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Brad Allen, Corvallis, OR US
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20110007127 | Displaying Panoramic Video Image Streams - Telepresence system having a media wall with one or more cameras and a participant table located a fixed distance from one or more of the cameras are useful in creating images for video conferencing. A back edge of the table is convex and a center of the back edge is aligned with a central camera. The center of the back edge is located horizontally closer to the central camera than either end of the back edge. | 01-13-2011 |
Brad Allen, Salem, OR US
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20090323552 | Systems and Methods for Managing Virtual Collaboration Systems Spread Over Different Networks - Systems and methods for managing virtual collaboration systems are disclosed herein. A virtual collaboration system includes a distributor communicatively coupled to a first network and a second network having different network characteristics from the first network, the distributor configured to receive first media streams from at least one first network node, and to transmit the first media streams to at least one second network node; and a management subsystem adapted to dynamically configure a topology of a virtual collaborative event, wherein configuration of the topology includes a determination of media stream connections among the distributor and the at least one first network node based, at least in part, on at least one policy, and wherein the media stream connections establish and maintain virtual relationships among the at least one first network node and the at least one second network node. | 12-31-2009 |
Bradley L. Allen, Salem, OR US
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20100259593 | Endpoints associated with a Session - A machine and method to connect endpoints associated with a session. | 10-14-2010 |
20110025819 | Compositing Video Streams - Methods and apparatus for compositing multiple video streams onto a background image having at least one object while keeping at least one of a proper perspective, order, and substantial alignment to the object of the multiple video streams based on the rules of a common layout. The background is defined as a meeting space that fills in gaps between the multiple video streams with appropriate structure of the object. The background creates the context of the meeting space. | 02-03-2011 |
20130242036 | DISPLAYING PANORAMIC VIDEO IMAGE STREAMS - Methods and apparatus for displaying video image streams in panorama are useful in video conferencing. | 09-19-2013 |
Catherine Allen, Portland, OR US
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20130127727 | E-BOOK READER FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS - An electronic device suitable to read textual materials thereon for disabled individuals includes a device having a size less than 12 inches by 12 inches, less than 1 inch thick, and includes a front surface with a display suitable for displaying at least one of text and images thereon. The device includes a turn button that when selected selects a page turning duration where a first page of an electronic book is presented on the display and based upon the page turning duration a subsequent page of the electronic book is presented on the display. | 05-23-2013 |
David Peter Allen, Portland, OR US
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20130006393 | CONTINUOUS EQUIPMENT OPERATION IN AN AUTOMATED CONTROL ENVIRONMENT - Continuous equipment operation is facilitated despite disablement of an automation controller for controlling the equipment. A safe state in which equipment is to be maintained upon disablement of the automation controller is determined. Safe state data is provided for configuring an I/O module, through which the automation controller controls the equipment, with the safe state data to facilitate maintaining the equipment in the safe state during disablement of the automation controller. In one embodiment, upon subsequent enablement of the automation controller, a current state of the I/O module is evaluated and an automatic control state into which the equipment is to be transitioned is determined. The equipment is then transitioned to the determined automatic control state. | 01-03-2013 |
Don Allen, Portland, OR US
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20130074428 | ROOF RIDGE VENTILATION SYSTEM - Roof ridge vent system adapted for housing a plurality of fans in a central airflow channel positioned directly over the opening in a ridge portion of a roof for ventilating a plurality of vent chutes or attic space comprising: a hood member engaged with outer edge portions of vent members having air-passageway holes defined therein and inner edge portions preferably being hinged respectively to inner edge portions of base members so as to be adapted for installation on variously-pitched roofs, each base member also having outer edge portions defining a wall adapted for blocking wind from being blown into the vent and for causing airflow over the top of the vent to encourage airflow through the vent system. Vent member sections may be installed end-to-end to define an elongated airflow channel adapted for ventilating with or without assistance from the fans. | 03-28-2013 |
James D. Allen, Portland, OR US
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20090070562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING THREAD PRIORITY IN A PROCESSOR OR THE LIKE - In a multi-threaded processor, thread priority variables are set up in memory. The actual assignment of thread priority is based on the expiration of a thread precedence counter. To further augment, the effectiveness of the thread precedence counters, starting counters are associated with each thread that serve as a multiplier for the value to be used in the thread precedence counter. The value in the starting counters are manipulated so as to prevent one thread from getting undue priority to the resources of the multi-threaded processor. | 03-12-2009 |
20110113222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING THREAD PRIORITY IN A PROCESSOR OR THE LIKE - In a multi-threaded processor, thread priority variables are set up in memory. The actual assignment of thread priority is based on the expiration of a thread precedence counter. To further augment, the effectiveness of the thread precedence counters, starting counters are associated with each thread that serve as a multiplier for the value to be used in the thread precedence counter. The value in the starting counters are manipulated so as to prevent one thread from getting undue priority to the resources of the multi-threaded processor. | 05-12-2011 |
20110239221 | Method and Apparatus for Assigning Thread Priority in a Processor or the Like - In a multi-threaded processor, thread priority variables are set up in memory. The actual assignment of thread priority is based on the expiration of a thread precedence counter. To further augment, the effectiveness of the thread precedence counters, starting counters are associated with each thread that serve as a multiplier for the value to be used in the thread precedence counter. The value in the starting counters are manipulated so as to prevent one thread from getting undue priority to the resources of the multi-threaded processor. | 09-29-2011 |
James Peter Allen, Bend, OR US
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20110125184 | Intraoral acupressure apparatus - An intraoral acupressure apparatus made from a model conforming to a user's palate, wherein the apparatus is adapted to be removably retained adjacent to the palate in a predetermined position, relative to acupressure points located on the palate of the user. Various means for securing the apparatus adjacent to the user's palate can be used and the apparatus has one or more projections embedded into the apparatus and extending out from the apparatus into the user's palate at one or more of the acupressure points. These projections into the palate of the user create and stimulate the pressure points that influence corresponding specific body functions to be treated. | 05-26-2011 |
20120165862 | INTRAORAL ACUPRESSURE APPARATUS - An intraoral acupressure apparatus and method of treating a user are disclosed. The apparatus may include a base shaped to conform to a palate of a user, the base configured to be removably held adjacent to the palate in a predetermined position relative to acupressure points located on the user's palate. The apparatus may additionally include one or more projections extending out from the base and configured to contact one or more acupressure points of the user's palate when the apparatus is removably held in the predetermined position. The base may be configured to be removably held in the predetermined position without wire hooks or clasps. | 06-28-2012 |
20140350595 | INTRAORAL ACUPRESSURE APPARATUS - An intraoral acupressure apparatus and method of treating a user are disclosed. The apparatus may include a base shaped to conform to a palate of a user, the base configured to be removably held adjacent to the palate in a predetermined position relative to acupressure points located on the user's palate. The apparatus may additionally include one or more projections extending out from the base and configured to contact one or more acupressure points of the user's palate when the apparatus is removably held in the predetermined position. The base may be configured to be removably held in the predetermined position without wire hooks or clasps. | 11-27-2014 |
Jon Allen, Portland, OR US
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20100175302 | Recoil Mechanism and Device - A non-motorized waterfowl decoy device includes a recoil mechanism adapted for use in a front-facing position or a rear-facing position. The recoil mechanism includes a rotatable spindle having a long axis about four times greater than its diameter. The recoil mechanism further includes a elastic drive member adapted to slidably couple into a pair of corresponding slots on the spindle and engage a rear-support post having a u-shaped alignment channel. A pull cord attached to the spindle causes the spindle to rotate and coil the elastic drive member. Positioning the pull cord through a provided aperture on the rear guide-post enables reward-facing operation and, positioning the pull cord through a provided aperture on a front guide posts enables forward-facing operation. | 07-15-2010 |
Kathy Allen, Rogue River, OR US
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20130019484 | Extendable Comfort Razor - An extendable comfort razor comprising: an elongated body, where the elongated body extends the length of the extendable comfort razor; a handle at a top end of the elongated body, where the handle curves from the elongated body; a razor portion attached to a bottom end of the elongated body, where the razor portion slides in and out of the elongated body and where the razor portion receives a replacement cartridge; a set of adjustment notches along a middle portion of the elongated body; and a set of buttons along the razor portion wherein at least one of the buttons engage at least one of the adjustment notches to lock the elongated body at a desired length thereby allowing the replacement cartridge to reach a desired portion on a body of a user. | 01-24-2013 |
Robert D. Allen, Corvallis, OR US
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20130195796 | Inhibitors and Methods of Inhibiting Bacterial and Viral Pathogens - Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating viral and bacterial infections, by administering certain thiourea compounds, specifically acylthiourea, carboximidoylthiourea and S-alkyl isothiourea derivatives and analogs, in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
Roger L. Allen, Lake Oswego, OR US
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20120147027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING DATA COHERENCY IN A PARALLEL RENDERING SYSTEM - A method and system for improving data coherency in a parallel rendering system is disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for managing a plurality of independently processed texture streams in a parallel rendering system that includes the steps of maintaining a time stamp for a group of tiles of work that are associated with each of the plurality of the texture streams and are associated with a specified area in screen space, and utilizing the time stamps to counter divergences in the independent processing of the plurality of texture streams. | 06-14-2012 |
20140168231 | TRIGGERING PERFORMANCE EVENT CAPTURE VIA PIPELINED STATE BUNDLES - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for analyzing the performance of a graphics processing pipeline. A first workload and a second workload are combined together in a pipeline to generate a combined workload. The first workload is associated with a first instance and the second workload is associated with a second instance. A first and second initial event are generated for the combined workload, indicating that the first and second workloads have begun processing at a first position in the graphics processing pipeline. A first and second final event are generated, indicating that the first and second workloads have finished processing at a second position in the graphics processing pipeline. | 06-19-2014 |
Ron Allen, Bend, OR US
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20130196767 | GAME AIM ASSIST - Methods for game aim assist are provided. In electronic games, a game player may control the actions of a game character within a game environment. The game environment, which includes a focus area, may be displayed from a perspective of or with respect to a game character. During game play, one or more objects may be detected in the focus area. One of the objects may then be selected based on the distance between the object and the center of the focus area. The aim of the game character is then automatically adjusted toward the selected object, which allows the game player to direct an attack action on the object | 08-01-2013 |
Thomas L. Allen, Eugene, OR US
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20140071517 | Broadband optical upconversion by energy transfer from dye antenna to upconverting crystal - An optical upconverting nanomaterial includes a nanocrystal, a ligand layer directly bonded to the nanocrystal, and an optical antenna directly or indirectly bonded to the nanocrystal. The nanocrystal includes a transition metal-doped material exhibiting upconversion to optical wavelengths. The transition metal-doped material includes energy transfer facilitating transition metal dopants and (not necessarily distinct) emitter transition metal dopants, where an absorption spectrum of the energy transfer facilitating transition metal dopants overlaps with an emission spectrum of the optical antenna. The optical upconverting nanomaterial has at least one linear dimension (e.g., width or thickness) that is less than 150 nm in extent. | 03-13-2014 |
Wayne Allen, Beaverton, OR US
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20090327608 | Accelerated resume from hibernation in a cached disk system - Various embodiments of the invention use a non-volatile (NV) memory to store hiberfile data before entering a hibernate state, and retrieve the data upon resume from hibernation. Unlike conventional systems, the reserve space in the NV memory (i.e., the erased blocks available to be used while in the run-time mode) may be used to store hiberfile data. Further, a write-through cache policy may be used to assure that all of the hiberfile data saved in cache will also be stored on the disk drive during the hibernation, so that if the cache and the disk drive are separated during hibernation, the full correct hiberfile data will still be available for a resume operation. | 12-31-2009 |
Will Allen, Corvallis, OR US
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20090146982 | Lighting Calibration System and Method - A lighting calibration system for a video display environment includes a video display and a lighting sensor, fixedly positioned in the environment, and a lighting detection system, coupled to the lighting sensor and controllable from outside the environment. The lighting detection system is configured to receive positionally and temporally unique signals from the lighting sensor, and to provide an indication when lighting conditions in the environment differ from a selected lighting standard, based upon the signals. | 06-11-2009 |
William J. Allen, Corvallis, OR US
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20110109679 | PRINTING ORIFICE HEALTH DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110242576 | FULFILLMENT UTILIZING SELECTED NEGOTIATION ATTRIBUTES - In one embodiment, a fulfillment request is received. A solution set comprising a plurality of fulfillment solutions is determined. The solution set, including values for fulfillment solutions according to a plurality of negotiation attributes, is presented. Selection of a negotiation attribute to be prioritized is invited. The solution set is redetermined according to a selected negotiation attribute. A redetermined solution set is presented. The fulfillment request is fulfilled according to a solution selected from the redetermined solution set. | 10-06-2011 |
20130254020 | Systems and Methods for Push Based Advertisement Insertion - The present disclosure includes a system and method for push based advertisement insertion. In an example of push based advertisement insertion according to the present disclosure, content ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130254021 | Systems and Methods for Pull Based Advertisement Insertion - The present disclosure includes a system and method for pull based advertisement insertion. In an example of pull based advertisement insertion according to the present disclosure, content ( | 09-26-2013 |
20140233065 | Proofing of a Product Over a Network - A system for proofing a product over a network comprising a first computing device ( | 08-21-2014 |