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20150173680 | Sensor Electrodes in a Bio-compatible Device - A method may involve providing a conductive pattern on a bio-compatible layer. The conductive pattern may include a first conductive layer that comprises a first metal and a second conductive layer that comprises a second metal. The second conductive layer may be over the first conductive layer, and the first metal may be more malleable than the second metal. The method may also include mounting an electrical component to the conductive pattern to provide an electrochemical sensor. The electrochemical sensor may be configured for use in a body-mountable device. | 06-25-2015 |
20160055694 | ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE SHARING SYSTEM BASED ON BIOMETRIC IDENTITY - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for managing access to a shared resource based on identity that is established by use of biometric data. A biometric locking device (i.e., a “b-lock”) can be used to restrict access to a shared resource, such as a house, a car, etc. In some embodiments, the b-lock can establish an identity of a user based on biometric data obtained by a biometric sensor of the b-lock, and can register the biometric data. After the biometric data is registered, the user can scan, e.g., his finger using the biometric sensor of the b-lock, and the b-lock can verify that the biometric data obtained based on the scan of the finger matches the registered biometric data. Once verified, the b-lock can unlock a locking mechanism of the b-lock to enable the user to access the shared resource. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055695 | ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE SHARING PLATFORM BASED ON BIOMETRIC IDENTITY - Disclosed are an apparatus and method that enables an owner/administrator to manage access to a shared resource based on identity that is established by use of biometric data. For example, access to a shared physical resource can be restricted via use of a biometric locking device. An access management platform can be used to authorize a new user to access the shared resource. Once authorized, the new user can unlock the biometric locking device based on, for example, fingerprint data of his finger. The access management platform can similarly be used to manage access to a virtual shared resource, such as an online account. A virtual locking device, such as a computer that acts as an intermediary between the user and the online account, can be used to restrict access to the online account. The access management platform can enable the user to access the online account based on biometric data. | 02-25-2016 |
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20100106578 | SHAREHOLDER REWARD SYSTEM - A system for providing an offer from multiple sources to a user promoting a reward upon satisfying conditions of the offer. The system electronically receives data indicating that a user has selected an offer to receive a reward from an issuer of stock or an intermediary based on stock ownership. Upon identifying the conditions of the offer, the system determines whether the conditions of the offer are satisfied using stock ownership and/or purchase data associated with the user stored in a shareholder database that aggregates ownership information from multiple sources. The stock purchase data stored in the shareholder database represents stock ownership records that are based on multiple sources including among others: purchases made by the user via one or more investment accounts, gifts or grants of stock or convertible instruments, and stock purchased by the user directly from an issuer of stock or on the open-market through the system. When the conditions of the offer are satisfied based on the stock purchase data stored in the shareholder database, the system determines the reward associated with the offer and delivers the reward to the user. | 04-29-2010 |
20130080351 | Web And Social Media Platform For Selling IPO Stock To Large Numbers Of Issuer's Customers - A web and social media-based, fully automated offering of stock such as an Initial Public Offering (IPO) allows retail investors to participate with small amounts of money, while allowing issuing companies to build customer loyalty, and while complying with securities regulations. Several days before the offering date, users enroll in the offering via an enrollment user interface, providing a non-binding amount to invest. A preliminary prospectus, including an expected price range of the shares, is provided, and a suitability algorithm is performed. An IPO deposit is transferred from a payment source to an escrow account. A countdown clock to a time of the offering is provided. During a limited time window, the users can confirm or change the non-binding amount. After the time window, the shares are allocated. Enrollment in a post-IPO Customer Stock Ownership Plan (CSOP) and/or a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) is also facilitated. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080385 | Asynchronous Replication Of Databases Of Peer Networks - User data is shared among servers or server farms, referred to transaction nodes. A user is assigned to one of multiple transaction nodes as its home when the user enrolls in a web-based service. Each transaction nodes maintains records of the users assigned to it, including blocks which are formed when a specified number of new users are assigned. A block hash value is computed based on row hash values, where one row is provided for each user. A transaction node advertises its block identifiers when there is a changed full or partial block, or at other times, to allow other transaction nodes to request a block they do not have. Changed blocks can also be advertised with their recomputed block hash value. Advertisements can be provided to transaction nodes actively accepting new users, and to a subset of transaction nodes which are deactivated and not accepting new users. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080635 | Massively Scalable Electronic Gating System - Access by users to transaction servers is restricted or gated by an access-control network, in situations in which a large number of users need to access the servers in a short amount of time. A user's computing device establishes a place in a wait process by contacting a wait server in the access control network and receiving a cookie file with an arrival stamp. The user's computing device periodically contacts with the wait node with the cookie file to determine if the user's turn is up. Each wait server maintains a model of estimated arrival times of users to provide a dynamically updated estimated wait time, and increments a demarcation value which dictates when a user is allowed to access a transaction server. When the user's turn is up, the wait server provides a URL of a transaction server to the user's computing device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130081125 | User Login With Redirect To Home Network - A login browser form allows a user to securely login to an account and access a web-based service at a server or server farm, referred to as a transaction node, without using a separate authentication or single sign-on server. A user is assigned to one of multiple transaction nodes as its home when the user enrolls in the web-based service. In a subsequent attempt to login, the user may land at the home transaction node or at a non-home transaction node. The transaction node serves the login browser form, including code to cause the web browser to transmit the user login id to the transaction node. If the transaction node determines that it is not the user's home, based on its records of user assignments, it identifies the home and configures the web browser to direct future communications to the home. The user's password is not sent to the non-home. | 03-28-2013 |
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20100199449 | BASTING BRUSH - The present invention provides a basting brush including a plurality of silicone bristles of varying size. | 08-12-2010 |
20100326856 | Herb keeper - The present invention provides a herb keeper that allows a user to easily access the herbs, or other items, kept within it. | 12-30-2010 |
20110079155 | CORING DEVICE - A coring device is provided and in particular a coring device for coring cupcakes or similar food items. The coring device may comprise a body defining a channel therein; a plunger, received within the channel and configured to slide therein; and a flange, extending around at least a portion of the body. The body has a first and second end, at least one of which defines a cutting edge. The body and the flange may be a unitary construction. | 04-07-2011 |
20140319862 | TONGS WITH TEETH - There is provided a pair of tongs for grasping items comprising a pair of gripping ends, having a silicone and/or plastic exterior surface, where a first of the pair of gripping ends further comprises a set of metal teeth projecting toward the second of the pair of gripping ends. Each of the first and second of the pair of gripping ends may comprises a body core at least partially covered by a (silicone) coating. In one embodiment, teeth are embedded within a plastic core. In another, the core comprises a metal frame from which the teeth project. The set of teeth may be spaced from a periphery of the gripping end. The second of the pair of gripping ends may also comprise metal teeth projecting toward the first of the pair of gripping ends. | 10-30-2014 |
20140367500 | FOOD GRATER CUTTING SURFACE - A food grater having a cutting with a proximal end and a distal end and a midline has a plurality of teeth thrilled on the cutting surface. The plurality of teeth each have a cutting edge and form a plurality of rows of teeth positioned between the proximal end and the distal end of the cutting surface. The cutting edges of the teeth and the rows of teeth are configured to urge a food item towards the midline of the cutting surface when the food item is engaged with the cutting surface and moved in contact with the cutting surface in a cutting direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the cutting surface. | 12-18-2014 |
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20130151615 | SHARING PERSONALLY OWNED MEDIA WITH PEERS VIA SOCIAL GRAPHS - Configurations for providing a personal media catalog or catalog including different types of media that is owned by a user to enable renting or lending to the user's contact within the user's social graph. The personal media catalog can be provided within a given online social network that can be viewed by the user's contacts. The personal media catalog can be included in the user's profile or in a separate page within the online social network. Additionally, the personal media catalog can be presented in a format facilitates browsing of one or more items in the personal media catalog (e.g., cover flow, gallery, slideshow, etc.). The personal media catalog can one or more different types of media that are available to be rented or lent to the user's contacts, including different types of packaged media (e.g., books, compact discs, digital video discs, magazines, records, tapes, etc.) or electronic/downloadable media. | 06-13-2013 |
20150212694 | INTERNET BROWSER ZOOMING - A computer-implemented method for increasing a size of content associated with a frame of a web page displayed in a web browser is provided. The method includes determining that the web page contains a plurality of frames, wherein each frame contains content comprising text or image data. The method further includes receiving an indication of selection of one of the plurality of frames and performing a zoom operation for content of the selected one of the plurality of frames. The method further refrains from performing the zoom operation for content of the frames other than the selected one of the plurality of frames. | 07-30-2015 |