Patents by Inventor William O'Connor

William O'Connor 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: 20150310118
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for augmenting Web-based search results with relevant content received from third-party applications. Each of a plurality of third-party applications is registered to obtain an indication of entity types associated with the each registered third-party application. An annotated search query is received that includes the original inputted search query and at least an entity type associated with the search query. The annotated search query is communicated to those third-party applications having an indicated entity type that matches the entity type associated with the inputted search query. Search results that are relevant to the annotated search query are received from the applications and presented on a results page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR, SHAJIB SADHUKHA, MICHAEL WILLIAM O'CONNOR, ZHAOWEI JIANG
  • Patent number: 9104787
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for augmenting Web-based search results with relevant content received from third-party applications. Each of a plurality of third-party applications is registered to obtain an indication of entity types associated with the each registered third-party application. An annotated search query is received that includes the original inputted search query and at least an entity type associated with the search query. The annotated search query is communicated to those third-party applications having an indicated entity type that matches the entity type associated with the inputted search query. Search results that are relevant to the annotated search query are received from the applications and presented on a results page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar, Shajib Sadhukha, Michael William O'Connor, Zhaowei Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140258832
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an interactive, computer implemented and networked system and method for editing highly structured XML-based documents adapted for online journal publication. The present invention is capable of handling multimedia rich content while enforcing protection of highly structured elements to maintain document integrity through the proofing process. Embodiments of the present invention thus provide a graphical user interface (“GUI”) to facilitate the proof/editing process, which not only enforces the highly structured element protection, but also provides author-users with a familiar, word processor-like experience while eliminating the need for annotated PDF documents to preserve the structured content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Michael James Hepp, Charles William O'Connor, Antony Muthu Raja Gnanapiragasam, William Clarke
  • Publication number: 20140172840
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer-storage media are provided for augmenting Web-based search results with relevant content received from third-party applications. Each of a plurality of third-party applications is registered to obtain an indication of entity types associated with the each registered third-party application. An annotated search query is received that includes the original inputted search query and at least an entity type associated with the search query. The annotated search query is communicated to those third-party applications having an indicated entity type that matches the entity type associated with the inputted search query. Search results that are relevant to the annotated search query are received from the applications and presented on a results page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: AMIT KUMAR, SHAJIB SADHUKHA, MICHAEL WILLIAM O'CONNOR, ZHAOWEI JIANG
  • Publication number: 20130268507
    Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating the completion of a user task. That is, user intent (e.g., intentions of a user to perform a user task) may be identified. The user intent may comprise an entity (e.g., a movie entity) and/or an action (e.g., an order movie tickets action) that the user wants to perform on the entity. A provider list may be created based upon one or more providers capable of performing the action on the entity (e.g., a movie application may be capable of performing the order movie tickets action on the movie entity). Providers may be dynamically selected for inclusion within the provider list at run-time. For example, an open market of providers may be maintained (e.g., providers may be added, removed, and/or updated over time), such that providers may be selected from the open market to complete user tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven William Macbeth, Michael William O'Connor, Zhaowei Charlie Jiang, Michael Van Snellenberg, Li Jiang, Shajib Sadhukha, Amit Kumar
  • Publication number: 20080143554
    Abstract: A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless communications link to recover energy production parameter values. The remote energy meter system preferably provides real-time and automated monitoring of, at least, energy production and system failure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ezra Green, Robert Dockweiler, William O'Connor
  • Patent number: 7336201
    Abstract: A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless communications link to recover energy production parameter values. The remote energy meter system preferably provides real-time and automated monitoring of, at least, energy production and system failure parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventors: Ezra Green, Robert Dockweiler, William O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20060053496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new family of structurally and functionally related nucleic acids and proteins, designed the CATERPILLER family, which is characterized by landmark structural motifs including a nucleotide binding domain and leucine-rich repeat domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Jenny Ting, Michael Linhoff, Jonathan Harton, Kristi Williams, John Lich, William O'Connor, Christopher Moore, Beckly Davis, Willie Brickey, Brian Conti, Jinghua Zhang, Xin-Sheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20060028354
    Abstract: A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless communications link to recover energy production parameter values. The remote energy meter system preferably provides real-time and automated monitoring of, at least, energy production and system failure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Ezra Green, Robert Dockweiler, William O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20050178802
    Abstract: A hand-held pressurized product dispenser including a container containing a product under pressure, a valve mechanism and base structure at the top of the container, a nozzle that moves between an unactuated position and a discharge position, and a side lever that extends along the can and is movable to move the nozzle from the unactuated position to the discharge position. The dispenser also has a dome that is rotatably connected to the base structure and surrounds the nozzle and interacts with the nozzle to cause rotation of the nozzle between a locked position and an unlocked position. The nozzle has one or more downwardly directed feet that align with solid areas of an upwardly directed surface in the locked position and that align with open areas of the base structure in the unlocked position, such that the nozzle is free to move into the discharge position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: David Groh, William O'Connor, Robert Trotta
  • Patent number: 6816743
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for analyzing the chemical composition of vulnerable plaques with an intravascular catheter having a near-infrared light source, a fiber-optic probe, a mechanism for directing the light from the light source into a blood vessel, and detectors for detecting light reflected or scattered by the tissue. The light source may be a tunable laser, and may transmit an incident beam having a wavelength ranging from 1400 to 4100 nm. A computer may be included to receive and process the spectral data in the analysis of the vulnerable plaques. A catheter system may be configured to provide near-IR spectrometric imaging of arteries to non-destructively locate and determine lipid pool and fibrous cap size and composition. Additionally, mediators and cellular components may be also determined that are typically associated with vulnerable plaques which have an increased risk of rupture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Pedro Moreno, Robert A. Lodder, William O'Connor, James E. Muller
  • Publication number: 20030171662
    Abstract: A sensor for trans-illumination of a blood perfused portion of a patient. The sensor includes a flexible, initially substantially planar web-like support structure which has an adhesive layer on an upper surface thereof and a loop fabric backing on a lower surface thereof, a light source and a photo-sensor are mounted to the adhesive layer and a compressible foam layer having apertures which overlie the light source and the photo-sensor is mounted to the adhesive layer. A hook fabric tab is mounted to one end of the web-like support structure so that the web-like support structure maybe wrapped around and secured to a patient's finger, toe, hand or foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Michael William O'Connor, Tracie Lynn Patton, Jeffrey Albert Secunda
  • Publication number: 20030135453
    Abstract: A system (1) receives data for a transaction dispute (12) and applies rules (13) to determine a recommended action. These rules involve processing a list of possible recommended actions in sequence until a match is found. The probability values are used for matching most instances, and a final recommended action in the list is selected by default. A decision tree (12) may be executed to progress a dispute. Each node has one or more parameter values, each parameter value directing retrieval of an answer using a particular mechanism. Each answer for a node is automatically written to a trace log. As execution progresses through the nodes, the trace log is built up. The trace log is used for execution of rules associated with an end node (53, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63). The end nodes provides an output instruction for an action module (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Brian Caulfield, William O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20010047137
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for analyzing the chemical composition of vulnerable plaques with an intravascular catheter having a near-infrared light source, a fiber-optic probe, a mechanism for directing the light from the light source into a blood vessel, and detectors for detecting light reflected or scattered by the tissue. The light source may be a tunable laser, and may transmit an incident beam having a wavelength ranging from 1400 to 4100 nm. A computer may be included to receive and process the spectral data in the analysis of the vulnerable plaques. A catheter system may be configured to provide near-IR spectrometric imaging of arteries to non-destructively locate and determine lipid pool and fibrous cap size and composition. Additionally, mediators and cellular components may be also determined that are typically associated with vulnerable plaques which have an increased risk of rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Applicant: University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Kentucky Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro Moreno, Robert A. Lodder, William O'Connor, James E. Muller
  • Patent number: 5101928
    Abstract: A suspension system for mounting a power pack including engine, transmission, and associated equipment to the frame of a land vehicle, such as a tank. The suspension system includes static supports for substantially immovably mounting the power pack to the frame at spaced locations and at least one dynamic support for yieldably mounting the power pack. The dynamic support includes at least one vertically disposed spring member fixed to the power pack together with a linkage connecting a free end of the spring member to the frame of the land vehicle. The suspension system accommodates a range of relative movement between the power pack and the frame of the land vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Avco Corporation
    Inventor: William O'Connor
  • Patent number: 4622050
    Abstract: An annular air filter is rotationally mounted within a plenum box, which in turn is securely mounted to the inlet end of a gas turbine engine. At least a portion of the annular air filter surrounds the inlet end of the engine. A motor is provided to rotationally drive the air filter relative to both the plenum box and the engine. An air pressure nozzle is disposed adjacent the inner circumferential surface of the air filter, and a vacuum nozzle is disposed adjacent the outer circumferential surface thereof. The air pressure and vacuum nozzles clean the air filter as the air filter is rotated relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Avco Corporation
    Inventor: William O'Connor