Patents by Inventor Tom Lloyd

Tom Lloyd 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: 20090158212
    Abstract: A system and method of providing a user interface jump list application is disclosed, which reduces multiple functions into a single user interface function for electronic devices such as portable or mobile devices having computing and communication capabilities. First, the user interface jump list application provides a list of applications executing in the background on the electronic device. Second, the user interface application provides for the ability for the user to close, kill or quit (by giving an instruction) the application running in the background without having to activate or launch that application. The user interface application indicates applications that are active in a different font so the user can easily differentiate an application that is active from one that is not. The user interface application additionally provides a list of important or favorite applications for quick access and a list of recently used applications for quick access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ACCESS SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Eric Bergman, Tom Lloyd, Jesse E. Donaldson, Gabriel C. Dalbec
  • Publication number: 20080238432
    Abstract: A battery monitoring system is provided to monitor a battery stack having multiple cells connected in series. The monitoring system includes monitor modules to monitor respective subsets of the cells of the battery stack, each monitor module, in response to one or more control signals, measuring cell voltages of the respective subset of cells and providing at least one readout signal that represents the sampled cell voltages, the monitor modules being electrically connected in a stack such that each monitor module is referenced to the voltage of the respective subset of cells, and the control signals and the readout signal are connected through the monitor modules of the stack, and a system control unit to provide the control signals to the monitor modules and to receive the readout signals from the monitor modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Lloyd Botker, Lawrence Craig Streit
  • Publication number: 20080071790
    Abstract: A setup dialog for a web viewer dynamically changes to reflect parameters needed to generate a web address. The setup dialog can include a list box containing websites for which website templates are available for assisting the user in generating web addresses. The list box can also include an option to generate a custom web address without using a website template. An extensible grammar is provided for generating custom website templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: David McKee, Tom Lloyd, John Lorin Welshofer, Christopher Crim
  • Patent number: 6827214
    Abstract: A barrier envelope for reusable photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates, particularly for digital dental imaging comprised of a plastic transparent film and a plastic opaque film sealed to each other about three sides thereof defining a chamber for an imaging plate and wherein a free side of each film is formed with a flap and one flap is coated with an adhesive medium protected by a peel strip and wherein a “Y” shaped notch is provided on a side of the barrier envelope adjacent to the free side of each film the barrier envelope to facilitate tearing open of the barrier envelope in a removal procedure and transport of an exposed imaging plate to an optical scanning assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Air Techniques, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Alzner, Tom Lloyd
  • Patent number: 6762430
    Abstract: An imaging plate guide formed in different configurations corresponding to the various intraoral dental plate sizes, which in turn correspond to the dental intraoral film sizes commonly referred to as sizes 0 through 4, the imaging plate guides dedicated to intraoral imaging providing for guides for each plate size so that a desired array of feed width guides can be positioned on the scanner for scanning the intraoral plates and which scan extraoral imaging plates as well. The embodiment of the imaging plate guides provides not only for interchangeability with respect to the intraoral plate size, but also allows for the feeding of extraoral imaging plates without the need to remove the intraoral plate guides. The size 4 is not specifically described, but is analogous to the other sizes as would be obvious to one skilled in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Air Techniques, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Alzner, Stephen Zamprelli, Tom Lloyd, Walter Gross
  • Publication number: 20030164319
    Abstract: A transport container for intraoral imaging plates comprising a base member and a cover member, the base member and the cover member each defining a cavity, each of the cavities being completely filled with partially resilient padding, such that when the base and the cover are brought into foldable contact, the padding comes in contact with the respective opposing padding with slight compression thereby gently holding in place any imaging plates that may have been removed from their barrier envelope and placed on the padding, the closing of the cover and base defining a lightless area for the transport of the intraoral imaging plates, the padding also cooperative with the imaging plates and the user's finger tips to insure that the transported intraoral imaging plates may be removed from the padded surface without engaging the exposed side of the imaging plate, but rather, engaging the edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar Alzner, Tom Lloyd, Eddy Paulter
  • Publication number: 20030147503
    Abstract: A barrier envelope for reusable photo-stimulable phosphor imaging plates, particularly for digital dental imaging comprised of a plastic transparent film and a plastic opaque film sealed to each other about three sides thereof defining a chamber for an imaging plate and wherein a free side of each film is formed with a flap and one flap is coated with an adhesive medium protected by a peel strip and wherein a “Y” shaped notch is provided on a side of the barrier envelope adjacent to the free side of each film the barrier envelope to facilitate tearing open of the barrier envelope in a removal procedure and transport of an exposed imaging plate to an optical scanning assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar Alzner, Tom Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20030128814
    Abstract: An imaging plate guide formed in different configurations corresponding to the various intraoral dental plate sizes, which in turn correspond to the dental intraoral film sizes commonly referred to as sizes 0 through 4, the imaging plate guides dedicated to intraoral imaging providing for guides for each plate size so that a desired array of feed width guides can be positioned on the scanner for scanning the intraoral plates and which scan extraoral imaging plates as well. The embodiment of the imaging plate guides provides not only for interchangeability with respect to the intraoral plate size, but also allows for the feeding of extraoral imaging plates without the need to remove the intraoral plate guides. The size 4 is not specifically described, but is analogous to the other sizes as would be obvious to one skilled in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar Alzner, Stephen Zamprelli, Tom Lloyd, Walter Gross
  • Patent number: D583579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
    Inventors: Luke Pearson, Tom Lloyd, David Ferry, Adam Wells, Luke Miles
  • Patent number: D409385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: ACCO Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Pearson, Tom Lloyd