Sommerville
Andrew Sommerville, Philadelphia, PA US
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20130325612 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERFACING E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS WITH BRICK AND MORTAR PRESENCES - A method of integrating a retailer's E-Commerce and Point of Sale presences is described. A database of shopper profiles is populated by a first server. The shopper profiles correspond to a plurality of shoppers. Each shopper profile corresponds to one or more shoppers accessing the retailer's E-Commerce presence over a first network. A geolocation of a first mobile device having an application that is associated with the retailer is identified. The mobile device is associated with a first shopper from the plurality of shoppers. A second server determines that the first shopper is geographically proximate to a brick and mortar presence associated with the retailer based on the identified geolocation. A promotion for the first customer redeemable while the first customer is at the retailer's brick and mortar presence is selected. A third server transmits the selected promotion to the mobile device of the first customer over a second network. | 12-05-2013 |
Charles Sommerville, Briarcliff Manor, NY US
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20100060194 | EXTERNAL MICROCONTROLLER FOR LED LIGHTING FIXTURE, LED LIGHTING FIXTURE WITH INTERNAL CONTROLLER, AND LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - An LED lighting system ( | 03-11-2010 |
Chris Sommerville, So. San Francisco, CA US
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20100242345 | PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACIDS & DERIVATIVES THEREOF - Genetically engineered microorganisms are provided that produce products from the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway (fatty acid derivatives), as well as methods of their use. | 09-30-2010 |
Christopher Lee Sommerville, Los Angeles, CA US
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20120066528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOW POWER REMOTE CONTROL - To conserve power in a controlling device having a processing device in communication with an input element and a transmitting device the processing device is caused to be placed into a low-power state for at least a portion of a transmission inactive interval intermediate the transmission of at least a pair of command frames. The command frames are caused to be transmitted by the transmitting device in response to an activation of the input element sensed via the processing device to thereby command a functional operation of an intended target device. | 03-15-2012 |
20140250314 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOW POWER REMOTE CONTROL - To conserve power in a controlling device having a processing device in communication with an input element and a transmitting device the processing device is caused to be placed into a low-power state for at least a portion of a transmission inactive interval intermediate the transmission of at least a pair of command frames. The command frames are caused to be transmitted by the transmitting device in response to an activation of the input element sensed via the processing device to thereby command a functional operation of an intended target device. | 09-04-2014 |
Daniel Sommerville, Bangor AU
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20110076383 | Method of Developing Latent Fingerprints - Latent fingerprints on a porous substrate such as paper are developed for viewing and recordal by applying heat to cause the fingerprint to be clearly viewed under radiation to cause the fingerprint to fluorescence (e.g. a few seconds heating with air or client contact with a heated device at around 260° C.) and viewing under e.g. light of 200 nm to 550 nm with a filter in the yellow to orange wavelength region. Alternatively more extended heating can render the fingerprint assemble under ultraviolet light, and under yet more extended heating permits viewing under white light. | 03-31-2011 |
Daniel Verne Sommerville, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20090245452 | Method and apparatus for mitigating vibration in a nuclear reactor component - A device is provided for mitigating vibration in a component of a nuclear reactor by removing vibration energy. To reduce vibration in the component, a device operatively connected to the component and including a magnet may be actuated within a conductive cylinder. This actuation may generate one or more eddy currents providing a damping function for removing vibration energy from the component, so as to alter vibration characteristics of the component. | 10-01-2009 |
Daniel Verne Sommerville, Soquel, CA US
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20100260301 | Method for predicting stresses on a steam system of a boiling water reactor - A method of predicting stresses on a BWR steam dryer that includes creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations. | 10-14-2010 |
David Sommerville, Edinburgh GB
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20130106260 | TERMINAL FASCIA | 05-02-2013 |
Jason Sommerville, Houghton, MI US
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20100146931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF A HALL EFFECT THRUSTER - A method of designing a plasma thruster with improved thrust efficiency. The method includes providing a thruster body having a discharge chamber with a first opening having an axis centrally located relative thereto; a cathode having a second opening at a first end thereof, the cathode being disposed at a radial position, relative to the axis, outside of the first opening; and an outer pole piece including a magnetic plate, the outer pole piece being adjacent to the first plane and extending radially outward, relative to the axis. At least one electromagnet is disposed adjacent to, and in magnetic communication with, the outer pole piece, a magnetic field being formed adjacent to the thruster body and the outer pole piece and having a separatrix surface therein. The magnetic field is altered such that the separatrix surface is moved radially outward relative to the axis toward the second opening. | 06-17-2010 |
Jerry Neil Sommerville, Rancho Cucamonga, CA US
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20130211597 | Control System That Guides A Robot Or Articulated Device With A Laser Distance Meter For 3D Motion, Or Guides A Robot Or Articulated Device With A Computer Pointing Device (Such As A Mouse) For 2D Motion - A control system that guides a robot or articulated device with a laser distance meter for 3D motion, or guides a robot or articulated device with a computer pointing device (such as a mouse) for 2D or 3D motion. User needs to point to a desired physical location of the end point, and then the difficult work of finding the right joint angles to get there is done by a computer. System works like hand eye coordination. The hand goes wherever the eye is pointed so long as the eye is pointed within the reachable boundary of the jointed arm or articulated device. | 08-15-2013 |
Jim Sommerville, White Bear Lake, MN US
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20100236454 | DISPLAY STAND CASE TABLE - A display stand case table provides additional utility for users attending tradeshows, conventions and similar events by providing a work table or display table usable for various purposes. In addition to including a protective housing for transporting displays stands, the case is convertible to a table configuration wherein a carried tabletop is supported by a top edge of the case along with a related hinged lid. In this way, the tabletop is of sufficient size for the display of promotional items, samples, brochures, etc. while also being sufficiently supported. In addition, a secondary lid is provided at an interim location along one side of the case body. The secondary lid can be supported in a substantially horizontal orientation, thus providing an additional supporting shelf. It is contemplated that this secondary support shelf provides a surface to hold or contain audio visual equipment, laptop computers or promotional materials. | 09-23-2010 |
20140290104 | AIRFRAME DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An airframe display system and method. The airframe display system has an airtight airframe having at least one airbeam. The airbeam has a sleeve of dimensionally stable material. A stretch fabric cover is received over the airframe whereby, upon inflation, the airframe is substantially rigid and the stretch fabric cover is taut over the airframe defining a display surface area. | 10-02-2014 |
Martin G. Sommerville, Columbia, MD US
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20100271259 | Methods and Systems to Diminish False-Alarm Rates in Multi-Hypothesis Signal Detection Through Combinatoric Navigation - Methods and systems to detect navigation signals, including to identify up to multiple range-Doppler hypotheses from each of j range-Doppler correlation grids based on a relatively low first threshold, generate navigation solutions from combinatorial sets of k of the identified hypotheses, evaluate the navigation solutions to identify plausible solutions, iteratively and combinatorially augment the plausible solutions with additional hypotheses from grids that are not represented in the corresponding k-hypotheses-based navigation solutions, replace plausible solutions with corresponding augmented plausible solutions when appropriate, and select one of a plurality of plausible solutions as a best plausible solution. Where a grid energy peak exceeds a second threshold, a corresponding hypothesis may be identified as a sole hypothesis for the corresponding navigation signal. The relatively low first threshold permits detection of weaker signals. Subsequent evaluations effectively transform a per-navigation-signal false alarm rate to per-navigation-solution false alarm rate. | 10-28-2010 |
Paul Richard Sommerville, Glasgow GB
Richard Sommerville, Nepean CA
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20090161744 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND MONITORING TIMING ERRORS IN PACKET DATA NETWORKS - A system and method is provided for estimating the T1 timing error and clock recovery errors by processing timing information from the associated pseudowire packet stream(s) from which the Ti is derived. The timing errors are presented as MTIE measurements which are used to present alarms for a Network Operation Control centre and are used to accurately alarm error conditions where the regenerated or derived T1 signal does not meet MTIE or clock accuracy errors. This alarm is intended to detect conditions of excessive packet jitter, wander or phase transients which may exist in the data network over which the pseudowire stream is transported. In another aspect, the errors are used to control the regeneration of the T1 clock information. | 06-25-2009 |
Thomas Sommerville, Port Perry CA
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20080210337 | Router Table - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a router table may comprise a table top, a mounting can, a sleeve, and an adjustment mechanism. The table top may have an aperture and a plurality of support members; the support members may be configured to support the table top. The mounting can may be attachable to the table top in a vicinity of the aperture. The sleeve may be engaged to the mounting can, and may be configured to receive a router and to position a router bit of the router along an axis extending through the aperture. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to move the sleeve within the mounting can and relative to the table top to thereby move the router along the axis and position the router bit at one of a plurality of positions relative to the table top. | 09-04-2008 |
20090050235 | Router Table - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a router table may comprise a table top, a mounting can, a sleeve, and an adjustment mechanism. The table top may have an aperture and a plurality of support members; the support members may be configured to support the table top. The mounting can may be attachable to the table top in a vicinity of the aperture. The sleeve may be engaged to the mounting can, and may be configured to receive a router and to position a router bit of the router along an axis extending through the aperture. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to move the sleeve within the mounting can and relative to the table top to thereby move the router along the axis and position the router bit at one of a plurality of positions relative to the table top. | 02-26-2009 |
20110162757 | ROUTER TABLE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a router table may comprise a table top, a mounting can, a sleeve, and an adjustment mechanism. The table top may have an aperture and a plurality of support members; the support members may be configured to support the table top. The mounting can may be attachable to the table top in a vicinity of the aperture. The sleeve may be engaged to the mounting can, and may be configured to receive a router and to position a router bit of the router along an axis extending through the aperture. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to move the sleeve within the mounting can and relative to the table top to thereby move the router along the axis and position the router bit at one of a plurality of positions relative to the table top. | 07-07-2011 |
20110186179 | Router Table - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a router table may comprise a table top, a mounting can, a sleeve, and an adjustment mechanism. The table top may have an aperture and a plurality of support members; the support members may be configured to support the table top. The mounting can may be attachable to the table top in a vicinity of the aperture. The sleeve may be engaged to the mounting can, and may be configured to receive a router and to position a router bit of the router along an axis extending through the aperture. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to move the sleeve within the mounting can and relative to the table top to thereby move the router along the axis and position the router bit at one of a plurality of positions relative to the table top. | 08-04-2011 |
Thomas R. Sommerville, Port Perry CA
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20090114315 | Portable Work Bench - An improved portable work bench includes a beam, legs for supporting the beam, and at least one bracket having first and second surfaces for contacting respective first and second sides of the beam, wherein the second surface is movable between a first position contacting the second side of the beam, and a second position not contacting the second side of the beam. A spring biases the second surface towards the first position. | 05-07-2009 |
20120018044 | PORTABLE WORK BENCH - An improved portable work bench includes a beam, legs for supporting the beam, and at least one bracket having first and second surfaces for contacting respective first and second sides of the beam, wherein the second surface is movable between a first position contacting the second side of the beam, and a second position not contacting the second side of the beam. A spring biases the second surface towards the first position. | 01-26-2012 |
20130154174 | PORTABLE WORK BENCH - An improved portable work bench includes a beam, legs for supporting the beam, and at least one bracket having first and second surfaces for contacting respective first and second sides of the beam, wherein the second surface is movable between a first position contacting the second side of the beam, and a second position not contacting the second side of the beam. A spring biases the second surface towards the first position. | 06-20-2013 |
Thomas Richard Sommerville, Nepean CA
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20090201809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LINK SATURATION OF SYNCHRONOUS DATA ACROSS PACKET NETWORKS - A method for controlling admissions of data packets across a packet network comprising the steps of establishing a communication route along a plurality of interconnected secondary nodes, determining an amount of available network and determining whether to admit the data packets to the communication route based on the determined amount of available network bandwidth. Also disclosed is a system for implementing the method comprising a first provider edge element, a second provider edge element, a plurality of interconnected secondary nodes disposed between the edge elements. Each of the secondary nodes comprises at least one first detection device for determining an amount of available network bandwidth and at least one admission device in communication with the respective first detection device for determining whether to admit the data packets to the communication route based on the determined amount of available network bandwidth. | 08-13-2009 |
William James Sommerville, Raleigh, NC US
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20090088008 | METHOD FOR HORIZONTAL INSTALLATION OF LGA SOCKETED CHIPS - Method and apparatus for installing a processor into electronic communication with a socket. The land grid array socket connector includes a socket housing secured to a circuit board and an array of upwardly extending pins for electronic communication with contact pads on the processor. The socket connector provides a carriage configured to receiving the processor through a lateral opening and support a perimeter edge of the processor. A mechanical linkage couples the carriage and the socket housing for substantially vertically translating the processor relative to the socket. A plurality of alignment features upwardly extends from the socket housing along the perimeter of the array of pins. Each of the alignment features has an inwardly-facing tapered surface for registering the edge of the processor and biasing the processor into a position where the array of contact pads are aligned with the array of pins as the processor is lowered. | 04-02-2009 |
William Thomas Sommerville, Clarkston, MI US
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20110206830 | REVERSE INTERFEROMETRIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LAYER THICKNESS - A reverse interferometric method for the determination of the thickness of a layer of material employs a multi-wavelength light source which generates a light beam which comprises a time-variant series of different monochromatic wavelengths. The beam is reflected from the body of material being measured and is detected by a broad spectrum wavelength detector which produces a signal comprising a series of data points indicating the reflectivity of the sample as a function of the time-variant series of monochromatic wavelengths. A signal processor processes these data points to fit them to a model waveform, and the frequency of the model waveform is used to calculate the thickness of the body of material. Further disclosed are apparatus for carrying out the method and use of the method in a continuous process for the fabrication of thin film materials. | 08-25-2011 |