Patents by Inventor Tom Marshall

Tom Marshall 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN UPDATE TO A DEVICE SYSTEM VIA A SYSTEM SNAPSHOT
    Publication number: 20160162278
    Abstract: A method and system for applying an operating system update to a system of a computing device. The system receives an operating system update and captures a snapshot of a device system of a device being updated. The system applies the update to the snapshot. The system causes the device being updated to boot into the updated snapshot and monitors system processes as the device is booting. If the device has successfully booted into the updated snapshot of the device system, the updated snapshot of the device system is copied to the device system. If the device has not successfully booted into the updated snapshot, the system causes the device to boot into the existing device system, which the update has not been applied to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Steve Kondik, Tom Marshall
  • Portable shooting target
    Patent number: 7175181
    Abstract: A portable bullet target configured to improve the skills of a shooter includes, in one embodiment, a shooting plate which is attached to a frame by protrusions integral to the shooting plate to allow the shooting plate to visually deflect when hit by a bullet and to substantially return to its original position. In another embodiment, a foot or feet are attached to the frame to support the target. According to another embodiment, a plurality of portable targets are used in combination and may be attached together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Action Target, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Bateman, Kyle Burdette, Tom Marshall
  • LCD in which the transparent electrode of a pixel is coated with a conducting material to modify its electrode work function to prevent flicker
    Patent number: 7006183
    Abstract: In a display device comprising a first substrate having at least one transparent, first picture electrode of a first material, a second substrate comprising at least one second picture electrode of a second material which, jointly with the picture electrode on the first substrate and an intermediate opto-electronic material, defines a pixel, and means for supplying electric voltages to the picture electrodes, the work function between the two picture electrodes is decreased in that at least one of the picture electrodes is coated with at least one layer of conducting material, or a layer of a material comprising a dipole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Mark T. Johnson, Adrianus A. Van Der Put, Gerard Cnossen, Michael Buchel, Josephus P. A. Deeben, Tom Marshall, Kevin W. Haberern
  • Display device
    Publication number: 20010012085
    Abstract: In a display device comprising a first substrate having at least one transparent, first picture electrode of a first material, a second substrate comprising at least one second picture electrode of a second material which, jointly with the picture electrode on the first substrate and an intermediate opto-electronic material, defines a pixel, and means for supplying electric voltages to the picture electrodes, the work function between the two picture electrodes is decreased in that at least one of the picture electrodes is coated with at least one layer of conducting material, or a layer of a material comprising a dipole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark T. Johnson, Adrianus A. Van Der Put, Gerard Cnossen, Michael Buchel, Josephus P.A. Deeben, Tom Marshall, Kevin W. Haberern
  • Display device in which one of the two electrodes of a pixel is coated with a dipole material to equalize the electrode work functions
    Patent number: 6236440
    Abstract: In a display device comprising a first substrate having at least one transparent, first picture electrode of a first material, a second substrate comprising at least one second picture electrode of a second material which, jointly with the picture electrode on the first substrate and an intermediate opto-electronic material, defines a pixel, and means for supplying electric voltages to the picture electrodes, the work function between the two picture electrodes is decreased in that at least one of the picture electrodes is coated with at least one layer of conducting material, or a layer of a material comprising a dipole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Johnson, Adrianus A. Van Der Put, Gerard Cnossen, Michael Buchel, Josephus P. A. Deeben, Tom Marshall, Kevin W. Haberern