Patents by Inventor William Jones

William Jones 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 HOSTING AND MANAGING A LIVE GAME
    Publication number: 20180253929
    Abstract: A system and method for hosting and managing a live game are disclosed which includes a live gaming table for live players and a live dealer. In an embodiment an application configures a player's mobile device to receive an invitation from a casino to play the table game based upon the player being, based upon location aware technology, being in or near the casino. Accepting the invention permits the player to reserve a position at the gaming table and displays a machine readable code at the player's mobile device. The player positions at the gaming table include video display and player input devices (VDPIDs) and a code reader to read the displayed code and access the player's electronic account. Using the VDPID the player may convert between electronic funds and physical gaming chips, participate in video bonus event play and back-bet on other players.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan YEE, Jeremy A. HALTER, Mark LOWELL, Scott HILBERT, Dat Huy TA, Sridhar GONDESI, William JONES, Joseph R. HEDRICK
  • Expandable belt and tread drum with varied curvature segments
    Patent number: 10040262
    Abstract: An improved belt and tread drum incorporating an improved segment is disclosed. Segments are mounted in side-by-side relationship about a central axis for radial movement inwardly and outwardly with respect to the central axis and include arcuate outer surfaces that collectively define an outer circumferential working surface of the drum. The segments each define an arcuate outer surface defining a circumferential dimension, the outer surface having varied curvature along the circumferential dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Davian Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: William Jones, Stuart J. Hassell, Robert L. Marcus, Jr.
  • CUSTOMIZING CONTENT BASED ON PREDICTED USER PREFERENCES
    Publication number: 20180157499
    Abstract: A system provides content describing an object, for example, a physical object or a customizable service. The system presents an interactive user interface displaying a customized version of a physical object. The interactive user interface allows the user to further customize the physical object. The user interface displays a plurality of options for customizing various components of the physical object. The system customizes the physical object presented via the interactive user interface based on the user profile and user interactions of the user with other users via an online system. The system allows the user to further customize the physical object via the interactive user interface. The interactive user interface presents various options for customization of the physical object based on predicted user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Chiwei John Lee, Mark Gerard D'Arcy, Christopher William Jones
  • DUAL PURPOSE SEAL HEAD ASSEMBLY, TRAY SEALING SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20180118389
    Abstract: A seal head assembly includes a plurality of heat seal plates defining a corresponding plurality of heating areas, each heat seal plate including a heating element to independently control the temperature of the corresponding heating area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: ROSS INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: William Lee Harrison, Andrew William Jones, David McAuley Alexander, Gary Scott Liles
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPURPOSING CURRENCY
    Publication number: 20180108199
    Abstract: A method of repurposing coins includes the acts of discharging processed mixed coins into a coin bin, receiving a first request for a number of or value of coins of a first denomination from an authorized person, outputting the mixed coins from the coin bin onto a coin conveyor responsive to the received first request, conveying the mixed coins output from the coin bin, using the coin conveyor, to the coin processing machine for repurposing, and discharging the coins of the first denomination from the coin processing machine to a secure coin cassette and discharging coins of a denomination other than the first denomination back to the coin bin. These acts of outputting, conveying and discharging are continued until the number of or value of coins of the first denomination have been discharged to the secure coin cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: John R. Blake, Curtis Hallowell, WIlliam Jones, Marianne Krbec
  • Mixotrophic fermentation method for making acetone, isopropanol, butyric acid and other bioproducts, and mixtures thereof
    Patent number: 9938542
    Abstract: Mixotrophic fermentation method performed to make one or more bioproducts such as alcohols, organic acids of less than 7 carbons, acetone, 2,3-butanediol and mixtures thereof with a microorganism. The mixotrophic fermentation method includes providing an isolated organism and providing a first feedstock and a second feedstock for use in a fermentation medium. The first feedstock includes a carbon source that is metabolized by the native form of the organism at a rate of less than 0.01 g/hr/g cell mass, and the second feedstock includes CO, CO2, carbonate, bicarbonate, H2, glycerol, methanol, formate, urea or mixtures thereof. The mixotrophic fermentation method also includes culturing the organism in the fermentation medium, whereby both feedstocks are metabolized and a fermentation broth is formed, the broth having at least one bioproduct. Optionally, the bioproduct may be separated from the broth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: WHITE DOG LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Tracy, Shawn William Jones, Aharon M. Eyal
  • System, method and apparatus for repurposing currency
    Patent number: 9934640
    Abstract: A method of repurposing coins includes the acts of discharging processed mixed coins into a coin bin, receiving a first request for a number of or value of coins of a first denomination from an authorized person, outputting the mixed coins from the coin bin onto a coin conveyor responsive to the received first request, conveying the mixed coins output from the coin bin, using the coin conveyor, to the coin processing machine for repurposing, and discharging the coins of the first denomination from the coin processing machine to a secure coin cassette and discharging coins of a denomination other than the first denomination back to the coin bin. These acts of outputting, conveying and discharging are continued until the number of or value of coins of the first denomination have been discharged to the secure coin cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.
    Inventors: John R. Blake, Curtis Hallowell, William Jones, Marianne Krbec
  • Fluid conduit
    Patent number: 9920862
    Abstract: A fluid conduit comprises a wall defining a fluid flow path and a confinement feature within the wall and being configured to confine energy within a cavity, wherein at least a portion of the fluid flow path extends through the cavity. The confinement feature may be configured to confine electromagnetic energy. The fluid conduit may comprise an oscillator defined by the cavity and a positive feedback arrangement. The fluid conduit may be configured for sensing a property of a fluid present in or flowing through the fluid conduit or for use in sensing a property of a fluid present in or flowing through the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Magma Global Limited, Salunda Limited
    Inventors: Martin Peter William Jones, Charles Alexander Tavner, Alan David Parker, John Francis Gregg
  • VACUUM SEALING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180022490
    Abstract: A vacuum sealing system includes a vacuum pump, a lower tool to hold one or more trays carrying product, an upper tool to seal a plastic film onto the one or more trays, the upper tool including at least one seal plate with a seal plate cavity and a vacuum clamp, the system also including a controller to control the vacuum pump, the lower tool, and the upper tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: ROSS INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: William Lee Harrison, Andrew William Jones, David McAuley Alexander
  • PRESENTATION OF CONTENT ITEMS SYNCHRONIZED WITH MEDIA DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180025405
    Abstract: An online system displays relevant products along with a video watched by a user in a synchronized manner, which allows the user to explore relevant content (e.g., products recommended to the user) while the user is watching the video. The online system receives a video including a sequence of video frames to be displayed to the user, and the video may be associated with a specific theme, e.g., a soccer game, and one or more video frames may include points of interest (referred as “Q points”). The online system detects or receives Q points associated with corresponding video frames, where a Q point in a video frame identifies an object of interest in the video frame. The online system also correlates user profile information of the user with the detected points to select relevant products tailored to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher William Jones, Mark Gerard D'Arcy, Ji Byol Lee
  • Composite pipe
    Patent number: 9869411
    Abstract: A pipe comprises a pipe wall formed of a composite material of a matrix and a plurality of reinforcing fibres embedded within the matrix, wherein the composite material in at least one region of the pipe wall is pre-stressed. The composite material in at least one region of the pipe wall comprises or defines at least one of a level of pre-tension and pre-compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Magma Global Limited
    Inventors: Richard Damon Goodman Roberts, Charles Alexander Tavner, Martin Peter William Jones
  • Spirometry-based personal health risk assessment device
    Patent number: 9861299
    Abstract: A health risk assessment device includes a mouthpiece, a flow path in fluid communication with the mouthpiece, a sensor disposed in the flow path and configured to generate a representation of a spirometric parameter of air flow in the flow path exhaled by a user through the mouthpiece, a user interface configured to allow the user to provide user profile data including smoking history data, and a processor coupled to the sensor and the user interface and configured to determine an output indicative of a risk that the user develops a respiratory, cardiopulmonary, or cardiovascular disease based on the spirometric parameter representation and the smoking history data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Jones Medical Instrument Company
    Inventors: William Jones, Scott Jones, Louis J. Heeb
  • PROCESS OF FORMING A PHOTOACTIVE LAYER OF AN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180005764
    Abstract: A process of forming a thin film photoactive layer of an optoelectronic device comprising: providing a substrate having a surface comprising or coated with a metal M selected from at least one of Pb, Sn, Ge, Si, Ti, Bi, or In; and converting the metal surface or metal coating of the substrate to a perovskite layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Timothy William Jones, Gregory Joseph Wilson, Kenrick Forrest Anderson, Anthony Frank Hollenkamp, Noel William Duffy, Nienke Joan Firet
  • MODULATED PRESSURE CONTROL OF BEER FILL FLOW
    Publication number: 20170320717
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of filing beer for craft breweries combines pressurized beer delivery (rather than gravity feed) with variable pressure control of the beer flow into the can. By modulating beer flow and especially beer pressure, it is possible to fill a can's widget (gas reservoir) with gas with a shorter set of fill steps. In addition, the speed of beer filling can be dramatically increased compared to small scale systems normally used by craft brewers. Unlike known large scale pressure systems, the beer bowl may be located beneath the rest of the apparatus and modulated pressure may be used, making for a smaller and more portable unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jared Jones, William Jones, Matthew Wetterlin
  • Verifying purchasers of restricted gifts
    Patent number: 9811848
    Abstract: A social networking system provides verification of gift orders placed for restricted gifts. The restricted gift is subject to limitations on the giving and receiving of the gift, such as minimum age thresholds. A user purchasing the gift is directed from a social network to a landing page of a gifting system. At the landing page, the user provides login credentials to verify the user's identity within the purchase flow and prior to gift purchase. The social networking system verifies whether the login credentials match the user and determines whether the user may be permitted to purchase the restricted gift by comparing limitations of the restricted gift with profile information of the verified user. An order for the gift is provided to a gift delivery location where the recipient can receive the gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Reuss, Christopher William Jones
  • Composite component deployment configurations
    Patent number: 9777539
    Abstract: A riser system (202) comprises a riser (204) to be secured between a floating body (206) and a subsea location (209). The riser comprises a composite material formed of at least a matrix and one or more reinforcing elements embedded within the matrix. In use, the riser (204) comprises an upper portion (214) extending from the floating body (206) and having a region arranged to be in tension, a lower portion (216) extending from the subsea location (209) and having a region arranged to be in tension, and an intermediate portion (218) located between the upper and lower portions (214, 216) and having a region arranged to be in compression. A flow-line jumper (302, 402) configured to be secured between two subsea locations, a flow-line jumper arrangement comprising a flow-line jumper (302, 402) and a method of forming a flow-line jumper 302, 402 are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Magma Global Limited
    Inventors: Martin Peter William Jones, Richard Damon Goodman Roberts, Charles Alexander Tavner
  • Fluid conduit
    Patent number: 9752705
    Abstract: A fluid conduit (2) comprises a wall (4) defining a fluid flow path (6) and a confinement feature (24) within the wall (4) and being configured to confine energy within a cavity (26), wherein at least a portion of the fluid flow path (6) extends through the cavity (26). The confinement feature (24) may be configured to confine electromagnetic energy. The fluid conduit (2) may comprise an oscillator defined by the cavity (26) and a positive feedback arrangement (34). The fluid conduit (2) may be configured for sensing a property of a fluid present in or flowing through the fluid conduit (2) or for use in sensing a property of a fluid present in or flowing through the fluid conduit (2). More specifically, the present invention deals with a microwave cavity sensor wherein the cavity member (24) is embedded in the wall (4) of the fluid conduit (2), the wall (4) including a composite region (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: Magma Global Limited, Salunda Limited
    Inventors: Martin Peter William Jones, Charles Alexander Tavner, Alan David Parker, John Francis Gregg
  • HYDRO-JET ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULE AND METHODS FOR GASTRIC CANCER SCREENING IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS
    Publication number: 20170245741
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling lateral movement of a medical capsule system. A capsule housing is configured to be inserted into an anatomical structure of a patient. The multichannel tether is coupled to a rear of the capsule and includes at least one liquid exhaust channel conveying liquid to the capsule housing. The plurality of liquid exhaust ports are positioned around an outer circumference of the capsule housing and each configured to controllably expel liquid laterally from the capsule housing at varying rates to affect lateral movement of the capsule housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Pietro Valdastri, Keith Obstein, Robert Caprara, Christopher Lyne, Federico Campisano, Gabrielmaria Scozzarro, Alexander Vartanian, William Jones, Christian Di Natali, Marco Beccani, Erdem Erdemir
  • Riser system
    Patent number: 9725966
    Abstract: A riser system configured to be secured between a surface vessel and a subsea location comprises a primary conduit and an auxiliary conduit extending adjacent the primary conduit, wherein the primary and auxiliary conduits are connected together at an axial location along the riser system via a connecting portion. The auxiliary conduit comprises a composite material formed of at least a matrix and one or more reinforcing elements embedded within the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Magma Global Limited
    Inventors: Charles Tavner, Martin Peter William Jones
  • Transport container
    Patent number: 9718608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transport container which provides mechanical and thermal stability for a load and which container is fabricated as the container is loaded. In particular, the present invention relates to a container which can be readily transported on aircraft, such as an aircraft container. In the field of logistics, that is the field of movement and supply of produce and materials, in particular in the transport of intermediate and finished products, containers have been developed which safely protect from physical damage a wide variety of product. Food and pharmaceutical products not only need protection from physical shock and pressures but also require temperature stability during transportation; otherwise goods can be damaged and be unusable, whether such damage is apparent or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SOFTBOX SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Edwin Francis Tattam, Richard William Jones