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20090204778 | SIMPLE NON-AUTONOMOUS PEERING ENVIRONMENT, WATERMARKING AND AUTHENTICATION - A Secure Non-autonomous Peering (SNAP) system includes a hierarchical digital watermarking scheme, a central licensing authority, licensed fabricators and assemblers. | 08-13-2009 |
20100218000 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH RENEWABLE CONTENT PROTECTION - A method of renewing encryption applied to a content file in a playback device comprising determining a specified variant of at least one microcode function to be used in playing back the content file, determining if variants are stored in internal memory on the playback device to determine if the specified variant is included in the stored variants, retrieving the specified variant from a variant storage in a memory located in a media device in communication with the playback device, if the specified variant is not included in the stored variants, and using the specified variant to access the content file. A playback device has at least one memory having a variant storage, the variant storage including at least one variant of a microcode function, and a processor configured to execute instructions to determine at least one specified variant, access the variant storage of at least one memory to acquire the specified variant, and use the specified variant to decrypt a content file downloaded to a media device in communication with the playback device. | 08-26-2010 |
20100299458 | SIMPLE NONAUTONOMOUS PEERING MEDIA CLONE DETECTION - A playback device includes a port configured to receive content from an external memory device, a device memory residing in the device, and a controller programmed to execute instructions that cause the controller to read a read data pattern from the defined region in the external memory device and determine if the read data pattern correlates to an expected data pattern to a predetermined level, wherein the expected data pattern is derived at least in part from a defect map of the defined region. A memory device includes an array of memory cells configured to store at least one bit of data, the array of memory cells being organized into regions, at least one first region of the array of memory cells having stored therein a defect map of the array of memory cells, and at least one second region of the array of memory cells being designated as a defined region having a known defect pattern. A method of validating a memory device includes writing, using a controller in a playback device, a known data pattern to a defined region in the memory device, reading, with the controller, a read data pattern from the defined region, comparing, at the controller, the read data pattern to an expected data pattern, the expected data pattern derived from the known data pattern and a defect map of the defined region, and validating, with the controller, the memory device based upon a correlation result from the comparing. | 11-25-2010 |
20120042167 | SIMPLE NONAUTONOMOUS PEERING NETWORK MEDIA - A method of playing content across a network includes receiving, at a media player, an input from a user selecting media located on a network, sending a request across a network comprised of devices employing a common security protocol, the request to identify peer devices on the network, receiving a response across the network from a peer device, and accessing the media from a content memory of the peer device. A method of tracking valid peers on a secure media network, includes receiving, at a media player, an input from a user selecting media located on a peer device on the network, performing an authentication test of the peer player, determining if a latency associated with the peer player meets a criteria, and updating a latency log on the media player to include the peer player. A device has a content memory to store media content for playback, a network port arranged to allow the device to access a network, and a controller programmed to send a request through the network port to a network, the request being for a particular media content file, communicate with a peer device across the network to authenticate a communication session with the peer device, receive a response from the peer device indicating that the session has been authenticated, and access the media content file on a content memory on the peer device. | 02-16-2012 |
20120272068 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH RENEWABLE CONTENT PROTECTION - A method of renewing encryption applied to a content file in a playback device comprising determining a specified variant of at least one microcode function to be used in playing back the content file, determining if variants are stored in internal memory on the playback device to determine if the specified variant is included in the stored variants, retrieving the specified variant from a variant storage in a memory located in a media device in communication with the playback device, if the specified variant is not included in the stored variants, and using the specified variant to access the content file. A playback device has at least one memory having a variant storage, the variant storage including at least one variant of a microcode function, and a processor configured to execute instructions to determine at least one specified variant, access the variant storage of at least one memory to acquire the specified variant, and use the specified variant to decrypt a content file downloaded to a media device in communication with the playback device. | 10-25-2012 |
20150026475 | SIMPLE NONAUTONOMOUS PEERING NETWORK MEDIA - A method of playing content across a network includes receiving, at a media player, an input from a user selecting media located on a network, sending a request across a network comprised of devices employing a common security protocol, the request to identify peer devices on the network, receiving a response across the network from a peer device, and accessing the media from a content memory of the peer device. A method of tracking valid peers on a secure media network, includes receiving, at a media player, an input from a user selecting media located on a peer device on the network, performing an authentication test of the peer player, determining if a latency associated with the peer player meets a criteria, and updating a latency log on the media player to include the peer player. A device has a content memory to store media content for playback, a network port arranged to allow the device to access a network, and a controller programmed to send a request through the network port to a network, the request being for a particular media content file, communicate with a peer device across the network to authenticate a communication session with the peer device, receive a response from the peer device indicating that the session has been authenticated, and access the media content file on a content memory on the peer device. | 01-22-2015 |
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20080210904 | Method of Making Green-Emitting Borate Phosphors - There is described a method for the preparation of a green-emitting terbium and cerium co-activated gadolinium magnesium pentaborate phosphor that utilizes a hydrated magnesium hexaborate as a boron source. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate preferably may be represented by the formula MgB | 09-04-2008 |
20080213152 | Method of Producing UV-Emitting Magnesium Pentaborate Phosphors - A method of producing a UV-emitting magnesium pentaborate phosphor is described. The method comprises combining a hydrated magnesium hexaborate with oxides of Y, Gd, Ce and Pr to form a mixture and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. The hydrated magnesium hexaborate, which is preferably prepared as a precipitate, preferably has a formula MgB | 09-04-2008 |
20080213153 | Method of Making Red-Emitting Borate Phosphor - There is described a method of producing a red-emitting manganese and cerium co-activated gadolinium magnesium zinc pentaborate phosphor that comprises combining a hydrated hexaborate of zinc, magnesium, and manganese with oxides of Gd and Ce to form a mixture, and firing the mixture in a slightly reducing atmosphere to form the phosphor. Preferably, the hydrated hexaborate has an approximate composition represented by (Zn,Mg,Mn)B | 09-04-2008 |
20090309067 | METHOD OF MAKING A LEAD-ACTIVATED STRONTIUM HEXABORATE PHOSPHOR - There is provided a method of making a SrB | 12-17-2009 |
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20100170760 | Remotely Operated Bypass for a Suspension Damper - A damper assembly with a bypass for a vehicle comprises a pressure cylinder with a piston and piston rod for limiting the flow rate of damping fluid as it passes from a first to a second side of said piston. A bypass provides fluid pathway between the first and second sides of the piston separately from the flow rate limitation. In one aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable from a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In another aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable based upon one or more variable parameters associated with the vehicle. | 07-08-2010 |
20110083929 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID DAMPER - A method and apparatus for a fluid damper comprising a first fluid-filled chamber, a second chamber filled with a fluid having variable flow characteristics and at least partially displaceable by the first fluid, and a gas chamber, the gas chamber compressible due to the displacement of the second chamber. In one embodiment, the fluid in the second chamber is a variable rheology fluid. | 04-14-2011 |
20110094833 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRESSURIZED GAS IN FLUID DAMPERS - A method and apparatus for a shock absorber having a damping fluid compensation chamber with a gas charge. In one aspect, a partition separates a first chamber portion from a second chamber portion, wherein the first portion of the chamber is at a first initial gas pressure and the second portion of the chamber is at a second initial pressure. A valve separates the first and second chamber portions and opening the valve commingles the first and second chamber portions so that the combined chamber portions are at a third pressure. In another aspect, a piston disposed through a wall is in pressure communication with the gas charge and is biased inwardly toward a pressure of the charge, whereby an indicator is movable by the piston in response to the pressure. | 04-28-2011 |
20110214956 | REMOTELY OPERATED BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A damper assembly with a bypass for a vehicle comprises a pressure cylinder with a piston and piston rod for limiting the flow rate of damping fluid as it passes from a first to a second side of said piston. A bypass provides fluid pathway between the first and second sides of the piston separately from the flow rate limitation. In one aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable from a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In another aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable based upon one or more variable parameters associated with the vehicle. | 09-08-2011 |
20110315494 | BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A vehicle suspension damper comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly including a damping piston along with working fluid within the cylinder. A bypass permits fluid to avoid dampening resistance of the damping piston. A fluid path through the bypass is controlled by a valve that is shifted by a piston surface when the contents of at least one predetermined volume is injected against the piston surface which acts upon the valve. In one embodiment, the bypass is remotely operable. | 12-29-2011 |
20120018263 | SUSPENSION DAMPER WITH REMOTELY-OPERABLE VALVE - A vehicle damper comprising a cylinder and a piston; a working fluid within the cylinder; a reservoir in fluid communication with the working fluid to receive working fluid from the cylinder in a compression stroke; and a remotely-operable valve, the valve operable to permit and restrict flow of the working fluid between the cylinder and the reservoir. | 01-26-2012 |
20120222927 | COOLER FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A method and apparatus are disclosed for cooling damping fluid in a vehicle suspension damper unit. A damping unit includes a piston mounted in a fluid cylinder. A bypass fluid circuit having an integrated cooling assembly disposed therein is fluidly coupled to the fluid cylinder at axial locations that, at least at one point in the piston stroke, are located on opposite sides of the piston. The cooling assembly may include a cylinder having cooling fins thermally coupled to an exterior surface of the cylinder and made of a thermally conductive material. The bypass channel may include a check valve that permits fluid flow in only one direction through the bypass channel. The check valve may be remotely operated, either manually or automatically by an electronic controller. A vehicle suspension system may implement one or more damper units throughout the vehicle, controlled separately or collectively, automatically or manually. | 09-06-2012 |
20130228404 | SUSPENSION DAMPER WITH BY-PASS VALVES - A vehicle damper is described. The vehicle damper includes: a cylinder; a piston within the cylinder; a working fluid within the cylinder; a reservoir in fluid communication with the cylinder via the working fluid, the reservoir operable to receive the working fluid from the cylinder in a compression stroke; a valve in a flow path between the cylinder and the reservoir; and a remotely-operable valve having a position allowing the working fluid to significantly by-pass the valve. | 09-05-2013 |
20130292218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A system for controlling vehicle motion is described. The system includes: a first set of sensors coupled with a vehicle, the first set of sensors configured for sensing the vehicle motion; and a vehicle suspension damper coupled with the first set of sensors, the vehicle suspension damper configured for adjusting a damping force therein, the vehicle suspension damper comprising: a primary valve; a pilot valve assembly coupled with the primary valve, the pilot valve assembly configured for metering a flow of fluid to the primary valve, in response to at least the sensing; and an orifice block coupled with the primary valve and comprising a control orifice there through, the control orifice configured for operating cooperatively with the pilot valve assembly in the metering the flow of fluid to the primary valve. | 11-07-2013 |
20140008160 | REMOTELY OPERATED BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A damper assembly with a bypass for a vehicle comprises a pressure cylinder with a piston and piston rod for limiting the flow rate of damping fluid as it passes from a first to a second side of said piston. A bypass provides fluid pathway between the first and second sides of the piston separately from the flow rate limitation. In one aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable from a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In another aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable based upon one or more variable parameters associated with the vehicle. | 01-09-2014 |
20140027219 | REMOTELY OPERATED BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A damper assembly with a bypass for a vehicle comprises a pressure cylinder with a piston and piston rod for limiting the flow rate of damping fluid as passes from a first to a second side of said piston. A bypass provides fluid pathway between the first and second sides of the piston separately from the flow rare limitation. In one aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable from a passenger compartment of the vehicle. In another aspect, the bypass is remotely controllable based upon one or more variable parameters associated with the vehicle. | 01-30-2014 |
20140124312 | BYPASS FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A vehicle suspension damper comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly including a damping piston along with working fluid within the cylinder. A bypass permits fluid to avoid dampening resistance of the damping piston. A fluid path through the bypass is controlled by a valve that is shifted by a piston surface when the contents of at least one predetermined volume is injected against the piston surface which acts upon the valve. In one embodiment, the bypass is remotely operable. | 05-08-2014 |
20140124313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE DAMPER - A vehicle suspension damper is described. The vehicle suspension damper includes: a pilot valve assembly; a primary valve; and an adjuster, wherein the pilot valve assembly meters fluid to the primary valve, and the adjuster moves the primary valve. | 05-08-2014 |
20140262646 | COOLER FOR A SUSPENSION DAMPER - A method and apparatus are disclosed for cooling damping fluid in a vehicle suspension damper unit. A damping unit includes a piston mounted in a fluid cylinder. A bypass fluid circuit having an integrated cooling assembly disposed therein is fluidly coupled to the fluid cylinder at axial locations that, at least at one point in the piston stroke, are located on opposite sides of the piston. The cooling assembly may include a cylinder having cooling fins thermally coupled to an exterior surface of the cylinder and made of a thermally conductive material. The bypass channel may include a check valve that permits fluid flow in only one direction through the bypass channel. The check valve may be remotely operated, either manually or automatically by an electronic controller. A vehicle suspension system may implement one or more damper units throughout the vehicle, controlled separately or collectively, automatically or manually. | 09-18-2014 |
20140326554 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRESSURIZED GAS IN FLUID DAMPERS - A method and apparatus for a shock absorber having a damping fluid compensation chamber with a gas charge. In one aspect, a partition separates a first chamber portion from a second chamber portion, wherein the first portion of the chamber is at a first initial gas pressure and the second portion of the chamber is at a second initial pressure. A valve separates the first and second chamber portions and opening the valve comingles the first and second chamber portions so that the combined chamber portions are at a third pressure. In another aspect, a piston disposed through a wall is in pressure communication with the gas charge and is biased inwardly toward a pressure of the charge, whereby an indicator is movable by the piston in response to the pressure. | 11-06-2014 |