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20130305354 | RESTRICTED EXECUTION MODES - In embodiments of restricted execution modes, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a shared space user interface of a shared space. The transition to display the shared space user interface is without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a restricted execution service that is implemented to activate a restricted execution mode of the mobile device, and restrict access of a device application to device content while the restricted execution mode is activated. The restricted execution service can also allow a shared device application that is included in the shared space access to the device content while the restricted execution mode is activated. | 11-14-2013 |
20140068755 | MOBILE DEVICE CHILD SHARE - In embodiments of mobile device child share, a mobile device can display a default device lock screen on an integrated display device, and receive an input effective to transition from the default device lock screen to display a child lock screen without receiving a PIN code entered on the default device lock screen. The mobile device can receive a second input effective to transition from the child lock screen to display a child space. The mobile device implements a device share service that activates a child share mode of the mobile device, and restricts functionality of device applications and access to device content based on designated restriction limits. | 03-06-2014 |
20150220712 | RESTRICTED EXECUTION MODES - In embodiments of restricted execution modes, a mobile device can display a device lock screen on an integrated display device, and transition from the device lock screen to display a shared space user interface of a shared space. The transition to display the shared space user interface is without receiving a PIN code entered on the device lock screen. The mobile device implements a restricted execution service that is implemented to activate a restricted execution mode of the mobile device, and restrict access of a device application to device content while the restricted execution mode is activated. The restricted execution service can also allow a shared device application that is included in the shared space access to the device content while the restricted execution mode is activated. | 08-06-2015 |
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20110066539 | Method and System For Enhancing The Efficiency Of A Digitally Communicated Data Exchange - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the efficiency of digitally communicated data exchanges and to a computer system that implements such a method. The invention particularly concerns the use of adaptive custom compression techniques, binary integers (“bits”), massively parallel processing, database optimization techniques and/or calculation optimization techniques to achieve such enhanced efficiency. The invention is applicable to any digitally communicated data exchange, but is particularly applicable to exchanges of financial information such as financial market buy/sell orders, market making, etc. | 03-17-2011 |
20130066762 | Method and System For Enhancing The Efficiency Of A Digitally Communicated Data Exchange - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the efficiency of digitally communicated data exchanges and to a computer system that implements such a method. The invention particularly concerns the use of adaptive custom compression techniques, binary integers (“bits”), massively parallel processing, database optimization techniques and/or calculation optimization techniques to achieve such enhanced efficiency. The invention is applicable to any digitally communicated data exchange, but is particularly applicable to exchanges of financial information such as financial market buy/sell orders, market making, etc. | 03-14-2013 |
20130325690 | Use of Adaptive and/or Customized Compression to Enhance the Efficiency of Digital Data Exchanges - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the efficiency of digitally communicated data exchanges and to a computer system that implements such a method. The invention particularly concerns the use of adaptive custom compression techniques, binary integers (“bits”), massively parallel processing, database optimization techniques and/or calculation optimization techniques to achieve such enhanced efficiency. The invention is applicable to any digitally communicated data exchange, but is particularly applicable to exchanges of financial information such as financial market buy/sell orders, market making, etc. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080258337 | Polyether Ether Ketone/Polyphenylene Sulfide Blend - The present description discloses a polymeric composition which is a melt-processed alloy comprised of (a) a polyarylene sulfide resin, (b) a polyaryl-ether-ketone resin, and a reactive compound which results in (c) a graft copolymer of the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin in addition to the starting resins. Exemplary melt-processed polymeric compositions can be made by reacting an alkoxy silane with the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin to produce a graft copolymer of a portion of one or both of the resins, sufficient to render the composition uniform and homogeneous. It is normally preferred for the exemplary organosilane compound, to be an amino silane. The subject invention further reveals an insulated wire comprising (1) an electrical conductor and (2) a layer of the melt-processed alloy composition; and fiber reinforced composites comprising fibers substantially fully impregnated with the alloy polymeric composition. | 10-23-2008 |
20100240905 | Novel Curcumin and Tetrahydrocurcumin Derivatives - The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers. | 09-23-2010 |
20120217038 | Polyether Ether Ketone/Polyphenylene Sulfide Blend - The present description discloses a polymeric composition which is a melt-processed alloy comprised of (a) a polyarylene sulfide resin, (b) a polyaryl-ether-ketone resin, and a reactive compound which results in (c) a graft copolymer of the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin in addition to the starting resins. Exemplary melt-processed polymeric compositions can be made by reacting an alkoxy silane with the polyarylene sulfide resin and/or the polyaryl-ether-ketone resin to produce a graft copolymer of a portion of one or both of the resins, sufficient to render the composition uniform and homogeneous. It is normally preferred for the exemplary organosilane compound, to be an amino silane. The subject invention further reveals an insulated wire comprising (1) an electrical conductor and (2) a layer of the melt-processed alloy composition; and fiber reinforced composites comprising fibers substantially fully impregnated with the alloy polymeric composition. | 08-30-2012 |
20130296527 | Novel Curcumin and Tetrahydrocurcumin Derivatives - The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers. | 11-07-2013 |
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20120107298 | Use of LCAT for Treating Anemia and Red Blood Cell Dysfunction - Disclosed are methods for treating conditions characterized by anemia or red blood cells dysfunction by administering an agent that increases the level of endogenous LCAT or LCAT activity. Additionally disclosed are methods of treating conditions wherein red blood cells have reduced function in relation to deformability, oxygenation, increased adhesion and aggregability, reduced nitric oxide function, or decreased life-span, increased free cholesterol, or abnormal phospholipid content. Also disclosed are methods for treating conditions characterized by an abnormal concentration of free cholesterol in red blood cells and methods of normalizing the free cholesterol content of red blood cells. | 05-03-2012 |
20130045194 | Delivery of Cholesteryl Ester to Steroidogenic Tissues - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating conditions characterized by low HDL-CE which can lead to decreased delivery of cholesteryl ester to steroidogenic tissues, reducing the organ's ability to produce steroids especially during periods of demand, stress and or systemic inflammatory response syndrome. | 02-21-2013 |
20140023631 | METHODS OF TREATING ANEMIA AND RED BLOOD CELL DYSFUNCTION WITH LECITHIN CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE - Disclosed are methods for treating conditions characterized by anemia or red blood cells dysfunction by administering an agent that increases the level of endogenous LCAT or LCAT activity. Additionally disclosed are methods of treating conditions wherein red blood cells have reduced function in relation to deformability, oxygenation, increased adhesion and aggregability, reduced nitric oxide function, or decreased life-span, increased free cholesterol, or abnormal concentration of free cholesterol in red blood cells and methods of normalizing the free cholesterol content of red blood cells. | 01-23-2014 |
20140024061 | DETECTION OF LCAT ACTIVITY - The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting and measuring the activity of lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) in solution (e.g. serum, plasma, cell culture media, aqueous solution) with fluorescent sterol substrates. The present disclosure also relates to a method for evaluating efficacy of a therapeutic agent for stimulating LCAT and for determining endogenous LCAT activity in a patient. Also disclosed are kits that are used to carry out the aforementioned methods and methods. | 01-23-2014 |
20150182600 | METHODS OF TREATING ANEMIA AND RED BLOOD CELL DYSFUNCTION WITH LECITHIN CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE - Disclosed are methods for treating conditions characterized by anemia or red blood cells dysfunction by administering an agent that increases the level of endogenous LCAT or LCAT activity. Additionally disclosed are methods of treating conditions wherein red blood cells have reduced function in relation to deformability, oxygenation, increased adhesion and aggregability, reduced nitric oxide function, or decreased life-span, increased free cholesterol, or abnormal phospholipid content. Also disclosed are methods for treating conditions characterized by an abnormal concentration of free cholesterol in red blood cells and methods of normalizing the free cholesterol content of red blood cells. | 07-02-2015 |
20150190479 | DELIVERY OF CHOLESTERYL ESTER TO STEROIDOGENIC TISSUES - Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating conditions characterized by low HDL-CE which can lead to decreased delivery of cholesteryl ester to steroidogenic tissues, reducing the organ's ability to produce steroids especially during periods of demand, stress and or systemic inflammatory response syndrome. | 07-09-2015 |
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20080256019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST ACCESS TO METAINFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE FILES OR OTHER IDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS - A method and computer system for determining an existence of a file and, possibly, information related to the file are provided. The method and system include providing a file name, generating a file designator from the file name, and generating a hash value from the file name. The hash value is used to index a cache containing other file designators that meet a certain criterion, and if no entry is found in the cache, an operating system call is performed. If an entry is found in the cache, the entry of the cache is compared with the generated file designator. If the entry and the generated file designator are not the same, an operating system call is performed. If the entry and the generated file designator are the same, this indicates that the criterion is satisfied. | 10-16-2008 |
20090070752 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF AN APPLICATION - A method is provided for creating a virtual machine image. According to the method, at least one application is provided on a computer system. After the application is provided on the computer system, at least one optimization of the application is performed based on a runtime environment of the application to produce an optimized application, and the optimized application and at least a portion of the runtime environment are packaged in a virtual machine image. In one embodiment, the computer system is a virtual machine. Also provided is a system for creating a virtual machine image. | 03-12-2009 |
20090178035 | SIMPLIFYING THE DEPLOYMENT AND SERVICEABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS - An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized. | 07-09-2009 |
20120330640 | SIMPLIFYING THE DEPLOYMENT AND SERVICEABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS - An information processing system includes a preparation machine with an installed image; an execution machine on which the installed image is virtually installed; and a virtualizer for virtualizing the installed image on the execution machine to produce a virtually installed image by using a hierarchy of selective virtualizers, wherein the virtualizing is selective such that not all operations of the executing software of the installed image at any particular level are virtualized. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007703 | EXTRACTION OF FUNCTIONAL SEMANTICS AND ISOLATED DATAFLOW FROM IMPERATIVE OBJECT ORIENTED LANGUAGES - Extraction of functional semantics and isolated dataflow from imperative object oriented languages, in one aspect, may include identifying one or more methods and/or classes associated with one or more of a plurality of property labels in a computer code written in object oriented language to extract functional and isolation characteristics in the computer code. The plurality of property labels supported by one or more checking rules, are used to verify that the one or more methods and/or classes identified with the plurality of property labels have isolation characteristics. An object oriented language compiler is provided for supplying the plurality of property labels and checking rules. The object oriented language compiler further may include capability to transform methods into compute tasks and connect the compute tasks so as to create a dataflow graph. | 01-03-2013 |
20130036408 | TECHNIQUE FOR COMPILING AND RUNNING HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMS ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTERS - A technique for compiling and running high-level program on heterogeneous computers may include partitioning a program code into two or more logical units, and compiling each of the logical units into one or more executable entities. At least some of the logical units are compiled into two or more executable entities, the two or more executable entities being different compilations of the same logical unit. The two or more executable entities are compatible to run on respective two or more platforms that have different architecture. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036409 | TECHNIQUE FOR COMPILING AND RUNNING HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMS ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTERS - A technique for compiling and running high-level program on heterogeneous computers may include partitioning a program code into two or more logical units, and compiling each of the logical units into one or more executable entities. At least some of the logical units are compiled into two or more executable entities, the two or more executable entities being different compilations of the same logical unit. The two or more executable entities are compatible to run on respective two or more platforms that have different architecture. | 02-07-2013 |
20140380290 | EXTRACTING STREAM GRAPH STRUCTURE IN A COMPUTER LANGUAGE BY PRE-EXECUTING A DETERMINISTIC SUBSET - Compile-time recognition of graph structure where graph has arbitrary connectivity and is constructed using recursive computations is provided. In one aspect, the graph structure recognized at compile time may be duplicated at runtime and can then operate on runtime values not known at compile time. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380291 | EXTRACTING STREAM GRAPH STRUCTURE IN A COMPUTER LANGUAGE BY PRE-EXECUTING A DETERMINISTIC SUBSET - Compile-time recognition of graph structure where graph has arbitrary connectivity and is constructed using recursive computations is provided. In one aspect, the graph structure recognized at compile time may be duplicated at runtime and can then operate on runtime values not known at compile time. | 12-25-2014 |
20150248279 | EXTRACTING STREAM GRAPH STRUCTURE IN A COMPUTER LANGUAGE BY PRE-EXECUTING A DETERMINISTIC SUBSET - Compile-time recognition of graph structure where graph has arbitrary connectivity and is constructed using recursive computations is provided. In one aspect, the graph structure recognized at compile time may be duplicated at runtime and can then operate on runtime values not known at compile time. | 09-03-2015 |
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20100305578 | Uterine Manipulators and Related Components and Methods - A uterine manipulator tip includes a finger and an expandable member. The finger is configured to be confined within a cervix. The expandable member is carried by the finger and is configured to engage a cervical canal between an internal cervical os and an external cervical os of the cervix. | 12-02-2010 |
20120109146 | Uterine Manipulators and Related Components and Methods - A colpotomizer cup includes a cup body and a sleeve. The cup body is configured to receive a cervix. The sleeve is connected to the cup body and includes a locking member for locking the colpotomizer cup in a predetermined position along a length of the uterine manipulator handle. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109147 | Uterine Manipulators and Related Components and Methods - A colpotomizer cup includes a cup body and one or more tenaculum engagement features. The cup body is configured to receive a cervix. The one or more tenaculum engagement features are adapted to connect the colpotomizer cup to a tenaculum such that the colpotomizer cup can be delivered to a cervix using the tenaculum. The colpotomizer cup can be configured to accept and secure the base of a uterine manipulator tip. | 05-03-2012 |
20130079597 | Endoscopic Ports and Related Kits and Methods - An endoscopic port that includes an elongate cannula defining a central lumen that extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cannula and is sized to receive at least one endoscopic instrument therein. The cannula further defines a first opening that extends through a sidewall of the cannula at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. The first opening is sized to receive a suture passer. | 03-28-2013 |
20130165956 | Suture Passer Guides and Related Kits and Methods - A suture passer guide that includes an elongate member having a longitudinal axis and defining a first proximal opening and a first distal opening. The first proximal and distal openings are substantially aligned with one another such that a suture passer can be extended through the first proximal and distal openings at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member. The suture passer guide can be configured to be passed through a central lumen of an endoscopic port. | 06-27-2013 |
20130218175 | Suture Passers and Related Methods - A suture passer includes an elongate tube defining a central lumen and having a beveled distal end region and a grasping member comprising a first elongate member and a first jaw extending distally from the first elongate member. The grasping member is sized to be disposed within the elongate tube and is capable of being extended from the elongate tube in a manner such that the first elongate member and the first jaw are disposed at least partially distal to the beveled distal end region of the elongate tube. The grasping member is further capable of being retracted within the elongate tube in a manner such that the first elongate member is located substantially within the central lumen of the elongate tube and the first jaw substantially covers an opening of the beveled distal end region of the elongate tube. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110141442 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH IMAGING LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - An imaging light source module that includes a plurality of light guides, a plurality of light emitting sources, and an intermediate image surface is disclosed. Each of the plurality of light guides has an entrance face, an exit face, and at least one side wall, and all of the light guides are capable of delivering light along associated light distribution axes intersecting a common reference point. Each of the plurality of light emitting sources delivers light only to a single light guide of the plurality of light guides. The intermediate image surface comprises a plurality of pixels, where each pixel receives light from the exit face of a single associated light guide of the plurality of light guides. | 06-16-2011 |
20120188519 | PROJECTION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projection system and a display that incorporates the projection system are provided. The projection system includes at least one electroluminescent device that emits a first wavelength of light, at least one semiconductor multilayer stack that downconverts the first wavelength of light to a second wavelength of light, and a scanning optical element that transmits the light along a scanned direction. The electroluminescent device can be part of an array of electroluminescent devices, and can be monolithic. The semiconductor multilayer stack can be part of an array of semiconductor multilayer stacks, and can also be monolithic. The scanning optical element can be positioned to scan the electroluminescent device across the semiconductor multilayer stack, or it can be positioned to scan the downconverted light after it has left the semiconductor multilayer stack. | 07-26-2012 |
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20090271884 | ES Cell-Derived Mice From Diploid Host Embryo Injection - Genetically modified mice and nucleic acid constructs for making the genetically modified mice are described. A first mouse having a gene encoding an activator (such as a Cre recombinase) operably linked to a developmentally-regulated promoter (such as a Nanog promoter) is provided. A second mouse having a toxic responder gene (such as a gene encoding diphtheria toxin A) is provided, where the toxic gene is expressed only in the presence of an activator, Embryos from a mating of the first and the second mouse are provided as host embryos suitable for generating mice from donor cells introduced into the host embryos. Ablating the ICM of a mouse embryo physically, chemically, or genetically is described, as well as making F0 generation mice that are substantially or in full derived from donor cells, employing a host mouse embryo with an ablated or nonproliferating ICM. | 10-29-2009 |
20110307968 | PRODUCTION OF FERTILE XY ANIMALS FROM XY ES CELLS - Methods and compositions are described for making phenotypically female fertile animals from XY donor cells and suitable host embryos. Culture media and methods are provided for maintaining XY donor cells in culture that after introduction into a host embryo and gestation in a suitable host will result in fertile XY female animals. Methods and compositions are described for making fertile female animals in an F0 generation from a donor XY cell and a host embryo, as are methods for making F1 progeny that are homozygous for a modification from a heterozygous F0 fertile male and a heterozygous F0 fertile female sibling. | 12-15-2011 |
20130309670 | Nuclease-Mediated Targeting With Large Targeting Vectors - Compositions and methods are provided for making one or more targeted genetic modifications at a target genomic locus by employing homologous recombination facilitated by single or double-strand break at or near the target genomic locus. Compositions and methods for promoting efficiency of homologous recombination between an LTVEC and a target genomic locus in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells using engineered nucleases are also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
20140235933 | GENETIC MODIFICATION OF RATS - Compositions and methods are provided for making rat pluripotent and totipotent cells, including rat embryonic stem (ES) cells. Compositions and methods for improving efficiency or frequency of germline transmission of genetic modifications in rats are provided. Such methods and compositions comprise an in vitro culture comprising a feeder cell layer and a population of rat ES cells or a rat ES cell line, wherein the in vitro culture conditions maintain pluripotency of the ES cell and comprises a media having mouse leukemia inhibitor factor (LIF) or an active variant or fragment thereof. Various methods of establishing such rat ES cell lines are further provided. Methods of selecting genetically modified rat ES cells are also provided, along with various methods to generate a transgenic rat from the genetically modified rat ES cells provided herein. Various kits and articles of manufacture are further provided. | 08-21-2014 |
20140309487 | TARGETED MODIFICATION OF RAT GENOME - Compositions and methods are provided for modifying a rat genomic locus of interest using a large targeting vector (LTVEC) comprising various endogenous or exogenous nucleic acid sequences as described herein. Compositions and methods for generating a genetically modified rat comprising one or more targeted genetic modifications in their germline are also provided. Compositions and methods are provided which comprise a genetically modified rat or rat cell comprising a targeted genetic modification in the rat interleukin-2 receptor gamma locus, the rat ApoE locus, the rat Rag2 locus, the rat Rag1 locus and/or the rat Rag2/Rag1 locus. The various methods and compositions provided herein allows for these modified loci to be transmitted through the germline. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310828 | TARGETED MODIFICATION OF RAT GENOME - Compositions and methods are provided for modifying a rat genomic locus of interest using a large targeting vector (LTVEC) comprising various endogenous or exogenous nucleic acid sequences as described herein. Compositions and methods for generating a genetically modified rat comprising one or more targeted genetic modifications in their germline are also provided. Compositions and methods are provided which comprise a genetically modified rat or rat cell comprising a targeted genetic modification in the rat interleukin-2 receptor gamma locus, the rat ApoE locus, the rat Rag2 locus, the rat Rag1 locus and/or the rat Rag2/Rag1 locus. The various methods and compositions provided herein allows for these modified loci to be transmitted through the germline. | 10-16-2014 |
20140331340 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING A MOUSE - Methods of generating modified embryos and mammals by introduction of donor cells into an early stage embryo are provided, such that the resulting embryo and animal generated therefrom has a significant contribution to all tissues from the donor cells and is capable of transmitting the donor cell DNA. | 11-06-2014 |
20150067901 | PRODUCTION OF FERTILE XY FEMALE ANIMALS FROM XY ES CELLS - Methods and compositions are described for making phenotypically female fertile animals from XY donor cells and suitable host embryos. Culture media and methods are provided for maintaining XY donor cells in culture that after introduction into a host embryo and gestation in a suitable host will result in fertile XY female animals. Methods and compositions are described for making fertile female animals in an F | 03-05-2015 |
20150159174 | Methods and Compositions for the Targeted Modification of a Genome - Compositions and methods are provided for modifying a genomic locus of interest in a eukaryotic cell, a mammalian cell, a human cell or a non-human mammalian cell using a large targeting vector (LTVEC) comprising various endogenous or exogenous nucleic acid sequences as described herein. Further methods combine the use of the LTVEC with a CRISPR/Cas system. Compositions and methods for generating a genetically modified non-human animal comprising one or more targeted genetic modifications in their germline are also provided. | 06-11-2015 |
20150159175 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TARGETED MODIFICATION OF A GENOME - Compositions and methods are provided for modifying a genomic locus of interest in a eukaryotic cell, a mammalian cell, a human cell or a non-human mammalian cell using a large targeting vector (LTVEC) comprising various endogenous or exogenous nucleic acid sequences as described herein. Further methods combine the use of the LTVEC with a CRISPR/Cas system. Compositions and methods for generating a genetically modified non-human animal comprising one or more targeted genetic modifications in their germline are also provided. | 06-11-2015 |