Mcelfresh, US
Charles Mcelfresh, San Marino, CA US
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20110264509 | METHOD FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The server performs a calculation regarding the likelihood that an event will occur for a given object, as displayed to a particular user. The objects are arranged according to this calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. The likelihood can also be multiplied by a weighting factor and the objects arranged according to this product. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264510 | METHOD FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The server performs a calculation regarding the likelihood that an event will occur for a given object, as displayed to a particular user. The objects are arranged according to this calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. The likelihood can also be multiplied by a weighting factor and the objects arranged according to this product. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276411 | METHOD FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEB PAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The server performs a calculation regarding the likelihood that an event will occur for a given object, as displayed to a particular user. The objects are arranged according to this calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. The likelihood can also be multiplied by a weighting factor and the objects arranged according to this product. | 11-10-2011 |
20130041765 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The objects are arranged according to a calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. | 02-14-2013 |
20130047062 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The objects are arranged according to a calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The objects are arranged according to a calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047076 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISEMENTS ON A WEBPAGE - A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ad. The page includes positions for receipt of the object material. Data regarding the past performance of the objects is stored and updated as new data is received. A user requests a page from a server associated with system. The server uses the performance data to derive a prioritized arrangement of the objects on the page. The objects are arranged according to a calculation and returned to the user on the requested page. | 02-21-2013 |
Daivd K. Mcelfresh, San Diego, CA US
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20100290144 | INVARIANT MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIBRATION-RESILIENCE-SIGNATURE GENERATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that generates vibration-resistance signatures for hard disk drives (HDDs). In this system, a set of HDDs is mechanically affixed to a disk enclosure. The system additionally includes a vibration generator which is mechanically coupled to the disk enclosure and can apply a translational vibration profile to the disk enclosure. The system further includes a coupling mechanism between the set of HDDs and the disk enclosure which translates the translational vibration profile into both translational and rotational vibrations for the set of HDDs in multiple dimensions. The system additionally includes a monitoring mechanism which monitors an HDD performance metric from the set of HDDs while the HDDs are subject to the translational and rotational vibrations. The system also includes a signature-generation mechanism which uses the monitored HDD performance metric to generate vibration-resistance signatures for the set of HDDs. | 11-18-2010 |
David Mcelfresh, San Diego, CA US
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20080255807 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the health of a computer system - A system that monitors the health of a computer system is presented. During operation, the system receives a first-difference function for the variance of a time series for a monitored telemetry variable within the computer system. The system then determines whether the first-difference function indicates that the computer system is at the onset of degradation. If so, the system performs a remedial action. | 10-16-2008 |
David Keith Mcelfresh, San Diego, CA US
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20130046509 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR TEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for testing a multi-core processor may include comparing electromagnetic energy radiated from the multi-core processor while executing a specified set of instructions to reference values associated with multi-core processors having known numbers of operable cores. In various embodiments, average radiated power at a plurality of selected frequencies is compared to corresponding reference values to determine the number of functioning cores. In one embodiment, similarity between a test node and one or more reference nodes is determined using a Euclidean distance. The number of operable cores is determined according to a known number of operable cores associated with the closest reference node. | 02-21-2013 |
Josh Mcelfresh, Orange, CA US
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20120094359 | Novel System and Method of Anaerobic Fermentation - The present invention relates to growing anaerobic bacteria by measuring the reduction potential of a growth media at a start time and determining a grow time by correlating the start time reduction potential with said reduction coefficient to calculate when said second anaerobic fermentation system will reach a sufficiently low oxygen concentration to enable growth for an anaerobic bacteria, then adding the anaerobic bacteria to the growth media at a time no sooner than the grow time. | 04-19-2012 |
Kevin Mcelfresh, Stafford, VA US
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20100114956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFERRING STR ALLELIC GENOTYPE FROM SNPS - The present invention provides methods to infer STR allelic genotype from SNPs in a genome by obtaining statistical probabilities for the association of a plurality of SNPs in a genome with a Short Tandem Repeat (STR) locus allele for the genome to obtain a SNP constellation association value. | 05-06-2010 |
20100167949 | DNA-BASED ANALYSIS METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HUMAN IDENTIFICATION - Methods and apparatus for determining a human identification by analyzing DNA in a biological sample. DNA in the biological sample selectively binds to one or more probes in an array of probes within a DNA authentication cell. The array of probes is genetically designed to match a pattern of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA of a particular individual or a group of individuals. A microcontroller receives the results of the DNA analysis from the DNA authentication cell and determines whether the biological sample matches or does not non-match the particular individual or group of individuals for which the array of probes was designed. An indication of the match or non-match is displayed to a user and optionally is transmitted to a remote computer using one or more wired or wireless communication networks. | 07-01-2010 |
Michael W. Mcelfresh, Livermore, CA US
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20130228067 | Embedded-Monolith Armor - A lightweight armor system utilizing a face section having a multiplicity of monoliths embedded in a matrix supported on low density foam. The face section is supported with a strong stiff backing plate. The backing plate is mounted on a spall plate. | 09-05-2013 |
Paul Mcelfresh, Spring, TX US
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20090078408 | Apparatus for Providing a Temporary Degradable Barrier in a Flow Pathway - A flow conduit may have at least one orifice is in the vicinity of a flow source. The source is at least partially covered (and flow blocked by) an optional temporary coating or barrier. The flow pathway between the orifice and the source is temporarily blocked with a degradable material or barrier. The material disintegrates (e.g. under the influence of time or temperature) to optionally produce a product that removes the temporary coating in the area adjacent the barrier. The method is useful in one non-limiting context of recovering hydrocarbons where the flow conduit is the casing or liner of the well and the flow source is a subterranean reservoir where the temporary coating is a filter cake. | 03-26-2009 |
20100089565 | Shape Memory Polyurethane Foam for Downhole Sand Control Filtration Devices - Filtration devices may include a shape-memory material having a compressed run-in position or shape and an original expanded position or shape. The shape-memory material may include an open cell porous rigid polyurethane foam material held in the compressed run-in position at the temperature below glass transition temperature (T | 04-15-2010 |
20110162780 | Shape Memory Polyurethane Foam for Downhole Sand Control Filtration Devices - Filtration devices may include a shape-memory material having a compressed run-in position or shape and an original expanded position or shape. The shape-memory material may include an open cell porous rigid polyurethane foam material held in the compressed run-in position at the temperature below glass transition temperature (T | 07-07-2011 |
Paul M. Mcelfresh, Spring, TX US
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20090084539 | Downhole sealing devices having a shape-memory material and methods of manufacturing and using same - Sealing devices such as packers comprise a shape-memory material having a compressed run-in position or shape and an original expanded position or shape. The shape-memory material may comprise a polyurethane foam material held in the compressed run-in position by an adhesion material that is dissolvable by a fluid. The fluid may be a wellbore fluid already present in the wellbore or a fluid pumped down the wellbore after the sealing device is disposed within the wellbore. The fluid may also be a production fluid from the well. Upon being contacted by the fluid, the adhesion material dissolves and the shape-memory material expands to its original expanded position or shape, thereby sealing and dividing the annulus of the wellbore. | 04-02-2009 |
20100236794 | Downhole sealing devices having a shape-memory material and methods of manufacturing and using same - Sealing devices such as packers comprise a shape-memory material having a compressed run-in position or shape and an original expanded position or shape. The shape-memory material may comprise a polyurethane foam material held in the compressed run-in position by an adhesion material that is dissolvable by a fluid. The fluid may be a wellbore fluid already present in the wellbore or a fluid pumped down the wellbore after the sealing device is disposed within the wellbore. The fluid may also be a production fluid from the well. Upon being contacted by the fluid, the adhesion material dissolves and the shape-memory material expands to its original expanded position or shape, thereby sealing and dividing the annulus of the wellbore. | 09-23-2010 |
Paul M. Mcelfresh, Cypress, TX US
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20090255686 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TEMPORARY BARRIER IN A FLOW PATHWAY - A flow conduit may have at least one orifice, which conduit is in the vicinity of a flow source. The source is at least partially covered (and flow blocked by) an optional temporary coating or barrier (e.g. filter cake). The flow pathway between the orifice and the source is temporarily blocked with a degradable material. A delayed degradation material layer is present over or covering the degradable material. The delayed degradation material layer degrades at a rate slower than the degradable barrier. The degradable material and delayed degradation material layer disintegrate (e.g. via time, temperature, a solvent). The degradable material optionally produces a product that removes the temporary coating. The method is useful in one context of recovering hydrocarbons where the flow conduit is the casing or liner of the well and the flow source is a subterranean reservoir where the coating is filter cake. | 10-15-2009 |