David B Mcneill

US Patent:

8271905, Sep 18, 2012

Filed:

Sep 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/560259

Inventors:

David B McNeill - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715848, 715849, 715850, 715851, 715852, 345419, 345427

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users.

US Patent:

20120304127, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

Aug 9, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/570270

Inventors:

David B. McNeill - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715848

Abstract:

A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users.

US Patent:

53998138, Mar 21, 1995

Filed:

Jun 24, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/082340

Inventors:

David B. McNeill - Winston-Salem NC
Jerry B. Kilpatrick - Greensboro NC

Assignee:

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H01B 1102
H01B 708

US Classification:

174117F

Abstract:

This invention is directed to a high performance electrical telecommunication transmission cable, particularly for undercarpet applications. More precisely, this invention is directed to a low-profile, high performance flat cable, where the cable may be subjected to potentially damaging compressive forces from walking on an overlying carpet. The cable comprises a plurality of conductors arranged as plural sets of twisted pairs, with each conductor consisting of an inner conductive core surrounded by insulation, an outer dielectric member having plural longitudinally extending chambers, where each chamber includes two sets of the twisted pairs, spaced-apart and arranged in side-by-side fashion and generally parallel. The height of the chamber is dimensioned to exceed the wrap diameter of a set of a twisted pair of conductors. Adjacent chambers include a dielectric vertically disposed wall therebetween to provide resistance to compressive forces, and the twisted pairs therewithin exhibit a preferred twist on the order of 1/2 to 1 inch lay length.