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Adrian Ford, Woodinville, WA US
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| 20090086259 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY FOR A NEW VERSION OF A PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE - A method of providing backward compatibility for a newer version of a page description language to a system comprising a computer and a printer coupled to the computer, where the printer is configured and arranged for operation with an earlier version of the page description language and has not been updated for the newer version of the page description language, includes providing an updated printer driver with a component that incorporates information about the printer to convert a file in the newer version of the page description language into a file in the earlier version of the page description language while substantially retaining a same visual appearance of the file when printed and compared to the file printed by a printer configured and arranged to print the file using the newer version of the page description language. The updated printer driver is stored on the computer. | 04-02-2009 |
Alexander S. Ford, Carnation, WA US
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| 20110225170 | ADAPTABLE RELEVANCE TECHNIQUES FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITY STREAMS - A social networking activity reporting system (“SNARS”) and techniques are used for notifying a user of a client-side electronic device about updates (“activity items,” or “AIs”) from the user's social network. A relevance formula, which includes at least one time-dependent portion and at least one time-independent portion, is used to calculate a relevance score for an AI. For each AI, the time-dependent portion includes at least one factor based on a dynamic relationship between the user and the AI (for example, the relationship between the user or others in the user's social network and the publisher; or the amount of interaction the user or others in the user's social network have had with the item or subject). The AIs are presented in ascending or descending order based on the relevance scores. The relevance formula may be updated and re-applied to the same or a different set of activity items. | 09-15-2011 |
Gary A. Ford, Renton, WA US
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| 20100263739 | GTank-C90 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer System - The ‘GTank-C90 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer System’ consists of an auxiliary fuel transfer cell that connects to and becomes an integral part of the extended fuel storage of the motorcycle increasing its capacity and riding range. The ‘GTank-C90 Auxiliary Fuel Transfer System’ allows the motorcycle operator to transfer fuel from the auxiliary fuel transfer cell to the stock fuel tank by activating a momentary 12V toggle switch. This fuel transfer is designed to be performed during normal operation of the ‘motorcycle’ without disruption of use or adversely affecting the operation of the motorcycle in any way. | 10-21-2010 |
James O. Ford, Bothell, WA US
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| 20090125627 | HIGHLY SCALABLE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT FOR MANAGING REMOTE DEVICES - A highly scalable primary server is provided to serve an increasing number of users and remote devices. Instead of communicating with a primary server using an expensive communication protocol, a remote device communicates with a secondary server using a less expensive protocol to determine whether the primary server desires to communicate control instructions to the remote device. When the primary server has a request to control the remote device, the primary server creates a table entry to the secondary server to notify the remote device of a request to communicate. Upon polling the secondary server and learning of the created table entry, the remote device establishes a communication connection with the primary server to receive the instructions for controlling the remote device. In this manner, the demand for resources needed for communication with the primary server is significantly reduced. | 05-14-2009 |
Jeffrey L. Ford, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20100223597 | AGGREGATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF APPLICATION ISSUE DATA - A novel software application development aid comprises a web portal that provides aggregated and prioritized application issue data to ISVs in an ISV-specific and ISV-customizable manner so that the ISVs may improve their applications or correct errors therein and may know which application issues are causing the greatest reductions in customer satisfaction. So informed, the ISV may efficiently focus limited corrective resources on the most pressing problems. The application issue data sources for the ISV portal may include logo testing data, user crash report data, and other testing data. | 09-02-2010 |
Marion L. Ford, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090238936 | Food-product preparation kit, food-product preparation apparatus, and methods of use - Embodiments relate to food-product preparation kits and food-product preparation apparatuses. In one embodiment, a food-product preparation kit includes at least one support including a plurality of support slots, a food-product preparation apparatus, and at least one recipe card. The food-product preparation apparatus includes a base and walls attached to the base. The base and walls define receiving spaces for receiving food product. The food-product preparation apparatus includes at least one flange portion extending from the base. The at least one flange is configured to be received by at least one support slot and cooperate therewith so that the food-product preparation apparatus is supported in an upward fashion at a convenient viewing angle. The at least one recipe card is configured to be received by at least one of the support slots and cooperate therewith so that the at least one recipe card is oriented in an upward fashion. | 09-24-2009 |
Matthew Ford, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100228623 | TRACKING AD UNIT PERFORMANCE - Methods and computer storage media for tracking and reporting ad unit performance are described. Tags are associated with ad units and may be manually associated and/or extracted from content items to be presented on a webpage associated with an ad unit. Upon receipt of a request for an advertisement to be presented in association with an ad unit, one or more associated tags are also received. Performance of the ad unit may be tracked utilizing the associated tags and one or more performance data elements, for instance, click-through-rate, income generated by the ad unit, visitor data, number of impressions, and expected cost per thousand impressions (eCPM). Reports on the tracked performance may be generated as desired. | 09-09-2010 |
Richard L. Ford, Redmond, WA US
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| 20110066829 | Selecting Regions Of Hot Code In A Dynamic Binary Rewriter - An approach to region selection which extends beyond traces and selects super-regions. A super-region (SR) contains arbitrary control flow, such as interprocedural nested loops, that provides a larger scope for transformation (e.g. optimization) than traces. Hardware samples are used to identify SRs that contain the hot code of a client process without requiring any static program information. | 03-17-2011 |
Robert G. Ford, Snohomish, WA US
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| 20090192727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING STRUCTURES FOR DAMAGE USING NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION TECHNIQUES - A system and method for monitoring a structure for damage is provided. The method includes stimulating a sensor in a sensor array to generate a plurality of waves. The sensor array includes one or more quadrants, wherein each quadrant includes one or more sensors. Sensor data from all sensors are acquired in each quadrant in parallel. The sensor data wave characteristics is processed for analysis. The processed sensor data wave characteristics are compared with threshold values to determine the presence of damage to the structure. If the presence of damage is determined, a corrective system is notified for corrective action. | 07-30-2009 |
Russell H. Ford, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090238936 | Food-product preparation kit, food-product preparation apparatus, and methods of use - Embodiments relate to food-product preparation kits and food-product preparation apparatuses. In one embodiment, a food-product preparation kit includes at least one support including a plurality of support slots, a food-product preparation apparatus, and at least one recipe card. The food-product preparation apparatus includes a base and walls attached to the base. The base and walls define receiving spaces for receiving food product. The food-product preparation apparatus includes at least one flange portion extending from the base. The at least one flange is configured to be received by at least one support slot and cooperate therewith so that the food-product preparation apparatus is supported in an upward fashion at a convenient viewing angle. The at least one recipe card is configured to be received by at least one of the support slots and cooperate therewith so that the at least one recipe card is oriented in an upward fashion. | 09-24-2009 |
Steven Ford, Ellensburg, WA US
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| 20100038881 | Mounting Apparatus - Described are embodiments directed to an apparatus that is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle with a fifth wheel. The apparatus allows a towing hitch to be attached to the vehicle which allows the vehicle to tow other vehicles. The apparatus includes an elongated beam with a forward portion, middle portion, and rearward portion and a kingpin connected to the middle portion of the beam and adapted to engage a fifth wheel. A mounting pin with a first end and a second end is connected to the rearward portion of the beam and is substantially perpendicular to the elongated beam. The apparatus further includes strut braces connected to either end of the mounting pin and that extend at an angle away from the mounting pin. The strut braces are also connected to leveling assemblies which are adapted to connect to a frame of the vehicle and are adapted to change the vertical position of the rearward portion of the beam. | 02-18-2010 |
Victoria Ford, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100021871 | TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION - A creation system and method for creating routines for teaching comprehension are described. The system identifies the skill to be taught, determines one or more features for the identified skill and determines a sequence of routines based on the determined one or more features. A performance system and method for performing the determined routines are also described. The performance system identifies the skill to be taught, determines the sequence of routines for the skill and presents the sequence to the learners. The performance system also provides feedback to the learners for their responses and modifies the sequence of routines based of the learners' responses. | 01-28-2010 |