Patents by Inventor Warren R. Vollinger

Warren R. Vollinger 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).

  • Patent number: 7818765
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and computer readable medium for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The system and computer readable medium include receiving objects in a receiver from a central site, generating a response document in the receiver, and sending the response document asynchronously to the central site. The received response documents are then utilized in the central site to determine which object to retransmit to the receiver. In another aspect of the present invention, the central site manages the inventory of objects in the receiver by instructing the receiver to delete objects not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennie Ching, Eric Hsiao, Peter S. Lee, Warren R. Vollinger, Cris Sandoval
  • Patent number: 7487526
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The method includes receiving objects in a receiver from a central site, generating a response document in the receiver, and sending the response document asynchronously to the central site. The received response documents are then utilized in the central site to determine which object to retransmit to the receiver. In another aspect of the present invention, the central site manages the inventory of objects in the receiver by instructing the receiver to delete objects not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennie Ching, Eric Hsiao, Peter S. Lee, Warren R. Vollinger, Cris Sandoval
  • Patent number: 7260785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The method and system include receiving objects in a receiver from a central site, generating a response document in the receiver, and sending the response document asynchronously to the central site. The received response documents are then utilized in the central site to determine which object to retransmit to the receiver. In another aspect of the present invention, the central site manages the inventory of objects in the receiver by instructing the receiver to delete objects not needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennie Ching, Eric Hsiao, Peter S. Lee, Warren R. Vollinger
  • Publication number: 20020104084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The method and system include receiving objects in a receiver from a central site, generating a response document in the receiver, and sending the response document asynchronously to the central site. The received response documents are then utilized in the central site to determine which object to retransmit to the receiver. In another aspect of the present invention, the central site manages the inventory of objects in the receiver by instructing the receiver to delete objects not needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Jennie Ching, Eric Hsiao, Peter S. Lee, Warren R. Vollinger
  • Patent number: 4835711
    Abstract: A robot system having various work stations and control means which allows recognition of the identity, position and geometry of a plurality of the work stations and assures movement of a robot manipulator among the work stations without its colliding with them even if new work stations are substituted for original work stations or if work stations of substantially different geometry are moved from one position to another. In a particularly advantageous aspect of the invention, the control means of the robot system derives its operating and clearing procedures from information fed to it from intelligence, or code, that is specifically associated with each of the work stations. This arrangement allows rapid set up of a laboratory robot to perform any of a large number of combinations of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Zymark Corporation
    Inventors: Burleigh M. Hutchins, William J. Buote, John S. Roe, Warren R. Vollinger, Susan M. Wagner, Anne M. Sullivan