Patents by Inventor Troy Walker

Troy Walker 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: 20240153113
    Abstract: A medical system comprises an elongate device, an elongate sheath configured to extend within the elongate device, and an imaging probe configured to extend within the elongate sheath. The elongate sheath includes an identification feature. The medical system further comprises a control system configured to receive imaging data from the imaging probe. The imaging data is captured by the imaging probe. The control system is further configured to analyze the imaging data to identify an appearance of the identification feature within the imaging data. The control system is further configured to, based on the appearance of the identification feature, register the imaging data to a reference frame of the elongate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Lucas S. Gordon, Julie Walker, Troy K. Adebar, Benjamin G. Cohn, Randall L. Schlesinger, Worth B. Walters
  • Patent number: 9047621
    Abstract: One or more keywords associated with a domain are received. The performance of content selected based on the one or more keywords is evaluated against performance of content selected based on a automatic selection process. A determination is made based on the evaluation as to whether to utilize the automatic selection process or the one or more keywords for selecting content for the domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Newton, Alan Davidson, Troy Walker, Klaus Voelker
  • Patent number: 9026545
    Abstract: A request including a domain name is received. Content associated with the domain name is identified in a cache. A language preference is determined based on the identified content. A content item is selected based on the identified content and the determined language preference. The selected content item is relevant to the identified content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Walker, Kevan Newton, Nicolas Hamatake
  • Patent number: 8984091
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing information via a computer network are provided. A request for content to display with a resource can be received via a computer network at a data processing system. The request can include user information and resource information. The data processing system can retrieve a timestamp of a last request for content from a user associated with the user information. The data processing system can determine if a difference between current time and the timestamp reaches a threshold, and can retrieve a plurality of content items based at least in part on whether the threshold is reached and at least one attribute of the content items. The data processing system can select at least one content item and provide it for display with the resource. The data processing system can store the current time as the timestamp of the last request for content from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Michael Popescu, Troy Walker, James Beser, Emilia Stefania Pana, Aaron Nathaniel Rothman, Mehdi Sharifzadeh
  • Patent number: 7987194
    Abstract: A request including a domain name is received. Content associated with the domain name is identified in a cache. A language preference is determined based on the identified content. A content item is selected based on the identified content and the determined language preference. The selected content item is relevant to the identified content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Walker, Kevan Newton, Nicolas Hamatake
  • Publication number: 20110066474
    Abstract: A method and system for financial planning are provided. A first financial plan is prepared via a financial planning engine executing on a server for presenting to a customer via a customer interface. A second financial plan is prepared via the financial planning engine for presenting to a financial advisor via an advisor interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: EMERGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: William Theodore OVERMAN,, James Lee HARDEMAN, Joel Craig THEMMEN, Paul Jacob THIESSEN, William Troy WALKER,, Dilip Arun OGALE, Alan Thomas CROCKER,
  • Publication number: 20070289472
    Abstract: A perforating gun loading bay is described for protecting adjacent areas from an accidental explosion during gun loading. The bay can be an insert-type arrangement or a stand-alone structure. The bay includes metal plate walls, a floor and a roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: WALKER'S HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: TROY WALKER
  • Patent number: D695363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: Troy Walker