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Andrew Chapin, Hoboken, NJ US
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20140033085 | GOAL-ORIENTED USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for user interfaces. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a first goal information representative of at least a first goal of a user; receiving a second goal information representative of at least another goal of at least one other user; storing the first goal information and the second goal information; generating, by a page generator, a page including a graphical element representative of a bloom, wherein the bloom corresponds to the first goal of the user; and providing the page to a user interface for presentation. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
Charles Chapin, San Jose, CA US
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20090327078 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION BASED ON USER ACTIONS - A system and method is provided whereby a user's interest is inferred from a user's interaction with a map. An ad is then displayed based on the inferred interest. | 12-31-2009 |
20100293173 | System and method of searching based on orientation - A system and method is provided whereby, in one aspect, advertisements are displayed based on search terms that were selected based on the angle at which a user is viewing a street level image. | 11-18-2010 |
20120162225 | VIEW DEPENDENT TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE USER INTEREST IN A FEATURE IN A 3D APPLICATION - Aspects of the invention relate generally determining user interests and providing relevant information based on user interaction with 3D models. More specifically, a when a user interacts with a 3D model of an object, for example on a map or from a database of models, the user's view of the object along with the location of the interaction (or where the user clicked on the object) may be transmitted to a server. In response, based on the view and location of the click, the server identifies relevant content and transmits it to the user. | 06-28-2012 |
20120278171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON STREET ADDRESS - A system and method is provided that, in at least one aspect, associates a search term with a building that occupies more than one street address by selecting the term based on all of the listings located at all of the street addresses occupied by the building. | 11-01-2012 |
20130204706 | TARGETING CONTENT TO USERS AT A DISTANCE FROM A LOCATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for providing a content item. The method comprises receiving a request for a content item, identifying one or more content items responsive to the request, where at least one of the content items includes targeting criteria that is based at least in part on a location associated with the user. The method further comprises identifying a specified location associated with the one content item, identifying a current location of the user, and determining a distance from the current location to the specified location. The method further comprises determining when the distance satisfies the targeting criteria associated with the one content item and, when the distance satisfies the targeting criteria, including the one content item in an auction along with other content items, and providing winning results of the auction responsive to the request. | 08-08-2013 |
20150066658 | PROVIDING ONLINE CONTENT FOR INTERIOR IMAGERY - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage device, including a method for providing content. The method comprises identifying imagery associated with an interior of a structure. The method further comprises identifying one or more products or services that are shown in the imagery. The method further comprises receiving a request to provide a panorama of the interior of the structure. The method further comprises providing the panorama including providing the imagery. The method further comprises providing content responsive to the request based at least in part on the identified one or more products or services. | 03-05-2015 |
20150261858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON STREET ADDRESS - A system and method is provided that infers a user's intent when the user searches for a particular address or other geographic location. In that regard, the system and method may select advertisements in response to a user searching for street addresses. The advertisements may be selected by searching for advertisements that match search terms associated with the street address, where the search terms were associated with the street address based on the businesses at the street address. | 09-17-2015 |
20150310502 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, SERVING, AND DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT BASED ON A POINT OF INTEREST - A computer-implemented method that includes obtaining a bid-parameter-set specifying a point of interest group indicative of one or more geographic points of interest, receiving a request for an advertisement corresponding to a geographic point of interest, the request generated in response to user interaction with graphically displayed content corresponding to a geographic point of interest, determining, using a computer, whether the geographic point of interest corresponds to at least one of the one or more geographic points of interest of the point of interest group, and submitting to an auction for selecting an advertisement to serve the request for an advertisement, in response to at least determining that the geographic point of interest corresponds to at least one of the one or more geographic points of interest, an auction bid corresponding to the bid-parameter-set. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317678 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS IN ASSOCIATION WTIH IMAGE BASED SEARCH RESULTS - A computer-implemented method that includes submitting, to a content server, a request for page content, receiving, from the content server, the page content, displaying, via a graphical user interface, the page content, determining whether a user has viewed the page content for at least a threshold period of time, sending to an advertisement server, in response to at least determining that the user has viewed the page content for at least the threshold period of time, an ad-request for an advertisement to be displayed in association with the page content, the ad request specifying keywords associated with the page content displayed, receiving, from the advertisement server, an advertisement based on the keywords, and displaying the advertisement via the graphical user interface. | 11-05-2015 |
Chris Chapin, Mesa, AZ US
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20120285046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CUSTOMIZABLE, EMBELLISHED FOOTWEAR - The footwear preferably comprises a sandal or a flip flop and the eyelet may be located anywhere on the footwear, preferably on a strap. In some exemplary embodiments, an embellishment extends over one or more straps of the footwear without being coupled at the eyelet. | 11-15-2012 |
Christopher Chapin, San Diego, CA US
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20100287482 | Method, system, and software for the production of electronic newsletters - An interactive online document construction system that enables a user to assemble email newsletters by selecting content from repositories of information and images. | 11-11-2010 |
Curtis M. Chapin, Fort Worth, TX US
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20110162186 | Plug removal method and apparatus - A tool for removing plugs from recesses obviates the need for a twist of the wrist in engaging a plug for removal. A plunger is carried by a housing and is supported for reciprocal axial motion between extended and retracted positions relative to the housing. A shaft of the plunger includes a first threaded section that is engaged in a nut carried by the housing and has threads pitched to allow relative axial motion to be converted to relative rotation between shaft and housing. A second threaded section of the plunger shaft is configured to tap into a plug in response to shaft rotation in a tapping direction, and has a shallower thread pitch than the first threaded section. | 07-07-2011 |
20120315406 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FILLER MATERIAL ONTO AN OBJECT - Methods and apparatus for applying filler material onto an object are provided. An apparatus may include a body and an applicator head attached to the body. The apparatus may also include a magnetic member coupled to the applicator head and arranged to attract filler material to a heating surface of the applicator head. The applicator head may be configured to apply the filler material attracted to the heating surface against an object. The heating surface may be configured to apply heat to the filler material attracted to the heating surface to melt the filler material onto the object. | 12-13-2012 |
Dana Chapin, Mesa, AZ US
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20120285046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CUSTOMIZABLE, EMBELLISHED FOOTWEAR - The footwear preferably comprises a sandal or a flip flop and the eyelet may be located anywhere on the footwear, preferably on a strap. In some exemplary embodiments, an embellishment extends over one or more straps of the footwear without being coupled at the eyelet. | 11-15-2012 |
David Chapin, Niskayuna, NY US
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20090139203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAILORING THE EQUIVALENCE RATIO IN A VALVED PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTOR - A pulse detonation combustor assembly contains at least one PDC tube, a mechanical air flow valve which directs an air flow into the PDC tube, where the mechanical air flow assembly changes a rate of the air flow into the PDC tube during a fill stage of the PDC tube. The assembly also contains a fuel flow control valve which directs fuel to the PDC tube and changes the rate of the fuel flow into PDC tube. By controlling the flow of the fuel and air into the PDC tube the equivalence ratio profile of the PDC tube can be tailored and controlled. | 06-04-2009 |
David Chapin, Raleigh, NC US
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20130232806 | Tape Measure - A measuring tape of the type including a housing enclosing a coil of a resilient rule tape uncoilable to a substantially straight orientation. The housing has first and second sidewalls joined by surrounding walls extending substantially parallel to the coil axis and defining a rule-egress-ingress opening with a rule-tape free end extending therefrom. The inventive measuring tape includes a spool holding the coil of the rule tape wound thereabout and secured to a spool-supporting wall portion of the housing such that the coiled rule-tape coil is entirely removable from the housing. The rule tape has first and second sides and extends for a length which includes a break region spaced from a free end of the uncoiled rule tape. The break region includes a plurality of discrete elongate depressions spaced from one another lengthwise along the rule-tape length. | 09-12-2013 |
David Chapin, Kansas City, MO US
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20090139199 | PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTOR VALVE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE OPERATION - A pulse detonation combustor valve assembly contains at least one pulse detonation combustor having an inlet portion through which air and/or fuel enters the chamber of the combustor. An annular rotating valve portion is positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the pulse detonation combustor and concentrically with the pulse detonation combustor so that the annular rotating valve portion can be rotated with respect to the combustor. The annular rotating valve portion contains at least one inlet portion through which air and/or fuel passes to enter the inlet portion of the pulse detonation combustor. | 06-04-2009 |
20110226284 | DEVICE TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PULSE DETONATION CLEANING - A system and associated method for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system includes an impulse cleaning device defining a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel, and an eductor assembly surrounding a downstream end of the chamber for inducting surrounding atmosphere into the combustion to widen the area being cleaned. | 09-22-2011 |
David A. Chapin, Austin, TX US
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20130269035 | DATA PRIVACY ENGINE - A computer hardware-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product determines an applicability of a data privacy regulation when transmitting data used with an enterprise project. A data privacy regulation describes regulatory restrictions on data being transmitted from a first geopolitical entity to a second geopolitical entity. A set of categorized data is used by an enterprise project, and the data privacy regulation establishes limitations on a transmission of at least one category of data, from the set of categorized data, from the first geopolitical entity to the second geopolitical entity. A first set of binary data and a second set of binary data are processed to determine if transmission of said at least one category of data from the first geopolitical entity to the second geopolitical entity is regulated by the data privacy regulation. | 10-10-2013 |
David M. Chapin, Cincinnati, OH US
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20130104929 | PORTABLE BOILER/SCR ONLINE PINPOINT PULSE DETONATION CLEANING DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
David M. Chapin, Kansas City, MO US
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20090120336 | IMPULSE COMBUSTION CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system comprises a vessel having a surface to be cleaned. A impulse cleaning device defines a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce supersonic combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel. A sensor is associated with the impulse cleaning device. The sensor is for detecting a condition within the impulse cleaning device and generating a signal in response to a detected condition. | 05-14-2009 |
David M. Chapin, Gresham, OR US
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20110099264 | NETWORK DEVICE DISCOVERY - A system and method enable a local area network connected mobile device to discover, via an ancillary wireless communication channel, a local area network connected device and install the appropriate driver and network configuration information when the mobile device and network connected device are brought into physical close proximity with each other. | 04-28-2011 |
David Michael Chapin, Overland Park, KS US
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20120145182 | ACOUSTIC CLEANING DEVICE WITH VARIABLE LENGTH TO COMPENSATE APPLICATION TEMPERATURE - An acoustic cleaning system includes an operating device having an interior portion. An acoustic cleaning device provides for the passage of a sound wave into the interior portion of the operating device. The acoustic cleaning device includes a horn section attached to an elongated section having a linear or non-linear shape. Sound waves are configured to pass from the elongated section to the horn section and into the interior portion of the operating device. The elongated section is removable from the horn section such that the elongated section is interchangeable with an elongated section having a different length, such that the sound waves are configured to have a frequency between 55 Hz to 75 Hz depending on a temperature of the operating device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120180738 | CATALYST OBSTACLES FOR PULSE DETONATION DEVICE EMPLOYED IN A DETONATION DEVICE CLEANING SYSTEM - A pulse detonation device includes a body member having an outer wall and an inner wall that defines a pulse detonation zone and a plurality of obstacles extend along the pulse detonation zone. At least a portion of the plurality of obstacles include a combustion catalyst. | 07-19-2012 |
20120207657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EMISSIONS IN A COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A system includes an emissions control system. The emissions control system includes a chemical injection conduit. The emissions control system also includes a chemical injector coupled to the chemical injection conduit, wherein the chemical injector is configured to output an emissions control chemical into the chemical injection conduit. The emissions control system further includes a wave generator coupled to the chemical injection conduit, wherein the wave generator is configured to output multiple waves that propagate through the chemical injection conduit into a flow path of combustion products to drive improved mixing of the emissions control chemical with the combustion products. | 08-16-2012 |
20120266586 | ACOUSTIC CLEANING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - An acoustic cleaning assembly that includes a horn assembly and a generator body that is coupled to the horn assembly. The generator body includes an inner surface that at least partially defines an outlet plenum, and an opening that extends in flow communication between the horn assembly and the outlet plenum. An end cap is coupled to the generator body and includes an inner surface that at least partially defines an inlet plenum. A diaphragm is coupled between the generator body and the end cap. The diaphragm channels air from the inlet plenum to the outlet plenum to facilitate generating sound waves within the outlet plenum. | 10-25-2012 |
20120279128 | PULSE DETONATION COAL GASIFICATION SYSTEM - A pulse detonation device is provided for delivering a shock wave into a gasification device to promote a localized coal gasification reaction in the gasification device. The pulse detonation device includes a fuel inlet for receiving fuel, an air inlet for receiving air, a pulse detonation chamber wherein the fuel and air are configured to mix, and an ignition device for igniting the mixture of fuel and air. The ignition of the mixture of fuel and air creates a shock wave in the pulse detonation chamber. Further, the pulse detonation chamber is attached to a gasification chamber and is configured to extend into a coal feed tube that extends into the gasification chamber, with the shock wave configured to exit the pulse detonation chamber and interact with coal in the coal feed tube. | 11-08-2012 |
20130056034 | SELF DRIVEN ROTATING PULSE DETONATION CLEANING SYSTEM - A pulse detonation device can provide one or more shock waves to an operating device. The pulse detonation device includes a pulse detonation chamber providing one or more shock waves, at least one pulse detonation outlet extending into the operating device and in operative association with the pulse detonation chamber, and a rotary union. The rotary union rotatably attaches the pulse detonation chamber to the at least one pulse detonation outlet, wherein the at least one pulse detonation outlet can move with respect to the pulse detonation chamber. The at least one pulse detonation outlet is rotatable within the operating device and can deliver the one or more shock waves to a plurality of locations within the operating device. | 03-07-2013 |
David Michael Chapin, Niskayuna, NY US
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20080229756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSIVE VALVING FOR PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTORS - A pulse detonation device contains a pulse detonation combustor which detonates a mixture of oxidizer and fuel. The fuel is supplied through fuel ducts and the fuel flow is controlled by fuel flow control devices. Oxidizer flow is provided through a main inlet portion and a flow control device directs the oxidizer flow to either the combustor or to a bypass duct, or both. The combustor further contains an ignition source. Each of the flow control devices, fuel flow control devices and ignition source are controlled by a control system to optimize performance at different thrust/power settings for the device. | 09-25-2008 |
20090320439 | PULSED DETONATION COMBUSTOR CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A pulse detonation cleaner system is described. The cleaner includes an elongated combustion chamber configured with at least one fuel injection inlet and one air inlet to provide fuel to the combustion chamber. The fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce a flame. The flame is accelerated into a detonation as it propagates downstream through the combustion chamber. The detonation and its products are vented from the combustion chamber into a vessel to be cleaned. The shock and high-pressure products of the detonation are used to release debris from the walls of the vessel and blow them away. | 12-31-2009 |
David Michael Chapin, Raytown, MO US
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20110302904 | Pulsed Detonation Cleaning Device with Multiple Folded Flow Paths - The present application provides a pulsed detonation cleaning device. The pulsed detonation cleaning device may include an air inlet, a fuel inlet, an ignition device in communication with the air inlet and the fuel inlet for creating detonation waves, a number of folded flow paths in communication with the ignition device, and a number of flow turning devices positioned about the folded flow paths such that the detonation waves reverse direction a number of times. | 12-15-2011 |
20120031350 | ICE BLAST CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present application provides an ice blast cleaning method for a layer of slag on a surface. The ice blast cleaning method may include the steps of maintaining the surface with the layer of slag thereon at an elevated temperature, shooting a number of ice pellets at the layer of slag on the surface, and loosening the layer of slag on the surface via a mechanical impact of the ice pellets on the layer of slag and a thermal shock caused by a temperature differential between the ice pellets and the layer of slag. | 02-09-2012 |
20120080055 | Pulsed Detonation Cleaning Systems and Methods - The present application provides a pulsed detonation cleaning system for cleaning an enclosed structure. The pulsed detonation cleaning system may include a pulsed detonation combustor cleaner and an external fuel-air flow. The pulsed detonation combustor cleaner delivers the external fuel-air flow into the enclosed structure and ignites the external fuel-air flow to clean the enclosed structure. | 04-05-2012 |
20120204814 | Pulse Detonation Combustor Heat Exchanger - The present application provides a pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger. The pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger may include one or more pulse detonation combustors creating combustion gases therein, one or more inner pathways positioned about the pulse detonation combustors, and a working medium flowing in the inner pathways so as to exchange heat with the combustion gases in the pulse detonation combustors. | 08-16-2012 |
David Michael Chapin, Overland, KS US
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20120073611 | PULSE DETONATION CLEANING SYSTEM - A pulse detonation cleaning system is provided and includes a common tube, which is fluidly coupled to a vessel, a first array, including a plurality of elongate detonation tubes arrayed about a common axis, each of the plurality of the detonation tubes being disposed upstream from and fluidly coupled to an interior of the common tube and a second array, including a plurality of detonators arrayed about the common axis, each of the plurality of the detonators being disposed upstream from and operably coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of the detonation tubes such that actuation of each of the plurality of the detonators leads to combustion in the corresponding one of the plurality of the detonation tubes. | 03-29-2012 |
David Michael Chapin, Cincinnati, OH US
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20130081650 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTIC CLEANING - A method and system for a tone generator assembly are provided. The tone generator assembly includes a resonance chamber that includes a first end and a second end and a body extending therebetween. The body surrounds a cavity therein, wherein the first end includes a resonance chamber opening in flow communication with the cavity. The tone generator assembly also includes a nozzle having a bore therethrough. The bore includes an inlet opening configured to receive a flow of relatively high pressure fluid and an outlet opening coupled in flow communication with the inlet opening and configured to discharge an underexpanded jet of fluid when the flow of relatively high pressure fluid is received at the inlet opening. The resonance chamber and the nozzle are positioned relatively and sized to facilitate emitting a tone from the tone generator assembly having a frequency less than two kilohertz. | 04-04-2013 |
20130092028 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING BAGHOUSE FILTERS - A device and method for cleaning baghouse filters using a shock wave vortex is disclosed. In one embodiment, high pressure fluid enters the housing of the device through an inlet tube in axial alignment with a resonance chamber within the housing. The high pressure fluid enters and exits a resonance chamber causing a collision with the fluid from the inlet tube to generate a shock wave. The shock wave is directed downward by the housing through the lower opening of the housing and towards a baghouse filter as a ring-shaped shock wave vortex. The ring-shaped shock wave vortex concentrates cleaning energy along the side material of the baghouse filter. | 04-18-2013 |
20130279710 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSING THE OPERATIONAL STATUS OF AN ACOUSTIC HORN - A system for sensing an operational status or level of performance of an acoustic horn makes use of a vibration sensor that is operatively coupled to the driver of the acoustic horn. The sensor can be an accelerometer. The sensor outputs a vibration signal when the acoustic horn is operating. Characteristics of the vibration signal are compared to threshold values or to patterns to determine the operational status or level of performance of the acoustic horn. | 10-24-2013 |
David Michael Chapin, Evendale, OH US
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20130263893 | Pulse Detonation Combustor Cleaning Device with Divergent Obstacles - The present application provides a pulse detonation combustor cleaning device. The pulse detonation combustor cleaning device may include a combustion section and one or more combustion tube sections downstream of the combustion section. The combustion tube sections may a divergent shape and a number of divergent obstacles therein. | 10-10-2013 |
David Michael Chapin, Kansas City, MO US
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20090293817 | Detonation Combustor Cleaning Device and Method of Cleaning a Vessel with a Detonation Combustor Cleaning Device - A detonation combustor cleaning device includes at least one combustion chamber having combustion flow path and including a deflection member. An ignition device is operatively connected to the at least one combustion chamber is selectively activated to ignite a combustible fuel within the at least one combustion chamber to produce a shockwave that moves in a first direction along the combustion flow path, impacts the deflection member, reverses direction and passes into a vessel to dislodge particles clinging to inner surfaces thereof. | 12-03-2009 |
20110139185 | Systems and Methods for Phasing Multiple Impulse Cleaning Devices - Embodiments provide systems and methods for removing debris from a surface. A system can include a first impulse cleaning device and a second impulse cleaning device, each impulse cleaning device generating shock waves directed to a surface to be cleaned, wherein the first impulse cleaning device and the second impulse cleaning device are oriented such that the respective shock waves intersect at or proximate the surface. The system can further include a controller in operable communication with the first impulse cleaning device and the second impulse cleaning device, wherein the controller is configured to selectively cause phased operation of the first impulse cleaning device and the second impulse cleaning device such that the phased operation selectively controls the location of the intersection of the respective shock waves. | 06-16-2011 |
20110186022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBUSTION - A system, in one embodiment, includes a combustion-based system having a combustion chamber. The system also includes an ignition control system. The ignition control system includes an ignition device coupled to the combustion chamber, control circuitry having an energy storage device configured to supply energy to the ignition device to produce an ignition event having a desired energy level, and a controller configured to obtain a target voltage across the energy storage device and to discharge an ignition energy from the energy storage device after obtaining the target voltage, wherein the ignition control system is configured to supply the ignition energy to the ignition device to produce the ignition event. | 08-04-2011 |
20110256487 | DETONATION COMBUSTOR CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CLEANING A VESSEL WITH A DETONATION COMBUSTOR CLEANING DEVICE - A detonation device cleaning system includes a vessel having a main body including an outer surface and an inner surface that collectively define an interior chamber. A detonation combustor cleaning device is mounted to the vessel. The detonation combustor cleaning device includes at least one combustion chamber that defines a combustion flow path. The at least one combustion chamber includes a deflection member arranged along the combustion flow path. An ignition device is operatively connected to the at least one combustion chamber. The ignition device is selectively activated to ignite fuel within the at least one combustion chamber to produce a shockwave that moves in a first direction along the combustion flow path, is redirected back along the flow path within the at least one combustion chamber, and passes into the interior chamber to dislodge particles clinging to the inner surface of the vessel. | 10-20-2011 |
David Michael Chapin, Gresham, OR US
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20140207973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTO-CONFIGURING INSTALLABLE DEVICE OPTIONS IN A WINDOWS PRINT QUEUE - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for auto-configuring installable device options in a Windows™ print queue. Software and other resources are provided to enable print drivers based on the version 4 print architecture to perform auto-configuration of installable options for printing devices which do not support the protocols and/or queries required by the native means of auto-configuration supported by the Windows™ 8 operating system. A setup module can install tasks under the task scheduler including a task which is triggered by print queue related events, along with a polling task to detect printer device changes. These tasks can invoke a printer configuration module which in turn invokes two transient child processes to supply the print driver with printer configuration data in the expected native format used by the Windows™ 8 operating system. | 07-24-2014 |
David S. Chapin, Raleigh, NC US
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20120041380 | Living Hinge Needle Assembly For Medicament Delivery Device - A multi-pack assembly for containing and dispensing one or more new pen needles, and receiving and containing used pen needles after use, is provided, wherein a plurality of both new and used pen needles can be contained in a series of storage vessels, each secured to an adjacent storage vessel thereby forming an easily managed multi-pack assembly shape, and providing caps for each individual pen needle storage vessel to provide a sterility barrier and which can be opened independently of one another, and which can be closed in the same manner after use to prevent unwanted interaction with the used pen needles contained therein. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041382 | Pen Injection Device Needle Dispensing and Storing Apparatus - An apparatus is disclosed for storing and dispensing pen needles for an injection device, including a case having dispensing and storage ends for dispensing and storing a plurality of pen needles and a plurality of needle cover units, each pen needle having a patient end and a hub for connection to the injection device, and each needle cover unit having a needle-covering portion for covering a patient end and a hub-covering portion for covering a hub. A needle-covering portion covering the needle of one pen needle is coupled with a hub-covering portion covering a hub of another pen needle. Prior to use, a hub-covering portion covering the hub of a pen needle is exposed to an outside at the dispensing end of the case, and subsequent to use, the pen needle is stored in the storage end of the case. | 02-16-2012 |
20150034516 | Living Hinge Needle Assembly For Medicament Delivery Device - A multi-pack assembly for containing and dispensing one or more new pen needles, and receiving and containing used pen needles after use, is provided, wherein a plurality of both new and used pen needles can he contained in a series of storage vessels, each secured to an adjacent storage vessel thereby forming an easily managed multi-pack assembly shape, and providing caps for each individual pen needle storage vessel to provide a sterility barrier and which can be opened independently of one another, and which can be closed in the same manner after use to prevent unwanted interaction with the used pen needles contained therein. | 02-05-2015 |
Fletcher W. Chapin, Vestal, NY US
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20120118420 | Device to control the rate of fluid flow in a pipe - The present invention provides a family of devices insertable into a pipe or pipeline for counteracting the force and controlling the rate of flow of a fluid flowing in the pipe or pipeline. The disclosed devices have an overall shape resembling a spear to improve the fluid dynamic performance and are designed to be self-centering in a pipe. The devices can be made from readily available materials using well known manufacturing techniques. Other embodiments showing extensions to the invention are also disclosed. | 05-17-2012 |
20130312581 | Adjustable slicer and cutter - The present invention provides a family of devices to slice or cut items such as produce and more particularly, even large items such as watermelons safely, cleanly, and efficiently. The invention is scalable and can also be applied to the slicing or cutting of other items including logs. Other embodiments showing extensions to the invention are also disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
20140042783 | Rotatable platform having a straddleable seat to facilitate tranfer to a person having limited mobility - A transitioning device incorporating a rotatable platform supported on a base and having an elongated straddleable seat supported above the rotatable platform. A mechanism, either manual or powered, is provided to selectively rotate the rotatable base to facilitate moving a user to allow the user to transition from a first location to a second location angularly displaced from the first location. A user may desirably mount the seat when moving in a forward direction. Suitable hand rails and other support structures are provided to assist a user in mount and dismounting the seat. The seat may optionally be removable. Wheels or casters may be provided to facilitate moving the transitioning device. In one embodiment, a propulsion system may be included in the device. The fundamental functional concepts of the transitioning device may be combined with other devices to impart similar mobility benefits thereto. | 02-13-2014 |
James I. Chapin, Chattanooga, TN US
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20150231462 | INTERCHANGEABLE GOLF CLUB GRIP AND GRIP ASSEMBLY - A grip assembly for a golf club is adapted to be removably attached to the upper portion of a golf club shaft. This grip assembly includes a sleeve that is adapted to fit over the upper portion of the shaft and a grip portion that is adapted to provide a gripping surface for a golfer. The assembly also includes an upper mechanism for removably securing the top end of the sleeve to the golf club shaft and a lower mechanism for removably securing the bottom end of the sleeve to the golf club shaft by applying a radially-directed compression force to the sleeve on the shaft. | 08-20-2015 |
20150251064 | WEIGHTING ASSEMBLY FOR GOLF CLUB - A weighting assembly for a golf club is adapted to be removably attached to the upper portion of a golf club shaft. This weighting assembly includes a threaded fastener, an upper shaft component, a weight and a weight support component. The upper shaft component is adapted to be secured within the top end of the golf club shaft, and it has a hole that is threaded to receive the threaded fastener. The weight support component is adapted to receive the weight. The upper shaft component and the weight support component each have detent features that cooperate to produce a detent mechanism that is adapted to prevent movement of the weight support component with respect to the golf club shaft when the threaded fastener is threaded into the hole in the upper shaft component. | 09-10-2015 |
Jay R. Chapin, South Portland, ME US
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20080253046 | UN-ASSISTED, LOW-TRIGGER AND HIGH-HOLDING VOLTAGE SCR - A protective SCR integrated circuit device is disclosed built on adjacent N and P wells and defining an anode and a cathode. In addition to the anode and cathode contact structures, the device has an n-type stack (N+/ESD) structure bridging the N-Well and the P-Well, and a p-type stack (P+/PLDD) structure in the P-Well. The separation of the n-type stack structure and the p-type stack structure provides a low triggering voltage, that together with other physical dimensions and processing parameters also provide a relatively high holding voltage. In an embodiment, the triggering voltage may be about 8V while exhibiting a holding voltage, that may be controlled by the lateral dimension of the n-type stack of about 5-7 V. | 10-16-2008 |
Jeff Chapin, Providence, RI US
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20150296995 | Mattress - A foam mattress in which a layer of latex or latex-like foam placed above a layer of memory foam is described. This construction of the mattress provides the contouring pressure relief that a visco-elastic foam provides with a top surface with quick recovery (a latex-like “bounce”) that prevents people from getting “stuck” in the visco-elastic foam and improves the springiness of the mattress. The mattress may also include straps and cinches to aid in transportation of the mattress. The mattress may also include removable covers that aid in keeping the mattress clean. | 10-22-2015 |
John Chapin, Schoolcraft, MI US
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20110288722 | VEHICLE CALIBRATION USING DATA COLLECTED DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - Systems and methods for optimizing the performance of a vehicle under normal operating conditions. A vehicle system adjusts one or more vehicle operating parameters in a closed-loop in response to data received from sensors. A portable vehicle communication interface module is selectively attached to the vehicle without inhibiting normal operation of the vehicle. When connected to the vehicle, the vehicle communication interface module records the adjustments made by the vehicle system in closed-loop operation. These recorded values are then used to update calibration information that the vehicle system uses as default values. | 11-24-2011 |
20120259533 | VEHICLE CALIBRATION USING DATA COLLECTED DURING NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - Systems and methods for optimizing the performance of a vehicle under normal operating conditions. A vehicle system adjusts one or more vehicle operating parameters in a closed-loop in response to data received from sensors. A portable vehicle communication interface module is selectively attached to the vehicle without inhibiting normal operation of the vehicle. When connected to the vehicle, the vehicle communication interface module records the adjustments made by the vehicle system in closed-loop operation. These recorded values are then used to update calibration information that the vehicle system uses as default values. | 10-11-2012 |
John Chapin, West Henrietta, NY US
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20150088162 | SKIN-CARE APPARATUS - A hand-held skin-treatment apparatus includes a deformable cover enclosing a longitudinally-extending volume. The cover has an exterior surface with a selected surface roughness. An elongated rigid support member is arranged within the volume. A compliant member is disposed within the volume and at least partly between the support member and the cover, so that the cover is held substantially stationary with respect to the compliant member. Another apparatus includes an elongated flexible support member. A tip protrudes transversely from a distal end of the support member and a handle is attached to the proximal end. An elongated compliant member is attached to the support member along the length of the compliant member. A cover encloses the tip, part of the compliant member, and a corresponding part of the support member, and has lower surface roughness over a dorsal side than over a ventral side of the support. | 03-26-2015 |
John Archer Chapin, Bethesda, MD US
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20120124878 | DISPLAY FRAME - An adjustable display frame has first and second U-shaped frame elements having aligned free end surfaces that abut to form a small display frame and are separated by first and second inert elements urged by a spring to provide a large display frame. Each U-shaped frame element has a pair of longitudinal slots which receive heads of headed studs projecting from a base disposed behind the frame elements, wherein the frame elements are secured to the base and are capable of sliding on the base from a first position, to provide the small frame, to a second position so as to provide the large frame. The inserts are slidable on the base inboard of the U-shaped frame elements and are spring biased so as to move between the free ends of the U-shaped frame elements when the U-shaped frame elements are separated by being pulled apart. Stops are provided for arresting motion of the inserts to align the inserts with the free ends of the U-shaped frame elements after the inserts have been pushed outwardly by the spring. | 05-24-2012 |
20130043695 | PIZZA PEEL - A device for retrieving objects from a grill or an oven. The device uses selectively retractable claws lift the object from the grill grate or oven rack and remove it. The claws retract when they come in contact with a cross beam and re-extend in the intervals between. They are arranged to ensure that enough craws are extended at any given time to support the object being removed. | 02-21-2013 |
John K. Chapin, Atlantic Beach, NY US
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20090044761 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TELEOPERATION, GUIDANCE AND ODOR DETECTION TRAINING OF A FREELY ROAMING ANIMAL THROUGH BRAIN STIMULATION - Electronic components, including a transceiver for two-way wireless communications, are carried by a freely roaming animal such as a rat. Electrodes are implanted in the brain of the animal to provide cues and rewards to the animal to achieved desired behaviors, including controlling the direction and speed of movement of the animal, and training the animal to recognize odors. The electronics can include network interface components that allow a network of the animals to work together. Sensors carried by the animal provide information to a remote base-station regarding, e.g., heading and location. Other sensors, such as a video camera, microphone, and chemical or gas detector, provide information regarding an environment of the animal. The animal can carry out missions such as searching for people buried in rubble piles, law enforcement operations, and detection of explosives, chemicals or other dangerous materials. A vehicle for deploying the animal is also provided. | 02-19-2009 |
20130098310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TELEOPERATION, GUIDANCE AND ODOR DETECTION TRAINING OF A FREELY ROAMING ANIMAL THROUGH BRAIN STIMULATION - Electronic components, including a transceiver ( | 04-25-2013 |
John M. Chapin, Alexandria, VA US
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20140242566 | TECHNIQUES FOR USE IN COMMUNICATIONS OF SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED DATACASTING - A central server outside of a school network receives assignments from educator computing devices, where each assignment includes content for distribution to student computing devices and a schedule indicating when the assignment is active for distribution. A local server within the school network receives the assignments and stores the assignments in a local server datastore. The local server receives from a gateway within the school network a request for active assignments, identifies the active assignments, and returns a list of the active assignments to the gateway. The gateway determines whether the list of the active assignments contains any assignments unretrieved by the given gateway. If so, the gateway sends to the local server a request for the unretrieved assignments. The gateway receives the requested assignments from the local server and stores them in a gateway datastore. | 08-28-2014 |
Joseph Powell Chapin, Bethesda, MD US
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20100288794 | CONTAINER AND ASSOCIATED DISPENSER FOR LIQUID MATERIALS - A container and associated dispenser for liquid is configured to dispense residual liquid from the container after the bulk of liquid has been dispensed from the container. This is accomplished by having a conical projection on the bottom of the container which causes residual liquid to flow into a gutter defined by the wall of the container and the surface of the conical projection. A dip-tube is connected to the dispenser and is rotatable in order to revolve the open free end of the dip-tube to access any circumferential location in the gutter in order to pick up residual liquid. | 11-18-2010 |
20120205402 | CONTAINER AND ASSOCIATED DISPENSER FOR LIQUID MATERIALS - A container and associated dispenser for liquid is configured to dispense residual liquid from the container after the bulk of liquid has been dispensed from the container. This is accomplished by having a conical projection on the bottom of the container which causes residual liquid to flow into a gutter defined by the wall of the container and the surface of the conical projection. A dip-tube is connected to the dispenser and is rotatable in order to revolve the open free end of the dip-tube to access any circumferential location in the gutter in order to pick up residual liquid. | 08-16-2012 |
J. T. Chapin, Alpharetta, GA US
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20110295624 | Insurance Policy Data Analysis and Decision Support System and Method - A method for determining a fire risk score includes extracting data from real estate values, map data, FIRS data, and building data that includes an address, an age, a size, an indication whether or not sprinklers are present, and an indication whether one or more smoke detectors are remotely monitored; assigning weights to the extracted building data; identifying one or more fire stations near the building; obtaining or determining a driving time from the one or more fire stations to the building; performing a statistical regression analysis to: at least the driving time from the one or more fire stations to the building, the age of the building and the size of the building to determine an expected loss to the building in the event of a fire, and calculating a fire risk score for the building to assist an insurance company assess a risk of insuring the building. | 12-01-2011 |
Julianne Margolis Chapin, Wakefield, RI US
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20110226659 | Transportable Cake Carrier - Disclosed is a transportable cake carrier that protects tall, multilayer pastry products from the perils of unexpected turns, uneven pavement, pot-holes and sudden stops of the vehicles doing the delivery. In addition to vehicle borne perils the new and unique carrier addresses ease of placement and removal of the pastry from the carrier, keeping the pastry refrigerated and placement and removal of the carrier from the vehicle. A unique combination of tying the top, base, pedestal and layer separators firmly together, with a sturdy, easy to clean and reusable housing and outstanding human engineering make transport damage a thing of the past. In addition this unique carrier fulfills the spirit of federal LEEDs sustainability requirements with completely reusable components and by keeping ruined product out of the landfills. | 09-22-2011 |
Lisalyn Chapin, Hilliard, OH US
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20140165426 | CONVERTIBLE FOOTWEAR - A convertible show having a sole and plurality of receiving means is described herein. The receiving means may be permanently or removably affixed to the sole. The receiving means are adapted to receiving at least one tie in order to create a wearable style. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165651 | DECORATIVE ORNAMENTAL BEADS - A decorative bead is having an open and closed position is disclosed herein. The bead has a first side and second side. A hinged portion is interposed between the first and second sides. The body of the bead all has at least one magnet therein so that multiple beads may be linked together. | 06-19-2014 |
Marc Chapin, Spokane, WA US
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20120186137 | STINK BUG TRAP | 07-26-2012 |
20120204475 | ILLUMINATED INSECT TRAP - An insect trap ( | 08-16-2012 |
20130318854 | INSECT VISUAL ATTRACTANT - A visual attractant for attracting a target insect include a substrate having a pixelated pattern portion defined by a plurality of blocks having a characteristic dimension that is within an order of magnitude of the size of the target insect. The plurality of blocks are colored to be highly reflective in a wavelength range selected to attract the target insect. A background portion is lighter in color than the pixelated pattern, to contrast sharply therewith. The blocks are clustered on the substrate such that most of the plurality of blocks define one or more irregular elongate streaks on the substrate. The pixelated pattern may be applied to a strip or to a pillar device, which may be adhesive. | 12-05-2013 |
20130318860 | TRAP FOR CRAWLING PESTS - A reusable trap ( | 12-05-2013 |
Merlin K. Chapin, The Colony, TX US
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20100293991 | AIR CONDITIONING WIRING SYSTEM - A wiring system for use in an air conditioning system comprising a printed circuit board having a perimeter and wiring receptacles located proximate the perimeter and wiring connectors. In one aspect, at least some of the wiring receptacles comprise two or more wiring sub-receptacles, and each of the wiring sub-receptacles includes a slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern. Furthermore, the slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern of each of the wiring sub-receptacles is different from every other sub-receptacle connection pattern. Each of the wiring connectors includes a ridged connection pattern that is different from every other ridged connection pattern of the wiring connectors, such that a given wiring connector is receivable within only one of the wiring sub-receptacles. An air conditioning system and a method of manufacturing is also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20120122323 | AIR CONDITIONING WIRING SYSTEM - A wiring system for use in an air conditioning system comprising a printed circuit board having wiring receptacles and wiring connectors. In one aspect, at least some of the wiring receptacles comprise two or more wiring sub-receptacles, and each of the wiring sub-receptacles includes a slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern. Furthermore, the slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern of each of the wiring sub-receptacles is different from every other sub-receptacle connection pattern. Each of the wiring connectors includes a ridged connection pattern that is different from every other ridged connection pattern of the wiring connectors, such that a given wiring connector is receivable within only one of the wiring sub-receptacles. An air conditioning system and a method of manufacturing is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
Michael L. Chapin, New York, NY US
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20090230147 | BOTTLE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR REFRIGERATED DISPENSERS - A mounting system for securing inverted bottles to a refrigerated dispensing apparatus housing, which system includes a valve body with external locking splines and grooves to secure a bottle to which it is threadedly connected to a socket in the housing having mating splines and grooves. | 09-17-2009 |
20090313868 | HOUSING FOR REFRIGERATED DISPENSING APPARATUS - A bar-top refrigerated liquid dispenser in which one or more housing walls include integrated back-lighted billboard display panels having side edges with embedded light emitting diodes and other edges with associated reflectors. | 12-24-2009 |
20100212351 | COOLER CHEST FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGES - A liquid dispensing cooler for beverages in the form of an insulated ice chest having an insulated base, insulated side walls, insulated end walls and an insulated cover; a spigot mounted in one of the chest walls above the base and having a controllable dispensing valve adjacent an exterior surface of the chest wall; at least one inverted bottle having a valve body mounted thereon, said valve body having locking grooves and splines formed thereon on upper portions and having an air venting means integrally formed by crenellations on lowermost portions thereon; a reservoir with a reservoir top wall having a circular opening with locking grooves and splines formed thereon adapted to engage and to support an inverted bottle through said grooves and splines on the valve body; and a delivery tube communicating between the reservoir and the spigot to permit gravity flow of liquid from the reservoir to the spigot. | 08-26-2010 |
Paul W. Chapin, Minneapolis, MN US
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20130074783 | LEASH SLACK CONTROL SYSTEM - A leash system for controlling the slack in the leash to prevent the animal from becoming entangled in the leash. The leash system has a spool mounted wire controlling the effective length in the leash by forming a loop in the leash to absorb any slack. If the animal pulls away from the person and additional leash length is required, wire can be automatically played out from the spool so that the loop can be opened to provide the required slack. Similarly, the wire will automatically retract to reform the loop and absorb the slack the leash once the animal moves back toward the person such that the effective length of the leash remains relatively taut. | 03-28-2013 |
Robert Edward Chapin, Burnsville, MN US
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20120208440 | FLEXURE ASSEMBLY - A flexure assembly comprising a flexure stack comprising a plurality of individual webs connected together with a force in an x-direction to produce a friction in a z-direction orthogonal to the x-direction between the plurality of webs, the friction holding the plurality of webs in engagement. In some embodiments, the flexure assembly includes a second flexure stack fixedly spaced from the first stack comprising a second plurality of individual webs connected together with a second force in the x-direction to produce a second friction in the z-direction between the second plurality of webs. The flexure assembly may be used, for example, for supporting a workpiece such as a slider row bar in a lapping machine. | 08-16-2012 |
20150099426 | Lapping Device with Lapping Control Feature and Method - A head structure for a lapping assembly including a lapping control feature is disclosed. The lapping control feature includes a raised contact surface elevated from a front surface of the head structure of the lapping assembly. A relative position of the workpiece and raised contact surface are aligned to control workpiece thickness and other lapping parameters. In illustrated embodiments, the relative position of the workpiece and raised contact surface are aligned via an adjustment mechanism on the head structure. In illustrated embodiments, the adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a position of the workpiece relative to the raised contact surface. | 04-09-2015 |
Ron Chapin, Gervais, OR US
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20120270496 | BATTERYLESS LOCK WITH TRUSTED TIME - An electronic lock controller comprises a trusted time provider, a near field communication transceiver, and a logic processor. The trusted time provider provides a trusted time value. The near field communication transceiver receives power and a digital credential from an operator-side interface device. The logic processor produces an open or close command for an electromechanical lock based on the trusted time value and the digital credential. The electronic lock controller is powered solely by the near field communication transceiver. | 10-25-2012 |
20130127593 | Method of distributing stand-alone locks - An authentication server for a wireless lock system comprising a wireless lock and a key device is configured to receive and authenticate a validation message. The validation message is created at the wireless lock from a secret key contained in the wireless lock. The authentication server receives the validation message from the key device, receives a certificate of ownership provided by the user, and authenticates the validation message and key device using copies each stored in a database of the authentication server. The authentication is configured to associate the user with the lock ID upon successfully authenticating the validation message, thereby enabling the authorizations server to provide the user with digital credentials to open the lock. | 05-23-2013 |
Ryan Chapin, West Friendship, MD US
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20140215617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCED MALWARE ANALYSIS - A system and a method for advanced malware analysis. The method filters incoming messages with a watch-list, the incoming messages including attachments, if an incoming message matches the watch-list, forwards the message to a malware detection engine, strips the attachments from the forwarded message, the one or more attachments including one or more executable files, launches a plurality of sandboxes, executes each of the executable files in the plurality of sandboxes, the sandboxes generating analysis results that may be used to determine whether each executable file is malicious, normalizes the analysis results, evaluates the risk level of the attachments to the forwarded message based on the normalized analysis results of the executable files in the attachments to the forwarded message, and, if the risk level of an attachment to the forwarded message is above a certain level, determines that the forwarded message is malicious and permanently quarantines the forwarded message. | 07-31-2014 |
Scott Chapin, Wakefield, RI US
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20110226659 | Transportable Cake Carrier - Disclosed is a transportable cake carrier that protects tall, multilayer pastry products from the perils of unexpected turns, uneven pavement, pot-holes and sudden stops of the vehicles doing the delivery. In addition to vehicle borne perils the new and unique carrier addresses ease of placement and removal of the pastry from the carrier, keeping the pastry refrigerated and placement and removal of the carrier from the vehicle. A unique combination of tying the top, base, pedestal and layer separators firmly together, with a sturdy, easy to clean and reusable housing and outstanding human engineering make transport damage a thing of the past. In addition this unique carrier fulfills the spirit of federal LEEDs sustainability requirements with completely reusable components and by keeping ruined product out of the landfills. | 09-22-2011 |
Scott Chapin, Avon Lake, OH US
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20140201634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A COLOR PALETTE BASED ON AUDIO CONTENT - A computer-implemented system and method of determining a color palette to be associated with an audio selection is presented. The system and method includes receiving an audio selection, sending data associated with the audio selection to a music information server and receiving information about the audio selection, sending the information to a color palette server that selects one or more color palettes based on the information, receiving the color palettes from the color palette server, associating one of the color palettes with the audio selection, and sending the associated color palette and audio selection to one or more third parties using a mode of social media. | 07-17-2014 |
Steve D. Chapin, Palm Harbor, FL US
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20140253322 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Detecting Wireless Devices - A system provides for radio frequency detection of an offending device within a specific range of a body worn device. Upon detection of the radio frequency signal, the body worn device communicates to an infrastructure to alert of the presence and optionally the location of the radio frequency signal, and therefore the offending device. The user and/or location of the body worn device is/are revealed and the source of the radio frequency signal is readily determined for confiscation of the offending device. Other features include locating/tracking of the body worn device (and wearer) detection of tampering with the body worn device, and detection of cloaking of the body worn device (e.g. submerging in water or covering with aluminum foil, etc.). | 09-11-2014 |
Steven J. Chapin, San Francisco, CA US
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20090258031 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 10-15-2009 |
20100260759 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 10-14-2010 |
20110129875 | IMMUNOSUPPRRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130546 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 06-02-2011 |
20110159542 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
20110166324 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 07-07-2011 |
20110177071 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 07-21-2011 |
20110182898 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention provides immunosuppressive polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding mutant CTLA-4 polypeptides. Compositions and methods for utilizing such polypeptides and nucleic acids are also provided. | 07-28-2011 |
Steven J. Chapin, Fremont, CA US
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20120135912 | POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF VLA4 - The invention provides novel 2D-VCAM-1 variant polypeptides and conjugates thereof that bind human VLA4. The invention also provides related polynucleotides, compositions, vectors, host cells, and methods. | 05-31-2012 |
Susan L. Chapin, Sandy Hook, CT US
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20130222845 | Mail Production Job Tracking System and Method - A computer method and system to allow reconciliation of documents that were originally part of a first mail production job, but that may have been produced as part of a different second mail production job. A database stores a first record that identifies documents in the first mail production job. The record includes one or more fields indicating a production status of the documents in the first mail production job. At some point in the production process, a document is separated from what was originally defined as the first mail production job, to be instead produced as part of a second mail production job. The database further stores a second record identifying documents in the second mail production job. These records are updated to include a pointer indicating the relationship between the document and the first mail production job and the second mail production job. During mail production the production status of a document is determined. The database records are updated to record the current status of the documents. Responsive to a query regarding the status of documents originally in the first job, the pointer is used to identify the status of the document in the second job. | 08-29-2013 |
William K. Chapin, Cumby, TX US
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20150352620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VARYING DWELL TIME IN A HONEYCOMB PLATE PRESS - A system and method of increasing a dwell time in a foil stamping press is provided. The dwell time is readily adjusted on the fly by the user for a given operating rate. A timer is used to adjust the press to stop on top dead center with changes in images per hour. An air clutch and an original equipment air brake are used in tandem to provide the desired dwell time. A pair of timers governs a pneumatic switch for control of the air clutch and the air brake. The present system and method increase die image area capacity as compared to conventional foil stamping presses. The increased dwell time of the present system and method yield a flawless foil stamped image for an impression pressure less than that required in a conventional machine for a given die, mounted at a given height upon a stationary platen, and at a given temperature. | 12-10-2015 |
William L. Chapin, Huntington Beach, CA US
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20140090488 | Flexible Piezocapacitive And Piezoresistive Force And Pressure Sensors - Flexible force/pressure sensors for producing electrical output signals proportional to forces or pressures exerted on the sensor include a thin, elastically deformable foam pad laminated between a pair of electrically conducive fabric sheets. A piezocapacitive embodiment of the sensor utilizes an elastically deformable perforated open-cell polyurethane foam pad preferably saturated with glycerin to increase the capacitance of the sensor. The piezocapacitive sensor section is preferably stacked onto a piezoresistive section having a second open-cell foam pad containing piezoresistive carbon particles to form a hybrid piezocapacitive/piezoresistive sensor. A third, “leaky dielectric” embodiment of a sensor includes a single open-cell foam pad which contains both a dielectric liquid and conductive particles. A low frequency such as d.c. to a few hertz is applied to a sensor to determine piezoresistive response of the sensor to forces or pressures and a higher frequency such as 30 KHz is applied to determine piezocapactive response. | 04-03-2014 |
William Lawrence Chapin, Huntington Beach, CA US
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20150238022 | Traveling Wave Air Mattresses And Method And Apparatus For Generating Traveling Waves Thereon - A traveling wave air mattress apparatus includes an air mattress comprised of a array of laterally disposed, longitudinally spaced air bladder cells that are individually inflatable to quiescent pressure levels which provide comfortable support for a human body, and an air pressure-pulse generator controlled by a wave sequence generator for periodically introducing into a sequence of the air bladder cells a time sequence of air pressure pulses which vary pressures in the cells from quiescent pressures, the air pressure variations resulting in a soliton-like traveling wave of body support force variation which travels longitudinally over the surfaces of the pulsed air bladder cells, thus inhibiting formation of bedsores. The wave pattern may optionally simulate water waves and/or rocking motions of a boat to produce relaxing effects. | 08-27-2015 |