Morgan, NC
Andrew Stacy Morgan, Stokesdale, NC US
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20100039302 | Correlation-based background calibration of pipelined converters with reduced power penalty - A device and method for correlation-based background calibration of pipelined converters with a reduced power penalty. A pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) utilizes a random or pseudorandom signal to reduce the quantization error of subconverting stages. Stages within the ADC comprise an injection circuit having a plurality of capacitive branches in parallel. Less than all of the branches can function during a given clock cycle of the ADC. This allows a subconverting stage within the ADC to be accurately trimmed before operation using a large amplitude signal. At the same time, the capability to inject smaller amplitude random or pseudorandom signals into the subconverting stage during operation is maintained, saving valuable dynamic range and power. The various capacitive branches are cycled through either randomly or in sequence such that the quantizer manifests the same average gain error over time for which the quantizer was initially trimmed. | 02-18-2010 |
20110210877 | CALIBRATION METHODS AND STRUCTURES FOR PIPELINED CONVERTER SYSTEMS - Calibration methods and structures are provided for pipelined analog-to-digital converter systems. They are arranged to process samples of the digital codes with an algorithm that is preferably configured to repeatedly update an estimate of the transfer function with the difference between one of the input signals and the analog equivalent of the corresponding digital code. The calibration methods and structures are further configured to calibrate the transfer function of the converter stage wherein the samples are selected in accordance with various steps. These steps can include the step of injecting dither signals into a flash portion and an MDAC portion of the converter stage to thereby maintain dynamic range. They can also include the step of limiting the samples to those processed through a selected subrange of the subranges. They can further include the step of limiting the samples to those in which the absolute value of the input signals is less that 0.25 of the selected subrange and the absolute value of the dither signals is less that 0.25 of the selected subrange. If the selected subrange is not a central subrange, the steps can further include the step of shifting the samples by a distance between the selected subrange and the central subrange. | 09-01-2011 |
Bradley N. Morgan, Arden, NC US
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20140109756 | Composite materials and methods for making same - A siliconized boron carbide composite material is made by infiltrating molten silicon metal into a porous mass including boron carbide. The porous mass contains little or no reactable carbon. The infiltration is designed and intended such that the infiltrant is substantially non-reactive with the constituents of the porous mass. The composite body so formed contains boron carbide and silicon metal, but substantially no silicon carbide formed in-situ from a reaction of the silicon metal with a carbon source. Such siliconized boron carbide composite materials have utility in armor applications. | 04-24-2014 |
Chris Morgan, Raleigh, NC US
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20150047058 | CERTIFICATE CHECKIN SERVICE - A method and system for a content provider to enable the consumption of content by properly entitled consumers (e.g., end-users, clients, customers) within a cloud provider network. A first certificate checkin service (CCS) executed by a processing device deployed in the cloud provider network receives a first set of usage data relating to content of a content provider consumed by a client of the cloud provider network. The first CCS provides the usage data to a communicatively coupled parent CCS. The first CCS provides the parent CCS with a request for entitlement data relating to the cloud provider, and stores the entitlement data received from the parent CCS. The entitlement data may be used by the first CCS to determine if the client is entitled to consume the content. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052216 | MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT CONSUMPTION DATA - Systems and methods for managing data reflecting digital content consumption by computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving a plurality of digital content consumption data objects, each digital content consumption data object comprising a timestamp and an identifier of a digital content item being consumed by the computer system at the moment of time defined by the timestamp; storing the plurality of digital content consumption data objects in a memory; receiving a request for digital content consumption information for a specified period of time; and retrieving from the memory two or more digital content consumption data objects having timestamps within the specified period of time. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052585 | Systems and Methods for Managing Digital Content Entitlements - Systems and methods for managing digital content entitlements in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processor, a request comprising an identity certificate and a digital content identifier; validating an entitlement of a requestor identified by the identity certificate to consume, over an entitlement period of time, the digital content identified by the digital content identifier; determining that a pre-defined authorization period of time does not exceed the entitlement period of time; and transmitting, to the requestor, a response comprising at least one of: a status code and a content certificate authorizing to consume the digital content for the pre-defined authorization period of time. | 02-19-2015 |
Christopher Edwin Morgan, Raleigh, NC US
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20120130873 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTI-CLOUD INCREMENTAL BILLING CAPTURE AND ADMINISTRATION - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating multi-cloud incremental billing capture and administration. A set of aggregate usage history data can store patterns for a user in a set of host clouds recording consumption of processor, memory, storage, operating system, or other resources subscribed to by the across the host clouds. The user can be a corporation or other collective user. An entitlement engine can access a set of subscription parameters and analyze the set of aggregate usage history data based on deviation from consumption limits or other subscription parameters. When resource limits (e.g. operating system instances) are exceeded in a host cloud, the entitlement engine can determine which resource was exceeded, and in which host cloud it was exceeded. incremental billing for those events can be generated by the entitlement engine, and transmitted to the user via the host cloud and/or resource provider for presentation, collection, and reconciliation. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIBED RESOURCE LIMITS IN CLOUD NETWORK USING VARIABLE OR INSTANTANEOUS CONSUMPTION TRACKING PERIODS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing subscribed resource limits in a cloud network using variable or instantaneous consumption tracking periods. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, memory, software, or other resources subscribed to by a user across multiple host clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting under or over-consumption of cloud resources against subscription limits across multiple clouds. The entitlement engine can by default track the short-term subscription margin for one or multiple resources each hour of a day, and/or over other intervals. The entitlement engine can also generate a set of variable consumption periods over which to track the user's resource consumption, based on trends or conditions demonstrated in that consumption pattern. In aspects, consumption can be metered on smaller intervals when the consumption rate is rapidly changing. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131195 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING MARGINAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFSETS IN SET OF MULTIPLE HOST CLOUDS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for aggregating marginal subscription offsets in a set of multiple host clouds. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, memory, operating system, or other resources subscribed to by a user across multiple host clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the aggregate usage history data to identify a short-term subscription margin for one or more subscribed resources, such as processor throughput, operating system instances, or other resources reflecting the under or over-consumption of a cloud resource against subscription limits on an hourly or other basis across multiple clouds. The entitlement engine can track the short-term subscription margin for one or multiple resources each hour of a day, and/or over other intervals, and determine the positive or negative subscription offset cost for each interval. The offsets can be combined to generate a net or aggregate subscription offset cost, or to provide other subscription adjustments. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE SUBSCRIPTION PARAMETERS FOR TEMPORARY MIGRATION OF PREDICTIVE USER WORKLOADS IN CLOUD NETWORK - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating dynamically configurable subscription parameters for the temporary migration of predictive user workloads in a cloud network. Aspects relate to platforms and techniques for analyzing overnight or other off-peak or temporary deployments of user workloads to underutilized host clouds. A cloud management system can capture usage history data for a user operating in a default deployment, such as a premise/cloud mix. A deployment engine can determine the resources required for the user's workload pattern, and examine corresponding resources available in a set of other geographically-dispersed host clouds. The host clouds can comprise clouds based in different time zones, so that cloud capacity during U.S. West Coast evening time or European overnight hours can be packaged and offered to U.S. East Coast users at reduced rates. The deployment engine can generate different sets of dynamic subscription terms or parameters to be offered to the user, such as different costs or service levels at staggered off-peak periods. | 05-24-2012 |
20120221454 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MARKETPLACE BROKERAGE EXCHANGE OF EXCESS SUBSCRIBED RESOURCES USING DYNAMIC SUBSCRIPTION PERIODS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating a marketplace brokerage exchange of excess subscribed resources using dynamic subscription periods. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by a set of users, in one cloud or across multiple clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting collective under-consumption of resources by the set of users on a collective basis, over different and/or dynamically updated subscription periods. In aspects, the set of estimated resource contributions of different users can be aggregated over one or more dynamic resource contribution intervals to generated a bundled brokerage resource tender, in which the processor, operating system, and/or other resources of multiple users are combined to be offered to a cloud marketplace for one or more contribution interval. The bundled resource offer can be structured to contain at least a threshold amount of resources over a minimum or other defined contribution interval, after which resources are released back to the contributing users. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OPTIMIZED RESOURCE CONSUMPTION PERIODS FOR MULTIPLE USERS ON COMBINED BASIS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating optimized resource consumption periods for multiple users on a combined basis. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by a set of users, in one cloud or across multiple clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting collective under/over-consumption of cloud resources by the users against subscription limits. The entitlement engine can track the short-term subscription margin for one or multiple resources over hours of a day, or over other intervals. The entitlement engine can thereby generate a set of variable or dynamic consumption periods over which to track the resource consumption, based on trends or conditions demonstrated in that consumption pattern by the set of users on a combined basis. Combined consumption can be metered on smaller, larger, and/or more rapidly changing intervals when the collective consumption rate is rapidly changing. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METERING CLOUD RESOURCE CONSUMPTION USING MULTIPLE HIERARCHICAL SUBSCRIPTION PERIODS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for metering cloud resource consumption using multiple hierarchical subscription periods. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by a set of users, in one cloud or across multiple clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting collective under-consumption of resources by the set of users on a collective basis, over different and/or dynamically updated subscription periods. In aspects, the entitlement engine or other logic can generate multiple hierarchical time periods or layers over which resource consumption can be tracked. For instance, processor usage can be tracked over blocks of two hours or other intervals, but can also be tracked over 24 hour intervals for which additional subscription costs, terms, or factors may apply. In aspects, the consumption of not just one but multiple resources can be tracked over the hierarchical time periods, with cost adjustments being keyed to joint consumption levels of those resources, and/or over different time periods or layers. | 09-06-2012 |
20120304170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTROSPECTIVE APPLICATION REPORTING TO FACILITATE VIRTUAL MACHINE MOVEMENT BETWEEN CLOUD HOSTS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for introspective application reporting to facilitate virtual machine movement between cloud hosts. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by one or more users in a or clouds. A cloud management system can host a cloud-based operating system which can support a set of virtual machines via a set of guest operating systems that are virtualized in the operating system. One or more of the virtual machines can be configured with an introspection daemon which is configured to inspect the application set and configuration state of the associated virtual machine. The introspection daemon can generate an introspection report containing application inventories, execution states, and other information and transmit that report to the kernel of the cloud-based operating system. The kernel can receive that report and generate a set of migratable virtual machine images via a virtual machine image manager or other logic. Migrations of the encoded virtual machines and/or applications can be initiated at kernel level. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOUD DEPLOYMENT ENGINE FOR SELECTIVE WORKLOAD MIGRATION OR FEDERATION BASED ON WORKLOAD CONDITIONS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a cloud deployment engine for selective workload migration or federation based on workload conditions. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by one or more users in a or clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin and other trends or data reflecting short-term consumption trends. An associated deployment engine can analyze the short-term consumption trends, and generate a decision to either deploy any over-subscribed resources to a set of federated backup clouds, or to one or more new host clouds. In aspects, the decision to augment the capacity of the host cloud with either a cloud federation or a complete host cloud replacement can be based on a set of selection criteria, including the margin by which the resources are over-subscribed and/or whether the over-subscription is static, increasing or accelerating, among others. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311106 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-MOVING OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORK - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a self-moving operating system installation in cloud-based network. A guest operating system can be instantiated in a cloud-based host environment to support a set of virtual machines. The operating system can be configured with resources in the kernel to detect and manage the identity of the cloud in which the operating system is installed, as well as to interrogate potentially new target host clouds to determine the configuration settings required to move or copy the guest operating system to that target. The resulting mobility of the guest operating system affords the ability to be self-moving, and an administrator or other user can simply specify a desired target cloud to host the operating system without a need to manually configure APIs or other resources. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION EVENTS OVER SLIDING INTERVALS IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORK - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for detecting resource consumption events over sliding intervals in cloud-based network. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by a set of users, in one cloud or across multiple clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin for the subscribed resources, reflecting collective under-consumption of resources by the set of users on a collective basis, over different and/or dynamically updated subscription periods. In aspects, an associated scheduling engine can. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING WORKLOAD MOVEMENT BASED ON POLICY STACK HAVING MULTIPLE SELECTABLE INPUTS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for triggering workload movement based on a policy stack having multiple selectable inputs. A set of aggregate usage history data can record consumption of processor, software, or other resources subscribed to by one or more users in a or clouds. An entitlement engine can analyze the usage history data to identify a subscription margin and other trends or data reflecting short-term consumption trends. An associated policy management tool can receive, build, and update a migration policy stack containing a set of configurable policies that can be applied to the conditions of the workload to determine whether, when, and where to migrate the workload or portions thereof to a new cloud host or hosts. In aspects, the policy stack can include user-selectable policy parameters, such as resource consumption thresholds and/or subscription time periods, which can dynamically vary and/or which can be expressed as functions of other policies or resource-consumption variables. In aspects, the policy stack can have different depths and different individual policies at different times and/or under different operating conditions. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING CLOUD INSTALLATION INFORMATION USING CLOUD-AWARE KERNEL OF OPERATING SYSTEM - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for tracking cloud installation information using a cloud-aware kernel of operating system. A guest operating system can be hosted in a cloud-based network which to support a set of virtual machines operating in that set of host clouds. The guest operating system can be configured with resources in the kernel to detect and manage the identity of the cloud in which the operating system is installed, as well as the duration of operation of the operating system and potentially, usage and other details of the set of virtual machines and their associated guest operating systems. Because the cloud identification and other data capture occurs directly in a cloud-aware kernel of the guest operating system, security and responsiveness are enhanced. The resulting set of kernel hosting data can be securely exported to a metering system or other platform for billing or other purposes. | 12-06-2012 |
20140325061 | DETECTING RESOURCE CONSUMPTION EVENTS OVER SLIDING INTERVALS IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORK - A processor accesses usage history data, which includes subscription events for a virtual machine, and generates translatable time periods to which the subscription events can be assigned. Each of the translatable time periods is temporally shifted and each of the subscription events is assigned to one or more translatable time periods. The processor generates translation outcomes for a user of the virtual machine for the translatable time periods in view of assigned subscription events. The translation outcomes include an identified change in subscription costs of the user over the translatable time periods. The processor identifies a translated base period from the translatable time periods for which the subscription parameters will be applied to the usage history data in view of applying selection criteria to the translation outcomes and tracks resource usage of the user in view of the identified translated base period to determine an alternate set of subscription costs. | 10-30-2014 |
20150160936 | SELF-MOVING OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORK - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a self-moving operating system installation in cloud-based network. A guest operating system can be instantiated in a cloud-based host environment to support a set of virtual machines. The operating system can be configured with resources in the kernel to detect and manage the identity of the cloud in which the operating system is installed, as well as to interrogate potentially new target host clouds to determine the configuration settings required to move or copy the guest operating system to that target. The resulting mobility of the guest operating system affords the ability to be self-moving, and an administrator or other user can simply specify a desired target cloud to host the operating system without a need to manually configure APIs or other resources. | 06-11-2015 |
20150249707 | TRIGGERING WORKLOAD MOVEMENT BASED ON POLICY STACK HAVING MULTIPLE SELECTABLE INPUTS - A policy management tool can access a set of usage history data for a set of resources consumed by the workload and generate a migration policy stack in view of a set of user-selected policy parameters, wherein the set of user-selected policy parameters comprises a set of multiple selectable inputs, and the migration policy stack comprises a set of one or more migration policies. The policy management tool can evaluate the set of one or more workload migration policies in view of the set of usage history data to configure a migration of the workload, and schedule the migration of the workload in view of the evaluating. | 09-03-2015 |
Christopher James Morgan, Fayetteville, NC US
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20140317992 | HOVERING FISHING LURE ASSEMBLY - The present invention is a fishing look delivery device for attaching a fishing lure and allowing it to hover above the water such as a dragonfly or other insect would hover over a body of water. A flotation body with a steel or carbon fiber wire attached flexible enough for the wire to sway but not dip into the water from the weight of the lure. | 10-30-2014 |
20150373959 | HOVERING FISHING LURE ASSEMBLY - The present invention is a fishing hook delivery device for attaching a fishing lure and allowing it to hover above the water such as a dragonfly or other insect would hover over a body of water. A flotation body with a steel or carbon fiber wire attached flexible enough for the wire to sway but not dip into the water from the weight of the lure. | 12-31-2015 |
David R. Morgan, Raleigh, NC US
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20110295517 | NMR ANALYZERS FOR CLINICAL EVALUATION OF BIOSAMPLES - The clinical analyzers automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges. The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers located at different use sites. | 12-01-2011 |
20130002250 | QUANTITATIVE NMR CLINICAL ANALYZERS WITH AUTOMATIC NMR TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY COMPENSATION THAT ACCOMMODATE LARGE AMBIENT OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE RANGES - NMR analyzers and associated methods, circuits and computer program products that allow NMR operation in fluctuating ambient temperature environments of at least +/−5 degrees F. in a relatively large operating temperature range, typically between about 60-85 degrees F.) with the ability to still generate accurate quantitative measurements using an electronically applied temperature sensitivity adjustment based on an a priori model of temperature sensitivity and a detected temperature proximate the NMR signal acquisition (e.g., scan). The clinical NMR analyzers can be remotely accessed to evaluate linearity and temperature compensation adjustments. | 01-03-2013 |
20140184223 | NMR ANALYZERS FOR CLINICAL EVALUATION OF BIOSAMPLES - The clinical analyzers automatically electronically monitor selected parameters and automatically electronically adjust parameters to maintain the analyzer within desired operational ranges. The clinical NMR analyzers can be configured as a networked system with a plurality of clinical NMR analyzers located at different use sites. | 07-03-2014 |
Douglas R. Morgan, Chapil Hill, NC US
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20090216079 | Capsule Imaging Devices, Systems and Methods for in Vivo Imaging Applications - Novel capsule imaging devices, systems and methods are provided for in vivo imaging applications, such as for gastrointestinal applications. A swallowable video imaging device, such as a capsule, can be used with a light filter for in vivo illumination of a target tissue that has absorbed a previously administered biological probe. The target tissue can be distinguished in images transmitted from the video imaging device. Quantification of the signal intensity of fluorescence can be used to assess how progressed the target tissue may be. The target tissue can be therapeutically treated to shrink or kill the target tissue. | 08-27-2009 |
Eli Morgan, Asheville, NC US
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20150098750 | HEAT ISOLATING ACTUATOR LINKAGE - A heat isolating actuator linkage ( | 04-09-2015 |
Elias Morgan, Leicester, NC US
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20160123334 | VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER VANE PACK RETAINER - A variable turbine geometry turbine turbocharger ( | 05-05-2016 |
Eric M. Morgan, Apex, NC US
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20080292246 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER WITH CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION METHOD - A plug-type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and an aligning sleeve member. The aligning sleeve member receives a portion of the ferrule including an abutting end face inside a bore to prevent staining and damage and uses a movable shutter to prevent light emitted through the ferrule from leaking to the outside. The socket type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and a holding section. The optical connector is not provided with an aligning sleeve member and further can hold a coated optical fiber by a holding section behind the ferrule by a radius of curvature of at least a prescribed minimum radius of curvature. Optical loss in the coated optical fiber can be reduced while effectively reducing the external dimensions in the direction of extension of the ferrule at the time of use. An optical fiber connecting device that includes a combination of a pair of optical connectors is also provided to be suitably applied to an optical transmission line laid indoors. | 11-27-2008 |
20090080839 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER WITH CONNECTOR, OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION METHOD - A plug-type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and an aligning sleeve member. The aligning sleeve member receives a portion of the ferrule including an abutting end face inside a bore to prevent staining and damage and uses a movable shutter to prevent light emitted through the ferrule from leaking to the outside. The socket type optical connector is provided with a ferrule and a holding section. The optical connector is not provided with an aligning sleeve member and further can hold a coated optical fiber by a holding section behind the ferrule by a radius of curvature of at least a prescribed minimum radius of curvature. Optical loss in the coated optical fiber can be reduced while effectively reducing the external dimensions in the direction of extension of the ferrule at the time of use. An optical fiber connecting device that includes a combination of a pair of optical connectors is also provided to be suitably applied to an optical transmission line laid indoors. | 03-26-2009 |
Gregory Paul Morgan, Ashevillle, NC US
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20100204960 | REMOTE FAULT DETECTION AND CONDITION MONITORING - Remote fault detection and condition monitoring may be provided. First, at least one electrical characteristic of at least one monitored device at a first location may be measured. Next, it may be determined whether the at least one measured electrical characteristic of the at least one device indicates that at least one alarm condition has been triggered. Then, in response to determining that the at least one measured electrical characteristic of the at least one device indicates that at least one alarm condition has been triggered, at least one alert associated with the at least one alarm condition may be provided. | 08-12-2010 |
Harry Gene Morgan, Davidson, NC US
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20150190683 | GOLF BALL PICKER - The present invention provides a device for collecting golf balls from practice areas while the device is making tight turns. The device includes a vehicle such as a golf cart, tractor, or lawn mower. A collecting gang is attached to the vehicle in such a manner that the collecting gang can pivot 180 degrees around an axis. The vehicle is configured for tight turns and the collecting gang is configured to self-orient such that golf balls are collected when the gang travels in any direction. Thus the present invention provides a device for collecting golf balls that can pick up golf balls while making a zero radius turn, moving forward, and moving in reverse. | 07-09-2015 |
Janet Mackey Morgan, Charlotte, NC US
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20120109701 | Fulfillment Workflow Optimization - A system and method for an optimization of fulfillment workflow is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a request to be fulfilled from a client. The method may also include determining one or more item attributes associated with the request. The method may additionally include generating a batch of work units related to the request based at least in part on the one or more item attributes. The method may further include selecting an agent from a plurality of agents to process the batch. Moreover, the method may include transmitting the batch to the agent. | 05-03-2012 |
Jeffery Morgan, High Point, NC US
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20110005032 | DAMPING MECHANISM FOR CABINET HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly is provided to mount a door to a housing, and includes a housing fixation section ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110094055 | UNIVERSAL DAMPING MECHANISM - A universal damping mechanism is provided, including a housing having a mounting surface for fixing the housing to an appropriate furniture or fixture surface. The mounting surface includes a bottom surface of a box-shaped portion of the housing, which further includes a pair of laterally opposed side surfaces extending upwardly from the bottom surface. Each lateral side surface includes a recessed portion defining a first opening of an angled hole communicating with a second opening of the angled hole provided in the bottom surface proximate a central portion thereof. A shock absorber subassembly is slidably positioned within a shock absorber receiving portion of the housing and has a first end extending from a first end of the housing, and an adjustment mechanism is coupled to a second end of the housing and adjustably engaged with a second end of the shock absorber subassembly within the shock absorber receiving portion. | 04-28-2011 |
20110115353 | CONTROL MECHANISM FOR DRAWER SLIDE ASSEMBLY - A drawer slide assembly control mechanism including a cabinet rail and a drawer rail is provided, the control mechanism including a drawer latch bracket associated with one of the drawer and the drawer rail and having an engagement tab extending outwardly therefrom, and a shock-absorbing sub-assembly. The shock-absorbing sub-assembly includes an elongate bracket member associated with the cabinet rail and capable of limited linear movement along a portion of the cabinet rail, a movable latch associated with the elongate bracket member and cooperating with the engagement tab of the drawer latch so as to move in concert with movement of the drawer rail over at least a portion of a length of the drawer rail, and a shock absorber associated with the elongate bracket member and cooperating with the movable latch for damping movement of the movable latch at least during a closing stroke of the drawer rail. | 05-19-2011 |
Jonathan Keith Morgan, Durham, NC US
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20090162024 | Intra-Media Demarcation - The invention provides a mechanism to allow users to demarcate a section of a media's timeline at the desire of the user. The system takes an existing media recording (examples include but are not limited to video and audio), obtained through various mechanisms, and allows the user to mark one or more sections of the media's timeline for later reference. The highlighted section data will be stored in such a fashion that the author of the highlights as well as other users may view the highlighted sections of the media while still retaining the ability to experience the media in its entirety. The demarcation data, relating the media to the author of the demarcation, and the demarcation data itself can be stored as meta-data related to the media to be later merged with the media at the time of playback to create the new function of media plus demarcations to be viewed at that time. The enhanced player provides the mechanism to create the demarcations in the first instance, but to replay the combined media (still retaining its original length and form) with the demarcated areas. The original media, therefore, is not modified based on the creation of the demarcated timeline showing portions of the media with elevated importance. | 06-25-2009 |
Judge W. Morgan, Oakboro, NC US
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20160001111 | Reconfigurable Full Facemask having a Cartridge Module for Respiratory Protection - Full facemask including a face seal configured to directly engage a face of an individual. The face seal defines a lens opening. The full facemask also includes a mask lens that is coupled to the face seal and disposed within the lens opening. The mask lens has a passage edge that defines a cartridge passage through the mask lens. The full facemask also includes a cartridge module having at least one of a filter or an air regulator. The cartridge module is disposed within the cartridge passage and circumscribed by the passage edge of the mask lens. The full facemask also includes a locking member that includes a first member surface that directly engages the mask lens and a second member surface that directly engages the cartridge module. The locking member secures the mask lens and the cartridge module in fixed positions with respect to each other. | 01-07-2016 |
Matthew D. Morgan, Cary, NC US
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20140244298 | ELECTRONIC ROOM SIGN FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - An electronic room sign system is provided for use in a healthcare information technology system that includes an electronic medical records (EMR) system and a real time locating system (RTLS). The electronic room sign system includes a display mounted adjacent a doorway of a room of a patient and a server signaling the display to display information based on information received by the server from the EMR system and from the RTLS. | 08-28-2014 |
Philip F. Morgan, Cary, NC US
Rick Morgan, Raleigh, NC US
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20150130103 | METHOD OF MAKING A MANIKIN WITH AN EMBEDDED STAND COMPONENT - A method of making a foam manikin with a stand is provided. The method includes sculpting a sculpture of the manikin and forming the sculpture around a mating portion. Then a mold is formed using the sculpture. The mold may include an opening that is formed around the mating portion. The mold may be made in a plurality of pieces and may be taken apart and put back together. To form the manikin, the mold is secured around the mating portion and the mold is filled with a foam. Once filled with foam, the manikin is formed with at least a portion of the mating portion embedded within. The mating portion may be releasably attached to a stand so that the manikin may stand in an upright position. | 05-14-2015 |
Robert A. Morgan, Apex, NC US
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20090043810 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BUILDING HIERARCHIES - In general, the present invention allows one to define both a hierarchy with one or more peers and no parents (e.g., one or more blades and no chassis) and a hierarchy with one or more peers and a parent (e.g., one or more blades and a chassis) as long as the relationships are valid. Rather than relying on a user's a priori knowledge of the hierarchical relationships, this invention allows a user to select any starting point and then drive in any desired direction. Despite this flexibility, the invention still allows rules for permissible relationships to be enforced. Thus, driving is limited by the relationships extant in the underlying data, or the known combining rules. | 02-12-2009 |
20090307352 | Requester-Side Autonomic Governor - A requester-side autonomic governor is provided for a requester configured to send service requests to a service provider. For example, the requester and service provider may be disposed in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) architected system. A feedback loop, preferably a monitor portion of a Monitor, Analyze, Plan, and Execute (MAPE) loop, is configured to monitor responses to service requests. An autonomic governor mechanism limits the type and/or number of concurrent service requests according to a resource pool scheme, and dynamically adjusts a resource threshold of the resource pool scheme based on information provided by the feedback loop. In one embodiment, the resource threshold is reduced if more than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs, and is increased if more than a predetermined number of service requests are being held awaiting available pool resources and less than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs. | 12-10-2009 |
20090307353 | Requester-Side Autonomic Governor Method - A requester-side autonomic governor is provided for a requester configured to send service requests to a service provider. For example, the requester and service provider may be disposed in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) architected system. A feedback loop, preferably a monitor portion of a Monitor, Analyze, Plan, and Execute (MAPE) loop, is configured to monitor responses to service requests. An autonomic governor mechanism limits the type and/or number of concurrent service requests according to a resource pool scheme, and dynamically adjusts a resource threshold of the resource pool scheme based on information provided by the feedback loop. In one embodiment, the resource threshold is reduced if more than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs, and is increased if more than a predetermined number of service requests are being held awaiting available pool resources and less than a predetermined number of service requests generated time-outs. | 12-10-2009 |
Robert M. Morgan, Durham, NC US
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20140289572 | Dynamically Altering Error Logging Activities In A Computing System - Dynamically altering error logging activities in a computing system, including: receiving, by an error logging manager, historical error resolution data; identifying, by the error logging manager in dependence upon the historical error resolution data, a plurality of computing components associated with each error contained in the historical error resolution data; and associating, by the error logging manager in a related component repository, an identification of each of the plurality of computing components associated with each error and an identification of the error. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289573 | Dynamically Altering Error Logging Activities In A Computing System - Dynamically altering error logging activities in a computing system, including: receiving, by an error logging manager, historical error resolution data; identifying, by the error logging manager in dependence upon the historical error resolution data, a plurality of computing components associated with each error contained in the historical error resolution data; and associating, by the error logging manager in a related component repository, an identification of each of the plurality of computing components associated with each error and an identification of the error. | 09-25-2014 |
Robert M. Morgan, Raleigh, NC US
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20100192205 | PREVENTING INADVERTENT LOCK-OUT DURING PASSWORD ENTRY DIALOG - One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for providing controlled access to electronic content. A password is associated with electronic content, such as by password-protecting an electronic file that contains the electronic content. At least one password attempt is received in an effort to access the electronic content. Each password attempt is compared to the password at a selected subset of “trap” character positions. Up to a threshold number of password entries is allowed that have incorrect characters at any of the trap character positions. A greater number or even an unlimited number of incorrect password entries are allowed having incorrect characters at non-trap character positions. Access to the electronic content is allowed only if one of the password entries exactly matches the password. | 07-29-2010 |
20120246708 | PREVENTING INADVERTENT LOCK-OUT DURING PASSWORD ENTRY DIALOG - One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for providing controlled access to electronic content. A password is associated with electronic content, such as by password-protecting an electronic file that contains the electronic content. At least one password attempt is received in an effort to access the electronic content. Each password attempt is compared to the password at a selected subset of “trap” character positions. Up to a threshold number of password entries is allowed that have incorrect characters at any of the trap character positions. A greater number or even an unlimited number of incorrect password entries are allowed having incorrect characters at non-trap character positions. Access to the electronic content is allowed only if one of the password entries exactly matches the password. | 09-27-2012 |
Tim Morgan, Clemmons, NC US
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20130324831 | NON-INVASIVE IMAGING FOR DETERMINATION OF GLOBAL TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS - Evaluating tissue characteristics including identification of injured tissue or alteration of the ratios of native tissue components such as shifting the amounts of normal myocytes and fibrotic tissue in the heart, identifying increases in the amount of extracellular components or fluid (like edema or extracellular matrix proteins), or detecting infiltration of tumor cells or mediators of inflammation into the tissue of interest in a patient, such as a human being, is provided by obtaining a first image of tissue including a region of interest from a first acquisition, and obtaining a second image of the tissue including the region of interest during a second, subsequent acquisition. The subsequent acquisition may be obtained after a period of time to determine if injury has occurred during that period of time. Such a comparison may include comparison of mean, average characteristics, histogram shape, such as skew and kurtosis, or distribution of intensities within the histogram. | 12-05-2013 |
Todd M. Morgan, Kernersville, NC US
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20120180224 | MATTRESS CONSTRUCTIONS WITH DENSIFIED FIBER COMPONENTS - Densified fiber structures are incorporated into mattress constructions and bedding Applications. In one embodiment, a mattress innerspring is combined with one or more densified fiber structures which fit with the innerspring and with other components of the mattress. An innerspring perimeter support made of densified fiber may encase the outer perimeter of the innerspring and provide structural side walls to the mattress. In another embodiment and application, the inner cavity of one or more coils of a mattress innerspring may be substantially filled with densified fiber. In yet another embodiment, the general space between the coils of the innerspring may be filled with densified fiber. In still another embodiment, a combination of densified fiber supports may be included in one mattress innerspring assembly, such as, for example, a densified fiber perimeter support with densified fiber filled innerspring coils, or a densified fiber perimeter support with densified fiber filled in the general space between the coils of the innerspring, or a densified fiber filled innerspring coils densified fiber in the general space between each innerspring coil. Additional densified fiber components for use in a mattress innerspring include an innerspring corner coil reinforcement member which is made of densified fiber and which fits around the coils located at each of the four corners of the innerspring. | 07-19-2012 |
20120187012 | MATTRESS PACKAGE - A mattress package having a barrier layer which encapsulates the entire mattress, two skid pads which cover and protect the top and bottom portion of the mattress, and two side trays which cover and protect the left and right sides of the mattress. The side trays cover a portion of the skid pads and the entire assembly is banded by two or more securing bands. Two or more handles are positioned on the front and back surfaces of the side trays on both the left and right sides. The handles provide grips for the mattress package to facilitate handling. The mattress package provides sufficient strength and protection to the mattress while utilizing a minimal amount of packaging materials. | 07-26-2012 |
20140033441 | AIR CONDITIONED MATTRESSES - Air conditioned mattresses have a core and at least one encasement configured to receive a conditioned flow of air into the encasement and to allow conditioned air to flow out of the encasement to a sleep surface of the mattress. Additional conditioned air conducting layers are provided in combination with the encasement. | 02-06-2014 |
20150183567 | MATTRESS PACKAGE - A mattress package having a barrier layer which encapsulates the entire mattress, two skid pads which cover and protect the top and bottom portion of the mattress, and two side trays which cover and protect the left and right sides of the mattress. The side trays cover a portion of the skid pads and the entire assembly is banded by two or more securing bands. Two or more handles are positioned on the front and back surfaces of the side trays on both the left and right sides. The handles provide grips for the mattress package to facilitate handling. The mattress package provides sufficient strength and protection to the mattress while utilizing a minimal amount of packaging materials. | 07-02-2015 |
Wendell L. Morgan, Hampstead, NC US
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20140239595 | DURABLE BALLISTICS TARGET - A target apparatus comprises a plurality of cables and a rigid frame wherein each cable is attached to the rigid frame at least one end of the cable. The plurality of cables is attached to the frame in staggered orientation to one another, and each of the plurality of cables is interchangeable with any other cable of congruent dimension. The plurality of cables is attached to the frame in zigzag orientation to one another. The impact of bullets, mortars, and varying other ammunition rounds upon the plurality of cables is dampened in the loose hanging cables, thereby resulting in a less violent blow to the overall target apparatus. The target apparatus is capable of multiple uses before total destruction of the target apparatus. | 08-28-2014 |
Wesley Allen Morgan, New London, NC US
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20150272009 | Baling Press for Cotton Gin Trash and Other Biomass Feedstock and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention generally relates to a baling press for baling cotton gin trash and other particulate biomass feedstock. The baling press generally comprises an infeed chute assembly, a compression ram assembly, an extrusion chamber assembly, a strapping storage and dispensing assembly, and a strapping insertion assembly. The present invention also relates to methods of producing a bale with the baling press and a bale generated by said baling press and described methods. | 10-01-2015 |