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Adam Wesley Horn, Kansas City, MO US
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20120290542 | MANAGING LARGE DATASETS OBTAINED THROUGH A SURVEY-DATA-ACQUISITION PROCESS - The invention generally relates to enabling the management of survey data. One embodiment includes providing an upload description that describes characteristics of survey data to be uploaded, assigning a thread to process a group of files that store aspects of the survey data, dividing the file into data chunks, deriving from a given data chunk a corresponding data-integrity value and respectively associating the same with the given data chunk, communicating the data chunks to a remote storage device, utilizing the corresponding data-integrity values to ensure successful communication of the data chunk, and spatially storing the survey data such that it is retrievable upon a request that describes a geographic area of interest. | 11-15-2012 |
20130086215 | MANAGING LARGE DATASETS OBTAINED THROUGH A SURVEY-DATA-ACQUISITION PROCESS - The invention generally relates to enabling the management of survey data. One embodiment includes providing an upload description that describes characteristics of survey data to be uploaded, assigning a thread to process a group of files that store aspects of the survey data, dividing the file into data chunks, deriving from a given data chunk a corresponding data-integrity value and respectively associating the same with the given data chunk, communicating the data chunks to a remote storage device, utilizing the corresponding data-integrity values to ensure successful communication of the data chunk, and spatially storing the survey data such that it is retrievable upon a request that describes a geographic area of interest. | 04-04-2013 |
20130198146 | MANAGING LARGE DATASETS OBTAINED THROUGH A SURVEY-DATA-ACQUISITION PROCESS - The invention generally relates to enabling the management of survey data. One embodiment includes providing an upload description that describes characteristics of survey data to be uploaded, assigning a thread to process a group of files that store aspects of the survey data, dividing the file into data chunks, deriving from a given data chunk a corresponding data-integrity value and respectively associating the same with the given data chunk, communicating the data chunks to a remote storage device, utilizing the corresponding data-integrity values to ensure successful communication of the data chunk, and spatially storing the survey data such that it is retrievable upon a request that describes a geographic area of interest. | 08-01-2013 |
Allister Horn, Brighton, VT US
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20110285109 | SPLITBOARD WITH TRUNCATED EDGING - A splitboard is disclosed comprising two longitudinal halves, each longitudinal halve comprising inner sidewalls partially wrapped in metal edging to reduce performance inefficiencies associated with metal edging spanning the length of the inner sidewalls. | 11-24-2011 |
Angela Marie Horn, Minneapolis, MN US
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20120095891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROBATE CLAIM IDENTIFICATION AND MERGING - Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for probate claim identification and merging. One such embodiment includes processing, utilizing a computer processor, debtor account records stored in an account database to match debtor account records with probate estate records stored in a probate estate database. Upon identification of a match of a debtor account record with a probate estate record, the debtor account record may be associated with the probate estate record. Subsequently a claims process may be executed to generate claims against probate estates. Generating such a claim, when two or more accounts are identified for a single debtor, may consist of generating a single claim against the probate estate of the debtor. The single claim is for each of a plurality of accounts of the debtor of a particular client. | 04-19-2012 |
Berthold K.p. Horn, Intervale, NH US
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20100027739 | Phase-Contrast X-Ray Imaging - Phase-contrast imaging is performed by directing radiation from a plurality of pinhole sources through a a phase object to be imaged, wherein the phase object includes a first composition that produces a phase shift in the radiation relative to radiation passing through a second composition in the phase object and detecting a phase-contrast image of the radiation after it passes through the phase object. The phase-contrast image is then decoded to generate an image of the phase object in which the first composition is distinguished from the second composition. | 02-04-2010 |
20110093177 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Motor Vehicle Traffic Flow Instabilities and Increasing Vehicle Throughput - A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing traffic flow instabilities and increasing vehicle throughput by monitoring the distances and velocities of motor vehicles leading and following a center vehicle and controlling the velocities of the vehicles to maintain a steady relative distance between the center vehicle and the leading and following vehicles. Using distance and speed information derived from both leading and following vehicles reduces the loop gain of feedback needed below one ( | 04-21-2011 |
20140236449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW INSTABILITIES AND INCREASING VEHICLE THROUGHPUT - A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing traffic flow instabilities and increasing vehicle throughput by monitoring the distances and velocities of motor vehicles leading and following a center vehicle and controlling the velocities of the vehicles to maintain a steady relative distance between the center vehicle and the leading and following vehicles. Using distance and speed information derived from both leading and following vehicles reduces the loop gain of feedback needed below one ( | 08-21-2014 |
Billy L. Horn, Rapid City, SD US
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20100229349 | Button attachment awl - Embodiments of a button attachment awl are disclosed which may be used to attach a button to a garment without using a needle and thread. The awl has a pointed forward end and a rearward slanting notch rearward of the point. A connector with outward flaring fingers fits into the notch. The point of the awl and the connector fingers are pushed through a button hole and the cloth. The fingers distort sufficiently to fit through the button hole and the cloth and then flare outward to prevent the connector from being pulled back through the holes. | 09-16-2010 |
Bruce W. Horn, Albany, GA US
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20120183507 | Non-Toxigenic Strains of Aspergillus Flavus for Control of Aflatoxin Contamination in Crops - Non-toxigenic strains of | 07-19-2012 |
Charles R. Horn, Jacksonville Beach, FL US
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20110271619 | WALL ATTACHMENT SYSTEM COMPRISED OF A WOOD FASTENER AND METHOD INVOLVING SUSPENSION - A wood fastener according to principles of the invention comprises a wood unit having at least one upper and one lower groove. The grooves are offset. The grooves have sufficient depth and width to allow a nail or similar fastener to extend therethrough and also allow passage of a reciprocating saw blade. The side ends are trimmed to mesh with furring strips. The fastener includes one or more starter holes to facilitate use by guiding placement and insertion of screws or nails. In use, the fastener attaches a movable wall to bracing provided in finished walls and ceilings of a room. To facilitate removal of the fastener for rearrangement of the wall, nails or screws extending through the grooved sections of the fastener may be cut using a reciprocating saw. A method for using the fastener is also provided. | 11-10-2011 |
Christopher K. Horn, Plymouth, MI US
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20090200831 | ARMREST SUPPORT BRACKET FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES - A support bracket for an armrest assembly having a pull-handle or pull-cup is provided for use in a motorized vehicle. The support bracket includes a generally horizontal support member configured to extend, at least in part, adjacent to or through an internal cavity of the pull-handle/pull-cup. The support bracket also includes at least two, but preferably three leg members spaced apart from one another and operatively attached at respective first ends to the support member. Each leg member extends downward from the support member in an oblique manner to attach at a respective second end to an inner support panel. The leg members are configured to sustain a predetermined minimum vertical loading condition, and controllably deform under a predetermined threshold lateral loading condition. The leg members create a load path for transferring vertical loads imparted to the armrest assembly to the vehicle interior surface as a substantially vertical force. | 08-13-2009 |
Daniel Horn, Shoreview, MN US
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20140074142 | CATHETER WITH RELEASABLE BALLOON AND RELATED METHODS - Various embodiments of a balloon catheter and related methods are disclosed. In particular, one exemplary embodiment of a balloon catheter may include a balloon having an inlet opening for receiving inflation fluid and a one-way valve disposed in the inlet opening to allow inflow of the inflation fluid into the balloon while substantially preventing backflow of the inflation fluid from the balloon. The catheter may also include an elongated shaft comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The shaft may be configured to supply the inflation fluid to the balloon through the lumen and to releasably couple the balloon to the distal end of the shaft. | 03-13-2014 |
20140277053 | SUBINTIMAL RE-ENTRY CATHETER WITH SHAPE CONTROLLED BALLOON - A recanalization catheter for facilitating re-entry into a lumen of a blood vessel from a subintimal space. The catheter includes an inflatable balloon mounted on a distal end region of the catheter shaft of the catheter. The catheter shaft includes a guidewire lumen having a distal opening and a lateral opening in a distal region of the catheter shaft proximal of the distal opening, and an inflation lumen in fluid communication with the balloon. The balloon is configured to be inflated in the subintimal space to a first inflation state at inflation pressures below a threshold inflation pressure to orient the lateral opening toward the lumen of the blood vessel, and inflated to a second inflation state at inflation pressures above the threshold inflation pressure. The catheter includes means for retaining the balloon in the first inflation state at pressures below the threshold inflation pressure. | 09-18-2014 |
Daniel James Horn, Shoreview, MN US
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20100132718 | Occlusion Stent - A device for occluding a target body lumen, comprises a wire structure defining a wire structure lumen extending therethrough and movable between a reduced diameter insertion configuration and an expanded diameter deployed configuration and a basket structure extending across the wire structure lumen and including therein a cell growth promoting agent to promote cell growth across the wire structure lumen to occlude the target body lumen. | 06-03-2010 |
20100258984 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES - Medical device components and processes are disclosed. For example, tube-shaped catheter components and processes of making tube-shaped catheter components are disclosed. Devices and systems, including medical devices and systems, such as catheters, containing tube-shaped catheter components are also disclosed. | 10-14-2010 |
20100320169 | Balloon Cones and Waists Thinning Methodology - Medical balloons and balloon preforms are made by methods which include the step of selectively removing material from the proximal and/or distal ends of a segment. In the case of a thermoplastic material characterized by one or more glass transition temperatures, the segment may optionally be maintained at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the segment during the material removal step. | 12-23-2010 |
David E. Horn, West Richland, WA US
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20110283759 | SLOW CALCIUM RELEASE FERTILIZER - Slow calcium release fertilizers and methods for their synthesis are described. Organic materials, particularly from manure are used for coating to achieve slow release forms of the fertilizer. Desirably, low temperature kinetic treatments are used to prepare pulverized forms having small size yet well coated with natural (non-denatured) molecular material to achieve the slow release. A desired embodiment is made from kinetic processing of rock gypsum and manure at low temperatures with added acid. Use of the fertilizers leads to acceleration of microbial viability. | 11-24-2011 |
Daya Ananda Horn, Williamson, NY US
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20090138064 | Garment for Providing Back Support and Thermal Therapy - A garment combines features of posture braces, compression garments and thermal therapy devices in a single garment constructed in one piece and folded and reversibly affixed to form an undershirt-like structure fitting around the torso under the arms, thereby covering the back and extending between the cervical spine and the lumbo-sacral spinal region. On the back and front of the garment are a plurality of pouches which can contain a thermal unit which can heat or cool the back. In this manner, the garment can apply variable compression to the back and/or torso and/or abdomen horizontally and/or vertically, and can, independently of the compression, also, apply heat or cold to the back and/or torso. | 05-28-2009 |
Deane M. Horn, Knoxville, TN US
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20110060428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE CONTROL SYSTEM TO LINK TO MACHINERY MONITORING SYSTEM - A method performed by one or more computer processors imports data from a machinery monitoring system into a control system. The machinery monitoring system is a system that measures machine measurement parameters of a machine, and the control system is a system that controls processes in which the machine performs a function. The method includes accessing a first knowledge base containing information about communicating with the machinery monitoring system, and accessing a second knowledge base containing information about communicating with the control system. The method also includes extracting configuration information from the machinery monitoring system via a communication bus. Information is entered by a user for use in creating an import configuration file, which file is used in preparing the control system to receive data from the machinery monitoring system. The entering of information is performed via a user interface operatively connected to the one or more computer processors. Based on the information accessed from the first and second knowledge bases, the configuration information extracted from the machinery monitoring system, and the information entered by the user, the import configuration file is created for use in preparing the control system to receive data from the machinery monitoring system. Data from the machinery monitoring system may then be transferred into the control system based on the import configuration file. | 03-10-2011 |
20130268099 | CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FOR LINKING TO MACHINERY MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for importing data from a first system into a second system includes receiving configuration information about data storage structures in the first and second systems and information about communicating with the first and second systems. Information to be used in creating an import configuration file is entered via a user interface. The import configuration file is for use in preparing the second system to receive data from the first system. Based on the information about data storage structures, the information about communicating with the first and second systems, and the information entered via the user interface, the import configuration file is created to prepare the second system to receive data from the first system. Based on the import configuration file, data is transferred from the first system into the second system. | 10-10-2013 |
Dianne D. Horn, Bould, CO US
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20120159222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID ENTRY INTO AND FOR RAPID EXITING FROM SLEEP STATES FOR PROCESSORS OF A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for managing sleep states of a portable computing device are described. They include maintaining a sleep set of resource states and an active set of resource states in memory. A request may be issued for a processor to enter into a sleep state. This causes a controller to review a trigger set to determine if a shut down condition for the processor matches one or more conditions listed in the trigger set. Each trigger set may comprise a “trigger event” that may allow a controller to select a specific resource set which is desired by a particular processor based on a trigger event detected by a system power manager. If a trigger set matches a shut down condition, then switching states of one or more resources in accordance with the sleep set may be made by the controller without using a software handshake. | 06-21-2012 |
Dianne D. Horn, Boulder, CO US
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20120158968 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESOURCES WITHIN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for managing requests to resources among processors of a portable computing device (“PCD”) includes each master processor identifying a plurality of resources of the PCD in a storage device, such as a message RAM. This message RAM is part of the PCD. A master processor may identify desired states for the plurality of resources in the message RAM. Then, the master processor may generate an alert that the plurality of resources and desired states for resources have been set in the message RAM. After receiving the alert, a controller may determine if one or more previous requests have been processed to completion. If so, then the controller may review the contents of the message RAM to identify the plurality of resources and to identify the desired states of the resources. If appropriate, the controller may pass the desired states to the plurality of resources. | 06-21-2012 |
20120173782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SLEEP STATES OF INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS IN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for managing sleep states of one or more interrupt controllers of processors contained within a portable computing device are described. The method includes a processor defining wake-up interrupt settings in a storage device contained within the portable computing device. This storage device may comprise message random access memory (“RAM”). After wake-up settings have been established in message RAM, a processor may generate an alert that the wake-up settings in the message RAM have been defined. Next, a controller reviews the wake-up interrupt settings in the message RAM for a plurality of interrupt controllers that correspond with a plurality of processors contained within the portable computing device. The controller merges the wake-up settings in the message RAM and then sends the merged wake-up settings to an always-on power manager (“APM”). The APM is responsible for issuing signals to place interrupt controllers of processors into a sleep state. | 07-05-2012 |
Douglas M. Horn, Peeples Valley, AZ US
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20110210068 | Water Dispensing Methods and Systems - A method includes performing at least two of the following three treatments to produce at least two types of treated water: reverse osmosis, alkalinization, and carbon filtration. The types of treated water are individually dispensed at different times from a common spout. A method includes individually cooling the types of treated water at different times in a common cold tank prior to dispensing. The common cold tank is purged prior to cooling a different type of treated water. A method includes treating water by electrolysis to produce alkaline water and acidic water and producing at least one additional type of treated water by reverse osmosis or carbon filtration. Consumer containers are rinsed with the acidic water. A system includes: a dispensing unit, a treatment unit remotely located from the dispensing unit, treated water supply lines connecting the treatment unit to the dispensing unit, and a process control unit. | 09-01-2011 |
Edward H. Horn, Hot Springs Village, AR US
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20080296088 | High rise evacuation system - A system for the evacuation of persons from a multi story structure during circumstances in which the normal escape mechanisms such as stairs and elevators are unusable for any reason. The system mounts externally of the affected structure and provides at least one evacuator upon which a person may ride in a controlled descent from an area of danger to an area of relative safety. The evacuator rides on a post and the evacuee may control the speed of his or her descent with a simple braking mechanism. A safety belt and foot rests provide a sense of security during the descent from danger. | 12-04-2008 |
20130025969 | LADDER SAFETY KIT - The invention comprises a kit having tools attachable to a ladder to stabilize the same. The tools include a stabilizer tool attachable to the ladder and capable of circumscribing a vertical object to thereby stabilize the ladder. Additionally, there are provided extensions attachable to the stabilizer tool having clamps, movable to engagement of a building or the like by its gutters or other protuberances. | 01-31-2013 |
20150060198 | IN HOUSE HIGH RISE EVACUATION SYSTEM - A system for the evacuation of occupants of a high-rise structure in an emergency, expressly designed to be located within the high-rise structure itself. The system comprises an evacuator which operates over a 10-floor or more distance within a fire inhibiting tubular structure such as a shaft, wherein the evacuator is mounted on a centrally disposed tube mechanically descending from the upper level of the shaft to its lower level with occupants onboard, and wherein this system includes a series of such tubes, such that when occupants on the higher floors descend to the lowest level of the first shaft, they may exit to a second shaft and move to the next unit of the evacuator until they have descended to safety. | 03-05-2015 |
Eric Horn, Madison, WI US
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20090194243 | Method for Treating Lignocellulosic Materials - The present invention is a method for producing a pulp from a fibrous lignocellulose material or source using a treatment or pretreatment step which exposes the material to oxalic acid derivatives, particularly dialkyl ester derivatives, particularly in the vapor phase. Once treated, the material may be refined using any one of the several pulping methods to produce a final pulp product and the production of the product is accompanied by strength increases in paper made from the pulp and energy savings in making the pulp, hi addition the treatment or pretreatment produces a soluble carbohydrate source and other components (e.g. acetic acid, other wood components) for further product development. In certain cases a pulp product is not produced and all of the carbohydrate present in the lignocellulose is converted into soluble sugars. | 08-06-2009 |
Eric G. Horn, Madison, WI US
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20080264588 | Method of Making Medium Density Fiberboard - The present invention provides a method for producing an MDF board from pulp from a fibrous lignocellulose material using a treatment or pretreatment step which exposes the material to oxalic acid or oxalic acid derivatives (particularly dialkyl ester derivatives, particularly in the vapor phase). The treated wood is then subjected to a sugar extraction wash and refined using any one of the several pulping methods to produce a final pulp product. Once this is done the pulp is used to make MDF boards having improved water repellency properties. | 10-30-2008 |
20100300634 | METHOD OF MAKING MEDIUM DENSITY FIBERBOARD - The present invention provides a method for producing an MDF board from pulp from a fibrous lignocellulose material using a treatment or pretreatment step which exposes the material to oxalic acid or oxalic acid derivatives (particularly dialkyl ester derivatives, particularly in the vapor phase). The treated wood is then subjected to a sugar extraction wash and refined using any one of the several pulping methods to produce a final pulp product. Once this is done the pulp is used to make MDF boards having improved water repellency properties. | 12-02-2010 |
Erik Van Horn, Seaville, NJ US
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20120145788 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR READING VISIBLE AND/OR INVISIBLE CODE SYMBOLS IN A USER-TRANSPARENT MANNER USING VISIBLE/INVISIBLE ILLUMINATION SOURCE SWITCHING DURING DATA CAPTURE AND PROCESSING - Method of and system for reading visible and/or invisible code symbols in a user-transparent manner using visible/invisible illumination switching during data capture and processing operations. | 06-14-2012 |
Eugene Franklin Horn, Beavercreek, OH US
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20110157713 | Flip optic adaptor - Attachments for adjusting optical properties of image forming optical systems. An example refocus flip optic adaptor for a night vision goggle may include an adaptor housing for detachably mounting to an objective lens assembly of the night vision goggle and an optical element holder pivotably mounted to the adaptor housing such that a refocus lens (or other optical element) mounted to the optical element holder is selectively positionable in an operative position in which the refocus lens is axially aligned with the objective lens of the night vision goggle and an inoperative position in which the refocus lens and the optical element holder do not affect an image viewable through the night vision goggle. In some example embodiments, the optical element viewing diameter may be substantially the same as objective lens viewing diameter. Example optical elements may affect optical properties such as objective lens focus, optical filtering, and magnification. | 06-30-2011 |
Gary Randall Horn, O'Fallon, MI US
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20120239670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING STANDARDIZED STREET ADDRESSES FROM RAW ADDRESS DATA - A method and system for processing raw address data using a computer device coupled to a database are provided. The method includes receiving, at the computer device, raw data from a first party, the raw data including a raw street address. The method includes formatting the raw street address using the computer device and separating the formatted street address into at least one token using the computer device wherein each token includes one or more characters indicating a portion of the raw street address. The method further includes creating a standardized street address from the at least one token based on one or more conditions, wherein the one or more conditions facilitate determining at least one of inclusion, exclusion, and position of the at least one token in the standardized street address. | 09-20-2012 |
20130018781 | MERCHANT DATA CLEANSING IN CLEARING RECORD - A network operator intermediates a cashless transaction by sending a payment device issuer an outbound clearing data file enriched with cleansed merchant data. Issuers that choose to participate in the merchant data cleansing service will be provided with the cleansed, and optionally augmented, merchant information. Providing this data to the issuer could be used to help reduce costs associated with “do not recognize” calls by cardholders, disputed charges, and charge-backs. With cleansed data provided in the clearing record, a device holder would be given access to this cleansed information about the merchant where a transaction took place through their statement. The present disclosure also provides for augmenting the clearing record data to include merchant-specific add-on and/or aggregate data not presently included in the transaction clearing record, yet useful to the issuer both in form and content. | 01-17-2013 |
20130060696 | INSTANTANEOUS MERCHANT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A solution to disambiguate ambiguous merchant data in connection with processing a cashless transaction request in a real-time manner. Provided according to the present disclosure are a system and method including a binary-searchable non-transitory computer-readable medium is configure to store a first set of unambiguous merchant identification data having plural data entries therein, each entry corresponding to a merchant. A binary search of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is carried out using search keys based upon the ambiguous merchant identification data to determine whether one or more entries of the first set satisfies at least one of a hierarchical second set of partial match criteria for comparing the ambiguous merchant identification data with the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data. An entry of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is assigned to correspond with the ambiguous merchant identification data where at least a predetermined number of the second set of partial match criteria are met. | 03-07-2013 |
20130262313 | INSTANTANEOUS MERCHANT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A solution to resolve ambiguous merchant data in connection with processing a cashless transaction request in a real-time manner. Provided according to the present disclosure are a system and method including a binary-searchable non-transitory computer-readable medium is configure to store a first set of unambiguous merchant identification data having plural data entries therein, each entry corresponding to a merchant. A binary search of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is carried out using search keys based upon the ambiguous merchant identification data to determine whether one or more entries of the first set satisfies at least one of a second set of partial match criteria for comparing the ambiguous merchant identification data with the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data. An entry of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is assigned to correspond with the ambiguous merchant identification data where at least a predetermined number of the second set of partial match criteria are met. | 10-03-2013 |
20140114848 | MERCHANT DATA CLEANSING IN CLEARING RECORD - A network operator intermediates a cashless transaction by sending a payment device issuer an outbound clearing data file enriched with cleansed merchant data. Issuers that choose to participate in the merchant data cleansing service will be provided with the cleansed, and optionally augmented, merchant information. Providing this data to the issuer could be used to help reduce costs associated with “do not recognize” calls by cardholders, disputed charges, and charge-backs. With cleansed data provided in the clearing record, a device holder would be given access to this cleansed information about the merchant where a transaction took place through their statement. The present disclosure also provides for augmenting the clearing record data to include merchant-specific add-on and/or aggregate data not presently included in the transaction clearing record, yet useful to the issuer both in form and content. | 04-24-2014 |
20140258246 | RECOGNIZING AND COMBINING REDUNDANT MERCHANT DEISGNATIONS IN A TRANSACTION DATABASE - Determining whether two merchant location database entries are describing the same merchant location. A subject merchant location database entry and comparison candidate merchant location database entries include a DBA name field, a street address field, and one or more additional descriptive fields descriptive of one or more predetermined characteristics of the respective merchant location. The subject merchant location database entry is compared to a set populated with candidate merchant location database entries, candidates having a predetermined minimum textural similarity with the subject merchant location database entry on the basis of each entry's DBA name field or street address field. The subject merchant location database entry is compared with each of the candidate database entries on the basis of the one or more additional descriptive fields, and a logistic regression is performed using the results of the comparing, in order to calculate a probability that the database entries refer to the same merchant location. | 09-11-2014 |
20150032604 | MERCHANT DATA CLEANSING IN CLEARING RECORD BASED ON TARGETED MERCHANTS - A network operator intermediates a cashless transaction by sending a payment device issuer an outbound clearing data file enriched with cleansed merchant data. Issuers that choose to participate in the merchant data cleansing service are provided with the cleansed, and optionally augmented, merchant information. Before providing the cleansed and/or augmented merchant information, a determination is made of whether a “do not recognize” call is likely, based upon a determination by a computing device of whether or not the merchant is on a “watch-list” of merchants. The “watch-list” is previously generated based upon one or several factors, including whether or not a minimum number or percentage of previous transactions have resulted in charge-backs, whether DNR transactions associated with the merchant were previously reported, or if an acquirer, issuer, or third-party payment provider recommends the merchant for inclusion. | 01-29-2015 |
Gavin Bernard Horn US
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20110205987 | PACKET AWARE SCHEDULER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Apparatuses and methodologies are described that facilitate packet aware scheduling are provided. In some embodiments, if all of the information of a packet cannot be scheduled in a single transmission period, additional resources may be assigned to transmission of the contents of the packet based upon latency requirements and/or transmission constraints of the packet. | 08-25-2011 |
George W. Horn, Woburn, MA US
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20090013897 | System and method of improving throughput and vehicle utilization of monorail factory transport systems - Means and methods for optimizing the utilization of monorail-based vehicles carrying a work-in-progress in a clean manufacturing environment. The method includes increasing the number of pick up and drop off points on a primary or secondary monorail transportation network, to amplify the number and frequency of pick up and drop off events per vehicle per circumnavigation of the network or loop. By increasing the number of pick up and drop off events, the empty run or idle time of the corresponding vehicle will decrease, improving utilization and throughput. | 01-15-2009 |
Gregory Horn, Wyoming, OH US
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20090246343 | Stable Natural Color Process, Products and Use Thereof - A method of preparing colored products from edible materials comprises processing | 10-01-2009 |
20130115252 | Genipin-Rich Material and Its Use - A method of preparing genipin-rich materials from the fruit of | 05-09-2013 |
Ian Martin Horn, Keller, TX US
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20100166653 | COMPOSITIONS OF HIGH SPECIFIC ACTIVITY SN-117M AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME - Compositions of high specific activity | 07-01-2010 |
20120321558 | COMPOSITIONS OF HIGH SPECIFIC ACTIVITY SN-117M AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME - Compositions of high specific activity | 12-20-2012 |
Isaac Horn, Boston, MA US
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20100001867 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TANK CONTENT LEVELS - The present invention is directed to a system for determining content level in a fluid holding tank and requesting refills. One embodiment of the system comprises a magnet that produces a magnetic flux around a housing for an existing content level gauge, a Hall Effect sensor transmitter unit disposed on the housing and having at least one current detecting loop therein for detecting any variation in a magnetic field created by the magnet, and a metal content level gauge disposed within the housing. The degree of variation corresponds to a measured content level as indicated by a position of the metal content level gauge. The system further comprises a base station receiver transmitter unit for receiving a signal from the Hall Effect sensor transmitter unit and forwarding that signal to a remote registry. | 01-07-2010 |
Jacob K. Horn, Allen Park, MI US
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20120118086 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A sensor assembly includes a sensor and a sensor housing that supports the sensor and that operably engages a connector. The sensor housing includes a first retainer and a second retainer. The first retainer includes a tapered surface that tapers relative to the longitudinal axis, and the tapered surface abuts against the aperture surface of the connector to guide the sensor housing as the sensor housing moves substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis into the aperture. The sensor housing is engageable with the connector to receive the connector between the first retainer and the second retainer and to limit relative movement of the sensor housing and the connector in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second retainer abuts against the aperture surface of the connector to limit relative rotation of the sensor housing and the connector about the longitudinal axis. | 05-17-2012 |
James Horn, Las Vegas, NV US
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20110110456 | Common Wave and Sideband Mitigation Communication Systems And Methods For Increasing Communication Speeds, Spectral Efficiency and Enabling Other Benefits - Common wave and sideband mitigation communication systems and methods are provided that can be used with both wireless and wired communication links. The systems and methods provided can enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites. | 05-12-2011 |
20130142281 | SIDEBAND MITIGATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING COMMUNICATION SPEEDS, SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY AND ENABLING OTHER BENEFITS - Common wave and sideband mitigation communication systems and methods are provided that can be used with both wireless and wired communication links. The systems and methods provided can enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites. | 06-06-2013 |
20150055718 | RECEIVER FOR SIDEBAND MITIGATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING COMMUNICATION SPEEDS, SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY AND ENABLING OTHER BENEFITS - Common wave and sideband mitigation communication systems and methods are provided that can be used with both wireless and wired communication links. The systems and methods provided can enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites. | 02-26-2015 |
Jason Horn, Dubois, WY US
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20130049418 | COMPACT SEATING DEVICE - The present invention is a compact seating and backpack device that includes a trapezoid-shaped backpack portion with two sides that includes a slit on each said side of the backpack portion, a cube-shaped bottom portion with a top surface that is hingedly attached to the backpack portion and a pair of telescoping rods that are attached to the bottom portion and extend to the backpack portion. There is also a plurality of waterproof fabric sheets that are disposed across the top surface of the bottom portion that serve as a sitting support and an overall cross-leg design that includes a plurality of aluminum crossing u-shaped braces that form an x-shaped support to the bottom portion. | 02-28-2013 |
J. Drew Horn, Weymouth, MA US
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20110100573 | Microcreping Traveling Sheet Material - A stationary working surface of a one roll microcreper member is of plastic resin having low wear and friction properties. As a primary pressing member subject to concentrated force it is 0.040 inch thick. One or both opposed retarder members of a bladed microcreper are of the plastic. Thermoplastics meeting wear and friction limits, e.g. ultra high density polyethylene, are employed. Primary member extensions, some having openings, slots or holes serve as flexible retarders to engage treated material. Parallel slots, preferably formed by water jet cutting, defining machine-direction fingers provide particular advantages, often greatest when the fingers begin upstream of the creping cavity, and stated dimensional limits observed. By a load-spreading surface, the thermoplastic primary member is restrained without distortion. A primary member shown is sheet form, mounted between sheet metal members, one with a restraint surface. Sheet materials of polyolefins, wood pulp, etc. are dry microcreped at improved rates and materials not heretofore capable of being processed can now be processed. By introducing a sheet material having abrasive quality, wear-in of a primary pressing member provides a curved primary pressing surface fitted to the local shape of the drive roll, for improved feeding and microcreping of the material. | 05-05-2011 |
Jeffrey Horn, Rocky Hill, CT US
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20100121244 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF MOLECULAR SIEVE MATERIALS FOR THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOTS - An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling bleeding comprises a receptacle for retaining molecular sieve material in particulate form therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises a mesh structure and a rigid or semi-rigid support attached to the mesh structure to facilitate the application of pressure to the pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to a bleeding wound comprises a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached to the mesh structure, the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may be adhesively attached to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion of the receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having openings therein, and at least a portion of the particulate molecular sieve material is in direct contact with blood. | 05-13-2010 |
20120323156 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF MOLECULAR SIEVE MATERIALS FOR THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOTS - An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling bleeding comprises a receptacle for retaining molecular sieve material in particulate form therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises a mesh structure and a rigid or semi-rigid support attached to the mesh structure to facilitate the application of pressure to the pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to a bleeding wound comprises a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached to the mesh structure, the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may be adhesively attached to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion of the receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having openings therein, and at least a portion of the particulate molecular sieve material is in direct contact with blood. | 12-20-2012 |
Jeffrey L. Horn, Rocky Hill, CT US
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20130041332 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DELIVERY OF BLOOD CLOTTING MATERIALS TO BLEEDING WOUNDS - An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling bleeding comprises a receptacle for retaining blood clotting material in particulate form therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises a mesh structure and a support attached to the mesh structure to facilitate the application of pressure to the pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to a bleeding wound comprises a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached to the mesh structure, the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may be adhesively attachable to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion of the receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having openings therein, and at least a portion of the particulate blood clotting material is in direct contact with blood. The mesh may include a zeolite powder impregnated or otherwise incorporated therein. | 02-14-2013 |
Jeremiah M. Horn, Derby, KS US
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20100070089 | HVAC CONTROLLER USER INTERFACES - Controllers for controlling heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and cooling (HVAC) systems are provided. The controllers include graphical user interfaces for user adjustment of system settings. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include slide bars for adjusting temperature set points. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include selectable calendars for adjusting program schedules for the HVAC systems. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include screens for adjusting a nightlight feature of the controller. | 03-18-2010 |
20120310418 | HVAC CONTROLLER USER INTERFACES - Controllers for controlling heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and cooling (HVAC) systems are provided. The controllers include graphical user interfaces for user adjustment of system settings. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include slide bars for adjusting temperature set points. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include selectable calendars for adjusting program schedules for the HVAC systems. In certain embodiments, the graphical user interfaces may include screens for adjusting a nightlight feature of the controller. | 12-06-2012 |
Jeremiah Marshall Horn, Derby, KS US
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20100251742 | HVAC&R SYSTEM VALVING - An HVAC&R system is disclosed that utilizes energy-efficient valving. The valving controls the flow of refrigerant and may be adapted for evaporator or condenser applications, on both AC systems and heat pumps (as well as chillers and other refrigeration systems). The valving may provide simultaneous and individualized control of flow through individual coils or groups of coils for improved control of evaporation, condensation, defrosting and so forth. In some configurations a common sensor may be shared between individual coils or groups of coils and may provide sensed parameters to control circuitry for controlling the valving. Other configurations may include bypass valving to direct fluid around the flow control valving. In yet other configurations, a valve may be used to bypass tapped vapor around a heat exchanger functioning as an evaporator. | 10-07-2010 |
Jerry Dean Horn, Hilliard, OH US
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20100263949 | Motorized Platform - A multi-wheeled, self-propelled device that alters an existing walk behind caddy in that the operator stands on a motorized platform while holding onto an assembly which is attached to the handlebar of said walk behind golf caddy. The self-propelled device is temporarily attached to the bottom portion of the walk behind golf caddy. The power supply and motor remain part of the platform and the control (throttle/brake) remains part of the attached handlebar assembly. | 10-21-2010 |
Jillian Horn, Laplata, MD US
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20120209042 | Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Alkynes - The invention provides a process for selective hydrogenation of alkynes and other unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as acetylene and diolefins, with a catalyst comprising Pd and, optionally, at least one metal from the IA, IB, IIIA, IIIB, VB, or VIIIB Groups, where the metals are supported on a porous material, such as titania. If the process is in the absence of carbon monoxide (CO) in the feed, at least one metal from the IA, IB or IIIA Groups should be present in the catalyst, e.g., potassium, boron or silver. If the carbon monoxide (CO) is present in the feed, the catalyst consists essentially of Pd supported on a porous material, such as titania. | 08-16-2012 |
Joe Horn, Boulder, CO US
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20110270177 | Device for Treating Hardened Lesions - A balloon catheter is provided that may be used to dilate hardened regions of a stenosis on a vessel wall. The balloon catheter is provided with cutting elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. At least one bioactive is present, either on the cutting element, within the interior of the balloon, within the material of the balloon or on an outside surface of the balloon. The bioactive is delivered to the vessel wall upon dilation of the balloon. | 11-03-2011 |
Joel Horn, Seattle, WA US
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20110083953 | PYROLYSIS PROCESS AND PRODUCTS - A pyrolysis device and process to convert a carbonaceous feedstock to a carbon solid and pyrolysis gas, and processes for refining the resulting carbon solid and pyrolysis gases. The pyrolysis process may include introducing a carbonaceous feedstock into a pyrolysis processor having a vertical rotary tray processor, heating the feedstock to a temperature above about 790° F., removing a carbon material from a bottom of the pyrolysis processor, and removing a pyrolysis gas from a top of the pyrolysis processor. | 04-14-2011 |
John Frederick Horn, Orange Park, FL US
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20100216175 | Condensate Glucose Analyzer - Systems and methods for analyzing glucose present in exhaled breath condensate (EBC). In certain embodiments, electrochemical- or coulometnc-based sensing technologies are used to analyze EBC for the presence and/or concentration of glucose. Based on the detected glucose m EBC, the subject invention provides systems and methods for non-invasive, accurate assessment of blood glucose levels. | 08-26-2010 |
Joseph F. Horn, State College, PA US
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20080237392 | COMPOUND AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of control biases each which is designed to achieve an overall operational objective. The control system applies the selected control bias in allocating the control function among the redundant control options. | 10-02-2008 |
20090048722 | COMPOUND AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of operational objectives each of which is designed to achieve any particular command. | 02-19-2009 |
20100324758 | Compound Aircraft Control System and Method - The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of operational objectives each of which is designed to achieve any particular command. | 12-23-2010 |
Keith A. Horn, Corning, NY US
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20090186776 | Microcolumn-platform based array for high-throughput analysis - A device and methods for performing biological or chemical analysis is provided. The device includes an array of three-dimensional microcolumns projecting away from a support plate. Each microcolumn has a relatively planar, first surface remote from the support plate. An array of multiple, different biological materials may be attached to the first surface. The device, when used in combination with existent micro-titer well plates, can improve efficiency of binding assays using microarrays for high-throughput capacity. | 07-23-2009 |
Kevin Horn, Carrollton, TX US
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20110161215 | Method and System for Tracking Billing Information - Described herein are systems and methods for tracking, monitoring, projecting and reporting billing information. One embodiment is related to a computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to receive billing data from at least one billing process, analyze changes in the at least one billing process, monitor the at least one billing process for an occurrence of time-based events, reconcile unique identifiers within the billing data to verify data integrity, generate a billing report based on the changes, the time-based events and data integrity, and audit the billing report for format errors. | 06-30-2011 |
Kevin P. Horn, Gahanna, OH US
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20110293578 | Use of Stem Cells to Prevent Neuronal Dieback - The invention is generally directed to treatment of neuronal injury. In particular, the invention is directed to reducing axonal retraction (“dieback”) that occurs as a result of the interaction of activated macrophages with dystrophic axons that are produced during nervous system acute or chronic injury. The invention is also directed to promoting axonal growth/regeneration. The invention is specifically directed to using stem cells or their secreted cellular factors, such as would be produced in conditioned cell culture medium, to ameliorate or prevent axonal dieback and/or promote growth/regeneration of axons. | 12-01-2011 |
Kyle Robert Horn, Ames, IA US
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20120328801 | Inflatable Decorative System - An inflatable decorative system that includes a vehicle that has an exhaust conduit that conveys exhaust from the vehicle. A coupling device couples an exhaust conveyance element sealingly to an exhaust conduit such that exhaust is conveyed from the first end of the exhaust conveyance element to the second end where the second end dispels the exhaust into an inflatable decorative receptacle. The inflatable decorative receptacle has indicia of individual's favorite sports teams to present a giant inflatable receptacle representing that individual's sports team. | 12-27-2012 |
Lawrence Horn, Bethesda, MD US
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20110099084 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING PATENT LICENSES - A system is provided for managing patent licenses. The system comprises at least one memory including a first memory location for storing a signal representing a plurality of patent licenses available for procurement. The system also comprises at least one network interface for receiving a signal from a user designating at least one of the licenses for procurement. The system furthermore comprises at least one processor for processing a procurement transaction by which the user procures the at least one designated license. The at least one memory further comprises a second memory location for storing a signal representing information pertinent to the procurement transaction including information regarding an identity of the user and information regarding the procured license. | 04-28-2011 |
Lindsay A. Horn, Perrysburg, OH US
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20100252098 | Cord Plate Attachment to Photovoltaic Modules - A method of attaching a cord plate to a photovoltaic module is disclosed. The photovoltaic module has a cover plate. | 10-07-2010 |
Marcia K. Horn, Phoenix, AZ US
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20100169115 | SYSTEM FOR MATCHING INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND METHODS THEREOF - A system for matching individuals with health care providers and methods thereof. The system is capable of collecting information from health care providers and individuals and thereafter matching individuals with clinical trial providers based upon that information by utilizing coding to eliminate medical terminology ambiguity. The system continually updates the degree of likelihood of a match of a health care provider with an individual based upon individual feedback and clinical trial provider feedback relating to results achieved from treatment provided by a given health care provider. The system also notifies individuals of experimental clinical trials that can be potentially applicable to the individual based upon the information provided by the individual. | 07-01-2010 |
20120209628 | SYSTEM FOR MATCHING INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND METHODS THEREOF - A system for matching individuals with health care providers and methods thereof. The system is capable of collecting information from health care providers and individuals and thereafter matching individuals with clinical trial providers based upon that information by utilizing coding to eliminate medical terminology ambiguity. The system continually updates the degree of likelihood of a match of a health care provider with an individual based upon individual feedback and clinical trial provider feedback relating to results achieved from treatment provided by a given health care provider. The system also notifies individuals of experimental clinical trials that can be potentially applicable to the individual based upon the information provided by the individual. | 08-16-2012 |
Marcus J. Horn, Parsippany, NJ US
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20080210646 | Centrifuge Rotor and Method of Use - The present invention is directed to a centrifuge rotor ( | 09-04-2008 |
Marcus Joseph Horn, Parsippany, NJ US
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20090265184 | Method for the fractionation and separation of particles by step-wise gradient density extraction - A method for the separation of particles of different densities using a step-wise gradient density extraction method as described herein where a sample is suspended in a liquid volume of an extracting medium of specific density and the particles that have a density less than or equal to that of the extracting medium of specific density can be recovered from a horizonatally rotatable hollow disk or a removable receptacle within a horizontally rotatable hollow disk designed for such purposes while the particles that have a density greater than the extracting medium of specific density form a deposit which can be cycled through the extraction process in an iterative fashion by varying the density of the extracting medium allowing the recovery of discrete particles of differing densities from a test sample. Also disclosed herein is the use of the above method as part of a separate method or system to identify a ratio of biomarkers from different fractions of a sample homogenate or lysate which is useful in the evaluation of potential biomarkers, and for the intraoperative pathological diagnosis of positive margins of cancer and other diseases. | 10-22-2009 |
Mark W. Horn, Macon, GA US
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20110010221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MOBILE FIELD INSPECTION - The present invention comprises a system and methods for managing janitorial, security, lighting, and temporary labor services provided to commercial, industrial, institutional, and retail facilities. The present invention comprises a system and methods for managing facility services though a mobile field inspection system. The mobile field inspection system provides a wireless network that enables a facility manager to supervise the performance of services by other employees at a particular facility. The present invention further comprises a system and methods for performing a series of quality inspections of a facility to ensure that services are performed satisfactorily. Additionally, the present invention provides a constant, proactive communication between the facilities contractor/manager and the customer purchasing the services. Further, the present system comprises a system and methods for performing services and inspections using systematically positioned barcodes for efficient tracking and reporting purposes. | 01-13-2011 |
Matthew C. Horn, Elkhorn, WI US
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20090045657 | Automatic Locking SCBA Mounting Bracket Assembly - A mounting bracket assembly is provided for releasably holding a self-contained breathing apparatus. The assembly includes a mounting plate, a clamping arrangement secured on an upper portion of the mounting plate and movable between an unlatched position and a latched position relative to the self-contained breathing apparatus, a guide connected on an intermediate portion of the mounting plate and a support structure mounted on a lower portion of the mounting plate. The clamping arrangement includes a pivot arm having an actuator plate biased forwardly of the mounting plate in the unlatched position, and a self-contained breathing apparatus engaging clamp swung upwardly above the mounting plate in the unlatched position. The clamping arrangement further includes a latching mechanism engageable and disengageable with the pivot arm for providing latched and unlatched positions. Movement of the self-contained breathing apparatus against the actuator plate automatically swings and locks the clamp downwardly on an upper end of the self-contained breathing apparatus, and causes the pivot arm to engage the latching mechanism in the latched position with the guide centering and retaining an intermediate portion of the self-contained breathing apparatus and the support structure supporting a lower portion of the self-contained breathing apparatus. | 02-19-2009 |
20100219220 | Automatic Locking SCBA Mounting Bracket Assembly - A mounting bracket assembly includes a clamping arrangement mounted for vertical movement on a mounting structure and is movable between an engaged position and disengaged position relative to a self-contained breathing apparatus held in the mounting bracket assembly. A camming arrangement is located between the clamping arrangement and the mounting structure for permitting and preventing vertical movement of the clamping arrangement relative to the mounting structure. A powered latching mechanism is engageable with a portion of the clamping arrangement for providing unlatched and latched positions. A control arrangement separate from the powered latching mechanism is operatively connected thereto to selectively control the powered latching mechanism and effect release of the self-contained breathing apparatus from the latched position when the vehicle is in a stationary and parked condition. | 09-02-2010 |
20120217278 | Automatic Locking SCBA Mounting Bracket Assembly - A mounting bracket assembly includes a clamping arrangement mounted for vertical movement on a mounting structure and is movable between an engaged position and disengaged position relative to a self-contained breathing apparatus held in the mounting bracket assembly. A camming arrangement is located between the clamping arrangement and the mounting structure for permitting and preventing vertical movement of the clamping arrangement relative to the mounting structure. A powered latching mechanism is engageable with a portion of the clamping arrangement for providing unlatched and latched positions. A control arrangement separate from the powered latching mechanism is operatively connected thereto to selectively control the powered latching mechanism and effect release of the self-contained breathing apparatus from the latched position when the vehicle is in a stationary and parked condition. | 08-30-2012 |
20140312677 | Emergency Vehicle Seat with Integrated Seat Belt and Height Adjustable Webbing Guide - An arrangement is provided for vertically adjusting a bezel and a bezel support defining a webbing guide for a seat belt webbing integrated into a vehicle seat. The adjustment arrangement includes a bearing block arrangement and a slotted latch plate mounted in a frame channel of the seat. A spring biased height adjustment frame extends from the bezel support and a spring biased release member is pivotally mounted within the bezel support and provided with a latching tooth engageable and disengageable with the latch plate for establishing various vertical positions of the bezel and the bezel support relative to an upper end of the frame channel. | 10-23-2014 |
Michael J. Horn, Dedham, MA US
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20100192845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING TUBES - The present invention relates to coating of tubes, and more particularly to a system and method for coating and/or renovating deteriorated or pitted tubes to extend tube life and enhance performance. Using this system and method a thin coating is applied to the interior of a tube such that the coating is uniform in thickness and covers all regions of the tube. The coating material may be selected to minimize changes in heat transfer or may be selected to provide for the change in working fluid within the tube such that the working fluid does not negatively interact with the tube material. | 08-05-2010 |
20130118401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING TUBES - The present invention relates to coating of tubes, and more particularly to a system and method for coating and/or renovating deteriorated or pitted tubes to extend tube life and enhance performance. Using this system and method a thin coating is applied to the interior of a tube such that the coating is uniform in thickness and covers all regions of the tube. The coating material may be selected to minimize changes in heat transfer or may be selected to provide for the change in working fluid within the tube such that the working fluid does not negatively interact with the tube material. | 05-16-2013 |
Monroe Horn, Franklin, MA US
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20100185665 | Office-Based Notification Messaging System - Users of an office-based computer system are prompted to check in upon system login. An office notification message is created that includes a recipient group and an expiration. The notification message is sent only to checked-in members of the recipient group. After the notification message expires, it is deleted from the recipients' mailboxes. A reply message may be created by a notification message recipient and sent to the recipients of the original notification message. The reply message inherits the expiration of the original notification message and is deleted upon expiration. | 07-22-2010 |
20110119102 | Paperless Docketing Workflow System - A workflow system provides role-specific console programs that display information for working attorneys, covering attorneys, paralegals and others. The system enables a working attorney's workflow items to be covered by another attorney, without intermingling display of “to do” items belonging to the covering attorney with “to do” items belonging to the working attorney. Another aspect of the system enables automatically attaching documents that are relevant to a workflow item to an e-mail message. | 05-19-2011 |
Paul H. Horn, Huntsville, AL US
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20110234241 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO TAMPERING, STRESSING AND REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS DETECTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO TAMPERING - A system employs physical unclonable functions of an integrated circuit for detecting integrated circuits and protecting products and technology from integrated circuits which have been subject to tampering, stressing and replacement, and counterfeit components. The system includes a sensor detecting a characteristic impedance generated as a result of controlled access to a memory device of the integrated circuit. The characteristic impedance is applied in the creation of a discrimination matrix of values based on electrical interface signals for the integrated circuit. The sensor includes a ring oscillator and associated monitoring components. The ring oscillator is composed of the memory device of the integrated circuit and a sensory circuitry, wherein changes in a frequency generated by the ring oscillator is indicative of changes in circuitry. | 09-29-2011 |
20130276059 | ELECTRONIC PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS - An electronic asymmetric unclonable function applied to an electronic system being evaluated includes an electronic system and an AUF array electronically associated with the electronic system. The AUF array includes a plurality of non-identical cells. Each of the non-identical cells includes a test element representing a characteristic of the electronic system being evaluated and a measurement device evaluating the test element. A comparison unit processes an output of the measurement device to provide a multi-bit output value representing a magnitude of differences. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276151 | ELECTRONIC PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS - An electronic asymmetric unclonable function applied to an electronic system being evaluated includes an electronic system and an AUF array electronically associated with the electronic system. The AUF array includes a plurality of non-identical cells. Each of the non-identical cells includes a test element representing a characteristic of the electronic system being evaluated and a measurement device evaluating the test element. A comparison unit processes an output of the measurement device to provide a multi-bit output value representing a magnitude of differences. | 10-17-2013 |
Quinn Horn, Cambridge, MA US
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20090291368 | Carbon Foam Based Three-Dimensional Batteries and Methods - A three-dimensional battery can include a three-dimensional porous carbon foam base and an anode current collector bonded to and in electrical communication with a first region of the base. The three-dimensional battery can also include an electrolyte layer disposed over the three-dimensional porous carbon foam base and a cathode current collector bonded to and in electrical communication with a second region of the three-dimensional porous carbon foam base. | 11-26-2009 |
Randall E. Horn, Albuquerque, NM US
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20100193626 | TRANSFORMING UNMANNED AERIAL-TO-GROUND VEHICLE - A transforming unmanned aerial-to-ground vehicle assembly comprising: an aerodynamic flying assembly comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle integrated with an unmanned ground vehicle, a power unit shared by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ground vehicle, vehicle controls shared by the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ground vehicle, a disengagement mechanism to separate the unmanned ground vehicle from the unmanned aerial vehicle, one or more manipulator arms located on either the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned ground vehicle, and landing gear. | 08-05-2010 |
Roger Horn, Knoxville, TN US
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20100332475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, a fire event and residual objects may be located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 12-30-2010 |
20130054603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING KNOWN SPECIMENS AND MEDIA USING SPECTRAL PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFYING UNKNOWN SPECIMENS AND MEDIA - Method and apparatus for determining a metric for use in predicting properties of an unknown specimen belonging to a group of reference specimen electrical devices comprises application of a network analyzer for collecting impedance spectra for the reference specimens and determining centroids and thresholds for the group of reference specimens so that an unknown specimen may be confidently classified as a member of the reference group using the metric. If a trait is stored with the reference group of electrical device specimens, then, the trait may be predictably associated with the unknown specimen along with any traits identified with the unknown specimen associated with the reference group. | 02-28-2013 |
20130173632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic and thermal spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, an evidence tree display showing a target object linked by a pathway to a predicted property comprises a similarity value, a speculation value and a model-based rank. | 07-04-2013 |
Roger D. Horn, Knoxville, TN US
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20090055361 | Parallel Data Processing System - A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using naturally occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the database by identifying clusters of similar DNA profiles and maps to parallel computer architecture, allowing scale up past previously feasible limits. Key benefits of the new method are logarithmic scale up and parallelization. These benefits are achieved by identification and utilization of naturally occurring patterns and clusters within stored data. The patterns and clusters enable the stored data to be partitioned into subsets of roughly equal size. The method can be applied recursively, resulting in a database tree that is balanced, meaning that all paths or branches through the tree have roughly the same length. The method achieves high performance by exploiting the natural structure of the data in a manner that maintains balanced trees. Implementation of the method maps naturally to parallel computer architectures, allowing scale up to very large databases. | 02-26-2009 |
Sally P. Horn, Knoxville, TN US
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20100332210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object, in particular, one of an origin and a source, comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, a fire event and residual objects may be located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODEL - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a process failure event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332475 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, a fire event and residual objects may be located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 12-30-2010 |
20130124526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an, electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral, database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a machine component or process failure event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 05-16-2013 |
20130159309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method utilizes a model comprising application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a criminal activity and a fraudulent activity event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 06-20-2013 |
20130173632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic and thermal spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, an evidence tree display showing a target object linked by a pathway to a predicted property comprises a similarity value, a speculation value and a model-based rank. | 07-04-2013 |
20140297546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING OBJECT PROPERTIES AND EVENTS USING SIMILARITY-BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND MODELING - Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a criminal activity and a fraudulent activity event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages. | 10-02-2014 |
Stephanie Lorraine Horn, Bellevue, WA US
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20130185339 | CALCULATION OF PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS/SHAPES ACROSS VERSIONS OF APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed in which a self-describing file is generated and utilized to provide applications with the ability to properly preserve unknown file content. A self-describing file may contain, or be associated with, an extension section that provides information that an application can use to properly calculate unknown file content. The extension section may include functions of formulas that the application can use to calculate values for data that the application would not otherwise support. This allows for the content of the self-describing file to be modified by an application that does not support all of the capabilities of the file while maintaining the integrity of the file and user experience when the file is subsequently accessed by a full featured application. | 07-18-2013 |
20140351297 | CALCULATION OF PROPERTIES OF OBJECTS/SHAPES ACROSS VERSIONS OF APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed in which a self-describing file is generated and utilized to provide applications with the ability to properly preserve unknown file content. A self-describing file may contain, or be associated with, an extension section that provides information that an application can use to properly calculate unknown file content. The extension section may include functions of formulas that the application can use to calculate values for data that the application would not otherwise support. This allows for the content of the self-describing file to be modified by an application that does not support all of the capabilities of the file while maintaining the integrity of the file and user experience when the file is subsequently accessed by a full featured application. | 11-27-2014 |
Stephen T. Horn, White Stone, VA US
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20080307567 | Enhanced evaporative cooling system - A blower operated cooling vest that uses the normal movement of the body to blot excess moisture from the body and evaporate it away from the body and thus shield it from the heat. | 12-18-2008 |
Steve Horn, New York, NY US
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20110109686 | Utilizing A Printer To Customize Apparel In A Retail Facility - Customized articles of footwear are produced by providing options and graphics that are selected by a customer when submitting a custom order at a retail facility. The graphics are selected from a catalog while the options, such as a shoe model or a shoe size, are selected at an order interface rendered at a computing device. The computing device processes the order by uploading printing instructions associated with the customer-selected graphic or by converting specifications of the order into the printing instructions. The printing instructions are passed to a printer that is configured to move inkjet nozzles in a pattern and, concurrently, control a timed release of coloring agent from the inkjet nozzles based on the printing instructions. Releasing the coloring agent over the article of footwear physically applies a design thereto, which substantially resembles the customer-selected graphic. An oven typically cures the design via infrared heat over a timeframe. | 05-12-2011 |
Thomas Horn, Brookline, MA US
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20120045413 | Human papilloma virus peptide-specific T-cell response for treatment of warts - The inventors have treated human patients for warts by intralesional injection of | 02-23-2012 |
Thomas A. Horn, Eastpointe, MI US
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20100035484 | TERMINAL WELD TAB HAVING A WIRE SQUEEZE LIMITER - One embodiment includes an electrical connection terminal ( | 02-11-2010 |
20140011412 | TERMINAL WELD TAB HAVING A WIRE SQUEEZE LIMITER - One variation may include an electrical connection terminal ( | 01-09-2014 |
Thomas B. Horn, New Hartford, NY US
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20110006014 | System and Method For Process and Waste Water Filtration - A system and method for filtering caster rinse water. A flocculating agent is added to caster rinse water and the mixture is agitated first at high-speed and then at low-speed to promote flocculation. The flocked solids are removed from the caster rinse water using a filtration unit and the filtered water is stored for reuse. | 01-13-2011 |
Thomas Dag Horn, Brookline, MA US
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20100055132 | NON-SPECIFIC DELAYED-TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY RESPONSE TO TREAT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION - A method is presented for treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection comprising: (a) locally administering a substance that induces a delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response to a patient at a site of an HSV lesion to induce a DTH response at the site of the lesion during one or more outbreaks of the HSV infection. | 03-04-2010 |
Uwe Horn US
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20120174147 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RELIABLE BROADCAST - The invention is embodied in a technique for broadcasting content data from a broadcaster (including a multicaster) to a plurality of clients. After a client receives content data from the broadcaster, a plurality of available proxy servers may be contacted for post-processing after the content data broadcast is determined. The client subsequently randomly selects one of the available proxy servers to contact for post-processing after the content data broadcast. The client may further randomly select a delay time within a contact interval for the selected proxy server, at which time the client contacts the selected proxy server at the delay time to initiate post-processing. | 07-05-2012 |
Wallace E. Horn, Mansfield, PA US
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20100248174 | LAMINAR FLOW JETS - A burner head is constructed with adjacent gas delivery tubes of different geometric cross-section shapes which are mechanically held in place radially. The tubes touch in a longitudinal direction at points along their respective inner and outer circumferences so that precise axial alignment whether coaxial or axially offset, is achieved while preserving the necessary laminar gas flow. This configuration greatly speeds the production time which allows economical burners to be produced even when a greater number of faceplate jets is desired. The tube-to-tube contact is also beneficial to the operation of the burner by providing a heat transfer path away from the innermost tube, which prevents overheating. Examples of the simplest geometric tube shapes employed are, for example, a square within a circle, or conversely, a circle within a square. | 09-30-2010 |
20110294080 | LAMINAR FLOW JETS - A burner head is constructed with adjacent gas delivery tubes of different geometric cross-section shapes which are mechanically held in place radially. The tubes touch in a longitudinal direction at points along their respective inner and outer circumferences so that precise axial alignment whether coaxial or axially offset, is achieved while preserving the necessary laminar gas flow. This configuration greatly speeds the production time which allows economical burners to be produced even when a greater number of faceplate jets is desired. The tube-to-tube contact is also beneficial to the operation of the burner by providing a heat transfer path away from the innermost tube, which prevents overheating. Examples of the simplest geometric tube shapes employed are, for example, a square within a circle, or conversely, a circle within a square. | 12-01-2011 |
William A. Horn, Mansfield, PA US
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20100248174 | LAMINAR FLOW JETS - A burner head is constructed with adjacent gas delivery tubes of different geometric cross-section shapes which are mechanically held in place radially. The tubes touch in a longitudinal direction at points along their respective inner and outer circumferences so that precise axial alignment whether coaxial or axially offset, is achieved while preserving the necessary laminar gas flow. This configuration greatly speeds the production time which allows economical burners to be produced even when a greater number of faceplate jets is desired. The tube-to-tube contact is also beneficial to the operation of the burner by providing a heat transfer path away from the innermost tube, which prevents overheating. Examples of the simplest geometric tube shapes employed are, for example, a square within a circle, or conversely, a circle within a square. | 09-30-2010 |
20110294080 | LAMINAR FLOW JETS - A burner head is constructed with adjacent gas delivery tubes of different geometric cross-section shapes which are mechanically held in place radially. The tubes touch in a longitudinal direction at points along their respective inner and outer circumferences so that precise axial alignment whether coaxial or axially offset, is achieved while preserving the necessary laminar gas flow. This configuration greatly speeds the production time which allows economical burners to be produced even when a greater number of faceplate jets is desired. The tube-to-tube contact is also beneficial to the operation of the burner by providing a heat transfer path away from the innermost tube, which prevents overheating. Examples of the simplest geometric tube shapes employed are, for example, a square within a circle, or conversely, a circle within a square. | 12-01-2011 |
William C. Horn, Long Valley, NJ US
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20130037707 | MEASUREMENT OF ISOTOPE RATIOS IN COMPLEX MATRICES - The present techniques are directed to a method for microprobe analyses of isotope ratios in inhomogeneous matrices. The method includes selecting matrix standards that have matrices that resemble a target matrix. A bulk isotope analysis is run on each of the matrix standards to determine a bulk isotope ratio value. A microprobe analysis is run on each of the matrix standards to determine a microprobe isotope ratio values for each of the plurality of matrix standards. Spurious values are eliminated from the microprobe isotope ratio values. The microprobe isotope ratio values are averaged for each of the matrix standards to create an average microprobe isotope ratio value associated with each of the matrix standards. The bulk isotope ratio value for each of matrix standards is plotted against the average microprobe isotope ratio value associated with each of the matrix standards to create a matrix corrected calibration curve. | 02-14-2013 |
William P. Horn, Scarsdale, NY US
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20110072255 | PROVISIONING OF OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS ON A SERVER IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - The illustrative embodiments disclose a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for provisioning a server on a network. In one embodiment, the process sends a server identifier to a management server in response to receiving a boot command. The management server uses the server identifier for identifying a designated operating environment for the server to form a designated operating environment identifier. The process then receives, from the management server, the designated operating environment identifier and a first bootstrap code. The process uses the first bootstrap code to extract information for identifying a local operating environment on the server. Thereafter, the process compares the local operating environment to the designated operating environment and initiates a final boot sequence of the server based on the comparison of the local operating environment and the designated operating environment. | 03-24-2011 |
20120221842 | PROVISIONING OF OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS ON A SERVER IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A computer deploys an operating environment onto a provisionable server. The computer assigns an operating environment from an operating environment configuration management database to the provisionable server in response to detecting a provisioning event. The computer stores a record of the assignment in a deployment configuration management database and updates a management server with a designated operating environment identifier of the assignment. | 08-30-2012 |
William T. Horn, Centennial, CO US
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20100090898 | ELEMENT INDEPENDENT ROUTERLESS BEAMFORMING - Described herein are systems and methods that eliminate the need for costly and complex switching networks for routing channelized data between antenna elements and beamformers. In one aspect, a beamforming system comprises a beamformer for each antenna element of an antenna array, in which the beamformers for the different antenna elements are arranged in parallel. The beamforming system also comprises a combiner that combines the outputs of the beamformers into a single beam. In one aspect, the beamformers of antenna elements that do not contribute to a desired beam output zeros to the combiner, which when added to the subbeams of the other beamformers have no affect of the final beam. In another aspect, operations (e.g., multiplication, memory reads) of each beamformer that does not contribute to a desired beam may be turned off to conserve power. | 04-15-2010 |