Stephen Maurice Ward

US Patent:

20060106689, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/988761

Inventors:

Bret Greenstein - Brookfield CT, US
Daniel Powers - Newtown CT, US
Stephen Ward - Ridgefield CT, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G07F 19/00
G06F 17/22

US Classification:

705031000, 705030000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for documenting for tax purposes a contribution of a remotely accessed computing resource (such as a CPU resource) on a donor system that is allocated by an owner of the resource to one or more recipient organizations. A central management organization (CMO) receives a selection by the owner of the resource of one or more recipient organizations to which to allocate the computing resource, and transmits to the donor system work of the recipient organizations to be performed on the donor system using the allocated computing resource. The CMO receives the results of the work from the donor system and forwards them to the recipient organizations. The CMO records usage of the allocated computing resource on the donor system by each of the recipient organizations and generates a tax receipt documenting the recorded usage of the allocated computing resource on the donor system.

US Patent:

49676369, Nov 6, 1990

Filed:

Aug 4, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/389747

Inventors:

Stephen B. Murray - Medicine Hat, CA
David S. Weiss - Cowansville, CA
Ingar O. Moen - Medicine Hat, CA
Stephen A. Ward - Fullerton CA

Assignee:

Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister
of National Defence - Ottawa

International Classification:

F41F 100
F41H 1112

US Classification:

89 113

Abstract:

The invention provides a system for breaching a lane in a minefield containing pressure sensitive mines. A mobile carrier mounts fuel, nitrogen and water tanks, a hose magazine and a launch rail. A flexible hose is folded into the magazine for rapid deployment therefrom and carries a detonating cord therein. A tow vehicle, such as a rocket, is connected to the free end of the hose so that when it is launched it will pull the hose across the minefield. Thereafter, pressurized nitrogen is used to drive liquid fuel into the hose, followed by a slug of water between the fuel-containing section and the carrier. Detonation of the cord creates a fuel droplets-in-air-cloud above the hose, which cloud is subsequently detonated to create a pressure wave which, in turn, detonates or neutralizes the mines along the desired lane, allowing vehicles and personnel to travel therealong. Means are provided to space the detonating cord from the inner wall of the hose so as to prevent the formation of hot spots as the cord detonates, which hot spots could result in premature local deflagration of the fuel droplet-air cloud.