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Travis M. Beckerle, St. Paul, MN US
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20130018216 | FULLY-IMPLANTABLE MICROPHONELESS COCHLEAR IMPLANT - A fully implantable apparatus for improving the hearing of a hearing-impaired subject is shown, said apparatus comprising a means for sensing vibrations impinging upon the tympanic membrane or an object in operative contact with the tympanic membrane, a means for converting said vibrations to an electrical signal, and a means for transmitting the electrical signal to the inner ear. | 01-17-2013 |
Travis M. Carpenter, Glencoe, MO US
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20150254668 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE CONSUMER IDENTIFICATION - Methods and systems for receiving an authorization request associated with a transaction, the authorization request including a payment account number and a card verification value; determining the authorization request is to be processed as having a dynamic card verification value; automatically bypassing, in response to the determination that the authorization request is to be processed as having a dynamic card verification value, at least one card verification process to be used in a processing of the authorization request; and sending the authorization request to a card verifier to verify the card verification value matches a dynamic card verification value of record. Some methods and systems include transmitting the authorization request to a payment network for authorization of the transaction; receiving an authorization response in reply to the transmitted authorization request; and providing an indication of the authorization response to a merchant associated with the transaction. | 09-10-2015 |
Travis M. Garthaffner, Midlothian, VA US
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20090005989 | INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SEGMENT PRODUCTS - Inspection systems and methods for their use are described, wherein the systems comprise: a movable carrier having a plurality of spaced receptacles, each spaced receptacle sized to accept a sample; a first pin positioned proximate to the movable carrier and connected to a first movable member capable of reciprocally moving the first pin alternately into and out of contact with a first end of a sample disposed in one of the spaced receptacles; a second pin positioned proximate to the movable carrier and connected to a second movable member capable of reciprocally moving the second pin alternately into and out of contact with a second end of the sample disposed in the one of the spaced receptacles; a measurement sensor capable of determining a value associated with the sample disposed in the one of the spaced receptacles; and an evaluation device in communication with the measurement sensor for receiving the value, the evaluation device providing a comparison between the value and a predetermined value. | 01-01-2009 |
20090039102 | BEAD FEEDER - A bead feeder for serially delivering beads to a downstream location comprises a bead supply wheel which rotates about a vertical axis. The bead supply wheel includes a bead supply bowl and a plurality of radially arranged channels below the bowl connected to rotate with the bowl. Discharge openings in the bowl are in alignment with the radially arranged channels to delivery beads to those channels, and a bead receiving pocket is positioned at the outer end of each channel. A transfer wheel picks up beads from the bead receiving pockets and transfers those beads to a delivery wheel by vacuum transfer and release. The delivery wheel serially delivers the beads to the downstream location. | 02-12-2009 |
20090145724 | BEAD FEEDER - A bead feeder for serially delivering beads to a downstream location comprises a bead supply wheel connected to rotate about a substantially vertical axis. The bead supply wheel includes a bead supply bowl and a plurality of radially and outwardly extending bead passageways connected to rotate with the bowl and dimensioned to receive a single line of beads from the bowl. A plurality of discharge openings in the bead supply bowl is spaced around a lower portion thereof with the openings in alignment with the radially and outwardly extending passageways, and each of the passageways has an outer exit end. A stationary blocking ring is directly below the outer exit ends of the passageways for receiving the lowermost bead from the single line of beads in each passageway. A drop-off on the blocking ring allows the lowermost beads to drop away in a downward direction while a stationary bead retainer above the drop-off of the blocking ring retained the bead adjacent the outermost bead. | 06-11-2009 |
20120279178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STAINING A TOBACCO POUCH PRODUCT - An apparatus for distributing moisture and staining the web of a plurality of tobacco sachets. The apparatus includes a turret wheel assembly comprising a rotatable turret wheel having a plurality of cups for receiving containers for tobacco sachets, a sensor for verifying the presence a container within a cup of the rotatable turret wheel, a hydraulic injector for injecting water into a container having a plurality of tobacco sachets, means for tamping tobacco sachets, and means for agitating and stirring the plurality of tobacco sachets to lift and stir tobacco sachets from the bottom of the container. A method of distributing moisture and staining the web of a plurality of tobacco sachets is also provided. | 11-08-2012 |
20150183532 | SLIDE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR FILLING POUCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Systems and methods for metering a granular material for packaging in pouches are disclosed. A system includes a hopper structured and arranged to hold a granular material in a hopper cavity. The system also includes a measuring system including a measuring cavity and a tube that is slidable in the hopper cavity between a first position unaligned with the measuring cavity and a second position over and aligned with the measuring cavity. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move a portion of the granular material from the hopper cavity to the measuring cavity when the tube is in the first position. The measuring system is structured and arranged to move the portion of the granular material from the measuring cavity to a pouch making machine using pressurized gas when the tube is in the second position. | 07-02-2015 |
Travis M. Grigsy, Austin, TX US
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20090231432 | VIEW SELECTION IN A VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE NETWORK - In V2V or other networks in which multiple video cameras can share video data, a network participant ordinarily has the option of selecting a particular video data stream (either generated by local cameras or received from other network participants. To facilitate the process of selecting a video data stream for presentation, the user's vehicle (in a V2V network) receives video data streams generated by other network participants along with identifiers indicating the video data stream actually being presented to the sender. The receiving system identifies the received video data stream by the greatest number of network participants and displays the identified video data stream on the user's in-vehicle video display. | 09-17-2009 |
Travis M. Grisby, Austin, TX US
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20090138299 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC PHONE ADVERTISEMENTS - A method of operating a communications service, including detecting that a user dials a phone number to initiate a current phone call, querying a dynamic advertising service which analyzes available data regarding the dialed phone number, receiving an advertisement from the dynamic advertising service that is selected based on the dialed phone number, the available data regarding the phone number and, optionally, other information, and playing the advertisement to the user. | 05-28-2009 |
20110289601 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT OF STREAMING CAPTURED CONTENT BASED ON CRITERIA REGULATING A SEQUENCE OF ELEMENTS - A captured content rights controller detects a first portion of streaming captured content and a second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is detected. The captured content rights controller determines whether rendering the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content is subject to at least one digital rights management protection rule for streaming captured content as specified by at least one owner of at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content captured independent of distribution of the content by the owner of the at least one restricted element within the streaming captured content. The captured content rights controller applies the at least one digital rights management protection rule to restrict rendering of the second portion of the streaming captured content after the first portion of the streaming captured content. | 11-24-2011 |
Travis M. Scheckel, Allen, TX US
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20100172355 | Rapid I/O Traffic System - High speed networking systems such as PCI-Express and Serial Rapid I/O are based on the exchange of packets across switched networks of high speed serial links. Information in the headers of these packets indicate the kind of transaction they represent. Queuing all received packets in a single queue will cause interactions between transaction types. Indirection can be used create the effect of multiple independent queues from a shared memory. This provides efficient centralized packet storage, while allowing independent processing of different transactions types. | 07-08-2010 |