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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160128206 | Method of Producing an Interposer with Microspring Contacts - An interposer including stress-engineered nonplanar microsprings may provide interconnection of bonding pads of electronic structures disposed above and below the interposer. The lateral offset between an anchor portion of a microspring disposed for contact at a bottom surface of the interposer and the tip of the microspring located in a free portion of the microspring for contact and deflection over a top surface of the interposer permits the interconnection of devices having different bonding pad pitches. Microspring contacts at the free portion permit temporary interconnection of devices, while solder applied over the free portion permit permanent connection of devices to the interposer. | 05-05-2016 |
20160030084 | IMPLANTABLE FLUID DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Devices, systems, and methods for delivering fluid are provided. Devices include a housing configured for intravaginal deployment and retention, at least one reservoir configured to contain a fluid, and a fluid dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the fluid past the cervix and to the uterus of the subject. Methods include intravaginally deploying and retaining a device in the subject, and dispensing the fluid from the device such that the fluid is driven past the cervix to the uterus of the subject. | 02-04-2016 |
20160030010 | IMPLANTABLE ESTRUS DETECTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Devices, systems, and methods for detecting estrus in subjects are provided. Devices include a housing configured for intravaginal/intrauterine deployment and retention and a sensor disposed in or on the housing, and are configured to use condition information sensed by the sensor to determine an estrus condition of the subject. Methods include deploying a device in the subject, sensing the condition information, and determining an estrus condition using the condition information. Systems include a device configured to communicate with a base station and/or with other implanted devices, which are located within a reception radius thereof, regarding the determined estrus condition. | 02-04-2016 |
20150349961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CIRCULAR LINK RESOLUTION WITH COMPUTABLE HASH-BASED NAMES IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for constructing a linked object. During operation, the system constructs a first portion of the linked object. The first portion includes at least one or more data items and a computable identifier calculated based on the one or more data items, and the first portion is referenced by a self-certified name associated with the linked object. The system constructs a second portion of the linked object. The second portion includes at least the computable identifier and an external link that references a second linked object using a self-certified name associated with the second linked object. | 12-03-2015 |
20150349281 | ORGANIC SCHOTTKY DIODES - An organic diode has a substrate, a first conductor layer on the substrate, an organic semiconductor layer on the first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer on the organic substrate layer, wherein one of the conductor layers has an injection enhancement. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343477 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AEROSOLS - Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament between diverging surfaces. The stretched fluid filament breaks into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. The aerosol creation systems can include one or more pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid. Some aerosol creation systems can include multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned in a circular, oval, or linear pattern. The aerosol creation system with multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers can generate mist is one or more directions and can be positioned between two concentric rings or linearly, among other configurations. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343468 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AEROSOLS - Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament between diverging surfaces. The stretched fluid filament breaks into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. The aerosol creation systems can include one or more pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid. Some aerosol creation systems can include multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned in a circular, oval, or linear pattern. The aerosol creation system with multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers can generate mist is one or more directions and can be positioned between two concentric rings or linearly, among other configurations. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343407 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AEROSOLS - Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament between diverging surfaces. The stretched fluid filament breaks into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. The aerosol creation systems can include one or more pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid. Some aerosol creation systems can include multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned in a circular, oval, or linear pattern. The aerosol creation system with multiple pairs of counter-rotating rollers can generate mist is one or more directions and can be positioned between two concentric rings or linearly, among other configurations. | 12-03-2015 |
20150341373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING INSERTION OF MALICIOUS CONTENT AT A NAMED DATA NETWORK ROUTER - An object-forwarding device can block a malicious Content Object from being inserted into an Interest's reverse path over a named data network. During operation, the device can receive a Content Object via a first interface, and can perform a lookup operation in a Pending Interest Table (PIT) to identify a PIT entry for an Interest associated with the Content Object. The device then determines, from the PIT entry, an egress interface used to forward the Interest. If the device determines that the egress interface of the PIT entry matches the first interface for the Content Object, the device forwards the Content Object via a return interface specified in the PIT entry. On the other hand, if the egress interface of the PIT entry does not match the first interface for the Content Object, the device can block the Content Object. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CIRCULAR LINK RESOLUTION WITH HASH-BASED NAMES IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for constructing a linked object. During operation, the system constructs a first portion of the linked object. The first portion includes at least a nonce, and the first portion is referenced by a self-certified name associated with the linked object. The system constructs a second portion of the linked object. The second portion includes at least the nonce and one or more external links, and a respective external link references a second linked object using a self-certified name associated with the second linked object. | 11-26-2015 |
20150340026 | EXTRACTING CANDIDATE ANSWERS FOR A KNOWLEDGE BASE FROM CONVERSATIONAL SOURCES - A method and system is provided to extract candidate utterances from conversational data. The conversational data includes a plurality of utterances and is stored in an electronic storage. A superficial property algorithm is applied to the stored conversational data. The superficial property algorithm is used to (i) search at least a portion of the stored conversational data by application of at least one superficial property of the superficial property algorithm, (ii) it is determined when the searched portion of the conversational data includes a candidate utterance, and (iii) then the portion of the conversational data which was determined to be the candidate utterance is then stored. | 11-26-2015 |
20150331105 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Detecting Vehicle Occupancy - A computer-implemented system and method for detecting vehicle occupancy is provided. Light beam pulses emitted from a lidar system are applied to a passing vehicle. Scans of an object are generated from the light beam pulses. A signal is received from each of the beam pulses reflected at a point of reflection along a segment of the vehicle. A time is measured from when each beam pulse was emitted to receipt of the signal. A distance of the signal from the lidar system is calculated using the measured time. The points of reflection for that vehicle segment are positioned in relation to one another as a scan. The scans are compiled in a consecutive order according to the vehicle and a three-dimensional image of an interior of the vehicle is generated from the consecutive scans. A presence or absence of vehicle occupancy is determined based on the three-dimensional image. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330923 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Externally Assessing A Building's Susceptibility To Heat Loads - Usage data of an indoor climate control system for a building is obtained. To determine system susceptibility to infiltration, the infiltration parameter per unit effective leak area is determined. To determine system exposure to insolation, an insolation parameter per unit area is determined. To determine thermal isolation of the building, ambient temperature data is obtained for a time period of interest. A fit of the relevant data is performed. A large positive infiltration regression coefficient with minimal error is interpreted as indication of a significant infiltration load. Either a large positive insolation regression coefficient with minimal error for cooling or a large negative insolation regression coefficient with minimal error for heating is interpreted as indications of significant heat load due to insolation. For thermal isolation, a large positive temperature coefficient is interpreted as poor insulation or isolation against temperature-driven thermal loads. | 11-19-2015 |
20150324707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING USEFUL SMART KERNELS FOR GENERAL-PURPOSE GPU COMPUTING - The present systems and methods leverage aspects of GPU architecture to improve the operational efficiency of the GPU. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE K-MEANS CLUSTERING ON GPU WITH SMART KERNELS - Provided is a high-performance implementation of the k-means clustering algorithm on a graphics processing unit (GPU), which leverages a set of GPU kernels with complimentary strengths for datasets of various dimensions and for different numbers of clusters. The concepts of non-dominated GPU kernels and efficient strategies to select high-throughput kernels that match the arguments of the clustering problem with the underlying GPU hardware for maximum speedup are provided. | 11-12-2015 |
20150319241 | ACCOUNTABLE CONTENT STORES FOR INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORKS - A set of Content Store nodes of an information-centric network (ICN) can cache data, and can processes an Interest for this data based on a domain assigned to the requested data. During operation, a CS node can receive a Content Object that is to be cached, and processes the Content Object by determining a domain associated with the Content Object. The CS node selects a storage repository associated with the domain, and stores the Content Object in the selected repository. The CS node can also receive an Interest for a piece of content, and processes the Interest by performing a lookup operation for a rule associated with the Interest's name. The rule can include a set of commands for performing a programmatic operation. Then, if the CS node finds a matching rule, the CS node can execute the rule's commands to perform the programmatic operation. | 11-05-2015 |
20150312300 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING BIDIRECTIONAL STREAMS OVER A CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORK - A data-streaming system facilitates establishing a bidirectional data stream over a content centric network (CCN). During operation, the system determines a first routable name prefix associated with a service provider to which the network device desires to establish the bidirectional streaming session. The system also generates a client stream name to provide to the service provider. The client stream name includes a second routable prefix to a local network device, and includes a client stream identifier for a first data stream from the service provider. The system then disseminates an Interest message whose name includes the first routable name prefix and the client stream name. After receiving a Content Object that includes the remote device's response, the system can then communicate with the service provider using a bidirectional stream over the CCN based on the client stream name and the provider stream name. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311307 | HIGH-K DIELECTRICS WITH A LOW-K INTERFACE FOR SOLUTION PROCESSED DEVICES - A device, including a substrate, an electronically active component on the substrate, an interface dielectric on the semiconductor, and a relaxor dielectric on the interface dielectric. The relaxor dielectric includes a surfactant that is solid at room temperature. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310644 | EFFICIENT REPRESENTATIONS OF GRAPHS WITH MULTIPLE EDGE TYPES - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises obtaining from a first data structure one or more pointers to corresponding elements in a second data structure. A respective vertex of a graph corresponds to an element in the first data structure and the graph supports multiple edge types between respective vertex pairs. The method further comprises obtaining from the second data structure a respective edge type associated with a respective vertex and a respective successor vertex of the edge type and enumerating a respective successor vertex of an edge type of a vertex from the second data structure based on a pointer in an element in the first data structure associated with the vertex. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310508 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Real-Time Feedback Collection And Analysis - A computer-implemented system and method for real-time feedback collection and analysis is provided. An event related to a patient is identified during the patient's visit to a medical care facility. A prompt soliciting feedback is triggered upon identification of the event and the prompt is provided to the patient with at least one inquiry regarding the event. Feedback regarding the event is provided by the patient during the patient's visit to the medical care facility in response to the prompt. The feedback is analyzed and a recommendation for intervention of the patient's care is provided during the patient's visit to the medical care facility based on the feedback analysis. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310180 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Tracking Entity Locations And Generating Histories From The Locations - A computer-implemented system and method for tracking entity locations and generating histories from the locations is provided. A tracker is associated with identification data for an entity and placed with the entity. A location of the tracker is determined. Three or more reader systems that receive location readings from the tracker are identified. A reading range of each of the reader systems is determined. An overlapping interrogation zone having a region that is shared by the reading ranges of the reader systems is located. The location of the tracker is calculated based on the overlapping zone. The location and an associated time stamp are stored on a central server with other locations of the tracker and time stamps obtained over time. A request is received for a location history of the entity. A portion of the locations are collected from the central database for the tracker as the location history. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310070 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Integrating Human Observations Into Analytics Data - A computer-implemented system and method for integrating user observations into operational data is provided. A database maintains notes each having received from a user and comprising a subjective observation. Operational data including workflow data of an objective nature is defined. Each of the notes is associated with one or more tags. The note associated with the tags is further maintained in the database. Criteria for retrieving the note are defined for the workflow data and forming a query for each of the workflow data. The query to select the note associated with the tags is executed for the workflow data based on the criteria and the selected note is integrated into the workflow data. The workflow data with the integrated note is displayed on a display. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309156 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Tracking Objects Via Identifier-Tracker Pairings - A computer-implemented system and method for tracking objects via identifier-tracker pairings is provided. Pairs of associated identifiers and trackers are stored. One of the identifier-tracker pairs is provided to a user, wherein the user associates the tracker with a physical object. The identifier from the provided pair is received and the tracker associated with the received identifier is obtained. A location of the tracker is determined. Readers are monitored within a defined area. A plurality of readings including the tracker is obtained from the readers. A location of the identified tracker is determined based on the readings from a plurality of the readers and a location of the physical object is determined based on the location of the identified tracker. | 10-29-2015 |
20150296028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLE SERVICE DISCOVERY IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for service discovery in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system receives a registration interest associated with a service from a service provider, and generates a confirmation content object in response to the registration interest. The confirmation content object includes at least a name for the service and an admission token. The system then returns the confirmation content object to the service provider, thereby enabling the service provider to provide the service to the CCN. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293989 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Generating An Interest Profile For A User From Existing Online Profiles - A computer-implemented system and method for generating an interest profile for a user from user generated content on existing online profiles is provided. Interest categories are maintained in a database and each interest category is associated with an initial interest index score. User generated items are selected from an existing online profile and each user generated item is associated with a weight. For each user generated item, similarity mapping is performed with each of the interest categories in the database by extracting artifacts from each user generated item, calculating an artifact similarity score for each of the extracted artifacts, obtaining a user generated item similarity score for the user generated item, and determining a current interest index score for the user generated item. An interest profile for the user is generated by applying the current interest index score to the interest category. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293904 | INTELLIGENT CONTEXTUALLY AWARE DIGITAL ASSISTANTS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for providing context-based web services for a user. During operation, the system receives a sentence as input from a user. The system performs natural language processing on the sentence to determine one or more parameters. The system retrieves data from a foreground knowledge graph containing contextual data for the user and from a background knowledge graph containing background information corresponding to the parameters. The system determines a set of arguments based on the parameters and/or data from the foreground knowledge graph and/or data from the background knowledge graph. The system then selects an action module based on results of the natural language processing and/or the set of arguments. The system passes the arguments to the action module. The action module then uses the arguments to respond to a question or interact with web services to perform an action for the user. | 10-15-2015 |
20150288755 | COLLECTION SYNCHRONIZATION USING EQUALITY MATCHED NETWORK NAMES - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates synchronization collections of data between a local and a remote node by using exact match names. During operation, a local node receives an advertisement corresponding to a remote manifest at a remote node. A manifest represents a collection of content objects at a node. In some embodiments, a manifest corresponds to a root hash value that identifies the content objects of the collection. The local node determines that the local manifest and the remote manifest both indicate the same collection of content objects. The local node then determines if the content of the collections are different by comparing the root hash value of the local manifest with the root hash value of the remote manifest. Responsive to determining that the root hash values of the manifests are different, the local node retrieves the remote manifest by sending a request for the remote manifest. The local node determines which content objects identified in the remote manifest are different from the content objects identified in the local manifest. The local node transmits a set of interests for the content objects that are different and receives the requested set of content objects, thereby facilitating synchronization of content objects associated with the manifests at both the local and remote node. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288754 | SERVICE DISCOVERY USING COLLECTION SYNCHRONIZATION WITH EXACT NAMES - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates service discovery based on the synchronization of manifests between devices in a content centric network by using a synchronization protocol based on exact match names. During operation, a local receives an advertisement corresponding to a remote manifest of a remote device. A manifest represents a collection of service records, and the advertisement includes a service record corresponding to the remote device. The local device updates its local manifest, in response to determining that the local manifest and the remote manifest correspond to a same namespace, by inserting the advertised service record into the local manifest. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288719 | Portable Proxy For Security Management And Privacy Protection And Method Of Use - A portable proxy for security management and privacy protection and methods of use are provided. The proxy establishes a connection to a user device. The proxy also establishes a secure connection to a virtual private network (VPN), performs authentication of the proxy to the VPN, and upon successful completion of the proxy authentication provides access to the VPN through the secure connection user credentials. Once the VPN accepts the credentials, the proxy routes at least a portion of Internet traffic between the user device and the VPN through the secure connection and the connection to the user device. The proxy can also establish a secure connection to an anonymizing service and route all Internet traffic of the user device through the anonymizing service using the secure connection and the connection to the user device. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288662 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Establishing Distributed Secret Shares In A Private Data Aggregation Scheme - A probabilistic system and method facilitates the sharing of a secret among participating users in a private way. The secret shares satisfy the condition that their sum equal a predefined number that is chosen by a third party aggregator. Without interacting with any other user, each user computes a secret share according to a predefined probability density function. If enough parties join, their secret shares can be combined by the aggregator with relative efficiency into a secret with a high likelihood of success. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286844 | SECURE COLLECTION SYNCHRONIZATION USING MATCHED NETWORK NAMES - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates facilitate secure synchronization of manifests using exact network names. During operation, the system generates an interest of advertisement comprising a name of a content object of the system. This name represents a collection of objects of the system and includes a first hash that is based on a key of the system. The first hash corresponds to a respective content object hash of one or more segments of a manifest representing the collection of objects. The system also determines a request for the content object based on the name in an interest of data from a remote node. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286825 | METHODS FOR CENTRALIZED PRIVACY-PRESERVING COLLABORATIVE THREAT MITIGATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system to facilitate collaboration for mitigating network threats. During operation, the system receives encrypted data sets from a plurality of entities. The data sets including data describing threats to network security. The system performs privacy-preserving operations on the encrypted data sets, such as private set intersection. The system then computes one or more metrics based on results of the private set intersection computations. The system may generate a similarity matrix based on the one or more metrics, and returns one or more similarity values from the similarity matrix to one or more entities of the plurality of entities. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286824 | METHODS FOR SELECTION OF COLLABORATORS FOR ONLINE THREAT MITIGATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for stable selection of collaborating partners for exchanging security data. During operation, the system receives vectors of collaboration values from a plurality of entities. A collaboration value is a measure of an expected benefit of collaborating with a respective entity. The system sorts each of the vectors by the collaboration values of the respective vector. The system then determines matching entities given a number of partners wanted by each organization in N. The system may add matching entities to lists of collaborating partners given the number of partners wanted by each organization in N. Subsequently, the system sends the lists of collaborating partners to facilitate exchanging security data with partners in the list of collaborating partners. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286783 | PEER GROUP DISCOVERY FOR ANOMALY DETECTION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for detecting anomalies. During operation, the system extracts from a data set of entities features which provide meaningful information about the entities. The system identifies a peer group for the entities in the data set based on auxiliary information which comprises information that is distinct from the extracted features. In order to determine the anomalies, the system compares the extracted features of an entity in the peer group against the extracted features of other entities in the corresponding peer group, where significant differences in results of the comparison are indicative of anomalies. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285643 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Social Routing - Social routing can be provided by a social router system that coordinates a group of travelers from disparate locations to reach a destination at a specified time, by dynamically recommending a traveling route to each of the travelers that comports with that traveler's traveling criteria. To recommend the route, the social router generates an initial routes for each of the travelers and revises the initial routes to join two or more travelers into one route en route to the destination based on the traveling criteria of the two or more travelers. The recommended traveling route is dynamic since the social router system allows for continuous revision of the traveling route based on changes of a traveling criteria, travel progress, conditions along the route, and other factors. | 10-08-2015 |
20150285622 | MONITOR FOR PARTICLE INJECTOR - Approaches for determining the delivery success of a particle, such as a drug particle, are disclosed. A system for monitoring delivery of particles to biological tissue includes a volume, an optical component, a detector, and an analyzer. The volume comprises a space through which a particle can pass in a desired direction. The optical component is configured to provide a measurement light. The detector is positioned to detect light emanating from the particle in response to the measurement light. The detected light is modulated as the particle moves along a detection axis. The detector is configured to generate a time-varying signal in response to the detected light. The analyzer is configured to receive the time-varying signal and determine a delivery success of the particle into a biological tissue based upon characteristics of the time-varying signal. | 10-08-2015 |
20150281376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE REGISTRATION AND DISCOVERY IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for device registration and discovery in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system receives, by a computer, an interest for registration of a client device. The Interest includes at least a unique identifier associated with the client device. In response to the interest, the system generates a content object, which includes at least a name assigned to the client device; and sends the content object to the client device, thereby enabling the client device to be discovered by other client devices in the CCN. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING MESSAGES BASED ON SENDERS AND CONTENT FOR DRIVERS - The system facilitates the selective display of messages to a user while the user is driving a vehicle. During operation, the system determines the priority of a message based on one or more of: a sender of the message; whether the message requests a response; a duration of time within which to read the message; and one or more rules. The system precludes the display of one or more messages while the user is driving a vehicle based on the respective priority of the messages. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281101 | MULTI-OBJECT INTEREST USING NETWORK NAMES - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates multi-object interest using network names. During operation, the system generates a first interest comprising a name of a content object of a remote node and a first window size. The name potentially represents a collection of objects at the remote node. The window size indicates a number of additional objects the system can accommodate. The node further obtains from a first response corresponding to the first interest a manifest of the collection of the remote node and from a second response corresponding to the first interest a first object listed in the manifest. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281071 | MULTI-PUBLISHER ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR NAMED DATA NETWORKS - A multi-publisher routing system facilitates forwarding an Interest to multiple publishers associated with a namespace. During operation, network devices across a computer network can perform distance-vector routing with one or more network neighbors to determine a network topology. Also, one or more network devices may receive a namespace-join message from one or more publishers that are to provide content objects for the namespace. These network devices that receive the namespace-join message can construct an acyclic graph that includes one or more publishers for the namespace, and includes one or more forwarder nodes that form network paths between the one or more publishers. Then, when a network node in the acyclic graph receives an Interest message that specifies a name prefix associated with the namespace, this network node can forward the Interest message along the acyclic graph to one or more publishers associated with the namespace. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC NAME CONFIGURATION IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for automatic configuration of a computing device in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system sends, by the computing device on at least one of the computing device's faces, an interest in configuration information. The interest has a predetermined name prefix. The system then receives a content object in response to the interest. The content object includes at least a default name prefix, to which the computing device can send other interests. The system further configures the computing device based on the received content object. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280918 | AGGREGATE SIGNING OF DATA IN CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORKING - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates routers in verifying content objects in a cost-effective manner by aggregating content objects into a secure content catalog. During operation, a client computing device receives a secure content catalog, which indicates a set of content objects and their corresponding digests. The catalog is digitally signed with the private key of a producer of the catalog. The client computing device constructs an interest for a content object, where the interest indicates a name for the content object and the corresponding digest for the content object, which is based on the secure content catalog. The name for the request content object is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier (HSVLI) which comprises name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280290 | Method For Monitoring/Managing Electrochemical Energy Device By Detecting Intercalation Stage Changes - A method for determining an operating state (e.g., state-of-charge or state-of-health) and/or generating management (charge/discharge) control information in a system including an electrochemical energy device (EED, e.g., a rechargeable Li-ion battery, supercapacitor or fuel cell) that uses optical sensors to detect the intercalation stage change events occurring in the EED. The externally or internally mounted optical sensors measure operating parameter (e.g., strain and/or temperature) changes of the EED during charge/recharge cycling, and transmit measured parameter data using light signals sent over optical fibers to a detector/converter. A processor then analyzes the measured parameter data, e.g., using a model-based estimation process, to detect intercalation stage changes (i.e., crystalline structure changes caused by migration of guest species, such as Li-ions, between the EED's anode and cathode), and generates the operating state and charge/discharge control information based the analysis. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280056 | GRADED ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER - A light emitting device includes a p-side heterostructure, an n-side heterostructure, an active region disposed between the p-side heterostructure and the n-side heterostructure. An electron blocking layer (EBL) disposed between the p-side heterostructure and the active region comprises an aluminum containing group-III-nitride alloy. An aluminum composition of the EBL decreases as a function of distance along a [0001] direction from the active region towards the p-side heterostructure over a majority of the thickness of the EBL. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276508 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Externally Evaluating Thermostat Adjustment Patterns Of An Indoor Climate Control System In A Building - Energy usage data of an indoor climate control system, such as an HVAC system, for a building and ambient temperature data are obtained for a time period of interest with a time resolution that reflects the physically relevant time scales. The data are formed into time series. A correlation between the system's usage and ambient temperature is established, where a strong (or high) correlation is interpreted as an indication that the thermostat set point infrequently gets changed, if at all, whilst a weak (or low) correlation is interpreted as an indication that the thermostat set point is changed regularly. In addition, a correlation between the system's usage and the building's occupancy can be established, which can help corroborate the assessment of the appropriateness or efficiency of thermostat set point changing patterns. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276495 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Externally Inferring An Effective Indoor Temperature In A Building - Energy usage data of an indoor climate control system, such as an HVAC system, for a building and ambient temperature data are obtained for a time period of interest with a time resolution that reflects the physically relevant time scales. The data are formed into time series. A fit of the data is performed, by setting the energy usage data as the independent variable to which the ambient temperature data is linearly fit. A fit could be, for instance, an ordinary least squares linear regression, a frequentist regression, a Bayesian regression, or a robust regression. The ambient temperature at the intercept of the fit where the energy usage equals zero is taken as the effective thermostat set point of the indoor climate control system and serves as a surrogate for the effective indoor temperature of the building. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276486 | DETERMINATION OF COLOR CHARACTERISTICS OF OBJECTS USING SPATIALLY MODULATED LIGHT - A system is configured to determine a color distribution of an object moving along a flow direction relative to a spatial filter. The light emanating from the object is time modulated according to the mask features of the spatial filter. First and second detectors are arranged to sense the modulated light. The first detector senses light having a first wavelength spectrum and generates a first electrical output signal in response to the sensed light. The second detector light senses light having a second wavelength spectrum and generates a second electrical output signal in response to the sensed light. Signals from the first and second detectors include information about color distribution of the object. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276387 | SPATIAL MODULATION OF LIGHT TO DETERMINE OBJECT POSITION - Approaches for determining object position in a flow path are disclosed. A system includes a spatial filter having a length disposed along a longitudinal axis of the flow path and a width along a lateral axis of the flow path. The spatial filter has mask features configured to modulate light. Light emanating from objects moving along the flow path is detected. The detected light has a component along a detection axis that makes a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal and lateral axes. An electrical output signal that includes information about the trajectory depth of the object is generated in response to the detected light. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276251 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Externally Evaluating Sizing Of An Indoor Climate Control System In A Building - The recommended running time for an indoor climate control system, such as an HVAC system, for a building is determined. Ideally, the recommended running time reflects the amount of time during each operating cycle that the system ought to run for an indoor climate control system that has been properly sized to the building. Energy usage data of an indoor climate control system are obtained for a time period of interest with a time resolution that reflects the physically relevant time scales. The data is formed into a time series of running times. The running times of the system are compared to the recommended running time to infer the apparent sizing of the indoor climate control system. | 10-01-2015 |
20150271267 | CONTENT-ORIENTED FEDERATED OBJECT STORE - A content-oriented federated object store facilitates processing queries on metadata from a collection of content objects. During operation, the system can receive, from a first entity, a query that includes one or more search parameters. The first entity can include a local application, or a peer network device. The system can analyze a local metadata repository to search for metadata entries that satisfy the query, such that the metadata repository can include metadata entries for a plurality of content objects. The system can also issue the query to a remote network device, to obtain search results from a metadata repository at the remote network device, or at a device accessible from the remote network device. If the system obtains a set of search results from the local metadata repository or from a remote metadata repository, the system returns the set of search results to the first entity. | 09-24-2015 |
20150270957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT AND SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT - One embodiment provides a system for processing encrypted content. During operation, a client computing device determines a request for content based on the identity of the user or the client computing device. Content is received which has been encrypted using a master encryption, where the master encryption key is not known to the client computing device. The client computing device generates an interest packet that includes a request for a user-specific re-encryption key, and, based on the information in the interest packet, receives a content object that includes the user-specific re-encryption key. The client computing device decrypts the master-encrypted content by: re-encrypting the master-encrypted content, using the user-specific re-encryption key to transform the master-encrypted content to a user-specific encrypted content; and decrypting the transformed user-specific encrypted content using a user-specific key. This thereby facilitates the secure distribution of user-specific content without requiring a content source to distribute user-specific encrypted content. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269633 | MARKETPLACE FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS IN A SCALABLE DATA BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An ad-marketplace system manages an exchange for advertisement opportunities from a plurality of content brokers. Each advertising opportunity can include one or more attributes that describe advertisement slots during a broadcast of a data stream. The ad-marketplace system can receive one or more bids for an advertising opportunity associated with a media stream, and can select a matching bid from an advertiser for the advertising opportunity. Each bid can specify one or more advertising requirements that are to be satisfied by the advertising opportunity. When the ad-marketplace system selects the matching bid, the ad-marketplace system establishes a contract between the media broker, and places an initial payment from the advertiser in escrow. The ad-marketplace system can provide a payment to the media broker after confirming that a set of consumers have consumed the advertisement. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269290 | AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FEEDBACK FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTABILITY - A system and a method assess the three dimensional (3D) printability of a 3D model. Slices of the 3D model are received or generated. The slices represent two dimensional (2D) solids of the 3D model to be printed in corresponding print layers. Further, printing of the slices is simulated to identify corresponding printable slices. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269289 | SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZING A THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL AS PRINTED FROM A 3D PRINTER - A system and a method visualize three dimensional (3D) printability of a 3D model. A 3D printing process of the 3D model is simulated to generate a layered 3D model describing the 3D model as printed. A visual rendering of the layered 3D model is generated, and the visual rendering of the layered 3D model is displayed on a display device. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269282 | AUTOMATED METROLOGY AND MODEL CORRECTION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTABILITY - A system and a method automate metrology, measurement, and model correction of a three dimensional (3D) model for 3D printability. Slices of the 3D model are received or generated. The slices represent 2D solids of the 3D model to be printed in corresponding print layers. Medial axis transforms of the slices are calculated. The medial axis transforms represent the slices in terms of corresponding medial axes. A local feature size at any point along a boundary of the slices is determined as the shortest distance from the point to a corresponding medial axis. | 09-24-2015 |
20150262856 | DIRECT ELECTROSTATIC ASSEMBLY WITH CAPACITIVELY COUPLED ELECTRODES - A system and method manipulate micro objects. A field generator is configured to generate a force field varying in both space and time to manipulate the micro objects on a substrate. The substrate is not permanently affixed to the field generator and allows the force field to pass through the substrate. | 09-17-2015 |
20150254347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT STORAGE ACCESS IN A CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORK - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for caching content data to a storage device attached to a node in a content-centric network (CCN). During operation, the system receives a content packet; forwards the content packet to an incoming port of an interest in the content packet; caches a copy of the content packet in the attached storage device, assembles a query; which includes at least a network header and an address associated with storage blocks at which the cached copy of the content packet is located, corresponding to the content packet; and stores the query in a cache table, thereby facilitating a subsequent direct access to the storage blocks using the assembled query to retrieve the copy of the content packet. | 09-10-2015 |
20150253566 | APERTURE FOR ILLUMINATING MICROMIRROR ARRAYS HAVING MIRROR TILT AXIS NOT PARALLEL WITH AN ARRAY AXIS - A mirror array is positioned in relationship to a high intensity power light source to receive at least a portion of a high intensity light beam and to reflect at least a portion of the high intensity light beam. An aperture plate is positioned between the high intensity power light source and the mirror array. The aperture plate has an open area and an opaque area, the open area including a main portion and a tab portion. The main portion is located on a side of the tab portion distal from an incident light direction of the received high intensity beam of light. The open area is sized and positioned to allow rays of the high intensity beam of light to be passed through the tab portion and reflections of the passed rays of the high intensity beam of light to exit through the main portion. | 09-10-2015 |
20150248697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING ADVERTISEMENTS IN A SCALABLE DATA BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A content broker can receive a request from a user's client device for access to a data stream, and determines whether the client device has a sufficient number of credits to consume the digital content. If the client device does not have a sufficient number of credits, the broker can provide the client device an opportunity to earn credits. The broker can send to the client device an advertisement stream, and a corresponding challenge query that includes a set of instructions for generating a challenge-response that proves the client device has consumed the advertisement stream. If the broker receives a valid challenge response from the client device, the broker can assign a predetermined number of credits to the user's account. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CONTENT VIEW STATISTICS IN A NAMED DATA NETWORK - A client device that obtains a data object for a local user, and can detect a check-in requirement in the data object that instructs the client device to share demographic information with a content broker. The client device generates a check-in message that indicates the data object, and includes identifying information for the local user or the local client device. The client device sends the check-in message to the content broker to share the identifying information. The content broker can analyze the check-in message to determine the user's identifying information, and to determine the data object being consumed by the user. The media broker then stores or aggregates the user's demographic information in a repository, in association with the data object. The media broker generates a response packet that grants the client device access to the data object's contents, and returns the response packet to the client device. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248455 | CONTENT NAME RESOLUTION FOR INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORKING - A content-name-resolution (CNR) system can resolve IP addresses for named data objects (NDOs) based on their name. During operation, a CNR server can receive a query from a client device for a source to a named data object. The query can include at least a name prefix for the named data object. The CNR server can identify a cache server that corresponds to the named data object's name prefix, and determines one or more sources associated with the named data object's name prefix. The CNR server then returns, to the client device, a query response that includes a network address for the cache server, and includes a content record specifying the one or more sources. | 09-03-2015 |
20150243528 | Fabrication Method For Microelectronic Components And Microchip Inks Used In Electrostatic Assembly - Charge-encoded chiplets are produced using a sacrificial metal mask and associated fabrication techniques and materials that are compatible with typical semiconductor fabrication processes to provide each chiplet with two different (i.e., positive and negative) charge polarity regions generated by associated patterned charge-inducing material structures. A first charge-inducing material (e.g., SiO | 08-27-2015 |
20150242532 | EFFICIENT LINK MANAGEMENT FOR GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises identifying a first vertex and a second vertex in a graph as candidates for a link between the first and the second vertices. The first and second vertices represent elements in a data set. The method further comprises determining a link indicator based on a first link count, which indicates a sum of respective weights of links of a vertex, associated with the first vertex and a second link count associated with the second vertex. The method also includes determining whether to connect the first and second vertices with a link based on the link indicator's conformity with a link threshold, which determines whether to connect two vertices using a link. | 08-27-2015 |
20150241798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO OPERATE ARRAYS OF REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS FOR EXTENDED LIFETIME OPERATION IN USE WITH HIGH INTENSITY POWER LIGHT SOURCES - A method and system is provided to extend operational life of a mirror array of an image generating system, wherein the image generating system further includes a high intensity power light source to cause light to impinge on the mirror array, sufficient to cause deleterious plastic deformation of associated hinges of the mirror array, and an image output generating section configured to receive light from the mirror array. Image date is received by the image generating system image data to control mirrors of the mirror array and to generate an output image. A required level of illumination is provided from the mirror array to the image output generating section over a predetermined time period, in accordance with the received image data. Then during at least a portion of the same predetermined time period of providing the required level of illumination from the mirror array to the image output generating section, de-stress switching operations are performed for selected ones of the mirrors of the mirror array to reduce the plastic deformation of the associated hinges. Next, an output image is generated based on the received image data, wherein the de-stress switching operations occurring during at least a portion of the providing of the desired level of illumination is undetected. | 08-27-2015 |
20150235152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND CONSISTENCY TO DETECT MALICIOUS INSIDERS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for identifying anomalies. During operation, the system obtains work practice data associated with a plurality of users. The work practice data includes a plurality of user events. The system further categorizes the work practice data into a plurality of domains based on types of the user events, models user behaviors within a respective domain based on work practice data associated with the respective domain, and identifies at least one anomalous user based on modeled user behaviors from the multiple domains. | 08-20-2015 |
20150234875 | GRAPH PRUNING IN HIPERGRAPH - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for graph pruning. During operation, the system identifies a connected component in a graph comprising one or more vertices. A respective vertex of the graph represent an element in a data set, an edge between two vertices represents a type and strength of relationship between the vertices. The system identifies a connected component to be smaller than a minimum graph traversal threshold associated with a query for the graph. This minimum graph traversal threshold indicates a minimum number of traversal steps needed for the query. The system then generates a second graph by pruning the connected component from the graph. This second graph is processed to extract information of interest from the data set. | 08-20-2015 |
20150233704 | SPATIAL MODULATION OF LIGHT TO DETERMINE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OBJECTS IN A FLOW PATH - A device includes a spatial filter arranged in a Cartesian coordinate system having orthogonal x, y, and z axes. The spatial filter has mask features that are more light transmissive and mask features that are less light transmissive. The mask features are arranged along the x-axis in the flow direction of a flow path. A detector is positioned to detect light emanating from at least one object in the flow path, the object having a width along the y-axis, a thickness along the z-axis, and a length along the x-axis. Light emanating from the object is time modulated according to the mask features as the object moves along the flow path. The detector is configured to generate a time-varying electrical signal in response to the detected light that includes information about the width or thickness of the object. | 08-20-2015 |
20150233703 | SPATIAL MODULATION OF LIGHT TO DETERMINE OBJECT LENGTH - Spatially modulated light emanating from an object moving along a flow path is used to determine various object characteristics including object length along the flow direction. Light emanating from at least one object moving along in a flow path along a flow direction of a spatial filter is sensed. The intensity of the sensed light is time modulated according to features of the spatial filter. A time varying electrical signal is generated which includes a plurality of pulses in response to the sensed light. Pulse widths of at least some of the pulses are measured at a fraction of a local extremum of the pulses. The length of the object along the flow direction is determined based on the measured pulse widths. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228844 | Spectrally-Selective Metamaterial Emitter - A spectrally-selective metamaterial emitter includes bull's eye (circular target-shaped) structures disposed on a base substrate and including concentric circular ridges separated by circular grooves and set at a fixed grating period (e.g., in the range of 10 nanometers to 5 microns). When the base substrate is heated to a high temperature (i.e., above 1000° K), thermally excited surface plasmons generated on the concentric circular ridges produce a highly directional, narrow band energy beam having a peak emission wavelength that is roughly equal to the fixed grating period. The metamaterial emitter is fabricated using known photolithographic (e.g., combination of primary pattern generation and sputtering or dry etching) fabrication techniques, and utilizes an all-metal structure (preferably refractory metal) to withstand optimal operating temperatures (i.e., approaching 1500° K). Multiple bull's eye structures are formed in a multiplexed (overlapping) pattern and with different grating periods to produce a wide area beam having a broad emission spectrum. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228836 | Metamaterial Enhanced Thermophotovoltaic Converter - A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) converter includes a spectrally-selective metamaterial emitter and an associated “matched” photovoltaic (PV) cell. The PV cell has an optimal conversion spectrum (i.e., the wavelength range of in-band photons efficiently converted into electricity). The metamaterial emitter is fabricated with bull's eye (circular target-shaped) structures made up of concentric circular ridges that are set at a fixed grating period roughly equal to the associated optimal conversion spectrum. When the emitter is heated to a high temperature (i.e., above 1000° K), thermally excited surface plasmons generated on the concentric circular ridges produce a highly-directional radiant energy beam having a peak emission wavelength that is roughly equal to the fixed grating period and is directed onto the PV cell. The metamaterial emitter is optionally provided with multiple bull's eye structures in a multiplexed (overlapping) pattern and with different grating periods to produce a broad emission spectrum overlapping the optimal conversion spectrum. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228827 | Solar Power Harvesting System With Metamaterial Enhanced Solar Thermophotovoltaic Converter (MESTC) - A solar power system includes a sunlight concentrating system (e.g., a heliostat), a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) converter and a thermal power system. The TPV converter includes a metamaterial emitter formed on a box-like enclosure, and an associated photovoltaic (PV) cell. The sunlight concentrating system directs the concentrated sunlight through an inlet opening of the box-like enclosure to heat the metamaterial emitter above 1000° K. Bull's eye structures formed on outward-facing surfaces of the box-like enclosure utilize concentric circular ridges spaced at a fixed grating period that, when heated, generate a radiant energy beam having a peak emission wavelength roughly equal to the grating period. The PV cell converts the radiant energy to produce primary electrical energy. Unconverted solar “waste” heat energy exits the box-like enclosure and is converted by the thermal power system (e.g., using a steam generator) to produce secondary electrical energy. | 08-13-2015 |
20150228508 | Micro-Assembly With Planarized Embedded Microelectronic Dies - An IC assembly includes multiple microelectronic dies embedded in a substrate material using capillary forces such that the contact surface of each microelectronic die is coplanar with a planar upper surface of the substrate material. The substrate material is deposited as a layer of uncured polymer in a paste (or other solid form) on a base chip, and then the microelectronic dies are mounted on the layer surface in a predefined pattern. The uncured polymer is then heated until becomes a flowable liquid, causing the microelectronic dies to be pulled into the liquid polymer by capillary forces until the contact surface of each microelectronic die is coplanar with the upper liquid polymer surface. The liquid polymer is then cured to form the substrate material as a cross-linked robust solid film that fixedly secures the microelectronic dies in the predefined pattern. The microelectronic dies are then interconnected using standard metallization techniques. | 08-13-2015 |
20150222603 | CONTENT-BASED TRANSPORT SECURITY FOR DISTRIBUTED PRODUCERS - A content-producing computer system can use a locally generated key or a client-generated key to communicate with a client device during a session over a named-data network. During operation, the computer system can receive an Interest packet that includes a name for a piece of data or a service. The Interest's name can include a routable prefix, a session identifier, and an encrypted suffix. In some embodiments, the system can generating a session key based on the session identifier and a secret value, and decrypts the encrypted suffix using the session key to obtain a plaintext suffix. The system processes the plaintext suffix to obtain data requested by the Interest, and encrypts the data using the session key. In some other embodiments, the system can use a local private key to decrypt the encrypted suffix, and uses an encryption key obtained from the Interest to encrypt the Content Object. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222424 | CONTENT-BASED TRANSPORT SECURITY - A computer system can send a secure request over a named-data network to a remote device by generating an Interest with encrypted name components. During operation, the computer system can receive or obtain a request for data, such as from a local user or from a local application. If the system cannot satisfy the request locally, the system can determine at least a routable prefix and a name suffix associated with the request. The system can generate the secure Interest for the request by determining an encryption key that corresponds to a session with the remote computer system, and encrypts the name suffix using the session encryption key. The system then generates an Interest whose name includes the routable prefix and the encrypted name suffix, and disseminates the Interest over a named-data network to send the request to the remote computer system. | 08-06-2015 |
20150215206 | END-TO-END ROUTE TRACING OVER A NAMED-DATA NETWORK - A route-tracing application can measure the performance of a path in a named-data network using trace agents deployed across various network nodes. During operation, a network node can process a route-tracing Interest by performing a lookup operation in a forwarding information base (FIB) using the Interest's name, in which a respective FIB entry may map the name to a forwarding rule. If the FIB does not include an entry for the Interest's route-tracing name, a trace agent at the network node determines one or more outbound interfaces for the route-tracing operation based on the Interest's name, and creates new route-tracing FIB entries that each maps the Interest's name to a forwarding rule for the determined interfaces. The network node returns a Content Object that satisfies the Interest, in which the Content Object includes the names of the new FIB entries, as well as performance information for the path. | 07-30-2015 |
20150210009 | POLYMER SPRAY DEPOSITION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Polymer spray deposition systems and methods are disclosed that can be used with a wide range of thermoplastic materials to produce high resolution objects having the complexity and structural integrity typically only achieved using more traditional manufacturing techniques, like injection molding processes. The polymeric spray deposition systems and methods use a spray generator that stretches the fluid between two diverging surfaces, such as two rollers or between two pistons. The stretched fluid breaks apart into a plurality of droplets and is guided through a delivery system, that can include an optional droplet size selector, and into a multi-nozzle array. The multi-nozzle array is controlled and directs the spray onto a target surface, thereby creating a three-dimensional object. The disclosed polymer spray deposition systems and methods can be used in three-dimensional print heads and printing techniques. | 07-30-2015 |
20150208318 | SERVICE-ORIENTED ROUTING IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED MANETS - One embodiment provides a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). The MANET includes a plurality of mobile nodes and a centralized controller node. The controller node includes a receiving mechanism configured to receive, from a source mobile node, a request for a service, with the request including an identifier associated with the requested service; an identification mechanism configured to identify a destination mobile node that provides the service associated with the identifier; a path-computation mechanism configured to compute a path between the source mobile node and the destination mobile node using a network graph for the mobile nodes; and a path-sending mechanism configured to send the computed path to at least the destination mobile node, which facilitates establishing a route between the source mobile node and the destination mobile node. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208316 | GATEWAYS AND ROUTING IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED MANETS - One embodiment provides a mobile wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless nodes and a controller node which manages a weighted network graph for the plurality of wireless nodes. A local wireless node sends a route-request message associated with at least one destination node to the controller node, receives a path to the destination node, and routes a packet to the destination node based on the received path. The path is computed based on the weighted network graph. One embodiment provides a system for routing in a mobile wireless network that comprises a plurality of wireless nodes. The system receives a route-request message associated with at least one destination node from a source node, computes a path between the source node and the destination node based on a weighted network graph for the plurality of wireless nodes, and transmits the computed path to at least the destination node. | 07-23-2015 |
20150206222 | METHOD TO CONSTRUCT CONDITIONING VARIABLES BASED ON PERSONAL PHOTOS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating one or more recommendations for a customer. During operation, the system obtains transaction and image data for a plurality of existing customers. The system then trains one or more parameters of conditioning variables associated with one or more clusters based on image data as part of a predictive model. Next, the system determines a list of recommendable items for each cluster, based on the transaction data. The system obtains transaction and image data for a customer. The system then determines that the customer is a member of a cluster associated with the predictive model, based on the obtained transaction and image data. The system generates a recommendation for one or more recommendable items for the customer based on the determined cluster membership. | 07-23-2015 |
20150200852 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A VIRTUAL INTERFACE FOR A SET OF MUTUAL-LISTENER DEVICES - An ad-hoc network device facilitates creating a virtual interface for a set of mutual-listener devices that have a duplex communication with each other. During operation, the network device can receive a packet, and identifies a virtual interface to which the packet is directed. The network device can determine whether the local network device is a member of the virtual interface, and if so, processes the packet as an intended recipient of the packet. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200376 | PRE-FABRICATED SUBSTRATE FOR PRINTED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A pre-patterned substrate has a supporting material, a plurality of segments on the supporting material, a plurality of interdigitated line structures within each segment to allow formation of features, and an isolation region between the segments. | 07-16-2015 |
20150193854 | AUTOMATED COMPILATION OF GRAPH INPUT FOR THE HIPERGRAPH SOLVER - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a product recommendation by translating transaction data to graph representation for input to a graph analytics application. During operation, the system generates a transaction table to store transaction data, a customer table to store customer data, and a product table to store products data. The system generates a table containing topology and edge identifier information and a table containing edge attribute information. Next, the system generates headers that include data describing the customer table and/or the product table and/or the table containing edge attribute information. The system then generates files containing the one or more headers and data from the tables, in which the data describes a graph with edges representing transactions and vertices representing customers or products. Subsequently, the system submits the one or more files as input to the graph analytics application to generate a product recommendation. | 07-09-2015 |
20150179873 | SMALL-SIZED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CHIPLETS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF - Diode includes light emitting region, first metal layer, dielectric layer, and second metal layer. Light emitting diode includes n-type group III-nitride portion, p-type group III-nitride layer, and light emitting region sandwiched between n- and p-type layers. First metal layer may be coupled to p-type III-N portion and plurality of first terminals. First metal layer and p-type III-N portion may have substantially similar lateral size that is smaller than 200 micrometers. A portion of light emitting region and first metal layer may include a single via. Electrically-insulating layer may be coupled to first metal layer and sides of the single via. First terminals may be exposed from electrically-insulating layer. Second metal layer may include second terminal and may be coupled to electrically-insulating layer and to n-type III-N portion through the single via. The thickness of the diode excluding second terminal may be between 2 and 20 micrometers. Other embodiments are described. | 06-25-2015 |
20150176917 | MOLDED PLASTIC OBJECTS HAVING AN INTEGRATED HEAT SPREADER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF SAME - Embodiments are directed to a molded plastic object that includes at least one vapor chamber within the plastic object. A wicking material is in contact with at least a portion of an inner wall of the vapor chamber. A working fluid located within the vapor chamber is configured to distribute heat from warmer regions of the plastic object to cooler regions of the plastic object. In some embodiments, the molded plastic object is part or all of a solid inkjet printhead. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175454 | RECYCLING ACTIVATED SLUDGE BY HYDRODYNAMIC SEPERATOR (HDS) TO ENABLE HIGH MLSS BIOREACTOR TO PROCESS HIGH INFLUENT FLOW AND/OR HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATER - A wastewater treatment plant that employs an activated sludge process and a method of operating the same is described. Wastewater influent is provided to a bioreactor configured to perform activated sludge processing to develop mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS). The MLSS is passed from the bioreactor to a hydrodynamic separator (HDS) system, where separation operations are performed on the MLSS. The separation operations generate a low concentration MLSS stream and a high concentration MLSS stream. The low concentration MLSS stream is passed from the hydrodynamic separator system via a first output to a clarifier, and the high concentration wastewater stream is passed via a second output back to the bioreactor. The clarifier performs clarification operations on the cleaned wastewater stream and then outputs an effluent flow. | 06-25-2015 |
20150163127 | DISTANCE-BASED ROUTING IN AN INFORMATION-CENTRIC NETWORK - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises identifying an identifier of an anchor node associated with a name in an update message received from a neighbor node. The anchor node stores a content object identifiable based on the name independent of the anchor node. The method also comprises determining a valid next-hop neighbor in the ICN for the name based on a sequence number of the update message generated by the anchor node and lexicographic order of an identifier of the neighbor node; and determining whether the anchor node is a designated anchor node based on the validity of the next-hop neighbor and a routing metric for the anchor node. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AND CLUSTERING MULTIPLE-DIMENSION CHARACTERISTICS FOR AUCTION-BASED MESSAGE DELIVERY - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for characteristics-based message delivery. During operation, the system receives activity data associated with a user, and infers a characteristic profile associated with the user based on the received activity data. The system further receives a plurality of messages, estimates the user's preference for the messages based on the inferred characteristic profile and content of the messages, selects a message from the plurality of messages based on the user's preference and a pre-determined bidding price associated with the message and the characteristic profile, and delivers the selected message to the user. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161398 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVACY AND TRUST ENHANCING SHARING OF DATA FOR COLLABORATIVE ANALYTICS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for privacy-preserving sharing of data for secure collaboration. During operation, the system obtains a first set of data describing network events associated with one or more network addresses. Next, the system negotiates with a potential partner to determine a metric for deciding whether to share data. The potential partner is associated with a second set of data describing network events. The system then computes a value for the metric in a privacy-preserving way, based on the first set of data and the second set of data. Subsequently, the system determines whether the metric value exceeds a predetermined threshold, and, responsive to determining that the metric value exceeds the predetermined threshold, the system shares the first set of data with the potential partner, while controlling how the data should be shared to optimize benefits and risks of collaboration. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161229 | EFFICIENT DETECTION OF INFORMATION OF INTEREST USING GREEDY-MODE-BASED GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system, which identifies, for graph clustering, first and second sets of vertices in a graph. A respective vertex in the first set of vertices is an exemplar. A respective vertex in the second set of vertices is not an exemplar and not associated with a vertex identifier. The system assigns a vertex identifier of a first vertex in the first set to a second vertex in the second set based on type and strength of relationship between the vertices. The vertices represent elements in a data set. The vertex identifiers of the first and second vertices do not change before convergence. The system allocates the first vertex and the second vertex to a first vertex cluster associated with the vertex identifier, and detects convergence based on modularity associated with vertex clusters representing information of interest in the data set. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161228 | EFFICIENT DETECTION OF INFORMATION OF INTEREST USING MODE-BASED GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises assigning a vertex identifier of a first vertex to a second vertex in a graph based on an edge between the first vertex and the second vertex. The vertices represent elements in a data set, the edge represents a type and strength of relationship between the vertices. The method further comprises provisionally assigning each vertex to a vertex cluster associated with the vertex identifier, and converging the assignments based on a measure of cluster quality associated with all the vertex clusters. Each vertex cluster represents information of interest in the data set. One measure of clustering quality is called “modularity.” | 06-11-2015 |
20150158295 | Print Head Design for Ballistic Aerosol Marking with Smooth Particulate Injection from an Array of Inlets into a Matching Array of Microchannels - Disclosed herein is a material ejector (e.g., print head) geometry having alignment of material inlet channels in-line with microchannels, symmetrically disposed in a propellant flow, to obtain smooth, well-controlled, trajectories in a ballistic aerosol ejection implementation. Propellant (e.g., pressurized air) is supplied from above and below (or side-by-side) a microchannel array plane. Obviating sharp (e.g., 90 degree) corners permits propellant to flow smoothly from macroscopic source into the microchannels. | 06-11-2015 |
20150149390 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN INTELLIGENT DIGITAL SELF REPRESENTATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for advising a user. During operation, the system generates a set of rules for a digital representation of the user. Next, the system obtains data indicating the user's digital trace, wherein the digital trace is a data trail associated with the user's interactions in a digital or physical environment. The system then applies the rules to the obtained data to generate warnings and/or recommendations. The system subsequently communicates the warnings and/or recommendations to the user. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALABLE DATA BROADCASTING - A data-publishing system facilitates broadcasting a data stream so that each client device obtains a personalized data stream. During operation, a publisher can generate an encoded data stream that does not include a reproducible version of the data stream's contents, and generates an encoding sauce to provide to at least one data-brokering system. When a broker receives a request from a client device for access to the data stream, the broker validates the client device's access to the data stream, and uses the encoding sauce to generate a secret sauce for the client device. The client device can process the encoded data stream using instructions in the secret sauce to produce a personalized data stream that includes a reproducible version of the data stream's contents. | 05-28-2015 |
20150142785 | GENERALIZED GRAPH, RULE, AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE BASED RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a recommendation system. During operation, the system receives context information associated with the user, updates a plurality of user models based on the received context information, and identifies at least one spatial data structure that stores a plurality of items. A respective item is stored within the spatial data structure based on a vector value associated with the item. The system then queries the spatial data structure to obtain a first set of recommendable items that have vector values within a predetermined range, calculates a score for each item within the set of recommendable items based on the plurality of the user models and a characterization vector associated with each item, ranks the items within the set of recommendable items based on calculated scores, and recommends one or more top-ranked items to the user. | 05-21-2015 |
20150134781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-FETCHING REMOTE CONTENT BASED ON STATIC AND DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS - A data-caching system facilitates pre-loading a cache with content objects that are likely to be of interest to a client device, as determined based on their correlation to other content objects served to the client device. During operation, the system can receive an interest for a content object, and can determine whether the local network device can satisfy the interest. If so, the system generates a content-object recommendation that indicates other content objects that are correlated with the received interest, for example, by computing correlation values between the received interest and a plurality of historical interests. The system then provides the content recommendation to a remote network device from which the interest originated, such that the content recommendation indicates the correlated content objects to pre-load into a cache. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREFETCHING CONTENT IN A DATA STREAM - A data-processing system facilitates processing a data stream to assist other devices to pre-fetch elements of the data stream, out-of-sequence, for uninterrupted playback. During operation, the system can receive a data file, and segments the data file into a sequence of content objects. The system then determines a target content object that is to be processed out-of-sequence, and a corresponding source content object. The system then inserts a reference to the target content object, into the source content object, and stores the sequence of content objects. A client device can disseminate interest to obtain the data stream's content objects. Upon receiving a content object, the client device can determine whether the content object includes a reference to other content objects. If so, the client device can disseminate interests for these referenced content objects. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SERVER HANDOFF IN A NAME-BASED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A server-handoff system facilitates replicating or migrating a data collection or service to one or more alternative servers of a distributed service. During operation, the system can detect a data-handoff condition for migrating or replicating data to an alternative or newly started server, and determines a namespace that is to be migrated or replicated. The namespace includes a data collection or an application publication space associated with one or more structured name prefixes. The system then identifies the alternative servers to which the namespace is to be replicated, and synchronizes a namespace configuration with the alternative content producer. The namespace configuration identifies a set of data items from the namespace which facilitates the alternative content producer to host the data or service. The alternative content producer can use the namespace configuration to obtain the data items associated with the namespace before hosting the data or service. | 05-14-2015 |
20150127425 | STRATEGIC MODELING FOR ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION OF GRID-TIED ENERGY ASSETS - One embodiment of the present invention provides an energy-asset control system for utilizing an energy asset to provide one of more modes of operation services. The system includes an economic optimizer configured to identify at least one mode of operation opportunity based on current and/or future market conditions; a prognostics module configured to perform a prognostic analysis associated with the mode of operation opportunity for the energy asset using an existing model, and determine a confidence level associated with the prognostic analysis; and an operation controller. The economic optimizer is further to configured to, in response to the prognostics module determining the confidence level exceeding a predetermined threshold, determine an expected profit of the mode of operation opportunity based on outcomes of the prognostic analysis; and optimize, over a predetermined time period, a usage of the energy asset based on the expected profit of the mode of operation opportunity. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126968 | FLUID DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and methods are provided for fluid delivery. The device may include a housing having an outer surface which includes a porous membrane, a fluid reservoir disposed in the interior region of the main housing and formed at least in part by a wall structure, a puncture mechanism operable to puncture the wall structure and form a fluidic path between the fluid reservoir and one or more channels in fluid communication with the porous membrane, and a positive displacement mechanism operable, following puncture of the wall structure, to drive a fluid out of the fluid reservoir, through the one or more channels, and into the porous membrane. | 05-07-2015 |
20150121203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING UNIFORM FORMAT PAGES FOR A SYSTEM FOR COMPOSING MESSAGES - A system and method designed to convert documents for the generation of electronic messages. The system and method includes a uniform document formatting system and method: (i) configured to receive uploaded documents, having document pages, the uploaded documents existing in at least one non-uniform document format, and (ii) configured to convert the uploaded documents in the at least one non-uniform document format into a uniform document format. The system and method also including an electronic message composition system and method for the composition of electronic messages, wherein the electronic message composition system and method is configured to receive and display the uniform documents in the uniform document format. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MIXED CONTENT TYPE MESSAGES - A system and method converts a mixed content type electronic message to a format preserving layout appearance. Textual regions of the mixed content type electronic message are encoded into a text format. Non-textual regions of the mixed content type electronic message are converted into an image format. Mixed type regions of the mixed content type electronic message are converted into an image format, wherein the mixed type regions include both textual material and non-textual material. Finally, an indication is provided of an arrangement of the textual regions and the image regions of the mixed content type electronic message. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFLOW OF TEXT IN MIXED CONTENT DOCUMENTS - A method and system is provided to author an electronic document having content including document objects, the documents objects including at least text objects and graphical objects, the graphical objects including at least one of image objects, structured graphics, digital ink, and hyperlinks. The method and system modifies the content of the electronic document, and applies an automatic hybrid reflow process to reflow at least one of the text objects of the electronic document in accordance with the applied automatic hybrid reflow process. The applied automatic hybrid reflow process acting to position the text objects and the graphical objects on the electronic document. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING GRAPHICALLY RICH MESSAGES INCORPORATING SHARED DOCMENTS - A message generation system and method for generation of a message by an electronic computing device includes a display window of the electronic computing device, containing one or more a page viewing regions to display page images of a document, and one or more message composition regions, for composition of the message. A selection-transfer mechanism is configured to select and transfer content from any page viewing region to the message composition region, wherein the system is configured so that during the composition of the message a user only employs a single computer application. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120924 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED NAMED-DATA NETWORKING - A device in an information-centric network or a named-data network can process commands from a packet on one or more local resources. During operation, the device can receive a packet that includes a name or name prefix, and additionally can include a header comprising one or more resource fields that each can include instructions that perform an operation on a corresponding resource. The device can select, from the packet, a resource field that includes instructions to be executed on a corresponding resource. The device can analyze the resource field to determine an instruction that corresponds to the resource, and executes the instruction to perform the operation on the resource. The device can also analyze access control information from the packet's header, and determines whether the access control information grants the packet permission to access the resource prior to performing the operation on the resource. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120895 | EXPRESS HEADER FOR PACKETS WITH HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED VARIABLE-LENGTH IDENTIFIERS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for forwarding named packets. During operation, the system receives a named packet with an express header. The named packet includes a payload and a name which identifies the payload. The express header includes a content identifier, a global forwarding identifier, and a local forwarding identifier. The content identifier uniquely represents an interest corresponding to the name. The global forwarding identifier includes forwarding information to facilitate global forwarding. The local forwarding identifier includes forwarding information to facilitate local forwarding. The system then makes a forwarding decision for the packet based on the content identifier, the global forwarding identifier, and optionally the local forwarding identifier. | 04-30-2015 |
20150119477 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AEROSOLS - Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament. The fluid filament is caused to break into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. Such a system for aerosol creation can include a pair of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118523 | Adaptive Current-Collector Electrochemical System - An Adaptive Current-collector Electrochemical (ACE) system utilizes an array of contact pads and associated current control transistors to control localized current generation in discrete regions of a battery. Each contact pad is formed on a battery electrode (anode or cathode) and coupled to an associated discrete battery region, and is connected by an associated transistor to a current collection plate. Sensors are used to monitor operating parameters (e.g., localized current flow and operating temperature) of each discrete battery region, and a control circuit uses the sensor data to control the operating state of the transistors, whereby localized current flow through each transistor is increased, decreased or turned off according to measured local operating parameters. The control circuit utilizes local control circuits that process local sensor data using “stand-alone” control logic, or a central controller that processes all sensor data and coordinates transistor operations. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117453 | HASH-BASED FORWARDING OF PACKETS WITH HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED VARIABLE-LENGTH IDENTIFIERS OVER ETHERNET - A system is provided for forwarding packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers (HSVLIs) over Ethernet. The system receives an Ethernet-encapsulated registration message from a content server, which includes a packet containing an HSVLI. A destination MAC of the registration message is an Ethernet group MAC address. The system then creates an entry in a forwarding information base corresponding to the HSVLI indicating a MAC address of the content server and a port on which the registration message is received. The system receives an interest packet from a client which includes the HSVLI. The packet has the Ethernet group MAC address as its destination MAC address and the client's MAC address as its source MAC address. The system forwards the interest packet to the content server, which has the content server's MAC address as its destination MAC address and a local switch's MAC address as its source MAC address. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMUM PATH MTU DISCOVERY IN CONTENT CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating fragmentation of packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers (HSVLIs). During operation, the system receives an interest packet with an HSVLI corresponding to a piece of content. The system then identifies a minimum path maximum transmission unit (MTU) value carried in the packet. In response to the piece of content not being stored locally, the system then determines an egress port for the packet based on the HSVLI. The system further determines an MTU associated with the egress port. Subsequently, in response to the MTU associated with the egress port being less than the minimum path MTU value carried in the packet, the system updates the minimum path MTU value in the packet to the MTU value associated with the egress port. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HASH-BASED FORWARDING OF PACKETS WITH HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED VARIABLE-LENGTH IDENTIFIERS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for forwarding packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers (HSVLIs). During operation, the system receiving a packet with an HSVLI. The packet includes a first value and a second value. The first value uniquely represents an interest corresponding to the HSVLI. The second value is derived based on at least a subset of the HSVLI components. The system then makes a forwarding decision for the packet based on the first hash value and second hash value. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117253 | INTEREST MESSAGES WITH A PAYLOAD FOR A NAMED DATA NETWORK - A network device can process a payload in an Interest packet. During operation, the network device can receive an Interest packet that includes a name or a name prefix associated with one or more target entities for the Interest. If the network device determines that the Interest packet includes a payload, the network node can analyze the Interest's name and/or payload to determine an operation to perform for processing the payload. The network device then proceeds to process the payload by performing the determined operation. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116444 | Imaging Blanket with Dispersed Carbon and Micro-Texture Surface - An imaging blanket for a variable data lithography printing system is disclosed that comprises a polymer body having incorporated therein carbon black and measured amount of surface-treated fumed silica. The carbon black serves to improve the thermal absorption efficiency for thermal patterning of a dampening fluid layer formed over the imaging blanket in use. The surface-treated fumed silica assists with desirable dispersion of the carbon black in the polymer body. The surface-treated fumed silica further assists with the formation of a surface micro-texture as part of the process of molding the imaging blanket. A method for manufacturing such an imaging blanket is also disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150115057 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING AEROSOLS - Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament. The fluid filament is caused to break into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. Such a system for aerosol creation can include a pair of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A NAMED NETWORK WITHIN AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM - An edge node or cache server of an autonomous system (AS) can process an interest for the autonomous system. During operation, the system can receive an interest for a content object, and determines whether the local node can satisfy the interest. If the local network node does not satisfy the interest, the system determines a label indicating network information for another AS node, attaches the label to the interest, and forwards the interest to the other AS node based on the label. Further, a route server of the AS processes an interest by determining a label that corresponds to the interest, and attaching the label to the interest. The route server then forwards the interest to the egress network node based on the label, which allows the egress network node to forward the interest to the remote autonomous system based on the attached label. | 04-23-2015 |
20150111158 | Micro-Truss Structures Having In-Plane Structural Members - An enhanced self-writing method for generating in-plane (horizontally-oriented) polymer lightguides that includes disposing one or more light deflecting structures in or on the upper surface of a uncured layer that deflect incident collimated light beams in a transverse direction (i.e., parallel to the uncured layer top layer surface), whereby the deflected collimated light beam polymerizes a corresponding elongated portion of the uncured material in a self-propagating manner to form in-plane polymer lightguides. When used in the fabrication of micro-truss structures, the in-plane polymer lightguides are linked to diagonal polymer lightguides to form superior truss configurations, such as that of the ideal octet-truss structure. Non-polymerized portions of the uncured layer are removed to expose the micro-truss structure for further processing. | 04-23-2015 |
20150106223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PARALLEL SEARCH ON BIPARTITE GRAPHS USING DYNAMIC VERTEX-TO-PROCESSOR MAPPING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for dynamically assigning vertices to processors to generate a recommendation for a customer. During operation, the system receives graph data with customer and product vertices and purchase edges. The system traverses the graph from a customer vertex to a set of product vertices. The system divides the set of product vertices among a set of processors. Subsequently, the system determines a set of product frontier vertices for each processor. The system traverses the graph from the set of product frontier vertices to a set of customer vertices. The system divides the set of customer vertices among a set of processors. Then, the system determines a set of customer frontier vertices for each processor. The system traverses the graph from the set of customer frontier vertices to a set of recommendable product vertices. The system generates one or more product recommendations for the customer. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102852 | Stressed Substrates For Transient Electronic Systems - A stressed substrate for transient electronic systems (i.e., electronic systems that visually disappear when triggered to do so) that includes one or more stress-engineered layers that store potential energy in the form of a significant internal stress. An associated trigger mechanism is also provided that, when triggered, causes an initial fracture in the stressed substrate, whereby the fracture energy nearly instantaneously travels throughout the stressed substrate, causing the stressed substrate to shatter into multiple small (e.g., micron-sized) pieces that are difficult to detect. The internal stress is incorporated into the stressed substrate through strategies similar to glass tempering (for example through heat or chemical treatment), or by depositing thin-film layers with large amounts of stress. Patterned fracture features are optionally provided to control the final fractured particle size. Electronic systems built on the substrate are entirely destroyed and dispersed during the transience event. | 04-16-2015 |
20150095182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE GRAPH ANALYTICS ENGINE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a product recommendation. During operation, the system receives graph data indicating vertices and edges of the graph. The vertices represent customers and products and the edges represent purchases. The system then receives a query of the graph to determine a product recommendation. Next, the system generates a finite-state machine (FSM) based on the query, executes the query, and determines whether a current state of the FSM is a traversal state. In response to the current state being a traversal state, the system generates a traversal FSM. The system then searches the traversal FSM for a nearest future traversal state, generates a bitmask for the future traversal state, and utilizes the generated bitmask when executing the future traversal state to generate the product recommendation. | 04-02-2015 |
20150086072 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING A WORKER PERFORMING A CROWDSOURCED TASK - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for monitoring a worker performing a crowdsourced task being presented on a computing device. The method comprises performing at least one of a facial detection processing or an eye tracking processing, on a video stream captured by a camera of the computing device. An inattention instance of the worker is determined based on at least one of the facial detection processing or the eye tracking processing. Further, the inattention instance is communicated to a crowdsourcing platform, wherein the crowdsourced task is received from the crowdsourcing platform. | 03-26-2015 |
20150083976 | DISPERSANT FOR IMPROVED BATTERY ELECTRODE FORMULATIONS - A composition includes an active material, a conductive agent, lithium dodecyl sulfate, a solvent, and an organic binder. Another composition includes an active compound containing lithium, a conductive agent, lithium dodecyl sulfate, a solvent and an organic binder. Another composition includes an anode active material, a conductive agent, lithium dodecyl sulfate, a solvent and an organic binder. | 03-26-2015 |
20150082809 | Electrocaloric Cooler and Heat Pump - System and methods are disclosed for controlled thermal energy transfer. The system includes a thermal energy source, a thermal energy sink, spaced apart from the thermal energy source, an electrocaloric structure carried by a suspension and configured for alternating physical movement between thermal communication with the thermal energy source and thermal communication with the thermal energy sink, and a control signal source simultaneously providing both a temperature control signal for controlling the temperature of the electrocaloric structure and a movement control signal for controlling the alternating physical movement of the electrocaloric structure between thermal communication with the thermal energy source and thermal communication with the heat sink. Heating or cooling of a desired element may be provided. Movement control may be electrostatic, magnetic, mechanical, etc., and is self-synchronizing with the field employed for temperature control in the electrocaloric structure. | 03-26-2015 |
20150077172 | EXTERNALLY INDUCED CHARGE PATTERNING USING RECTIFYING DEVICES - A system and method form charge patterns on micro objects. The system and method employ a micro object including a rectifying device. The rectifying device exhibits an asymmetric current-voltage (I-V) response curve. Further, the system and method employ a device external to the micro object to induce the flow of charge through the rectifying device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150076961 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF STICTION WHILE MANIPULATING MICRO OBJECTS ON A SURFACE - A system and method reduce stiction while manipulating micro objects on a surface. The system and method employed a field generator configured to generate a driving force at a frequency and amplitude to at least partially overcome stiction between the micro objects and the surface. The field generator is further configured to generate a manipulation force to manipulate the micro objects on the surface in two dimensions. The manipulation force is spatially programmable. | 03-19-2015 |
20150062790 | DIGITAL LANYARD FOR SECURING DATA ON PORTABLE DEVICES - A data securing system includes a digital lanyard having a first end portion connected with a first line, having a first connector portion, and a second line having a second connector portion. A second end portion of the digital lanyard includes an electronic data generating device interface. The first connector portion of the first line and the second connector portion of the second line, when in operative connection, form a complete electrical connection between the first end portion and the second end portion. The system further includes an electronic data generating device having an electronic data generating device connector portion configured to operatively connect to the electronic data generating device interface of the second end portion, and an authentication portion of the electronic data generating device provides a capability to authenticate a user to permit the user to obtain access to secured and/or restricted data via the electronic data generating device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150056432 | CO-EXTRUSION OF PERIODICALLY MODULATED STRUCTURES - A structure at least one stripe of material having a length, wherein a first stripe has a varying width along the length. | 02-26-2015 |
20150051956 | SIMPLE PRICING BY PRICE-DIFFERENCE REGULARIZATION - A method and system for determining an optimized price schedule that controls the simplicity of a price schedule while maintaining efficiency in terms of welfare. A welfare function and a simplicity metric representing a simplicity of price schedules are determined. A full objective, corresponding to a comparison of the welfare with respect to the simplicity of each price schedule is determined and an optimized price schedule, representing the schedule having the highest computed full objective, is output. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051890 | AUTOMATED AUGMENTED MODEL EXTENSION FOR ROBUST SYSTEM DESIGN - A method is provided for automatically generating an augmented model of a cyber-physical component. Cyber-physical components are built from or depend upon the synergy computational and physical components. The method includes: reading an input model ( | 02-19-2015 |
20150048714 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER STRUCTURES PRINTED WITH VARYING COMPOSITIONS OF IONS - An electroactive polymer structure includes a first flexible electrode, a second flexible electrode, and a polymer dielectric layer with ionic liquid on top of the first electrode including at least two regions. Each region of the polymer dielectric layer includes a different ionic liquid concentration. The polymer dielectric layer is in between the first flexible electrode and the second flexible electrode. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048397 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRON BLOCKING HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYER - A light emitting diode includes an active region configured to emit light, a composite electrical contact layer, and a transparent electron blocking hole transport layer (TEBHTL). The composite electrical contact layer includes two materials. At least one of the two materials is a metal configured to reflect a portion of the emitted light. The TEBHTL is arranged between the composite electrical contact layer and the active region. The TEBHTL has a thickness that extends at least a majority of a distance between the active region and the composite electrical contact layer. The TEBHTL has a band-gap greater than a band-gap of light emitting portions of the active region. The band-gap of the TEBHTL decreases as a function of distance from the active region to the composite electrical contact layer over a majority of the thickness of the TEBHTL. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048315 | ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - An n-type organic thin-film transistor including a substrate, a gate, and a dielectric layer covering the substrate and the gate. A semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer is disposed on the dielectric layer; A source and a drain are disposed on top of the semiconductor-insulator polymer blend layer. | 02-19-2015 |
20150040180 | INFORMATION FIREWALL - A data-firewall system blocks sensitive data from becoming available outside a protected space. During operation, the system can obtain an interest from a requesting entity. The requesting entity can include, for example, a software application running on a local computer, a computing device of an Enterprise environment, or a computing node of a computer cluster. Also, the interest can include a location-independent structured name associated one or more data items. When the system obtains the data associated with the location-independent structured name, the system proceeds to obtain a policy associated with the data, and to determine a context for the interest. Then, if the system determines that the requesting entity is within a protected space, as determined based on the policy and the context, the system forwards the data to the requesting entity. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039672 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING APPLICATION-SPECIFIC CONSISTENCY OF CHECK-IN-BASED USER LOCATION DATA STREAMS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for ensuring quality of a check-in stream for an application. During operation, the system initially receives a check-in stream metric for the application. The system also receives a threshold metric value for the check-in stream metric. Next, the system calculates a metric value based on the check-in stream and the received check-in stream metric for the application. The system determines whether the calculated metric value satisfies the received threshold metric value, and in response to the calculated metric value satisfying the received threshold metric value, executes the application using the check-in stream. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING ROUTING PATHS IN A CUSTODIAN-BASED ROUTING ARCHITECTURE - A network-connectivity system uses one or more local endpoints to establish a set of directed network connections across network domains. During operation, the system determines a first network domain which is to function as a via that communicates data from other network devices to a predetermined endpoint of a local domain. The system then generates a via-domain description, which references the first network domain as a via for the local domain. The system also determines a second network domain which is to function as a proxy that communicates data to other network domains from a predetermined endpoint of the local domain. The system generates a proxy-domain description, which references the second network domain as a proxy for the local domain. The system then synchronizes the via-domain description with devices of the first network domain, and synchronizes the proxy-domain description with devices of the second network domain. | 02-05-2015 |
20150029293 | Molded Textured Imaging Blanket Surface - Forming an imaging blanket for a printing apparatus includes depositing a patternable material over a substrate, etching the patternable material according to a desired exposure pattern, hardening the etched patternable material to thereby form a template surface comprising a desired template pattern of texture features, depositing a layer of curable liquid polymer over and in physical contact with the template surface, curing the liquid polymer to thereby form the imaging blanket, and removing the imaging blanket from the template surface to thereby expose a patterned imaging surface of the imaging blanket. The image blanket may thereby be provided with a desired texture surface, for example comprised of individual molded image blanket features, such as recesses or pillars, of a desired cross-sectional shape. The image blanket is configured for and may be disposed on an image forming member of a variable data lithography system. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027982 | Ultra-Fine Textured Digital Lithographic Imaging Plate and Method of Manufacture - A method of forming an imaging blanket for a printing apparatus comprises preparing a support structure (e.g., mold) for receipt of a polymer blanket compound, introducing the polymer blanket compound in liquid state over the support structure, curing the polymer blanket compound to produce an imaging blanket, releasing the imaging blanket from the support structure, and etching a surface of the imaging blanket to form a texture pattern therein, the surface forming an imaging surface of said imaging blanket. An imaging surface providing desirable dampening fluid retention is provided. Wet etch, dry etch or a combination of both may be used. The polymer may be a silicone compound, may include 3 percent by weight granular material. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027332 | Method of Making a Molded Textured Imaging Blanket Surface - Forming an imaging blanket for a printing apparatus includes depositing a patternable material over a substrate, etching the patternable material according to a desired exposure pattern, hardening the etched patternable material to thereby form a template surface comprising a desired template pattern of texture features, depositing a layer of curable liquid polymer over and in physical contact with the template surface, curing the liquid polymer to thereby form the imaging blanket, and removing the imaging blanket from the template surface to thereby expose a patterned imaging surface of the imaging blanket. The image blanket may thereby be provided with a desired texture surface, for example comprised of individual molded image blanket features, such as recesses or pillars, of a desired cross-sectional shape. The image blanket is configured for and may be disposed on an image forming member of a variable data lithography system. | 01-29-2015 |
20140369367 | Structure For Electron-Beam Pumped Edge-Emitting Device and Methods for Producing Same - A semiconductor light emitting device includes a light guiding structure, a light emitting layer disposed within the light guiding structure, and a structure for discharging excess electric charge within the device. The device may be excited by an electron beam, as opposed to an optical beam, to create electron-hole pairs. The light emitting layer is configured for light generation without requiring a p-n junction, and is therefore not embedded within nor part of a p-n junction. Doping with p-type species is obviated, reducing device loss and permitting operation at a short wavelengths, such as below 300 nm. Various structures, such as a top-side cladding layer, are disclosed for discharging beam-induced charge. A single device may be operated with multiple electron beam pumps, either to enable a relatively thick active layer or to drive multiple separate active layers. Cooperatively curved end facets accommodate for possible off-axis resonance within the active region(s). | 12-18-2014 |
20140351929 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING INTEREST FLOODING ATTACKS IN CONTENT-CENTRIC NETWORKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for mitigating interest flooding attacks in content-centric networks (CCNs). During operation, the system receives, at a physical interface of a router, an interest packet; obtains current interest satisfaction statistics associated with the physical interface; and determines whether to forward or drop the interest packet based on the current interest satisfaction statistics. | 11-27-2014 |
20140344709 | RULE-BASED MESSAGING AND DIALOG ENGINE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a message. During operation, the system receives user interaction event data. The user interaction event data describes explicit or implicit interactions of a user with a web application and/or mobile application. Next, the system modifies a graph describing the user's current context associated with the user based on an analysis of the user interaction event data, as interpreted by the system learning from previous processing of user interaction event data. The context graph includes information about the user's state, behavior, and interests, and some or all portions of the context graph may be shared between users. The system determines a set of rules associated with a group of users that includes the user, and then applies the determined set of rules to any context graph associated with the user to generate the message. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAME RESOLUTION ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURES - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for resolving a name request in a network comprising a plurality of groups that use different name-resolution schemes. During operation, the system receives, at a first group, the name request; identifies a parent group of the first group, which is a member of the parent group; and in response to failing to resolve the name request within the first group, forwards the name request to the identified parent group. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING QUITTING INTENTION BASED ON ELECTRONIC-COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS - A quitting-intention estimating system facilitates detecting an entity's intention to quit an organization. During operation, the system obtains recent electronic-communication information associated with the entity under investigation, such as an employee of a corporation, or a volunteer of a non-profit organization. The system can determine the entity's quitting intention by determining a plurality of recent communication features from the electronic-communication information, for example, by using a variety of feature-extracting modules that extract the features from the entity's electronic communications. The system then computes a quitting-intention value for the entity under investigation, using a quitting-intention estimating function that takes the recent communication features as input. The quitting-intention estimating function detects a change in the entity's behavior from previous communication features, and generates a quitting-intention value which indicates a likelihood that the change in the entity's behavior corresponds to an intention to quit the organization. | 11-20-2014 |
20140337264 | SCALABLE SPATIOTEMPORAL CLUSTERING OF HETEROGENEOUS EVENTS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for clustering heterogeneous events. During operation, the system finds a partition of events into clusters such that each cluster includes a set of events. In addition, the system estimates probability distributions for various properties of events associated with each cluster. The system obtains heterogeneous event data, and analyzes the heterogeneous event data to determine the distribution of event properties associated with clusters and to assign events to clusters. | 11-13-2014 |
20140336848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, TRACKING AND ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES FROM A MOBILE PLATFORM - A method and system for measurement of ground based vehicle speed includes a movable platform that includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) located in proximity to a roadway, the UAV operates under control and navigation of a UAV control unit, and the UAV also carries camera and monitoring equipment, the camera and monitoring equipment including an onboard computing system, and a camera with a wide angle lens and a camera with a telephoto lens, the cameras being mounted on a pan/tilt device. An algorithm operated by the on-board computing system is used to detect and track vehicles moving on a roadway. The algorithm is configured to detect and track the vehicles despite motion created by movement of the UAV. The cameras mounted on the pan/tilt device are moved under the direction of the computer vision algorithm to maintain a target vehicle of the detected moving vehicles in view, and the speed of the target vehicle is measured. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL MOTION BASED OBJECT SEGMENTATION AND TRACKING - The PMP Growth algorithm described herein provides for image tracking, segmentation and processing in environments where the camera system moves around a great deal, i.e., causing image jumps from one image frame to the next. It also is operative in systems where the objects themselves are making quick movements that alter their path. Attributes of the PMP Growth algorithm allow tracking systems using the PMP Growth algorithm to follow objects a long distance in a scene. This detection and tracking method is designed to track objects within a sequence of video image frames, and includes detecting keypoints in a current image frame of the video image frames, assigning local appearance features to the detected keypoints, establishing Point-Motion-Pairs between two successive image frames of the video image frames, and accumulating additional matches between image locations to form complete coherent motion object models of the objects being tracked. The segmentation aspect permits for the discovery of different coherently moving regions in the images. | 11-13-2014 |
20140325643 | DETECTING ANOMALIES IN WORK PRACTICE DATA BY COMBINING MULTIPLE DOMAINS OF INFORMATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for multi-domain clustering. During operation, the system collects domain data for at least two domains associated with users, wherein a domain is a source of data describing observable activities of a user. Next, the system estimates a probability distribution for a domain associated with the user. The system also estimates a probability distribution for a second domain associated with the user. Then, the system analyzes the domain data with a multi-domain probability model that includes variables for two or more domains to determine a probability distribution of each domain associated with the probability model and to assign users to clusters associated with user roles. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324751 | GENERALIZED CONTEXTUAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for providing user information to a recommender. During operation, the system receives, from the recommender, a registration for notification of changes to a context graph. The context graph includes information about user behavior and/or user interests. Next, the system receives, from a mobile device, event data derived from contextual data collected using detectors that detect the mobile device's physical surroundings. The system modifies the context graph based on the event data. The system then determines that the modification to the context graph matches the registration, and sends a notification of context graph change to the recommender. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320529 | VIEW STEERING IN A COMBINED VIRTUAL AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for assisting view-steering from a remote client machine. During operation, the system receives, at a local client from a collaboration server, a view-synchronization request for synchronizing a local scene displayed on the local client with a remote scene displayed on the remote client; generates, at the local client, a view-steering widget based on the view-synchronization request; and displays the view-steering widget on top of the local scene, thereby facilitating a local user of the local client to update the local scene displayed on the local machine in order to match the local scene to at least a portion of the remote scene displayed on the remote client machine. | 10-30-2014 |
20140317104 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Visual Search Construction, Document Triage, and Coverage Tracking - A computer-implemented system and method for visual search construction, document triage, and coverage tracking is provided. One or more search topics are received from a user. The search topics are positioned along a graph to generate a query. A search for resulting topics that are related to one or more of the search topics is conducted using the query. The topic results are displayed in the graph in relation to the placed search topics of the query. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317051 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Exploring And Filtering An Information Space Based On Attributes Via An Interactive Display - A computer-implemented system and method for exploring and filtering an information space based on attributes via an interactive display is provided. Entities related to an information space are retrieved. Attributes associated with the entities are identified. The entities are displayed as a list. A status representation of the entities and at least one attribute graph based on one of the attributes from the entity list are presented. A status of a user with respect to one or more of the entities is tracked. The status for the one or more entities is received from the user. The user status is applied to the status representation and the attribute graph. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING CONVERSATION AGENTS BASED ON USER CHARACTERISTICS - A conversation-simulating system facilitates simulating an intelligent conversation with a human user. During operation, the system can receive a user-statement from the user during a simulated conversation, and generates a set of automatic-statements that each responds to the user-statement. The system then determines a set of behavior-characteristics for the user, and computes relevance scores for the automatic-statements based on the behavior-characteristics. Each relevance score indicates an outcome quality that the user is likely to perceive for the automatic-statement as a response to the user-statement. The system selects an automatic-statement that has a highest relevance score from the set of automatic-statements, and provides the selected automatic-statement to the user. | 10-23-2014 |
20140311958 | TRAPPING STRUCTURES FOR A PARTICLE SEPARATION CELL - Trapping structures are provided for particle separation devices that make use of traveling wave fluid flow. These trapping structures are operative to capture and collect separated particles and present them for extraction. The extraction can be accomplished in conventional manners, such as through the use of suitable sized pipettes. | 10-23-2014 |
20140310013 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HOSTED SERVICES BASED ON A GENERALIZED MODEL OF A HEALTH/WELLNESS PROGRAM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for creating a health/wellness program on a generic health/wellness platform. During operation, the system receives, at the generic health/wellness platform, a set of definitions for the health/wellness program, constructs a program model for the health/wellness program, generates a program instance to be executed on the generic health/wellness platform, and associates the program instance to a number of health/wellness modules provided by the health/wellness platform. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305800 | SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM - There is disclosed an electrochemical cell for treating water comprising at least one water chamber configured to hold water to be treated; at least one redox electrode comprising reactants capable of accepting and having a reversible redox reaction with at least one negative ion in the water; at least one intercalation electrode capable of accommodating and intercalating at least one positive ion in the water, wherein the intercalation electrode is immersed in the water chamber or separated from the water chamber by an optional porous separator; and an anion exchange membrane separating the redox electrode from the water chamber. The cell can be used to desalinate water having a wide range of salinities, including sea water, and brackish water. The cell can also be used to collect salt, which can subsequently used to concentrate industrial brine. Methods for using the electrochemical cell to treat water, such as desalinate saline solutions are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for concentrated brine production for making salt. | 10-16-2014 |
20140289733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TASK SCHEDULING IN HETEROGENEOUS, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTE INFRASTRUCTURES VIA PERVASIVE DIAGNOSIS - A system and method schedules jobs in a cluster of compute nodes. A job with an unknown resource requirement profile is received. The job includes a plurality of tasks. Execution of some of the plurality of tasks is scheduled on compute nodes of the cluster with differing capability profiles. Timing information regarding execution time of the scheduled tasks is received. A resource requirement profile for the job is inferred based on the received timing information and the differing capability profiles. Execution of remaining tasks of the job is scheduled on the compute nodes of the cluster using the resource requirement profile. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289325 | ORDERED-ELEMENT NAMING FOR NAME-BASED PACKET FORWARDING - A name-based content-forwarding system generates an ordered-element name for a content item, and can process an interest to identify and perform an action that satisfies the interest. To generate the ordered-element name, the system generates one or more fixed-length elements for a content item, such that each fixed-length element of the ordered-element name is mapped to the content item or to a context associated with the content item. The system then generates the ordered-element name to include the one or more fixed-length elements so that the name elements are ordered from a highest matching priority to a lowest matching priority. The system can also generate a packet that includes the ordered-element name for the content item, and sends the packet to a target location that corresponds to the ordered-element name. | 09-25-2014 |
20140281938 | FINDING MULTIPLE FIELD GROUPINGS IN SEMI-STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS - A method is provided for parsing a semi-structured document having a plurality of document lines on which a series of items are listed, the listing of each item spanning one or more document lines. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate records, each candidate record spanning one or more lines of the document; defining a term representing an optimal cost of selecting a number n of candidate records to span the document lines up to a given ending document line i; efficiently evaluating the term over a first range of values for n and a second range of values for i; and selecting a subset of the plurality of candidate records as a global optimal parse of the document, wherein the subset selected is based on the evaluation of the defined term. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280621 | Conversation analysis of asynchronous decentralized media - The present disclosure provides a system that allows for the real-time and online monitoring of the exchanges between customers and a CRM team over social media. While crawling all messages exchanged over the social media by customers and CRM team, the system aggregates related messages exchanged between a given customer and the CRM team into a conversation. The system includes a linguistic framework for the analysis of conversations (based on the two linguistic theories of dialog acts and conversation analysis) to label the nature of the messages in a conversation or thread. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280078 | EFFICIENT GLOBALLY OPTIMAL INTERPRETATION OF DOCUMENTS - A method is provided for parsing a document having a plurality of lines on which items are listed spanning one or more lines. It includes: obtaining a plurality of candidates, representing hypothetical items within the document, each candidate spanning one or more lines and having a local cost representing a confidence in a quality of the candidate compared to a model; determining labeling costs for intervals of the document defined between pairs of lines, each interval containing candidates therein, each labeling cost reflecting a configuration of the candidates within the interval; identifying a best labeling for each interval based on the labeling costs determined for that interval, the best labeling corresponding to one of the configurations of the candidates within the interval; defining a global objective function; and selecting a subset of the candidates such that the global objective function is optimized, based on the identified best labelings. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278729 | MULTIPLE RESOLUTION VISUALIZATION OF DETECTED ANOMALIES IN CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT - One embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for presenting anomaly-detection outcomes associated with an organization to a user. The user interface includes a receiving mechanism configured to receive the anomaly-detection outcomes, a display that displays the anomaly-detection outcomes at a first resolution, and a command-receiving mechanism configured to receive commands from the user. In response to receiving a respective user command, the display is configured to display the anomaly-detection outcomes at a second resolution. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278272 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Synthesizing A Fixture Layout For A Part To Be Manufactured - Automated fixture layout is approached in two distinct stages. First, the spatial locations of clamping points on the work piece are determined to ensure immobility of the fixtured part under any infinitesimal perturbation. Second, spatial locations are matched against a user-specified library of reconfigurable clamps to synthesize a valid fixture layout or configuration that includes clamps that are accessible and collision free. The spatial locations matching during the second stage can be the same spatial locations chosen in the first stage to ensure immobility, or a different set of spatial locations. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277660 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Determining Spatial Locations Of Fixture Element Fixturing Points On A Part To Be Manufactured - Automated fixture layout is approached in two distinct stages. First, the spatial locations of clamping points on the work piece are determined to ensure immobility of the fixtured part under any infinitesimal perturbation. Second, spatial locations are matched against a user-specified library of reconfigurable clamps to synthesize a valid fixture layout or configuration that includes clamps that are accessible and collision free. The spatial locations matching during the second stage can be the same spatial locations chosen in the first stage to ensure immobility, or a different set of spatial locations. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273009 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS - The disclosure relates to compositions for use in assays, the compositions comprising at least one latent fluorophore including at least one enzyme-reactive quenching group and a conjugative group; and a support connectable to the latent fluorophore by the conjugative group. The disclosure further relates to methods of measuring the presence and/or concentration of an analyte, as well as methods of measuring the relative activity of at least two enzymes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272121 | Digital 3D Fabrication Using Multi-Layered Mold - A replica 3D structure is fabricated inside a multi-layered mold by patterning each mold layer to define a void/opening that matches a corresponding cross section of the structure's peripheral surface, and filling the patterned opening of each layer with a structural material (i.e., before depositing a subsequent layer of mold material). The mold material (e.g., photoresist or another dissolvable sacrificial material) is blanket deposited (e.g., by slot-die, spray coating) and then patterned using a laser or a printed mask. Each layer of modeling material (e.g., polymer, ceramic or metal, or a combination thereof) is electro-plated or otherwise deposited on the previously formed modeling material layer. High vertical resolution is achieved by utilizing relatively thin mold layers. The mold layer deposition, patterning and modeling material deposition is repeated until the replica 3D structure is entirely formed inside the multi-layered mold, and then the mold is dissolved or otherwise removed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268740 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE WITH CURED STRUCTURAL SUPPORT - A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes at least one LED assembly comprising a substrate and two or more LEDs configured to generate light spaced apart along the substrate. A cured structural coating is disposed on at least a portion of the LED assembly, wherein the cured structural coating is configured to maintain the LED assembly in a predetermined shape. The substrate of the LED assembly may comprise an elongated and/or flexible substrate. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268739 | LED LIGHT BULB WITH STRUCTURAL SUPPORT - A light emitting diode (LED) light bulb includes a base and at least one support structure coupled to the base. The support structure is formed into a shape that defines contours for a luminous surface and an open volume. The LED light bulb includes least one LED assembly comprising two or more electrically connected LEDs. The LED assembly is attached to and in physical contact with the support structure along a length of the support structure to form the luminous surface. The support structure has openings between neighboring segments of the LED assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268596 | Flexible Metal Interconnect Structure - A flexible metal interconnect structure for transmitting signals between IC devices in flexible electronic devices is formed between two compliant flexible material layers that are laminated together form a multi-layer flexible substrate. The interconnect structure is formed by two rows of spaced-apart conductive pads (metal islands) attached to the inside (facing) surfaces of the flexible material layers. Compliant micro-contact elements such as micro-springs provide sliding metal pressure contacts that maintain electrical connections between the islands during stretching of the composite sheet. Specifically, at least two micro-contact elements are attached to each metal island in one of the rows, with one element in sliding pressure contact with an associated first metal island in the opposing row and the second element in sliding pressure contact with an associated second metal island. The islands and sliding contacts can be patterned into high density traces that accommodate large strains. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED CELLULAR MANUFACTURING WITH OUTSOURCING GROUP CONSTRAINTS - To preserve job integrity and minimize multi-site coordination overhead such as shipping, a technique to control the amount of outsourcing activities in a distributed manufacturing environment is provided. This approach to multi-site scheduling allows outsourcing control for distributed cellular manufacturing based on scheduling constraints called outsourcing group constraints. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268077 | A FLOW LITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE TO FORM MICROSTRUCTURES USING OPTICAL ARRAYS - A continuous flow projection lithography system to form microstructures using an optical array incorporated in a continuous coating process is provided. A mask is placed at a distance from the array. Each element of the array projects one image of the mask onto a substrate, effectively forming an array thereon. A coating process allows flows that can be used to define functional regions of particles or supporting layers that prevent adhesion of crosslinked polymers to surfaces. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCER IN PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - A measurement device for measuring a response to actuation of an electro-mechanical transducer in a print head assembly for an inkjet printing system includes a sensing circuit and a measurement circuit. The sensing circuit provides a path to system ground for the transducer. The transducer is associated with an ink chamber in the print head assembly. The transducer is configured to transfer energy to contents of the chamber in response to an actuation of the transducer in conjunction with electronics controller and waveform amplifier modules of the printing system. The measurement circuit monitors a ground signal at a transducer-side of the sensing circuit and a reference signal at a system ground-side of the sensing circuit. The measurement circuit generates a difference signal indicative of a difference between the ground and reference signals. Various embodiments of methods for measuring the response and additional embodiments of devices are provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265848 | Micro-Plasma Generation Using Micro-Springs - An ionic wind engine unit for cooling semiconductor circuit assemblies includes a curved micro-spring and an associated electrode that are maintained apart at an appropriate gap distance such that, when subjected to a sufficiently high voltage potential (i.e., as determined by Peek's Law), current crowding at the spring's tip portion creates an electrical field that sufficiently ionizes neutral molecules in a portion of the air-filled region surrounding the tip portion to generate a micro-plasma event. In one engine type the electrode is a metal pad, and in a second engine type the electrode is a second micro-spring. Ionic wind cooling is generated, for example, between an IC die and a base substrate in a flip-chip arrangement, by controlling multiple engines disposed on the facing surfaces to produce an air current in the air gap region separating the IC device and base substrate. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264436 | SOLUTION PROCESSED NEUTRON DETECTOR - A low-cost neutron detector is formed on a substrate includes a sensor formed by an active material layer sandwiched between two electrodes, and a neutron capture layer formed in close proximity to (i.e., over and/or under) the sensor. The sensor active material layer includes a bulk heterojunction or bilayer structure that is formed by depositing particulate solutions incorporating at least one type of high atomic number nanoparticle using low-temperature (i.e., below 400° C.) solution processing techniques. The sensor electrode material and neutron capture material are similarly disposed in associated solutions (e.g., conductive inks) that are also deposited using low-temperature solution processing techniques, whereby the fabrication process can be carried out on low-cost flexible substrate material (e.g., PET) using high efficiency roll-to-roll production techniques. The neutron capture material is optionally patterned as an array of pillars, and the active layer materials are backfilled between the pillars. | 09-18-2014 |
20140264080 | PHASE-CHANGE ENABLED FLOW FIELD VISUALIZATION - A system and method for visualization of fluid flow, includes a light emitting arrangement configured to emit a focused light, a fluid channel configured to hold a fluid including a carrier liquid and a stimuli responsive polymer, wherein the fluid flows though the fluid channel, and an image recording arrangement. The light emitting arrangement is positioned to emit the focused light into a selected area of the fluid channel to interact with the flowing stimuli responsive polymer within the selected area. This results in a phase change to a portion of the stimuli responsive polymer. The image recording arrangement is positioned to record an image the portion of the phase changed stimuli responsive polymer made visible by the phase change. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262973 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STACKING AND SEALING HYDRODYNAMIC SEPARATION LAYERS - An assembly for a high output hydrodynamic separation unit includes, in one form, several components or parts. Top and bottom plates serve as caps for and distribute force through layers of separation channels. The compressive forces seal the channels and prevent leakage from the channels. An optional middle plate may also be provided to create smaller subsets of the layers of separation channels. At least one connector is provided to the combination of components to compress the layers of separation channels. In a variation, an optional outer shell may encase the unit to provide support and compress the stack with a unique threaded configuration. | 09-18-2014 |
20140258186 | Generic Programming for Diagnostic Models - A system for compiling a machine operable diagnostic system includes a header unit, a component unit, an effects unit, a test unit, and an instantiation unit. The header unit identifies general properties of a system from a generic description in an electronic format which includes at least one category of a plurality of variations. The component unit identifies a plurality of components of a modeled system from the generic description, and adds and separates the plurality of variations to the plurality of components, and each identified component includes at least one type of failure and a probability of the at least one type of failure. The effects unit identifies from the generic description a plurality of observable effects, each observable effect corresponding to at least one type of failure for at least one component. The test unit identifies from the generic description a plurality of tests and test outcomes designed to elicit the observable effects. The instantiation unit constructs a procedural instantiation of the machine operable diagnostic system based on the general properties, the identified components, the identified observable effects, and the identified tests and test outcomes. | 09-11-2014 |
20140249742 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Spontaneously Identifying And Directing Users To Available Parking Spaces - A computer-implemented system and method for spontaneously identifying and directing motorists to available parking spaces is provided. Parking spaces are tracked to determine a status of each space. A destination of a user is received. At least one parking space is identified as available and near the destination of the user. An estimated arrival time of the user to the available parking space is determined. An arrival threshold is applied to the estimated arrival time of the user and a reservation offer for the available space is sent to the user when the estimated arrival time satisfies the arrival threshold. | 09-04-2014 |
20140244528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FRAUD MEASUREMENTS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION - A fraud-detection system facilitates detecting fraudulent entities by computing weighted fraud-detecting scores for the individual entities. During operation, the system can obtain fraud warnings for a plurality of entities, and for a plurality of fraud types. The system computes, for a respective entity, a fraud-detection score which indicates a normalized cost of fraudulent transactions from the respective entity. The system then determines, from the plurality of entities, one or more anomalous entities whose fraud-detection score indicates anomalous behavior. The system can determine an entity that is likely to be fraudulent by comparing the entity's fraud-detection score to fraud-detection scores for other entities. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238484 | N-TYPE SILICON SOLAR CELL WITH CONTACT/PROTECTION STRUCTURES - A solar cell is formed on an n-type semiconductor substrate having a p+ emitter layer by forming spaced-apart contact/protection structures on the emitter layer, depositing a blanket dielectric passivation layer over the substrate's upper surface, utilizing laser ablation to form contact openings through the dielectric layer that expose corresponding contact/protection structures, and then forming metal gridlines on the upper surface of the dielectric layer that are electrically connected to the contact structures by way of metal via structures extending through associated contact openings. The contact/protection structures serve both as protection against substrate damage during the contact opening formation process (i.e., to prevent damage of the p+ emitter layer caused by the required high energy laser pulses), and also serve as optional suicide sources that facilitate optimal contact between the metal gridlines and the p+ emitter layer. | 08-28-2014 |
20140231745 | P-SIDE LAYERS FOR SHORT WAVELENGTH LIGHT EMITTERS - A light emitting device includes a p-side heterostructure having a short period superlattice (SPSL) formed of alternating layers of Al | 08-21-2014 |
20140216141 | Piezo Actuated Fluid Dispenser Fluid Characterization - A technique, including a system and a method, for measuring a fluid property using a piezo-actuated fluid dispenser, is disclosed. The technique includes generating a pressure wave in a channel in the piezo-actuated fluid dispenser using a piezo element, detecting, using the piezo element, a residual pressure oscillation in the channel caused by the generating, obtaining a resonance frequency of the pressure oscillation, and determining, using the resonance frequency, the fluid property. | 08-07-2014 |
20140204171 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INK-BASED DIGITAL PRINTING USING IMAGING PLATE HAVING REGULAR TEXTURED SURFACE FOR REDUCED PULLBACK - An ink-based digital printing apparatus includes an imaging member having a surface layer with regular texture. The regular texture includes an array of microstructures such as cavities. Methods include forming the imaging member textured surface using photolithography and molding processes. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203783 | Monitoring/Managing Electrochemical Energy Device Using Detected Intercalation Stage Changes - A system includes utilizes optical sensors arranged within or on portions of an electrochemical energy device (e.g., a rechargeable Li-ion battery, supercapacitor or fuel cell) to measure operating parameters (e.g., mechanical strain and/or temperature) of the electrochemical energy device during charge/recharge cycling. The measured parameter data is transmitted by way of light signals along optical fibers to a controller, which converts the light signals to electrical data signal using a light source/analyzer. A processor then extracts temperature and strain data features from the data signals, and utilizes a model-based process to detect intercalation stage changes (i.e., characteristic crystalline structure changes caused by certain concentrations of guest species, such as Li-ions, within the electrode material of the electrochemical energy device) indicated by the data features. The detected intercalation stage changes are used to generate highly accurate operating state information (e.g., state-of-charge and state-of-health), and management/control signals for optimizing charge/discharge rates. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202665 | INTEGRATED THIN FILM EVAPORATION THERMAL SPREADER AND PLANAR HEAT PIPE HEAT SINK - A heat dissipation device and method provides thermal spreading and cooling for a heat-producing body. A thin film evaporator in thermal communication with the heat-producing body removes heat from the heat-producing body using a working fluid. A heat pipe integrated with the thin film evaporator, and extending from the thin film evaporator, dissipates heat removed by the thin film evaporator to the external environment of the heat dissipation device. A pumping element at least one of: 1) pumps working fluid to the thin film evaporator; and 2) augments transfer of working fluid to the thin film evaporator. | 07-24-2014 |
20140200960 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING RECRUITMENT - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for recruiting individuals with a desired socio-demographic distribution. During operation, the system receives the desired socio-demographic distribution, obtains a seed sample comprising a plurality of participants, calculates a socio-demographic distribution associated with the seed sample, calculates an incentive provided to a user for recruiting an individual with a desired socio-demographic attribute, and presents the incentive to the user, thereby motivating the user to recruit the individual with the desired socio-demographic attribute. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200553 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTRALUMINAL RETENTION AND DRUG DELIVERY - Retention devices and methods are provided for drug delivery. The device may include a housing configured for intraluminal deployment into a human or animal subject and at least one reservoir contained within the housing. The at least one reservoir may have an actuation end and a release end and contain at least one drug formulation. A plug may be contained within the at least one reservoir and be moveable from the actuation end toward the release end. The device may also include an actuation system operably connected to the actuation end of the at least one reservoir and configured to drive the at least one drug formulation from the reservoir. The device may also include at least one retention member affixed to the housing and movable between a non-stressed position, a deployment position, and a retention position for retaining the device in an intraluminal location in the subject. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198900 | HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY IMAGING WITH THIN, FLEXIBLE DIGITAL SENSORS - An x-ray sensor has a first x-ray transducer layer on a first side of the substrate, and a second x-ray transducer layer on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side of the substrate, and a sensor array of pixels between the first x-ray transducer layer and at least a portion of the substrate, the sensor array connected to the first and second x-ray transducer layers. | 07-17-2014 |
20140197113 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS (HAB) AND TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES (TEP) - A mobile HEB and TEP mitigation device includes a mobile body capable of movement within or upon a body of water. Located within the mobile body is a hydrodynamic separation system which includes a water inlet, a hydrodynamic separation unit and a collection tank. The hydrodynamic separation unit includes two outputs, one for a clean stream output line containing clean water and arranged to re-circulate the clean water, and another for a concentrate stream output line, the concentrate stream output line configured to place concentrated water containing potentially harmful bio-organic materials into the collection tank. Also included on the mobile body is a power source and an engine/steering unit, wherein the steering portion of the engine/steering unit provides a capacity to move the mobile body in an intended direction. The mitigation device may also be used as an embedded part of an on-shore arrangement. | 07-17-2014 |
20140195543 | System And Method For Providing Orientation Into Subject Areas Of Digital Information For Augmented Communities - A system and method for providing orientation into subject areas of digital information for augmented communities is provided. Topics are provided for subject areas. Each subject area is associated with an augmented community and each topic is hierarchically organized under a fine-grained topic category. Evergreen indexes are maintained and includes topic models that are each matched to topics associated with each augmented community. Interrelatedness of the evergreen indexes is determined by identifying the topics found in the topic hierarchy for each evergreen index that are shared. A social network including neighbors made up of each augmented community associated with each interrelated evergreen index is formed. A user interest is determined and each of the plurality of topic models for the evergreen indexes is evaluated against the digital information. Access to the digital information via the identified best matched evergreen index and the identified other evergreen index is provided. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195283 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Offering Merchant And Shopper-Friendly Parking Reservations Through Tourist Privileges - A computer-implemented system and method for offering merchant and shopper-friendly parking reservations through tourist privileges is provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a tourist area of an urban environment are managed through a server. Smart parking devices and vehicle occupancy sensors are each proximate to at least one of the parking spaces. Tourist parking identification cards are issued to an agency authorized to provide tourist parking privileges, which are then provided to the visitors. The parking identification cards are activated by pairing each identification card with a digital ticket issued to the agency. The parking spaces are managed by sensing occupancy of one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor and by determining an identity of the driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195282 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Offering Customer Priority Parking Reservations - A system and method for offering customer priority parking reservations. Motor vehicle parking spaces are provided through a server. The server respectively interfaces with smart parking devices, vehicle occupancy sensors, and parking availability indicators that are each associated with the parking spaces. The parking spaces are reserved by accepting a request for a customer priority parking reservation from a merchant for a reservation period. Use of the parking space is managed through the server by activating the parking availability indicators associated with the reserved parking spaces, sensing occupancy of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle through the vehicle occupancy sensor, and retrieving and providing an identity of the driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device to the server. The use of the parking space is validated from the merchant through the server. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195281 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Information Through A Display Of Parking Devices - A computer-implemented system and method for providing information through a display of parking devices is provided. A multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces is managed through a server. Smart parking devices, vehicle occupancy sensors, and parking availability indicators are associated with at least one of the parking spaces. Use of the parking spaces is managed through the server. The parking availability indicators associated with the parking spaces are activated. Occupancy of at least one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle is sensed through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor and the location of the parking space is provided to the server. An identity of the driver of the motor vehicle is determined through the nearest smart parking device and the identity of the driver is provided to the server. Information associated with the identity of the driver is displayed on the smart parking device. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195280 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Facilitating Rental Of Private Parking Space By An Urban Resident - A computer-implemented system and method for facilitating rental of a private parking space by an urban resident are provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a residential area are managed through a server. Smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Parking availability indicators that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. The parking spaces are supplemented with a private parking space under legitimate control by a resident of the residential area. Use of the private parking space is managed through the server and the smart parking device nearest to the private parking space. Parking availability the parking spaces is indicated through the nearest parking availability indicator. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195279 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Guest Parking Reservations - A computer-implemented system and method for providing guest parking reservations are provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a residential area are managed through a server. Smart parking devices and vehicle occupancy sensors that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Use of one of the parking spaces for a guest of a resident of the area is reserved. A request for a reservation is accepted and that the resident is eligible to reserve the space is confirmed. The request is granted provided the parking space is available over any other reservations in the server. Use of the parking space is managed. Occupancy of the parking space by a vehicle is sensed through the nearest sensor. An identity of a motorist is verified through the nearest parking device. The use of the parking space is denied if not by the guest. | 07-10-2014 |
20140193929 | Integrated Reflector and Thermal Spreader and Thermal Spray Fabrication Method - A low-cost integrated reflector and heat spreader for high-density high power solid-state (e.g., LED) lighting arrays includes a base structure onto which is applied a sacrificial material. A relatively thick thermal spray coating is applied over the base structure and sacrificial material. The sacrificial material is removed. A channel(s) is thereby provided within the thermal spray coating layer and in physical contact with the base structure. The channel may be filled with a cooling fluid. A pulsating heat pipe heat spreader may thereby be provided. A reflective material may be provided either over another surface of the base structure or alternatively over the thermal spray coating layer to provide a surface for reflecting and directing light emitted from a solid state light source that may be secured to the integrated reflector and heat spreader. | 07-10-2014 |
20140186700 | ADVANCED, HIGH POWER AND ENERGY BATTERY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED BY CO-EXTRUSION PRINTING - A battery has an anode, a separator adjacent the anode, and a cathode adjacent the separator opposite the anode, the cathode comprising interdigitated stripes of materials, one of the materials forming a pore channel. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186698 | THREE DIMENSIONAL CO-EXTRUDED BATTERY ELECTRODES - A three dimensional electrode structure having a first layer of interdigitated stripes of material oriented in a first direction, and a second layer of interdigitated stripes of material oriented in a second direction residing on the first layer of interdigitated stripes of material. A method of manufacturing a three dimensional electrode structure includes depositing a first layer of interdigitated stripes of an active material and an intermediate material on a substrate in a first direction, and depositing a second layer of interdigitated stripes of the active material and the intermediate material on the first layer in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186697 | STRUCTURES FOR INTERDIGITATED FINGER CO-EXTRUSION - An electrode structure has an interdigitated layer of at least a first material and a second material, the second material having either higher or similar electrical conductivity of the first material and being more ionically conductivity than the first material, a cross-section of the two materials being non-rectangular. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186519 | CO-EXTRUSION PRINT HEAD FOR MULTI-LAYER BATTERY STRUCTURES - A co-extrusion print head capable of extruding at least two layers vertically in a single pass having a first inlet port connected to a first manifold, a first series of channels connected to the first inlet port arranged to receive a first fluid from the first inlet port, a second inlet port connected to one of either a second manifold or the first manifold, a second series of channels connected to the second inlet port arranged to receive a second fluid from the second inlet port, a merge portion of the print head connected to the first and second series of channels, the merge portion arranged to receive the first and second fluids, and an outlet port connected to the merge portion, the outlet port arranged to deposit the first and second fluids from the merge portion as a vertical stack on a substrate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140181214 | GENERATION-BASED UPDATE CACHING FOR ROBUST SCALABLE DISTRIBUTED GIBBS SAMPLING - A system includes a plurality of processors programmed to perform distributed, iterative computations on aggregate statistics of a data set. Each of the processors maintains global statistics describing the data set. The processors are programmed to iteratively perform a plurality of Gibbs sampling sweeps over a corresponding subset of the data set to update the corresponding global statistics. The processors are further programmed to maintain differential vectors representing the changes made to the global statistics by local computation. These can be broadcast to other processors to create a consistent global statistic across processors. The differential vectors can be saved for a number of past generations to provide updates for slow processors, processors that have been down for some time and newly added processors to the network. Additional methods are described for efficiently compressing multiple differential vector updates in to a smaller number of equally informative updates. | 06-26-2014 |
20140180971 | Computer-Implemented System and Method for Building an Implicit Music Recommendation - A computer-implemented system and method for building an implicit music recommendation is presented. Listening habits and selections of a recommender are monitored. A determination that the recommender has repeatedly listened to a particular music selection is made. A recommendation is generated for the repeated music selection. The recommendation is transmitted to one or more recipients on behalf of the recommender. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179408 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING GAME COMPONENTS BASED ON A USER'S PROFILE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for adjusting a number of game mechanics associated with a game system. During operation, the system obtains a psychosocial profile associated with a user, adjusts the game mechanics based on the obtained psychosocial profile, and updates the game system based on the adjusted game mechanics. | 06-26-2014 |