Patents by Inventor William G. Patton

William G. Patton 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: 20120209413
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which a mobile device service plays background audio as instructed by a third party audio player application. The service continues to play background audio after the audio player application is deactivated from the foreground, e.g., as another application becomes the foreground application. Also described is launching agents to obtain additional information and/or to handle custom audio formats, and handling of user requests from a universal (system) volume control or the audio player application (when in the foreground).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lejie Xu, Peter John Torr, Mei L. Wilson, Rachel Jiang, Bryan Welbourne Nealer, Eric H. Bie, Christopher James Pearson, William G. Patton, III, Yensheng Wang
  • Patent number: 4719969
    Abstract: A vibration and shock resistant finned tube counter-flow heat exchanger crising a rigid support member wound about the inner wall of the heat exchanger shell at the same pitch as the finned tube windings, and a radial bumper support, affixed to the unsupported end of the heat exchanger shell and providing a radial space between the concentric shells of the heat exchanger and an anterior insulating shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: William G. Patton, Victor H. Dilling, Geoffrey F. Green