Patents by Inventor William To

William To 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).

  • Techniques to automatically generate simulated information
    Patent number: 8725487
    Abstract: Techniques to automatically generate simulated information are described. A method comprises receiving by a processor a structured input file with definitions to generate simulated data for a simulation database, and producing by the processor a data generator program based on the structured input file, the data generator program arranged to generate the simulated data for the simulation database using multiple data generating sessions executed concurrently or sequentially. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: SAS Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lee Brideson, Jan W. Squillace
  • Semiconductor-metal coil units and electrical apparatus comprising same
    Patent number: 8723286
    Abstract: Coil units are disclosed for use in electrical circuits. An exemplary coil unit comprises a rigid substrate having an electrically non-conductive three-dimensional (3-D) surface. At least one 3-D coil (shaped, for example, as a helical coil) of semiconductor material is formed on the substrate surface. Disposed on the at least one coil of semiconductor material is a 3-D coil of a conductive metal. The coil of conductive metal is situated sufficiently closely to the at least one coil of semiconductor material for the coil of conductive metal to produce Coulombic drag in the at least one coil of semiconductor material when the coils are conductive of low-mass electrons. The semiconductor material can be a photoconductor or other material that has conductive low-mass electrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Levitronics, Inc.
    Inventor: William N. Barbat
  • Modulation of ABCG2-mediated urate transport to treat hyperuricemia and gout
    Patent number: 8722338
    Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) was recently used to identify SNPs in a genomic region on chromosome 4 that associate with serum urate levels and gout. The present disclosure shows that human ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G, 2 (ABCG2), encoded by the ABCG2 gene contained in this region, is a hitherto unknown urate efflux transporter. The present disclosure further shows that native ABCG2 is located in the brush border membrane of kidney proximal tubule cells, where it mediates renal urate secretion. Introduction of the mutation Q141K encoded by the common SNP rs2231142 by site-directed mutagenesis resulted in reduced urate transport rates compared to wild-type ABCG2. Data from a population-based study of 14,783 individuals support rs2231142 as the causal variant in the region and show highly significant associations with urate levels and gout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Michael Kottgen, Josef Coresh, William Guggino, Anna Kottgen, Owen Woodward
  • Handle assembly for a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8720002
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaner includes a flexible hose having a first end that is connectable to a main body of the cleaning appliance and a second end, a handle portion for maneuvering the handle assembly during use and a tubular wand. The second end of the flexible hose is connected to the handle portion, and the tubular wand is slidably mounted in the handle portion so as to be movable between a first position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion inside the flexible hose and a second position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion away from the flexible hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Gammack, Andrew McCulloch, Benjamin John Strutt, Sarah Helen Liddell, William Robert James White
  • Surgical stapling instruments and staples
    Patent number: 8720766
    Abstract: A surgical staple including a crown and a deformable member extending from the crown, the deformable member having a notch configured to cause the deformable member to bend at the notch when the staple is deformed from a first shape into a second shape. The crown of the surgical staple, in various embodiments, further includes a forming surface, or anvil, which is configured to deform the deformable member and/or guide a distal end of the deformable member when the distal end contacts the crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hess, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jerome R. Morgan, James W. Voegele, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Joshua Uth
  • Mesoionic pesticides
    Patent number: 8722690
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein X is O or S; Y is O or S; A is O, S, NR3e or C(R3c)?C(R3d); Z is a direct bond, O, S(O)n, NR6, C(R7)2O, OC(R7)2, C(?X1), C(?X1)E, EC(?X1), C(?NOR8) or C(?NN(R6)2); a is 1, 2 or 3; and R1, R2, R3a-R3e, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, X1 and E are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Wenming Zhang, Caleb William Holyoke, Jr., Kenneth Andrew Hughes, George Philip Lahm, Thomas Francis Pahutski, Jr., My-Hanh Thi Tong, Ming Xu
  • Loopback configuration for bi-directional interfaces
    Patent number: 8724483
    Abstract: An interface for implementing a loopback configuration which offers improved calibration and/or testing of an electronic system is disclosed. More specifically, embodiments provide a bi-directional interface with at least two portions or partitions capable of communicating data in opposite directions and implementing a loopback configuration between components of an electronic system, thereby enabling more flexible, efficient and effective calibration and/or testing of the electronic system using a single interface. The loopback of the partitioned bi-directional interface may be used to perform data link training and/or electronic system testing. In one embodiment, the loopback configuration of the interface may be reversible. Additionally, the looped or coupled end of the partitions may be switched from one component to another, thereby reversing the configuration of the loopback in one embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Sheng Ku, Russell Newcomb, Barry A. Wagner, Ashfaq R. Shaikh, William B. Simms
  • Image reader having image sensor array
    Patent number: 8720781
    Abstract: An image reader can include an image sensor array. An image reader in one embodiment can include an optical system capable of directing light reflected from a target onto the image sensor array. An image reader can be used for reading a dataform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ynjiun Wang, William H. Havens
  • Exposing data through simple object access protocol messages
    Patent number: 8725759
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of providing data comprises receiving an XML document. The XML document includes data from a data repository. A SOAP message is generated. The SOAP message is configured to receive a value associated with a selected one of a name-value pair and an XML attribute and configured to receive XML text. The XML document is embedded as the value within the SOAP message. The XML document is designated in the SOAP message as character data such that a SOAP parser does not parse the XML document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Lincoln A. Baxter, Prathmesh Gandhi, Santosh Setty, Debasis Mishra, Tim Mincey, Michael J. Leary, William H. Storey
  • Image-oriented, plugin-based API to storage server appliances
    Patent number: 8726299
    Abstract: A system and method for managing data storage. A computer system comprises a data storage application and an API. The API presents a logical storage model to the data storage application for storing data on one or more storage appliances and accepts first and second plugins coupling first and second storage appliances, respectively, to the API. The first and second storage appliances store data according to different physical storage models. The API receives an access request from the data storage application targeting a portion of the logical storage model. In response to the access request, the API identifies a plugin and a corresponding storage appliance associated with the portion of the logical storage model and utilizes the identified plugin to map the portion of the logical storage model to a corresponding portion of the selected storage appliance's physical storage model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Symantec Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Bromley, Kirk W. Clowser, William DesJardin
  • Footwear customization kit including a stand
    Patent number: 8720835
    Abstract: A footwear customization kit is disclosed. The kit comprises a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes a customizable portion that can be deformed when heated. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear in a steam environment. The stand includes a base portion and a footwear engaging portion. The stand can also include a detachable portion configured to engage the base portion in one position and the footwear engaging portion in another position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
  • Rotary latch
    Patent number: 8720237
    Abstract: A rotary latch mechanism is provided for securing the lid of a container in a closed position wherein a mechanical advantage is employed to facilitate latching and unlatching of a latch plate of the rotary latch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Daws Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Williams
  • System and method for providing enhanced video processing in a network environment
    Patent number: 8723914
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a video input from a camera element; using change detection statistics to identify background image data; using the background image data as a temporal reference to determine foreground image data of a particular video frame within the video input; using a selected foreground image for a background registration of a subsequent video frame; and providing at least a portion of the subsequent video frame to a next destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Mackie, Dihong Tian, Andrew P. Weir, Maurice Buttimer, Joseph T. Friel, J. William Mauchly, Wen-Hsiung Chen
  • Scheduling and coordination in a wireless network
    Patent number: 8725077
    Abstract: Providing scheduling and adjusting of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) streams by a first network component based on channel quality for a user equipment or assistance data received by another network component is disclosed. Receiving multiple MIMO OFDM streams by a user equipment (UE) from at least two network components is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas William Anderson
  • Wastewater treatment process including irradiation of primary solids
    Patent number: 8721889
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating wastewater in which the majority of solids and biological oxygen demand compounds are separated from the wastewater feed using a primary separation process, to produce a solids phase and a water phase. The solids phase is irradiated to reduce the level of pathogens such that it is safe to use as a soil substitute and/or additive so that the solids can thus be disposed of in an environmentally-friendly manner. In additional embodiments, the solids that have been disinfected by radiation are mixed with a suitable inert filler material to produce a soil substitute, fertilizer, compost, or other soil additive. The liquid phase is treated in a substantially smaller system than would be required for treating the full-strength wastewater that can include a suspended media biological regeneration reactor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Conner, Osama I. Fageeha, Thomas E. Schultz
  • System and method for transporting an ancillary data packet in the active area of a video stream
    Patent number: 8724023
    Abstract: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for transporting an ancillary data packet in the active area of a video stream are provided. In particular embodiments of the present invention, the method includes coupling a playback server and a digital video projector with a DVI link; placing an ancillary data packet of link encryption metadata in a false line of video in an active area of a frame of video at the playback server, a remainder of the active area comprising true lines of video; transmitting the ancillary data packet from the playback server to a digital video projector through the DVI link; extracting the ancillary data packet from the frame of video at the digital video projector; and displaying the remainder of the active area of the frame of video at the digital video projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Bradley William Walker, Matthew John Fritz
  • Seam fillers for use with decorative stitching of vehicle interior components
    Patent number: 8721821
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component including decorative stitching along a stitch path includes a seam filler located between a component substrate and an overlying decorative covering. The seam filler lies along the stitch path and supports the decorative covering directly beneath at least a portion of a line of decorative stitching, where the covering may include a reduced thickness portion. The seam filler can have any number of configurations to prevent visual defects along the stitch path and/or to cause the appearance of simulated seams to be more realistic. The seam filler may be deposited along the stitch path as a curable filler material that cures, or it may be provided as a pre-formed piece for attachment to the decorative covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Filipp, George Grzywacz, Jr.
  • Flame retardant composition and textile material comprising the same
    Patent number: 8722551
    Abstract: A flame retardant composition comprises a phosphorous-containing polymer. The phosphorous-containing polymer can be produced by first reacting a phosphonium compound and a nitrogen-containing compound to produce a precondensate compound and then reacting the precondensate compound with a cross-linking composition. The resulting phosphorous-containing intermediate polymer can then be oxidized to convert at least a portion of the phosphorous atoms in the polymer to a pentavalent state. A textile material comprises a textile substrate and a phosphorous-containing polymer, such as that described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Richard A. Mayernik, Shulong Li, William C. Kimbrell
  • Controller and method of controlling an integrated system for dispensing and blending/mixing beverage ingredients
    Patent number: 8721162
    Abstract: A method of controlling an integrated beverage system that comprises a dispensing module that dispenses one or more ingredients into a beverage container and a blending/mixing module that blends and/or mixes the ingredients in the beverage container, the method comprising: controlling the dispensing module and the blending/mixing module to prepare first and second beverages concurrently or sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Enodis Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Claesson, William E. Smith, Roberto Nevarez
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D704557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Uinta Brewing Company
    Inventor: William D. Hamill