| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
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| 20100057047 | DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD - A nasal delivery device for and method of delivering substance to the middle meatus in a nasal cavity of a subject in the treatment of a condition, in particular an inflammatory or infectious condition, thereof, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece unit ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057122 | SPRAY FOR FLUENT MATERIALS - Certain embodiments relate to a sprayer or other medical apparatus for applying a biocompatible coating in situ. Such an apparatus may have a first conduit connected to a first exit opening and a second conduit connected to a second exit opening to deliver a first composition through the first conduit and a second composition through the second conduit to mix the first composition and the second composition outside both the first conduit and the second conduit. The first composition may be, e.g., a precursor to a material formed after the mixing of the first composition and the second composition. The first exit opening and the second exit opening may be approximately adjacent to each other and define an angle that is less than about 140 degrees. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057148 | Stimulus timer for a closed loop neuromodulator - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for preventing stimulus delivery to a patient for a predetermined interval after commencing sleep therapy to ensure that the patient is asleep. An indication of abnormal respiration activity can be received from an activity detector of a closed loop neuromodulator at a therapy delay gate. The indication of abnormal respiration activity can be provided to a sleep disorder gate after a predetermined delay interval following commencement of the sleep therapy. A sleep disorder event can be detected if the indication of abnormal respiration activity exceeds a predetermined sleep disorder interval, and a stimulus start signal can be provided to the closed loop neuromodulator in response to the detected sleep disorder event. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057209 | TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT FOSSA-EMINENCE PROSTHESIS - A fossa-eminence prosthesis having a nonanatomic surface that is relatively flatter than the native fossa. The articular eminence of the patient can be surgically reduced before implanting the prosthesis. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057215 | ARTHROPLASTIC IMPLANT WITH ANCHOR PEG FOR BASILAR JOINT AND RELATED METHODS - An arthroplastic implant is for a basilar joint of a hand of a patient. The arthroplastic implant may include a body having a distal surface and a proximal surface opposite therefrom with the distal surface to be positioned adjacent a first metacarpal bone at the basilar joint of the hand of the patient. The arthroplastic implant may also include an anchor peg extending outwardly from the body to anchor the body within the basilar joint of the hand of the patient. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057244 | MACHINE TOOL MONITORING DEVICE - The invention relates to a machine tool monitoring device with an identification unity for identifying the operating situation of a machine tool. According to the invention, the machine tool monitoring device has at least one projection unit for defining at least one region to be monitored. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057252 | Robot and method of controlling the same - A robot and a method for controlling the same are provided. The robot includes a first control unit to control the overall operation of the robot and a second control unit to supplement the function of the control unit in preparation for the malfunction of the first control unit such that the second control unit controls the robot to perform a predetermined safety-considered motion when the first control unit malfunctions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057316 | CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In a controller for a belt-type continuously variable transmission including a hydraulic actuator that changes a groove width of a primary pulley, a hydraulic actuator that changes a groove width of a secondary pulley, and a belt clamping pressure control solenoid that controls the hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic actuator of the secondary pulley, a mechanism calculates a transmission ratio between the primary pulley and the secondary pulley and determines whether or not there is belt slippage based on that calculated transmission ratio, and a mechanism determines normalcy of the belt clamping pressure control solenoid. The input torque when belt slippage has actually occurred, i.e., when a failure has been determined, is used as a condition when performing the normalcy determination. By setting such a condition, it is possible for a normalcy determination threshold value (input torque value α) used for the normalcy determination to be a small value, and thus it is possible to suppress erroneous normalcy determination. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL MAP, ROUTING, OR NAVIGATION INFORMATION WITH NEED-BASED ROUTING - A system and method for providing digital map or navigation information with need-based routing. In accordance with an embodiment, the system disclosed herein provides a means for suppliers, such as suppliers or retailers of goods and services, to provide information about the availability of those goods and services. When a user interacts with the system and a need is determined, the system can offer information, such as directing the user to an appropriate supplier, including where appropriate a map and/or route to the supplier. In accordance with an embodiment the system can take into account the user's location, and/or the supplier's locations, and/or a cost associated with an item, and/or other geographic and non-geographic information that can be stored and retrieved from a digital map or a supplier. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057386 | REDUNDANT AND FAULT-TOLERANT POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAVING AN INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A power distribution and communication system includes nodes connected by power lines and communication links. The system receives power from one or more power sources. Each node contains at least one power port, data port and load port. Associated with each power port and load port is a port monitor for measuring current flowing into or out of the port and the voltage difference between the port outlet and ground, which measurements are passed to a processing element. The processing element and monitor analyze measured values to detect fault conditions. Upon fault condition detection, the port is disabled by opening a switch, disconnecting the port from the system voltage. The processing element receives power directly from the power line, thus receiving power from a live power line even if the associated power port is disabled allowing the processing element to enable a disabled node following a failure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057392 | INDEXED OPTICAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR INDEXING AN OPTICAL ENCODER, AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING GAIN AND OFFSET IN AN OPTICAL ENCODER - An optical encoder may include an encoder disk, an illumination system, and a detector to detect light diffracted from the encoder disk. The encoder disk may include a signal track comprising a diffraction grating, and an index track comprising a reflective index mark, wherein a width of the index mark is larger than a pitch of the diffraction grating. An indexing method may include providing an encoder disk, providing an illumination system to direct light to the encoder disk, providing a detector structured to detect light diffracted from the encoder disk, calculating an estimated count of quadrature states from a rising edge of an index pulse to a middle of the index interval, and calculating the quadrature state at an approximate center of the index pulse. A dynamic parameter correction method may include calculating a target gain and offset and correcting values based on the target gain and offset. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057401 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND KIT FOR TESTING GAS MONITORS - System and method are utilized for testing the performance of a gas monitor against predetermined monitor characteristics to determine if performance of a gas monitor is validated following testing gas being directly delivered to a gas sensor of the gas monitor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057430 | Multiple Language Communication System - A method and system for communicating in more than one language includes a communication system of cards. In one embodiment, the communication system of cards is for a communicator to communicate in a first language to a receiver in a second language. The communication system includes a communication card comprising a communication and a translated communication. The communication is in the first language, and the translated communication is a translation of the communication in the first language to the second language. The communication is a task for the receiver. The communication system also includes an instruction card comprising an instruction communication and a translated instruction communication. The instruction communication is in the first language, and the translated instruction communication is in the second language. The instruction communication is an instruction from the communicator to the receiver or from the receiver to the communicator. The communication system also includes visual illustrations. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057511 | INTEGRATED AUTONOMOUS FLEET MANAGEMENT USING SELF-AWARE VEHICLES - An apparatus for managing a fleet of vehicles. On each of the vehicles are a plurality of vehicle subsystems, each subsystem capable of monitoring conditions and assessing capabilities of the subsystem. For each vehicle, a vehicle management system has one or more processors and memory configured to: monitor conditions and assess capabilities of the vehicle based on subsystem condition and capability information provided by the subsystems, and based on the monitored vehicle conditions and assessed vehicle capabilities, initiate performance of one or more fleet management functions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057529 | PROVIDER-REQUESTED RELOCATION OF COMPUTERIZED WORKLOADS - Power or energy providers are enabled to request and initiate the relocation of customer computational workloads to other energy providers or other locations during critical situations, such as weather crises, national emergencies, power distribution interruptions, or equipment upsets. Workloads may be pre-registered and automatically relocated by the provider based on conditions of agreements between the provider and the customer. Alternatively, provider-initiated requests may be broadcast to all customers or specified subscribed customers giving them the ability to redirect the workloads as desired. The workloads may be re-allocated based upon such factors as lower costs, time shifts or quality of service contract provisions. The re-allocation serves to minimize or eliminate the potential adverse impact on the customer while maintaining a level of service that is satisfactory to the customer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057572 | WEB SERVICES AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNBOARD - An advertising support system includes an operation center, numerous display systems and one or more client services systems. The operation center is a platform that provides a collection of services and capabilities. For example, the operation center is responsible for assuring that the content is displayed on the display systems at required times and locations. The system may accommodate multiple operation centers in multiple geographical locations to provide failure recovery and to provide services over geographically diverse locations. A variety of services are provided by the operation center to support its operations and the display systems. For example, the operation center populates and maintains a current and archival database, which includes status, content, fault and maintenance logs, and other data of display systems. Numerous services may be provided through the client services systems. The client services systems access the operation center through an operation center interface to obtain data necessary to support various application that can be provided under a web service. Applications include content information retrieval by client and customers, and the general public, and administrative services (e.g., accounting, maintenance and engineering). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057580 | UNIFIED PAYMENT CARD - A consolidation system for consumer gift cards, prepaid purchase cards or loyalty accounts which allows the consumer the flexibility to maintain account with a variety of independent merchants, each account individually tabulated, and access to each account available from a single unitary universal membership card. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057625 | NEGOTIATION OF POWER RATES BASED ON DYNAMIC WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION - A consumer initiated automated and dynamic negotiation enables the consumer to obtain more beneficial rates and/or other terms between the consumer and one or more energy providers. The negotiation is based on anticipated computational processing requirements of the consumer, and the current energy costs being offered by each provider. Other elements such as the ability of the provider to timely supply the energy and the differential between the costs of traditional and green energy may also be factored in. The results of the negotiation can produce a shifting of all or part of the workload to another provider or an alternative geographical location to capitalize on lower power rates or conditions of delivery. The negotiation may be based on an auction between more than one competing energy supplier. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057675 | Search Provider Recommendation - A component presents access to a recommended search provider via a user interface element. In an example embodiment, a device-implemented method for recommending a search provider includes acts of receiving, ascertaining, and modifying. A search query input is received. A recommended search provider is ascertained at least partially responsive to the search query input. A user interface is modified to indicate the recommended search provider. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL AGGREGATION OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA SOURCES - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the hierarchical aggregation of multi-dimensional data sources. A set of applications such as online analytical processing (OLAP) applications can access the combined data of a set of multi-dimensional data sources via a transform engine. The set of data sources can be configured with diverse dimensions and associated data, which in general do not reflect a strictly hierarchical structure. In embodiments, the transform engine can combine or aggregate the set of data sources using common dimensions or data points, and build an index into a transform table reflecting the hierarchical level of dimension from each data source in a combined hierarchical mapping. An OLAP or other application can therefore perform searches, sorts, and/or other operations on the combined hierarchical mapping based on the resulting ordering of data, even when the original multi-dimensional data sources do not contain an explicit common hierarchy. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057701 | EMBEDDABLE WEB APPLICATION AGENT - In one example embodiment, a code segment may be embedded in a web page by a web page publisher, and the code segment may be executed at least in part by a user computing platform. Information related to one or more web applications may be provided to the user computing platform at least in part in response to the user computing platform executing the code segment. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057740 | ACCELERATING A QUIESCENCE PROCESS OF TRANSACTIONAL MEMORY - A method to perform validation of a read set of a transaction is presented. In one embodiment, the method compares a read signature of a transaction to a plurality of write signatures associated with a plurality of transactions. The method determines based on the result of comparison, whether to update a local value of the transaction to a commit value of another transaction from the plurality of the transactions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057781 | MEDIA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a media identification system and method. The system and method includes a media source, a signal controlling device, a communication device, a server and a user interface. The media source can be in various formats, such as audio, video and still frame. A medium signal is converted and processed in the signal controlling device to generate a server-recognizable code, which can be transmitted to the server through the communication device. The communication device can be a mobile phone, or other communication devices adapted to relay signals. A “short-long” range signal transmission is also disclosed in the present invention, wherein the “short range” signal transmission between the signal controlling device and the communication device may be achieved by a wireless radio or optical transmission-reception technology such as Bluetooth, while the “long range” signal transmission between the communication device and the server may be achieved by WiFi or regular mobile phone transmission. Upon receiving the server-recognizable code, the server can analyze and search for candidate matches in the database. Once the server identifies the media, the media identification information can be transmitted back to from the server and displayed on the user interface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057811 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE TERM EXPANSION WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF EXPANSION - Articles of manufacture and systems for searching collections of data using context sensitive expanded term searching are provided. The collection of data may be a relational database, text document, or any other type of searchable collection of data. In either case, a query including a search condition based on a specified search term may be modified to include additional conditions based on a set of expanded (e.g., conceptually-related) search terms. For some embodiments, a user may be given the ability to control the level of expansion and the context in which the terms may be expanded. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057865 | Transferable Debug Session in a Team Environment - Methods, systems and computer program products for transferring debug sessions in a team environment. Exemplary embodiments include a method for transferring a debug session, the method including receiving a message that a first machine is to transfer the debug session, establishing a connection with a target machine to receive the debug session, receiving a message from the target machine that the debug session is accepted, terminating a connection with the first machine and sending debug session connection information to the target machine. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057875 | MOOD-BASED MESSAGING - A method for social interacting, including using a portable messaging device for designating, from time to time, a plurality of friends, selecting a mood, sending one or more representations of the selected mood to each of the plurality of designated friends, further selecting an updated mood, and further sending one or more representations of the updated mood to each of the plurality of designated friends, to supersede the previously sent one or more representations of the mood. A user interface is also described and claimed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057893 | SERVER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC DOMAIN NAME SERVICE - Provided are a server, a system, and a method of distributing a load caused by health checks in a dynamic domain name server (DDNS) by separating a health check unit which causes the most load on the dynamic domain name server and a unit for processing a client query and registering equipment. The dynamic domain name server (DDNS) includes a main dynamic domain name server (DDNS that registers an identifier and a dynamic IP address for a piece of the equipment and responds to a client query request with the dynamic IP address of the piece of equipment; and at least one sub-DDNS for updating a status of the piece of equipment in response to a status notifying message sent from the piece of equipment. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057951 | MOBILE DATA LOGGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057963 | REQUEST ARBITRATION APPARATUS AND REQUEST ARBITRATION METHOD - There is provided a request arbitration apparatus for arbitrating a plurality of request holding sections which hold requests having priorities when the requests are output from the plurality of request holding sections to the output device. The request arbitration apparatus includes: a setting section that sets the request holding section, which holds the highest priority request among all the requests held by the plurality of request holding sections, as a highest priority request holding section; and a control section that controls the highest priority request holding section so that the request held first among all the requests held by the highest priority request holding section is output to the output device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057965 | Extension of Lock Discipline Violation Detection for Lock Wait Patterns - A computer usable medium including computer usable program code for detection of potential shared memory access deadlocks. The code determines, when a process waits on a first shared memory access lock, if the process holds locks other than the first lock. If so, then the code issues a warning about potential deadlock. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057977 | REDUCED-POWER PROGRAMMING OF MULTI-LEVEL CELL (MLC) MEMORY - In one embodiment, a mobile electronic device has a host controller, an energy-saving encoder, an energy-saving decoder, and a multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory. The host controller provides raw user data to the energy-saving encoder in k-bit segments. The energy-saving encoder encodes each k-bit segment into an n-bit segment of encoded user data for programming the MLC NAND flash memory as a p-symbol codeword, where (i) k is smaller than n (ii) p(=n/log | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058043 | ENHANCED CAPABILITIES IN PROVISIONING - Some embodiments of enhanced capabilities in provisioning on computing machines in a networked system have been presented. In one embodiment, a software vendor deploys a centralized server to an internal network of a customer. The provisioning capabilities of a centralized server are extended to support an additional type of platform by downloading a set of kickstart files associated with the additional type of platform from a software vendor. The centralized server may provision on a computing machine coupled to the centralized server within the internal network based on a type of a platform of the computing machine using one or more of the plurality of kickstart files. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING A TRUSTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM - A method and apparatus is provided for securing a region in a memory of a computer. According to one embodiment, the method comprises halting of all but one of a plurality of processors in a computer. The halted processors entering into a special halted state. Content is loaded into the region only after the halting of all but the one of the plurality of processors and the region is protected from access by the halted processors. The method further comprises placing the non-halted processor into a known privileged state, and causing the halted processors to exit the halted state after the non-halted processor has been placed into the known privileged state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058106 | Virtual machine file system and incremental snapshot using image deltas - Methods and apparatus involve file systems for virtual machines and image deltas. Representatively, a plurality of virtual machines are configured on a hardware platform and a file system includes both a read-only portion and a writable portion that together provides the entire file system for each virtual machine. Also, a union of the two portions provides an incremental snapshot of its corresponding virtual machine and can be used to restore the virtual machine upon a failure event. In content, the read-only portion contains substantially immutable information such as core basic system image, while the writable portion contains configuration information, state data and production information. An available storage device for the virtual machines is partitioned for each virtual machine and its corresponding writable portion is found therein. Other features contemplate particular configurations and computer program products, to name a few. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058144 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH ECC-UNIT AND FURTHER PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT - A memory system including a first memory for storing data and an ECC unit for accessing the first memory and for detecting errors in data retrieved from the first memory, and characterised by an error further processing arrangement operable to process errors detected by the ECC unit, the error further processing arrangement including a second memory for recording information relating to the detected errors. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058206 | User Interface Configuration Tool - A computer-implemented method may include receiving a first input selection from a user made while in a page of an application, providing an indication to the user of one or more views on the page of the application that are user configurable, in response to receiving the first input selection, receiving a second input selection from the user of one of the views, and instantiating a user interface (UI) configuration tool to enable the user to configure the selected view, in response to receiving the second input selection. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058272 | Compiler for Closed-Loop 1xN VLSI Design - Embodiments that design integrated circuits using a 1×N compiler in a closed-loop 1×N methodology are disclosed. Some embodiments create a physical design representation based on a behavioral representation of a design for an integrated circuit. The behavioral representation may comprise RTL HDL with one or more 1×N building blocks. The embodiments may alter elements of the 1×N building block by using logic design tools, synthesis tools, physical design tools, and timing analysis tools. Further embodiments comprise an apparatus having a first generator to generate a behavioral representation of a design for an integrated circuit, a second generator to generate a logical representation of the design, and a third generator to generate a physical design representation of the design, wherein the representation generators may create updated versions of the representations which reflect alterations made to 1×N building block elements. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058300 | TEST COVERAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - A test coverage analysis method and corresponding apparatus are disclosed, wherein, by executing the program under test using one or more test cases, generating one or more heapdump files containing the call stack information of the program under test, and analyzing the call stack information in the one or more heapdump files, the coverage information of the one or more test cases in terms of functions in the program under test is obtained. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058318 | ROLLING UPGRADES IN DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS - Embodiments described herein are directed to updating the various software associated with a distributed application in a piecemeal fashion. All instances of the software are analyzed and separated into different portions, called “roles.” Each instance of a role is strategically assigned to an update domain based on the structural information included in the service model of the distributed application. The distributed application is upgraded one update at a time by selecting an update or host update domain, bringing the roles assigned thereto offline, updating the offline roles, bringing the roles back online, and repeating for other update or host update domains. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058334 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLICY BASED LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL SOFTWARE APPLIANCES - A system and method for managing dynamically allocated resources assigned to a service includes providing a service to be used by a plurality of sites in a federation. Usage information associated with the service is communicated to each of the plurality of sites. A disposition of the service is determined based on local policies and the usage information received from other sites by a service owner. The disposition of the service is updated across a plurality of sites in accordance with messages sent by the service owner to reduce resource usage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058343 | WORKFLOW TRACKING SYSTEM, INTEGRATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED IT - To provide a workflow tracking apparatus having scalability that can be efficiently operated. A framework of management using a hierarchical structure such as DNS is introduced. A simple decentralization structure leads to a failure in establishing semantic consistencies of Wf definition and meta-information, results in incapability of management. Therefore, there are additionally prepared (1) an element measure that manages, as a predetermined designated standard form, the descriptions of element workflows to be decentralized; (2) an element measure that transforms the descriptions of element workflows to be decentralized into the standard form; and (3) a workflow combining measure that combines the descriptions of element workflows to be decentralized, thereby reproducing the description of the entire workflows. These measures are used to combine the descriptions of element workflows to be decentralized, thereby generating consistent Wf definition and meta-information, thereafter copying replicas of them to a workflow monitor system that manages the domain. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058419 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONVERSION DEVICE, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR USE THEREIN - A content distribution system distributes at least either one of a first content and a second content to a terminal ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058433 | MODULAR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - In one embodiment, policies and sources may be used to synchronize data. Sources, which contain knowledge about files and metadata, can pass events to policies when changes in data are detected. The policies may then manage the data synchronization with other sources. The sources are agnostic as to how the data is synchronized between sources. Also, the policies are agnostic of the data that is being managed by sources. Accordingly, a modular infrastructure is provided that allows sources and policies to be configured to interact modularly. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058439 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An information management method includes: receiving a request for certain operation of certain electronic information associated with operation right information that defines permitted operation for each user; determining as to whether or not at least one of (i) a history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the certain electronic information and (ii) a history of previous operations, executed by the user, of a location associated with the certain electronic information meets a predetermined condition, and if it is determined that the at least one of (i) the history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the certain electronic information and (ii) the history of previous operations, executed by the user, of the location associated with the certain electronic information meets the predetermined condition, starting to execute the certain operation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100058478 | SOFTWARE ANTI-PIRACY PROTECTION - Licensing aspects of vendor software packages can be protected with reduced user interaction and effort by automating licensing exploit identification, and if allowed, exploit correction. Automating licensing exploit detection ensures that known exploits are more quickly and efficiently discovered to help maintain genuine software status. Minimizing user interaction in licensing exploit detection and correction involves less disruption to users and generally supports increased user satisfaction with vendor software package usage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052269 | ADAPTER FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN MACHINE TOOL WITH A ROTATABLY DRIVEABLE MACHINE TOOL - An adapter ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054029 | CONCENTRIC PHASE CHANGE MEMORY ELEMENT - The present invention in one embodiment provides a memory device including a first electrode; a second electrode; and a memory cell positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the memory cell including a core of a first phase change material and a cladding of a second phase change material, wherein the first phase change material has a lower crystallization temperature than the second phase change material. The present invention also provides methods of forming the above described memory device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054148 | DATA ASSOCIATION SYSTEM, DATA ASSOCIATION METHOD AND DATA ASSOCIATION PROGRAM - A data association system includes: a communication monitoring unit that records communication status data; a communication data acquiring unit that acquires first communication data that the communication terminal exchanges during the communication indicated by the communication status data and records the first communication data; a data communication unit that makes second communication data accessible to the both users through communication different from the communication of the first communication data; and an association unit that specifies, among in-progress communications indicated by the communication status data, communication held by the same users as the both users in the communication of the second communication data and makes the first communication data recorded in a state of being associated with the specified communication data accessible to the both users. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054156 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE PROVISIONING IN MULTIPLE NETWORK CONFIGURATION ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for provisioning software to machines in a set of diverse networks. A provisioning (or “cobbler”) server can interact with a remote installation client to initiate a software provisioning process to machines installed on two or more diverse networks, such as local area, wide area, virtual private, or other networks. The remote installation clients in different networks can report the network interface types and configurations of their networks to the cobbler server. During provisioning, the administrator can specify one software distribution to the entire set of diverse networks, and the cobbler server can generate different distribution versions tailored to the network configurations of the various different networks. In embodiments, the cobbler server can maintain a set of network configuration templates to automatically set network settings such as static IP addresses, gateway information, hostname information, network mask information, and other settings for the different network types. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054249 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING MULTICAST GROUPS - A method for managing multicast traffic in a data network, and devices using said method. The hosts store for each multicast group an included source record and an excluded source record, and the network interfaces of the hosts send to the router a message containing information about the included source record and information about the excluded source record. The router also stores for each multicast group an included source record and an excluded source record, and updates them when it receives through its network interface a message from the hosts containing information about an included source list and/or information about an excluded source list. The devices are a router, host equipment and network equipment compatible with the method. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054277 | MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROTOCOL IN A NETWORK DEVICE - A system includes a gateway node that contains modular cards that separately implement control and data planes of a network protocol. The separate data and control cards provide for improved system reliability and improved flexibility in managing bandwidth. Control or data cards can be added to the gateway node as needed based on system load. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054322 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND EQUALIZATION FOR HARD-LIMITED SIGNALS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for channel estimation when the amplitude of a received signal is hard-limited. A channel estimator computes amplitude estimates for the received signal based on the phase samples of the received signal and previous channel estimates. The amplitude estimates may comprise the expected values of the amplitude given the phase samples and the initial channel estimates. The channel estimator then computes revised channel estimates based on the amplitude estimates and the phase samples. The process may be performed iteratively to refine the channel estimates during each iteration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054454 | Method and apparatus for the detection and suppression of echo in packet based communication networks using frame energy estimation - A method and apparatus for use in suppressing acoustic echo in a target speech signal being transmitted through a packet-based communications network uses frame energy estimation applied to the target speech signal and to a reference speech signal. The method or apparatus estimates one or more reference speech energy levels in one or more reference packets based on one or more of the speech parameters generated by the speech encoding of the reference signal; estimates a target speech energy level in a target packet based on one or more of the speech parameters generated by the speech encoding of the target signal; compares the target speech energy level to one or more reference speech energy levels; and detects an echo in the target speech signal based on the comparison of the target speech energy level to the one or more reference speech energy levels. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054521 | Electronic device - An electronic device suitable for disposing on a resonating surface is provided. The electronic device has a housing and a resonating speaker. The housing is disposed on the resonating surface. The resonating speaker is assembled onto a bottom of the housing and the resonating speaker contacts the resonating surface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054558 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Virtual Teeth, and Recording Media Storing Program Performing the Method - The present invention relates to a recording medium a method and an apparatus for generating virtual teeth and recording media storing a program performing the method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for generating virtual teeth includes (a) acquiring a tooth image having three-dimensional information from teeth including a damaged tooth; (b) determining an image of a virtual tooth to be inserted into a position of the damaged tooth in a tooth image library having predetermined three-dimensional information and inserting the determined virtual tooth image into the acquired tooth image; and (c) modifying the virtual tooth image by considering tooth images positioned at upper and lower sides or right and left sides of the virtual tooth image. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to produce a prosthesis most suitable for the state of patient's teeth only once and an operator can minimize post-processing of the produced prosthesis. Further, a patient can minimize a clinic time and decrease the number of times of hospital visits. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054658 | Bi-Rate Adaptive Optical Transfer Engine - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for the transmission of data between an optical bus and an electronic component at a speed independent from a clock speed of the electrical component; the system comprising an optical data storage component communicating with both the optical bus and the electrical component; the optical data storage component being configured to hold data transmitted on the optical bus until said electrical component is available. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054712 | System and Method for Recording High-Definition Content - An Internet protocol television system includes a server that delivers high-definition and standard-definition streams to a set-top box, receives a request to record a high-definition stream, records the high-definition stream on the set-top box, receives another request to view a different high-definition stream, and queries the set-top box whether to continue recording in high-definition, or to view the different high-definition stream. a digital video recorder receives high-definition and standard-definition streams, receives a request to record from the high-definition stream, receives another request to view a different high-definition stream queries a user whether to continue recording the high-definition stream or view the different high-definition stream. A method includes delivering high-definition and standard-definition streams to a set-top box, receiving a request to record a high-definition stream, receiving another request to view a different high-definition stream, and querying whether to continue recording the high-definition stream or view the different high-definition stream. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054807 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a cleaning member for removing a developer from the image bearing member; a frame provided with an opening; a developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer which was removed by the cleaning member and has passed through the opening; a sheet member, contacting the image bearing member, for preventing the developer from leaking out of the developer accommodating portion; a supporting portion, provided to the frame, for supporting the sheet member; a reinforcing portion, provided to the frame, connecting a one end-side portion of the frame located upstream of the opening with the other end-side portion of the frame located downstream of the opening, with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member; and a space, provided downstream of the reinforcing portion with respect to a direction from the opening toward the developer accommodating portion, for permitting movement of the developer in an axial direction of the image bearing member. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054821 | ROLLER, DEVELOPING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROLLER - A roller for use in a developing unit of an image forming apparatus may include a non-conductive shaft member and a non-conductive member to surround at least a part of an outer periphery of the shaft member. The shaft member may include a cylindrical rolling part and a pair of support parts formed to project from both ends of the rolling part in a lengthwise direction. The rolling part of the shaft member may be arranged opposite a charge roller in a developing unit and may rotate in contact with the charge roller to absorb and remove foreign substances adhered to a surface of the charge roller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054843 | Powered Cosmetic Device - A cosmetic device for applying skin-care substances to hard-to-reach areas of a human body, like the human back, is disclosed. The device includes a variable length shaft, a motorized applicator head adapted for user-selectable rotation, oscillation, and/or vibration, and a plurality of head covers comprising synthetic and/or natural materials. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054918 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE VIBRATION LEVELS OF A PROPELLER OF A TURBINE ENGINE - The present invention relates to a method for reducing the vibration levels capable of occurring, in a turbine engine comprising at least one propeller and one coupling structure of the turbine engine, because of the turbulence of aerodynamic origin generated by the coupling structure on the propeller. The method comprises the following steps during the design of the aerodynamic profiles of the propeller and of the coupling structure: an initial configuration of the aerodynamic profiles is defined, the synchronous forced response on the propeller is calculated as a function of the force of harmonic excitation generated by the coupling structure expressed in the form of a linear function of the generalized aerodynamic force for the mode in question; for stacked sections of one of the propeller or of the coupling structure, a tangential geometric offset value θ of the individual aerodynamic profiles is determined in order to reduce the term corresponding to the generalized aerodynamic force. The combination of the sections with the tangential offsets therefore defines a new configuration of the aerodynamic profiles that is applied to the aerodynamic profiles of the propeller or of the coupling structure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100054966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A SUBTERRANEAN PUMP - Systems and methods for providing a pump driving unit for driving a subterranean pump. The pump driving unit utilizes a single prime mover and a drive train for actuating multiple components required to drive the subterranean pump. Some implementations of the pump driving unit include phase separation devices, filtering units, and cooling units that may also be actuated by the drive train of the unit. Some implementations of the pump driving unit further include an enclosure and a platform for containing the unit and simplifying on-site installation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055055 | TOPICAL FORMULATIONS OF TELLURIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS - Novel formulations of tellurium-containing compounds, which are suitable for topical application, are disclosed. The formulations are characterized by high chemical and physical stability and are easy to handle and use. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055089 | Methods for Inhibition of Lymphangiogenesis and Tumor Metastasis - The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for inhibiting the development of new lymphatic vessels, and for inhibiting tumor cell dissemination through the lymphatics. In preferred embodiments, the present invention utilizes agents that inhibit the specific binding of integrin alpha4beta1 (α4β1, VLA-4) to one or more of its ligands. The invention further relates to methods for screening test compounds for their ability to inhibit undesirable lymphangiogenesis and/or tumor metastasis. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055131 | REOVIRUS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to novel strains of avian reovirus that were isolated from severe cases of Runting Stunting Syndrome in young broiler chickens in southeast United States. The invention is directed to avian reoviruses that impair digestion in poultry, diagnostic assays using nucleotide- or amino acid-specific components of such viruses, and to vaccines that protect chickens from disease caused by such viruses. Nucleotide sequences for the SI gene, encoding the sigma C minor outer capsid protein, were amplified, and the nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences were compared with sequences from other recently isolated reovirus field isolates and vaccine strains. Antigenic and molecular characterization of the newly isolated reoviruses revealed a lack of homogeneity with current U.S. isolates, with less than 60% percent amino acid similarity across the sigma C protein. Sequence comparisons with previously reported malabsorption isolates from Europe and Asia revealed a higher amino acid similarity, approaching 80%. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055290 | Heat Stable Concentrated Dairy Liquid And Cream Product - Disclosed are stable concentrated dairy liquids exhibiting enhanced fresh dairy flavor notes and methods of making thereof. The resultant concentrated products herein include a reduced dairy protein level and increased fat content through a cream addition. By one approach, the concentrated dairy liquids have a protein to fat ratio of about 0.4 to about 0.7 achieved through the selection of the starting dairy base and a selected cream addition. Preferably, the cream addition occurs at specific input locations in the process in order to achieve stable concentrates. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055333 | APPARATUS TO PRODUCE COATED PAPER, CARDBOARD OR OTHER FIBROUS WEBS WITH AT LEAST ONE THERMO-SENSITIVE LAYER AND METHOD TO OPERATE AN APPARATUS OF THIS TYPE - The invention relates to an apparatus to produce coated paper, cardboard or other fibrous webs with at least one thermo-sensitive layer as a plurality of functional layer through the application of at least one thermo-sensitive coating medium onto a carrier web by way of a functional layer forming unit, including at least one applicator device and one drying section. The first functional forming unit includes an applicator device in the embodiment of a multi-layer curtain coater with at least one delivery nozzle and a drying section located after it. The second functional layer forming unit also includes an applicator device in the embodiment of a multi-layer curtain coater with at least one delivery nozzle and one drying section located after it, there is a first web path that including the applicator device of the second functional layer forming unit, as well as a second web path and means to bypass the applicator device are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055393 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - There is provided a multilayer ceramic substrate including a conductive via of a dual-layer structure capable of preventing loss in electrical conductivity and signal. The multilayer ceramic substrate includes: a plurality of dielectric layers; and a circuit pattern part formed on at least a portion of the dielectric layers, the circuit pattern part including at least one conductive via and conductive pattern, wherein the at least one conductive via comprises an outer peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion, the outer peripheral portion formed along an inner wall of a via hole extending through the dielectric layers and formed of a first conductive material containing a metal, and the inner peripheral portion filled in the outer peripheral portion and formed of a second conductive material having a shrinkage initiation temperature higher than a shrinkage initiation temperature of the first conductive material. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055522 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - When a power generation instruction value for a fuel cell is reduced during warm-up of the fuel cell by a low power generation efficiency operation as compared to a normal operation and when supply of a reactant gas to the fuel cell cannot be controlled so as to follow the reduction of the power generation instruction value, the reactant gas supply to the fuel cell is reduced and the output voltage to the fuel cell is increased. Thus, it is possible to charge an excessive power equivalent to a difference between a fuel cell generation amount and the power generation instruction value into a capacitance component of the fuel cell, so that the power supplied to the external load of the fuel cell coincides with the power generation instruction value. Thus, when a power request for the fuel cell during the low-efficiency operation is suddenly reduced, it is possible to perform control so that the excessive power is not supplied to the external load. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055622 | METHOD FOR MAKING LIGHT BLOCKING PLATE - An exemplary method for making a plurality of light blocking plates is provided. Firstly, a photoresist layer is formed on a substrate. Secondly, the photoresist layer is exposed using a gray scale photomask. Thirdly, the photoresist layer is developed to form a plurality of conical frustums on the substrate, and each of the conical frustums tapers in a direction away from the substrate. Fourthly, an opaque to-be-solidified film is formed on the substrate, and each of the conical frustums extends through the to-be-solidified film. Fifthly, the to-be-solidified film is solidified. Sixthly, the solidified film is separated from the substrate and the conical frustums, thus obtaining a light blocking plate module including a plurality of light blocking plates. Lastly, the light blocking plate module is cut into a plurality of individual light blocking plates. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055629 | POWDERED FUELS, DISPERSIONS THEREOF, AND COMBUSTION DEVICES RELATED THERETO - This application describes powdered fuels, methods of producing powdered fuels source, and dispersions of powdered fuels, as well as systems, kits, and methods for producing and adapting combustion devices to burn powdered fuel, either as a sole fuel source or in combination with existing fuel sources. Exemplary embodiments include engines and furnaces adapted to combust powdered fuel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055686 | Methods for diagnosis of pediatric common acute lymphoblastic leukemia by determining the level of gene expression - The present invention refers to a method and a kit for diagnosing pediatric common acute leukemia by distinguishing between normal and common acute lymphoblastic leukemic (cALL) cells, wherein the method comprises the step of determining the gene expression of specific genes (markers) referring to this disease and the step of determining whether these genes are up-regulated or down-regulated. The method for determining the gene expression levels can apply hybridization techniques or PCR methods or combinations thereof. The present invention provides new gene markers, which have not been reported in context with cALL and are suitable for the diagnosis of this disease. In addition, the present invention refers to utilizing these targets for the development of targeted therapies employing RNA- and DNA-interference, antibodies, aptamers, anticalins and other small molecules. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055771 | MICRO VALVE APPARATUS USING MICRO BEAD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A micro (thin film type) valve apparatus for controlling fluid flow and its rate using microbead and a method for controlling the apparatus are provided. The microbead is moved by the magnetic forge generated by upper and lower electromagnets disposed on the top and bottom surface of the body or by the electric field generated by upper and lower electrode plates disposed on the top and bottom surface of the body, thereby interconnecting or blocking flow channels in the body. The micro valve apparatus and the method for controlling the same are suitable for thin film type diagnostic assay devices, such as lab-on-chips, protein chips, or DNA chips, for detecting small quantities of analytes in fluids, and more suitable for interconnecting or blocking channels formed in thin disc type apparatus, including general CD-ROMs, DVDs, bioCDs, and bio DVDs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055839 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. One embodiment provides a carrier. A semiconductor chip is provided with a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The semiconductor chip is placed over the carrier with the first face facing the carrier. A voltage is applied between the second face of the semiconductor chip and the carrier for attaching the semiconductor chip to the carrier. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055842 | THERMOSETTING DIE-BONDING FILM - The thermosetting die-bonding film of the present invention is used in manufacturing a semiconductor device, has at least an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, and an acrylic copolymer, and the ratio X/Y is 0.7 to 5 when X represents a total weight of the epoxy resin and the phenol resin and Y represents a weight of the acrylic copolymer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055932 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED INTERCONNECTING ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN LOAD PLATE AND STIFFENER - An electrical connector for receiving an IC package includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, a stiffener surrounding the insulative housing and a load plate pivotally connected to the stiffener and movable between an opened position and a closed position. The load plate has a shaft and an abutting portion. The stiffener has a connecting member comprising an insertion opening for the shaft, a cavity communicated with the insertion opening for rotation of the shaft, and a supporting portion engaging with the abutting portion to keep the load plate in the opened position with a predetermined angle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100055983 | DAISY CHAIN CABLE ASSEMBLY - A cable assembly ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056014 | Didactic Game Piece - Didactic game piece that has a contact surface ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056120 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR FILTERING TELEPHONE CALLS - The present relates to a method and server for collecting call information associated with an incoming call to a user terminal attached to said telecommunication network. The server comprises determining means for determining a set of answering options to be provided to the user terminal based at least on said call information, and transmitting means for transmitting information indicating the determined set of answering options to the user terminal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056288 | WRIST POSITIONING ATHLETIC DEVICE - An apparatus for teaching and practicing the proper positioning of the hands and/or wrists relative to the arms in the performance of an athletic maneuver is disclosed. The apparatus includes a brace to be positioned on the forearm and extend across the wrist and at least partially along the hand. A securing mechanism can be included for selectively attaching the brace to the forearm. A rod extends from the brace and is configured to be gripped by the user while wearing the device. The rod can also receive athletic related devices. The device can be adapted to teach a user the proper positioning of the hands and wrists relative to the arms throughout an athletic maneuver. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056299 | GOLF BALL AND METHOD OF IMPROVING GOLF BALL PERFORMANCE - A golf ball having a polymer layer that has been subjected to impregnation treatment with an isocyanate and/or isothiocyanate-containing olefin compound exhibits at least one improved golf ball attribute, such as scuff resistance or spin performance, compared with an original golf ball that has not been treated by impregnation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056325 | AUTOMATIC THROTTLE RESPONSE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine, an electric motor, an energy storage device having a state of charge, and a throttle. The method improves fuel economy of the hybrid vehicle by determining the state of charge of the energy storage device and setting a throttle depression level for engaging the engine based on the state of charge of the energy storage device. The present disclosure further provides a hybrid vehicle having an engine, an electric motor, an energy storage device having a state of charge, and a throttle. The hybrid vehicle includes a controlling component for determining the state of charge of the energy storage device and setting a throttle depression level for engaging the engine based on the state of charge of the energy storage device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056333 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control apparatus for an automatic transmission having a rotation transmission mechanism for transmitting rotation of a prime mover mounted on a vehicle to a speed change mechanism, and an input clutch for controlling connection/disconnection of the transmitted rotation. The control apparatus includes a control portion that performs a neutral control including a release control that reduces rotation transmission efficiency, and an in-neutral control so as to maintain rotation efficiency. During the in-neutral control, a check control is performed that makes the fluid pressure relative to the input clutch fluctuate, and when determining as a result of the check control that the rotation transmission efficiency is in a predetermined low efficiency state, then reducing the fluid pressure relative to the input clutch by a set pressure, and thereafter maintaining the fluid pressure constant. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056488 | CORTICOSTEROID CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF - The invention features corticosteroids conjugated to either a charged group or a bulky group in a manner that resists in vivo cleavage, the resulting conjugate is a peripherally acting steroid with reduced activity in the central nervous system. The invention provides a method for treating a patient having an inflammatory disease by administering to the patient a corticosteroid conjugate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056514 | THIENOPYRAZOLES - Thienopyrazoles, their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and their pharmaceutical uses in the treatment of disease states capable of being modulated by the inhibition of the protein kinases, in particular interleukin-2 inducible tyrosine kinase (ITK). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056617 | Role of limonoid compounds as neuroprotective agents - Disclosed herein are neuroprotective compounds. Methods for the preparation of such compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the compounds disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056649 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BRANCHED Si-H FUNCTIONAL POLYSILOXANES AND USE THEREOF FOR PREPARING LIQUID SiC- OR SiOC-LINKED, BRANCHED MODIFIED ORGANOMODIFIED POLYSILOXANES - The invention provides a process for preparing liquid, branched SiH-functional siloxanes by reacting a mixture of one or more low molecular weight SiH-functional siloxanes, one or more low molecular weight SiH-free siloxanes, one or more tetraalkoxysilanes, and optionally one or more trialkoxysilanes with addition of water and in the presence of a Brønsted-acidic ion exchanger, which is characterized in that the reaction is performed in one process step. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056681 | TRIGLYCERIDE PLASTICIZERS HAVING LOW AVERAGE LEVELS OF BRANCHING AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME - Triglyceride PVC plasticizers can be produced by recovery of C | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056682 | Soft Thermoplastic Elastomer Composition - The present invention relates to a soft, semicrystalline, thermoplastic elastomer composition which is comprised of (I) a hydrophobic thermoplastic block copolymer which is comprised of (I) the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, (2) a polyisocyanate or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and (3) a chain extender containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, and (2) a carboxyl terminated telechelic polyamide sequence; wherein the hydrophobic polyol or polyamine has a number average molecular weight in the range of from 1,000 to 4,000 Daltons; wherein the hydrophobic thermoplastic block copolymer has a weight average molecular weight in the range of 50,000 to 1,000,000 Daltons; and (II) from 1 to 80 weight percent of a mineral oil, wherein the soft, semicrystalline, thermoplastic elastomer composition has a Shore A hardness which is within the range of 20 to 80. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056830 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING POLYOXYMETHYLENE DIMETHYL ETHERS BY IONIC LIQUID CATALYSIS - The present invention discloses a method for synthesizing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers by ionic liquid catalysis. The method comprises synthesizing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers by using a functional acidic ionic liquid as catalyst and using methylal and trioxymethylene as reactant under a relative mild reaction condition. The invention has advantages of high catalyst activity and reaction conversion, simple reaction process, high operationability and controllability, as well as good product distribution and high raw material utilization ratio. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056913 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS DOCKING CART - After an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is temporally placed on the receptacle of a docking cart to relieve a weight load, the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at a predetermined position by sliding the apparatus while guiding it along the shapes of the edges of the receptacle. After the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is slid on the receptacle and rear foot portions come into contact with the stoppers of the receptacle, the front side of the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed on the receptacle. With this operation, front foot portions are fitted in fitting portions, and the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus is placed at an accurate position on the receptacle. In addition, when an operator places the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus on the receptacle or lifts the portable ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus from the receptacle, the fingers which grasp the apparatus are placed in the recessed portions of the receptacle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056915 | 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SHAPE ANALYSIS - An ultrasound system and method are described for assessing cardiac performance which is particularly useful for diagnosing heart remodeling. A 3D data set of a surface of the heart is acquired and the principal curvatures determined at one or more points of the surface. A curvature metric is produced which is the difference of the two principal curvatures at each point. Metrics produced from the heart surface acquired at systole have been found to correlate strongly with ejection fraction. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057031 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An absorptive article in which an absorptive body is deformed into a stable recessed shape to prevent leakage of a large amount of discharged bodily wastes including bodily fluid. The absorptive article has a front side sheet at least a portion of which is liquid permeable and that is placed on the skin contact surface side, a liquid non-permeable back side sheet placed on the clothing contact surface side, and a liquid retainable absorptive body placed between the front side sheet and the back side sheet. The absorptive body has a compression section formed, when compressed from the clothing contact surface side to the skin contact surface side, into a projected shape projected on the clothing contact surface side, toward the skin contact surface side, and the absorptive body also has a space section formed, when compressed from the skin contact surface side to the clothing contact surface side, into a recessed shape recessed on the skin contact surface side, toward the clothing contact surface side. The space section is formed on each of both sides of or on one side of a projection section located on the opposite side of the compression section on the skin contact surface side. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057100 | MULTIPLE BLADED SURGICAL KNIFE AND METHOD OF USE - A surgical knife having a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end including a base; a pair of movable blades removably mounted on the base of the handle; at least one spacer, which spaces the pair of blades from each other; and a shifting mechanism for longitudinally shifting the blades and the at least one spacer with respect to each other to a plurality of blade positions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057120 | TOURNIQUET ASSEMBLY - A tourniquet assembly including an elongate main strap, attachment means for attaching the first end of the main strap to the second end of the main strap, a windlass strap including a first end secured to the front of the main strap near the attachment means and a second end secured to the main strap a predetermined distance away from the attachment means, an elongate windlass crank attachable to the windlass strap during use so that as the crank is rotated the windlass strap twists, effectively shortening the length of the windlass strap and tightening the main strap for use as a tourniquet during use. anchor means for anchoring the attachment means in a position for applying the tourniquet may be disposed on the back side of the main strap. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057126 | DYNAMIC VERTEBRAL FASTENER - A spinal fixation assembly for connecting an elongate member along a region of a spinal column with a plurality of fasteners is disclosed. The spinal fixation assembly comprises a threaded fastener having a first threaded end region and a second end region configured to receive an elongate member, such as a rod. A locking member is included for securing the elongate member within the second end region. The second end region and the locking member include elastomeric members that contact the elongate member to allow for a degree of dynamic movement. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057245 | PICKING CART AND PICKING SYSTEM - A picking cart and a picking system capable of improving sorting precision and operating efficiency. The picking cart comprises a plurality of storage shelves at least one of which has a container placed thereon in a drawable manner, a display unit for displaying at least an article to be picked and one of the storage shelves to which the article is to be delivered, a sensor unit for detecting whether or not the container placed thereon has been drawn from each of the storage shelves, and a determination unit for determining whether or not one of the storage shelves from which the container placed thereon has been drawn is identical to the storage shelf displayed on the display unit, based on the detection result of the sensor unit. Before an article is placed in a container, that is, when a container is drawn, it is possible to know whether or not sorting has been carried out just as displayed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057308 | ADAPTIVE INSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - Disclosed herein are instruction systems for a vehicle. One system comprises a condition sensor configured to detect and generate an output indicative of at least one vehicle condition, a user interface device and a position sensing system configured to detect and generate an output indicative of a user's position relative to a vehicle component. Each instruction is associated with a state of the at least one vehicle condition and the user's position relative to the vehicle component. A controller is programmed and configured to select one of the plurality of instructions based upon the vehicle condition as indicated by the condition sensor output and the user's position as indicated by the position sensing system. The instructions are provided to the user through the user interface device. Methods for using the system are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057329 | MULTI-PULSE SPARK IGNITION DIRECT INJECTION TORQUE BASED SYSTEM - A control system is provided and includes a catalyst module that generates a multi-mode enable signal based on a catalyst light off enable signal. A transition control module controls transitions between a single pulse mode and multi-pulse mode based on the multi-mode enable signal. The transition control module receives a first torque signal and generates a second torque signal based on the first torque signal. The engine torque control module generates an air per cylinder signal, a throttle area signal, and a spark timing signal based on the second torque signal. The single pulse mode is associated with a single fuel injection pulse per combustion cycle. The multi-pulse mode is associated with multiple fuel injection pulses per combustion cycle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057453 | Voice activity detection system and method - Discrimination between at least two classes of events in an input signal is carried out in the following way. A set of frames containing an input signal is received, and at least two different feature vectors are determined for each of said frames. Said at least two different feature vectors are classified using respective sets of preclassifiers trained for said at least two classes of events. Values for at least one weighting factor are determined based on outputs of said preclassifiers for each of said frames. A combined feature vector is calculated for each of said frames by applying said at least one weighting factor to said at least two different feature vectors. Said combined feature vector is classified using a set of classifiers trained for said at least two classes of events. | 2010-03-04 |
