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Carrie Little, Austin, TX US
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20090157509 | LOCATION-RELEVANT REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA DELIVERY AND CONTROL AND EDITING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for providing a tour of a venue includes a central computer for creating the tour, at least one venue server computer, communicatively connected to the central computer remotely at the venue, for storing the tour, and at least one portable device, communicatively connected to the venue server computer at the venue, for obtaining the tour from the venue server computer. The at least one portable device includes a GPS receiver or other geographic location identifier. Particular “point of interest”-specific content of the tour is output by the portable device whenever the device is located at the geographical location of the coordinates for the point of interest. The specific content of the tour so output by the portable device includes multimedia, including, for example, text, graphics, audio, video, and others. The portable device is carried by a tourist or other user and provides interactive multimedia to guide during the tour. Tours are created and edited at the central computer, and then communicated to the venue server computer. The venue server computer is located at or near the venue of the tour, and thereat writes the relevant tour or tours to the portable device. The venue server computer includes security, control and payment systems for access to use the portable device. The portable device logs usage information for the device, and this information is communicated back to the venue server computer and on to the central computer. | 06-18-2009 |
Chandra Little, Houston, TX US
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20100087710 | Integrated Locking Device With Fluid Control - Endoscope assemblies, biopsy caps, and methods for making and using the same. An example endoscope assembly may include an endoscope having a channel formed therein and a port that provides access to the channel. A cap may be coupled to the port. The cap may include a base having a securing member for securing the cap to the port. The cap may also include an outer shell, a locking member coupled to the outer shell, an inner seal member disposed within the outer shell, and one or more openings extending through the cap and into the channel. A fluid control region may be defined within the outer shell. | 04-08-2010 |
Charles Little, Austin, TX US
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20100081844 | POLYCATIONIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - A chemical compound having the general formula (I): | 04-01-2010 |
Charles B. Little, Austin, TX US
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20130261039 | QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES - A method of removing a residue from a surface, including applying to the surface a composition including (a) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide having a general formula (I): | 10-03-2013 |
20150329475 | QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES - A composition including (a) a quaternary ammonium hydroxide having a general formula (I): | 11-19-2015 |
Chester Little, Houston, TX US
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20100223988 | Apparatus And Method For A Wireless Sensor To Monitor Barrier System Integrity - This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for a wireless sensor to monitor barrier system integrity, such as used or employed during sequestration of greenhouse gases. This invention includes an apparatus for integrity monitoring of a borehole suitable for sequestration of greenhouse gases. The apparatus includes one or more sensors for placement outside of a casing to monitor a borehole, and a tool for movement within the casing to power and interrogate the one or more sensors. This invention also includes a method for monitoring integrity of a borehole suitable for sequestration of greenhouse gases or other types of well. The method includes the step of disposing one or more sensors outside a casing and the step of powering the one or more sensors with a tool inside the casing. The method also includes the step of interrogating the one or more sensors with the tool to monitor an engineered borehole and/or a natural caprock seal. | 09-09-2010 |
Dallas N. Little, Bryan, TX US
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20100127429 | INCORPORATION OF DRILLING CUTTINGS INTO STABLE LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURES - Cuttings from drilling through or into natural rock and/or soil can be incorporated into useful, high quality load-bearing structures such as vehicle roads and pads for deep drilling rigs. This process recycles a material previously regarded as valueless at best and often as a pollution hazard. The cuttings, optionally mixed with drilling mud and/or soil, are converted to the useful structures by pozzolanic and/or cementitious reactions after being mixed with suitable other materials and/or are bonded into the useful structures by asphaltic materials. | 05-27-2010 |
20130180431 | ZEOLITE AND LIME COMBINATIONS FOR WARM MIX ASPHALT - Embodiments are presented herein that provide a filler that is a combination of zeolite and hydrated lime. Addition of this filler to asphalt is more beneficial than addition of either zeolite or hydrated lime alone. The beneficial properties of zeolite include a controlled release of moisture that aids mixture workability and the ability of the asphalt to effectively coat the aggregate particles. The mixture of zeolite and hydrated lime is easier to handle and integrate into a process than use of either compound alone, and it offers a number of other benefits. | 07-18-2013 |
Daniel Little, Pflugerville, TX US
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20100106983 | System and Method for Adjusting Information Handling System Over Current Protection - An AC-to-DC adapter provides power to information handling systems at different power levels based on the power rating of the information handling system. An adapter manager sets a first lower level at an over current protection circuit unless the information handling system sends identification information that indicates the information handling system is rated to accept a second higher power level, such as by sending a low signal pulse through a serial communication line. While the identification information is present and external power is applied to the adapter, the adapter manager sets a second higher level at an over current protection circuit to allow output of a second higher power level. | 04-29-2010 |
Daniel B. Little, Pflugerville, TX US
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20100067268 | Systems and methods for controlling energy consumption of AC-DC adapters - An AC-DC adapter is provided with an auto-sensing capability to sense when no DC load is present at the output (secondary side) of the adapter by monitoring for absence of load-indicative signals, such as power supply identifier (PSID) signals communicated to the adapter from a coupled DC-powered device. Upon detection of a no load condition, the adapter enters a no load mode during which the adapter output is turned off in order to reduce energy consumption by the adapter, and only produces short recurring voltage pulses (hiccups) at the adapter output. Upon detection of load-indicative signals communicated to the adapter from a coupled DC-powered device, the adapter output enters normal mode and provides its normal regulated power value to the adapter output for powering the coupled DC-powered device. | 03-18-2010 |
20100281284 | Methods and Systems for Providing Indirect Voltage Detection in a Power Supply - A method is provided for providing indirect voltage detection in a power supply of an IHS. The method may include providing output current and voltage to an IHS via a power cable and monitoring the output current within the power supply. Furthermore, the method may include adjusting the output voltage if the output current reaches a threshold value. | 11-04-2010 |
David Little, Tomball, TX US
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20150318086 | DYNAMIC APPLICATION CABLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A cable and flange assembly has at least one cable and at least one flange. The cable has an armor, a jacket and at least one conductor element therein. The flange includes a flange body, an armor retainer and a grommet holder. The armor of the cable is configured to be secured to the flange via the armor retainer. | 11-05-2015 |
David Dean Little, Cypress, TX US
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20140359535 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING THE ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manipulating a three-dimensional object displays a first view of a three-dimensional object on a touchscreen. The touchscreen has three-dimensional views associated with at least one pre-specified visually undelineated portion of the touchscreen. The method receives a touch input on the touchscreen in a visually undelineated portion, and determines a second view of the three-dimensional object based on the view assigned to the visually undelineated portion that received the touch input. The method displays the second view of the three-dimensional object on the touchscreen. | 12-04-2014 |
20160026363 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING THE ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manipulating a three-dimensional object displays a first view of a three-dimensional object on a touchscreen. The touchscreen has three-dimensional views associated with at least one pre-specified visually undelineated portion of the touchscreen. The method receives a touch input on the touchscreen in a visually undelineated portion, and determines a second view of the three-dimensional object based on the view assigned to the visually undelineated portion that received the touch input. The method displays the second view of the three-dimensional object on the touchscreen. | 01-28-2016 |
Jascha Tucker Little, Austin, TX US
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20140294596 | WIND TURBINE DEFENSE - Embodiments of the invention provide a number of passive and active defense designs and methods that enable a wind turbine to escape high wind events. The disclosure includes descriptions of multiple designs and methods for lowering the elevated portion of a wind turbine. Other embodiments of the invention concern ways to connect the elevated portion of a wind turbine to the tower. Numerous counterweight systems are also disclosed which enable the lowering of the elevated portion of the wind turbine. | 10-02-2014 |
J. Gregory Little, Irving, TX US
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20130251773 | Controlled Release Insect Repellent Materials - Generally, controlled release insect repellent materials include at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene copolymer, an ethyl cellulose, a thermoplastic polyurethane, and any combination thereof and at least one insect repellent and may optionally include at least one insect repellent synergist, at least one additive, at least one additional polymer, and any combination thereof. Further, controlled release insect repellent materials may be used to form articles or products with long-term efficacy. | 09-26-2013 |
20140328884 | CONTROLLED RELEASE VEHICLES HAVING DESIRED VOID VOLUME ARCHITECTURES - Controlled release vehicles may include a polymeric matrix that comprises the polymeric matrix comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of an ethylene copolymer, an ethyl cellulose, a thermoplastic polyurethane, any partially crosslinked polymer thereof, and any combination thereof and has a desired void space architecture. | 11-06-2014 |
20140348936 | GASTRORETENTIVE CONTROLLED RELEASE VEHICLES THAT INCLUDE ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS, ETHYL CELLULOSES, AND/OR THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES - Gastroretentive controlled release vehicles may, in some embodiments, (1) comprise a polymeric matrix and agents for the treatment, prevention, and/or mitigation of a disease and/or side effect thereof and (2) have both gastroretentive properties and controlled release properties. Preferrably, the polymeric matrix may comprise ethylene copolymers, ethyl celluloses, and/or thermoplastic polyurethanes that may optionally be partially crosslinked. | 11-27-2014 |
Kristine Little, Austin, TX US
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20080245934 | Tip-Resisting Stand for Floor Standing Chassis - A support for a floor standing chassis includes a pair of spaced apart support members mounted on a support surface of the chassis. A support stand includes a first end operable for keyed engagement with a first one of the support members, and in response to the keyed engagement, a second end of the support stand is aligned for releasable engagement with the second support member. A pair of feet extend laterally from the stand. | 10-09-2008 |
20150144181 | INTEGRATION OF MICROINVERTER WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - Various technologies for integrating a microinverter with a photovoltaic module are disclosed. An alternating current photovoltaic (ACPV) module includes a photovoltaic module having a frame and a junction box including a direct current (DC) output connector, and a microinverter having a housing coupled to the frame and a DC input connector electrically mated with the DC output connector of the photovoltaic module. | 05-28-2015 |
Lee Little, Austin, TX US
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20090157509 | LOCATION-RELEVANT REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA DELIVERY AND CONTROL AND EDITING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for providing a tour of a venue includes a central computer for creating the tour, at least one venue server computer, communicatively connected to the central computer remotely at the venue, for storing the tour, and at least one portable device, communicatively connected to the venue server computer at the venue, for obtaining the tour from the venue server computer. The at least one portable device includes a GPS receiver or other geographic location identifier. Particular “point of interest”-specific content of the tour is output by the portable device whenever the device is located at the geographical location of the coordinates for the point of interest. The specific content of the tour so output by the portable device includes multimedia, including, for example, text, graphics, audio, video, and others. The portable device is carried by a tourist or other user and provides interactive multimedia to guide during the tour. Tours are created and edited at the central computer, and then communicated to the venue server computer. The venue server computer is located at or near the venue of the tour, and thereat writes the relevant tour or tours to the portable device. The venue server computer includes security, control and payment systems for access to use the portable device. The portable device logs usage information for the device, and this information is communicated back to the venue server computer and on to the central computer. | 06-18-2009 |
Michael W. Little, Austin, TX US
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20160036722 | MONITORING COMPUTER PROCESS RESOURCE USAGE - Techniques are disclosed relating to improving resource usage on a computer system. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a plurality of processes running on the computer system and determines an importance value and a resource consumption value. In such an embodiment, the importance value is indicative of an importance of an identified process, and the resource consumption value is indicative of a resource consumption of the identified process. The computer system evaluates the importance value and the resource consumption value relative to a usage policy, and takes a corrective action with respect to the identified process based on the evaluating to reconcile resource consumption with process importance value. | 02-04-2016 |
Nathan E. Little, Austin, TX US
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20110082675 | Complex Configuration Processing Using Configuration Sub-Models - A configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model inference processing system and procedure addresses the issue of configuration model and query complexity by breaking a configuration problem down into a set of smaller problems, solving them individually and recombining the results into a single result that is equivalent to a conventional inference procedure. In one embodiment, a configuration model is divided into configuration sub-models that can respectively be processed using existing data processing resources. A sub-model inference procedure provides a way to scale queries to larger and more complicated configuration models. Thus, the configuration model dividing and configuration sub-model processing system and inference procedure allows processing by a data processing system of configuration models and queries whose collective complexity exceeds the complexity of otherwise unprocessable conventional, consolidated configuration models and queries. | 04-07-2011 |
Paul Little, Austin, TX US
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20100228688 | OPTICAL DETERMINATION AND REPORTING OF GAS PROPERTIES - A chemical composition analyzer may be used to optically determine and report chemical compositions associated with gases within a gas collection and transmission infrastructure. This analyzer includes a number of optical sensors which may be used to perform spectroscopic spectrographic analysis in order to determine the chemical composition of the gas. Additionally other sensors may be used to measure other physical properties associated with the gas. These sensors are tied to a data collection system wherein the output of the optical sensors and sensors used to measure the physical properties of the gas may be combined and processed in order to determine in a nearly continuous fashion the chemical composition associated with the gas at various locations within the gas collection and transmission infrastructure. This real time compositional analysis may be used to determine valuations of the gas or to optimize other processes or equipment configurations. | 09-09-2010 |
Tim Little, Georgetown, TX US
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20110306417 | 2D IMPOSTERS FOR SIMPLIFYING PROCESSING OF PLURAL ANIMATION OBJECTS IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS GENERATION - The technology herein involves use of 2D imposters to achieve seemingly 3D effects with high efficiency where plural objects such as animated characters move together such as when one character follows or carries another character. A common 2D imposter or animated sprite is used to image and animate the plural objects in 2D. When the plural objects are separated in space, each object can be represented using its respective 3D model. However, when the plural objects contact one another, occupy at least part of the same space, or are very close to one other (e.g., as would arise in a situation when the plural objects are moving together in tandem), the animation system switches from using plural respective 3D models to using a common 2D model to represent the plural objects. Such use of a common 2D model can be restricted in some implementations to situations where the user's viewpoint can be restricted to be at least approximately perpendicular to the plane of 2D model, or the 2D surface on which the combined image is texture mapped can be oriented in response to the current virtual camera position. | 12-15-2011 |
Virgil T. Little, Missouri City, TX US
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20120212729 | THERMAL PHASE SEPARATION SIMULATOR - A thermal phase separation simulator and method for testing chemicals is disclosed. The simulator comprises a circular block heater carousel mounted for rotation on a stage. The carousel includes a circular array of test wells for receiving a plurality of test bottles, a plurality of heating elements and thermocouples disposed between the wells. Each well has an illumination port and a vertical slit to the outside to allow visual observation or imaging of a vertical swatch of the bottle. An illumination source aligns with the illumination port of each well in response to rotation of the carousel. The method includes adding a mixed phase fluid to a plurality of bottles, adding a chemical agent to each bottle, and simulating a thermal phase separation. Images of the fluid in each bottle are captured and analyzed to determine the performance of the one or more chemical agents. | 08-23-2012 |
William Lee Little, Austin, TX US
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20100016000 | Location-Aware, Multimedia-Enabled, Interactive Question Asker - Systems and methods for location-relevant information communication, including systems and methods for collecting information that may include real-time location determination, location-relevant multimedia information display, user-interactive interfaces for selection of particular location-relevant information, and centralized storage and control of information. | 01-21-2010 |
William T. Little, Cypress, TX US
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20110060603 | Population Adjusted Indexes - Articles of manufacture including electronic machines including but not limited to computers, computer stations, computing devices, computer systems, software, computer readable memory and other electronic devices adapted to provide an index for a performance characteristic or measure for groups of people or institutions. The index values are risk adjusted to the varying population compositions for groups of people or institutions by comparison to a reference portfolio and are updated in real time to account for the changing constitution of the clusters in the portfolios. Methods of using the disclosed devices include the ability to provide a continuously updated benchmark for the comparison of medical, business or educational performance by providers or practitioners of such services that effect populations of individuals, and that is based on measurable outcomes. Additionally, the methods of using the disclosed devices include the ability to compare the effectiveness of different therapies. | 03-10-2011 |
Wilson T. Little, Frisco, TX US
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20100129940 | VIBRATION MONITORING OF ELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE HANDLING SYSTEMS - An electronic device substrate handling system. The system comprises an electronic device fabrication tool and a mechanical handling structure. The fabrication tool is configured to hold at least one substrate on a mounting body of the tool. The mechanical handling structure is configured to actuate the substrate such that the substrate is transferred to or from the mounting body. The system further comprises a vibration monitor coupled to at least one of the mechanical handling structure, or, the tool. The vibration monitor is configured to measure vibrations of the mechanical handling structure, or, the tool, while said mechanical handling structure is actuating said substrate. The vibration monitor is also configured to convert the measured vibrations into a time-dependent electrical signal. | 05-27-2010 |