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20110091021 | SELECTION AND INITIATION OF IVR SCRIPTS BY CONTACT CENTER AGENTS - Methods, devices and systems for selecting IVR script and initiating that IVR script are provided. More specifically, playback of an IVR script to a user of a client endpoint can be initiated by an agent at a content sharing endpoint selecting, dragging, and dropping a representation of that IVR script onto a representation of the voice communication session. After initiation of the IVR script, the agent can drop off of the call, leaving the IVR system to interact with the client endpoint without requiring further agent involvement. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFIED INTERFACE FOR HETEROGENEOUS SESSION MANAGEMENT - Methods, devices and systems for sharing content as part of a voice telephony session are provided. More specifically, content can be added to a voice communication session by selecting, dragging, and dropping a representation of that content onto a representation of the voice communication session. Where the selected content comprises an audio file, that content is played over the voice communication channel. Where the selected content comprises text, the text is converted to speech, and then played over the voice communication channel. | 04-21-2011 |
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20090321855 | Boundaries with elevated deuterium levels - A device is annealed in a deuterium atmosphere. Deuterium penetrates the device to a boundary, which is passivated by the deuterium. | 12-31-2009 |
20100148270 | Methods of channel stress engineering and structures formed thereby - Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation. | 06-17-2010 |
20110147804 | Drive current enhancement in tri-gate MOSFETS by introduction of compressive metal gate stress using ion implantation - A semiconductor device comprises a fin and a metal gate film. The fin is formed on a surface of a semiconductor material. The metal gate film formed on the fin and comprises ions implanted in the metal gate film to form a compressive stress within the metal gate. In one exemplary embodiment, the surface of the semiconductor material comprises a (100) crystalline lattice orientation, and an orientation of the fin is along a <100> direction with respect to the crystalline lattice of the semiconductor. In another exemplary embodiment, the surface of the semiconductor material comprises a (100) crystalline lattice orientation, and the orientation of the fin is along a <110> direction with respect to the crystalline lattice of the semiconductor. The fin comprises an out-of-plane compression that is generated by the compressive stress within the metal gate film. | 06-23-2011 |
20120211839 | METHODS OF CHANNEL STRESS ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURES FORMED THEREBY - Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those methods may include forming a source/drain region in an NMOS portion of a substrate, wherein the source/drain region of the NMOS portion comprises at least one dislocation, and wherein a PMOS source/drain region in a PMOS portion of the substrate does not comprise a dislocation. | 08-23-2012 |
20120286372 | Reliability of high-K gate dielectric layers - A method for improving the reliability of a high-k gate dielectric layer comprises incorporating a noble metal into a transistor gate stack that contains the high-k gate dielectric layer and annealing the transistor gate stack in a molecular hydrogen or deuterium containing atmosphere. The annealing process drives at least a portion of the molecular hydrogen or deuterium toward the high-k gate dielectric layer. When the molecular hydrogen or deuterium contacts the noble metal, it is converted into atomic hydrogen or deuterium that is able to treat the high-k gate dielectric layer and improve its reliability. | 11-15-2012 |
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20120123999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA WITH SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS THAT MAY SPECIFY NON-UNIFORM COPYING OF DATA - Systems and methods are disclosed for a system for managing data in accordance with service level agreements (SLAs) that specify schedules on a calendar basis for performing prescribed data management functions and for reducing inter-function redundancy. This system may include a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function, and at least one back-up function. The data management engine may include a service level policy engine that receives SLAs in electronic form and which controls the scheduling of the data management functions. Each electronic SLA may be associated with a corresponding application and may specify at least one service level policy, each policy specifying a source pool, a destination pool, a copy frequency, a retention period and schedule information. A collection of policies is capable of expressing a non-uniform schedule for when a given function should be performed. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF PRESCRIBED DATA MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN A MANNER THAT REDUCES REDUNDANT ACCESS OPERATIONS TO PRIMARY STORAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage. | 05-17-2012 |
20150142750 | DATA MANAGEMENT VIRTUALIZATION - Methods and systems for backing up data in network attached storage such that data in the network attached storage can be backed up without a backup device attached directly to the network attached storage. A series of successive copy operations are scheduled over time of at least one file system associated with at least one network attached storage server. At least one virtual disk is presented to a backup proxy for copying the at least one file system from the backup proxy to the at least one virtual disk for a first backup from the series of successive copy operations of the at least one file system. | 05-21-2015 |
20150227435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF PRESCRIBED DATA MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN A MANNER THAT REDUCES REDUNDANT ACCESS OPERATIONS TO PRIMARY STORAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing a plurality of prescribed data management functions in a manner that reduces redundant access operations to primary storage, where the system includes a data management engine for performing data management functions, including at least a snapshot function and a back-up function. An electronic service level agreement (SLA) specifies a schedule for performing data management functions, where point-in-time images of data include a reference to a baseline image and difference data indicating changes at a later, specific point in time. The data management system also creates a point-in-time image of the primary storage data in response to a schedule requiring some data management functions to be performed concurrently, and communicates the difference information to secondary storage to update the back-up copy of the primary data, such that the primary storage is accessed only once for all updates to the secondary storage. | 08-13-2015 |
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20080201767 | AUTHENTICATED CREDENTIAL-BASED MULTI-TENANT ACCESS TO A SERVICE - Associating a computing device with a group of other computing devices. A service receives a common credential from the computing device and associates the computing device with the other computing devices also associated with the common credential. The service generates a machine-specific credential for use by the computing device in subsequent communications with the service. The machine-specific credential is used to authenticate, identify, and group the computing device with the other computing devices in the subsequent communications. | 08-21-2008 |
20090150447 | DATA WAREHOUSE TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a data warehouse test automation framework system. A data generation module is provided that is operable to generate data scenarios that ensure specific logic is being validated against a data warehouse. A data validation module is provided that has data validation blocks that provide a framework for validating data completeness and data integrity of a data warehouse. The data validation blocks are represented by query templates that provide specifications for how queries that perform the validating of the data completeness and the data integrity should be structured. Dimensions in the data warehouse are modeled using an object oriented programming syntax. | 06-11-2009 |
20100131380 | ONLINE SERVICE SYNDICATION - Embodiments described herein are directed to syndicating an online service to at least one syndication partner of a syndicator. In one embodiment, a computer system determines that a syndication relationship has been established between a syndicator and a syndication partner, where the syndication relationship is established to provide syndicated services to syndication partners and clients. The computer system indicates which services provided by the syndicator are available for syndication to the syndication partner and which type of usage information the partner is to provide in order to use the syndicator's services. The computer system receives usage information from the syndication partner specifying which services are to be syndicated and specifying parameters for those services indicating operating parameters specific to the use of the syndicated services. Based on the received usage information, the computer system provides the service to the syndication partner in the manner indicated by the received usage information. | 05-27-2010 |
20100250730 | AUTOMATED LICENSE RECONCILIATION FOR DEPLOYED APPLICATIONS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are described that perform automated license reconciliation for deployed applications. The applications may be deployed among a plurality of computers. Agents are deployed on respective computers to determine the deployed applications. The agents further determine licensable software product identifiers corresponding to the respective instances of the applications. A license data source module provides entitlements corresponding to respective license agreement(s). A reconciliation module matches the entitlements to the instances of the applications to determine whether the instances of the applications are in compliance with the license agreement(s). | 09-30-2010 |
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20080281804 | SEARCHING MIXED LANGUAGE DOCUMENT SETS - Multilingual document searches are performed by ordering and filtering localized documents in different languages based on user preferences. Documents are indexed in a global search engine index using an identifier property and a language property permitting all relevant documents to be retrieved in a single search engine query. By storing documents with their identifier and language properties, documents from different cultures but with same content can be treated as equivalent. Results of the initial search include a multilingual set of documents ranked in order of relevance. Result sets are then post-processed using a data resource indicating for each multilingual user interface combination, which language version of each document should be returned. The initial search result are then transformed into a relevance based ordered list treating documents in different languages having same content as equivalent. Based on the ordered list, a final document list is prepared using localized and non-localized content. | 11-13-2008 |
20100332531 | Batched Transfer of Arbitrarily Distributed Data - Batched data transfer may be provided. Data, such as logging data amassed by a web site server, may be distributed among a plurality of database servers. A client may request access to some and/or all of that data. The amount of data may require dividing the data into batches comprising a portion of data from each of the database servers. The batches of data may be transferred to the client and may each cover a specified period of time and a state variable may be used to store the maximum time of data that has been received by the client. | 12-30-2010 |
20110029516 | Web-Used Pattern Insight Platform - A web site usage pattern insight platform may be provided. User behaviors associated with web page requests, including search queries, may be captured and analyzed to provide usage pattern insights. The pattern insights may be aggregated across a plurality of users and may be used to provide recommendations for improving a system that hosts the web pages. | 02-03-2011 |
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20160138517 | Engine Piston - A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod. The crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape. The bowl and flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section that is created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface, which meet along a convex apex. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138518 | Engine Piston - A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion, the skirt portion including a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod, the crown portion forming a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape and disposed along a plane, the bowl and the flat crown surface meeting along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl, and an airfoil surface formed in the flat crown surface, the airfoil surface having a convex shape and extending annularly around the rim of the bowl. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138519 | Engine Piston - A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that is arranged to receive a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod. The crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape. The bowl and the flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface that meet along a convex apex. The piston further includes a recirculation surface formed within the bowl adjacent the annular protrusion. The recirculation surface meets the lower, inwardly extending surface along an inflection edge. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138520 | Engine Piston - A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston body forming a crown portion and a skirt portion. The skirt portion includes a bore that receives a pin for connecting the piston to a connecting rod, and the crown portion forms a bowl surrounded by a flat crown surface having an annular shape and disposed along a plane. The bowl and the flat crown surface meet along a circular edge surrounding a rim of the bowl. The piston further includes an annular protrusion disposed within the bowl adjacent the rim. The annular protrusion has a generally convex shape in cross section created by an upper, inwardly extending surface and a lower, inwardly extending surface that meet along a convex apex. The piston further includes an airfoil surface formed in the flat crown surface. The airfoil surface has a convex shape and extends annularly around the rim of the bowl. | 05-19-2016 |
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20090306325 | POLYURETHANE DERIVATIVE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL COMPRISING THE SAME - A novel polyurethane derivative which is thermoplastic and excellent in thermoformability to a film or a tube and a process for producing the same are provided. Further, a biocompatible material with less blood platelet adhesion is provided. A linear oligosaccharide- or an acylated linear oligosaccharide-containing polyurethane derivative, and a process for producing a linear oligosaccharide-containing polyurethane obtained by reacting a linear oligosaccharide and a diol compound with a diisothiocyanate compound, and a process for producing an acylated linear oligosaccharide-containing polyurethane obtained by acylating the linear oligosaccharide-containing polyurethane. The biocompatible material characterized by using the linear oligosaccharide-containing polyurethane. | 12-10-2009 |
20120156749 | SEPARATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CELL OR THE LIKE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel material useful for selectively isolating a cell such as monocyte and the like or a protein from a body fluid and a production method thereof, a physiological material using the material and an isolation material using the physiological material, as well as a method of harvesting a cell such as monocyte and the like using the isolation material, a method of harvesting a protein and a method of preparing a dendritic cell. | 06-21-2012 |
20120322133 | SEPARATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CELL OR THE LIKE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel material useful for selectively isolating a cell such as monocyte and the like or a protein from a body fluid and a production method thereof, a physiological material using the material and an isolation material using the physiological material, as well as a method of harvesting a cell such as monocyte and the like using the isolation material, a method of harvesting a protein and a method of preparing a dendritic cell. | 12-20-2012 |
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20130144720 | System for Advertisement Display - A computer-implemented interactive advertisement display on a page includes a display area and a rotation control input module. The display area displays an advertisement from a set of advertisements. The rotation control input module is configured to receive a rotation control input controlling which advertisement from the set of advertisements is displayed in the display area. | 06-06-2013 |
20140067555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON USER DRIVEN DEVICE MOTION INPUTS - A method and system for providing online advertisements based on user driven device motion inputs. The method includes receiving one or more device motion inputs for a static advertisement from a user of an electronic device. The method also includes fetching data based on the one or more device motion inputs. The data includes at least one of acceleration data and multi-directional data. The method further includes correlating the data to one or more objects associated with the static advertisement. Further, the method includes creating an interactive advertisement based on correlation of the data to the one or more objects. Moreover, the method includes displaying the interactive advertisement to the user. The system includes an electronic device, communication interface, memory, and processor. | 03-06-2014 |
20140108144 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING VOICE INPUT IN DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS - Methods and systems for using voice input in display advertisements are disclosed. A default display advertisement is selected based at least in part on targeting criteria. The default advertisement is transmitted to a user device and displayed in a browser application on the user device. A command based on voice input provided by a user for interacting with the default display advertisement is received from the browser application. One or more keywords are extracted from the command, and at least one advertisement for a product is selected based at least in part on the extracted keyword(s). The advertisement is transmitted to the user device, and the default advertisement is modified to display the advertisement. | 04-17-2014 |
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20090239300 | SEPARATING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CELL OR THE LIKE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel material useful for selectively isolating a cell such as monocyte and the like or a protein from a body fluid and a production method thereof, a physiological material using the material and an isolation material using the physiological material, as well as a method of harvesting a cell such as monocyte and the like using the isolation material, a method of harvesting a protein and a method of preparing a dendritic cell. | 09-24-2009 |
20090312452 | POLYURETHANE DERIVATIVE, POLYURETHANE FOAM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEM - This invention provides a novel optionally acylated cyclic tetrasaccharide-containing polyurethane derivative and a process for producing the same, and a novel cyclic tetrasaccharide modified polyurethane foam and a simple process for producing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a polyurethane derivative containing an optionally acylated cyclic tetrasaccharide: cyclo{→6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→-6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→}, a process for producing polyurethane, comprising reacting an acylated cyclic tetrasaccharide and a diol compound with a diisocyanete compound, a process for producing a cyclic tetrasaccharide-containing polyurethane, comprising hydrolyzing the polyurethane, a process for producing a polyurethane foam, comprising reacting polyol with polyisocyanete in the presence of the cyclic tetrasaccharide and foaming the reaction product, and a cyclic tetrasaccharide modified polyurethane foam produced by the production process. | 12-17-2009 |
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20090249284 | AUTOMATION FOR VIRTUALIZED IT ENVIRONMENTS - A system automatically builds custom virtual appliances and/or other computing environments and their components, where applicable, based on user requirements and may offer a service for hosting, maintaining, monitoring and managing such appliances remotely. These virtual appliances may be delivered over a network, such as the Internet, and can be run at a customer site or at a hosting provider. Some embodiments of the invention can build these appliances using custom applications developed by customers. | 10-01-2009 |
20130232245 | AUTOMATION FOR VIRTUALIZED IT ENVIRONMENTS - A system automatically builds custom virtual appliances and/or other computing environments and their components, where applicable, based on user requirements and may offer a service for hosting, maintaining, monitoring and managing such appliances remotely. These virtual appliances may be delivered over a network, such as the Internet, and can be run at a customer site or at a hosting provider. Some embodiments of the invention can build these appliances using custom applications developed by customers. | 09-05-2013 |