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Andrew Hickson, Winchester GB
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| 20100094933 | System and Method for Generating Exception Delay Messages when Messages are Delayed - Generating exception delay messages when messages communicated between asynchronous messaging applications are delayed and for forcibly retaining the original message. Specifically, the invention provides methods and systems for generating an exception delay message after a time threshold has expired without deleting the original message. The exception delay message may be sent once when the time threshold first expires or each time that the time threshold expires. | 04-15-2010 |
Andrew Hickson, Hursley GB
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| 20110061052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING A TEMPORARY OBJECT HANDLE - A method and system are provided for using a temporary object handle. A method at a resource manager includes: receiving an open temporary handle request from an application for a resource object, wherein a temporary handle can by asynchronously invalidated by the resource manager at any time; and creating a handle control block at the resource manager for the object, including an indication that the handle is a temporary handle. The method then includes: responsive to receiving a request from an application to use a handle, which has been invalidated by the resource manager, sending a response to the application that the handle is invalidated. | 03-10-2011 |
Andrew I. Hickson, West Wellow GB
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| 20120117172 | SELECTION OF COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR MESSAGE TRANSFER BASED ON QUALITY OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS - Provided are a message brokering systems, computer program products and methods for communication in a publish/subscribe environment in which publisher application programs send messages to subscriber application programs via one or more message brokers, the method comprising the following steps: responsive to receipt of a published message at a message broker, referring to characteristics of the received message and subscriber-specified quality of service requirements to determine an appropriate quality or service for onward transmission of the message; selecting a communication protocol in accordance with the determined quality of service; and transmitting the message using the selected communication protocol. Information relating to the quality of service requirements of a first message broker's subscribers is passed to other brokers and subsequently used for selection of an appropriate communication protocol for transmitting messages between the brokers. | 05-10-2012 |
Andrew I. Hickson, Hants GB
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| 20080229329 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADMINISTERING MESSAGES WHICH A CONSUMING APPLICATION FAILS TO PROCESS - Disclosed is a method for administering messages. In response to a determination that one or more consuming applications have failed to process the same message on a queue a predetermined number of times, the message is made unavailable to consuming applications. Responsive to determining that a predetermined number of messages have been made unavailable to consuming applications, one or more consuming applications are prevented from consuming messages from the queue. | 09-18-2008 |
Andrew Ian Hickson, West Wellow GB
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| 20100095308 | MANAGING QUEUES IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING SYSTEM - Managing an asynchronous messaging queue with a client computer in an asynchronous messaging system, where the client computer is programmed to store an manage the asynchronous messaging queue, includes receiving a reactive message in the asynchronous messaging queue, the reactive message including an identification of a referenced message and an action to be performed on the referenced message; and performing the action on the previously initiated message with the client computer if the referenced message is present in the asynchronous messaging queue. | 04-15-2010 |
Chad Kamil Hickson, Cincinnati, OH US
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| 20090287280 | Portable moist heat system - A portable moist heat delivery system comprising a water vapor generating portion comprising a water vapor source and a heat source; a water vapor-air regulating portion, said water vapor-air regulating portion comprising a water vapor-air mixing layer, and a water vapor-air distribution layer; said water vapor generating portion and said water vapor-air regulating portion being in fluid communication; and said water vapor-air regulating portion having a latent heat delivery surface disposed adjacent said water vapor-air regulating portion which delivers moist heat at a preselected temperature range wherein about 15% to about 95% of the moist heat is latent heat of condensation. Methods include delivering improved pain relief, blood flow, relaxation, and reduced cardiac workload. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100306946 | Integral Dual Functionality Cleaning Pads - A cleaning pad has a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the facing layer and backsheet. The facing layer is an integral sheet having a first region comprising a plurality of apertures, and a second region comprising a plurality of raised protrusions. The two different regions provide dual functionalities of absorbing (or distributing) liquid, such as a cleaner, and scrubbing, respectively. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20120023693 | Integral Dual Functionality Cleaning Pads - A cleaning pad has a facing layer joined to a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the facing layer and backsheet. The facing layer is an integral sheet having a first region comprising a plurality of apertures, and a second region comprising a plurality of raised protrusions. The two different regions provide dual functionalities of absorbing (or distributing) liquid, such as a cleaner, and scrubbing, respectively. | 02-02-2012 |
Craig B. Hickson, Mesa, AZ US
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| 20080202416 | High temperature ALD inlet manifold - A system and method for distributing one or more gases to an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. An integrated inlet manifold block mounted over a showerhead assembly includes high temperature (up to 200° C.) rated valves mounted directly thereto, and short, easily purged reactant lines. Integral passageways and metal seals avoid o-rings and attendant dead zones along flow paths. The manifold includes an internal inert gas channel for purging reactant lines within the block inlet manifold | 08-28-2008 |
| 20110162580 | HIGH TEMPERATURE ALD INLET MANIFOLD - A system and method for distributing one or more gases to an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. An integrated inlet manifold block mounted over a showerhead assembly includes high temperature (up to 200° C.) rated valves mounted directly thereto, and short, easily purged reactant lines. Integral passageways and metal seals avoid o-rings and attendant dead zones along flow paths. The manifold includes an internal inert gas channel for purging reactant lines within the block inlet manifold | 07-07-2011 |
Cynthia L. Hickson, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20080264639 | Method and Apparatus for Orienting Perforating Devices - The present invention provides an apparatus and method of orienting perforating gun strings conveyed on a tool string. One embodiment of the present invention provides an orienting weight provided in a portion of the perforating device, such as the shaped charge, the loading tube or the gun housing. An adapter is provided intermediate the tool string that facilitates conveyance of the gun string downhole. Additionally, the adapter enables the gun string to rotate independent of the tool string. | 10-30-2008 |
Jonathan A. Hickson, Lake Villa, IL US
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| 20090238436 | COMPOSITION FOR IMAGING REAGENT - The invention provides a composition comprising a buffer and an aminoluciferase bioluminescent imaging reagent. More specifically, the invention relates to a formulation for use with an aminoluciferase bioluminescent imaging reagent. The invention also provides a method for evaluating the efficacy of an anti-apoptotic agent over multiple time points comprising the in vivo use of a composition comprising a buffer and an aminoluciferase bioluminescent imaging reagent. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090238766 | BIOLUMINESCENT CONSTRUCT - The invention provides a construct comprising an amino acid sequence attached to a luciferin substrate, wherein the amino acid sequence is not a substrate for either luciferase or caspase-3/7 to render the substrate inactive in the presence of luciferase. The construct is useful, for example, as a negative control for in vitro apoptosis assays and the bioluminescent imaging of drug-induced apoptosis in vivo. The invention also provides methods for screening for novel modulators of an apoptosis-related disease. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110117079 | THERAPEUTIC DLL4 BINDING PROTEINS - Improved DLL4 binding proteins are described, including antibodies, CDR-grafted antibodies, human antibodies, and DLL4 binding fragments thereof, proteins that bind DLL4 with high affinity, and DLL4 binding proteins that neutralize DLL4 activity. The DLL4 binding proteins are useful for treating or preventing cancers and tumors and especially for treating or preventing tumor angiogenesis, and/or other angiogenesis-dependent diseases such as ocular neovascularization, or angiogenesis-independent diseases characterized by aberrant DLL4 expression or activity such as autoimmune disorders including multiple sclerosis. | 05-19-2011 |
Stephen John Hickson, South Glamorgan GB
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| 20100104729 | Drinks Dispensing Apparatus - A beverage cooling system comprising a beverage cooling apparatus and a coolant composition comprising a corrosion inhibitor, a freeze point depressant, and water; the apparatus comprising:—a housing comprising a reservoir;—means for freezing the coolant composition;—beverage inlet means;—a beverage cooling coil; and—beverage outlet means. | 04-29-2010 |