Kenneth S Brooks

US Patent:

56084471, Mar 4, 1997

Filed:

May 27, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/250792

Inventors:

George A. Farry - Fairfax VA
John A. Bigham - Pottstown PA
Kenneth R. Brooks - Middletown MD
Amos H. Lucas - Baltimore MD
Colton E. O'Donoghue - Haddonfield NJ

Assignee:

Bell Atlantic - Arlington VA

International Classification:

H04N 7173

US Classification:

348 7

Abstract:

A digital switching network is described which accommodates a full range of broadband and narrowband digital technologies, including video, wideband data, narrowband data, video-on-demand and telephone channels in an integrated manner. Optical fiber connects information sources to the switching component of the network utilizing a standardized transport stream such as SONET OC-N. A broadband ATM switch, a digital cross-connect switch or other distribution mechanisms may be utilized to interconnect information sources and subscribers. A level 1 gateway is utilized to control access to all information resources on the network.

US Patent:

58185119, Oct 6, 1998

Filed:

Oct 30, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/740519

Inventors:

George A. Farry - Fairfax VA
John A. Bigham - Pottstown PA
Kenneth R. Brooks - Middletown MD
Amos H. Lucas - Baltimore MD
Colton E. O'Donoghue - Haddonfield NJ

Assignee:

Bell Atlantic - Arlington VA

International Classification:

H04N 7173

US Classification:

348 7

Abstract:

A digital switching network is described which accommodates a full range of broadband and narrowband digital technologies, including video, wideband data, narrowband data, video on demand and telephone channels in an integrated manner. Optical fiber connects information sources to the switching component of the network utilizing a standardized transport stream such as SONET OC-N. A broadband ATM switch, a digital cross-connect switch or other distribution mechanisms may be utilized to interconnect information sources and subscribers. A level 1 gateway is utilized to control access to all information resources on the network.

US Patent:

44337965, Feb 28, 1984

Filed:

Aug 6, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/290719

Inventors:

Kenneth E. Brooks - Columbia MD

International Classification:

B67D 552

US Classification:

222135

Abstract:

A dispenser for spraying fragrances in an automobile has a housing with a compartment defined therein and a slot-like aperture in the top thereof. Fragrance-filled containers are positioned horizontally in the compartment in parallel side-by-side relationship. Each container has valve means actuatable to dispense a spray of its fragrance from an orifice thereof upwardly through the slot-like aperture. Two spaced apart front walls support members for selectively actuating the valve means to spray a selected fragrance into the atmosphere.

US Patent:

20200082017, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep 12, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/128678

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Kenneth Max Brooks - Lacey WA, US
Johnathan Gilbert Cocks - Bellevue WA, US
Jessica Eleanor Eggerth - Redmond WA, US
Alex Entrikin - Redmond WA, US
Chelsea A. Fesik - Seattle WA, US
Hannah Victoria Trepte - Seattle WA, US
Spencer Alan Wilkerson - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 17/27

Abstract:

Systems and methods for programmatic representation of natural language patterns are disclosed. A method includes accessing, via an electronic transmission, a text in a natural language. The method includes identifying, based on a plurality of stored natural language patterns residing in a data repository, one or more word groups within the text, each word group corresponding to at least one stored natural language pattern, each stored natural language pattern corresponding to a grammatical part of speech or a word-phrase type in the natural language. The method includes providing an output representing the identified one or more word groups and the at least one stored natural language pattern corresponding to each of the identified one or more word groups.