Patents by Inventor William A. Rogers

William A. Rogers 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).

  • Printing system and method therefor
    Patent number: 9522547
    Abstract: A board for retaining three dimensional decorations in a printer is provided. The board includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. A plurality of openings extends from the first surface to the second surface. The openings are configured to retain a flange portion of the three dimensional decoration so that a decorative portion of the three dimensional decoration rests on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: ROYER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Williams Roger
  • Product Display System and Product Display Method
    Publication number: 20160349543
    Abstract: Product display systems are provided. The product display systems may include a product display assembly and one or more products positioned in proximity to the product display assembly. The product display assembly may include a solar cell configured to receive light and output electrical current and a wireless power transmitter configured to receive the electrical current. The product may include a wireless power receiver that cooperates with the wireless power transmitter to produce current that powers an output mechanism. The output mechanism outputs a perceptible effect such as light or sound to attract consumer attention. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: James William Rogers
  • Learning a new peripheral using a security provisioning manifest
    Patent number: 9471811
    Abstract: A secure provisioning manifest used to authenticate and securely communicate with peripherals attached to a computer is provided with techniques to learn about a new peripheral not authorized to be attached to the computer and possibly gain authorization for the peripheral. A secure I/O module, that is separate from an operating system and transaction software executed by a processor of the computer, uses the secure provisioning manifest to authenticate and establish a secure encrypted session for communicating with each peripheral authorized to be attached to the computer. When an unauthorized peripheral is found, identifying information for the peripheral is transmitted to an enterprise provisioning server with a request to authorize the peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Erick Christian Kobres, Ron William Rogers
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMS FOR PLAYING AND REPLAYING AN ONLINE GAME
    Publication number: 20160247352
    Abstract: A method of recording and playing back card play of players in a multi-player card game involving wagering, in which sequential rounds are played in multiple simultaneous tables, and in which, in a round on a table, a first player cannot see all the cards dealt to other players, the method including generating a round review animation illustrating how the first round was played, in which cards dealt to all players of the first round are revealed, and in which game play inputs made by players are indicated. Systems and computer program code are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin William Rogers
  • ULTRALOW EXPANSION TITANIA-SILICA GLASS
    Publication number: 20160236965
    Abstract: Annealing treatments for modified titania-silica glasses and the glasses produced by the annealing treatments. The annealing treatments include an isothermal hold that facilitates equalization of non-uniformities in fictive temperature caused by non-uniformities in modifier concentration in the glasses. The annealing treatments may also include heating the glass to a higher temperature following the isothermal hold and holding the glass at that temperature for several hours. Glasses produced by the annealing treatments exhibit high spatial uniformity of CTE, CTE slope, and fictive temperature, including in the presence of a spatially non-uniform concentration of modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Sezhian Annamalai, Carlos Alberto Duran, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, William Rogers Rosch
  • LEARNING A NEW PERIPHERAL USING A SECURITY PROVISIONING MANIFEST
    Publication number: 20160156471
    Abstract: A secure provisioning manifest used to authenticate and securely communicate with peripherals attached to a computer is provided with techniques to learn about a new peripheral not authorized to be attached to the computer and possibly gain authorization for the peripheral. A secure I/O module, that is separate from an operating system and transaction software executed by a processor of the computer, uses the secure provisioning manifest to authenticate and establish a secure encrypted session for communicating with each peripheral authorized to be attached to the computer. When an unauthorized peripheral is found, identifying information for the peripheral is transmitted to an enterprise provisioning server with a request to authorize the peripheral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Erick Christian Kobres, Ron William Rogers
  • Installable secret functions for a peripheral
    Patent number: 9355277
    Abstract: There is provided a pluggable secure device identity module (SDIM) attached to a peripheral where the SDIM includes one or more secret functions provided by a third party that are used by the peripheral to provide additional security features or functions that can only be authenticated by the third party. The peripheral is attached to a computer and a secure provisioning manifest is used to authenticate and communicate with the peripheral. The computer includes a processor that executes an operating system and transaction software. A secure I/O module, that has a processor and software that is separate and isolated from the processing environment of the computer, uses the secure provisioning manifest to authenticate the peripheral and then to establish a secure encrypted session for communicating with the peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Erick Christian Kobres, Ron William Rogers
  • Mixed-intiative transfer of datalink-based information
    Patent number: 9349295
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for transferring datalink-based information into an aircraft flight management system. When a datalink message is received in an aircraft, it is parsed into individual information elements. The operational impact of the received datalink message on the aircraft is determined from the individual information elements. A method of supplying pilot feedback regarding the received datalink message is determined from the determined operational impact. The pilot feedback regarding the received datalink message is supplied using the determined method. At least selected portions of the individual information elements are selectively transferred into the aircraft flight management system (FMS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Christian Dorneich, Stephen Whitlow, William Rogers
  • Detecting fraud using operational parameters for a peripheral
    Patent number: 9344281
    Abstract: A secure provisioning manifest used to authenticate and securely communicate with peripherals attached to a computer is provided with techniques to withdraw the authentication and terminate the secure communications with any peripheral when operating parameters for the peripheral indicate that there is a security threat associated with the peripheral. A secure I/O module, that is separate from an operating system and transaction software executed by a processor of the computer, uses the secure provisioning manifest to establish a secure encrypted session for communicating with each peripheral attached to the computer when a peripheral is authenticated and able to establish a secure encrypted session. The secure I/O module uses current and known operating parameters for each peripheral to periodically determine if a peripheral has been compromised by a security threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Erick Christian Kobres, Ron William Rogers
  • PACKAGE FOR A TOBACCO-CONTAINING MATERIAL AND RELATED PACKAGING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160106150
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig Demarest
  • USB wall plate charger
    Patent number: 9312704
    Abstract: A USB wall plate charger for charging an external electronic device is mountable to a common 120 volt AC wall outlet, and includes a power supply to convert the 120 volts AC to +5 volts DC, and a charging profile configuration circuit. A charging profile selection switch is provided for the user to select a desired charging profile that is compatible with the electronic device to be charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
    Inventors: Prapan Paul Tinaphong, William Roger Tittle, James K. Rinehart, Yiqi W. Woodling, S. Ian Geise, Henry D. Caskey
  • Aerosol Delivery Device Including a Moveable Cartridge and Related Assembly Method
    Publication number: 20160050975
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, JR., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • THROMBECTOMY CATHETER DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160038163
    Abstract: A thrombectomy catheter deployment for operation of a thrombectomy catheter may include a stand alone drive unit and a disposable pump/catheter assembly which is manually placed into a carriage assembly in the drive unit. The pump/catheter assembly may have a plurality of preconnected components including a tubular structure and a thrombectomy catheter connected thereto. A barcode reader may sense specific operational data pertaining to an individual pump and may provide an interface for operation of the reciprocating linear actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Joel Thor, Michael John Bonnette, Nicole Jaye Aasen, Martyn Stuart Abbott, Douglas James Ball, Walter Charles Croll, David Charles Cummings, James Fredrick Karpinski, Daniel Joseph Kneip, Jeffrey William Rogers, Ernest Ralph Scherger, III, John Lloyd Teschendorf, Stephen Earl Weisel, David Woodruff West, Chad Nicolas Grant
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SPEECH RECOGNITION IN A MULTI-SPEECH SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20160011853
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided for managing speech processing in an environment having at least two speech enabled systems. In one embodiment, a method includes: recording first user data that indicates an action of a user; determining, by a processor, a selection of a first speech enabled system based on the recorded user data; and generating, by the processor, a signal to at least one of activate and deactivate speech processing based on the first speech enabled system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: William Rogers, Emmanuel Letsu-Dake, Stephen Whitlow
  • Travel nightlight with USB charger
    Patent number: 9188325
    Abstract: A nightlight charger for charging an external electronic device is mountable to a common 120 volt AC wall outlet, and includes a power supply to convert the 120 volts AC to +5 volts DC, and a charging profile configuration circuit. A charging profile selection switch is provided for the user to select a desired charging profile that is compatible with the electronic device to be charged. The nightlight includes a housing having a side wall, a portion of which is translucent. A light emitting device within the housing emits light that passes though the translucent portion of the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
    Inventors: Prapan Paul Tinaphong, William Roger Tittle, Henry D. Caskey, Yiqi W. Woodling
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D769282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: William Roger Voss
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D771701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Ostrowski, Jason Grieves, William Roger Voss, Claire DeLelys Wolf
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D771702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Ostrowski, Jason Grieves, William Roger Voss, Claire Wolf
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D772292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Ostrowski, Jason Grieves, William Roger Voss, Claire Wolf
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D772934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Ostrowski, Jason Grieves, William Roger Voss, Claire DeLelys Wolf