Jeffrey B Thomas

US Patent:

8016664, Sep 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/105734

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Thomas - Penngrove CA, US
Abraham J. Navarro - Hercules CA, US
Gordon K. Read - San Rafael CA, US

Assignee:

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463 23

Abstract:

The field of the invention relates to interactive computer systems and more particularly to systems and methods for simulating a particular user's behavior in an interactive computer system. In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a simulator configured to simulate a user interacting with a computer program. The simulator includes a learning mode of operation and a simulation mode of operation. During the learning mode, the simulator is configured to monitor the user's interaction with the computer program for one or more events and analyze one or more current circumstances during the occurrence of the one or more events. The simulator is further configured to record one or more user inputs in response to the occurrence of the one or more events, store the one or more user inputs in one or more data fields, and associate the one or more data fields with the one or more events and the one or more current circumstances. During the simulation mode of operation, the simulator is configured to monitor the computer program for the one or more particular events, retrieve the one or more data fields associated with the one or more particular events, analyze one or more current circumstances upon the occurrence of the one or more particular events, and invoke one or more simulated inputs based on the value of the one or more data fields in response to the occurrence of the one or more events and the one or more current circumstances.

US Patent:

8142268, Mar 27, 2012

Filed:

Nov 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/292162

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Thomas - Penngrove CA, US
Abraham J. Navarro - Hercules CA, US
Gordon K. Read - San Rafael CA, US

Assignee:

Take Two Interactive Software, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 6

Abstract:

The field of the invention relates to interactive computer systems and more particularly to systems and methods for simulating a particular user's behavior in an interactive computer system. In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a simulator configured to simulate a user interacting with a computer program. The simulator includes a learning mode of operation and a simulation mode of operation. During the learning mode, the simulator is configured to monitor the user's interaction with the computer program for one or more events and analyze one or more current circumstances during the occurrence of the one or more events. The simulator is further configured to record one or more user inputs in response to the occurrence of the one or more events, store the one or more user inputs in one or more data fields, and associate the one or more data fields with the one or more events and the one or more current circumstances. During the simulation mode of operation, the simulator is configured to monitor the computer program for the one or more particular events, retrieve the one or more data fields associated with the one or more particular events, analyze one or more current circumstances upon the occurrence of the one or more particular events, and invoke one or more simulated inputs based on the value of the one or more data fields in response to the occurrence of the one or more events and the one or more current circumstances.

US Patent:

20070010725, Jan 11, 2007

Filed:

Sep 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/517626

Inventors:

Jeffrey Thomas - Belvedere CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/00

US Classification:

600309000

Abstract:

A localizing apparatus includes a frame, a linear reference marker, and a target marker. The frame includes a first portion fixable to a first anatomical reference point. The linear reference marker is rotatable about the first anatomical reference point to align a second anatomical reference point with the first anatomical reference point. The target marker is rotatable about the first anatomical reference point to establish an angle from the linear reference marker such that the target marker is located in a desired plane.

US Patent:

20100247671, Sep 30, 2010

Filed:

Mar 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/412011

Inventors:

Jeffrey E. Thomas - Hillsborough CA, US

International Classification:

A61K 35/12

US Classification:

424537

Abstract:

A method for increasing collateral circulation includes providing a pharmaceutically acceptable synthetic cerebrospinal fluid that has a density different than that of the patient's naturally-occurring cerebrospinal fluid. The synthetic cerebrospinal fluid includes a vasodilator. The method further includes administering the synthetic cerebrospinal fluid to an intrathecal space of a patient through a lumbar access point to reach the intrathecal space of a patient.

US Patent:

20100280438, Nov 4, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/431889

Inventors:

Jeffrey E. Thomas - Hillsborough CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 7/12
A61M 37/00

US Classification:

604 28, 607113, 604 43

Abstract:

A device and method for delivering a treatment solution includes a bi-directional catheter comprising at least a first lumen and a second lumen, wherein the first lumen comprises a proximal end having an inflow portal and a distal end having an outflow portal, and the second lumen comprises a side wall having at least one inflow portal allowing for fluid communication from an outer surface of the side wall to an inner surface of the side wall and the second lumen further comprises a proximal end having an outflow portal. The device and method further include a pump having an input channel, a reservoir for receiving and containing the treatment solution, a cooling apparatus for cooling the treatment solution, and an output channel. The outflow portal of the second lumen of the catheter is in fluid communication with the input channel of the pump and the output channel of the pump is in fluid communication with the inflow portal of the first lumen.

US Patent:

20120004596, Jan 5, 2012

Filed:

Jul 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/175692

Inventors:

Jeffrey E. Thomas - Hillsborough CA, US

Assignee:

Neurodynamics, LLC - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61B 17/22

US Classification:

604 22, 606159

Abstract:

A method of removing vascular blockage includes providing a catheter system. comprising an outer catheter, a cutting catheter having a serrated distal end, a bypass catheter, and a guidewire. In the catheter system, the bypass catheter is slidably disposed within the cutting catheter and the outer catheter. The method includes positioning a distal end of the catheter system at a proximal end of an occlusion located within a vessel and moving the bypass catheter through the occlusion so that a medicated treatment solution may be delivered through the bypass catheter to an area of the brain or other tissue served by the vessel blocked by the occlusion. Both during and after the delivery of medicated treatment solution to the blocked part of the vessel with the bypass catheter, the physician may engage the occlusion with the cutting catheter by moving the cutting catheter in a clockwise/counterclockwise or forward/backward direction within the outer catheter, cutting and then removing at least a portion of the occlusion from the vessel.

US Patent:

20120071246, Mar 22, 2012

Filed:

Sep 12, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/230817

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Thomas - Penngrove CA, US
Abraham J. Navarro - Hercules CA, US
Gordon K. Read - San Rafael CA, US

International Classification:

A63F 9/24

US Classification:

463 43

Abstract:

Systems and methods for simulating a user's behavior in an interactive computer system are provided. For example, a computer program product includes a simulator configured to simulate a user interacting with a computer program. The simulator includes a learning mode of operation and a simulation mode of operation. During the learning mode, for example, the simulator is configured to monitor the user's interaction with the computer program for one or more events and analyze one or more current circumstances during the occurrence of the one or more events, and further, to record at least one user input in response to the occurrence of at least one event, store the at least one user inputs in at least one data field, and associate the at least one data field with the at least one events and the at least one current circumstances.

US Patent:

20120191069, Jul 26, 2012

Filed:

Jul 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/186253

Inventors:

Jeffrey E. Thomas - Hillsborough CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/44
A61M 5/142

US Classification:

604518, 604113, 604500

Abstract:

A pump for delivering a fluid, created by cooling and pressurizing a fluid, into the intrathecal space of a patient, the pump comprising an input channel, an input reservoir in fluid communication with the input channel, a cooling apparatus configured to remove heat from the fluid and a pressurizing mechanism configured to impart pressure to the fluid, an output reservoir, and an output channel, and wherein the output channel is configured to be in fluid communication with a first lumen of a catheter and wherein the first lumen of the catheter is configured to be disposed within the intrathecal space of the patient.