William J Mckenna

US Patent:

20130174231, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Dec 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/338479

Inventors:

John Stavropoulos - Edison NJ, US
Anand Jain - Ellicott City MD, US
Wendell Lynch - East Lansing MI, US
Vladimir Kuznetsov - Ellicott City MD, US
Jack Crystal - Owings Mills MD, US
Jason Bolles - Highland MD, US
William John McKenna - Barrington IL, US
David Gish - Riverdale NJ, US
Mark Richardson - Columbia MD, US
Alan Neuhauser - Silver Spring MD, US

Assignee:

ARBITRON, INC. - Columbia MD

International Classification:

G06F 21/00

US Classification:

726 5

Abstract:

Systems and methods are disclosed for securely transferring research data relating to media exposure data, such as radio, television, streaming media and the Internet. A plurality of portable computing devices seek and bond to a collector via Bluetooth in a specific area, such as a household. The collector authenticates itself with each of the portable computing devices and vice versa where the collector arranges a secure research data transfer session with each respective device using exchanged authentication files. As each secure session is made, each portable computing device transmits stored research data during the session.

US Patent:

20150039321, Feb 5, 2015

Filed:

Jul 31, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/955438

Inventors:

- Columbia MD, US
John Stavropoulos - Edison NJ, US
William McKenna - Columbia MD, US

Assignee:

Arbitron Inc. - Columbia MD

International Classification:

G10L 19/02

US Classification:

704500

Abstract:

Apparatus, system and method for reading ancillary code embedded into digital audio, where a processing device executes a decoder application that includes a decoder application interface that is communicatively coupled to a media player application within one or more frameworks of the processing device. As digital audio is received and sampled, the decoder application is configured to transform the digital audio from a time domain to a frequency domain and to process frequency characteristics to determine the presence of ancillary audio codes.

US Patent:

20140341984, Nov 20, 2014

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/344279

Inventors:

- Stamford CT, US
Sheetal R. Muley - Piscataway NJ, US
William McKenna - Yonkers NY, US

International Classification:

A61K 31/485
A61K 9/16
A61K 9/20
A61K 9/48

US Classification:

424451, 424489, 514282, 424490, 424494

Abstract:

Disclosed in certain embodiments is an oral dosage form comprising a plurality of particles, each particle comprising a compressed core comprising: (i) an active agent susceptible to abuse and (ii) a gelling agent; wherein the plurality of particles contains a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the active agent; and wherein the viscosity of the dosage form mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid is unsuitable for parenteral or nasal administration.