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Anthony G. Burke, Frisco, TX US
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| 20090082034 | WIRELESS CLIENT POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention comprises a system and method for determining an estimated position of a wireless mobile client device operating in a communications environment covered by a wireless local area network. The received signal strength of the wireless mobile client device is measured by one or more access points serving devices in the communications environment. In a preferred embodiment, the error between the received signal strength measured by the access points and the expected received signal strength at a plurality of locations in the communications environment is calculated. The location of the device is determined from the error. | 03-26-2009 |
Anthony Glenn Burke, Frisco, TX US
Charles Pence Burke, Magnolia, TX US
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| 20110252643 | CONNECTOR INCLUDING ISOLATED CONDUCTIVE PATHS - An apparatus includes a pair of connectors, two or more conductive paths formed in each connector in the pair of connectors, and a shroud encompassing at least a portion of the pair of connectors. The pair of connectors includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is substantially more flexible than the second connector, and each connector in the pair of connectors includes a bulkhead. Each of the two or more conductive paths in each connector in the pair of connectors is electrically isolated from all other conductive elements in the pair of connectors. The shroud is located between the bulkheads and disposed about the pair of connectors when the pair of connectors are coupled together electrically. | 10-20-2011 |
Charles Pence Burke, Humble, TX US
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| 20100087092 | CONNECTOR INCLUDING ISOLATED CONDUCTIVE PATHS - An apparatus includes a pair of connectors, two or more conductive paths formed in each connector in the pair of connectors, and a shroud encompassing at least a portion of the pair of connectors. The pair of connectors includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is substantially more flexible than the second connector, and each connector in the pair of connectors includes a bulkhead. Each of the two or more conductive paths in each connector in the pair of connectors is electrically isolated from all other conductive elements in the pair of connectors. The shroud is located between the bulkheads and disposed about the pair of connectors when the pair of connectors are coupled together electrically. | 04-08-2010 |
Dann Burke, Reno, TX US
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| 20100167851 | Hooded Valve and Valve Assembly for an Inflatable Object - A hooded valve and valve assembly for use in inflatable objects, especially inflatable balls with an internal bladder that are inflated through insertion of an air needle, are disclosed. The valve includes an exterior chamber for easy insertion of the needle, a closed central portion for retention of air once the needle is removed, and a flexible interior chamber for enabling air to flow from the needle and to prevent the needle from puncturing the ball or the bladder. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100227717 | INFLATION METHOD FOR AND GAME BALL WITH NOISE SUPPRESSION DISK - An inflatable game ball containing a noise suppression device and a method for inflating the game ball are described. More particularly, a free standing, noise suppression disk is fit snuggly within a central area of the hollow internal cavity formed by the bladder of the game ball. The diameter of the noise suppression disk is slightly larger than the diameter of the hollow internal cavity of the ball, while the thickness of the disk is sufficient to provide necessary rigidity to the game ball noise suppressor without adding excess weight to the ball. An exact amount of SF | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120006447 | INFLATION METHOD FOR AND GAME BALL WITH NOISE SUPPRESSION DISK - An inflatable game ball containing a noise suppression device and a method for inflating the game ball are described. More particularly, a free standing, noise suppression disk is fit snuggly within a central area of the hollow internal cavity formed by the bladder of the game ball. The diameter of the noise suppression disk is slightly larger than the diameter of the hollow internal cavity of the ball, while the thickness of the disk is sufficient to provide necessary rigidity to the game ball noise suppressor without adding excess weight to the ball. An exact amount of SF | 01-12-2012 |
Edmund Burke, Dallas, TX US
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| 20100117195 | CAPACITOR INTEGRATION AT TOP-METAL LEVEL WITH A PROTECTIVE CLADDING FOR COPPER SURFACE PROTECTION - An on-chip decoupling capacitor ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110114597 | BARRIER INTEGRATION SCHEME FOR HIGH-RELIABILITY VIAS - Disclosed is a method of fabricating an integrated circuit comprising patterning a dielectric layer to form a hole having a sidewall and a bottom. The hole can expose an underlying material of an electrically conducting material. The method also includes exposing the sidewall and the exposed underlying material to a plasma etch, depositing a barrier layer on the bottom and the sidewall of the hole after the plasma etch clean, forming a counter-sunk cone in the underlying material by etching through the barrier layer at the bottom of the hole into the conducting metal underneath, flash depositing a thin layer of the barrier material into the hole, and finally depositing a metal seed layer in the hole covering the sidewalls and the bottom of the hole including the cone at the bottom. The hole is finally filled by depositing a metal layer in the hole. | 05-19-2011 |
James E. Burke, Austin, TX US
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| 20080223951 | REMOTE CONTROL FOR VALVE AND HOSE REEL SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a handheld element and a remote control. The handheld element has a proximal end, a distal end, and an internal flow conduit. The internal flow conduit extends between the proximal and distal ends. The internal flow conduit is configured to be in fluid communication with a hose. The remote control is integrated with the handheld element. The remote control is configured to transmit wireless data signals for controlling a device associated with the hose. The device may include a reel, a valve system, a valve unit, and/or a plurality of valves. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100141425 | DEVICE SECURITY SYSTEM - One embodiment involves a usage code system comprising an electrical device powered by a battery only if the battery contains a characteristic usage code. Another embodiment involves a presence confirmation device that repeatedly sends wireless query signals. The electrical device receives the query signals and responds by sending a wireless confirmation signal to the presence confirmation device. The presence confirmation generates an alert if it does not receive the confirmation signal after a certain time period after sending a query signal to the electrical device. Yet another embodiment involves a motion sensor that measures motion data from which translation of an electrical device is determined. If a net translation of the device is greater than or equal to a defined threshold, an alert system generates an alert or increases a polling rate at which new motion data is periodically received from the motion sensor. | 06-10-2010 |
John J. Burke, Lubbock, TX US
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| 20090062124 | Ethephon-induced enhancement of seedling development - The growth and development of agronomically important plants which are cultivated under conditions of low water stress or drought, is enhanced by an application of relatively low concentrations of ethephon to the seed or to the growing plant at a stage of growth between the cotyledon stage and the six-leaf stage. Application of the cytokinins is effective to elicit one or more effects in the resultant plant including increased lateral root development, increased root hair development along the seminal roots, thickening of the hypocotyl, increased rate of leaf development, and enhancement of the reproductive process (i.e., increased fruiting or increased rate of development of fruiting branches). | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110055977 | Enhancement of Reproductive Heat Tolerance in Plants - The reproductive heat tolerance of plants may be enhanced by transformation with chimeric construct comprising a nucleic acid coding sequence encoding a heat shock protein operatively linked to a promoter which is effective for expression in mature pollen of the plant. Although mature pollen of plants do not normally express heat shock proteins, plants transformed with this construct express and accumulate the heat shock protein even in pollen which is mature. The mature pollen of the transformed plants exhibits significantly increased tolerance to elevated temperature stress. | 03-03-2011 |
Paul J. Burke, Austin, TX US
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| 20090296378 | Illuminated Product Display with Consumer Interaction and Product Synchronization - An illuminating product display providing customer interaction and product synchronization is disclosed. The product display may include an upright display member having an illuminating member and lighting niches through which dynamic light shows may be projected. A product may be positioned in a lighting niche. A product experience shelf may also be coupled to the upright display member. The product experience shelf may include translucent recesses for holding and illuminating demonstration products. The product experience shelf may also incorporate an illuminated ring or border lining the outer edge of each recess for additional lighting effects. An interactive customer interface may allow customers to adjust a control module which coordinates synchronized dynamic light shows throughout the display. The customer interface may also be illuminated and positioned on the product experience shelf. Furthermore, the dynamic light shows may be synchronized with the lighting products. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296385 | Method of Displaying Illuminated Products - A method of displaying and merchandising a product that that provides customer interaction and product synchronization is disclosed. The method provides a product display that may include an upright display member having an illuminating member and lighting niches through which dynamic light shows may be projected. A product may be positioned in a lighting niche. A product experience shelf may also be coupled to the upright display member. The product experience shelf may include translucent recesses for holding and illuminating products and or samples of products. The product experience shelf may also incorporate an illuminated ring or border lining the outer edge of each recess for additional lighting effects. The method also provides an interactive customer interface that allows customers to adjust a control module which coordinates synchronized dynamic light shows throughout the display. The customer interface may also be illuminated and positioned on the product experience shelf. Furthermore, the method provides synchronization of dynamic light shows with the products on display. | 12-03-2009 |
Raymond N. Burke, Cypress, TX US
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| 20120222771 | ON-SITE MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE PIPELINE - Systems and methods for onsite manufacture of a composite pipeline. In one embodiment, a method for constructing a pipeline includes arranging a plurality of sections of tubing at or near to a location where the pipeline is to be finally installed. An end of a first of the sections of tubing axially abuts an end of a second of the sections of tubing. The abutting ends of the first and second of the sections of tubing are joined. A continuous strip of material is wrapped in a helical pattern over the length of the joined first and second of the sections of tubing to form a pipeline segment. | 09-06-2012 |
Raymond Nicholas Burke, Cypress, TX US
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| 20110284114 | Methods for Repairing a Defective Pipeline - Methods for repairing a defect in a pipeline. In some embodiments, the method includes filling the defect with a paste such that an outer surface of the defect is substantially flush with an adjacent outer surface of the pipeline, curing the paste, manually wrapping a reinforcing material around the pipeline over the defect region for a plurality of turns, coupling the reinforcing material to the pipeline, wherein a pressure load applied to an inner surface of the pipeline is transferred through the pipeline and the paste to the reinforcing material so as to increase a safe operating pressure of the pipeline, and electrically coupling the reinforcing material and the pipeline, whereby an electrical potential in the pipeline is transmitted to the reinforcing material. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284115 | Methods for Repairing a Defective Pipeline - Methods for repairing a defect in a pipeline. In some embodiments, the method includes filling the defect with a filler such that an outer surface of the defect is substantially flush with an adjacent outer surface of the pipeline, curing the filler, wrapping a reinforcing material around the pipeline over the defect region for a plurality of turns, coupling the reinforcing material to the pipeline, wherein a pressure load applied to an inner surface of the pipeline is transferred through the pipeline and the filler to the reinforcing material so as to increase a safe operating pressure of the pipeline, and electrically coupling the reinforcing material and the pipeline, whereby an electrical potential in the pipeline is transmitted to the reinforcing material. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110290411 | Modular System for Fabricating a Reinforced Tubular - A system and method for fabricating reinforced tubular. In some embodiments, the fabrication system includes a plurality of iso-containers positioned at a site where a reinforced tubular is to be installed and equipment disposed within each of the plurality of iso-containers, the equipment operable to produce the reinforced tubular. The equipment includes a caterpullar operable to receive a tubular and push the tubular through the equipment downstream of the caterpullar and a winder operable to wrap the tubular with a reinforcing material to produce the reinforced tubular. | 12-01-2011 |
Raymond Nicholas Burke, Houston, TX US
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| 20120255641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REINFORCING A PIPELINE - Systems and methods for reinforcing an existing pipeline. In some embodiments, the methods include positioning a pipeline wrapping apparatus on the existing pipeline, wherein the pipeline wrapping apparatus comprises a winding head, feeding a strip of material through the winding head, attaching an end of the strip of material to the existing pipeline, and helically wrapping the strip around the existing pipeline by rotating the winding head and axially translating the winding head relative to the existing pipeline. | 10-11-2012 |
Robert Burke, Dallas, TX US
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| 20090198996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR ACCESS POINTS - A system and method for providing a identity association between a subscriber in a private network and a provider over a public network is described. The system and method include a subscriber security gateway in the private network, the subscriber security gateway providing policy enforcement and signaling between the private network and the provider over the public network and at least one digital key associated with the provider and readable by the subscriber security gateway and operable to provide a identity association with the provider. A network device in the private network, the network device operable to establish a trusted media channel between the provider and the network device using the public network as a result of the signaling and policy enforcement at the subscriber security gateway using the digital keys, and a security gateway in the provider network, the security gateway including a registry for authenticating the user using the digital key and for maintaining a record of the subscriber's relationship with the provider. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090249067 | System and Method for Pre-Placing Secure Content on an End User Storage Device - A system and method for pre-placing content from a provider on an end user storage device is described. The system includes a device connected to an end user network and a public network and used to interface with one or more digital keys, where each digital key is able to control one or more identity associations. A storage device attached to the end user network and is able to receive content from the provider using the identity association with the provider. The content is encrypted on the storage device using a keys established by the provider, such that the end user can only decrypt and access the content by agreeing to terms established by the provider using the digital key and identity association with the provider. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090296936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A SECURE BILLING IDENTITY FOR AN END USER USING AN IDENTITY ASSOCIATION - A system and method include a device connectable to a private network and designed to access to a public network, the device used to control identity associations for end user devices in the private network, wherein the device has an associated device key and is operable to receive additional keys associated with service providers, and a conditional access system associated with the device, the conditional access system operated by a key authority to manage the device key and to authenticate the service provider keys thereby allowing identity associations between the private network and the service providers. | 12-03-2009 |
Robert James Burke, Dallas, TX US
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| 20120317004 | UTILITY BILL AUDIT - A system, computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for a utility bill audit. Measured data is input from meters. Utility provider information is input. The utility provider information includes utility provider sub-costs and utility provider variables. System data is generated based on the measured data. The system data includes system sub-costs and system variables. If a utility provider sub-cost differs from a corresponding system sub-cost by more than a selected sub-cost error threshold, whether a utility provider variable differs from a corresponding system variable by more than a selected variable error threshold is determined. A user interface outputs a notice regarding whether utility provider information differs from corresponding system data. | 12-13-2012 |
Roger Phillip Burke, Midland, TX US
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| 20110313626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING, ADJUSTING, AND MONITORING LOAD-BASED LIMITS ON A WELL SERVICE RIG - A method and system for automatically setting adjusting and monitoring load-based limits is capable of monitoring the hookload, rig weight and combined measured weight and compare those parameters to limits. If any of the hookload, rig weight or measured weight should increase to a level beyond its limit, the system is able to adjust the operation of the well service rig to limit damage to the equipment and danger to the operators and service personnel. The system is also capable of adjusting each of the limits as the weight of the rig and actual hookload change over time while conducting an activity to maintain the respective limits in the most beneficial range. | 12-22-2011 |