Milam, US
Amy C. Milam, Wentzville, MO US
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20130066775 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA CLEANSING AND/OR BILLER SCRUBBING - A dropped payment file is obtained at a computing device of an operator of an electronic funds transfer bill payment system from a client of such system. The dropped payment file includes data associated with at least one unsuccessful attempt to match payment data to a corresponding biller. The data in the dropped payment file is cleaned to create an updated dropped payment file. Matching logic is applied to the updated dropped payment file to identify at least one recommended biller to which the payment data should likely have been routed to. The client is advised of the at least one recommended biller. | 03-14-2013 |
20130311362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING PAYEE INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS - A computer system including a processor, in communication with a database, programmed to identify a plurality of billers from the database, including biller information, and receive a payee file including payee information identifying a payee which issued a bill to a payor. The processor determines an approximate match score for each of the billers in a first set of billers of the plurality of billers by comparing payee information to biller information and identifies a candidate list of billers from the first set of billers having an approximate match score indicating a likelihood of matching the payee information. The processor adjusts the candidate list of billers by altering the match score of at least one candidate biller by comparing a payee account number of the payee information to an account mask associated with the candidate biller and generates an output file of candidate biller information from the adjusted candidate list. | 11-21-2013 |
20140279464 | ACCOUNT MASK IDENTIFIER APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - At a computing device, optionally located in communication with an intermediate node in an electronic bill payment system, access is obtained to a data structure including a plurality of valid customer account numbers for customers of a biller that utilizes or desires to utilize the electronic bill presentment and payment system. With the computing device, each character of each of said valid customer account numbers is replaced with a wild card in accordance with a normalization scheme, to obtain a plurality of normalized valid customer account numbers. At least one pattern of said wild cards in said plurality of normalized valid customer account numbers is designated as a recommended account mask. | 09-18-2014 |
20150081537 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA CLEANSING AND/OR BILLER SCRUBBING - A dropped payment file is obtained at a computing device of an operator of an electronic funds transfer bill payment system from a client of such system. The dropped payment file includes data associated with at least one unsuccessful attempt to match payment data to a corresponding biller. The data in the dropped payment file is cleaned to create an updated dropped payment file. Matching logic is applied to the updated dropped payment file to identify at least one recommended biller to which the payment data should likely have been routed to. The client is advised of the at least one recommended biller. | 03-19-2015 |
Amy Christine Milam, Wentzville, MO US
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20130290177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS - A computer system for use with a database that includes a directory of electronic payees is provided. The computer system includes a memory device and a processor. The computer system is programmed to receive a payee file that includes payee information about a payee, verify whether the payee is included in the directory of electronic payees based on the payee information about the payee, and generate an output file that includes the payee information and one of an electronic payee identifier if a verification is confirmed and an indicator that no match was verified. | 10-31-2013 |
Christopher Patrick Milam, Lake Forest, CA US
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20080208890 | STORAGE OF MULTIPLE, RELATED TIME-SERIES DATA STREAMS - A method and system may receive time-series data of each of a plurality of real-time data streams from one or more sensors and create an electronic file based on the plurality of real-time data streams. The plurality of real-time data streams comprises a primary data stream, a low limit data stream, a high limit data stream, and a target value data stream. The electronic file includes a data portion and a metadata portion. The metadata portion of the electronic file comprises, for each of the plurality of data streams, one or more data stream identifiers, a time range, a source type, and a data type, and the data portion comprises the time-series data of each of the plurality of real-time data streams. | 08-28-2008 |
20090327212 | Efficient SQL access to point data and relational data - Some embodiments include reception of a structured query language query, determination of at least one point data query and at least one relational data query based on the structured query language query, transmission of the at least one point data query to at least one point data server, transmission of the at least one relational data query to at least one relational data server, reception of point data and relational data in response to the point data query and the relational data query, and joining of the received point data and the received relational data into a result rowset. | 12-31-2009 |
David L. Milam, North Canton, OH US
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20090302094 | WELDING TOGETHER LOW AND HIGH CARBON STEELS - A weld joins a thin overlay of low carbon steel to a base that contains high carbon steel, at least at its surface along which the weld is formed. The weld may be effected by fusion (melting) or by solid-state diffusion. With either it creates a heat affected zone (HAZ) in the base around the weld. The HAZ contains enough austenite, and perhaps bainite as well, to render the HAZ relatively ductile and also crack resistant. Adjacent to the weld the HAZ has a hardness that does not exceed 58 HRC. The weld may be produced with a high energy beam or with resistance welding equipment. | 12-10-2009 |
David M. Milam, Dunlap, IL US
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20090037153 | Product design optimization method and system - A method is provided for developing a product. The method may include obtaining data records from a plurality of stages of development of the product; identifying respective objectives of the plurality of stages and corresponding objective factors of the objectives; and determining common variables associated with the objectives based on the objective factors. The method may also include selecting one or more input parameters based on the common variables and one or more output parameters based on the objectives; and updating the data records to generate desired data records indicative characteristics of the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters. Further, the method may include generating a computational model indicative of interrelationships between the one or more input parameters and the one or more output parameters based on the data records; and providing a set of constraints to the computational model representative of a design of the product. | 02-05-2009 |
20090188235 | Exhaust reduction system having oxygen and temperature control - An exhaust system for use with an engine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have a first treatment device situated to receive a flow of exhaust and convert a first constituent of the exhaust to a second constituent, and a second treatment device located downstream of the first treatment device to reduce the first and second constituents. The exhaust system may also have a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of one of a temperature and an oxygen concentration of the exhaust, and a controller in communication with the sensor. The controller may be configured to vary the other of the temperature and the oxygen concentration based on the signal such that a desired amount of the first constituent is converted to the second constituent by the first treatment device prior to reduction by the second treatment device. | 07-30-2009 |
Jackie Gordon Milam, Gadsden, AL US
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20100304184 | GALVANIZED WEATHERING STEEL - A steel structure may include a steel member that is fabricating using a weathering steel chemistry. The weathering steel chemistry may include silicon. The steel member may also include a zinc coating that covers at least some of the outer surface of the steel. | 12-02-2010 |
Jacob Milam, Brooklyn, NY US
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20140250355 | TIME-SYNCHRONIZED, TALKING EBOOKS AND READERS - A eBook generation system generates a time-synchronized, talking electronic book (“eBook”). The system uses searchable digital text of a work of authorship and corresponding marker data to generate eBook text data. Using an audio narration recording of the work and the generated eBook text data, the system generates synchronized text-to-audio metadata that associates a plurality of components of the eBook text data with time the components present in the audio narration recording. Furthermore, the system uses generated synchronized text-to-audio metadata and bibliographic metadata associated with the work to generate navigation control data that is capable of being used by an eBook reading device for navigational control of the display of eBook text data and playing of the audio narration recording. | 09-04-2014 |
Jennifer L. Milam, San Bruno, CA US
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20160034086 | VARIABLE PRESSURE TOUCH SYSTEM - The disclosed variable pressure touch system includes an information handling system (IHS) that may take many forms. In one embodiment, the IHS may be a tablet with a touch sensor in the form of a touch sensitive display. A user may apply pressure to the touch sensor with a finger, stylus, or other pointing device. The touch sensor may then generate a current pressure indication of the current pressure exhibited by the touch on the touch sensor. In one embodiment, a touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a display image on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes. In other embodiments, the touch tool of the IHS may receive the current pressure indication and generate a visual indicator on the display of the IHS that changes as the current pressure indication changes. | 02-04-2016 |
Jennifer L. Milam, Austin, TX US
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20150062156 | Method to Visualize Semantic Data in Contextual Window - A method for displaying contextual semantic data in a graphical overlay includes activating a first lens corresponding to a first domain, and activating at least one first domain context within the first lens. The method also includes, responsive to activating the at least one first domain context within the first lens, displaying the first domain context within the first lens. At least one second domain context is activated and displayed throughout the entire graphical overlay while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. Alternatively, the at least one second domain context is displayed within an activated second lens, which corresponds to a second domain, while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. By simultaneously displaying the first and second domain contexts, a cross-domain interaction between the first and second domains is identified. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062173 | Method to Visualize Semantic Data in Contextual Window - A system and a computer program product for displaying contextual semantic data in a graphical overlay includes a processor activating a first lens corresponding to a first domain, activating at least one first domain context within the first lens, and responsive to activating the at least one first domain context within the first lens, displaying the first domain context within the first lens. At least one second domain context is activated and displayed throughout the entire graphical overlay while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. Alternatively, the at least one second domain context is displayed within an activated second lens, which corresponds to a second domain, while simultaneously displaying the at least one first domain context within the first lens. By simultaneously displaying the first and second domain contexts, a cross-domain interaction between the first and second domains is identified. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062174 | Method of Presenting Data in a Graphical Overlay - A method for displaying data in a graphical overlay includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062176 | Method of Presenting Data in a Graphical Overlay - A system and a computer program product for displaying data in a graphical overlay. The method includes overlaying a first lens, including a first dataset, on a first region of the graphical overlay while a second lens, including a second dataset, overlaps the first lens. The first and second datasets are simultaneously displayed, and a correlation between the datasets is determined. Separation of the first and second lenses preserves a circumscribed region within each lens. The first dataset corresponds to first orientation position of the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second orientation position reconfigures the first dataset to provide a modified first dataset which corresponds to the second position. A rotational position may also be associated with points in time, a first position corresponding to a first point in time and the first dataset representing the first dataset at the first point in time. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067587 | Visual Domain Navigation - A method, a system and a computer program product for visually navigating contextual semantic data in a graphical overlay. The method includes overlaying a first lens, corresponding to a first domain and oriented in a first position, on the graphical overlay. A set of semantic data is displayed within the first lens. Rotation of the first lens to a second position reconfigures the semantic data such that a modified set of semantic data is displayed within the first lens. The modified semantic data and a ghosted image of the set of semantic data may be simultaneously displayed. A rotational position of the first lens is associated with various context aspects. A second lens, corresponding to a second domain, fully overlaps the first lens. Responsive to separating the first and second lenses, a circumscribed region is preserved within each of the first and second lenses while concealing a non-circumscribed region. | 03-05-2015 |
Jennifer L. Milam, Sacramento, CA US
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20140325425 | APPLYING CONTEXTUAL FUNCTION TO A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING PERIPHERAL MENU TABS - A computing device displays a set of graphical user interface (GUI) elements each having a respective transparent portion positioned over all or part of an underlying GUI element, which displays underlying content. Each set of GUI elements includes a respective set of peripherally located menu tabs and each menu tab includes a respective set of icons including a first icon corresponding to the first menu tab of a first GUI element. Each selected icon affects content that is displayed in a corresponding transparent portion, including the underlying content displayed within the underlying GUI element that is within the corresponding transparent portion. The computing device receives input selecting the first icon and in response applies a first modification to the content displayed within a first transparent portion which corresponds to the first GUI element and includes the underlying content that is within the first transparent portion. | 10-30-2014 |
Justin Milam, Cary, NC US
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20140029578 | Call Handoff Between Different Networks - Disclosed are techniques for hosting a communication session in a call server between communication devices. The call server functions as a bridge service between the communication devices joining an original communication link between the first communication device and the call server with a second communication link between the second communication device and the call server. The first communication device includes at least two RF transceivers each capable of communicating with the call server over a separate network. The call server receives a signal from the first communication device indicative of the need to handoff the original communication link to an alternate communication link on an alternate network. The call server establishes the alternate communication link with the first communication device on the alternate network and joins it with the second communication link to maintain the communication session between the communication devices. | 01-30-2014 |
20140105181 | Personalized User Session Information for Call Handoff - Techniques for hosting a communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device in an IP network are described. A contact server establishes separate communication links between itself and the communication devices wherein the communication links may traverse one or more telephony networks. The contact server receives personalized user session data generated by a user of a communication device. The personalized user session data may be indicative of a subjective evaluation of the quality of the communication link or a preference for a particular telephony network. The contact server may then cause the communication device to establish a new communication link with the contact server and handoff from its current communication link to the new communication link when the subjective evaluation of the quality of the communication link crosses a threshold level or a condition for a preference for a particular telephony network is detected. | 04-17-2014 |
Mark A. Milam, Roann, IN US
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20110062261 | SKID STEER MIXER ATTACHMENT - A mixer attachment for use with a skid steer. In one embodiment, the mixer attachment includes a mixing tub with a circumferential wall extending between a floor and a rim to define an interior compartment for holding a quantity of material. An auger may be provided that mixes the materials and is driven by a hydraulic drive unit. In some embodiments, one or more material retarders extend into the interior compartment to impede movement of the material within the interior compartment. A discharge chute allows discharge of material from the interior compartment. The mixing tub is movable between a scooping position and a mixing position. | 03-17-2011 |
M. Harris Milam, Houston, TX US
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20150246291 | Three-Axis Ride Controlled by Smart-Tablet App - This motion simulator uses a spherical shape driven by controlled wheels to produce any rotational motion within certain limits. The range of pitch and roll motions can be at least −15 to +15 degrees; yaw is unlimited. There are no moving electrical connections such as slip rings. The physical system can be produced inexpensively. Control and simulation display use a smart phone or computer tablet, which, for example, could be one already owned by a family using the simulator. | 09-03-2015 |
Stanley N. Milam, Houston, TX US
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20110284239 | NON-STICK ARTICLES - There is disclosed a non-stick apparatus, comprising a liquid storage or conveyance article comprising a first material; a coating on an internal surface of the article comprising a second material; wherein the second material comprises a critical surface tension value less than 75 mN/m and a hardness value of at least 5 measured on a Moh's scale. | 11-24-2011 |
Stanley Nemec Milam, Huston, TX US
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20090260812 | METHODS OF TREATING A HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATION - Methods of generating subsurface heat for treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation are described herein. Methods include providing water through one or more wellbores to at least a portion of a hydrocarbon containing formation and combusting at least a portion of a fuel stream comprising hydrogen sulfide in the presence of an oxygen source in one or more heaters positioned in one of the wellbores to produce a combustion by-products stream. Heat from the combustion is transferred to a portion of the hydrocarbon containing formation. The combustion by-products stream includes one or more sulfur oxides. Heat of solution is released by contacting at least a portion of the combustion by-products stream with a portion of the water and/or a portion of water in the hydrocarbon containing formation. | 10-22-2009 |
Stanley Nemee Milam, Houston, TX US
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20110178346 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION - A hydrocarbon composition is provided containing: | 07-21-2011 |
20110192764 | PROCESS FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FEED - A process for treating a hydrocarbon-containing feed is provided in which a hydrocarbon-containing feed comprising at least 20 wt. % of heavy hydrocarbons is mixed with hydrogen and a catalyst to produce a hydrocarbon-containing product. The catalyst is comprised of a material comprised of a first metal and a second metal, where the first metal is selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Bi, Ag, Mn, Zn, Sn, Ru, La, Pr, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu, Dy, Pb, and Sb and the second metal is Mo, W, V, Sn, and Sb. The material of the catalyst may have a structure according to formula (I), formula (II), formula (III), or formula (IV): | 08-11-2011 |
Stanly Nemec Milam, Houston, TX US
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20090260809 | METHOD FOR TREATING A HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATION - Methods of generating subsurface heat for treatment of a hydrocarbon containing formation are described herein. Methods include providing steam to at least a portion of a hydrocarbon containing formation from a plurality of locations in a wellbore. The steam is hotter than a temperature of the portion. The steam is heated in the wellbore by combusting a stream comprising hydrogen sulfide in the wellbore. Heat from the combustion transfers to the steam. The steam provided the portion at a first location in the wellbore is hotter than steam provided at a second location in the wellbore along the length of the wellbore, where the first location is further from a surface of the formation than the second location along the length of the wellbore. | 10-22-2009 |
Timothy Milam, Round Rock, TX US
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20110117975 | Two-Way Communication Device - Certain embodiments provide improved two-way communication devices, such as wireless headsets, including a port configured to deliver sound, a circuit board operatively connected to the port, an antenna configured to receive wireless transmissions, the antenna operatively connected to the circuit board and positioned at a first end of the circuit board and a boom including a microphone configured to receive sound, the boom operatively connected to the circuit board via a wire configured to run across a ground plane of the antenna. Certain embodiments provide fixed booms, other embodiments provide removable booms. | 05-19-2011 |
20110151780 | System and Method for Integration of an Antenna in an Information Handling System Housing - An information handling system having an antenna disposed at an outer housing surface provides wireless information signals received by the antenna to a receiver within the housing by capacitive coupling of the signals through the housing. A capacitive pattern portion connected to the antenna at the outer housing surface is disposed opposite a capacitive coupler at the inner surface so that electromagnetic energy of wireless signals inductively couples between the conductive material of the capacitive pattern portion and the capacitive coupler through non-conductive material of the housing without physical contact between the capacitive pattern portion and the capacitive coupler. | 06-23-2011 |
William T. Milam, Maryville, TN US
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20110034774 | Light-Diffusing Safety Cap - A light-diffusing safety cap for use with a light cable that couples an endoscope to a high intensity light source. The light-diffusing safety cap can be detachably or releasably coupled, in lieu of the endoscope, to the light cable, such that when the high intensity light source emits a high intensity light and the endoscope is not connected to the light cable, the light-diffusing safety cap reduces the intensity of the high intensity light emitted to the environment and provides an indication that the high intensity light source is activated when the endoscope is not connected to the light cable. | 02-10-2011 |
20140088453 | Instrument Penetration Detector Using Dynamic Frequency Adjustment, and Method of Operation - A method, and an apparatus to perform the method, of determining a location of a medical instrument in a patient during a medical procedure, the method including connecting at least a portion of the medical instrument to a first body region of the patient, propagating a plurality of signals at different frequencies along a conductive path of the medical instrument, measuring one or more feedback parameters corresponding to each of the plurality of signals at the first body region, determining an operational frequency from the different frequencies according to a comparison of the one or more feedback parameters, propagating a signal having the operational frequency along the conductive path as the medical instrument penetrates the body of the patient during the medical procedure, and measuring the one or more feedback parameters corresponding to the operational frequency to determine a penetration location of the medical instrument in the body of the patient. | 03-27-2014 |