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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150229756 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER OF A VOICE USER INTERFACE AND SELECTIVELY MANAGING INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS - A receiver coupled to a processor for receiving an electronic communication from a separate computing device, a local storage medium coupled to the processor, the local storage medium storing an identification system for identifying the electronic communication received from the separate computing device, and a voice user interface coupled to the processor for receiving a voice communication from the user without a physical interaction between the user and the computing device is provided. Associated methods are also provided. | 08-13-2015 |
20150081663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE SEARCH ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for generating customized user content, wherein user content is a product of an active search environment. Under the active search environment, a computing device may log, record and store all information on the computing device's interactions with the user. The computing device may utilize the stored information to actively search and present additional content to the user that the user may enjoy. The computing device may further predict content that may appeal to the user or retrieve additional or related content the user might have searched for in the future, streamlining the user's interaction. | 03-19-2015 |
20140280715 | REAL TIME REMOTE DESKTOP - A method and system for remotely controlling networked devices in approximately real time, by using two or more nodes and a host device. The network achieves real time speeds by segmenting requests and commands to the host device into packet segments then distributing the packet segments through a network of nodes. Each individual node contributes resources to a resource pool which allows for increased data throughput, greater processing speeds, increased memory and storage space. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BIO-SIGNAL CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for bio-signal control of an electronic device comprising a bio-signal sensing device for detecting a bio-signal in one of a region of a shoulder, a back or a neck operative to detect a bio-signal of a nervous system; a plurality of interfaces operative to communicate with said bio-signal sensing device and said electronic device; a command unit of an electronic interface device operative to generate a command for operation of said electronic device; and a virtual keyboard controller of said electronic device operative to implement said command without physically typing keys on a virtual keyboard is provided. An associated method is also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140276256 | COMBINATION WOUND AND INJURY TREATMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a combination wound and injury treatment apparatus comprising a tubular body having a first opening, a second opening, a relatively inflexible outer wall having an outer surface and an inner surface. a relatively flexible inner wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, an upper end member having an inner surface and an outer surface and a lower end member having an inner surface and an outer surface, the first opening, the inner surface of the relatively flexible inner wall and the second opening define a passage through the tubular body for receiving a body part; structure formed between the inner surface and the outer surface of the inner wall, the structure being capable of receiving a temperature retaining fluid; a chamber, operatively formed between the inner surface of the outer wall and the outer surface of the inner wall, the chamber being capable of being pressurized; at least one valve, operatively positioned in the outer wall, the at least one valve being capable of regulating the pressure inside the chamber; and a sterile substance, operatively positioned contiguous with the outer surface of the inner wall and being capable of being positioned proximate at least one of a wound and an injury. A combination wound and injury treatment method is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140276235 | BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for constructing custom orthotics are described. Several embodiments of the system use sensor pads to obtain both static and dynamic three dimensional information concerning the shape or topography of the surface of a patient's foot and/or ankle. The information is analyzed to obtain information useful in constructing a custom orthotic from a selection of basic orthotic shells. Once constructed, the orthotic may modify a patient's gait. One embodiment of the present disclosure includes a user terminal including a plurality of sensors in a fitted material, the sensors being connected to a computer, a computer configured to analyze three dimensional information acquired by the plurality of sensors, a computer and/or a manufacturing terminal configured to display the results of the computer's analysis of the three dimensional information and a network that connects the user terminal to the computer and the computer to the manufacturing terminal. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274572 | RESISTANCE TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A resistance training device comprising a mounting device, the mounting device configured to removably mount onto a game table, a resistance article configured to be operably attached to a game table rod that extends into a game space of the game table, the resistance article having a thickness that tapers from a minimum thickness to a maximum thickness, wherein the resistance article extends through a non-uniform opening of the mounting device, wherein a resistance is gradually increased during rotation of the resistance article is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for communications systems and more particularly to systems and methods for locating a mobile communication device are disclosed. When attempting to locate a misplaced, lost or stolen mobile communication device, if the mobile communication device may be in the possession of another party, the mobile communication device may be remotely controlled such that remote operations are independent of the normal mobile communication device operations. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272907 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND ASCERTAINING MATERIAL - A method for communicating and ascertaining material includes: (a) providing a plurality of assemblages, wherein an assemblage is comprised of a plurality of intelligences; (b) providing an issue and a plurality of material to the plurality of assemblages; (c) communicating and ascertaining the plurality of material between the intelligences of each plurality of assemblage to reach at least one outcome to the issue; (d) reorganizing the plurality of assemblages from a plurality of previous assemblages to a plurality of subsequent assemblages; (e) integrating the at least one outcome of each of the previous assemblages to each of the subsequent assemblages; (f) communicating and ascertaining the plurality of modified material by the intelligences of the plurality of transformed assemblages to reach at least one modified outcome to the issue; and (g) reiterating (d) through (f) until a previous modified outcome of plurality of previous assemblages and a subsequent modified outcome of a plurality of subsequent assemblages are analogous is provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272841 | METHODS FOR RESOLVING AN ISSUE AND BLINDLY RESOLVING AN ISSUE - A method for resolving an issue and a method for blindly resolving an issue are provided. A method for resolving an issue, comprising: (a) providing a group, wherein the group includes at least three Mentors and a Focus; (b) evaluating the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (c) identifying an inconsistent internal existence of the Focus by the at least three Mentors; (d) comparing the inconsistent internal existence to a matrix of consistent internal existence by the at least three Mentors; (e) providing feedback to the Focus from the Mentors; and (f) incorporating the feedback by the Focus to create a modified internal existence of the Focus is provided. A method for blindly resolving an issue is also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270701 | METHOD ON INDEXING A RECORDABLE EVENT FROM A VIDEO RECORDING AND SEARCHING A DATABASE OF RECORDABLE EVENTS ON A HARD DRIVE OF A COMPUTER FOR A RECORDABLE EVENT - A method of indexing recordable events from a video recording, a first method of searching a video recording for a recordable event on a hard drive of a computer, and a second method of searching a video recording for a recordable event on a hard drive of a computer is provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140086256 | DATA STREAM DIVISION TO INCREASE DATA TRANSMISSION RATES - A method and system for transmitting data is provided. The method includes receiving by a first interface device, data. The data is divided into a plurality of data packets and stored within an internal buffer. A first group of data packets are transmitted to a network node communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The first group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to a second interface device via a first communication network. A second group of data packets are transmitted to a first communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The second group of data packets are transmitted from the first communication device to the second interface device via a second communication network associated with the first communication device. | 03-27-2014 |
20140071968 | DATA STREAM DIVISION TO INCREASE DATA TRANSMISSION RATES - A method and system for matching bandwidth is provided. The method includes receiving by a first interface device, data. The data is divided into a plurality of data packets and stored within an internal buffer. A first data packet is transmitted to a first communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The first data packet is transmitted from the first communication device to a second interface device via a first communication network. A second data packet is transmitted to a second communication device communicatively coupled to the first interface device. The second data packet is transmitted from the second communication device to the second interface device via a second communication network associated with the second communication device. | 03-13-2014 |
20140023687 | CLONED BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A medical device, said medical device, comprises: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component, wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. In another aspect, a method comprises: preparing a cloned biological material from a tissue or an organ; attaching said biological material to a medical device; interfacing said biological material with the non-biological material; providing treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. | 01-23-2014 |
20120239925 | SECURE MESSAGING - A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message. | 09-20-2012 |
20120231036 | CLONED BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A medical device, said medical device, comprises: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component, wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. In another aspect, a method comprises: preparing a cloned biological material from a tissue or an organ; attaching said biological material to a medical device; interfacing said biological material with the non-biological material; providing treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism. | 09-13-2012 |
20100289646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT OUTSIDE A PREDETERMINED PROXIMITY DISTANCE THRESHOLD - Systems and methods for permitting movement of an object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold, the systems and methods comprising registering at least one object with a device; tracking the at least one object with the device; allowing at least one object not detected within a predetermined proximity distance threshold; and reregistering the at least one object with the device once the object has returned inside the predetermined proximity distance threshold. | 11-18-2010 |
20090113204 | Secure Messaging - A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message. | 04-30-2009 |
20090090475 | CONFIGURABLE AND INTERLOCKING PARTITIONING DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF USE THEREOF - The invention relates generally to partitioning devices and methods for partitioning space. A device is presented comprising: at least one partition body; at least one motility assembly operably adapted to at least one partition body; and at least one interconnect, where the at least one interconnect is used to interchangeably link the at least one partition body in multiple configurations with another partition body. A method for partitioning space is presented comprising: providing a first partitioning device, where the partitioning device includes at least one interconnect, where the interconnect is used to interchangeably link the partitioning device body with a second partitioning device body; providing at least a first removably attachable portion on the first partitioning device; removing the removably attachable portion; and replacing the removably attachable portion with a second removably attachable portion, where the removably attachable portion is different than the first removably attachable portion. | 04-09-2009 |