Billingsley, US
Alex E. Billingsley, Phoenix, AZ US
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20130333286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VERTICAL PLANTER - Various embodiments provide systems and methods for a vertical planter. Systems and methods according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a planter system configured for growing plants in horizontal rows wherein each row is arranged vertically with respect to each other row. The planter system may comprise a planter container, a container support, and a vertical support. The vertical support may be coupled to a structure. The container support may be coupled to the vertical support and configured to support the weight and form of the planter container. | 12-19-2013 |
Britton G. Billingsley, St. Paul, MN US
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20110072971 | ACTIVE-PARTICULATE AIR FILTER HAVING MONOLITH PRIMARY FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER - An air filter that includes a primary filter and a polishing filter. The primary filter comprises a monolith | 03-31-2011 |
20110240027 | SHAPED LAYERED PARTICLE-CONTAINING NONWOVEN WEB - A filter element includes a porous non-woven web. The porous non-woven web includes a first layer with first thermoplastic elastomeric polymer fibers and first active particles disposed therein and a second layer including second thermoplastic elastomeric polymer fibers and second active particles disposed therein. The web possesses a three-dimensional deformation and the first layer is contiguous with the second layer across the deformation. | 10-06-2011 |
20110240029 | FILTER ELEMENT UTILIZING SHAPED PARTICLE-CONTAINING NONWOVEN WEB - A filter element utilizes a porous shape-retaining self-supporting non-woven web. The web includes thermoplastic elastomeric polymer fibers and active particles disposed in the fibers. The web also possesses a three-dimensional deformation. | 10-06-2011 |
20110283505 | METHOD OF MAKING FILTER CARTRIDGE HAVING ROLL-BASED HOUSING SIDEWALL - A method of making a filter cartridge, which method includes: (a) providing first and second filter media layers that each contain active particulate that is bonded together and that each comprise a perimeter; (b) stacking the filter media layers in a spaced apart relationship; and (c) securing a roll based housing sidewall to at least a portion of the perimeter of each filter media layer. The resulting filter cartridge is light in weight but has increased volume that provides an improved service life. The cartridge has a very good service life to weight ratio. | 11-24-2011 |
20110284006 | FILTER CARTRIDGE HAVING CENTRAL PLENUM AND HOUSING SIDEWALL - A filter cartridge | 11-24-2011 |
20110311400 | REFILLABLE FILTER SYSTEM - A radial flow filtration system includes a housing and one or more generally cylindrical filter cartridges including a filter cartridge shell and a filter section. The filter cartridge is removable with respect to the housing and the filter section in removable with respect to the filter cartridge shell. | 12-22-2011 |
20130139818 | SPLIT FLOW FILTERING DEVICE - A filtering device 10, 10′ that has a fluid inlet 12, a plenum 14, first and second filter layers 16 and 18, first and second fluid outlets 20 and 22, and a housing 24. The plenum 14 receives air that passes through the fluid inlet 12, and the first and second filter layers 16 and 18 are located on opposing sides of the plenum 14. The first and second fluid outlets 20 and 22 are located downstream to the first and second filter layers 16 and 18, respectively, on a side of each filter layer 16, 18 opposite the plenum 14. The housing 12 supports the first and second filter layers 16, 18 on opposing sides of the plenum 14. Very good distribution of fluid through the device 10 may be achieved because the plenum 14 and the filtering layers 16, 18 maintain their original relative positioning throughout use. Complex shapes can be produced, which enable the filtering device to accommodate devices of various configurations. Thicker filter media beds may be used on each side of the plenum to improve filtration performance and service life. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152919 | AIR FILTRATION DEVICE HAVING TUNED AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A filtering device | 06-20-2013 |
20130152920 | AIR FILTRATION DEVICE HAVING SUBSECTIONS LACKING FLUID COMMUNICATION - A filtering device | 06-20-2013 |
20140168546 | Curved Automatic-Darkening Filter - An automatic-darkening filter | 06-19-2014 |
20150047632 | Air Filtration Device Having Tuned Air Distribution System - A filtering device | 02-19-2015 |
20150047633 | Air Filtration Device Having Subsections Lacking Fluid Communication - A filtering device | 02-19-2015 |
20150283493 | Layered Or Mixed Sorbent Bed Protective Filtration Device - A filtration device including a fluid-impermeable housing having a gas inlet and outlet, and containing within the housing first filter media particles of an extended surface area substrate and containing at least one metal impregnant, and second filter media particles of an extended surface area zirconium hydroxide substrate. The device may be used in atmospheres containing various harmful gases, and may provide particularly useful improvements in NO | 10-08-2015 |
20150306536 | Layered Or Mixed Sorbent Bed Protective Filtration Device - A filtration device including a fluid-impermeable housing having a gas inlet and outlet, and containing within the housing first filter media particles of an extended surface area substrate and containing at least one metal impregnant, and second filter media particles of an extended surface area zirconium hydroxide substrate and zinc (hydr)oxide. The device may be used in atmospheres containing various harmful gases, and may provide particularly useful improvements in NO | 10-29-2015 |
Bryan Billingsley, Riverton, UT US
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20120001033 | EQUIPMENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for mounting electronic equipment onto a pole are disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
Daniel D. Billingsley, Round Rock, TX US
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20150295133 | Semiconductor Heterostructure with Stress Management - A heterostructure for use in fabricating an optoelectronic device is provided. The heterostructure includes a layer, such as an n-type contact or cladding layer, that includes thin sub-layers inserted therein. The thin sub-layers can be spaced throughout the layer and separated by intervening sub-layers fabricated of the material for the layer. The thin sub-layers can have a distinct composition from the intervening sub-layers, which alters stresses present during growth of the heterostructure. | 10-15-2015 |
Eric Billingsley, Campbell, CA US
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20100011074 | PUBLICATION OF INFORMATIONAL MESSAGES TO SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for publishing information to a plurality of software applications are provided. The methods may comprise identifying a plurality of records to transmit to the software applications based on a last sequential identification code in a high watermark table of a persistent store. The plurality of records may be generated subsequent to a previous record corresponding to the last sequential identification code. A plurality of corresponding messages each corresponding to a record of the plurality of records may be prepared. Each of those messages may then be transmit to at least one software application and may include a most recent message corresponding to a most recent record. In the high water mark table of the persistent store, an updated last sequential identification code may be stored as a pointer for subsequent reference. The updated last sequential identification code may correspond to the most recent message transmitted in the plurality of corresponding messages. | 01-14-2010 |
Eric N. Billingsley, Los Gatos, CA US
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20110016511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING USER INTERACTION WITH A COMPUTER - A system is provided to monitor a user's interaction with a computer. The system may comprise a random reference data generator to generate a random reference string, an image generator to create an image including the random reference string, a modification module to iteratively modify the image until a distortion criterion is satisfied, and a communications module to communicate the image to a client computer for display to a user. The random reference string comprises a plurality of alphanumeric characters. | 01-20-2011 |
Eric Noel Billingsley, Campbell, CA US
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20090006179 | Economic optimization for product search relevancy - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page. | 01-01-2009 |
20090292584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY BASED CUSTOMIZATION FOR A USER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information. | 11-26-2009 |
20110106729 | ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION FOR PRODUCT SEARCH RELEVANCY - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page. | 05-05-2011 |
20120095975 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A SEARCH OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE - Methods and systems to facilitate a search of an information resource is disclosed. In various embodiments, a distribution of a plurality of data items across a plurality of attribute value ranges corresponding to an attribute is identified. The attribute may be shared by at least two of the plurality of data items. Based on a determining that the distribution of the plurality of data items across the plurality of attribute value ranges includes at least two peaks, the distribution of the plurality of data items across the plurality of attribute value ranges corresponding to the attribute is communicated. | 04-19-2012 |
20130132824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY BASED CUSTOMIZATION FOR A USER EXPERIENCE - A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information. | 05-23-2013 |
20140109116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER-DESIGNED APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT - Embodiments of a method and system for utilizing user-designed applications are disclosed. A user-designed application that utilizes at least one high-level API available within a system may be received. The user-designed application may be deployed server-side within the system. A user request may be processed server-side for the user-designed application in the system. | 04-17-2014 |
20150154315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE A SEARCH OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE - Methods and systems to facilitate a search of an information resource is disclosed. In various embodiments, a distribution of a plurality of data items across a plurality of attribute value ranges corresponding to an attribute is identified. The attribute may be shared by at least two of the plurality of data items. Based on a determining that the distribution of the plurality of data items across the plurality of attribute value ranges includes at least two peaks, the distribution of the plurality of data items across the plurality of attribute value ranges corresponding to the attribute is communicated. | 06-04-2015 |
Frank Billingsley, Alexandria, VA US
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20090024332 | DIAGNOSING INAPPARENT DISEASES FROM COMMON CLINICAL TESTS USING BAYESIAN ANALYSIS - A system and method of diagnosing diseases from biological data is disclosed. A system for automated disease diagnostics prediction can be generated using a database of clinical test data. The diagnostics prediction can also be used to develop screening tests to screen for one or more inapparent diseases. The prediction method can be implemented with Bayesian probability estimation techniques. The system and method permit clinical test data to be analyzed and mined for improved disease diagnosis. | 01-22-2009 |
Jessica Billingsley, Atlanta, GA US
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20120271739 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products for Tracking Product Inventory - Product inventory is tracked from a raw product form through sale/disposal in association with a specific consumer. Procession of a specific product is monitored, in association with the specific consumer, from a raw form of the product through processing and distribution. Disposal of at least one of a portion of the raw form of the specific product and a portion of the product resulting from processing the specific product is tracked in association with the specific consumer. Inventory of the specific product is updated based on the disposal of at least one of the portion of the specific product and the portion of the product resulting from processing the specific product. | 10-25-2012 |
John A. Billingsley, Groesbeck, TX US
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20110181351 | Application Specific Power Controller - Configuring the operational behavior of an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit (IC) comprises a plurality of configuration inputs for configuring the IC. The IC also has a memory which stores a plurality of sets of parameter values. Each parameter value of the respective set corresponds to a different operational parameter of a plurality of operational parameters. The IC includes logic which determines a first plurality of configuration values corresponding to the first plurality of configuration inputs. The logic then selects a set of parameter values from the stored plurality of sets of parameter values. The selection of parameter values is based on the first plurality of configuration values. The IC is then configured for operation according to one or more operational parameter values in the selected set of parameter values. | 07-28-2011 |
Lyn Brandon Billingsley, Montgomery, TX US
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20080247183 | BUS STOP ARM AND LAMP FOR BUS STOP ARM - A disclosed bus stop arm includes an extendable arm for protruding from a bus and including signage instructing motorists to stop, a socket in the extendable arm for receiving a lamp, and a lamp having a connector configured to be received in the socket. The lamp includes at least two light emitting diodes, the light emitting diodes projecting light in substantially opposite primary directions. A disclosed lamp for a bus stop arm includes a connector configured to fit in a lamp socket on a bus stop arm, and at least two light emitting diodes. The light emitting diodes project light in substantially opposite primary directions. | 10-09-2008 |
20090058168 | COMPOSITE SEAT CUSHION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A cushion for a school bus seat can include a single piece of skinned foam including foam and a skin integrally bonded to the foam. The single piece of skinned form can include a cavity. The single piece of skinned foam can be configured to receive at least one of a substantially upright back portion of a school bus seat frame and a substantially horizontal seat portion of the school bus seat frame. The single piece of skinned foam can be configured to be disposed over and to cover at least one of the substantially upright back portion and the substantially horizontal seat portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20130193739 | COMPOSITE SEAT CUSHION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A cushion for a school bus seat can include a single piece of skinned foam including foam and a skin integrally bonded to the foam. The single piece of skinned form can include a cavity. The single piece of skinned foam can be configured to receive at least one of a substantially upright back portion of a school bus seat frame and a substantially horizontal seat portion of the school bus seat frame. The single piece of skinned foam can be configured to be disposed over and to cover at least one of the substantially upright back portion and the substantially horizontal seat portion. | 08-01-2013 |
Richard Billingsley US
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20090063322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME AUTOMATED SECURITIES TRADING - Methods for making real-time automated security trades are presented, the methods including: receiving historical market data related to a selected security; receiving affective data related to the selected security; performing an analysis on the historical market data and the affective data to produce a set of causally related input parameters, the set of causally related input parameters configured to provide a basis for determining whether to trade the selected security; receiving current market data related to the selected security; applying the current market data to the set of causally related input parameters; and automatically trading the selected security based on the applying. In some embodiments, methods further include: incorporating the current market data with the historical market data; and returning to the performing the analysis. | 03-05-2009 |
Roger D. Billingsley, Laguna Niguel, CA US
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20110293797 | SYSTEM FOR TOPPING AND TAILING LETTUCE HEADS USING A CAMERA-GUIDED SERVO-CONTROLLED WATER KNIFE - A system for trimming a lettuce head using a digital imaging system and cutting mechanism. The lettuce head is conveyed between a lower feed conveyor and an upper feed conveyor that is disposed a fixed distance over and substantially aligned with a lower feed conveyor. The digital imaging system is configured to capture an image of the lettuce head and determine a cutting profile using the image. The cutting mechanism is disposed over the lower feed conveyor and includes: a servo motor mechanically coupled to a drive shaft; an armature with a pivot end mounted to the drive shaft and a sweep end disposed a radial distance from the pivot end; a cutting nozzle, mounted to the sweep end of the armature, configured to trim the lettuce head; and servo-control circuitry configured to articulate the cutting nozzle through a cutting arc based on the cutting profile. | 12-01-2011 |
20140030394 | SYSTEM FOR TOPPING AND TAILING LETTUCE HEADS USING A CAMERA-GUIDED SERVO-CONTROLLED WATER KNIFE - A system for trimming a lettuce head using a digital imaging system and cutting mechanism. The lettuce head is conveyed between a lower feed conveyor and an upper feed conveyor that is disposed a fixed distance over and substantially aligned with a lower feed conveyor. The digital imaging system is configured to capture an image of the lettuce head and determine a cutting profile using the image. The cutting mechanism is disposed over the lower feed conveyor and includes: a servo motor mechanically coupled to a drive shaft; an armature with a pivot end mounted to the drive shaft and a sweep end disposed a radial distance from the pivot end; a cutting nozzle, mounted to the sweep end of the armature, configured to trim the lettuce head; and servo-control circuitry configured to articulate the cutting nozzle through a cutting arc based on the cutting profile. | 01-30-2014 |
Roger Dale Billingsley, Laguna Niguel, CA US
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20140196751 | METHOD FOR SANITIZING FRESH PRODUCE - A method for sanitizing produce, by: treating the produce with a chlorine dioxide solution for a period of time sufficient to sanitize the produce; treating the produce with a solution containing chlorine for a period of time sufficient to further sanitize the produce; and treating the produce with a solution containing peroxyacetic acid for a period of time sufficient to further sanitize the produce, where treating with the chlorine dioxide solution, the solution containing chlorine, and the solution containing peroxyacetic acid yields at least an additional 1 log unit reduction in microbial load, as compared to produce treated with a single solution selected from the chlorine dioxide solution, the solution containing chlorine, and the solution containing peroxyacetic acid. | 07-17-2014 |
Roger Dale Billingsley, Biddle, MT US
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20160021903 | METHOD FOR SANITIZING FRESH PRODUCE - Provided herein, inter alia, is a method for sanitizing produce, by: treating the produce with a catholyte solution for a period of time sufficient to sanitize the produce; treating the produce with a solution containing chlorine for a period of time sufficient to further sanitize the produce; and treating the produce with a solution containing peroxyacetic acid for a period of time sufficient to further sanitize the produce, where treating with the catholyte solution, the solution containing chlorine, and the solution containing peroxyacetic acid yields at least an additional 1 log unit reduction in microbial load, as compared to produce treated with a single solution selected from the catholyte solution, the solution containing chlorine, and the solution containing peroxyacetic acid. | 01-28-2016 |
S.w. Billingsley, Brookeville, MD US
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20110127999 | PIPELINE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Apparatuses and methods for inspecting a section of piping are disclosed. In one example embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second excitation coils, a plurality of magnetometers, and a data acquisition system. The first excitation coils are disposed at a first axial location and are energized and the second excitation coils are disposed at a second axial location and are energized at an opposite polarity from the first excitation coil. The plurality of magnetometers are disposed at an axial location between the first and second axial locations and are positioned to detect magnetic fields generated by eddy currents induced in the section of piping by the first and second excitation coils. The data acquisition system is operatively connected to receive output data from the plurality of magnetometers. | 06-02-2011 |