Mettler, US
Alison Mettler, Arroyo Grande, CA US
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20080276194 | METHOD OF EXPOSING FULLY EDITABLE TEXT FIELDS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for fully exposing fully editable text fields on a mobile device is disclosed. The text fields are configured for flags where the flags indicate the type of content stored in the text fields. The method includes assigning a third flag to a disclose property where the disclose property configures the display of editable text in the text field and exposing the text fields according to the third flag. | 11-06-2008 |
20080288892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRESENTING TELEPHONE FUNCTIONS AS INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system, method, and user interface of presenting telephone functions as interactive elements on an electronic device with telephone capabilities such as a mobile device is disclosed. The system and method provides a user with a mechanism for focusing on a call, where the call is selected by user activation from one or more calls occurring on the mobile device. The system and method displays contextual buttons related to the call to the user, where the contextual buttons are configured for operating on the call. | 11-20-2008 |
Bérénice Mettler, Minneapolis, MN US
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20130053190 | RACKET SPORT INERTIAL SENSOR MOTION TRACKING AND ANALYSIS - A system for a racket comprises an inertial sensor for coupling to the racket, a processor connected to the inertial sensor, and a memory device connected to the processor. The inertial sensor includes an accelerometer array with three degrees of freedom in acceleration and a gyro array with three degrees of freedom in rotation. The processor is configured to generate stroke profiles describing acceleration and rotation of the racket based on signals from the accelerometer and the gyro arrays, and the memory device is configured to store the stroke profiles. | 02-28-2013 |
20150141178 | RACKET SPORT INERTIAL SENSOR MOTION TRACKING ANALYSIS - A system for a racket comprises an inertial sensor for coupling to the racket, a processor connected to the inertial sensor, and a memory device connected to the processor. The inertial sensor includes an accelerometer array with three degrees of freedom in acceleration and a gyro array with three degrees of freedom in rotation. The processor is configured to generate stroke profiles describing acceleration and rotation of the racket based on signals from the accelerometer and the gyro arrays, and the memory device is configured to store the stroke profiles. | 05-21-2015 |
Bérénice Mettler, Minneapolis, MN US
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20130053190 | RACKET SPORT INERTIAL SENSOR MOTION TRACKING AND ANALYSIS - A system for a racket comprises an inertial sensor for coupling to the racket, a processor connected to the inertial sensor, and a memory device connected to the processor. The inertial sensor includes an accelerometer array with three degrees of freedom in acceleration and a gyro array with three degrees of freedom in rotation. The processor is configured to generate stroke profiles describing acceleration and rotation of the racket based on signals from the accelerometer and the gyro arrays, and the memory device is configured to store the stroke profiles. | 02-28-2013 |
Charles M. Mettler, Perry, OH US
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20100158607 | PORTABLE HIGHWAY WARNING DEVICE - A portable highway warning device includes any number of elongated rumble strips each fabricated of a suitable flexible polymeric material. Embedded within each rumble strip are a plurality of laterally spaced metal plates or bars to provide ballast to each rumble strip. The metal plates or bars run transversely across the width of each rumble strip with sufficient spacing therebetween to permit each rumble strip to be rolled up lengthwise from end to end when not in use. | 06-24-2010 |
20100215431 | PORTABLE HIGHWAY WARNING DEVICE - A portable highway warning device comprised of one or more rumble strips. Each rumble strip is comprised of a plurality of modular strip sections made of a polymeric material. Each strip section has end edges with alternating notches and tabs sized and spaced for overlapping engagement with respective tabs and notches on opposite end edges of other ones of the strip sections for connecting the end edges of the strip sections together. Embedded in each of the strip sections are a plurality of metal plates or bars that run transversely between side edges of the strip sections in laterally spaced relation from one another to provide ballast to the strip sections. | 08-26-2010 |
20110101296 | PEDESTRIAN BARRICADE ASSEMBLY - Pedestrian barricade assembly includes a plurality of uprights and associated guide rails. Each upright includes a front section having one or more transversely extending channels. Each of the channels has a pair of laterally spaced semi-circular flanges in upper and lower side walls of the channels that are slidably engageable by upper and lower open notches adjacent end portions of the guide rails to provide hinge connections therebetween. | 05-05-2011 |
20150027645 | BARRICADE ASSEMBLY WITH FOLDABLE LEGS - A barricade assembly comprises a pair of laterally spaced uprights for supporting at least one barricade board, and a foldable leg assembly for selectively supporting the uprights in a generally upright position. The leg assembly comprises two pairs of legs, one of which has a sliding connection with the respective uprights, and the other of which has a pivotal connection with the respective legs of the one pair and with the respective uprights. When the legs of both pairs are unfolded, the legs of both pairs support the uprights in a generally upright position, whereas when the legs of both pairs are folded, the legs of the one pair are nested within the legs of the other pair substantially in line with the inner sides of the respective uprights to provide a substantially flat barricade assembly for ease of stacking of a plurality of such barricade assemblies on top of one another during storage and/or transit. | 01-29-2015 |
20150030390 | PORTABLE ROADWAY WARNING DEVICE - A portable roadway warning device comprises one or more rumble strips. Each rumble strip comprises at least two modular strip sections, each made of a polymeric material having top and bottom surfaces and end edges and side edges. At least one of the end edges of each of the strip sections has a plurality of aligned alternating notches and tabs, and connecting links hingedly connect the tabs at one of the end edges of one of the strip sections to respective aligned tabs at one of the end edges of another of the strip sections. | 01-29-2015 |
20150110554 | PORTABLE ROADWAY WARNING DEVICE - A portable roadway warning device comprises one or more rumble strips. Each rumble strip comprises at least two interconnected strip sections, each made of a polymeric material. Opposite end edges of the strip sections have respective alternating notches and tabs sized and spaced for engagement with respective tabs and notches on opposite end edges of other of the strip sections to provide a releasable connected joint therebetween. The undersides of the tabs have transverse slots adjacent axial inner ends of the tabs for seated engagement by lower outer cross members extending transversely of the notches adjacent axial outer ends of the notches. The alternating notches and tabs in the respective opposite end edges of the strip sections are dovetailed for dovetailed engagement with one another. | 04-23-2015 |
Charles M. Mettler, Cleveland, OH US
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20100034584 | BARRIERS WITH KISS-OFFS - A barrier includes a housing having a front wall and an opposing back wall each extending between opposing sidewalls. The housing also includes a floor and an interior surface bounding a chamber, the chamber communicating externally through an inlet opening. A first inset projects into the chamber from the front wall so as to form a recessed pocket on the front wall. A second inset projects into the chamber from the back wall so as to form a recessed pocket on the back wall. The first inset and the second inset are connected together within the chamber so that the chamber encircles the connection. | 02-11-2010 |
Cory J. Mettler, Brookings, SD US
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20120292993 | Energy Scavenging Power Supply - An energy scavenging power system and method may include an energy conversion system having at least one transducer configured to harvest energy, an energy management and storage system configured to store harvested energy; and a load regulation system configured to provide stored energy to power one or more low power-consumption loads. The energy management and storage system may include a start-up capacitor having a small capacitance to allow for quick charging and fast turn-on, a short term capacitor to provide energy to the load or loads once turned-on, and a long term capacitor having a large capacitance to provide for sustained energy delivery to the loads. The system also may include a common charging bus that receives energy from each transducer, conditioned if necessary, and which then determines the capacitor to which the energy should be delivered. | 11-22-2012 |
Dean Mettler, Sturgis, MI US
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20160039274 | TONNEAU COVER AND METHOD OF ATTACHMENT - A tonneau cover and a method of attachment are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a self-energizing clamp can be used to retain a tonneau cover onto a side wall of a truck bed, or other vehicle bed. In some embodiments, the clamp can be rotated between a usage position and a storage position in order to prevent the clamp from incidental movement or harm while accessing the truck bed. | 02-11-2016 |
Dean Edward Mettler, Sturgis, MI US
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20150353043 | ROCK GUARD FOR HIGHWAY VEHICLES - Rock guards can be used to protect parts, such as a radiator, in the engine compartment of highway vehicles. The present disclosure relates to a rock guard that includes a body with self-supporting frameless structure that has a hem and a plurality of mounting points mountable to a structure of the vehicle. The hem comprises a folded section of the material of the body and circumferentially surrounds the body, providing the guard with rigidity. | 12-10-2015 |
Mark F. Mettler, Spring Lake, MI US
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20100285080 | COSMETIC TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - A cosmetic treatment system is provided having ingredients that may prevent signs of aging, improve the aesthetic appearance of skin, and promote recovery from environmental stresses. The composition includes natural ingredients, including at least one ingredient or extract from rosemary; at least one ingredient or extract from | 11-11-2010 |
20140186433 | Cosmetic Treatment System and Methods - A cosmetic treatment system is provided having ingredients that may prevent signs of aging, improve the aesthetic appearance of skin, and promote recovery from environmental stresses. The composition includes natural ingredients, including at least one ingredient or extract from rosemary; at least one ingredient or extract from | 07-03-2014 |
Michael Mettler, Florissant, MO US
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20120187123 | Apparatus and Methods for Closing a Vessel - A method of closing a vessel includes using a flexible sealing device to form a seal between two container components of the vessel. The method also includes closing the vessel by locking together the two container components using a locking mechanism capable of bearing an end pressure load against the vessel when the vessel is in operation. The seal is formed and the vessel is closed so that the sealing device bears substantially none of the end pressure load when the vessel is in operation. This method can be adapted to work in relation to many vessel designs and both high and low pressure and temperature conditions. | 07-26-2012 |
Michael Mettler, San Francisco, CA US
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20120284185 | Image-Based Financial Processing - Image-based processing of sources of financial information for financial transactions is provided. A device is enabled to acquire one or more images including a representation of a source of financial information. The device can validate the source, independent of the financial information in a preliminary analysis. If the source is validated, one or more images are used to acquire the financial information. The financial information is then validated. If the financial information is valid, authorization of the financial transaction can be initiated. | 11-08-2012 |
20150363581 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER BASED ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication. | 12-17-2015 |
Michael Mettler, Hazen, ND US
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20120286533 | GRIPPER ATTACHMENT FOR ROBOT - A robot gripper attachment for use with conventional robotic platforms, the gripper having opposed claw members, each claw member in turn having a plurality of elongate projections. An inward facing surface of each projection is chamfered, defining an interior gripping surface. This gripping surface may be further provided with a friction material for increased grip. One or more cameras and sensors may be utilized to aid operation by providing the operator with information about depth, distance, and positioning. | 11-15-2012 |
Michael A. Mettler, Sealy, TX US
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20090093990 | MOBILE BODY MAPPING AND MATTRESS TESTING - An exemplary mobile mattress sensor system is described, the system includes a pressure sensing pad and a computer device having an associated display operable to receive signals from the pressure sensing pad and cause the display a body map associated with the received signals. The mobile mapping system further includes a power source for powering the computer device, and a cart for transporting the pressure sensing pad, computer device, and power source. The mobile body mapping system allows a user to transport the mobile body mapping system throughout a store to test and generate body maps for different mattresses. Further, many different mattresses may be uniquely tested for a particular user with a single pressure sensing pad (as opposed to having multiple pressure sensing pads and computing devices for each mattress or a small set of “test” beds including pressure sensing pads and computing devices). | 04-09-2009 |
Michael S. Mettler, Durham, NC US
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20100250846 | ASYMETRIC LOAD BALANCING FOR RAID STORAGE SYSTEMS - The instant invention broadly contemplates balancing of asymmetric RAID arrays based on application usage patterns. The instantly claimed invention broadly contemplates balancing the type of workload and delivery of the work load in asymmetric RAID arrays by intelligently implementing different types of applications on disks strategically positioned to deliver workload to the RAID channel that is most capable of handling the work load. The invention makes use of the fact that some applications are more large block, sequential transfer dependant while other applications are more small block, high random, high IOP dependent, and places these applications accordingly within the asymmetric RAID array. | 09-30-2010 |
Michael Scott Mettler, Durham, NC US
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20100250197 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEMORY CONFIGURATION ANALYSIS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for memory configuration analysis. A classification module | 09-30-2010 |
20100250888 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEMORY UPGRADE PATH OPTIMIZATION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for memory upgrade optimization. A requirements module | 09-30-2010 |
20110093674 | Method and Apparatus for Automatic Solid State Drive Performance Recovery - A method and apparatus are disclosed for automatic solid state drive performance recovery. A detection module detects a first SSD exceeding a fragmentation threshold. A plurality of drives comprises the first SSD and stores a data copy of data stored on the first SSD. An erase module erases a mapping table for the first SSD. The mapping table maps Logical Block Addresses LBA to physical addresses for the first SSD. A rebuild module rebuilds the data and the mapping table on the first SSD from the data copy. | 04-21-2011 |
20110119443 | Apparatus and Method for Distributing Writes Asymmetrically Among Drives - An apparatus and method are disclosed for distributing writes asymmetrically. An asymmetric distribution module calculates an asymmetric distribution of writes for a plurality of drives. A write module writes data to each drive in accordance with the asymmetric distribution of writes. | 05-19-2011 |
20110246716 | CONCATENATING A FIRST RAID WITH A SECOND RAID - A method and apparatus are disclosed for concatenating a first RAID and a second RAID. The apparatus includes a concatenation module and a direction module. The concatenation module concatenates a first Redundant Array of Independent Disks (“RAID”) with a second RAID into a top-level RAID. The first RAID and the second RAID may have disparate operational characteristics. The direction module directs storage operations to one of the first RAID and the second RAID based on a direction policy. | 10-06-2011 |
20130151769 | Hard Disk Drive Reliability In Server Environment Using Forced Hot Swapping - An approach is provided to inactivate a selected drive included in a RAID configuration. While inactive, write requests are handled by identifying data blocks to be written to each of the RAID drives. The identification also identifies a data block address corresponding to the data blocks. Data blocks destined to non-selected drives are written to the non-selected drives. The data blocks destined to the selected drive is written to a memory area outside of the RAID configuration. The data block addresses corresponding to the data blocks are also written to the memory area. After a period of time, the selected drive is reactivated. During reactivation, the data block addresses and their corresponding data blocks that were written to the memory area are read from the memory area and each of the data blocks are written to the selected drive at the corresponding data block addresses. | 06-13-2013 |
Paul Michael Mettler, Layton, UT US
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20140082992 | Collapsible Waterfowl Decoy - The collapsible waterfowl decoy disclosed herein includes a vertical support and a horizontal support. The horizontal support includes a three-way joint which allows the horizontal support to be disposed on the vertical support through parallel ports in the three-way joint. A pin is disposed within a perpendicular port of the three-way joint. The horizontal support further includes rigid tubing that is inserted into a perpendicular port of the three-way joint. Elastic cordage is disposed around the pin and through the rigid tubing to apply elastic tension between the rigid tubing and the perpendicular port of the three-way joint. | 03-27-2014 |
Thomas Joseph Mettler, Hudson, WI US
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20130068046 | POWER TAKE-OFF CLUTCH ASSEMBLY - A clutch assembly is provided for engaging a PTO assembly with a primary drive shaft of a vehicle engine. The clutch assembly includes a synchronizing clutch for rotating an output member and a primary clutch positionable to rotationally connect the output member to the primary drive shaft. | 03-21-2013 |
20130118763 | PROPORTIONAL DYNAMIC RATIO CONTROL FOR COMPRESSED AIR FOAM DELIVERY - A compressed air foam delivery system includes a control unit to monitor and/or adjust components within the system so as to deliver a compressed air foam agent mixture with a desired agent:air ratio at a desired flow rate to one or more active discharges. In one embodiment, the control unit can be equipped to control one or more of a pump engine, water pump, foam delivery unit and air compressor so as to deliver and maintain the desired ratio of agent mixture at the desired flow rate. | 05-16-2013 |
20130272843 | INTEGRATED RECIPROCATING PRIMER DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - A pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump having an intake, a discharge, a pump chamber and an impeller to deliver water from the intake to the discharge. A priming system is fluidly coupled to the pump chamber. A drive assembly includes a drive shaft coupled to the priming system and positioned around an impeller shaft coupled to the impeller for selective rotatable coupling of the impeller shaft and the drive shaft. | 10-17-2013 |