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  • Probe response suppression
    Patent number: 9807813
    Abstract: In response to receiving a probe request from a mobile client, an access point determines whether it should suppress a probe response. The access point receives a probe request from a wireless client device, and prepares a probe response to respond to the probe request. The access point determines whether the wireless client device is likely to associate with the wireless access point. Responsive to a determination that the wireless client device is unlikely to associate with the wireless access point, the access point suppresses the transmission of the probe response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Hart, John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Tak Ming Pang
  • Method for making a process cheese analog
    Patent number: 4459313
    Abstract: A natural cheese analog is produced by coagulating a cheese-like curd from a mixture of conditioned liquid cheese whey and a dry casein material to form a substantially fat-free cheese analog. The fat-free cheese analog is comminuted; further processed by adding a selected fat, preferably in the form of vegetable oils, and adding emulsifiers and other ingredients; and then heated to a temperature in the range of 155.degree.-205.degree. F. until it forms a fluent mass which is subsequently cast into any desired shape. The resultant product is a process cheese analog having any desired flavor, texture and fat content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: A. M. Swanson & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur M. Swanson, Edwin E. Wohlt, Robert J. Swanson
  • METHOD FOR PIVOTALLY SWINGING AND HITTING AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20120270687
    Abstract: A process for more accurately delivering a hitting device to a ball, including positioning a stiff and straight leading or front leg at the start of and during the process (with no step forward of the front foot or leg) until after contact with the ball, pointing and planting the leading or front foot at least partially in the direction from which the ball is traveling, positioning the hands and the hitting device such that the distal end of the hitting device is below the shoulders and the hitting device is held substantially parallel to the ground at the start of the process, delivering the hitting device directly forward in the same plane as the ball is traveling, and utilizing pivoting of the torso and hips about an axis to deliver the hitting device to a ball with little or no forward or lateral movement of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: PROCESS INNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventor: Roger U. Hart
  • Sample handling technique
    Patent number: 5037611
    Abstract: To inject samples into a mass spectrometer, one end of a capillary tube is affixed directly to the vacuum chamber of the mass spectrometer or to a mass spectrometer interface to bring gaseous samples into close proximity to the mass spectrometer ionizing means, and the other end is in close proximity to the surface of a tape. The tape is in a cassette and a probe is inserted through the cassette frame between the cassette reels and draws the tape to the end of a capillary tube. Regions of tape with samples adsorbed to tape surface are transported rapidly from a low temperature region for a high temperature region which includes the entrance end of the capillary tube. Sample vaporizes from the tape surface and is carried into the capillary tube by a carrier gas. The tape position is indicated by bar codes on the tape that control tape movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: ICR Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward B. Ledford, Jr.
  • Mud pump degassing and supercharging apparatus
    Patent number: 4668251
    Abstract: A modified drilling mud degasser is used to simultaneously degas drilling mud delivered thereto from a mud tank and to supercharge a mud pump to which the degassed mud is delivered. This is accomplished through the provision of a drilling mud degasser and supercharger comprising power driven degassing means for removing gas from drilling mud delivered thereto and pump means for delivering degassed drilling mud therefrom to said mud pump at a predetermined pump supercharging pressure, and means for recirculating drilling mud from the drilling mud degasser and supercharger to the mud tank when the mud pump is not operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Burgess & Associates Mfg., Inc.
    Inventor: Harry L. Burgess
  • Method and Apparatus for Preparing a Bale Sample from a Bale of Fibrous Material, and a Bale Sample Produced Thereby
    Publication number: 20140174209
    Abstract: A method for preparing a bale sample, a bale sampling apparatus, and a bale sample are provided. The method includes the steps of removing a portion from a bale of fibrous material and wrapping an elongated substrate completely around the portion to form a bale sample. The elongated substrate includes identification information. The identification information includes information that associates the bale sample with the bale of fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LANGSTON COMPANIES INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Harold HART, Anton G. HOLTY, Edward D. MAYER
  • Acquiring a signal parameter for a neighboring access point
    Patent number: 8861383
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a wireless device is configured to associate with a first access point on a first frequency. The wireless device listens for a predefined frame, which may be sent by neighboring access points or other wireless devices. When the wireless device receives a signal comprising a predefined frame, the wireless device acquires a parameter, such as signal strength, for the signal. The wireless device sends the parameter for the signal to the first access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Pandey, Allan Thomson, Brian Hart, Jagdish Girimaji
  • Health care education systems
    Publication number: 20080189133
    Abstract: A computer program product for managing health care educational information is provided. The computer program product includes a course assignment module that is operable to assign health care educational courses to a plurality of health care recipients. A reward management module is operable to associate rewards with the heath care educational courses. A course administration module is operable to administer the health care educational courses to the plurality of health care recipients and to award rewards based on a performance of the health care educational courses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Asset Health, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Wilson, Joseph K. Hart
  • Method and apparatus for preparing a bale sample from a bale of fibrous material, and a bale sample produced thereby
    Patent number: 9599544
    Abstract: A method for preparing a bale sample, a bale sampling apparatus, and a bale sample are provided. The method includes the steps of removing a portion from a bale of fibrous material and wrapping an elongated substrate completely around the portion to form a bale sample. The elongated substrate includes identification information. The identification information includes information that associates the bale sample with the bale of fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LANGSTON COMPANIES INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Harold Hart, Anton G. Holty, Edward D. Mayer
  • Method of, and System and Label For, Authenticating Objects in situ
    Publication number: 20150269469
    Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Zortag, Inc.
    Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
  • Method of, and system and label for, authenticating objects in situ
    Patent number: 9563831
    Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZORTAG, INC.
    Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
  • Composing and cataloging item configuration data
    Patent number: 6871198
    Abstract: An improvement for composing and cataloging item configuration data is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes identifying a base item, identifying a part number for the base item, breaking the part number into sections, each section corresponding to an attribute of the base item, and determining which of the part number sections relate to configurable attributes of the base item. The embodiment further includes listing a plurality of selectable part number section values for the configurable attributes, listing descriptive information for each of the selectable part number section values, linking the descriptive information to the corresponding selectable part number section value, generating a part number formula to define the configurable sections and associate configurable sections to the corresponding list of values, and generating a description formula to define a configurable description and associate descriptive information with corresponding configurable selectable part number values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Requisite Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Renn Neal, Ian Straub, James Michael Wilmsen
  • Method of, and system and label for, authenticating objects in situ
    Patent number: 9082062
    Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ZORTAG, INC.
    Inventors: Satya Prakash Sharma, Xianfeng Gu, Robert James Hart
  • Variable inlet air restriction for composition control of product gas
    Patent number: 6669758
    Abstract: A controller system for a molecular sieve device controls a product gas generated by n molecular sieve beds for separating a gas from an input gas supply. A valve assembly with n states has an input receiving the input gas and n outlets. Each valve state in a first position creates an open passageway from the input of the slide valve to an outlet. Transitioning a valve from the first to a second position creates a variable amount of restriction in the flow of gas between the input and a selected outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Carleton Life Support Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell F. Hart, Charles B. Hager
  • METHOD OF, AND SYSTEM AND LABEL FOR, AUTHENTICATING OBJECTS IN SITU
    Publication number: 20130087620
    Abstract: A method of, and a system and a label for, authenticating an object in situ create an authentication pattern signature for the object to be authenticated, associate a random distribution of multiple, three-dimensional elements with the object, aim a portable, handheld, image capture device at the object to capture return light from the elements as a single image, verify from the single image that the elements are three-dimensional, process the single image to generate an image pattern of the elements, compare the image pattern with the authentication pattern signature, and indicate that the object is authentic when the image pattern matches the authentication pattern signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ZORTAG, INC.
    Inventors: Satya Prakash SHARMA, Xianfeng GU, Robert James HART
  • Cryptographic key management via a computer server
    Patent number: 9870659
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a computer server. The computer server can be configured to: add a security system associated with a user account; provision one or more communication devices associated with the security system; configure a cryptographic key to associate at least a communication device amongst the communication devices with the security system; configure an access control file that is cryptographically signed by the computer server and encrypted with the cryptographic key associated with the security system, wherein the access control file contains permissions of the communication devices to the security system; and provide a data payload including the access control file to a first communication device of the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Nexkey, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Sotoudeh Hamedi Hagh
  • Cryptographic key management via a computer server
    Patent number: 10762732
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a computer server. The computer server can be configured to: add a security system associated with a user account; provision one or more communication devices associated with the security system; configure a cryptographic key to associate at least a communication device amongst the communication devices with the security system; configure an access control file that is cryptographically signed by the computer server and encrypted with the cryptographic key associated with the security system, wherein the access control file contains permissions of the communication devices to the security system; and provide a data payload including the access control file to a first communication device of the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Nexkey, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Hart, Matthew Patrick Herscovitch, Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh
  • Multi stage water deoxygenator
    Patent number: 4609385
    Abstract: A plural stage subatmospheric water deoxygenator of the type wherein oxygen-containing water charged through a water feedline is sprayed into a vacuum chamber for the removal of oxygen therefrom which also includes first stage vacuum chamber means including first stage scheduling means for simultaneously and continuously:1. Spraying charged pressured feedwater into the first stage vacuum chamber to initiate the removal of oxygen therefrom and2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Burgess & Associates Mfg., Inc.
    Inventor: Harry L. Burgess
  • System and method for implementing a hierarchical policy for computer system administration
    Patent number: 5797128
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a hierarchical policy for computer system administration which is extremely flexible in assigning policies to managed objects. Policies are defined to be rules for the values of the attributes of managed objects. Policy groups comprise the basic building blocks and they associate a set of policies with a set of managed objects. Policy groups can also be members of other policy groups and a policy group inherits the policies of its parent policy groups supporting the hierarchical specification of policy. A given policy group may have multiple parents which allows the "mix-in" of policies from the parents. Cloning and templates in conjunction with validation policies and policy groups provide standardization and a concomitant reduction in system administration complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: William C. Birnbaum
  • System and method for attaching tubing
    Patent number: 6685235
    Abstract: An attachment system (601) for maintaining a passageway (603) of a tube (605) in axial alignment with a passageway (607) through a housing (609) includes a spring (611) having an exterior edge (613) and an interior area (615) passing the tube (605). The housing (609) has an exterior mating surface (404) around the passageway (607). A mating end (402) of the tube (605) abuts against the mating surface (404). A spring retainer (617) apart from mating surface (404) restrains the movement of the spring (611) away from the mating surface (404). A tubular coupler (619) in proximity to the mating end (402) restricts the movement of the mating end (402) toward the interior area (615) of the spring (605).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Carleton Life Support Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell F. Hart
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