Borst, US
Alexander S. Borst, Seattle, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150026348 | REACTIVE AUTO-SCALING OF CAPACITY - Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range. | 01-22-2015 |
20150339169 | REACTIVE AUTO-SCALING OF CAPACITY - Examples of systems and methods are described for managing computing capacity by a provider of computing resources. The computing resources may include program execution capabilities, data storage or management capabilities, network bandwidth, etc. Multiple user programs can consume a single computing resource, and a single user program can consume multiple computing resources. Changes in usage and other environmental factors can require scaling of the computing resources to reduce or prevent a negative impact on performance. In some implementations, a fuzzy logic engine can be used to determine the appropriate adjustments to make to the computing resources associated with a program in order to keep a system metric within a desired operating range. | 11-26-2015 |
Christopher Lyle Borst, Plano, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090087956 | Dummy Contact Fill to Improve Post Contact Chemical Mechanical Polish Topography - State of the art Integrated Circuits (ICs) encompass a variety of circuits, which have a wide variety of contact densities as measured in regions from 10 to 1000 microns in size. Fabrication processes for contacts have difficulty with high and low contact densities on the same IC, leading to a high incidence of electrical shorts and reduced operating speed of the circuits. This problem is expected to worsen as feature sizes shrink in future technology nodes. This invention is an electrically non-functional contact, known as a dummy contact, that is utilized to attain a more uniform distribution of contacts across an IC, which allows contact fabrication processes to produce ICs with fewer defects, and a method for forming said dummy contacts in ICs. | 04-02-2009 |
Christopher Lyle Borst, Latham, NY US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080220698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT SLURRY APPLICATION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING - An embodiment relates generally to a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus. The apparatus includes a platen adapted to receive a wafer to be chemical-mechanically polished and a polishing pad configured to polish the wafer. The apparatus also includes a slurry feed line configured to provide slurry to the polishing pad and at least one slurry dispensing outlet coupled to the slurry feed line and configured to dispense slurry as a mist of small droplets ranging from submicron to about 500 microns. | 09-11-2008 |
George A. Borst, Kansas City, MO US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090308877 | Emergency Relief Vent for Fuel Storage Tanks - A relief vent assembly for a fuel storage tank includes a vent body defining a chamber to provide a substantially axially smooth and unencumbered path of flow for pressurized fluid to vent out from the tank. Such a path of flow allows the pressurized fluid to remain laminar throughout approximately the entire path through the chamber, maintaining a high flow rate. The vent assembly includes a crossbar that supports the rod of a lid that covers a distal margin of the vent body. The crossbar is disposed substantially at the distal margin of the vent body to prevent any premature turbulent flow of the pressurized fluid, which would slow the flow rate. A widening tapered bore of the chamber increases the flow area and serves to offset the area occupied by the crossbar. | 12-17-2009 |
Jeroen De Borst, Redmond, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090327354 | NOTIFICATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF UPDATED DATA - Techniques for notification and synchronization are described. Some techniques may comprise receiving a synchronization request and establishing an updating session connection. The updating session may be based on a delay interval parameter specifying a length of a delay interval and a collection parameter specifying one or more collections to be synchronized. When data for the collections to be synchronized is unchanged, the updating session may be maintained, and the synchronization request may be kept pending. Upon receiving a notification from a data store during the delay interval that updated data is available for one or more of the collections to be synchronized, a synchronization session connection is established with the data store to retrieve the updated data. A notification and synchronization message comprising the updated data may be sent as a response to the pending synchronization request. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-31-2009 |
Joseph P. Borst, Plymouth, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120260938 | METHOD OF DISSOLVING AND/OR INHIBITING THE DEPOSITION OF SCALE ON A SURFACE OF A SYSTEM - A method of dissolving and/or inhibiting the deposition of scale on a surface of a system comprises the step of bringing the surface of the system into contact with a composition. The composition can comprise from about 3 to about 15 parts by weight of a chelating component. The chelating component is selected from the group of MGDA, NTA, HEDTA, GLDA, EDTA, DTPA, and mixtures thereof. The composition can further comprise from about 3 to about 15 parts by weight of an acidic component, which is different than the chelating component. The composition can further comprise at least about 60 parts by weight of water. Each of the parts by weight ranges above are based on 100 parts by weight of the composition. The composition may further comprise a surfactant component and/or a corrosion inhibitor. | 10-18-2012 |
20130137622 | COMPOSITION FOR DISSOLVING AND/OR INHIBITING DEPOSITION OF SCALE ON A SURFACE OF A SYSTEM - A composition for dissolving and/or inhibiting deposition of scale on a surface of a system comprises an acidic component, a wetting agent, and a corrosion inhibitor. The composition may further comprise water. The acidic component comprises an alkanesulfonic acid, e.g. methanesulfonic acid (MSA). The wetting agent comprises a surfactant. The corrosion inhibitor comprises an amphoteric surfactant. The alkanesulfonic acid is present in an amount of at least about 50 weight percent (wt %), the surfactant is present in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 30 wt %, and the amphoteric surfactant is present in an amount of from about 0.025 to about 20 wt %, each based on 100 wt % of the alkanesulfonic acid, the surfactant, and the amphoteric surfactant combined. A method of dissolving and/or inhibiting deposition of scale on the surface of the system comprises the step of contacting the surface of the system with the composition. | 05-30-2013 |
20140243474 | Graft Polyol And Method Of Forming The Same - A graft polyol includes a natural oil including at least 50% by weight of a natural oil polyol. Particles are dispersed in the natural oil and comprise the reaction product of a macromer polyol, a polymerizable monomer, a chain transfer agent, and a free radical initiator. The macromer polyol and the polymerizable monomer react in the presence of the natural oil. The graft polyol is formed by providing the natural oil and providing the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, the free radical initiator, and the polymerizable monomer. The natural oil, the polymerizable monomer, the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, and the free radical initiator are combined, and the polymerizable monomer, the macromer polyol, the chain transfer agent, and the free radical initiator react to form particles dispersed in the natural oil. | 08-28-2014 |
Laurence V. Borst, Vaughan, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110057140 | MODULAR SPOOL VALVE - A control valve comprising a plurality of interchangeable valve body modules, each module having a main valve cavity and a plurality of separate cross valve communication ports communicating; and at least one interchangeable gasket disposed between adjacent modules and configured to individually communicate the main valve cavity and the communication ports between adjacent valve body modules, wherein the gasket is further configured to selectively communicate between the main valve cavity and a selected one of the cross valve communication ports. In one embodiment, each valve body module further includes a passage communicating with the main valve cavity. In this case, the gasket may be configured to selectively communicate between the passage and the selected one of the cross valve communication ports, thereby selectively communicating between the main valve cavity and the selected one of the cross valve communication ports through the passage by selective orientation of the gasket. | 03-10-2011 |
Laurence V. Borst, Long Valley, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150231778 | Power Tools with Reconfigurable Secondary Switch - In one illustrative embodiment, a power tool may comprise a housing supporting a motor, a primary switch coupled to the housing and configured to control a supply of energy to the motor, and an secondary switch that is reconfigurable between a first position near the primary switch and a second position spaced apart from the first position. When the secondary switch is coupled to the housing in the first position, the primary switch and the secondary switch may be configured such that a user holding the power tool with only one hand can operate both the primary switch and the secondary switch using the one hand. When the secondary switch is coupled to the housing in the second position, the primary switch and the secondary switch may be configured to require the user of the power tool to simultaneously operate the primary switch and the secondary switch using two hands. | 08-20-2015 |
Laurence Vaughan Borst, Long Valley, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100276615 | PROPORTIONAL PILOT ACTING VALVE - A valve assembly comprising a pilot valve; a solenoid; and a main valve, the main valve having an actuator in communication with a pressure control; the pilot valve may facilitate opening the main valve in proportion to an energized level of the solenoid. The solenoid may move the first disc to isolate the inlet port from the pressure control and/or move the second disc to communicate the outlet port with the pressure control. The actuator may move the second disc to isolate the outlet port from the pressure control and/or move the first disc to communicate the inlet port with the pressure control. The pilot valve may isolate both the inlet port and the outlet port from the pressure control when the pilot valve experiences forces in equilibrium from the solenoid and the actuator. | 11-04-2010 |
Robert G. Borst, Renton, WA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100292869 | AIRCRAFT DISPATCH INFORMATION - Systems and methods to manage aircraft dispatch information are provided. A particular method includes receiving fault information at a dispatch information computing system. The fault information is associated with an aircraft. The method also includes accessing operational restriction information associated with the aircraft based on the fault information. The method further includes automatically determining a set of bottom line operational limitations of the aircraft based on the fault information and the operational restriction information. The method also includes generating customized checklists for the various users of the information. The method also includes sending output data from the dispatch information computing system to an output device. The output data identifies the set of bottom line operational limitations of the aircraft and tasks to be completed by the various users. | 11-18-2010 |
Ronald W. Borst, Grain Valley, MO US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090308877 | Emergency Relief Vent for Fuel Storage Tanks - A relief vent assembly for a fuel storage tank includes a vent body defining a chamber to provide a substantially axially smooth and unencumbered path of flow for pressurized fluid to vent out from the tank. Such a path of flow allows the pressurized fluid to remain laminar throughout approximately the entire path through the chamber, maintaining a high flow rate. The vent assembly includes a crossbar that supports the rod of a lid that covers a distal margin of the vent body. The crossbar is disposed substantially at the distal margin of the vent body to prevent any premature turbulent flow of the pressurized fluid, which would slow the flow rate. A widening tapered bore of the chamber increases the flow area and serves to offset the area occupied by the crossbar. | 12-17-2009 |
Sem Borst, Morristown, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150295685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAMES (ABS) BASED ON CELL BORDER RATE RATIOS - At least one embodiment relates to a method for controlling a number of almost blank subframes (ABS) in a heterogeneous network having a macro cell and at least one small cell of a plurality of small cells in a coverage area of the macro cell, the method includes receiving, at the macro cell, a plurality of measurements regarding both received power and received quality from a terminal, receiving, at the macro cell, a plurality of load-related values from a plurality of small cells; and determining, by the macro cell, a cost-benefit value (CBV) based on the received measurements and load values. The CBV indicates whether an increase or a decrease in the ABS would benefit the network. The method further includes selectively changing, by the macro cell, the number of ABS available to the at least one small cell based on the CBV. | 10-15-2015 |
Simon Borst, Convent Station, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110107030 | SELF-ORGANIZING METHODOLOGY FOR CACHE COOPERATION IN VIDEO DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - A content distribution network (CDN) comprising content storage nodes (CSNs) or caches having storage space that preferentially stores more popular content objects. | 05-05-2011 |
20130151688 | OPTIMIZATION MECHANISMS FOR LATENCY REDUCTION AND ELASTICITY IMPROVEMENT IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED DATA CENTERS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for reallocating loading from a datacenter site to other datacenter sites in a cloud computing network using an objective function that defines a performance characteristic of the cloud computing network at each datacenter site and a derivative of the objective function, the method comprising: evaluating the derivative for each of a set of other datacenter sites; identifying based upon the evaluated derivatives a datacenter site in the set of datacenter sites that results in the smallest increase in the objective function; and reallocating loading among the datacenter site and the other datacenter sites based upon the evaluated derivatives and the identified other datacenter site. | 06-13-2013 |
Simon Borst, Murray Hill, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150347316 | PROCESS FOR MANAGING THE STORAGE OF A LIST OF N ITEMS IN A MEMORY CACHE OF C ITEMS OF A CACHE SYSTEM - Process for managing the storage of a list (L) of N items (I[i]) in a memory cache (M) of C items (I[i]) of said list, said N items being ordered in said list according to a rank i which depends of their last request time by a user, C, N and i being strictly positive integers, said process providing, upon the reception of a request for an item (I[i]), for calculating a popularity probability f(i) for said requested item, f being an acceleration function, and for deciding to move or not said requested item at a higher rank i according to said popularity probability. | 12-03-2015 |
Simon C. Borst, Convent Station, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080242309 | MIMO Communication System with User Scheduling Based on Reduced Channel State Information - A multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) communication system is configured to perform user scheduling with reduced channel station information. The system includes multiple terminals and at least one base station configured to communicate with the terminals. The base station is operative to obtain channel vector magnitudes for respective ones of the terminals, to identify a subset of the terminals based on the channel vector magnitudes, to obtain channel vector phase information for the identified subset of terminals, and to utilize the channel vector phase information to control transmission to the identified subset of terminals. The system may be, for example, a multi-user MIMO system in which the multiple terminals comprise autonomous single-antenna terminals. | 10-02-2008 |
20100070700 | CACHE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A cache management system and method and a content distribution system. In one embodiment, the cache management system includes: (1) a content request receiver configured to receive content requests, (2) a popularity lifetime prediction modeler coupled to the content request receiver and configured to generate popularity lifetime prediction models for content that can be cached based on at least some of the content requests, (3) a database coupled to the popularity lifetime prediction modeler and configured to contain the popularity lifetime prediction models and (4) a popularity lifetime prediction model matcher coupled to the content request receiver and the database and configured to match at least one content request to the popularity lifetime prediction models and control a cache based thereon. | 03-18-2010 |
20150245318 | RATE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF ADAPTIVE WIRELESS VIDEO STREAMING - A method and an apparatus for adaptively allocating available bandwidth for network users. The method is particularly beneficial in improving a viewing experience for mobile devices accessing the network, while also maximizing the number of supported users within the network. An adaptively adjusted control parameter is used in conjunction with a utility function to assign a provisional rate for users entering the network. Based on the assigned provisional rate, the method then admits prospective new network users, if enough free capacity exists to service the new user at the provisional rate. | 08-27-2015 |
Simon C. Borst, Morris County, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100184480 | POWER LOAD BALANCING IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - In one aspect, a system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of wireless base stations that are located in a contiguous spatial coverage region of a cellular communication system. Each wireless base station that is configured to generate a coverage pilot beam to enable wireless mobile devices to set up spread spectrum wireless communication links with the generating wireless base station. The wireless base stations are configured to transmit data to the wireless mobile devices to cause a portion of the wireless mobile devices to reselect ones of wireless base stations for wireless communication links in a manner that reduces power load imbalances between the wireless base stations. The transmitted data is indicative of a set of shadow prices, wherein each of the wireless base stations is associated with a corresponding one of the shadow prices. | 07-22-2010 |
Simon C. Borst, Morristown, NJ US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120252464 | Method Of Load-Aware Dynamic Handover In Cellular Networks - A handover method is provided, in which a measure of signal strength is obtained between a user terminal and each of one or more candidate cells, relative to signal strength between the user terminal and a source cell. For candidate cells, a threshold is set that depends on a measure of loading of the source cell and a measure of loading of the candidate cell. For the target cell, a particular candidate cell is identified for which the measure of signal strength exceeds the threshold set for that particular cell. The user terminal is connected to the target cell. In specific embodiments, the threshold for each candidate cell depends on a load differential between the source cell and the candidate cell. | 10-04-2012 |
Terence Borst, Austin, TX US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090114403 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING AND SERVICING SUBTERRANEAN WELLS WITH ROTATING COILED TUBING - A system is provided for drilling and/or servicing a well bore using continuous lengths of coiled tubing in which a turntable assembly rotates a coiled tubing reel assembly and a counter balance system about the well bore such that the coiled tubing is rotated while in the wellbore. A coiled tubing injector may be provided on a separate turntable assembly or on the same turntable assembly as the reel assembly. A swivel support assembly may be provided for managing operation lines associated with the system. | 05-07-2009 |
20090126946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING AND SERVICING SUBTERRANEAN WELLS WITH ROTATING COILED TUBING - A system is provided for drilling and/or servicing a well bore using continuous lengths of coiled tubing in which a turntable assembly rotates a coiled tubing reel assembly and a counter balance system about the well bore such that the coiled tubing is rotated while in the wellbore. A coiled tubing injector may be provided on a separate turntable assembly or on the same turntable assembly as the reel assembly. | 05-21-2009 |