Phillips, WA
Angelica Phillips, Lynnwood, WA US
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20100062056 | ENCAPSULATED PICOPLATIN - The invention provides an encapsulated unit dosage form for picoplatin that is adapted for oral administration of the picoplatin containing a substantially dry powder with about 20 to 55 wt % picoplatin in the physical form of a picoplatin particulate wherein an average picoplatin particle diameter is less than about 10 microns. The picoplatin particles are dispersed within the powder of the formulation which includes a substantially water-soluble, water-dispersible, or water-absorbing carbohydrate and an effective amount of up to about 5 wt % of a lubricant. | 03-11-2010 |
Angelica F. Phillips, Lynnwood, WA US
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20120148661 | HIGH BIOAVAILABILITY ORAL PICOPLATIN ANTI-CANCER THERAPY - The invention provides a method of treatment of cancer, wherein a individual doses of picoplatin, each of less than about 200 mg picoplatin content, the individual doses having high oral bioavailability, are administered to a patient in need thereof. The oral bioavailability can be greater than about 50%, or greater than about 75%, or greater than about 90%, depending upon the particular dosage form and dosing regimen used. The invention provides a quasi-metronomic dosing schedule including drug dosing intervals and drug intermission intervals, optionally including fasting periods prior to and following administration of each individual dose of picoplatin. | 06-14-2012 |
Bruce Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20080287190 | GAME HOSTING SERVICE - A network gaming service accesses attributes of a particular user to match the user to a gaming session with users having similar attributes. A game hosting service uses preferences of the users in a session and determines parameters for a match. Subsequent match parameters can be further determined based on a history for the session as well as each of the user's preferences. | 11-20-2008 |
Charles D. Phillips, Bremerton, WA US
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20140047503 | NETWORK DATA TRANSMISSION ANALYSIS - Network computing systems may implement data loss prevention (DLP) techniques to reduce or prevent unauthorized use or transmission of confidential information or to implement information controls mandated by statute, regulation, or industry standard. Implementations of network data transmission analysis systems and methods are disclosed that can use contextual information in a DLP policy to monitor data transmitted via the network. The contextual information may include information based on a network user's organizational structure or services or network infrastructure. Some implementations may detect bank card information in network data transmissions. Some of the systems and methods may be implemented on a virtual network overlaid on one or more intermediate physical networks that are used as a substrate network. | 02-13-2014 |
Christopher Phillips, Kent, WA US
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20110106896 | VENUE-CENTRIC SOCIAL NETWORK - A venue may be registered with a venue-centric social networking service. The venue may be associated with a physical location where subscribers may congregate. Subscribers may join the venue by visiting the physical location, receiving an invitation, receiving a password (or other credential), or the like. The venue-centric social networking service may track which subscribers are at which venues and provide a “Who's here” listing to other subscribers. Subscribers at the same venue may be introduced to one another through the venue-centric social networking service by, inter alia, browsing the profiles of the subscribers in the “Who's here” list and/or initiating contact with other subscribers at the venue through the venue-centric social networking service. Subscriber visibility and contact preferences may be determined by subscriber privacy settings and/or privacy settings of the venues. | 05-05-2011 |
20130318185 | VENUE-CENTRIC SOCIAL NETWORK - A venue may be registered with a venue-centric social networking service. The venue may be associated with a physical location where subscribers may congregate. Subscribers may join the venue by visiting the physical location, receiving an invitation, receiving a password (or other credential), or the like. The venue-centric social networking service may track which subscribers are at which venues and provide a “Who's here” listing to other subscribers. Subscribers at the same venue may be introduced to one another through the venue-centric social networking service by, inter alia, browsing the profiles of the subscribers in the “Who's here” list and/or initiating contact with other subscribers at the venue through the venue-centric social networking service. Subscriber visibility and contact preferences may be determined by subscriber privacy settings and/or privacy settings of the venues. | 11-28-2013 |
Christopher H. Phillips, Kirkland, WA US
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20110041124 | Version Management System - A version management system may maintain an updated installation package for a software application as the application is updated from time to time. The updated installation package may allow the application to be reinstalled using the updated installation package without having to start with an original installation package and apply successive updates. In one embodiment, a distribution medium may have a read only memory location containing an original installation package and a read/write memory location that may contain updated installation packages that are created as updates are received and applied. In some cases, the updated installation packages may include various system state parameters, as well as configuration information for the managed software system as well as related software products. | 02-17-2011 |
Daniel Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20140272049 | AUTOMATED COFFEE VENDING KIOSK AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, PROCESSES AND METHODS - Systems and methods for brewing coffee and producing other hot beverages are disclosed herein. An automated coffee vending kiosk configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a coffee brewing unit for brewing coffee and a cup dispensing portion. The cup dispensing portion can include a motor and a door operably coupled to the motor. The door can be moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to a cup storage area having a plurality of cups. A coffee dispensing portion can be positioned to dispense the coffee into an individual cup. | 09-18-2014 |
Daniel B. Phillips, Bellevue, WA US
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20090289921 | COMMUNICATIONS-ENABLED DISPLAY CONSOLE - The display console includes a substrate having a viewing surface and a hidden surface. The display console further includes a display zone, a border zone, and a transceiver module configured to wirelessly send and receive data and coupled to the hidden surface of the substrate in the border zone. The display console further includes a hardware interface operatively coupled to the transceiver module, and configured to provide an image to the display zone. | 11-26-2009 |
20120046592 | HIFU APPLICATOR - An applicator for providing HIFU therapy to a patient includes a HIFU transducer that is rotatably coupled to a frame. In one embodiment, the rotatable coupling is configured such that the HIFU transducer can be mechanically oriented to position a focal zone of the HIFU transducer at any desired location in a treatment volume radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the applicator while the HIFU transducer remains within a housing that is not more than a defined percentage (e.g., 50%) larger than the maximum diameter of the HIFU transducer. In one embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with a ball and socket joint. In another embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with an offset gimble assembly. A pair of linear actuators and drive shafts engage the HIFU transducer to orient HIFU transducer in a desired direction. | 02-23-2012 |
Gary Phillips, Issaquah, WA US
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20110275622 | BI-FUNCTIONAL QUINOLINE ANALOGS - Provided are compounds of Formula I: | 11-10-2011 |
20110275623 | BI-FUNCTIONAL PYRAZOLOPYRIDINE COMPOUNDS - This invention provides compounds of the formula: | 11-10-2011 |
20130012504 | BI-FUNCTIONAL QUINOLINE ANALOGS - Provided are compounds of Formula I: | 01-10-2013 |
20130018050 | BI-FUNCTIONAL PYRAZOLOPYRIDINE COMPOUNDS - This invention provides compounds of the formula: | 01-17-2013 |
20140179718 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present disclosure provides phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors of formula (I), | 06-26-2014 |
20140371246 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present disclosure provides phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors of formula (I), | 12-18-2014 |
20150361054 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present application provides the compounds of formula (J), | 12-17-2015 |
20150361068 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present application provides the compounds of formula (J), | 12-17-2015 |
20150361070 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present application provides the compounds of formula (J), | 12-17-2015 |
20150361095 | PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE INHIBITORS - The present application provides the compounds of formula (J), | 12-17-2015 |
James Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20120226187 | Vestibular Implant - A vestibular implant comprising a stimulation unit to generate electric stimuli and deliver to electrode arrays is disclosed. The stimulation unit generates electric stimuli in response to a user input or continuously generates electrical stimuli. The electrode arrays comprise electrodes and are adapted for placement within a semicircular canal of an ear. The electric stimuli is delivered from the stimulation unit to the electrode so that the electrodes apply electric stimuli. A predetermined electric stimulus is applied to restore spontaneous vestibular activity during a Meniere's attack. A continuous, unmodulated electric stimulus is applied to suppress the symptoms of unilateral loss of vestibular function. Additionally, the electrodes record electrically evoked compound action potentials (eCAP). An appropriate location for the placement of the electrode array is determined based on the recorded eCAP. | 09-06-2012 |
James O. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20120130465 | VESTIBULAR STIMULATION DEVICE - A vestibular stimulation array is disclosed having one or more separate electrode arrays each operatively adapted for implantation in a semicircular canal of the vestibular system, wherein each separate electrode array is dimensioned and constructed so that so that residual vestibular function is preserved. In particular, the electrode arrays are dimensioned such that the membranous labyrinth is not substantially compressed. Furthermore, the electrode array has a stop portion to limit insertion of the electrode array into the semi-circular canal and is stiff enough to avoid damage to the anatomical structures. | 05-24-2012 |
James R. Phillips, Bellevue, WA US
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20090121846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING POWER LINE CONTROL SIGNALS - Repeater systems and methods for coupling a home automation control signal from a first power line operating on a first phase to a second power line operating on a second phase are provided. A power line control repeater includes a power line control signal transceiver, a wireless signal transmitter, a wireless signal receiver, and a processor. The processor is configured to instruct the transmitting component to transmit wireless signals based on power line signals detected by the power line control signal transceiver and further configured to identify wireless signals received at the wireless signal receiver from a similarly configured repeater and to instruct the transceiver to modulate the power signal based on the received signals. A system includes two repeaters in wireless signal communication. | 05-14-2009 |
20090244402 | FAVORITE CHANNEL REMOTE - A remote control and method of using the remote control are provided. The remote control includes a microprocessor, a memory accessible by the microprocessor that includes a database of a plurality of favorite channels, a user interface in signal communication with the microprocessor that allows selection of successive next or previous favorite channels, and a transmitter controlled by the microprocessor that, responsive to user activation of the user interface, transmits wireless signals corresponding to the successive next or previous favorite channel. In an example embodiment, an icon is associated with each favorite channel and the remote includes a display screen that displays the icon associated with the successive next or previous favorite channel when the user interface is activated. The method of using the remote control includes activating the user interface to select a next favorite channel. | 10-01-2009 |
20100127912 | REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control device having an emitter pointing in a direction generally non-parallel to a plane defined by the buttons. In some versions three emitters are provided, with the emitters pointing in different directions and having different radiation patterns. In additional versions, at least some of the buttons include Braille markings. | 05-27-2010 |
20100156694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MACRO ROUTINES IN A REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control for appending commands into a learned macro routine of commands is provided. A receiver is arranged to receive signals from one or more remote controls, wherein the signals represent one or more commands comprising a macro. The remote control stores the macro in memory and has “learned” the received macro. The learned macro can be modified by appending one or more additional commands into the macro using commands already contained within the remote control. | 06-24-2010 |
Jeffry B. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20110099247 | OBJECT-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT - A method, system, and architecture for managing computer systems is provided. A management system employs management objects (MOs) to provide administrators the ability to intuitively express the administrative intent in an information technology (IT) environment, and to act out the administrative intent based on the information gathered by the management system. Managed elements of an IT environment, such as, by way of example, hardware components, software applications, software updates, software distribution policies, configurations, settings, etc., may be expressed as MOs. Actions, such as, by way of example, detect, install/apply, remove, remediate, enumerate, etc., may be associated with the MOs. The management system manages the computer systems by deploying the appropriate MOs and their associated actions onto the computer systems, and performing the actions on the computer systems. | 04-28-2011 |
John Merrill Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20150378753 | ROLLING RESOURCE CREDITS FOR SCHEDULING OF VIRTUAL COMPUTER RESOURCES - A network-based virtual computing resource provider may offer virtual compute instances that implement rolling resource credits for scheduling virtual computing resources. Work requests for a virtual compute instance may be received at a virtualization manager. A resource credit balance may be determined for the virtual compute instance. The resource credit balance may accumulate resource credits in rolling fashion, carrying over unused credits from previous time periods. Resource credits may then be applied when generating scheduling instructions to provide to a physical resource to perform the work requests, such as a physical CPU in order to increase the utilization of the resource according to the number of credits applied. Applied resource credits may then be deducted from the credit balance. | 12-31-2015 |
John N. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20120110016 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED FULL MEDICAL CODE SCHEME TO CODE SCHEME MAPPING - An example method for mapping of medical code schemes includes processing a plurality of coded concepts to determine a potential match between a code from a first code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts and a code from a second code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes assigning a probability to each potential match of a code from the first code scheme and a code from the second code scheme. The method includes generating an alphanumeric indication of the probability of each potential match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme from the plurality of coded concepts and generating a graphical representation of the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes outputting the alphanumeric indication and the graphical representation to a user and accepting user input to select a match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme. | 05-03-2012 |
20130086069 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED FULL MEDICAL CODE SCHEME TO CODE SCHEME MAPPING - An example method for mapping of medical code schemes includes processing a plurality of coded concepts to determine a potential match between a code from a first code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts and a code from a second code scheme in the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes assigning a probability to each potential match of a code from the first code scheme and a code from the second code scheme. The method includes generating an alphanumeric indication of the probability of each potential match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme from the plurality of coded concepts and generating a graphical representation of the plurality of coded concepts. The method includes outputting the alphanumeric indication and the graphical representation to a user and accepting user input to select a match between the first code scheme and the second code scheme. | 04-04-2013 |
Jon Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20100217654 | CREATING AN INCENTIVE TO AUTHOR USEFUL ITEM REVIEWS - A facility for rewarding the provision of useful item reviews is described. The facility receives a plurality of item reviews, each from a source. The facility publishes each of the plurality of received item reviews, and assesses the usefulness of the published item reviews. Based upon this assessment of usefulness, the facility selects one or more of the published item reviews, and provides rewards to the sources of these selected item reviews. | 08-26-2010 |
Jonathan D. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20080313302 | System and method of managing media content - A system and method of managing media content is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes sending a request for a media content item from a user computer to a server via an interface to an online site. The method also includes receiving the media content item at the user computer. Further, the method includes selecting a library associated with a media content player application and, upon receipt of the media content item, automatically adding the media content item to the selected library of the media content player application at the user computer. | 12-18-2008 |
20120030281 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT - A system and method of managing media content is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes sending a request for a media content item from a user computer to a server via an interface to an online site. The method also includes receiving the media content item at the user computer. Further, the method includes selecting a library associated with a media content player application and, upon receipt of the media content item, automatically adding the media content item to the selected library of the media content player application at the user computer. | 02-02-2012 |
Jonathan Wayne Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20130117453 | Managing Capacity in a Data Center by Suspending Tenants - A tenant comprising one or more users receives services from a cloud computing system (“CCS”). The CCS determines when a tenant is not using any services, and if so, the CCS initiates a tenant suspension process. The tenant suspension process involves suspending various asynchronous computing processes for the tenant, which execute otherwise execute even if no users of the tenant are currently accessing the CCS. After a period of non-use of the CCS, the tenant is suspended. The tenant is returned to an active state automatically when a user of the tenant logs-on to receive services. | 05-09-2013 |
Jon R. Phillips, Richland, WA US
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20110164248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION ISOTOPE RATIO DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS - A system and process are disclosed that provide high accuracy and high precision destructive analysis measurements for isotope ratio determination of relative isotope abundance distributions in liquids, solids, and particulate samples. The invention utilizes a collinear probe beam to interrogate a laser ablated plume. This invention provides enhanced single-shot detection sensitivity approaching the femtogram range, and isotope ratios that can be determined at approximately 1% or better precision and accuracy (relative standard deviation). | 07-07-2011 |
Joshua Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20100274937 | PROVIDING LOCK-BASED ACCESS TO NODES IN A CONCURRENT LINKED LIST - A method of providing lock-based access to nodes in a concurrent linked list includes providing a plurality of striped lock objects. Each striped lock object is configured to lock at least one of the nodes in the concurrent linked list. An index is computed based on a value stored in a first node to be accessed in the concurrent linked list. A first one of the striped lock objects is identified based on the computed index. The first striped lock object is acquired, thereby locking and providing protected access to the first node. | 10-28-2010 |
20100318975 | LANGUAGE-BASED MODEL FOR ISOLATING SHARED STATE - A method and/or computer program that incorporates isolation principles of separate address spaces and enforces the principles with a compiler and supporting runtime through a language-based model is disclosed. This approach significantly lowers the required overhead and retains the beneficial qualities of the scalable, isolated model. The model is implemented in a programming language where memory-based state is partitioned into a plurality of domains where the variables inside of a domain are isolated from external components. Agents are introduced inside of the domain and act on behalf of clients outside of the domain. The agents communicate with their clients via message-passing to enforce the isolation of the domain state. The domain-based isolation addresses the partitioning of memory-based state without the introduction of separate processes. Domains can also be used in conjunction with a distributed model either within a single computing device or between computing devices. | 12-16-2010 |
20120254139 | PROVIDING LOCK-BASED ACCESS TO NODES IN A CONCURRENT LINKED LIST - A method of providing lock-based access to nodes in a concurrent linked list includes providing a plurality of striped lock objects. Each striped lock object is configured to lock at least one of the nodes in the concurrent linked list. An index is computed based on a value stored in a first node to be accessed in the concurrent linked list. A first one of the striped lock objects is identified based on the computed index. The first striped lock object is acquired, thereby locking and providing protected access to the first node. | 10-04-2012 |
20130305187 | USER-RESIZABLE ICONS - Systems, methods, and computer media for resizing icons displayed in a user interface are provided. Icons in a display can be resized by a user interacting with the icon itself. A user interaction with an icon can cause an icon resizing mode to be entered. Additional user interaction with the icon can then cause the icon to be resized. The display in which an icon is located can be rearranged as a result of the icon being resized. | 11-14-2013 |
20140037200 | SETTING AN OPERATING-SYSTEM COLOR USING A PHOTOGRAPH - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for setting color settings of an operating system using one or more photographs. According to one exemplary technique, a photograph is received, and one or more pixel weights for one or more pixels of the photograph are determined. Also, using at least one of the one or more pixel weights, at least one dominant color of the photograph is determined. Additionally, using the at least one dominant color, at least one color setting of an operating system is set. | 02-06-2014 |
Joshua D. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20110161604 | WRITER/READER/NO-ACCESS DOMAIN DATA ACCESSIBILITY - Multiple types of executable agents operating within a domain. The domain includes mutable shared state and immutable shared state, with agents internal to the domain only operating on the shared state. Writer agents are defined to be agents that have read access and write access to mutable shared state and read access only to immutable shared state. General reader agents have read access to both mutable shared state and immutable shared state and have no write access. Immutable reader agents have read access to only immutable shared state and have no write access. By appropriate scheduling of the different types of agents, data races may be reduced or eliminated. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161610 | COMPILER-ENFORCED AGENT ACCESS RESTRICTION - A compiler that enforces, at compile time, domain data access permissions and/or agent data access permissions on at least one agent to be created within a domain. The compiler identifies domain data of a domain to be created, and an agent to be created within the domain at runtime. The domain access permissions of the agent are also identified. As part of compilation of an expression of an agent, a reference to the domain data is identified. Then, the compiler evaluates an operation that the reference to the domain data would impose on the domain data upon evaluating the expression at runtime. The compiler then determines whether or not the operation is in violation of the domain access permissions of the agent with respect to the identified domain data. Agent data access may also be evaluated depending on whether the access occurs by a function or a method. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161962 | DATAFLOW COMPONENT SCHEDULING USING READER/WRITER SEMANTICS - The scheduling of dataflow components in a dataflow network. A number, if not all, of the dataflow components are created using a domain/agent model. A scheduler identifies, for a number of the components, a creation source for the given component. The scheduler also identifies an appropriate domain-level access permission (and potentially also an appropriate agent-level access permission) for the given component based on the creation source of the given component. Tokens may be used at the domain or agent level to control access. | 06-30-2011 |
Joshua Debrita Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20130069962 | Active Lock Wallpapers - The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology in which a mobile device such as a phone automatically changes its lock wallpaper content (e.g., an image or video) that appears when the device is in its lock state. An API or the like allows information to be received from an application or service according to which the content is changed, including obtaining the content as needed. The lock wallpaper content may change in response to an automatic change event, and may correspond to a current device context. For example, lock wallpaper content may be displayed based upon a currently playing podcast, audio track, or currently running application program or service. The lock wallpaper may change among content obtained from a social networking site, or from a favorites store. The device may allow gesturing to change the content. | 03-21-2013 |
Marc Benjamin Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20120144281 | AUTOMATED TASK COMPLETION BY FLOWING CONTEXT - Providing context to a target minimizes the amount of information that a user must input. Context transfer pages receive context and reformat for the target. Selection of links to such pages provide context which is then reformatted and provided to the target to pre-populate information for the user. A return link can be specified to enable the target to return further context upon user interaction completion. The return link can specify further context transfer pages which can use the returned context to direct the performance of convenience actions, including invoking other applications on the user's computing device and entering information into them. The context transfer pages can themselves collect information from the user to provide appropriate interfaces without requiring resource investment from the target. | 06-07-2012 |
Marianne E. Phillips, Kirkland, WA US
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20100141422 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING HOT WATER AVAILABILITY FOR BATHING - Methods, apparatus, and system for predicting the availability of hot water for bathing. One or more parameters corresponding to the operation of a water heater are monitored over time and/or a temperature distribution of water in a hot water tank measured. Data corresponding to the monitored parameters and/or temperature distribution are processed to determine a rate at which hot water is being consumed by filling a bath and/or due to other hot water consumers and/or to determine a current hot water availability condition. Based on a hot water consumption rate and/or determination of a current hot water availability condition, a projection is made to whether there will be adequate hot water to fill the bathtub to a desired level or volume at a desired temperature. | 06-10-2010 |
Mark C. Phillips, Kennewick, WA US
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20130195130 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL POWER, FOR POWER-NORMALIZING LASER MEASUREMENTS, AND FOR STABILIZING POWER OF LASERS VIA COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - A method is disclosed for power normalization of spectroscopic signatures obtained from laser based chemical sensors that employs the compliance voltage across a quantum cascade laser device within an external cavity laser. The method obviates the need for a dedicated optical detector used specifically for power normalization purposes. A method is also disclosed that employs the compliance voltage developed across the laser device within an external cavity semiconductor laser to power-stabilize the laser mode of the semiconductor laser by adjusting drive current to the laser such that the output optical power from the external cavity semiconductor laser remains constant. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195131 | CHEMICAL DETECTION AND LASER WAVELENGTH STABILIZATION EMPLOYING SPECTROSCOPIC ABSORPTION VIA LASER COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a direct indication of the presence and concentration of an analyte within the external cavity of a laser device that employ the compliance voltage across the laser device. The systems can provide stabilization of the laser wavelength. The systems and methods can obviate the need for an external optical detector, an external gas cell, or other sensing region and reduce the complexity and size of the sensing configuration. | 08-01-2013 |
20150244145 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL POWER, FOR POWER NORMALIZING LASER MEASUREMENTS, AND FOR STABILIZING POWER OF LASERS VIA COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - A method is disclosed for power normalization of spectroscopic signatures obtained from laser based chemical sensors that employs the compliance voltage across a quantum cascade laser device within an external cavity laser. The method obviates the need for a dedicated optical detector used specifically for power normalization purposes. A method is also disclosed that employs the compliance voltage developed across the laser device within an external cavity semiconductor laser to power-stabilize the laser mode of the semiconductor laser by adjusting drive current to the laser such that the output optical power from the external cavity semiconductor laser remains constant. | 08-27-2015 |
Mark E. Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20080208739 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, apparatuses, and articles for a service provider capable of providing transactional services to mobile device users are described herein. In one embodiment, the service provider is adapted to receive a request from a mobile device known to the service provider to transfer value associated with the mobile device, the request specifying a recipient of the value and, in response, request, of a financial institution having an account associated with the mobile device, the transfer of value from the account to an account associated with the specified recipient. Also, in some embodiments, the service provider is adapted to receive a request from a mobile device known to the service provider to transfer value associated with the mobile device, the request specifying a mobile device service feature to be purchased with the value and, in response, exchange the value for the mobile device service feature. | 08-28-2008 |
20080222155 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION AND INVENTORY MAINTENANCE OF MEDIA OBJECTS IN A REGION - Methods, apparatuses, and articles for regional and enterprise servers in a media object partial publication and inventory maintenance system are described herein. In various embodiments, a regional server may repeatedly request and receive, from an enterprise server, media objects of a collection of media objects based on actual and/or perceived demand, achieving a partial publication of the collection of media objects. Also, the regional server may monitor a physical inventory associated with a media object and, when the inventory falls below a threshold, facilitate the creation of additional physical inventory using the media object. Additionally, the regional server may notify the enterprise server of the creational of inventory to facilitate the enterprise server in acquiring digital rights associated with the media object. | 09-11-2008 |
20090016177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSICAL PLAYLIST SELECTION IN A PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICE - A portable audio playing device implements a jukebox manager function to permit the simple generation of musical playlists and the alteration or editing of existing playlists. Data, such as MPEG-3 data or other conventional audio format data, may be readily downloaded into the system for storage in a solid state memory or in a spinning media device. The audio tracks are associated with one or more metatags that are used to describe the content of each track. The metatags and associated audio tracks are stored in a data structure that may be implemented as a database or other convenient data structure that readily permits searching by user-specified search terms. The user generates a new playlist by selecting one or more metatags corresponding to the desired musical tracks. The system queries the data structure using the user-specified metatags and automatically generates a playlist containing one or more audio tracks whose metatags correspond to the user-specified metatags. Alternatively, the system may perform the same query and simply generate a results list that will allow the user to manually specify which of the audio tracks identified by the search process will be added to the newly created playlist. The system also permits the simple editing of existing playlists. New audio tracks may be added in the manner described above using metatags for searching or maybe manually added from the list of stored audio tracks. The system readily supports different audio formats and different playlist types. | 01-15-2009 |
20090018683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER OPTIMIZATION IN A PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICE - A system and method are disclosed wherein a battery-powered portable audio device utilizes a spinning media device for data storage. To conserve batter power, the motor in the media storage device is not powered unless an actual data transfer is required. A processor calculates the amount of data remaining in a data buffer and considers a number of factors, such as the type of spinning media storage device, amount of available buffer space, the type of CODEC used to implement the system, and the type of data to determine when it will be necessary to power up the spinning media storage device and transfer data to assure that a continuous stream of data is provided to the CODEC. | 01-15-2009 |
20090027355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY TO CODEC FUNCTIONALITY IN A PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICE - A portable digital audio device is capable of playing a number of different data file types, such as music data files, speech data files, video data files, and the like. Different CODECs are generally used for different data types. The system determines the data file type and selects the appropriate CODEC based on the reported data file type. In addition, the reported data file type is used to select the appropriate media interface manager and appropriate user interface. The user interface, or “skin” is selected for compatibility with the media interface manager and selected CODEC. The appropriate controls are enabled and displayed for user operation. As new CODECs are added to the system, appropriate media interface managers and skins are also added to provide the necessary user interface compatibility. | 01-29-2009 |
20100281110 | Method and System for Efficient and Dynamically Adaptable Digitally-Encoded-Information Distribution - Embodiments of the present invention include efficient and dynamically self-adaptive digitally-encoded-information distribution systems that monitor digitally-encoded information transactions in order to continuously reconfigure themselves by redistributing stored digitally-encoded information among computer systems that together compose the digitally-encoded-information distribution systems and by dynamically balancing tradeoffs between storing particular encodings of particular information objects and generating particular encodings of particular information objects only as needed to satisfy requests. Distribution efficiency is further optimized by ensuring that the types, configurations, capacities, and capabilities of requesting consumer-electronics devices are accurately and precisely determined, so that stored information appropriately encoded for requesting consumer-electronics devices can be efficiently located or generated for rapid delivery to requesting devices. | 11-04-2010 |
20110197131 | CONTEXTUAL CHAPTER NAVIGATION - A system and a method are disclosed for on-screen display that indicates to the user the current point in the playback of the video within the context of the chapter delineations. The user can access a chapter selection feature that presents a preview image from each chapter along with a timeline representing the video, and an indication on the timeline of where the chapters fall along the timeline. Alternatively, short video segments replace the still images as representing the chapters for some or all of the chapters. The user can select a chapter in which to resume playing the video by selecting one of the images or video segments. | 08-11-2011 |
Matthew Thomas Phillips, Seattle, WA US
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20150093985 | PASSIVE COOLING SYSTEM WITH AMBIENT FLUID COLLECTION - A passive cooling system routes air from an enclosure to an ambient environment, via a chimney effect, through one or more indirect pathways and re-directs environmental elements received from the ambient environment. One or more vanes are arranged within an interior space, such that the vanes collectively form one or more indirect pathways to the ambient environment. The vanes preclude environmental elements, including precipitation and particulate matter, from passing through the interior space and into the enclosure. Environmental elements are re-directed by one or more of the vanes, at least in part, to an exterior of the passive exhaust system. Dampers may be adjusted to control airflow through the passive cooling system and restrict environmental elements from entering the passive cooling system. Liquids received from the ambient environment may be re-directed into a reclamation system for use in a cooling system. | 04-02-2015 |
Matthew Thomas Phillips, Bainbridge Island, WA US
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20150342094 | MODULAR DATA CENTER ROW INFRASTRUCTURE - A data center row infrastructure module enables rapid deployment of a computing room enclosure for computer systems that provides intake air circulation to, and exhaust air removal from, the computer systems in the enclosure. The data center row infrastructure module includes free-standing exhaust plenum structures encompassing opposite sides of the enclosure and a plenum module spanning a top end of the enclosure between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Each free-standing exhaust plenum structure includes an internal exhaust air plenum that directs exhaust air received from the enclosure through an exhaust air outlet on a top end of the free-standing exhaust plenum structure. The plenum module establishes a bottom end of a cooling air plenum above and separate from the enclosure and between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Some plenum modules can direct cooling air directly to the enclosure as intake air. Some plenum modules can mix cooling air with recirculated exhaust to provide the intake air. | 11-26-2015 |
20150369500 | INVERTED EXHAUST PLENUM MODULE - An inverted exhaust plenum module exhausts air from an enclosure into an ambient environment while mitigating airflow restrictions caused by ambient wind conditions, particularly headwinds impinging on exhaust vents. The plenum module includes wall elements that extend downwards from separate edges of two separate roof elements of the enclosure, forming a plenum between the wall elements that is open at the top. Exhaust vents in the wall elements exhaust air from the enclosure into the plenum to circulate into the ambient environment via the top of the plenum. By exhausting air into a plenum that extends beneath roof elements, the vents are at least partially obscured from ambient winds that might otherwise impinge on the vents. A wing element can be installed to induce exhaust airflow via lowering air pressure at the top of the plenum. The plenum module can be a separate module that is coupled to a structure. | 12-24-2015 |
Richard V. Phillips, Enumclaw, WA US
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20140367037 | FLEXIBLE MATERIAL TRANSFER DEVICES, FLEXIBLE VACUUM COMPACTION DEVICES, FLEXIBLE VACUUM CHUCKS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING THE SAME - Flexible material transfer devices, flexible vacuum compaction devices that include the flexible material transfer devices, flexible vacuum chucks that include the flexible vacuum compaction devices, and systems and methods including the same. The flexible material transfer devices include a flexible substrate that is configured to selectively and repeatedly transition between a stowed conformation and a deployed conformation. The flexible substrate defines a material contacting surface that is configured to contact a charge of composite material and to selectively and operatively attach to the charge of composite material. The flexible substrate further defines a plurality of retention conduits that are at least partially defined by the material contacting surface and are configured to have a retention vacuum applied thereto. The flexible material transfer device further includes a retention manifold that provides fluid communication between the plurality of retention conduits and a vacuum source. | 12-18-2014 |
Rodger W. Phillips, Vashon, WA US
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20090173688 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZATION OF WASTE HEAT FOR SLUDGE TREATMENT AND ENERGY GENERATION - Disclosed methods employ systems and methods to treat sludge utilizing waste heat. The disclosed systems and methods can be used to provide a regional sludge treatment service. | 07-09-2009 |
Scott Phillips, Kent, WA US
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20140265619 | Advanced Inground Device Power Control and Associated Methods - A transmitter is powered by a regulated battery voltage and is installable in one of a plurality of different housings, each housing is characterized by a different design and each can form part of an inground tool for performing an inground operation in which a drill string extends from a drill rig to the inground tool. An antenna driver drives an antenna based on the regulated voltage to emanate an electromagnetic signal for remote reception. A controller limits power consumption from the regulated voltage so as not to exceed a power consumption threshold, irrespective of installation of the transmitter in any one of the housings when the transmitter would otherwise exhibit a different power consumption for each housing design. A corresponding method is described. Features relating to power consumption threshold modification based on temperature as well as mechanical shock and vibration are described. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266771 | DIRECTIONAL DRILLING COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS, APPARATUS AND METHODS - A transmitter is carried proximate to an inground tool for sensing a plurality of operational parameters relating to the inground tool. The transmitter customizes a data signal to characterize one or more of the operational parameters for transmission from the inground tool based on the operational status of the inground tool. A receiver receives the data signal and recovers the operational parameters. Advanced data protocols are described. Pitch averaging and enhancement of dynamic pitch range for accelerometer readings are described based on monitoring mechanical shock and vibration of the inground tool. | 09-18-2014 |
Stephen Phillips, Woodinville, WA US
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20150324967 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME TUMOR TRACKING - Various embodiments disclose systems and methods for tracking regions (e.g., tumor locations) within living organisms. Some embodiments provide real-time, highly accurate, low latency measurements of tumor location even as the tumor moves with internal body motions. Such measurements may be suitable for closed-loop radiation delivery applications where radiation therapy may be continuously guided to the tumor site even as the tumor moves. Tumor motion may be associated with periodic motion (e.g., respiratory, cardiac) or aperiodic motion (e.g., gross patient motion, internal bowel motion). Various embodiments facilitate accurate radiation delivery to tumor sites exhibiting significant motion, e.g., lung, breast, and liver tumors. | 11-12-2015 |
Stephen C. Phillips, Woodinville, WA US
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20110295101 | MODULAR SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY - A facility for performing patient localization for radiation therapy is described. The facility activates two or more discrete software modules, and performs interactions between the activated software modules. Based upon the performed interactions, the facility performs patient localization for a radiation therapy session. | 12-01-2011 |
20120323062 | DATA PROCESSING FOR REAL-TIME TRACKING OF A TARGET IN RADIATION THERAPY - A facility for processing data is described. The facility receives a stream of digital location indications, each location indication identifying a location of a patient while undergoing radiation therapy. In response to each location indication of the string, in substantially real-time relative to the receipt of the position indication, the facility performs an action responsive to the location indication. | 12-20-2012 |