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Charles Bice, Murrysville, PA US
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| 20100150715 | THERMALLY ACTIVATED SHUTDOWN SEALS FOR ROTATABLE SHAFTS - A thermally actuated shutdown seal for a rotating shaft having a narrow annular fluid flow path surrounding the shaft. The seal surrounds the shaft with the annulus therebetween during normal operation and constricts against the shaft when the shaft slows or stops rotating. The annulus is maintained open during normal operation by a spacer interposed between opposing ends of a split ring. When the shaft stops rotating, the temperature of the annulus rises, which actuates removal of the spacer from the split ring constricting the split ring against the shaft blocking the annulus. The blocked annulus causes a pressure differential across the seal which urges a polymer seal ring, downstream of the split ring against the shaft which seals the annulus. In one embodiment, the spacer is formed of a meltable material. In a second embodiment, the spacer is removed from the split ring by a thermally responsive actuator. | 06-17-2010 |
Mark E. Bice, Algona, WA US
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| 20080240850 | ELECTROMAGNETIC MECHANICAL PULSE FORMING OF FLUID JOINTS FOR HIGH-PRESSURE APPLICATIONS - An electromagnetically formed fluid circuit joint ( | 10-02-2008 |
Matthew Paul Bice, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090259943 | System and method enabling sampling and preview of a digital multimedia presentation - There is presented a system and method enabling sampling and preview of a digital multimedia presentation. The system comprises a presentation server and a presentation content database configured to store a plurality of digital content including the digital multimedia presentation, accessible through the presentation server. The system also comprises a presentation sampling and preview application configured to determine a time duration of the digital multimedia presentation, designate sampling intervals of the digital multimedia presentation according to the time duration, associate a digital content sample with each designated sampling interval, and assign the digital content samples to respective locations on a presentation timeline. The system is configured to provide the digital content sample assigned to a selected location on the presentation timeline, thereby enabling sampling and preview of the digital multimedia presentation. In one embodiment, the system further comprises a client computer. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090259955 | System and method for providing digital multimedia presentations - There is presented a system and method for providing a digital multimedia presentation. The system comprises a presentation server and a presentation content database configured to store a plurality of digital multimedia content items, accessible through the presentation server. The system also comprises a presentation control application configured to enable identification of a digital multimedia content item for presentation from among the plurality of digital multimedia content items. The presentation control application is configured to organize the plurality of digital multimedia content items into digital multimedia content sets displayed on a selection plane, enable navigation in a first navigation mode on the selection plane, group the plurality of digital multimedia content items into grouping subsets displayed on a presentation plane, enable navigation in the first navigation mode on the presentation plane, and enable navigation in a second navigation mode between the selection plane and the presentation plane. | 10-15-2009 |
Randall L. Bice, Cleveland, MN US
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| 20090101032 | Hand-Held Stamp Having Integrated Components - A self-inking hand-held stamp includes a sub-assembly having an ink cartridge supplied in a pre-inked condition, and a separate sub-assembly for retailers at the point of sale or other field personnel to flash with the desired stamp image. Use of a pre-inked and pre-assembled ink cartridge permits that sub-assembly to be stocked in a field location well in advance of when the actual stamp is flashed and assembled at the point of sale. | 04-23-2009 |
Shawn Bice, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20080244258 | Instrumenting Configuration and System Settings - Described are systems and methods for instrumenting configuration and system settings based on targeting configuration settings at dynamically populated groups, groups with varied membership, and objects defined in a class. The systems and methods provide for attributing a configuration setting or policy to one or more objects and then targeting the object at one or more scope. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090228579 | Unified Service Management - The described unified service management system provides a unified console to perform functions of individual management specialists. A unified console facilitates an administrator to perform the complex tasks that were performed by the individual management specialists. The unified console provides a “wizard” based approach to the administrator to design all aspects of the complex tasks including placement of components or computing devices, deciding on policies of the components or computing devices, deciding on health policies of components or computing devices, fixing data protection policies of components or computing devices, etc. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20100082505 | SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE RESOURCE CAPACITY MANAGEMENT - A system is disclosed that includes an interface to receive a resource governance rule applicable to one or more hardware resources supporting a monitored software application. The system includes utilization logic to measure usage of a particular hardware resource by the monitored software application. An available utilization of the particular hardware resource is determined based on the resource governance rule, and a total utilization of the particular hardware resource is also determined. One or more utilization metrics are determined based on historical usage of the particular hardware resource as compared to a governed capacity and a non-governed capacity available to the particular hardware resource. The system also includes recommendation logic to determine a recommended action to be taken with respect to the monitored software application. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082549 | DATA-TIER APPLICATION COMPONENT FABRIC MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for managing database applications are disclosed. A system includes a fabric that identifies a set of data-tier application components. Each of the data-tier application components includes a logical representation of a collection of database elements. The fabric identifies a set of database runtime resources hosting the set of data-tier application components, and the fabric identifies computing resources used by the set of database runtime resources to host the set of data-tier application components. The system also includes a management point to receive a fabric policy. One or more actions of the fabric policy are automatically applied to affected entities identified by the fabric to bring fabric elements into compliance with the fabric policy. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083285 | DATA-TIER APPLICATION COMPONENT - Data-tier application components (DACs) and methods for managing database applications are disclosed. According to one particular embodiment, a DAC includes a single unit of management that packages metadata related to a database object. The metadata related to the database object includes an identifier of the database object, a database runtime resource identifier of a database runtime resource operable to manipulate the database object, and a policy related to execution of the database runtime resource. | 04-01-2010 |
William F. Bice, Sandia Park, NM US
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| 20100070362 | BOOMTIME SERVICE PROVISIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A facilitator supports numerous organizations that supply personal services by providing infrastructure and a management interface for controlling and customizing the infrastructure. The infrastructure includes databases, a web site, scheduling tools, and sales tools. The sales tools can offer both personal services and goods, such as shampoo or lotion. The personal services can be purchased for direct use by the purchaser or as a gift to a recipient. The recipient can receive a gift certificate electronically, through the mail, or delivered by hand. A traveling client can select an organization far from home based on proximity or availability. | 03-18-2010 |