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Chaun Heywood, Omaha, NE US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080210753LOYALTY REWARD SETTLEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A acquirer system used for credit card transaction processing includes a loyalty server to manage issuance of loyalty points as transactions are processed and to provide settlement features. The loyalty server uses loyalty qualifying criteria and assigned point values stored in an associated database. When points are awarded, the loyalty server records the value of the points and electronically transfers amounts from an account of a merchant to an account of the loyalty point issuer. The merchant may be multi-tiered, with the point value allotted between a central merchant organization and individual retail stores.09-04-2008

Gareth M. Heywood, Waterdown CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090086794System and Method of Data Word Flipping to Prevent Pathological Conditions on High-Speed Serial Video Data Interfaces - Systems and methods are provided for reducing pathological conditions in a serial video interface. A sequence of parallel data words that are to be transformed by a data-scrambling algorithm comprise an input signal. The bit order of one or more of the words in the sequence of parallel data words is reversed and the sequence of parallel data words, now including one or more bit-reversed words, is transmitted. The signal resulting from application of a data-scrambling algorithm to the sequence of parallel data words, including one or more bit-reversed words, has a reduced likelihood of including a pathological condition.04-02-2009
20090087183WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SERIAL VIDEO SIGNALS OVER OPTICAL INTERFACES USING THE XFP FORM FACTOR - Certain pins of an XFP connector are re-purposed to enable the connector to receive, for example, four 11.88 Gb/s serial data streams (for a receiver), or output four 11.88 Gb/s serial data streams (for a transmitter). The four data streams are wavelength division multiplexed inside the XFP module for transmission over a single optical fibre, providing a total interface capacity of 47.52 Gb/s. An XFP receiver module is defined to convert the WDM signal back to four 11.88 Gb/s serial data streams.04-02-2009
20090103727Sync-bit Insertion for Timing Reference Signals to Prevent Long Runs of Static Data in Serial Digital Interfaces - In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for inserting 2-bit codes into the least significant bit positions of timing reference signal code words, to prevent long runs of zeros from entering the scrambling polynomial. By preventing the long runs of ones and zeros in the scrambled data stream, the receive-end DC-restoration circuits can be simplified, reducing complexity and increasing system performance. A serial digital interface prevents long runs of ones and zeros by replacing the values of the two least significant bits of the data stream prior to the scrambler. The two least significant bits are changed from 11b or 00b to 01b or 10b.04-23-2009

Jonathan Heywood, Pettstadt DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080210182Electric Camshaft Adjuster - The invention relates to an electric camshaft adjuster for adjusting and securing the phase angle of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to its crankshaft, having a three shaft gearing which is embodied as a harmonic drive (09-04-2008
20080236530ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF A CAMSHAFT IN RELATION TO A CRANKSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An adjustment device (10-02-2008
20080314345ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE RELATIVE ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF A CAMSHAFT IN RELATION TO A CRANKSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An adjustment device (12-25-2008
20090050088CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER - A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the relative angular positions of a camshaft and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine in accordance with a setting shaft is provided. In which the setting shaft is driven by a setting assembly and has a driving connection with an adjusting gear through a coupling. The drive moment is transmitted in the coupling by a radial extension (02-26-2009
20090199797ELECTROMOTIVE CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER - An electromotive camshaft adjuster for adjusting the angle of rotation of the camshaft (08-13-2009

Patent applications by Jonathan Heywood, Pettstadt DE

Kirk Heywood, Erie, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100030448METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING UNBURNED FUEL AND OIL FROM EXHAUST MANIFOLDS - Methods and systems are provided for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system and a plurality of cylinders that utilize fuel and/or oil for combustion and engine lubrication purposes. In one example, a method comprises, while the engine is operating in a low-load mode or an idle mode, successively operating distinct subsets of said cylinders at a cylinder load sufficient to increase an exhaust temperature for burning unburned fuel and/or oil deposited in the cylinders or engine exhaust system. Herein, each successively operated subset comprises at least one but fewer than all of the plurality of cylinders, and the cylinders that are not currently being operated in a subset are operated in a low- or no-fuel mode.02-04-2010

Patrick B. Heywood, Louisville, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090013029DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL LOGICAL SITES - Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include, for example, devices, systems and methods of operating one or more virtual logical sites. A method may include, for example, running on a server at least one first virtual machine implementing at least part of a first virtual logical site, and at least one second virtual machine implementing at least part of a second virtual logical site interchangeable with the first virtual logical site. Other embodiments are described and claimed.01-08-2009

Richard Heywood, Cirencester GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090104912OPTIMIZING POWER SETTINGS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO MITGATE INTERFERENCE - A method and apparatus for optimizing power settings in a communication system includes a first step (04-23-2009

Russell S. Heywood, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110109472RESOURCE MONITORING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A first set of data reflects usage of a resource based on readings from a metering device located at a first user's premises. A second set of data reflects usage of the resource at multiple other user premises. Comparison and usage indicators are generated based one the first and second sets of data. A comparison indicator is generated based on the first set of data and the second set of data. A usage indicator is generated based on the first set of data. The usage indicator reflects the usage of the resource at the first user's premises over a period of time and the comparison indicator reflects the same usage relative to the usage at the multiple user premises over the same period of time. The comparison indicator and the usage indicator are sent to a mobile device that displays the indicators.05-12-2011

Sam Philip Heywood, Berkshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080306246Process for Attaching Effector Molecules to Proteins - The present invention provides a process for attaching one or more effector molecules to one or more cysteines in a protein comprising: a) activating one or more cysteines in the protein by diafiltering the protein against a monothiol reducing agent or a multi-thiol reducing agent which is incapable of forming intramolecular disulphide bonds and b) reacting the treated protein with an effector molecule.12-11-2008

Thomas D. Heywood, Phoenix, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100111691TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - A turbine engine component includes a shaft and two sets of hollow radial plates. The shaft includes an axial section forming a portion of a main passage having a substantially uniform diameter. The axial section has two ends and a center located substantially halfway between the two ends. The first set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a first axial location between the center and a first end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate is hollow and has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage. The second set of hollow radial plates extends radially outwardly from the shaft at a second axial location between the center and a second end of the axial section. Each hollow radial plate has an interior surface defining annular chambers surrounding and in flow communication with the main passage.05-06-2010