothy Jones, Srikanth Talia
  • Publication number: 20090172706
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for creating and using persistent connections in SAS networks. A persistent connection may be a connection that persists for longer than the usual SAS connection. More specifically, it is a connection that is not subject to periodic tear downs by SAS devices according to existing SAS protocols (such as, by using CLOSE or BREAK primitives). Instead, persistent connections may be removable by a link reset. Persistent connections may be used in situations in which the overhead associated with the usual tear down and re-establishment of connections in a SAS network may be considered too high in comparison with its intended benefits. Persistent connections may also be used to provide virtual direct attachment between two different SAS connected devices or between a SAS connected device and an expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Marc Timothy JONES
  • Publication number: 20090150643
    Abstract: Enabling virtualization in a SAS expander is disclosed. For each SAS address to be virtualized through one or more physical or virtual Phy, a reference Phy associated with each SAS address is created within the expander. Next, a route table is generated that includes an entry for each of the SAS addresses being virtualized, each entry associated with one or more of the physical or virtual Phy through which the SAS address is being virtualized. With the route table so established, requests for a virtualized SAS address are routed to a particular one of the one or more physical or virtual Phy associated with the virtualized SAS address in the route table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Publication number: 20090125655
    Abstract: The use of loops in SAS networks is enabled by designating ports connected to loop connections as table loop ports (TLPs). Under normal operating conditions, each TLP is blocked from receiving BCNs, appears to the expander to have nothing connected to it, and is made invisible to initiators. The loop connection and TLPs may be enabled and used to access devices when a problem is detected. In particular, the TLP will now appear in a list of destination ports within the expander to which a BCN should be propagated. In addition, during a subsequent self-configuration, the TLP is allowed to populate its route table with devices accessible through it, and the existence of the TLP is also reported back to initiators. After re-discovery is complete, communications between the initiator and a target can resume, with traffic re-routed through the TLPs as needed, bypassing the failure point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Ernest John Frey
  • Publication number: 20090007154
    Abstract: A simplification of the re-discovery process for initiators due to changes in the network is disclosed. If an initiator subscribes to change reports from a SAS expander, when that SAS expander detects a change in the network, it sends an SMP command back to the initiator, indicating the specific change in the network. Initiator BCN management and re-discovery of the entire network is therefore avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Marc Timothy Jones
  • Publication number: 20090003197
    Abstract: When a new device is attached to a SAS expander, malfunctioning devices can cause many BCNs to be generated, which in turn can cause excessive re-discovery processes to be performed by initiators in a storage network. Therefore, the isolation of devices from the storage network until they can be validated as healthy is disclosed. Any device malfunctions during this time of isolation do not cause BCNs to be generated and do not cause re-discovery processes to be performed. Once the device is validated (via a port-test-before-insertion approach) and found to be healthy, the fabric is notified via a BCN, and the device can be made visible to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Marc Timothy Jones
  • Publication number: 20090007155
    Abstract: The persistent binding of STP SAS addresses to SATA devices is disclosed so that SATA devices can be moved to different insertion points (ports) within a SAS expander and still properly receive I/O requests. When a SATA device is inserted into the SAS expander, it is interrogated to obtain information about the attached device. This information may be combined using a hashing function to obtain a unique ID for the SATA device. A table can be used to assign a STP SAS address to the Phy connected to the device based in the unique ID. In this manner, the same STP SAS address will be assigned to the Phy connected to a particular SATA device, regardless of where the device is connected to the SAS expander.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Curtis Edward Nottberg, Kevin Dale Bowman
  • Patent number: 7370326
    Abstract: A prerequisite-based scheduler is disclosed which takes into account system resource prerequisites for execution. Tasks are only scheduled when they can successfully run to completion and therefore a task, once dispatched, is guaranteed not to become blocked. In a prerequisite table, tasks are identified horizontally, and resources needed for the tasks are identified vertically. At the bottom of the table is the system state, which represents the current state of all resources in the system. If a Boolean AND operation is applied to the task prerequisite row and the system state, and if the result is the same as the prerequisite row, then the task is dispatchable. In one embodiment of the present invention, the prerequisite based scheduler (dispatcher) walks through the prerequisite table from top to bottom until a task is found whose prerequisites are satisfied by the system state. Once found, this task is dispatched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Timothy Jones, Curtis Edward Nottberg, Samuel Burk Siewert
  • Publication number: 20080095913
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preferentially extracting theanine from tea plant material which involves a short cold water extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Jones, Richard Safford
  • Publication number: 20080057172
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for preferentially extracting theanine from tea plant material which involves a short cold water extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Jones, Richard Safford
  • Patent number: 7328876
    Abstract: A cup holder, including a cover being formed of an elasticized piece of material and having an upper opening providing access to an interior pocket, the upper opening and interior pocket being defined by an interior side and bottom of the cover, and the cover having an exterior side, the upper opening having a non-stretched position and a stretched position, the upper opening having a diameter in the non-stretched position less than ninety percent of the size of a diameter of a beverage container and the upper opening having a diameter in the stretched position sufficient to secure about the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Inventor: Timothy Jones
  • Publication number: 20080023328
    Abstract: An electro-chemical sensor is described having one or more redox species sensitive to a certain analyte and one or more redox species that are insensitive to that analyte, for the purpose of making measurements in a downhole environment in aquifers or oilfield reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Li Jiang, Timothy Jones, Richard Compton, Nathan Lawrence, Gregory Wildgoose, Malingappagari Pandurangappa, Oliver Mullins, Andrew Meredith, Markus Pagels
  • Publication number: 20080006131
    Abstract: Apparatus (2) for cutting fruit (4) into slices (6) and dispensing the slices (6), which apparatus (2) comprises a cutting station (8) at which the fruit (4) is cut into the slices (6), a holder (10) which is for the fruit (4) to be cut and which extends vertically above the cutting station (8), a cutting blade (12) which extends at right angles to the holder (10) and which is movable forwards and rearwards over the cutting station (8), and dispenser means (14) for retaining the fruit (4) to be cut at the cutting station (8) and dispensing the cut slices (6), the dispenser means including a platform portion (28) which supports the fruit (6) to be cut at the cutting station (8) and in the holder, the platform portion (28) and the dispensing aperture (16) being both provided in a flat member (30), the platform portion (28) being positioned forwardly of the dispensing aperture (16), and the apparatus (2) being such that the cutting blade (12) is moved forwards over the cutting station (8) by hand pushing in orde
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Timothy Jones