Kinard, US
Charles M. Kinard, Cary, NC US
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20140365955 | WINDOW RESHAPING BY SELECTIVE EDGE REVISIONS - Aspects revise the shape of a window displayed in a graphical user interface environment by removing one or more selected boundary edge lines of the window as displayed within a graphical user interface environment in an initial appearance shape and including display content. The definitions of one or more new replacement boundary elements are received, and the initial appearance shape of the window is revised into a revised appearance shape that is defined by the replacement boundary element(s) and one or more remainder boundary edge lines that are not removed. Display of the display content of the window is initiated within the revised appearance shape of the first window. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372217 | OPTIMAL ZOOM INDICATORS FOR MAP SEARCH RESULTS - A system, method and computer program product for indicating an optimal magnification level for displaying search query results in a mapping application running in a computer device. The method comprises: obtaining search results for a business or category of interest in a geographical area; determining the search results to be displayed within a mapping application; determining an optimal magnification level corresponding to a search result; generating a magnification indicator for indicating an optimal magnification level for the search result to be displayed within the mapping application; and adjusting the display within the mapping application to change to the determined optimal magnification level responsive to selecting the magnification indicator for that search result. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372421 | OPTIMAL ZOOM INDICATORS FOR MAP SEARCH RESULTS - A system and computer program product for indicating an optimal magnification level for displaying search query results in a mapping application running in a computer device. The method comprises: obtaining search results for a business or category of interest in a geographical area; determining the search results to be displayed within a mapping application; determining an optimal magnification level corresponding to a search result; generating a magnification indicator for indicating an optimal magnification level for the search result to be displayed within the mapping application; and adjusting the display within the mapping application to change to the determined optimal magnification level responsive to selecting the magnification indicator for that search result. | 12-18-2014 |
20150067865 | Threat Condition Management - Methods, products, apparatuses, and systems may manage a threat condition. A plurality of triggers may be identified over a period of time. Each of the triggers may be associated with a threat risk value. An accumulation value may be determined based on an aggregation of each threat risk value over the period of time. A set of progressive threshold values associated with a set of progressive threat conditions may be defined. A threat condition from the set of threat conditions may be established for the device based on the accumulation value. The threat condition may be managed, for example by defining an operational mode for the device, in response to the threat condition. | 03-05-2015 |
Charles M. Kinard, Durham, NC US
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20140157270 | VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT - A virtual machine management method and system is provided. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a list of virtual machines deployed within an enterprise. The computing system determines that a specified time period has elapsed during deployment and a list of resources and transactions associated with the virtual machines is retrieved. The computing system calculates a cost value and service value for deploying the virtual machines and a premium value associated with the services. The computing system determines if the premium value is within a policy for the enterprise. | 06-05-2014 |
Charles M. Kinard US
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20130042234 | VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT - A virtual machine management method and system is provided. The method includes receiving by a computing system, a list of virtual machines deployed within an enterprise. The computing system determines that a specified time period has elapsed during deployment and a list of resources and transactions associated with the virtual machines is retrieved. The computing system calculates a cost value and service value for deploying the virtual machines and a premium value associated with the services. The computing system determines if the premium value is within a policy for the enterprise. | 02-14-2013 |
Charles Marcel Kinard, Cary, NC US
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20090063650 | Managing Collections of Appliances - An appliance manager for managing appliances in a networked environment comprises a subscription component, a hierarchy component, a storage component, an interface component and a management component. The subscription component identifies active subscribed-to appliances to be managed and the hierarchy component organizes subscribed-to appliances into at least one managed set of configuration-identical devices, where each managed set has a roaster appliance and zero or more slave appliances. The storage component stores managed data associated with the subscribed-to appliances. The interface component receives events from active subscribed-to appliances, wherein the appliance manager exchanges information with a select active subscribed-to appliance in response to receiving a corresponding event there from. The management component dynamically manages the at least one managed set of appliances so as to synchronize subscribed-to appliances within their associated managed set in response to receiving events that identity a configuration change occurred on the select active subscribed-to appliance. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064192 | Managing Collections of Appliances - A protocol to enable management of opaque entities in a computing environment comprises an events component and a commands component. The events component enables a manager to utilize a received event communicated by a corresponding managed entity to indicate when administration or other management actions have occurred to domain information on the corresponding managed entity. The commands component interacts with the managed entities in response to the events component receiving corresponding events there from. The commands component further comprises commands for backing up the domain information stored by the managed entities as opaque configuration objects, for restoring the domain information to the managed entities as opaque configuration objects and for querying an identified one of the plurality of managed entities to determine whether two domain configurations are semantically different in a way that allows the configuration to remain opaque to the manager. | 03-05-2009 |
20120308200 | CONTIGUOUS MEDIA PLAYBACK - In one embodiment of the invention, a method for contiguous media playback comprises recording a first media content and storing the recorded first media content in a first media file; recording a second media content and storing the recorded second media content in a second media file; playing the first media file; determining if the second media content was recorded within a predefined window of and from a same channel as the recording of the first media content; determining a user preference for contiguous playback; and if the second media content was recorded within a predefined window of and from a same channel as the recording of the first media content and if the user preference is for contiguous playback, playing the second media file contiguous with the first media file. | 12-06-2012 |
20130262592 | DETERMINING CROWD TOPICS FROM COMMUNICATIONS IN A FOCUS AREA - An embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for managing computing resources, wherein a data analyzer analyzes communications from electronic devices to identify a common topic among the communications in a predetermined area. In at least one embodiment, only communications that have been created within a predetermined time period are analyzed. A processor connected to said data analyzer generates a title based on the common topic. A communications module connected to the processor sends an electronic message to a user, wherein the electronic message includes the title and the predetermined area. In at least one embodiment, the title and the predetermined area are displayed on a graphical user interface. | 10-03-2013 |
20140149897 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE CONTENT RETRIEVAL ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Disclosed is a method, computer program product and a system configured, in response to a user placing one or more markings at a first location on a display screen, creating a mapping between data representing the one or more markings; saving the data in a file that is identified at least in part by the mapping; and in response to the user inputting a command to retrieve the markings, retrieving the data from the file based on the mapping and rendering markings on the display screen at a second location specified by the user. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149898 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE CONTENT RETRIEVAL ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Disclosed is a system configured, in response to a user placing one or more markings at a first location on a display screen, to create a mapping between data representing the one or more markings; to save the data in a file that is identified at least in part by the mapping; and in response to the user inputting a command to retrieve the markings, to retrieve the data from the file based on the mapping and to render markings on the display screen at a second location specified by the user. | 05-29-2014 |
C. Marcel Kinard, Cary, NC US
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20090254991 | INTRUSION DETECTION USING A NETWORK PROCESSOR AND A PARALLEL PATTERN DETECTION ENGINE - An intrusion detection system (IDS) comprises a network processor (NP) coupled to a memory unit for storing programs and data. The NP is also coupled to one or more parallel pattern detection engines (PPDE) which provide high speed parallel detection of patterns in an input data stream. Each PPDE comprises many processing units (PUs) each designed to store intrusion signatures as a sequence of data with selected operation codes. The PUs have configuration registers for selecting modes of pattern recognition. Each PU compares a byte at each clock cycle. If a sequence of bytes from the input pattern match a stored pattern, the identification of the PU detecting the pattern is outputted with any applicable comparison data. By storing intrusion signatures in many parallel PUs, the IDS can process network data at the NP processing speed. PUs may be cascaded to increase intrusion coverage or to detect long intrusion signatures. | 10-08-2009 |
20120210430 | INTRUSION DETECTION USING A NETWORK PROCESSOR AND A PARALLEL PATTERN DETECTION ENGINE - An intrusion detection system (IDS) comprises a network processor (NP) coupled to a memory unit for storing programs and data. The NP is also coupled to one or more parallel pattern detection engines (PPDE) which provide high speed parallel detection of patterns in an input data stream. Each PPDE comprises many processing units (PUs) each designed to store intrusion signatures as a sequence of data with selected operation codes. The PUs have configuration registers for selecting modes of pattern recognition. Each PU compares a byte at each clock cycle. If a sequence of bytes from the input pattern match a stored pattern, the identification of the PU detecting the pattern is outputted with any applicable comparison data. By storing intrusion signatures in many parallel PUs, the IDS can process network data at the NP processing speed. PUs may be cascaded to increase intrusion coverage or to detect long intrusion signatures. | 08-16-2012 |
Daniel Kinard, Coconut Grove, FL US
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20130043359 | MOUNTING AND FASTENING MECHANISM - A mounting mechanism includes: a support member; a rail attached to the support member; and a fastener affixed to the second side of the rail. The rail includes: a plurality of rail holes for stud engagement; a first side facing a device to be engaged to the mounting mechanism; and a second side. The fastener includes: a clamping arm; a clamp lever pivotally associated with the clamping arm; and a moveable locking latch securing the clamp lever in one of two positions: open and closed. | 02-21-2013 |
Glenn Eugene Kinard, Allentown, PA US
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20130269386 | Natural Gas Liquefaction With Feed Water Removal - A method and apparatus for drying and liquefying a natural gas stream is described, in which: (a) the water containing natural gas feed stream is cooled; (b) the cooled natural gas feed stream is dried and further cooled; (c) the dried cooled natural gas stream is heated; (d) the dried rewarmed natural gas stream is cooled and liquefied and at least one compressed refrigerant feed stream is cooled by counter-current indirect heat exchange with an expanded cold refrigerant; and (e) the compressed cold refrigerant stream or streams are expanded, and thereby further cooled, to provide said expanded cold refrigerant; wherein the cooling of the natural gas feed stream in step (a) and heating of the dried cooled natural gas stream in step (c) is by indirect heat exchange between said two streams. | 10-17-2013 |
Jennifer Ruth Kinard, Cambridge, MA US
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20110126413 | RAZOR CARTRIDGE COMPONENTS WITH INDICIA - A novel razor cartridge is disclosed where the cartridge comprises at least one indicium incorporated onto an exterior surface of at least one component of the razor cartridge. | 06-02-2011 |
John T. Kinard, Simpsonville, SC US
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20140104757 | ANODE GEOMETRY WITH IMPROVED VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVED ESR - A capacitor with improved ESR and improved volumetric efficiency. The capacitor has an anode body wherein the anode body comprises a face and an inward offset which is inset from the face by a distance. An anode wire extends from a front side of the anode body wherein the front side is adjacent the face. A dielectric is on the anode body and a conductive cathode layer is on the dielectric. A cathode lead is in the inward offset and in electrical contact with the conductive cathode layer wherein the conductive cathode layer is between the cathode lead and the inward offset. | 04-17-2014 |
20140233157 | Low ESR Capacitor - An improved capacitor is provided wherein the improved capacitor has improved ESR. The capacitor has a fluted anode and an anode wire extending from the fluted anode. A dielectric is on the fluted anode. A conformal cathode is on the dielectric and a plated metal layer is on the carbon layer. | 08-21-2014 |
John T. Kinard, Greer, SC US
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20080216296 | THIN SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR EMBEDDABLE IN A SUBSTRATE - An improved method for forming a capacitor. The method includes the steps of: providing a metal foil; forming a dielectric on the metal foil; applying a non-conductive polymer dam on the dielectric to isolate discrete regions of the dielectric; forming a cathode in at least one discrete region of the discrete regions on the dielectric; and cutting the metal foil at the non-conductive polymer dam to isolate at least one capacitor comprising one cathode, one discrete region of the dielectric and a portion of the metal foil with the discrete region of the dielectric. | 09-11-2008 |
20080273291 | Channel Method For Forming A Capacitor - An improved method for forming a capacitor. The method includes: | 11-06-2008 |
20100177460 | CHANNEL METHOD FOR FORMING A CAPACITOR - An improved method for forming a capacitor. The method includes: | 07-15-2010 |
John Tony Kinard, Greer, SC US
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20080229565 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A CAPACITOR - A method of making an electrolytic capacitor includes providing a first electrode that includes a metal substrate, a carbide layer, and a carbonaceous material. The metal substrate includes a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, tantalum, niobium, zirconium, silver, steel, and alloys and combinations thereof. The method further includes providing a second electrode and an electrolyte. | 09-25-2008 |
20080280153 | Method of Anodizing Aluminum Utilizing Stabilized Silicate Solutions - An anodizing solution, and method of anodizing, comprising suspending at least one aluminium substrate in an anodizing solution and applying an anodizing current to the anodizing solution. The anodizing solution comprises 0.01-5%, by weight, sodium silicate and 0.01-5%, by weight, α-amino acid. | 11-13-2008 |
20090205970 | CAPACITOR CONTAINING ALUMINUM ANODE FOIL ANODIZED IN LOW WATER CONTENT GLYCERINE-PHOSPHATE ELECTROLYTE WITHOUT A PRE-ANODIZING HYDARATION STEP - A capacitor comprising an aluminum anode and a dielectric layer comprising phosphate doped aluminum oxide and process for making the capacitor. The capacitor has a CV Product of at least 9 μF−V/cm | 08-20-2009 |
20120110808 | CAPACITOR REFORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of reforming a wet-tantalum capacitor includes providing a medical device comprising a wet-tantalum capacitor. The capacitor has a rated voltage and including a hydrated anodic deposit. The method further includes charging the capacitor to a voltage that is less than approximately seventy-five percent of the rated voltage and at least partially discharging the capacitor after the charging step. The charging step is performed at a sufficient voltage to dehydrate the anodic deposit while not significantly decreasing the service life of the capacitor. | 05-10-2012 |
Lovic Mark Kinard, Wimauma, FL US
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20150152612 | Self-Stabilizing Barricade - A self-stabilizing barricade that is adapted to have an internal cable acting as a flexible hinge point mounted to the inside of the barricade supporting stand. The self-stabilizing barricade having a lighting system configured for a lens and a light emitting unit to be mounted to the upper position of the barricade supporting stand and a battery and battery case mounted to the lower position of the barricade supporting stand. | 06-04-2015 |
Marc W. Kinard, Burleson, TX US
Michael Kinard, Miami Beach, FL US
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20140062402 | CHARGER FOR MULTIPLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH TOGGLE SWITCH FEATURE - A charging station for an electric vehicle comprises an electric vehicle charging apparatus, a plurality of plugs, wherein each plug connects the charging apparatus with an electric vehicle, a toggle switch in the charging apparatus for activating and deactivating current from the charging apparatus to each of the plurality of plugs and a processor configured for detecting when charging is complete for a first electric vehicle connected to a first plug, deactivating current to the first plug and activating current to a second plug connected to a second electric vehicle. | 03-06-2014 |
Richard Dale Kinard US
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20110047798 | METHOD FOR MAKING A FILM CASSETTE FOR GASEOUS VAPOR DEPOSITION - The present invention is a method for making a film cassette end plate and a film cassette comprises two end plates. The uncoated end plates are formed using one of several known plastic forming methods. The end plates are coated with an inorganic coating to impart smoothness and hardness to facilitate film handling and reduce wear. The end plates are mounted on a shaft to form a cassette. | 03-03-2011 |
William Brian Kinard, Menlo Park, CA US
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20150078626 | ANIMAL / PET IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON BIOMETRICS - An animal identification system and method is provided. The system includes a biometric sensor configured to capture a biometric feature of an animal as a biometric representation of the animal and a biometric identification module configured to receive the biometric representation of the animal and compare said biometric representation of the animal with stored biometric data for a plurality of animals and evaluate matching characteristics between the biometric representation of the animal and stored biometric data for the plurality of animals. The biometric sensor may include a nose print sensor, capacitive sensor, or camera. The biometric feature may include a nose print, an iris image of an eye of the animal, or an image of the unique vein pattern in the sclera of an eye of the animal. | 03-19-2015 |