Hallowell
Benjamin Hallowell, Athens, GA US
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20150259603 | Combined Heat, Power, and Biochar with Ventilator - The production of biochar generates syngas, VOCs, CO and other gasses that can adsorb to biochar and reduce the quality of the final product. A controller measures the operating parameters, such as temperature, pressure and oxygen level, and automatically controls a feedstock auger motor, blower(s) and other subsystems of a continuous combined heat, power and biochar carbonizer. The carbonizer pyrolyzes feedstock. A catalytic converter combusts unburned components in by-product gases and generates additional thermal energy. Thermal energy drives an engine, such as a Sterling, steam, or ORC engine, to generate electricity or operate a mechanical device. Remaining thermal energy is transferred using another medium, such as air or water, via a heat exchanger. The feedstock is purposefully incompletely combusted, to produce biochar that consists largely of carbon. The biochar may be used to augment soil for cultivation, filtration or for other purposes. Some embodiments condense water from the exhaust to provide potable water. | 09-17-2015 |
Brooke Hallowell, Millfield, OH US
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20100092929 | Cognitive and Linguistic Assessment Using Eye Tracking - Methods for assessing cognitive and linguistic abilities by tracking and recording the eye movements of a patient in response to predetermined verbal and visual stimuli. The methods incorporate conventional eye-tracking technology to acquire eye-fixation location and duration measures for testing linguistic comprehension, working memory, attention allocation, and the effect of semantic associative priming. Visual stimuli presented in the methods are carefully designed to reduce visually distracting features. Verbal stimuli are carefully designed to control for numerous linguistic features. | 04-15-2010 |
20140186806 | PUPILLOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION - The present invention is a method for assessing a patient's linguistic comprehension using a pupil response system comprising at least one pupillometer configured to measure the patient's pupil responses. The method includes (a) providing the patient with a list of verbal stimuli comprising at least two sets of verbal stimuli, each set of verbal stimuli comprising one or more verbal stimuli; wherein the two sets of the verbal stimuli differ substantially from each other in terms of the difficulty level; (b) presenting to the patient one verbal stimulus at a time from the list of verbal stimuli; (c) measuring and recording the patient's pupil response data for a period of time ranging from 200 milliseconds to 10 seconds during the presentation of each stimulus; and (d) analyzing the pupil response data to assess the patient's linguistic comprehension. | 07-03-2014 |
Curtis Hallowell, Palatine, IL US
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20130205723 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING A COIN CASSETTE - A method of recycling coins includes the acts of processing mixed coins received at a first business using a coin processing device, packaging coins into a deliverable currency package at the first business using a currency packaging device, and holding the deliverable currency package at the first business for pick-up by a requestor requesting the deliverable currency package. | 08-15-2013 |
Curtis W. Hallowell, Chicago, IL US
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20090087076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CURRENCY BILLS AND TICKETS - A method of processing documents includes receiving a stack of documents including currency bills and substitute currency media. Each substitute currency medium has at least one barcode. The method further includes transporting the stack of documents via a transport mechanism, one document at a time, along a transport path and denominating with a currency detector each of the currency bills in the stack of documents. The currency detector is positioned adjacent to the transport path. The method further includes scanning with a barcode scanner a barcode on each substitute currency medium in the stack of documents. The barcode scanner is positioned adjacent to the transport path. The method further includes imaging with an image scanner each substitute currency medium in the stack of documents to generate a raw image file of the substitute currency medium. The image scanner is positioned adjacent to the transport path. | 04-02-2009 |
Holly Hallowell, Westminster, CO US
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20130067748 | APPARATUS FOR SAFELY CLIPPING THE NAILS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An apparatus for safely clipping nails comprises a blade/base assembly, a lever, and a shaft. The blade/base assembly comprises a blade incorporating a sharp cutting edge, a base incorporating a ledge having a front face for aligning the tool to the nail and a top face for supporting the nail, and a rivet to fix said blade to said base. The lever is designed to actuate the apparatus, having a fixed end, an unconstrained end, and a cam. The fixed end is mechanically fixed to said blade/base assembly by means of a shaft designed to place said blade/base assembly into a spring-loaded condition. The cam is designed to compress the blade/base assembly as the unconstrained end of the lever is pressed toward blade/base assembly, thereby causing the sharp cutting edge to clamp down upon and cut through the nail. | 03-21-2013 |
Jeffrey R. Hallowell, Woodstock, CT US
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20120116589 | INTELLIGENTLY-CONTROLLED CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR BIOFUEL-FIRED BOILER - An intelligently controlled catalytic converter automatically monitors various operating parameters, such as water jacket temperature, catalytic input temperature, catalytic converter output temperature, oxygen level, ambient temperature, ambient humidity and/or ambient barometric air pressure, of a biofuel-fired device and automatically controls dampers, blowers and electric heaters in the device. | 05-10-2012 |
20130330241 | Safety Device for Catalytic Converter - Safety devices prevent packaged catalytic converters from being expelled from stacks, or at least reduce the velocity with which such a package may be expelled, in case of an explosion in a bio-fueled appliance, such as a wood-burning stove. | 12-12-2013 |
20150081086 | Fuel Feed and Air Feed Controller for Biofuel-Fired Furnace - A microprocessor-based controller manages delivery of BTUs or power by determining an amount of thermal heat or power needed through sensors and, in response, controls a batch or continuous feed of biofuel fuel and/or air to a biofuel furnace. The controller controls the fuel and air required to operate the furnace efficiently. | 03-19-2015 |
20150211738 | Intelligent Oxygen Level Controller for Biofuel-Fired Burner - A controller monitors oxygen levels in a bio-fuel fired device and automatically controls dampers, blowers and the like to reduce generation of smoke or other pollutants, thereby promoting proper operation of a catalytic converter. | 07-30-2015 |
20150259603 | Combined Heat, Power, and Biochar with Ventilator - The production of biochar generates syngas, VOCs, CO and other gasses that can adsorb to biochar and reduce the quality of the final product. A controller measures the operating parameters, such as temperature, pressure and oxygen level, and automatically controls a feedstock auger motor, blower(s) and other subsystems of a continuous combined heat, power and biochar carbonizer. The carbonizer pyrolyzes feedstock. A catalytic converter combusts unburned components in by-product gases and generates additional thermal energy. Thermal energy drives an engine, such as a Sterling, steam, or ORC engine, to generate electricity or operate a mechanical device. Remaining thermal energy is transferred using another medium, such as air or water, via a heat exchanger. The feedstock is purposefully incompletely combusted, to produce biochar that consists largely of carbon. The biochar may be used to augment soil for cultivation, filtration or for other purposes. Some embodiments condense water from the exhaust to provide potable water. | 09-17-2015 |
Jeffrey R. Hallowell US
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20150081086 | Fuel Feed and Air Feed Controller for Biofuel-Fired Furnace - A microprocessor-based controller manages delivery of BTUs or power by determining an amount of thermal heat or power needed through sensors and, in response, controls a batch or continuous feed of biofuel fuel and/or air to a biofuel furnace. The controller controls the fuel and air required to operate the furnace efficiently. | 03-19-2015 |
Jesse Van Hallowell, Frederick, CO US
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20130323358 | SUPPRESSED-POP POPCORN - Suppressed-pop popcorn is made by soaking popcorn kernels in a room temperature aqueous enzyme solution. The enzyme solution degrades the pericarp structure of the popcorn kernels and increases the moisture content within the popcorn kernels. As a result, the popcorn kernels partially pop when exposed to heat, yielding a crunchy, orally satisfying snack. | 12-05-2013 |
20140154364 | Fruit Paste-Based Food Product Incorporating High Protein Particulates - A food product is defined by a moist, fruit-paste matrix, having a water activity level in a range of 0.55 to 0.70, within which protein particulates are intermixed. The protein particulates include protein bits having a bulk density of about 0.4 g/cc and provided with a natural syrup coating. With the added protein bits, the protein level of the food product is at least 10 grams per serving or 10 grams/50-55 grams of the food product. The food product can be provided in the form of a snack product, such as a bite-sized snack product or a snack bar. The invention also sets forth a method of making the food product wherein provisions are taken to assure that the protein bits are properly coated, separated, sized and added to the fruit-paste matrix under time and other condition constraints to assure the integrity of the protein bits. | 06-05-2014 |
Mark Hallowell, Westfield, IN US
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20100302759 | ILLUMINATED BOOK MARK - A device for discreetly illuminating theater programs for reading in a darkened theater, including an elongated generally flat top surface portion having a proximal end and a distal end and a first width and defining a display surface, an elongated generally flat bottom surface portion spaced from the generally flat elongated top surface portion and extending generally parallel to the elongated generally flat top surface portion and having a second width less than the first width, a first side portion extending between the generally flat top and bottom surface portions and disposed substantially perpendicular to the generally flat top and bottom surface portions, a second side portion extending between the generally flat top and bottom surface portions, wherein the generally flat top and bottom surface portions and the first and second side portions define a housing, a generally cylindrical recess formed in the housing, a translucent elongated slit formed in the second side portion and directed away from the elongated generally flat top surface portion, and a light source disposed in the generally cylindrical recess. Activation of the light source shines light through the slit. | 12-02-2010 |
Scott Hallowell, Arvada, CO US
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20120061458 | Managing Mobile Device Interactions Using Barcodes - A system allows a connecting a mobile device with a barcode scanner to a stationary device by scanning a barcode displayed on a display of the stationary device. The system allows connecting only one mobile device to the stationary device at any given time and allows connecting the mobile device to only one stationary device at any given time. Once connected to the stationary device, the mobile device may be used to scan additional printed barcodes and barcodes displayed by the stationary device or elsewhere, sending data corresponding to the scanned barcodes to the stationary device as if the data were entered by an input device of the stationary device. The barcode scanning functionality may also allow other ways of controlling the mobile device, including performing speed dialing, call transfer, or other telephone functionality based on barcode scanning Encryption and other similar techniques may be employed for additional security. | 03-15-2012 |
20120238216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BLUETOOTH DEVICE PAIRINGS - A system and method manages Bluetooth connections between Bluetooth devices. A first Bluetooth device can have a virtual Bluetooth device associated with it. A virtual Bluetooth device can include Bluetooth parameters and values that when adopted by a second Bluetooth device, would allow the first and second Bluetooth devices to begin communicating as already paired devices. The first Bluetooth device can be configured to allow a Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth device only if the second Bluetooth device has the Bluetooth parameters associated with the first Bluetooth device. An administrator server can control access to virtual Bluetooth devices based on access privileges. The first Bluetooth device can identify the second Bluetooth device using methods other than Bluetooth communication. The first Bluetooth device can then access virtual Bluetooth device associated with the second Bluetooth device and establish a secure connection with the second Bluetooth device. | 09-20-2012 |
William C Hallowell, Spring, TX US
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20130205130 | OPERATING SPEED OF A COMPONENT - Booting a computing machine including increasing an operating speed of at least one component of the computing machine during a boot process in response to the computing machine including a sufficient amount of thermal credits and decreasing the operating speed of at least one of the components in response to the computing machine completing the boot process | 08-08-2013 |
20130225007 | ELETRICAL JACK - An electrical jack is disclosed herein. An example of such an electrical jack includes an enclosure configured to define a space in which the electrical plug is inserted. This example also includes an electrostatic discharge assembly positioned in the enclosure and configured to complete a closed circuit with each of the contacts of the electrical plug during insertion within the space, thereby discharging electrostatic energy present on the contacts of the electrical plug. The electrical plug is further configured to present an open circuit to each of the contacts of the electrical plug upon insertion of the electrical plug within the space to a predetermined point. Additional features of this electrical jack are disclosed herein, as are other examples of electrical jacks. An example of an electrical circuit is also disclosed herein. | 08-29-2013 |
20140304462 | MEMORY MODULE HAVING MULTIPLE MEMORY BANKS SELECTIVELY CONNECTABLE TO A LOCAL MEMORY CONTROLLER AND AN EXTERNAL MEMORY CONTROLLER - A memory module includes memory banks, a local memory controller to access data in the memory banks, and an interface to an external memory controller that is configured to access the memory module. Multiplexing circuitry selectively connects the memory banks to the local memory controller and to the interface to the external memory controller. | 10-09-2014 |
20140325134 | PREARRANGING DATA TO COMMIT TO NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - An apparatus includes a hybrid memory module, and the hybrid memory module includes volatile memory and non-volatile memory. Data is prearranged in the volatile memory. The data is committed to the non-volatile memory, as prearranged, in a single write operation when a size of the prearranged data reaches a threshold. | 10-30-2014 |
20140337589 | PREVENTING A HYBRID MEMORY MODULE FROM BEING MAPPED - A system includes a hybrid memory module. The hybrid memory module includes volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The system further includes a processor coupled to the hybrid memory module. The processor prevents the hybrid memory module from being mapped during a memory initialization routine by misrepresenting a status of the hybrid memory module. | 11-13-2014 |
20150085555 | PACKAGED MEMORY DIES THAT SHARE A CHIP SELECT LINE - An apparatus includes a memory module, and the memory module includes a package. The package contains memory dies, and the memory dies share a chip select line. | 03-26-2015 |
20150127890 | MEMORY MODULE WITH A DUAL-PORT BUFFER - A computer system includes a memory module. The memory module includes volatile memory, a non-volatile memory subsystem, a host port, and a dual-port buffer device. The dual-port buffer device synchronously couples the non-volatile memory subsystem and the host port to the volatile memory. The dual port buffer device includes routing logic to selectably route address information provided by the host port and the non-volatile memory subsystem to the volatile memory. | 05-07-2015 |
William C. Hallowell, Houston, TX US
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20150261672 | RUNTIME BACKUP OF DATA IN A MEMORY MODULE - During runtime of a system, a memory controller is caused to relinquish control of a memory module that includes a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. After the triggering, an indication is activated to the memory module, the indication causing a backup operation in the memory module, the backup operation being controlled by an internal controller in the memory module, and the backup operation involving a transfer of data from the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory in the memory module. | 09-17-2015 |
Zachary E. Hallowell, Redwood City, CA US
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20150046431 | SEARCHING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES - A computer implemented method for searching data in a plurality of data sources is described. At a host system, a request to search a local data source is received. The request is associated with a user account of the local data source. The request is processed to determine one or more third party data sources associated with the user account. Local search parameters associated with the local data source and third party search parameters associated with the one or more third party data sources are dynamically assembled. The local search parameters and the third party search parameters are transmitted to a client device for display. A host system comprising a processor and memory storing instructions for implementing the method is also described. | 02-12-2015 |
Zachary E. Hallowell, San Francisco, CA US
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20140258041 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A computerized system for vehicle management and purchase including a database including information regarding vehicles in a set of vehicles, wherein a plurality of the vehicles in the set of vehicles are in arrangements wherein third parties use the vehicles, wherein the information may include configuration of respective vehicles. The system may also include a computer interface that provides access to the description of the vehicles in the database and provides for setting price of respective vehicles, an option on the user interface to search, an option on the user interface to indicate intent to purchase a vehicle, a computer interface that receives information regarding a vehicle returned, and a computer interface to facilitate a purchase of the returned vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
Zachary E. Hallowell, Portland, ME US
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20100223106 | Wholesale Virtual Inventory and Retail Lead Generation - Embodiments are described herein including systems and methods for presenting vehicles available for wholesale purchase to retail consumers in order to generate a retail “lead” on a specific vehicle prior to acquisition of that vehicle by a dealer. The electronic lead, once generated, is made available to a licensed dealer before the dealer acquires the inventory corresponding to the lead. In contrast to known lead generation models, the lead is created on a specific vehicle that a retail dealer has the ability to purchase, but has not yet taken into inventory. | 09-02-2010 |
20110022489 | Third-Party Inspection of Vehicles in an Electronic Marketplace System - A Third-Party Inspection (TPI) System in which wholesale sellers of items, like automobiles for example, can order third party inspections of their vehicles online, automatically track the status of the inspections and have the inspections loaded to an online wholesale marketplace for sale. The TPI system allows dealers to manage the entire process, from inspection ordering to wholesale sale, through a single interface, by integrating inspection ordering, status tracking and receipt into an online system and an online wholesale marketplace. | 01-27-2011 |
20150213386 | WHOLESALE VIRTUAL INVENTORY AND RETAIL LEAD GENERATION - Embodiments are described herein including systems and methods for presenting vehicles available for wholesale purchase to retail consumers in order to generate a retail “lead” on a specific vehicle prior to acquisition of that vehicle by a dealer. The electronic lead, once generated, is made available to a licensed dealer before the dealer acquires the inventory corresponding to the lead. In contrast to known lead generation models, the lead is created on a specific vehicle that a retail dealer has the ability to purchase, but has not yet taken into inventory. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213533 | THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION OF VEHICLES IN AN ELECTRONIC MARKET PLACE SYSTEM - A Third-Party Inspection (TPI) System in which wholesale sellers of items, like automobiles for example, can order third party inspections of their vehicles online, automatically track the status of the inspections and have the inspections loaded to an online wholesale marketplace for sale. The TPI system allows dealers to manage the entire process, from inspection ordering to wholesale sale, through a single interface, by integrating inspection ordering, status tracking and receipt into an online system and an online wholesale marketplace. | 07-30-2015 |
Zachary Emerson Hallowell, Portland, ME US
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20120284153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A computerized system for vehicle management includes a database comprising information regarding vehicles in a set of vehicles and customer accounts. The information regarding the vehicles includes configuration of respective vehicles. The information regarding customer accounts includes links to vehicles in the set of vehicles owned by respective customers and status of customer accounts. The system may also include a server coupled to the database that serves user interface pages; a protected system login mechanism; logic implementing rules regarding a relationship between system users on the one hand and information regarding vehicles and customer accounts on the other hand; a search mechanism and a search results interface; and logic that serves a customer account interface, the customer account interface displaying information regarding customer accounts to the extent allowed by rules regarding the relationship between system users and information regarding vehicles and customer accounts. | 11-08-2012 |
20130211941 | VEHICLE CO-LISTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for computer network-based sale of vehicles. An access group data structure is created. The access group data structure includes structure that defines association of web sites, users and vehicles associated with an access group. Whether vehicles are visible on respective web sites is controlled based on the access group, and access by the user is allowed to respective items in the access group based on whether a user is associated with the access group. Another embodiment includes providing an access group object, wherein the access group object includes properties that define association of web sites, users and vehicles associated with an access group. Another embodiment is directed to a computerized system for vehicle sale including a web server. | 08-15-2013 |