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Edward L. Edelen, Baltimore, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110179603Adjustable drawer handle - Disclosed is a universal drawer handle that is capable of being mounted to drawer fronts using pre-existing mounting holes extending through the drawer fronts, regardless of the position of such mounting holes. One or more clamping members clamp a base of the drawer handle to the outer surface of a drawer front. A clamping member anchor extends through the drawer front from the back of the drawer front and into each clamping member, in turn pulling the base of the drawer handle against the drawer front. Each clamping member is configured to slide within a channel extending through the base, thus allowing the longitudinal position of the clamping member with respect to the base to be adjusted as may be necessary to accommodate pre-existing holes in the drawer front that resulted from prior installations of alternative drawer pulls, while keeping such clamping member fully hidden from view.07-28-2011

James Edelen, Renton, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110264630Quota-Based Archiving - A determination of whether to archive email messages in a user mailbox is made each time an email message is received at a server computer. A storage quota, a first threshold and a second threshold are obtained for the user mailbox. The first threshold is a first percentage of the storage quota. The second threshold is a second percentage of the storage quota. When it is determined that the size of the received email message plus the current size of the user mailbox exceeds the first threshold for the user mailbox, one or more email messages in the user mailbox are archived. The archiving of the one or more email messages reduces the current size of the user mailbox such that the current size of the user mailbox becomes less than the number of bytes corresponding to the second threshold for the user mailbox.10-27-2011

James Edelen, Redmond, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090327972AGGREGATE AND HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY OF GROUPED ITEMS SPANNING MULTIPLE STORAGE LOCATIONS - Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.12-31-2009

James Edelen, Seattle, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090319619AUTOMATIC CONVERSATION TECHNIQUES - Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.12-24-2009

James J. Edelen, Renton, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110055196DATA MINING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - User insights derived from communication data may be provided. Communications associated with a user may be collected and analyzed to derive insights about the user. The insight may then be provided to the user, such as for modifying an application functionality, creating a message processing rule, providing new information to the user, and updating an application display or user interface.03-03-2011
20110055264DATA MINING ORGANIZATION COMMUNICATIONS - Data mining for organization insights may be provided. Data from a plurality of sources, such as user communications and documents, may be collected. The collected data may be analyzed to identify an insight about users or organizations associated with the communications. The insight may be provided to a user, such as in response to a search query, an analytics tool, or an added application functionality.03-03-2011

James J. Edelen, Seattle, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090204903IDENTIFYING UNIQUE CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES - Unique content in interrelated email messages is identified and duplicate content filtered out for user friendly display of a flow of exchange within the interrelated messages. Follow-on messages such as replies or forwards are compared to the original message to determine which part of a follow-on message is not present in the original message and is a unique part of the follow-on message. The comparison includes parsing of the messages to extract user viewable parts determination of which extracted part is the last message part containing unique information. Once the unique message part is determined, message body that excludes everything after the unique part including the headers is be displayed.08-13-2009

Jeffrey Alan Edelen, Glendale, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110137798SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION OF PAYMENT SYSTEMS FROM A PAYMENT SYSTEM DIRECTORY TO PROCESS A TRANSACTION - Dynamically enabling and facilitating businesses or other entities to locate and transact with payment systems for the purpose of processing payments. A customer interacts with a supplier of an item (e.g., goods or services), selects an item for purchase, and provides the supplier with payment criteria. The supplier queries a payment system directory to locate candidate payment systems for the transaction. The supplier then interacts directly with one or more of the payment systems to partially or fully process payment for the transaction. Alternatively, the supplier interacts with a gateway service, which queries a payment system directory to locate candidate payment systems and then interacts with one or more of the payment systems to process payment for the transaction.06-09-2011

John Glenn Edelen, Verailles, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259105Current Control Circuit for Micro-Fluid Ejection Device Heaters - Current control circuit for micro-fluid ejection heaters. In one embodiment, the current through a heater in a micro-fluid ejection device may be monitored and regulated to maintain a particular value or range of values. In such an embodiment, the heater current may be monitored and compared to a reference value. A signal may be induced based upon the divergence of the beater current from the value and the signal may be applied to the logic switch for the monitored heater. The logic switch may regulate the current through the heater based upon the induced signal. As a result of the regulation of the current, the induced signal may dynamically change thereby allowing fast regulation of the heater current.10-23-2008

John Glenn Edelen, Versailies, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090097084Micro-fluid Ejection Apparatus Signal Communication Devices and Methods - Micro-fluid ejection apparatuses and devices, and methods related to communication in and with the same. One such micro-fluid ejection apparatus includes a controller configured to generate a data signal, and a transmitter configured to convert the data signal to a current signal. The apparatus further includes a conductor capable of carrying the current signal, and a receiver configured to receive the current signal from the conductor and to convert the current signal to a second data signal. The micro-fluid ejection apparatus is configured to operate on the second data signal. In one embodiment, the micro-fluid ejection apparatus may be a printing apparatus, such as an inkjet printing apparatus. In some embodiments, the current signal comprises a pair of corresponding differential current signals and/or current transfer logic signals offset from a base amperage level. In some embodiments, the transmitter and controller are provided within a main printing control board, while the receiver is provided within a printhead cartridge or a printhead carrier, and the operation comprises a printing function.04-16-2009

John Glenn Edelen, Versailles, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303849Enhanced Communications Protocol For Improved Modularity In A Micro-Fluid Ejection Device - Methods and apparatus for improving modularity in a micro-fluid ejection device and for providing instruction data to a plurality of data handling devices within a micro-fluid ejection device. The method includes generating device data and appending an address to the device data to generate instruction data. The address typically indicates at least one data handling device within the micro-fluid ejection device for which the device data is intended. The instruction data is provided to a plurality of data handling devices including at least one data controller. The data controller is operated to decode the address from the instruction data and select at least one data handling device to receive the device data based upon the decoded address. The device data is thereby input into each selected data handling device and subsequently used to operate the micro-fluid ejection device.12-11-2008
20080316277MICRO-FLUID EJECTOR PATTERN FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - A micro-fluid ejection head and method for reducing a stagger pattern distance and improving droplet placement, on a receiving medium. The micro-fluid ejection head includes a substrate containing a plurality of ejection actuators on a device surface thereof and a fluid supply slot for providing fluid to be ejected by the micro-fluid ejection head. The ejection head also includes a flow feature component in flow communication with the fluid supply slot and configured for providing fluid ejection chambers and fluid supply channels for the fluid ejection chambers. Adjacent first and second ejection actuators in a substantially linear array of ejection actuators are each spaced a first distance from the fluid supply slot and second and third ejection actuators in the linear array of ejection actuators are each spaced a second distance from the fluid supply slot that is less than the first distance.12-25-2008
20100002033METHOD FOR COMPENSATING SHIFT IN ON RESISTANCE OF TRANSISTOR OF PRINTHEAD - Disclosed is a method for compensating a shift in an ON resistance of a transistor in a chip of a printhead of an inkjet printer. The method includes determining a value of a life indication parameter of the printhead and comparing the determined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead with at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter. The at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead is stored in at least one of a memory of the inkjet printer and a memory of the chip of the printhead. Thereafter, a gate voltage input to the transistor is modified based on a difference between the determined value of the life indication parameter and the at least one predetermined value of the life indication parameter of the printhead for compensating the shift in the ON resistance of the transistor.01-07-2010
20100123758MICRO-FLUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH ON-CHIP SELF-MANAGED THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A micro-fluid ejection device, such as an inkjet printhead, includes a substrate, a heater chip on the substrate, a structure on the substrate for supplying ink to the heater chip and a nozzle plate on the heater chip. The heater chip has a plurality of electrically-activatable spaced apart heater elements that can be repetitively subjected to momentary electrical activation and deactivation so as to cause cyclical heating and cooling of ink in the heater chip resulting in repetitive ejection of drops of ink by the nozzle plate on the heater chip. The device also includes a thermal control system in the heater chip being self-managed by operation of a control loop defined by the thermal control system internally of the heater chip and substrate for sensing and limiting the variation of the temperature of the substrate during cyclical operation of the heater elements of the heater chip.05-20-2010

Patent applications by John Glenn Edelen, Versailles, KY US