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Alastair Bannerman, London GB
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| 20120130830 | Method, an apparatus and a computer program - A method comprising: storing raw data relating to a carbon footprint of a media format; receiving a media plan for planning a media campaign, the media plan specifying the media format together with additional information relating to the media format; performing a calculation associated with the media format, the calculation using the additional information and the raw data related to the media format, the calculation generating a carbon index which indicates the carbon footprint associated with implementing the media format in the media plan. The present invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus and computer program. | 05-24-2012 |
Alastair Bryers, Cholsey GB
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| 20100172083 | Apparatus for Storing Data - An apparatus for storing data and supplying stored data. The apparatus comprises a support unit having a plurality of connectors for connecting to a plurality of data storage elements, and a plurality of data storage elements. Each data storage element is connected to one of the connectors. The apparatus also comprises a cable having a first end connected to the support unit and a second end connected to a main part. The main part defining a first space containing a portion of the cable, and a second space for containing the support unit. The support unit is movable between (i) a first position providing access to the data storage elements and (ii) a second position in which the data storage elements are located within the second space. A guide means is configured to cause the cable to develop at least two loops within the first space while the support unit is moved to the second position. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172087 | Data Storage Apparatus - Apparatus for storing data and supplying stored data comprising a main housing containing control circuitry for controlling signals to a plurality of disk drives. The main housing has a plurality of mounting mechanisms each configured to support a unit of a first type. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of cables each having a first connector for connecting to a unit of the first type for providing signals from the control circuitry. The apparatus has a first unit, of a first type, having a plurality of second connectors each connected to a disk drive and a fan providing a flow of air for cooling the disk drives and the control circuitry. The first unit is connected to a first one of the cables and mounted in a first one of the mounting mechanisms such that the first unit is mounted to slide into the main housing. The apparatus also has a second unit, of a second type, supported by a second one of the mounting mechanisms and mounted to slide into the main housing. The second unit is connected to a second one of the cables and has a fan providing a flow of air for cooling the control circuitry. The second unit is removable from the main housing and replaceable by a unit of the first type. | 07-08-2010 |
Alastair Bryers, Wallingford GB
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| 20120127648 | Apparatus for Storing Data - An apparatus for storing data and supplying stored data. The apparatus comprises a support unit having a plurality of connectors for connecting to a plurality of data storage elements, and a plurality of data storage elements. Each data storage element is connected to one of the connectors. The apparatus also comprises a cable having a first end connected to the support unit and a second end connected to a main part. The main part defining a first space containing a portion of the cable, and a second space for containing the support unit. The support unit is movable between (i) a first position providing access to the data storage elements and (ii) a second position in which the data storage elements are located within the second space. The cable is a ribbon cable comprising power wires having a relatively large gauge and signal wires having a relatively small gauge. | 05-24-2012 |
Alastair Clark, Watford GB
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| 20090039248 | Detection apparatus - An ion mobility spectrometer has a pair of electrodes ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090090196 | Preconcentrator and Detector Apparatus - IMS apparatus has a preconcentrator ( | 04-09-2009 |
| 20110260053 | ION SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An ion mobility spectrometer or other ion apparatus has two or three grid electrodes | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110284739 | DETECTION APPARATUS - An ion mobility spectrometer has a pair of electrodes and midway along the drift chamber. A high field is applied between the electrodes and sufficient to modify ions in the region of thee electrodes such that they move at a different rate towards the collector plate. This is used to modify the time of flight of selected ions or ion clusters and enable identification of ambiguous peaks on the IMS spectrum. | 11-24-2011 |
Alastair Clark, Dunstable GB
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| 20090309019 | FAIMS Apparatus Comprising Source of Dry Gas - An ion mobility spectrometer has an inlet opening into an ionization region including a conventional ionization source. A series of several charged, circular electrode plates with aligned apertures extending therethrough provides a drift region on the opposite side of the ionization region from the inlet. A gas inlet connected to a source of clean, dry flushing gas opens between the ends of the drift region, with the gas flowing against the ion flow to one side to remove water molecules from the analyte. Gas flowing in the opposite direction is effective to help drive the dry analyte ions to an analysis region provided by two parallel asymmetric field plates. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100127164 | Ion Mobility Spectrometer Comprising Two Drift Chambers - An ion mobility spectrometer has two drift chambers and a common, doped reaction region. Each drift chamber includes an ion modifier, such as one that fragments the doped ions by a high electrical field. One of the drift chambers is doped and the other is undoped. In this way, the dopant adducts are removed by the modification process but then recombine with dopant only in the doped chamber so that different outputs are produced by the two drift chambers. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100276587 | Detectors And Ion Sources - A field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) has an analyte ion source assembly by which an analyte substance is ionized and supplied to the inlet of the spectrometer. The ion source assembly has an upstream source of clean, dry air and two ion sources of opposite polarity arranged at the same distance along the flow path. The ion sources are arranged so that the overall charge of the plasma produced is substantially neutral. The analyte substance is admitted via an inlet downstream of the ion sources and flows into a reaction region of enlarged cross section to slow the flow and increase the time for which the analyte molecules are exposed to the plasma. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110291000 | Ion Mobility Spectrometer Comprising Two Drift Chambers - An ion mobility spectrometer has two drift chambers and a common, doped reaction region. Each drift chamber includes an ion modifier, such as one that fragments the doped ions by a high electrical field. One of the drift chambers is doped and the other is undoped. In this way, the dopant adducts are removed by the modification process but then recombine with dopant only in the doped chamber so that different outputs are produced by the two drift chambers. | 12-01-2011 |
Alastair Clark, Wartford GB
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| 20100230588 | ION SELECTION APPARTUS AND METHOD - An ion mobility spectrometer or other ion apparatus has two or three grid electrodes | 09-16-2010 |
Alastair Clark, Dustable GB
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| 20100308216 | FAIMS Ion Mobility Spectrometer With Multiple Doping - A FAIMS ion mobility spectrometer is arranged so that the analyte is subject to different ion chemistries at different locations along the spectrometer. Different dopants, or different concentrations of dopants or water vapor are admitted at various locations, such as at the inlet, between the inlet and the ionizer between the ionizer and the gate, between the gate and the FAIMS parallel plates, through an opening in one of the plates, or between the end of the plates and the detector. | 12-09-2010 |
Alastair Compston, Cambridge GB
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| 20110229470 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE SECONDARY TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - The invention provides methods of diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, including methods of identifying multiple sclerosis patients who are at increased risk of developing a secondary autoimmune disease following lymphocyte depletion, caused, e.g., by treatment with an anti-CD52 antibody. Also embraced are methods of selecting treatment regimens for MS patients, and reagents useful in the above methods. | 09-22-2011 |
Alastair Green, Rebstein CH
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| 20090082992 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITIONS OF POINTS TO BE MEASURED - A position determination method for a set of new points to be surveyed, using a geodetic device and reference points whose positions in an absolute coordinate system are known. The position determination is effected by referencing the new points relative to a set of reference points and measurement of the reference points and of the new points in a relative coordinate system for referencing by the geodetic device—relative measured quantities being registered. Furthermore, the new points and the reference points are updated by successive addition in each case of the measured new points and reference points to the set of new points and set of reference points, respectively, and updating the position determination of the new points taking into account all of the respective actual reference points is effected if a specified minimum coefficient of determination for the referencing is ensured by the actual set of reference points. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20110285592 | POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND GEODETIC MEASURING SYSTEM - Position determination method for a target point, using a geodetic measuring device, such as a total station or a theodolite, having a distance and angle measurement functionality, a sighting device, and a first radio module, and using a hand-held data processing device, such as a data logger for the measuring device, having a second radio module. The data processing device is positioned within a specified radius of the target point. As part of the method, a radio connection is established between the first and the second radio modules, and the position of the target point is determined. A rough distance between the first and the second radio modules is determined based on a propagation time of interrogation and/or response signals of the radio connection and is used to locate the target—as displaying, detecting, identifying, and/or sighting the target point—or to exclude further possible target point candidates. | 11-24-2011 |
Alastair Hoath, Cheltenham Gloucestershire GB
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| 20100080512 | PATCH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A patch panel assembly including a cable manager, a front panel, and a cable grip holder having adjustable holding elements for securing a cable. The front panel is pivotable between a normal position and a pivoted position. | 04-01-2010 |
Alastair Hoath, Cheltenham GB
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| 20090215310 | UPGRADEABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PATCH PANEL AND METHOD OF UPGRADING SAME - An upgradeable patch panel assembly and associated method of upgrading a patch panel assembly. The upgradeable patch panel assembly including a panel base having an aperture sized to receive a scanner interface cable. The method including removing a first cover from the panel base, inserting a scanner interface cable through the existing aperture in the panel base, and attached an upgraded cover to the panel base. Upgrading the patch panel assembly is completed while the assembly remains mounted to a frame and without disconnecting rear cable connections. The upgraded patch panel assembly provides jack-occupancy monitoring capabilities. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100184324 | Upgradeable telecommunications patch panel and method of upgrading same - An upgradeable patch panel assembly and associated method of upgrading a patch panel assembly. The upgradeable patch panel assembly including a panel base having an aperture sized to receive a scanner interface cable. The method including removing a first cover from the panel base, inserting a scanner interface cable through the existing aperture in the panel base, and attached an upgraded cover to the panel base. Upgrading the patch panel assembly is completed while the assembly remains mounted to a frame and without disconnecting rear cable connections. The upgraded patch panel assembly provides jack-occupancy monitoring capabilities. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110115494 | MANAGED ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY SYSTEMS - A connector arrangement includes a plug nose body; a printed circuit board positioned within a cavity of the plug nose body; and a plug cover that mounts to the plug nose body to enclose the printed circuit board within the cavity. The printed circuit board includes a storage device configured to store information pertaining to the electrical segment of communications media. The plug cover defines a plurality of slotted openings through which the second contacts are exposed. A connector assembly includes a jack module and a media reading interface configured to receive the plug. A patch panel includes multiple jack modules and multiple media reading interfaces. | 05-19-2011 |
Alastair Lefley, Kemble GB
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| 20110300798 | Derivation of a clock signal in a near field communication device - A near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that load modulates and regulates a radio frequency (RF) signal. The NFC device includes a rectifier that rectifies the RF signal to provide a direct current voltage. The NFC device also includes a modulator that modulates a data signal. The modulator provides a first voltage when the data signal is at a first level and provides a second voltage when the data signal is at a second level. The NFC device utilizes a regulator to regulate and to load modulate the RF signal. The regulator adjusts an impedance based upon a comparison of the DC voltage provided by the regulator to the first voltage provided by the modulator for the data signal at the first level or to the second voltage provided by the modulator for the data signal at the second level. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120003930 | Near Field RF Communications Apparatus | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120126877 | DEMODULATION MIXING FOR A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) DEVICE - An in-phase, quadrature phase (IQ) mixer for a near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that includes a signal provider that provides an in-phase (I) mixing signal and a quadrature phase (Q) mixing signal so that the period of the I mixing signal is equal to a period for the Q mixing signal. A controller is configured to control the signal provider so that the average of the I mixing signal over two periods is minimized and the average of the Q mixing signal over two periods is also minimized. The controller is also configured to control the signal provider so that the average propagation delay for the I mixing signal and the Q mixing signal is minimized individually and relative to each other. | 05-24-2012 |
Alastair Lefley, Gloucestershire GB
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| 20100167644 | NEAR FIELD RF COMMUNICATORS AND NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS ENABLED DEVICES - A near field RF communicator has: an antenna operable to generate an RF signal to enable inductive coupling via the magnetic field of the RF signal between the antenna and another near field RF communicator or RF transponder in near field range; and a signal generator operable to generate a multi-level digital sine wave drive signal to drive the antenna to generate the RF signal, wherein the signal generator comprises a selector operable to select one or more digital sequences to provide one or more digital signals from which the digital sine wave drive signal is generated. | 07-01-2010 |
Alastair Malarky, Manheim CA
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| 20080233865 | MULTI-BEAM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of flexibly allocating capacity in a satellite coverage area, comprising establishing a frequency reuse pattern of at least two interleaved sets of cells, assigning a polarization to each set of cells, such that adjacent sets of cells alternate in orthogonal polarization, flexibly assigning satellite transmit power to at least one cell, flexibly assigning frequency and bandwidth to at least one cell, and moving frequencies, bandwidths, and satellite transmit power among the cells within each set, independently of the other sets, ensuring that at all times no two adjacent cells within a given set share a common frequency. | 09-25-2008 |
Alastair Malarky, Petersburg CA
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| 20080204326 | PATCH ANTENNA - A patch antenna for achieving a vertically-polarized radiation pattern is described. The patch antenna includes a closed-curve slot within which a signal feed point is located. Parasitic slots are disposed outside or inside the closed-curve slot. In one embodiment, the closed-curve slot is a ring slot and the parasitic slots are arc slots having a common center point with the ring slot. The antenna may further include a lower patch capable of producing a different radiation pattern with different polarization and at a different frequency band, to result in a dual-band antenna. The dual-band antenna may operate in the 5.9 GHz DSRC and 1.575 GHz GPS bands. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090201169 | Real-Time Location Systems and Methods - A real-time location system for identifying and locating tagged items. The system may include an identification protocol that tracks in-network transponders and assigns dynamic in-network identification numbers to in-network transponders. The system includes a locator function that employs time-of-arrival analysis. Rather than attempt to synchronize the time base at each reader, the system and process eliminate the need to sync the readers and also eliminate the impact of differential receive delays in the respective readers. Both the transponder and a master reader transmit locate signals, which are measured at slave readers. The system relies on differences in time-of-arrival of the two signals at the respective slave readers to determine the likely location of the transponder. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090231161 | REAL-TIME VEHICLE POSITION DETERMINATION USING COMMUNICATIONS WITH VARIABLE LATENCY - A system and method for predicting the location of a vehicle in an electronic toll collection system employing a wide area communication protocol. The vehicle includes a transponder that sends reports regarding the position of the vehicle and the time at which the position was determined. The system includes a vehicle position predictor for estimating the future position of the vehicle within a roadway based on two or more reports of past positions and the times at which they were recorded. Speed data or other data impacting likely future position may also be reported and factored into the estimate. The estimate of future position may be used in connection with triggering enforcement measures, timing a toll transaction, integrating wide area toll communications into a legacy toll transaction system, or for other applications. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100237998 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION IN AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM - An adaptive communication system and method for use in an electronic toll collection system utilizing transponders located in vehicles travelling on a toll roadway. A transponder memory stores configuration type data that identifies the type of the vehicle carrying the transponder, the transponder or the transponder's mounting. The transponder transmits the configuration type data to the communication system. The communication system includes a memory which contains a database of predetermined communication parameters for various types of configuration types. The communication system looks up the predetermined communication parameters for the configuration type and adjusts variable communication parameters accordingly. Predetermined communication variables may include the transmit power of an antenna, or the receive sensitivity of the antenna or the position of the vehicle in order to maximize the likelihood of a successful communication. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245126 | ENHANCED TRANSPONDER PROGRAMMING IN AN OPEN ROAD TOLL SYSTEM - A transponder communication system and method for communicating with a transponder in an electronic toll collection system. A roadside reader attempts to program the transponder in a normal mode in which a programming signal is transmitted to a first coverage area. If the programming attempt in the normal mode is unsuccessful, the reader attempts to program the transponder in an enhanced mode in which a programming signal is transmitted to a second coverage area. The coverage area is adjusted after the programming attempt in the normal mode by using an adjacent antenna to the antenna used to transmit in the normal mode or by increasing the power of the programming signal to a level that is greater than the level used to transmit the programming signal in the normal mode. | 09-30-2010 |
Alastair Martin, Edinburgh IE
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| 20100049371 | AGGREGATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An aggregated management system for managing a commodity, such as electricity or gas, is disclosed comprising a plurality of commodity resources; an availability calculation means; a resource aggregator, wherein each resource, depending on availability data from the availability calculation means, is aggregated to represent an aggregated resource; a resource controller, wherein each commodity resource, depending on availability, is selectively operated by the resource controller in response to a resource instruction; and an interface to provide information regarding the aggregated resource and receive resource instructions regarding the aggregated resource for the resource controller | 02-25-2010 |
Alastair Mcneillie, Humble, TX US
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| 20110031185 | COMBINED CHEMICAL OXIDATION/ASSISTED BIOREMEDIATION OF CONTAMINANTS - A method for the combined chemical oxidation/assisted bioremediation of contaminated materials, comprising contacting a contaminated material with at least one metal chelate and at least one peroxide compound. | 02-10-2011 |
Alastair Rampell, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20090292599 | TRANSACTIONAL ADVERTISING - A method of transactional advertising includes providing a transactional advertising platform for presenting offers to a user who is committed to complete an electronic transaction; selecting an offer to present based on at least two of the following associated with the transaction: a transaction amount, a payment type, a shipment address, and a shopping cart contents; and presenting the offer to the user based on a user level of commitment to complete the electronic transaction and based on the status of the transaction. The user level of commitment includes one of an indication of non-payment, an indication of payment, and an indication of indecision to pay. The transaction status includes one of needs incentive to transact, method of payment provided, payment approved, and payment complete. | 11-26-2009 |
Alastair Selkirk, Edinburgh GB
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| 20090074856 | CRYSTALLINE PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE SUSPENSIONS IN CAPSULES - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation which comprises (i) a capsule, and (ii) a core comprising crystalline 2′-cyano-2′-deoxy-N | 03-19-2009 |
Alastair Sinker, Winchester GB
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| 20100264095 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONING AND DEGASSING LIQUIDS AND GASES IN SUSPENSION - A method and apparatus are provided for the controlled application of ultrasonic energy for conditioning of mixtures of gas and liquids by evolving and/or agglomerating gas bubbles existing with or in a liquid or for coalescing droplets of liquid dispersed in another liquid. The invention in preferred embodiments thereof comprises a coalescing apparatus for increasing the droplet size of a mixture formed as a liquid dispersed in another liquid, and a de-gassing apparatus arranged to evolve and/or agglomerate gaseous bubbles in a gas/liquid mixture. In the apparatuses, ultrasonic transducers are used to impart vibrational energy to the mixtures. | 10-21-2010 |
Alastair Wilson, Wantage GB
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| 20100116374 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN EASY OPEN CONTAINER - A method of forming a container having enhanced openability is disclosed. The method includes providing a can body, and providing a can end having an approximately planar panel, a pull tab affixed to the panel, and a moveable portion disposed beneath a handle of the tab, the moveable portion being in a first position extending upwardly toward the handle. The method also includes filling a comestible product into the can body at an elevated temperature, seaming the can end to the can body, and moving the moveable portion from the first position to a second position extending downwardly away from the handle, such that a gap is formed or enlarged between the moveable portion and the handle, enhancing accessibility to a user's finger. The moving being in response to internal negative pressure caused by cooling of the product within the can body. | 05-13-2010 |