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Johnson, Jr., NC
Morris S. Johnson, Jr., Cary, NC US
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| 20100259385 | GROUP AWARE TRACKING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WITHIN A BOUNDED ZONE - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to personal articles tracking and provide a method, system and computer program product for group aware tracking within a bounded zone. In an embodiment of the invention, a group aware tracking method can include recording an association in a table in a computing system between individuals within a geographically bounded zone and at least one target object within the geographically bounded zone. The method also can include sensing an individual from amongst the individuals exiting the geographically bounded zone and further sensing a target object exiting the geographically bounded zone. The method yet further can include comparing the sensed individual with the further sensed target object to determine whether or not an association exists in the table and triggering an alarm when an association is determined not to exist in the table between the sensed individual and the further sensed target object. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110078630 | SCROLLABLE CONTEXT MENU FOR MULTIPLE ELEMENT SELECTION - Selections from a long list of elements on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are presented. When a context window is presented for the selections, different cues are provided in the context window to provide feedback regarding the selections that are not in the current view, and to also facilitate rapid navigation to those selections on the GUI. Interaction with the GUI widgets within the context window, and interaction with the context window itself, facilitates the navigation toward the other selections that are not in the current view. Interaction with the GUI widgets also facilitates the preview of the selections that are not in the current view, thus making it easier to determine what has been selected without having to navigate to the view that contains those selections. | 03-31-2011 |
Morris Stanley Johnson, Jr., Cary, NC US
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| 20110296303 | REPLICATING RECORDED ACTIONS ACROSS COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A first computer system in a collaborative environment receives a plurality of indications of actions executed on content of a second computer system in the collaborative environment. A mapping between the content of the second computer system and corresponding content of the first computer system is determined. A subset of the plurality of indications of the actions executed on the content of the second computer system that are to be executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system is identified. A preview of executing the subset of the plurality of indications of the actions is presented on the first computer system. The subset of the plurality of indications of the actions is executed on the corresponding content of the first computer system. | 12-01-2011 |
Rickey H. Johnson, Jr., Charlotte, NC US
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| 20100076808 | Method and System for Automated Center Workflow - Described herein are systems and methods for automating workflow of assigning jobs and tracking the process. The exemplary method comprises receiving job data for a plurality of jobs, assigning a current job to one of a plurality of users based on a business rule, sending the current job to the one of the users, and receiving further data for the current job. Additional exemplary methods comprise marking the current job complete when the further data is an indication that the job has been successfully completed. Further exemplary methods comprise sending the current job to a problem resolver when the further data is an indication that the job includes a problem. The exemplary system comprises a job tracking tool receiving job data for a plurality of jobs and assigning a current job to one of a plurality of users based on a business rule, a messaging system receiving the current job from the job tracking tool and forwarding the job to the user; and a work order system receiving the job via the messaging system if the user determines that the job data for the job is correct. | 03-25-2010 |
Robert W. Johnson, Jr., Raleigh, NC US
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| 20090021079 | Power Systems and Methods Using an Uninterruptible Power Supply to Transition to Generator-Powered Operation - A loss of a power source for a bus is detected. Responsive to detecting the loss of the power source, a voltage is generated on the bus using an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). A generator is transitioned to a desired output state concurrent with generating the voltage on the bus using the UPS. The generator is coupled to the bus responsive to the generator attaining the desired output state. The UPS may be used to provide power to a load connected to the bus while the generator is in transition. For example, detecting the loss of the power source may be preceded by operating a converter of the UPS coupled to the bus as a rectifier and generating the voltage on the bus using the UPS may include operating the converter of the UPS as an inverter. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100008397 | TEMPERATURE MONITORING IN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS USING SYNTHETIC LOADING - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is configured to be coupled to a power source at an input node and to a load at an output node. The UPS is synthetically loaded (e.g., to a maximum rated load) by transferring current from the output node to the input node. Concurrent with synthetically loading the UPS, a temperature of an electrical conductor of the UPS is monitored. The monitoring of the temperature of the electrical conductor may include receiving a temperature sensor signal representative of the temperature of the electrical conductor from a temperature sensor (e.g., a self-powered wireless temperature sensor) mounted on the electrical conductor. The invention may be embodied as methods, apparatus and computer-readable media. | 01-14-2010 |
Robert William Johnson, Jr., Raleigh, NC US
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| 20090140693 | FLYBACK CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR SERIALLY CONNECTED ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES USING FLYBACK-TYPE CONVERTERS - A charge redistribution apparatus includes a transformer including a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. The apparatus also includes a plurality of rectifier circuits, respective ones of which are configured to connect respective ones of the secondary windings across respective groups of a plurality of serially connected energy storage devices (e.g., respective individual cells, respective batteries and/or respective strings of batteries). The apparatus further includes a switch configured to connect the primary winding across the plurality of serially connected energy storage devices, and a control circuit configured to control the switch. The control circuit may be configured to cause the switch to alternately connect and disconnect the primary winding to and from the string of serially connected energy storage devices to redistribute charge among the energy storage devices. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100148898 | ZIGZAG AUTOTRANSFORMER APPARATUS AND METHODS - A zigzag autotransformer includes a zigzag transformer including first, second and third magnetic cores and an auxiliary winding set including respective pairs of series-connected windings on respective pairs of the first, second and third magnetic cores, the pairs of series-connected windings having respective first terminals connected to respective AC input phase terminals of the zigzag autotransformer and respective second terminals configured to provide respective AC output phases. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100219923 | ZIGZAG AUTOTRANSFORMER APPARATUS AND METHODS - A transformer includes a zigzag transformer comprising first, second and third magnetic cores. The transformer further includes an auxiliary winding set comprising respective pairs of series-connected windings on respective pairs of the first, second and third magnetic cores, the pairs of series-connected windings having respective first terminals connected to respective AC phases of the zigzag autotransformer and respective second terminals configured to provide respective AC output phases. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110278931 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS SUPPORTING LOAD BALANCING - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system that includes a multiphase AC output configured to be coupled to a load, an inverter having an output coupled to the AC output and a control circuit operatively associated with the inverter and configured to cause the inverter to compensate for a phase imbalance of a load coupled to the AC output while power is being delivered to the load from an AC power source independently of the inverter. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278932 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ISOLATED INTERFACE FOR VARIABLY AVAILABLE POWER SOURCE - Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems include an AC input configured to be coupled to an AC power source, an AC output configured to be coupled to a load and a UPS circuit including a first converter circuit coupled to the AC input, a second converter circuit coupled to the AC output and a DC bus coupling the first converter circuit to the second converter circuit. The system further includes a third converter circuit having an output coupled to the AC output and an input configured to receive power from a variably available power source and a control circuit operatively associated with the UPS circuit and the third converter circuit and configured to cooperatively control the UPS circuit and the third converter circuit to selectively transfer power to the load from the AC power source and the variably available power source. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278933 | UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS SUPPORTING HIGH-EFFICIENCY BYPASSED OPERATION WITH A VARIABLY AVAILABLE POWER SOURCE - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC input configured to be coupled to an AC power source, an AC output configured to be coupled to a load, a power conversion circuit comprising a first converter circuit configured to receive power from a variably available power source, a second converter circuit coupled to the AC output, a DC link coupling the first and second converter circuits, and a switching circuit, e.g., a bypass circuit, configured to selectively couple and decouple the AC input and the AC output. The UPS system further includes a control circuit operatively associated with the power conversion circuit and the switching circuit and configured to cause concurrent transfer of power to a load at the AC output from the AC power source and the variably available power source via the switching circuit and the power conversion circuit, respectively. | 11-17-2011 |