Richards, IL
Anthony Simon Richards, Oak Park, IL US
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20120237643 | Flexible tubular package for edible product - A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
Brian Richards, Chicago, IL US
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20150234387 | UNMANNED VEHICLE (UV) CONTROL SYSTEM - Unmanned vehicle (UV) control may include receiving a UV work order and generating a mission request based on the UV work order. The mission request may identify an objective of a mission, assign a UV and a sensor to the mission from a fleet of UVs and sensors, and assign a first movement plan to the mission based on the identified objective of the mission. The assigned UV may be controlled according to the assigned first movement plan, and communication data may be received from the assigned sensor. The communication data may be analyzed to identify an event related to the mission. The identified event and the first movement plan may be analyzed to assign a second movement plan to the mission based on the analysis of the identified event and the first movement plan to meet the identified objective of the mission. | 08-20-2015 |
20150339453 | CONTEXT BASED AUGMENTED REALITY - Context based AR may include receiving a first wireless signal from a pair of context based AR glasses worn by a user. The context based AR glasses may include a display viewable by the user and a camera to image an object viewed by the user. The image of the object may be analyzed, and compared to images of objects stored in a database that includes information associated with the images of the objects. Based on a match, the object viewed by the user may be identified. Based on collaboration of the user with personnel disposed remotely from the user, and the identified object, a second wireless signal may be sent to the pair of context based AR glasses to provide information related to the collaboration, and to further superimpose the information associated with the identified object adjacent to and/or on top of the object viewed by the user. | 11-26-2015 |
Brian H. Richards, Chicago, IL US
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20090259947 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF ASSOCIATED ITEMS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for displaying a plurality of associated items in a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store items, each item associated with another item. The processor may provide the graphical representation of the items to a user where each item is represented by a shape. The processor may receive a request to associate a first metric of the items with a size of each shape and a request to associate a second metric of the items with a color of each shape. The processor may transform the graphical representation such that the size of each shape is based on the value of the first metric of each item, and the color of each shape is based on the value of the second metric of each item. The processor may provide the transformed graphical representation to the user. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265430 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING USER ACTIVITY IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for analyzing user activity in a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a plurality of data items. Each data item may be related to at least one other data item. The processor may receive a request to alert the user when an action is performed on a selected data item. The processor may also receive a relation threshold identifying at least one other data item related to the selected data item. The processor may detect the action being performed on the data item identified by the relation threshold. The processor may transform data describing the action into an alert. The alert may include the data describing the action, the data item, and a description of the relationship between the data items. The processor may provide the alert to the user via the device. | 10-22-2009 |
20090282346 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for managing a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store items provided by users in a collaborative environment. Each item may be related to at least one other item. The processor may identify the collaborative environment and may receive a request from a user to flag an item in the collaborative environment. The request may include a reason for flagging the item and a description of the reason. The processor may determine a priority level of a plurality of priority levels for handling the item based at least on the reason. Each priority level may be associated with an action to be performed on the item. The processor may perform the action associated with the determined priority level. | 11-12-2009 |
20140122615 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING USER ACTIVITY IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for analyzing user activity in a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a plurality of data items. Each data item may be related to at least one other data item. The processor may receive a request to alert the user when an action is performed on a selected data item. The processor may also receive a relation threshold identifying at least one other data item related to the selected data item. The processor may detect the action being performed on the data item identified by the relation threshold. The processor may transform data describing the action into an alert. The alert may include the data describing the action, the data item, and a description of the relationship between the data items. The processor may provide the alert to the user via the device. | 05-01-2014 |
20150074200 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING USER ACTIVITY IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system is described for analyzing user activity in a collaborative environment. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store a plurality of data items. Each data item may be related to at least one other data item. The processor may receive a request to alert the user when an action is performed on a selected data item. The processor may also receive a relation threshold identifying at least one other data item related to the selected data item. The processor may detect the action being performed on the data item identified by the relation threshold. The processor may transform data describing the action into an alert. The alert may include the data describing the action, the data item, and a description of the relationship between the data items. The processor may provide the alert to the user via the device. | 03-12-2015 |
Brian Hale Richards, Chicago, IL US
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20120084254 | DATA MIGRATION USING COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM - Data migration using communications and collaboration platform provides an efficient and flexible method for migrating data from an existing system to a new system. In particular, the method includes extracting data, cleansing the extracted data based on a master record, receiving approval for the cleansed data, and migrating the approved data into the new system. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084357 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT USING COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM - A collaboration service operation method provides an efficient and flexible method for operating services implemented across multiple systems. In particular, the method includes determining a change in a master record, and determining the nature of the change. Based on the nature of the change, the method further determines services to be implemented according to business rules and also determines to which systems the services will be implemented. | 04-05-2012 |
20130132285 | SERVICES PROVISIONING USING COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATION PLATFORM - Data migration using communications and collaboration platform provides an efficient and flexible method for migrating data from an existing system to a new system. In particular, the method includes extracting data, cleansing the extracted data based on a master record, receiving approval for the cleansed data, and migrating the approved data into the new system. | 05-23-2013 |
20140172179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING FUEL - A system for dispensing fuel may include a fuel dispenser and a server configured to communicate directly with a plurality of fuel dispensers that are remote from one another. The fuel dispenser may include a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted in the housing, a controller operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus, a nozzle operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus and the controller, and an interface operatively coupled to the controller and configured to receive information from the server. Responsive to information received from the server at the interface, the controller may selectively permit the dispensing of fuel through the nozzle. | 06-19-2014 |
20150368088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING FUEL - A fuel dispensing system may include a fuel dispenser, a controller, an electronic payment server, a nozzle, and an interface. The fuel dispenser include a housing, and a fuel dispensing apparatus at least partially mounted in the housing. The controller may be operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus. The electronic payment server may be operatively coupled to the controller. The nozzle may be operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus and the controller. The interface may be operatively coupled to the electronic payment server and configured to receive information from an integration server that is configured to communicate with a loyalty server. The controller may be configured to selectively permit the dispensing of fuel through the nozzle in response to information received from the integration server. | 12-24-2015 |
By-Her W. Richards, Lincolnshire, IL US
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20150271405 | SYSTEM FOR AUTO-HDR CAPTURE DECISION MAKING - A method and apparatus for invoking a High Dynamic Range (“HDR”) mode in a camera are disclosed. The method comprises detecting that the camera is operating in a preview mode. The method further comprises determining a dynamic range, Auto Exposure (“AE”) metadata, and a motion level associated with a plurality of frames captured in the preview mode. Finally, the method comprises invoking the HDR mode when each of the determined dynamic range, the AE metadata, and the motion level is above a first threshold value, a second threshold value, and a third threshold value, respectively. | 09-24-2015 |
Charles A. Richards, Buffalo Grove, IL US
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20100317437 | CONTROLLING WAGERING GAME SYSTEM AUDIO - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining audio playlists from a plurality of independent wagering game applications (“applications”). The audio playlists can include multiple sound content that is activated contemporaneously on a wagering game machine for each of the applications. The operations can further include determining sound classes assigned to the sound content and determining, from prioritization rules, priority values for the sound classes. The operations can further include comparing the priority values and generating sound balancing priorities for the sound content based on the comparison of the priority values. The operations can also include dynamically balancing the sound content, as presented on audio production devices, based on the sound balancing priorities. | 12-16-2010 |
20150228157 | PROMOTIONAL CONTENT COORDINATION IN WAGERING GAME MACHINES - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include monitoring gaming-related events at a wagering game machine of the wagering game system to detect a promotion trigger event. The operations can also include determining information associated with the promotion trigger event, and providing the information associated with the promotion trigger event to a promotional content server of the wagering game system to cause the promotional content server to select promotional content based, at least in part, on the information associated with the promotion trigger event. The operations can further include receiving the promotional content from promotional content server in response to said providing the information associated with the promotion trigger event to the promotional content server, and presenting the promotional content at the wagering game machine. | 08-13-2015 |
Dane S. Richards, Toulon, IL US
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20140350794 | Managing Steering with Short From Battery to Ground - A redundancy system for a steering system having a primary controller and a primary power source is provided. The redundancy system may include a secondary controller coupled to a secondary power source and configured to manage control of the steering system, and an interface circuit disposed between at least a first node and a second node. The first node may be in electrical communication with the primary power source, and the second node may be in electrical communication with the secondary power source. The interface circuit may be configured to selectively engage a self-test of the primary power source and the secondary power source, isolate a short at the first node from the secondary power source, and isolate a short at the second node from the primary power source. | 11-27-2014 |
Daniel L. Richards, Mundelein, IL US
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20120112930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - A method and apparatus for controlling a device is provided herein. During operation, a user's headset is tapped upon in order to control a device. More particularly, a user's headset (or the device itself) uses circuitry that allows the headset or the device to detect user taps (for example on either earpiece of the connected 3.5 mm jack stereo headset, or the housing of the headset). The taps serve as user inputs to control the device. Because a user can control a device simply by tapping upon a headset, the device can be accessed without necessitating the need to wake the device to access control functions (e.g., music control functions). | 05-10-2012 |
Jon M. Richards, Glenview, IL US
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20090004142 | A CELL THERAPY METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS - T cell responses are often diminished in humans with a compromised immune system. We have developed a method to isolate, stimulate and expand naïve cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors (CTLp) to antigen-specific effectors, capable of lysing tumor cells in vivo. This ex vivo protocol produces fully functional effectors. Artificial antigen presenting cells (AAPCs; | 01-01-2009 |
20090324539 | CANCER TREATMENT COMBINING LYMPHODEPLETING AGENT WITH CTLs AND CYTOKINES - In a cancer treatment combining cell therapy with chemotherapy, autologous CD8 | 12-31-2009 |
Joseph P. Richards, Homer Glen, IL US
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20090133357 | Composite fastener, belly nut, tie system and/or method for reducing heat transfer through a building envelope - A composite fastener, a belly nut, a tie system and/or a method reduce heat transfer through a building envelope. The composite fastener, the belly nut, the tie system and/or the method secure a wall to a backup structure. The composite fastener is constructed from a fiber reinforced polymer that has fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix. The composite fastener has a low thermal conductive value (k-value) and has non-corrosive properties. The belly nut has a fastening hole on a first side of the belly nut to attach the composite fastener to the belly nut. Further, the belly nut has a pathway to receive a leg of a pintle from a top surface of the belly nut to a bottom surface of the belly nut. The pathway is sized to allow for greater vertical adjustment eccentricity between the belly nut and the pintle without creating large horizontal deflections of the tie system. | 05-28-2009 |
Michael Frederick Richards, Carol Stream, IL US
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20160069233 | ENGINE EXHAUST AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Soot in engine exhaust gas is separated in a cyclonic filter and burned inside the cyclonic filter. An acoustic agglomerator has increased soot density in the engine exhaust gas before entering the cyclonic filter. | 03-10-2016 |
Randall Richards, Lockport, IL US
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20110110179 | Methods and apparatus for mixing dairy animal treatment chemicals - A system for mixing dairy animal teat dip from water and additives. The system includes a mixing manifold into which the water and additives are fed and mixed in a controlled manner. Mixed teat dip is automatically quality tested and monitored to provide data for controlling quantities of water and additives being fed to the manifold. | 05-12-2011 |
20120174872 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT ANIMAL HOOVES - A sprayer device and method to treat animal hooves by spraying concentrated foot treatment fluid directly onto the hooves. Substantially all overspray of the hoof treatment fluid is collected and recycled thereby minimizing loss of fluid. | 07-12-2012 |
20150306555 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING DAIRY ANIMAL TREATMENT CHEMICALS - A method for mixing dairy animal teat dip from water and additives. The method includes a mixing manifold into which the water and additives are fed and mixed in a controlled manner. Mixed teat dip is automatically quality tested and monitored to provide data for controlling quantities of water and additives being fed to the manifold. | 10-29-2015 |
Rodney R. Richards, Morton, IL US
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20120136525 | CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING TOOL TRACKING - A control system is disclosed for use with a machine having a work tool and operating at a work site. The control system may have a sensor associated with the work tool and configured to generate a signal indicative of a position of the work tool, an offboard worksite controller, and an onboard controller in communication with the sensor and the offboard worksite controller. The onboard controller may be configured to receive from an operator an input indicative of a current task being performed by the machine, and track movement of a portion of the work tool corresponding with the operator input. The onboard controller may also be configured to communicate the tracked movement to the offboard worksite controller. | 05-31-2012 |
Ron Richards, Elmhurst, IL US
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20100232263 | CATEGORY MANAGEMENT - An apparatus, system, and method for managing songs available for selection for play by a user is provided. Songs are assigned to one or more categories and time periods are set during which songs assigned to a category may be selected for play or may be blocked from being selected for play by a user. | 09-16-2010 |
Ronald Richards, Elmhurst, IL US
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20100269042 | JUKEBOX MENU NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A plurality of jukeboxes each having a display, input component, audio output, and controller are connected over a network. The controller is configured to play music data sets selected by a user and to store local affinity data uploadable to the network. The controller is further configured to store network popularity and affinity data received from the network. The controller causes the display to present menus and screens based on the data received from the network. The controller is also configured to perform searches over multiple identification categories and store collections of music data sets based on multiple identification categories. | 10-21-2010 |
20120276851 | SYSTEM FOR AUTO-IDENTIFICATION AND AUTO-ASSOCIATION OF AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for automatically identifying and associating with an amusement device using a mobile device is provided. The system includes an amusement device connected to a network, a mobile device having a controller, and an application program stored within the mobile device. The amusement device has a display screen, a memory and a controller. The application program is configured to (i) automatically detect when the mobile device is within a predetermined geographic range of the amusement device, (ii) automatically issue an alert on the mobile device of the detected amusement device, and (iii) prompt the controller of the mobile device to automatically associate the mobile device with the detected amusement device. | 11-01-2012 |
20130080483 | PORTABLE HAND HELD CONTROLLER FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE - A method of improving accuracy of a database of amusement device locations is described. A plurality of amusement devices are deployed at a plurality of locations. The database of amusement device locations is populated based on the deploying. A server receives over a network, from a portable device, a check-in request. The check-in request is associated with one of the amusement devices, and includes geographic location information associated with the portable device at the time the check-in request is made. The server compares the geographic location information received from the portable device with the location of the amusement device stored in the database, and updates the database based on the comparing. | 03-28-2013 |
20140278625 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VENUE PERSONALIZATION - A system for configuring a venue environment based on venue-specific observations is described. A controller receives inputs associated with one or more patrons of the venue. The inputs are analyzed to determine one or more environmental preferences associated with the patrons. At least one environment modification is identified based on the one or more environmental preferences. The venue environment is modified based on the identified modifications. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SONG TO VIDEO INITIATION - A method of converting audio selections to video selections is described. An input of an audio selection is received from a user. A database of music videos is queried to determine whether a music video corresponding to the audio selection is available. The audio selection is output in response to determining that the database of music videos does not include the music video corresponding to the audio selection. An offer is presented to the user to upgrade the audio selection to the music video corresponding to the audio selection in response to determining that the database of music videos includes the music video corresponding to the audio selection. The music video is output to one or more displays in response to the user accepting the presented offer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280727 | VENUE-SPECIFIC AMUSEMENT DEVICE NETWORK - A venue-specific entertainment system is described. A communications controller is configured to communicate with electronic devices deployed at a venue, including at least two different types of electronic devices. The electronic devices are configured to communicate with one another by transmitting messages through the communications controller. The communications controller detects events based upon information from the electronic devices and transmits messages to other electronic devices to modify their output based upon the detected events. | 09-18-2014 |
20150261396 | JUKEBOX NETWORK SYSTEM - A plurality of jukeboxes each having a display, input component, audio output, and controller are connected over a network. The controller is configured to play music data sets selected by a user and to store local affinity data uploadable to the network. The controller is further configured to store network popularity and affinity data received from the network. The controller causes the display to present menus and screens based on the data received from the network. The controller is also configured to perform searches over multiple identification categories and store collections of music data sets based on multiple identification categories. | 09-17-2015 |
20150269806 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BONUS CREDITS THROUGH A JUKEBOX CONTROLLED BY A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for awarding bonus credits to a user based upon payment of currency to play songs and/or videos includes a mobile device having a display and a mobile wireless communication implement, a jukebox having speakers and a central server in communication with the jukebox or the mobile device. The system configured to permit communication between the mobile wireless communication implement and the central server. The central server configured to track the payment of currency to play songs and/or videos by the mobile device and to award bonus credits to the mobile device based upon predetermined schedules. | 09-24-2015 |
Thomas L. Richards, Chicago, IL US
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20080255885 | PUBLISHER GATEWAY SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE DATA EXCHANGE, COLLECTION, MONITORING AND/OR ALERTING - A Publisher source of healthcare data is configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher comprising a Publisher Gateway configured to electronically receive patient data from a plurality of data input sources, automatically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic patient data records having electronically searchable data fields, and electronically store the patient data records in a Publisher database. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256248 | SINGLE SERVER ACCESS IN A MULTIPLE TCP/IP INSTANCE ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems and computer program products are provided that access a single server application executing on a processing system having multiple TCP/IP instances. The single server application may be accessed by establishing a registration repository containing information sufficient to identify to both the single server application and a client application seeking to access the single server application, one of the multiple TCP/IP instances through which the single server application may be accessed by client applications. In such a case, the registration repository is accessible by the multiple TCP/IP instances and the single server application. | 10-16-2008 |
Tyler V. Richards, Peoria, IL US
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20090241517 | Exhaust system implementing temperature-constraining regeneration strategy - An exhaust system for use with a combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have an exhaust passage, a particulate filter located within the exhaust passage, and a heating device located to selectively heat matter collected within the particulate filter. The exhaust system may also have a controller configured to determine an amount of matter collected within the particulate filter exceeding a threshold amount, and to activate the heating device in a first operating mode to regenerate the particulate filter based on the amount of collected matter. The controller may be further configured to detect a temperature constraining condition of the combustion engine, to determine an amount of oxygen within the flow of exhaust during the temperature constraining condition, and to activate the heating device in a second operating mode to constrain a regeneration temperature of the particulate filter based on the amount of oxygen within the flow of exhaust. | 10-01-2009 |
20100229538 | Diesel particulate filter regeneration control and method - An after-treatment device that includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) requiring periodic regeneration includes a sensor providing a signal indicative of a soot accumulation and at least one device providing an operating parameter indicative of a work mode of the machine. A controller determines a soot level and a readiness level based on the work mode of the machine, and further classifies the soot level relative to a desired range for initiating a regeneration event and initiates the regeneration event when the soot level falls within the desired range. | 09-16-2010 |