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Brent Garson, Orange, OH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100129024 | Vending Shim - A shim for use in retrofitting a vending machine for dispensing products is provided. The shim has at least two spaced arms each having a first end and a second end, the arms capable of supporting products to be dispensed, and a transverse member joining the arm second ends. The transverse member is arranged to be attached to the vending machine housing such that the arms are disposed in proximity to the dispensing mechanism of the vending machine for dispensing products. | 05-27-2010 |
Brent D. Garson, Orange, OH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100094457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN A VENDING MACHINE - During operation of a vending machine, visual images of the next product to be dispensed from product dispensing locations are obtained. Features of the visual images are compared to a data base of features to determine the identity of the next product to be dispensed from each of the dispensing locations. After a product has been dispensed from a dispensing location, a visual image is obtained of the next product at the dispensing location. Features of the visual image of the next product at the dispensing location are compared to a data base of features to determine the identity of the next product to be dispensed. A displayed price of a product is compared with product prices in the data base. If necessary, the displayed price is adjusted to agree with the data base. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100187997 | ENERGY SAVING CONTROL FOR A FLUORESCENT LIGHT IN A MERCHANDISING MACHINE AND A METHOD OF RETROFITTING THE CONTROL IN A MERCHANDISING MACHINE - An energy saving control | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100237091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN A VENDING MACHINE - During operation of a vending machine, an image is obtained of an area of interest in the vending machine. As a product selected by a customer moves toward a product retrieval location, images of the area of interest are obtained and transmitted to the data base. Images in the data base are compared to determine whether or not the selected product has moved to the area of interest. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110049067 | Replacement shelf for a vending machine - A replacement shelf for displaying, storing, and vending flat pack gum and candy replaces an existing shelf which was dedicated solely to vending old style five stick gum and roll candy. The replacement shelf includes a plurality of parallel product guides each of which includes a planar bottom surface and a pair of parallel spaced apart product support rails which cooperate to support product to be stored, displayed and vended in a position above the planar bottom surface of the product guides and in a position which ensures that the product is directed to fall downwardly from the product guide into a delivery bin in the vending machine. | 03-03-2011 |
Brent Dale Garson, Orange, OH US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20100087953 | MERCHANDISING APPARATUS - An apparatus for use in dispensing containers of liquid includes a dispensing device having a container dispensing location and a plurality of container storage locations. A light source is disposed at the dispensing location. Light from the light source is transmitted through the bottom of a container at the dispensing location, through liquid disposed in the container, and through an outer side surface of the container. | 04-08-2010 |
Elizabeth Garson, Olympia, WA US
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| 20090050502 | PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL YARN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A yarn management system for storing, managing and transporting yarn and in-progress work pieces including a storage device or knitting bag sized to accommodate a variety of projects, for example, a full-sized project bag configured to hold multiple skeins of yarn and the associated in-progress work piece. The storage device is configured to protect the yarn and the work piece while allowing the user to periodically remove and work on the work piece, for example, to knit tangle free with multiple skeins of yarn. The storage device or bag includes an interior compartment having at least one of a divider panel which creates a first and a second storage compartment. The divider panel further includes a plurality of guide apertures through which yarn can pass from the first storage compartment to the second storage compartment. | 02-26-2009 |
Matt Garson, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100228797 | NON-PRIVILEGED ACCESS TO DATA INDEPENDENT OF FILESYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION - An application programming interface (API) module provides access to data, independent of filesystem implementation in a non-privileged user mode. A discovery volume having a filesystem recognizable by an operating system has cover files which prevent damage to data stored in an unrecognizable primary volume. The discovery volume also includes a data access API available for execution in a non-privileged user mode to render the primary volume accessible by operating systems which would otherwise find the primary volume unrecognizable. | 09-09-2010 |
Matthew S. Garson, Seattle, WA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20090248757 | Application-Managed File Versioning - In accordance with one or more aspects of the application-managed file versioning, a request to store a new version of a file is received from an application, the request having been generated by the application. A filename for the new version of the file is generated, derived from a standardized naming convention. The filename includes a first portion having at least a portion of a name of the file, and a second portion having data indicating that the new version of the file is a version of the file. A set of application programming interfaces (APIs) can be exposed that allow the application to manage file versions, such as creating a new version of a file, identifying one or more versions of the file, listing one or more versions of the file, and deleting one or more versions of the file. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100281299 | FILE SYSTEM RECOGNITION STRUCTURE - A set of file system data structure and file system recognition APIs are disclosed that may allow an operating system to identify a partition of a storage device as having a valid file system, even if the operating system does not know how to access the file system a priori. File systems implement these data structures in a standardized, known location within a partition on the storage device such that an operating system may use APIs or other functions to examine that known location for the presence of these data structures. Information on how to interpret the data structure may be obtained using a network or other source. | 11-04-2010 |
Matthew Stuart Garson, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120072400 | DIRECTORY OPLOCK - Current file systems may implement opportunistic locks on files that allow clients to locally cache file data, while promoting data consistency when multiple clients read/write the same file. Unfortunately, when a client locally caches directory content of a directory, the file system may lack a mechanism for notifying the client of changes to the directory that would render the cached directory content “stale”. Accordingly, one or more systems and/or techniques for managing a directory oplock are disclosed herein. A directory oplock may be generated based upon an oplock request comprising a first target key and a first parent key. Subsequent access requests for access to the directory or objects therein may be compared with the directory oplock to determine whether to break the directory oplock, and notify the client (e.g., directory oplock is broken if the client submitting the access request is different than the client owning the directory oplock). | 03-22-2012 |