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David S. Laker US
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20120160336 | Devices and Methods for Varying the Geometry and Volume of Fluid Circuits - A device and method for varying the pressure in a fluid circuit through altering the geometry and volume of the fluid circuit to equalize the pressure differential across components in the circuit such as valves to facilitate the operation of the valve or other components within the fluid circuit. An expandable/retractable mechanism may be in communication with a pressure vessel in the fluid circuit, and may be operable to vary the interior geometry, and consequently the volume, of the vessel to cause a pressure increase or decrease in the vessel, thereby equalizing pressure across a valve on the vessel and facilitating operation of the valve. | 06-28-2012 |
David Shipway Laker, Milford, NH US
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20100301252 | Universal Valve System - The universal valve disclosed herein operates as both an actuated and non-actuated valve embodiment, both of which are assembled using a common universal valve body. When functioning in the actuated valve embodiment, the invention includes components which open a small orifice to provide pressurization or de-pressurization before the disk is lifted off the seat and the poppet valve is opened. | 12-02-2010 |
Freddie Laker, Ft. Lauderdale, FL US
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20140195240 | VISUAL CONTENT FEED PRESENTATION - A method, system, and computer program product for a visual content feed presentation. The method includes receiving different streams of content from different sources of the streams, characterizing the content in each of the different streams, and determining based upon the characterization of the content of each of the streams, a visual arrangement of the content for presentation in a graphical user interface (GUI). The method further includes presenting the content in the determined visual arrangement in the GUI and text to speech (TTS) converting content in one of the streams and playing back the TTS converted content in synchronization with a display of an avatar in the GUI. | 07-10-2014 |
Mark S. Laker, Hampshire GB
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20090327368 | Dynamic Write Balancing in a Data Storage System - Available storage locations are identified by searching through a free blocks object non-sequentially. The free blocks object may be logically divided into sections, and the sections may be searched non-sequentially. Each section may be logically divided into a number of sub-sections, and the sub-sections of the various sections may be searched non-sequentially. A new section may be added to the free blocks object, and the added section may be searched until a predetermined threshold or condition is reached, at which point non-sequential searching may begin or resume. | 12-31-2009 |
Mark Stephen Laker, Eastleigh, Hampshire GB
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20150370823 | Method and Apparatus to Enable Finer-Grained, Scalable Allocation of Storage in a Data Storage System - In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of expanding storage for filesystems in a fine-grained, scalable manner. The method includes determining, by a file server, a run bias for a span, wherein the run bias indicates a number of contiguous chunks of memory associated with an entry in an address translation table for a filesystem. The method includes receiving, by the file server, a request for an expansion of memory for the filesystem. The method includes scoring, by the chunk allocator, each stripe set in a group of stripe sets based at least in part on a number of unused chunks on the stripeset and a number of chunks on the stripeset being used by the filesystem. The method includes allocating, by the chunk allocator, a chunk on the stripeset with the highest score, wherein the allocated chunk lies outside of runs reserved for other filesystems. | 12-24-2015 |
Mark Stephen Laker, Eastleigh GB
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20090100222 | System, Device, and Method for Detecting and Configuring Mirror Relationships in a Storage System - Mirror relationships between system drives may be detected and/or configured automatically by writing a predetermined data pattern to a predetermined location within a system drive and then checking one or more other system drives for a mirrored copy of the same data pattern. If the data pattern is found in another SD, then it can be assumed that there is a mirror relationship between the two SDs. Failure to find the data pattern in another SD, or finding the data pattern in multiple other SDs, may indicate an error condition. Once mirror relationships are discovered, the mirror relationships can be configured into the file server automatically so that the engineer does not have to manually configure the mirror relationships. The same mechanism can be used to check mirror relationships from time to time, for example, to detect possible problems with the RAID system. | 04-16-2009 |
Matthew B. Laker, West Valley City, UT US
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20110120639 | EFFICIENT LAMINATION PRESS WITH RADIANT HEATING - An efficient lamination presses can rapidly heat and precisely control the temperature of a laminate assembly to create final products with excellent structural and aesthetic properties. Specifically, an efficient lamination press can include a radiant heating assembly. The radiant heating assemblies can uniformly heat one or more platens using radiation. The platens in turn can comprise material having a high thermal conductivity, which can allow them to quickly transfer heat to a laminate assembly. The platens can further comprise one or more fluid channels that enable rapid cooling. The rapid heating and cooling capability can enable fast processing times for laminate panels at much lower energy levels than with conventional presses. | 05-26-2011 |
20110120640 | EFFICIENT LAMINATION PRESS WITH FLEXIBLE PLATENS - An efficient lamination presses can rapidly provide both heating and cooling, as well as pressure to resin sheets to create a laminate end-product. Specifically, an efficient lamination press can comprise one or more components and apparatus that can apply uniform fluid pressure across one or more platens. The one or more platens, in turn, can flex about one or more contours in a layup assembly. For example, an exemplary platen can comprise a plurality of coupled platen extensions, which can flex or otherwise adjust about each other to help create flexibility in the platen, and thus, uniform pressure across a laminate assembly. | 05-26-2011 |
20130032290 | EFFICIENT LAMINATION PRESS WITH THIN FLEXIBLE PLATENS - Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for applying heat and pressure to a laminate assembly and to form a unitary product therefrom with increased processing efficiency. One implementation includes an apparatus that can decrease processing time by directly heating and cooling platens that press the laminate assembly. Additionally, the lamination press can allow the platens to flex about the laminate assembly, thereby applying substantially uniform pressure to the laminate assembly. | 02-07-2013 |
20150217551 | EFFICIENT LAMINATION PRESS WITH THIN FLEXIBLE PLATENS - Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for applying heat and pressure to a laminate assembly and to form a unitary product therefrom with increased processing efficiency. One implementation includes an apparatus that can decrease processing time by directly heating and cooling platens that press the laminate assembly. Additionally, the lamination press can allow the platens to flex about the laminate assembly, thereby applying substantially uniform pressure to the laminate assembly. | 08-06-2015 |
Meir Laker, Hawthorne, NY US
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20130139152 | CLOUD PROVISIONING ACCELERATOR - High level characteristics are extracted from a virtual machine provisioning request stream for a cloud computing environment. A plurality of prediction models are generated for a plurality of different types of virtual machines. A regression-correlation ensemble is applied to appropriate ones of the prediction models to predict future virtual machine demand for the cloud computing environment. | 05-30-2013 |
Meir M. Laker, Spring Valley, NY US
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20150347467 | DYNAMIC CREATION OF DOMAIN SPECIFIC CORPORA - A model of a domain is received, wherein the model has a plurality of elements. A corpus of select documents covering the plurality of elements of the model is also received. A plurality of select topics is generated from the corpus of select documents. Topics of an additional document are compared to the plurality of select topics to calculate a distance between the topics of the additional document and the plurality of select topics. Upon the distance meeting a threshold value, a new corpus is generated to include the additional document. The new document is annotated with the plurality of elements of the model. | 12-03-2015 |
Robert Laker, Fremont, CA US
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20090210437 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SAVING AND RESTORING A COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION STATE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for saving and restoring a compression-decompression state. In operation, data is processed, the processing including compressing or decompressing the data. Additionally, a state of the processing is saved. Further, the state of the processing is restored. | 08-20-2009 |
Robert William Laker, Fremont, CA US
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20090006510 | System and method for deflate processing within a compression engine - An apparatus to implement a deflate process in a compression engine. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a hash table, a dictionary, comparison logic, and encoding logic. The hash table is configured to hash a plurality of characters of an input data stream to provide a hash address. The dictionary is configured to provide a plurality of distance values in parallel based on the hash address. The distance values are stored in the dictionary. The comparison logic is configured to identify a corresponding length for each matching distance value from the plurality of distance values. The encoding logic is configured to encode the longest length and the matching distance value as a portion of a LZ77 code stream. | 01-01-2009 |
20090058693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUFFMAN DECODING WITHIN A COMPRESSION ENGINE - An apparatus to implement Huffman decoding in an INFLATE process in a compression engine. An embodiment of the apparatus includes a bit buffer, a set of comparators, and a lookup table. The bit buffer stores a portion of a compressed data stream. The set of comparators compares the portion of the compressed data stream with a plurality of predetermined values. The lookup table stores a plurality of LZ77 code segments and out puts one of the LZ77 code segments corresponding to an index at least partially derived from a comparison result from the set of comparators. | 03-05-2009 |
Scott Laker, Birmingham, MI US
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20110215215 | Securement of Laparoscopic Instruments on the Sterile Surgical Field - Apparatus and associated methods involve holding apparatus that provide non-visual feedback to confirm securement of a surgical tool or instrument at a location in the sterile field. In an illustrative example, a surgical team member may be able to securely load and/or unload a laparoscopic instrument in some embodiments with a single hand by manipulating a proximal handle of the instrument. In some examples, the holding apparatus may provide an audible, visual, or tactile feedback when an instrument is securely loaded or when it is successfully disengaged. In some embodiments, the holding apparatus may store more than one instrument. Accordingly, instruments may be securely stored within a sterile field for convenient access during an operation. | 09-08-2011 |
Scott Laker, Brimingham, MI US
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20110095158 | SECUREMENT OF LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS ON THE STERILE SURGICAL FIELD - Apparatus and associated methods involve holding apparatus that provide non-visual feedback to confirm securement of a surgical tool or instrument at a location in the sterile field. In an illustrative example, a surgical team member may be able to securely load and/or unload a laparoscopic instrument in some embodiments with a single hand by manipulating a proximal handle of the instrument. In some examples, the holding apparatus may provide an audible, visual, or tactile feedback when an instrument is securely loaded or when it is successfully disengaged. In some embodiments, the holding apparatus may store more than one instrument. Accordingly, instruments may be securely stored within a sterile field for convenient access during an operation. | 04-28-2011 |
Travis Shane Laker, Tremonton, UT US
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20120214105 | Combustion device to provide a controlled heat flux environment - A propane fueled combustor for providing a controlled heat flux environment of twenty to two hundred kilowatts per square meter. The combustor has the capability of generating a repeatable and quantifiable environment in which to evaluate a response of an energetic material to a fast cook off hazard, such as a liquid fuel fire. | 08-23-2012 |