Thomas Marvin Watson

US Patent:

6567907, May 20, 2003

Filed:

Oct 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/691973

Inventors:

Robert Bruce Aglietti - San Jose CA
Kenneth Mark Wilson - San Jose CA
Thomas Lee Watson - Dallas TX

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 1200

US Classification:

711206, 711203, 711216, 711220

Abstract:

A computer system with mechanisms for avoiding mapping conflicts in a translation look-aside buffer. A memory manager in the computer system allocates a virtual address to a process by determining a set of previously allocated virtual addresses for the process and selecting the virtual address such that the mapping of the virtual address to the translation look-aside buffer does not conflict with any of the previously allocated virtual addresses.

US Patent:

7239159, Jul 3, 2007

Filed:

Feb 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

10/906046

Inventors:

Gary W. Grube - Pleasanton CA, US
Thomas N. Watson - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

FormFactor, Inc. - Livermore CA

International Classification:

G01R 31/02

US Classification:

324754

Abstract:

An apparatus for determining a planarity of a first structure configured to hold a probing device to the planarity of a second structure configured to hold a device to be probed is disclosed. In one example of the apparatus, a plurality of moveable push rods are disposed in a substrate, which is attached to the first structure. In initial non-displaced positions, the push rods correspond to a planarity of the first structure. The second structure is then brought into contact with the push rods, displacing the push rods into second positions that correspond to a planarity of the second structure. In another example of the apparatus, beams of light are reflected off of reflectors disposed on the first structure and onto sensors disposed on the second structure. The locations of the reflected beams on the sensors are noted and used to determine the planarity of the first structure with respect to the second structure.

US Patent:

7285968, Oct 23, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/306515

Inventors:

Benjamin N. Eldridge - Danville CA, US
Gary W. Grube - Pleasanton CA, US
Eric D. Hobbs - Livermore CA, US
Gaetan L. Mathieu - Varennes CA, US
Makarand S. Shinde - Livermore CA, US
Alexander H. Slocum - Bow NH, US
A. Nicholas Sporck - Saratoga CA, US
Thomas N. Watson - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

FormFactor, Inc. - Livermore CA

International Classification:

G01R 31/02

US Classification:

324754, 324761

Abstract:

A probe card assembly can include a probe head assembly having probes for contacting an electronic device to be tested. The probe head assembly can be electrically connected to a wiring substrate and mechanically attached to a stiffener plate. The wiring substrate can provide electrical connections to a testing apparatus, and the stiffener plate can provide structure for attaching the probe card assembly to the testing apparatus. The stiffener plate can have a greater mechanical strength than the wiring substrate and can be less susceptible to thermally induced movement than the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate may be attached to the stiffener plate at a central location of the wiring substrate. Space may be provided at other locations where the wiring substrate is attached to the stiffener plate so that the wiring substrate can expand and contract with respect to the stiffener plate.

US Patent:

7592821, Sep 22, 2009

Filed:

Oct 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/877466

Inventors:

Benjamin N. Eldridge - Danville CA, US
Gary W. Grube - Pleasanton CA, US
Eric D. Hobbs - Livermore CA, US
Gaetan L. Mathieu - Vareness CA, US
Makarand S. Shinde - Livermore CA, US
Alexander H. Slocum - Bow NH, US
A. Nicholas Sporck - Saratoga CA, US
Thomas N. Watson - Pleasanton CA, US

Assignee:

FormFactor, Inc. - Livermore CA

International Classification:

G01R 31/02

US Classification:

324754, 324760, 324761

Abstract:

A probe card assembly can include a probe head assembly having probes for contacting an electronic device to be tested. The probe head assembly can be electrically connected to a wiring substrate and mechanically attached to a stiffener plate. The wiring substrate can provide electrical connections to a testing apparatus, and the stiffener plate can provide structure for attaching the probe card assembly to the testing apparatus. The stiffener plate can have a greater mechanical strength than the wiring substrate and can be less susceptible to thermally induced movement than the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate may be attached to the stiffener plate at a central location of the wiring substrate. Space may be provided at other locations where the wiring substrate is attached to the stiffener plate so that the wiring substrate can expand and contract with respect to the stiffener plate.

US Patent:

20040123625, Jul 1, 2004

Filed:

Dec 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/330604

Inventors:

Mira Waldman - San Francisco CA, US
Cheryl Waldman - Elkhart IN, US
Thomas Watson - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

A44C007/00

US Classification:

063/012000

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods for combining a navel ring and a logo portion are provided. In various embodiments, apparatus and methods are provided for combining a navel ring and a logo portion by altering the structure of a portion of a navel ring apparatus, such that it is suited to the engravement or attachment of a class or school logo portion. In other embodiments, apparatus and methods are provided for combining a navel ring and a logo portion by providing at least one intermediate attachment portion which enables a logo portion to be included with the navel ring.

US Patent:

20100000080, Jan 7, 2010

Filed:

Jun 3, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/477748

Inventors:

Benjamin N. Eldridge - Danville CA, US
Gary W. Grube - Pleasanton CA, US
Eric D. Hobbs - Livermore CA, US
Gaetan L. Mathieu - Varennes, CA
Makarand S. Shinde - Livermore CA, US
Alexander H. Slocum - Bow NH, US
A. Nicholas Sporck - Saratoga CA, US
Thomas N. Watson - Pleasanton CA, US

International Classification:

H05K 13/04

US Classification:

29729

Abstract:

A probe card assembly can include a probe head assembly having probes for contacting an electronic device to be tested. The probe head assembly can be electrically connected to a wiring substrate and mechanically attached to a stiffener plate. The wiring substrate can provide electrical connections to a testing apparatus, and the stiffener plate can provide structure for attaching the probe card assembly to the testing apparatus. The stiffener plate can have a greater mechanical strength than the wiring substrate and can be less susceptible to thermally induced movement than the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate may be attached to the stiffener plate at a central location of the wiring substrate. Space may be provided at other locations where the wiring substrate is attached to the stiffener plate so that the wiring substrate can expand and contract with respect to the stiffener plate.

US Patent:

20110161137, Jun 30, 2011

Filed:

Sep 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/877992

Inventors:

Anatalio C. Ubalde - San Francisco CA, US
Juan Pablo Monzon-Perez - San Francisco CA, US
Thomas Watson - Sausalito CA, US
Eric Simundza - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

GIS Planning, Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 734

Abstract:

A web based interactive geographic information systems mapping analysis and methods for improving business performance including future scenario modeling are provided. The system uses a radical efficiency model to increase profitability since competitiveness can be improved by the radical efficiency model that allows businesses to reduce money wasted on bad initiatives. The system also gives businesses competitive intelligence on how to find new markets (expanding the pie) and to capitalize on competitors' inefficiencies and weaknesses to capture the competitors' market share (eating the competitor's slice of the pie). The system also shows businesses how to make more money by maximizing their strategic advantages against competitors and by identifying the best places and recommended strategies for business growth. The system also expands the list of potential vendors and customers a business can buy from and sell to. The system also provides advertisement recommendations for the business.

US Patent:

20130073971, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/239355

Inventors:

Jeff Huang - Mountain View CA, US
Samuel Lessin - Palo Alto CA, US
Thomas Andrew Watson - San Francisco CA, US
Mark E. Zuckerberg - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715738

Abstract:

The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.