Beckley, US
Amy Beckley, Manhattan, KS US
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20150086587 | VACCINE ADJUVANT - Oil-based adjuvant emulsions, immunogenic compositions, and methods of using the same to elicit immunological responses in a subject are provided. The oil-based adjuvants comprise a plant-derived surfactant, such as gum arabic, an aqueous component, and an oil. The adjuvant emulsions can be used to potentiate the immunological effects of active agents, including antigens derived from various pathogens and/or toxins. Immunogenic compositions comprising the adjuvant emulsions and various active agents are also provided, along with vaccine systems for therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a subject using these adjuvants. | 03-26-2015 |
Brvan Beckley, Louisville, KY US
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20120138590 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A COOKTOP APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A lighting system for a cooktop appliance having a plate and a burner assembly positioned beneath the plate. The lighting system includes at least one light source positioned adjacent a light entry portal of the plate. The at least one light source is configured to direct light through the plate via the light entry portal and emit the light from a top surface of the plate adjacent the burner assembly. A controller is communicatively coupled to the burner assembly and the at least one light source. The controller is configured to activate the at least one light source when at least one of the burner assembly is activated and a utensil on the burner assembly is heated. | 06-07-2012 |
Bryan James Beckley, Louisville, KY US
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20120024240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING TEMPERATURE IN A HOT WATER HEATER - A hot water heater, and method of regulating the same, which includes a PID control. The PID control is responsive to inputs such as water temperature in the hot water heater and the flow rate of water such as through inlets and outlets coupled to the hot water heater. In one embodiment, the PID control generates an output that modifies the operating parameters of a heating device to accommodate changes in the temperature of the fluid in the hot water heater. The output results from one or more modules of a three-term control structure, wherein the modules comprise one or more of a proportional control module, an integral control module, and a derivative control module. Each of the modules is assigned at least one term, wherein the term is defined in accordance with gain parameters such as a proportional gain, an integral gain, and a derivative gain. | 02-02-2012 |
20120060525 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SUPER-HEATING OF REFRIGERANT TO IMPROVE COMPRESSOR EFFICIENCY AND LOWER ENERGY USAGE - Apparatus and methodologies are provided to monitor temperature from at least two locations on an evaporator in a refrigeration system. Operational characteristics of one or more of the compressor, condenser and evaporator cooling fans are adjusted based on the difference in temperature between the two locations on the evaporator. In some systems a second evaporator may be provided along with a refrigerant control valve. Cooling air flow across the second evaporator and refrigerant distribution between the plural evaporators may also be control. | 03-15-2012 |
20120060526 | REFRIGERATOR ENERGY AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL - Apparatus and methodologies are provided to improve the refrigeration system by precisely controlling refrigerator compartment and heat exchanger temperatures through continuous modulation of device speeds or positions to match capacity with instantaneous load. A controller in a refrigerator is configured to provide a plurality of control loops to control various operational aspects of selected components in the refrigerator. A first loop controls the operating speed of a compressor based on temperature of the evaporator or based on the desired speed of an evaporator fan. A second control loop controls speed of an evaporator fan to maintain a prescribed freezer compartment temperature. A third control loop maintains a prescribed temperature in a fresh food compartment. In certain embodiments selected of the control loops may be thermodynamically coupled by way of thermal interaction between the various cooled compartments rather than being electrically coupled. The control loops may be individually configured as one of a proportional, proportional-integral, or proportional-integral-derivative control loop. | 03-15-2012 |
20120119660 | LIGHTING COMPENSATION FOR APPLIANCES - Apparatus and methodology is provided to control lighting associated with an appliance. Ambient light proximate the appliance and/or light from one or more lighting devices associated with the appliance is monitored and used to control the energization of the appliance lighting devices. Lighting device may include illumination devices as well as indicia display devices. The controller is configured to compensate lighting levels over the lifetime of the lighting devices to provide consistent lighting from the appliance lighting under all operating conditions. | 05-17-2012 |
20120175365 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A MICROWAVE OVEN - A microwave oven includes a top wall, side walls, and a bottom wall at least partially defining a cavity of the microwave oven, and a table coupled to the bottom wall. The table has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface. The top surface is configured to support an item within the cavity. A light source directs light to the table. The table is configured to diffuse light emitted from the light source into the cavity. | 07-12-2012 |
20120266387 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING AND ADDING DETERGENT TO WATER FOR A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE - A method and apparatus for determining the amount of detergent in water used in a washing machine and to supplementing such water as needed for a wash load is provided. The amount of detergent present in grey water that is reused for washing, as well as the amount released from clothes or other articles to be washed, can also be determined. | 10-25-2012 |
20130030552 | OPTICALLY-PROJECTED USER INTERFACE FOR APPLIANCES - An apparatus comprises a front projection system operatively mounted as part of an appliance and configured to optically project a virtual user interface; an optics system operatively mounted as part of the appliance and configured to direct the virtual user interface optically projected by the front projection system onto a given surface; a user input system operatively mounted as part of the appliance and configured to receive one or more input selections made by a user in correspondence with one or more features that are part of the virtual user interface optically projected by the front projection system on the given surface via the optics system; and a controller operatively coupled to the front projection system and the user input system, and configured to control operation of one or more components of the appliance in response to the one or more input selections made by the user in correspondence with the one or more features that are part of the virtual user interface. | 01-31-2013 |
Daniel Vern Beckley, Byron, MI US
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20140023518 | TIRE VALVE - MICRO AIR PUMP - An automatic micro-pump which is able to replace the depleted air in a tire without any required action from the driver of a motor vehicle. Using the kinetic energy of the rotating tire, the micro-pump maintains the tire pressure from losses due to rubber permeability or temperature changes. The micro pump has an off-balance winding wheel ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140060712 | Wallet - A wallet is disclosed for holding a plurality of articles such as credit cards, currency, identification cards, and licenses. A housing of the wallet is formed of a semi-rigid material having at least a container portion and a base portion. The container portion and the base portion are selectively slidably connectable to form a void space sized and configured to hold the plurality of articles. The housing includes an opening or a slot configured to slidably remove single articles from within the housing. A retention spring is preferably disposed within the housing and configured to secure a plurality of articles to an internal surface. | 03-06-2014 |
Frederic Beckley, Philadelphia, PA US
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20090005061 | LOCATION QUALITY OF SERVICE INDICATOR - A mobile wireless device is configured to provide a location quality of service indicator (QoSI) indicative of the quality of a calculated location estimation for use by a location-based service. The QoSI may be calculated by the device itself or by a server, such as a location enabling server (LES). The QoSI may be used to represent the predicted location accuracy, availability, latency, precision, and/or yield. | 01-01-2009 |
20100222081 | Location Quality of Service Indicator - A mobile wireless device is configured to provide a location quality of service indicator (QoSI) indicative of the quality of a calculated location estimation for use by a location-based service. The QoSI may be calculated by the device itself or by a server, such as a location enabling server (LES). The QoSI may be used to represent the predicted location accuracy, availability, latency, precision, and/or yield. | 09-02-2010 |
Frederic A. Beckley, Philadelphia, PA US
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20120167207 | Unauthorized Location Detection and Countermeasures - A location sentry system is provided for use within a mobile device. The sentry system can be configured to detect unauthorized attempts to locate mobile devices by monitoring messages passed between the mobile device and the wireless network and/or messages passed between components of the mobile device, and determining that one or more of the messages is/are indicative of an attempt to locate the mobile device. In response to a determination that an unauthorized attempt has been detected, the location sentry can be configured to take one or more actions. For example, the location sentry system could prevent location information from being sent back to the wireless network and/or the location sentry system could cause incorrect information to be sent to the wireless network. | 06-28-2012 |
20140059655 | Unauthorized Location Detection and Countermeasures - A location sentry system is provided for use within a mobile device. The sentry system can be configured to detect unauthorized attempts to locate mobile devices by monitoring messages passed between the mobile device and the wireless network and/or messages passed between components of the mobile device, and determining that one or more of the messages is/are indicative of an attempt to locate the mobile device. In response to a determination that an unauthorized attempt has been detected, the location sentry can be configured to take one or more actions. For example, the location sentry system could prevent location information from being sent back to the wireless network and/or the location sentry system could cause incorrect information to be sent to the wireless network. | 02-27-2014 |
Gordon Beckley, Grayson, GA US
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20140272536 | LEAD-ACID BATTERY MOSS GUARD - A moss guard for a lead-acid battery cell includes a body and a plurality of fingers extending from a side of the body. The plurality of fingers are configured to substantially cover the top surfaces of negative electrodes between the negative electrodes and a positive strap. An end of at least one of the plurality of fingers distal to the body includes a lock, and the lock is configured to resiliently deflect between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The lock is configured to fix the moss guard with respect to positive lugs while in the engaged position. | 09-18-2014 |
Gordon C. Beckley, Grayson, GA US
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20090253041 | FLOODED LEAD-ACID BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Positive active material pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries, methods of making the same and lead-acid batteries including the same are provided. The positive active material paste includes lead oxide, a sulfate additive, and an aqueous acid. The positive active material paste contains from about 0.1 to about 1.0 wt % of the sulfate additive. Batteries using such positive active material pastes exhibit greatly improved performance over batteries with conventional positive active material pastes. | 10-08-2009 |
20110027653 | NEGATIVE PLATE FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - Capacitor pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries include lead oxide, a carbon additive, and an aqueous acid. The capacitor paste contains lead and carbon in a lead to carbon mass ratio of about 5:1 to 82:1. Hybrid negative plates for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries can be made using such pastes in combination with traditional pastes. The hybrid negative plates include a capacitor paste on a bottom portion of the plate, and a traditional paste on the remainder of the plate. Batteries using the capacitor paste and hybrid plates exhibit improved performance over batteries with conventional plates and pastes and require less overcharge to prevent electrolyte stratification. | 02-03-2011 |
20110318629 | SEPARATOR FOR LEAD ACID BATTERY - Separators for lead-acid batteries, and lead-acid batteries including the same are provided. The separator includes a first layer made of a rubber material and a second layer made of a polymer material. | 12-29-2011 |
20120058369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING FLUID TO A BATTERY - A system for delivering water to a fluid electrolyte battery comprising at least one battery cell. Such a system includes a tank adapted to hold the fluid, a pump adapted to pump the fluid from the tank when the pump is turned on, at least one conduit adapted to transfer the fluid from the tank to the at least one battery cell, and a controller adapted to control the pump. The controller turns the pump on after an interval so that the fluid is transferred to the at least one battery cell. | 03-08-2012 |
20130149611 | FLOODED LEAD-ACID BATTERY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Positive active material pastes for flooded deep discharge lead-acid batteries, methods of making the same and lead-acid batteries including the same are provided. The positive active material paste includes lead oxide, a sulfate additive, and an aqueous acid. The positive active material paste contains from about 0.1 to about 1.0 wt % of the sulfate additive. Batteries using such positive active material pastes exhibit greatly improved performance over batteries with conventional positive active material pastes. | 06-13-2013 |
Gregg L. Beckley, Benge, WA US
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20150187236 | POST TOPPER - A post topper is provided. A post topper consists of a slotted tubular hardware member that can be placed over a fence post and fence wire in to display a message, indicator, or sign without having to dig a hole or place an anchor to support the sign. The post topper needs no additional attachment hardware or tools to be placed permanently on a fence. The post topper may convey an alphanumeric message or may be used as an indicator, with color coding, for landmarks, targets, openings, gates, paths, roads, wires, pipes, fiber optics, culverts, etc., or may constitute levels of warning, such as fire danger, speed limits, snow depth, relative hunting or no hunting areas, and so forth. The markers may be used in games or events, such as running races, motorized vehicles races, paintball events, shooting events, rodeos, dog trials, equestrian events, county fairs, carnivals, and the like. | 07-02-2015 |
Jacob W. Beckley, Arlington Heights, IL US
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20150112776 | PROMOTION MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and apparatus for managing promotions are disclosed. An example method includes receiving in a server an indication of a sale of a promotional item from a sales terminal, the promotional item being specified by a promoter for a promotional competition to be carried out by a group of sales associates, the indication including an identifier of a sales associate who sold the promotional item, determining a quantity of the promotional items sold based on the received indication and a previous quantity of the promotional items sold by the sales associate, determining relationships among the group of sales associates based on the quantity of promotional items sold by the sales associates, and sending to a computer system of the promoter information indicative of the quantity of promotional items sold respectively by the sales associates and information indicative of the determined relationship among the group of sales associates. | 04-23-2015 |
Jeffrey D. Beckley, San Diego, CA US
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20130245884 | USER EXPERIENCE OF THE CONNECTED AUTOMOBILE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for initiating at least one process in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus determines an approximate position of the vehicle. In addition, the apparatus determines a shortest time period based on the determined approximate position in which one or more registered drivers of the vehicle is in proximity to the vehicle. Furthermore, the apparatus determines whether to initiate the at least one process within the vehicle based on the determined time period. | 09-19-2013 |
20130297318 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of enabling speech commands in an application includes identifying, by a computer processor, a user interaction element within a resource of the application; extracting, by the computer processor, text associated with the identified user interaction element; generating, by the computer processor, a voice command corresponding to the extracted text; and adding the generated voice command to a grammar associated with the application. | 11-07-2013 |
Jeffrey D. Beckley, Brush Prairie, WA US
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20130332165 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS HAVING IMPROVED SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method for improving speech recognition by a speech recognition system includes obtaining a voice sample from a speaker; storing the voice sample of the speaker as a voice model in a voice model database; identifying an area from which sound matching the voice model for the speaker is coming; providing one or more audio signals corresponding to sound received from the identified area to the speech recognition system for processing. | 12-12-2013 |
Kristina Beckley, Carlisle, MA US
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20090248392 | FACILITATING LANGUAGE LEARNING DURING INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS PRESENTATION OF AN ORIGINAL INSTANT MESSAGE AND A TRANSLATED VERSION - An instant messaging (IM) interface, system, and method, where the interface includes a dialog region and a communication entry region. The interface can optionally be an interface of a social networking Web site or application. The dialog region is configured to present a running IM dialog that includes content exchanged in real-time between a set of IM communicators. The dialog region is configured such that at least a portion of the content from IM communicators presented in the dialog region is presented in an original language in which it was entered and is also presented in a translated form in a different language specified by settings specific to the user of the IM interface. The communication entry region is configured to permit content to be input that is to be conveyed to each of the IM communicators participating in an IM communication session involving the user of the IM interface. | 10-01-2009 |
20100122265 | CROSS - APPLICATION TAG REUSE - A method of reusing tags includes retrieving a tag set from a first application of a computer system, the tag set including a plurality of descriptive tags, and transmitting the tag set to a target application, the target application employing the plurality of descriptive tags to enforce a standard tagging format in new tags created within the target application. | 05-13-2010 |
20100223272 | Methods and Systems for Aggregating Content in an Instant Messaging System - A method for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; organizing the located content by a parameter; and displaying the organized content. A system for content aggregation in an instant messaging system includes an aggregation module configured to locating content of a specified type in an instant messaging log; and a display module configured to organizing the located content by a parameter and to display the organized content. | 09-02-2010 |
20130073287 | VOICE PRONUNCIATION FOR TEXT COMMUNICATION - A method, computer program product, and system for voice pronunciation for text communication is described. A selected portion of a text communication is determined. A prompt to record a pronunciation relating to the selected portion of the text communication is provided at a first computing device. The recorded pronunciation is associated with the selected portion of the text communication. A visual indicator, relating to the selected portion of the text communication and the recorded pronunciation, is displayed. | 03-21-2013 |
20140109235 | Directing Users to Preferred Software Services - A mechanism is provided for directing users to preferred software services. An indication from a user for a software service that provides a function identified by the user is identified. One or more software services that provide the function identified by the user are identified and a determination is made as to whether an existing subscription is in place for a subset of the one or more software services. Responsive to the existing subscription being in place for the subset of the one or more software services, the subset of software services that have existing subscriptions are presented to the user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140297737 | PROFILING SOCIAL TRENDSETTERS - A method and a system for profiling social trendsetters on a communications network includes monitoring social networking communications on a communications network using a program executable by a computer. The program monitors social networking communications for a topic of conversation in messages by a plurality of users. The messages are analyzed for relation to the topic of conversation and for topic information based on a specified criteria. The program determines a role for each of the plurality of users based on the topic information, and indicates the roles for each of the users, respectively, and may indicate the roles and associated people pertaining to particular topics. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297765 | PROFILING SOCIAL TRENDSETTERS - A method and a system for profiling social trendsetters on a communications network includes monitoring social networking communications on a communications network using a program executable by a computer. The program monitors social networking communications for a topic of conversation in messages by a plurality of users. The messages are analyzed for relation to the topic of conversation and for topic information based on a specified criteria. The program determines a role for each of the plurality of users based on the topic information, and indicates the roles for each of the users, respectively, and may indicate the roles and associated people pertaining to particular topics. | 10-02-2014 |
Kristina S. Beckley, Carlisle, MA US
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20090006110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING EVENT PARTICIPATION - The invention provides a system and method for monitoring event participation. | 01-01-2009 |
Scott A. Beckley, Windsor, CO US
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20100015549 | ON-PRESS DEVELOPABLE NEGATIVE-WORKING IMAGEABLE ELEMENTS - The present invention relates to negative-working imageable elements that can be used for the manufacture of printing plates. These imageable elements can be developed on on-press by the action of a lithographic printing ink used in combination with either water or a fountain solution. The imageable elements comprise an imageable layer that is not removable in water or fountain solution alone. The imageable layer includes a free radically polymerizable compound, a free radical initiator composition, an infrared radiation absorbing compound, and a polymeric binder comprising poly(alkylene oxide) pendant groups, and preferably additionally pendant cyano groups. | 01-21-2010 |
20100151385 | STACK OF NEGATIVE-WORKING IMAGEABLE ELEMENTS - A plurality of negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors is provided in a stack. Each precursor comprises an aluminum-containing substrate having thereon a single imageable layer and an outermost topcoat that has a dry coating weight equal to or less than 1 g/m | 06-17-2010 |
20100216067 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE DEVELOPING COMPOSITIONS - A concentrated developer can be prepared with less than 60 weight % water and still remain in a single phase with little or no haze or precipitation. This developer concentrate also includes a water-soluble or water-miscible organic solvent, one or more alkyl ether carboxylic acid, coconut oil alkanolamine, coconut fatty alcohol polyglycol ether, β-naphtholethoxylate, and block propylene oxide-ethylene oxide in an amount of at least 0.1 and up to 50 weight % solids, and optionally an alkyl naphthalene sulfonate in an amount of up to 40 weight % solids. The developer concentrate can be diluted up to 80:1 or greater with water and used to process imaged lithographic printing plate precursors. | 08-26-2010 |
Scott W. Beckley, Highlands Ranch, CO US
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20100301082 | Securing Device - A securing device includes a frame having first and second pivot points spaced apart from one another, a travel member extending vertically between the first and second pivot points and movable generally linearly between a lowermost position and an uppermost position, a first arm pivotally coupled to the frame at the first pivot point, and a second arm pivotally coupled to the frame at the second pivot point. First and second intermediate links are pivotally coupled to the first and second arms, respectively, and pivotally coupled to the travel member. A biasing element imparts force directly or indirectly upon the first intermediate link to maintain the travel member at the lowermost position when the travel member is at the lowermost position, the force biasing the first intermediate link to impede the travel member from moving to the lowermost position when the travel member is not at the lowermost position. | 12-02-2010 |