Sheppard, GB
Christopher Sheppard, Bozeat GB
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20100089474 | System for Introducing an Additive Into a Fluid Conduit - An additive unit for a central heating or hot water system is connected in line to conduits of the system. The additive unit comprises a chamber having an inlet connected to a first conduit and provided with a valve, and an outlet connected to a second conduit and provided with a valve. The chamber is provided with a drain tap and an access port with a closure cap. A bypass conduit extends through the interior of the chamber. The inlet valve and the outlet valve switch flow from a normal route through the chamber to a bypass route through the bypass conduit. Fluid isolated in the chamber can be removed via a drain tap and an additive/top up fluid introduced via a port. Normal flow can then be restored by operating the valves. | 04-15-2010 |
Daniel C. Sheppard, Stockport GB
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20130151948 | WEB-BASED SOCIAL CONTENT AGGREGATION AND DISCOVERY FACILITY - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment a web-based content aggregation and discovery facility, comprises a plurality of content aggregations managed by the content aggregation and discovery facility, wherein each of the plurality of content aggregations is generated by a user and is comprised of a plurality of web-linked content elements selected by the user, where the plurality of visual web-linked content of a web-based content aggregation is directed to a topical subject and a plurality of user content databases with at least one content database associated with each user for storing content information associated with the web-linked content elements of the content aggregations generated by each user, the content information comprising a URL and an image selection, wherein the image selection is an image selected from images provided at a URL linked web location. | 06-13-2013 |
David Sheppard, Rainow GB
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20090221584 | Bisaryl-sulfonamides - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided that are useful in the treatment or prevention of a condition or disorder mediated by PPARγ or PPARδ. In particular, the compounds of the invention modulate the function of PPARγ or PPARδ. The subject methods are particularly useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis. | 09-03-2009 |
James Sheppard, Bristol GB
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20160138560 | WATER CURRENT POWER GENERATION STRUCTURE - A water current power generation structure including: a power generation unit including a main body, a mounting portion which extends from the main body and which defines a mounting axis; a support structure adapted for engagement with a bed of a body of water, and including a support housing; wherein the structure further includes a yaw mechanism for rotating the power generation unit relative to the support structure, the mechanism including: a pinion associated with the mounting portion; and a gear associated within the support housing and arranged to engage the pinion to rotate the power generation unit about the mounting axis relative to the support structure; and a selective engagement mechanism for selectively engaging the yaw mechanism. | 05-19-2016 |
John Edward Sheppard, Wokingham GB
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20080223391 | Tool for Separating a Hair Bundle - The present invention relates to a tool ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080223393 | Method and System for Imparting Strand Effect to Hair - A method of imparting hair strand effects may include identifying each of a plurality of hair strands to which to apply a hair strand effect product independently and individually, the plurality of hair strands associated with an illustration of at least one type of hair strand effects and one of a plurality of hair styles, and applying the product to each of the plurality of hair strands independently and individually subsequent to identifying the plurality of hair strands. In the alternative or in combination, a hair instruction guide may be consulted, the guide having at least one strand size associated with one of the plurality of types of hair strand effects, and a strand of hair may be identified according to the at least one strand size. A system for creating a hair strand effect may include a hair strand effect product and such a hair instruction guide. | 09-18-2008 |
John Edward Sheppard, Woking GB
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20140076352 | Tool for Separating a Hair Bundle - The present invention relates to a tool ( | 03-20-2014 |
John Edward Sheppard, Wokingham Berkshire GB
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20130333716 | Method and System for Imparting Strand Effect to Hair - A method of imparting hair strand effects may include identifying each of a plurality of hair strands to which to apply a hair strand effect product independently and individually, the plurality of hair strands associated with an illustration of at least one type of hair strand effects and one of a plurality of hair styles, and applying the product to each of the plurality of hair strands independently and individually subsequent to identifying the plurality of hair strands. In the alternative or in combination, a hair instruction guide may be consulted, the guide having at least one strand size associated with one of the plurality of types of hair strand effects, and a strand of hair may be identified according to the at least one strand size. A system for creating a hair strand effect may include a hair strand effect product and such a hair instruction guide. | 12-19-2013 |
Matthew Sheppard, Surrey GB
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20140280940 | NETWORK BROKER - A network broker divides IP address space into subnets to allow IT infrastructure transfers using a cloud computing environment. A link established between a client and network broker allows transfer of data and provides connectivity between the client and cloud providers. IT infrastructure to be divested is provisioned onto subnets in a cloud environment. A second link is established via the network broker between the entity being divested and the provisioned IT infrastructure. Client access to provisioned IT infrastructure is cut by rerouting, at the network broker, traffic destined to the subnet(s) hosting the provisioned IT infrastructure from the link to the second link. After a new owner assimilates the divested IT infrastructure using the second link, network broker routing rules are adjusted to sever access of the new owner to the subnet(s) hosting the divested IT infrastructure and return access to the subnet(s) to the client. | 09-18-2014 |
Matthew Sheppard, London GB
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20150269160 | METHOD FOR ORGANISING CONTENT - A content manager is described which offers a facility to a user to display, review and rate content items. Content items are assigned prioritization scores, influencing the manner in which those content items are organised. Prioritization scores are themselves determined on the basis of information inherent to a content item, such as the specification of the content item or associated descriptive data, and information provided by a user, such as by gestures or other input techniques, indicative of interest in that content item by that user. These prioritization scores are in turn used to rank content and reduce the memory, bandwidth, processing power and screen real estate used to present content to users. | 09-24-2015 |
Matthew A. Sheppard, Dorset GB
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20110028138 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE MENU - Methods and apparatus enable a mobile device to suggest available applications or features in which a user may be interested to the user based upon the user's past and current mobile device usage patterns. The mobile device may monitor the specific application/features used and their frequency of use. The mobile device may determine other available applications/features that the user may be interested in using based upon the frequency of use of applications or features and information which indicates a likelihood of user interest in one application or feature based upon usage of another application or feature. Applications or features determined to be potentially of interest to the user may be presented to the user in the form of suggestions to be added to the user interface menu so that the user can elect to accept or rejection the suggestion to modify the menu. | 02-03-2011 |
Michael Sheppard, Cambridgeshire GB
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20090188720 | System and method for drilling - This disclosure relates in general to a method and system for controlling a drilling system for drilling a borehole in an earth formation. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for controlling dynamic interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole being drilled to steer the drilling system to directionally drill the borehole. In another embodiment of the present invention, data regarding the functioning of the drilling system as it drills the borehole may be sensed and interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole may be controlled in response to the sensed data to control the drilling system as the borehole is being drilled. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194334 | System and method for drilling - This disclosure relates in general to a method and system for controlling a drilling system for drilling a borehole in an earth formation. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for controlling dynamic interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole being drilled to steer the drilling system to directionally drill the borehole. In another embodiment of the present invention, data regarding the functioning of the drilling system as it drills the borehole may be sensed and interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole may be controlled in response to the sensed data to control the drilling system as the borehole is being drilled. | 08-06-2009 |
Michael Sheppard, Hadstock GB
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20090044977 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRILLING SYSTEM FOR DRILLING A BOREHOLE IN AN EARTH FORMATION - This disclosure relates in general to a method and system for controlling a drilling system for drilling a borehole in an earth formation. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for controlling dynamic interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole being drilled to steer the drilling system to directionally drill the borehole. In another embodiment of the present invention, data regarding the functioning of the drilling system as it drills the borehole may be sensed and interactions between the drilling system for drilling the borehole and an inner surface of the borehole may be controlled in response to the sensed data to control the drilling system as the borehole is being drilled. | 02-19-2009 |
Michael Charles Sheppard, Hadstock GB
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20090044978 | STOCHASTIC BIT NOISE CONTROL - A drill bit direction system and method is disclosed that modifies or biases the stochastic movement of the drill bit and/or stochastic interactions between the drill bit and an inner-wall of a borehole being drilled by a drilling system to change the direction of drilling of the drilling system. The direction of the drill bit is monitored to determine if the direction happens to align in some way with a preferred direction. If the direction isn't close enough to a preferred direction, a biasing mechanism modifies the stochastic movement in an attempt to modify the direction closer to the preferred direction. Any of a number of biasing mechanisms can be used. Some embodiments can resort to conventional steering mechanisms to supplement the biasing mechanism. | 02-19-2009 |
20090044979 | DRILL BIT GAUGE PAD CONTROL - The present specification describes a drill bit for drilling a cavity. The drill bit may include a chassis, a plurality of gauge pad sets, and at least one gauge pad structure. The chassis may be configured to rotate about an axis. The plurality of gauge pad sets may each include at least one gauge pad. The at least one gauge pad structure may moveably couple at least one of the gauge pads of at least one of the plurality of gauge pad sets with the chassis. | 02-19-2009 |
20090044980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTIONAL DRILLING A BOREHOLE WITH A ROTARY DRILLING SYSTEM - This disclosure relates in general to a method and a system for directionally drilling a borehole with a rotary drilling system. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, methods and system provide for controlling motion of the rotary drilling system in the borehole when a side force is applied to the drilling system to bias or focus the motion so that the drilling system directionally drills the borehole through an earth formation. In certain aspects, side cutting of a sidewall of the borehole by a drill bit under an applied side force is controlled by a geostationary element to provide for directional side cutting and, as a result, directional drilling of the borehole through the earth formation. In other aspects, a non-concentrically coupled gauge pad assembly may rotate with the drilling system and bias or focus the applied side force. | 02-19-2009 |
20090044981 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STEERING A DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEM - A drill bit direction system and method is disclosed that modifies or biases the stochastic movement of the drill bit to change a drilling direction of a drilling system. The direction of the drill bit is monitored to determine if the direction happens to align in some way with a preferred direction. If the direction isn't close enough to a preferred or desired direction, stochastic motion of the drill bit in the borehole may be controlled and/or motion of the drill bit under a side force acting on the drill bit to direct the drilling may be focused or biased to modify the direction of drilling closer to the preferred direction. Any of a number of stochastic motion control mechanisms or biasing mechanisms can be used. Some embodiments can resort to conventional steering mechanisms to supplement the stochastic motion control or side force biasing mechanisms. | 02-19-2009 |
20120080235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLING A BOREHOLE WITH A ROTARY DRILLING SYSTEM - This disclosure relates in general to a method and a system for directionally drilling a borehole with a rotary drilling system. More specifically, but not by way of limitation, methods and system provide for controlling motion of the rotary drilling system in the borehole when a side force is applied to the drilling system to bias or focus the motion so that the drilling system directionally drills the borehole through an earth formation. In certain aspects, side cutting of a sidewall of the borehole by a drill bit under an applied side force is controlled by a geostationary element to provide for directional side cutting and, as a result, directional drilling of the borehole through the earth formation. In other aspects, a non-concentrically coupled gauge pad assembly may rotate with the drilling system and bias or focus the applied side force. | 04-05-2012 |
Michael Charles Sheppard, Cambridgeshire GB
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20090071722 | WELLBORE CONSOLIDATING TOOL FOR ROTARY DRILLING APPLICATIONS - A subpart of a drill string is described having an outer circumferential surface which is contoured and adapted to engage the wall of the borehole with a small angle of attack while exerting during rotary drilling operations an compacting pressure on mud cake and/or cuttings present in the annulus between the drill string and the borehole. | 03-19-2009 |
20100319998 | WELLBORE CONSOLIDATING TOOL FOR ROTARY DRILLING APPLICATION - A subpart of a drill string is described having an outer circumferential surface which is contoured and adapted to engage the wall of the borehole with a small angle of attack while exerting during rotary drilling operations an compacting pressure on mud cake and/or cuttings present in the annulus between the drill string and the borehole. | 12-23-2010 |
20120090897 | Stochastic Bit Noise - A drill bit direction system and method is disclosed that modifies or biases the stochastic movement of the drill bit and/or stochastic interactions between the drill bit and an inner-wall of a borehole being drilled by a drilling system to change the direction of drilling of the drilling system. The direction of the drill bit is monitored to determine if the direction happens to align in some way with a preferred direction. If the direction isn't close enough to a preferred direction, a biasing mechanism modifies the stochastic movement in an attempt to modify the direction closer to the preferred direction. Any of a number of biasing mechanisms can be used. Some embodiments can resort to conventional steering mechanisms to supplement the biasing mechanism. | 04-19-2012 |
Michael James Sheppard, Isle Of Wight GB
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20100163678 | THERMAL ANTI-ICING SYSTEM - An air intake duct of an aircraft engine or other component is provided with a thermal anti-icing system. The front of the air intake duct comprises a toroidal outer skin ( | 07-01-2010 |
Neil Sheppard, Oxford GB
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20090297551 | ADJUVANT - This invention relates to a novel adjuvant comprising a transfection reagent, and to uses of this adjuvant. In particular, the adjuvant may be used in compositions for eliciting an immune response and in vaccines. | 12-03-2009 |
Paul Edmund Fleetwood Sheppard, Glasgow GB
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20130024545 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A multimedia content delivery system includes a server apparatus ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130268583 | Hybrid Client-Server Graphical Content Delivery Method and Apparatus - A hybrid client-server multimedia content delivery system is provided for delivering graphical information across a network from a server to a client device. An initial set of object data is provided sufficient for the client device to begin representing the virtual environment, followed by one or more subsequent items of the object data dynamically while the client device represents the virtual environment on the visual display device. The server maintains shadow rendering information identifying the items of object data which are currently in use at the client device. Delivery of subsequent object data to the client device is ordered and prioritised with reference to the shadow rendering information. | 10-10-2013 |
20140082532 | Method and Apparatus for Delivery of Interactive Multimedia Content Over a Network - A client device downloads an interactive multimedia content package, such as a video game, from a server across a network. The package includes executable code and a plurality of graphical asset files. A wrapper component is provided in the package, which provides an intermediate layer between the executable code and a runtime environment of the client device. The wrapper component restricts functionality of the interactive multimedia content package to provide a demonstration or trial mode, in particular having time limitations (e.g. a rental mode) or functional limitations regarding the assets and/or progress within the content by the executable code. The wrapper component may be removed or inactivated, thereby achieving a full or unlimited mode of the package. | 03-20-2014 |
20160078640 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of transforming an image file by an image file transformation apparatus, the method including providing an image file in a pixel-based format having a plurality of pixels, dividing the pixels into a plurality of patches, sampling the pixels to generate boundary conditions relating to each of the patches, deriving Fourier coefficients of a solution to a partial differential equation according to the boundary conditions, and outputting the Fourier coefficients for each of the patches as a transformed image file. | 03-17-2016 |
Phil Sheppard, Loughborough GB
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20110056161 | EXTRUDED GEOPOLYMER FRAME PROFILES FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS - This invention discloses frame profiles for building elements such as windows manufactured by the extrusion or pultrusion of fibre reinforced geopolymer. Extrusion advantageously aligns reinforcement fibres enhancing strength in a single direction. One embodiment of this invention uses cellulosic reinforcement fibre which advantageously chemically bonds to the geopolymer molecules and provides an extremely tough and strong product. The embodied energy in the cellulosic fibre will also be significantly lower than most alternative reinforcement materials. | 03-10-2011 |
Robert F. Sheppard, Telford Shropshire GB
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20150073878 | DEVICE TO PERFORM SERVICE CONTRACT ANALYSIS - A device to perform service contract analysis comprises a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory comprises instructions, the processor to perform the instructions to cause the device to operate to: receive data indicating performance levels of business processes subject to a service contract, the data including a plurality of records, each record including performance data, and each record associated with a business process; compare the performance data with a threshold derived from the service contract; determine a financial outcome based on the comparing; and associate contributions of the financial outcome with respective records or respective service processes, wherein the contributions are based on the comparing. | 03-12-2015 |
Robert John Sheppard, Stevenage GB
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20150175600 | 2-(AZAINDOL-2-YL)BENZIMIDAZOLES AS PAD4 INHIBITORS - Compounds of formula (I): | 06-25-2015 |
Robert John Sheppard, Essex GB
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20090062218 | MACROLONE COMPOUNDS - A compound of formula (I) | 03-05-2009 |