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20140166662 | Suspension System for a Cryogenic Vessel - A double walled vacuum insulated cryogenic vessel including a support system for the inner vessel that comprises an inner vessel support, a support bushing, and an outer vessel support. The inner vessel support is affixed to the inner vessel and the outer vessel support is affixed to the outer vessel. Between the two supports is a support bushing which is not affixed to the inner vessel support, the outer vessel support, the inner vessel, nor the outer vessel. Anti-rotational support is provided either by mechanical means, shapes, or secondary support structures. | 06-19-2014 |
20140190187 | Cryogenic Liquid Conditioning and Delivery System - A cryogenic liquid conditioning system with flow driven by head pressure of liquid contained in a cryogenic storage tank, and a cryogenic liquid delivery system with flow driven by pressure in the vapor space of said cryogenic storage tank. A heat exchanger, coupled to the cryogenic storage tank located below the liquid level of said tank, operates as a portion of both the conditioning system and delivery system. A piping system moves cryogenic liquid to the heat exchanger where it is vaporized, and then moves vaporized liquid to the vapor space of the cryogenic tank and an application. The piping system includes a means for controlling flow through the system. A means for measuring the saturated pressure of cryogenic liquid is coupled to the storage tank or piping system, and is in communication with the means for controlling flow. | 07-10-2014 |
20150252947 | CRYOGENIC LIQUID CONDITIONING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM - A cryogenic liquid conditioning system with flow driven by head pressure of liquid contained in a cryogenic storage tank, and a cryogenic liquid delivery system with flow driven by pressure in the vapor space of the cryogenic storage tank. A heat exchanger, coupled to the cryogenic storage tank located below the liquid level of the tank, operates as a portion of both the conditioning system and delivery system. A piping system moves cryogenic liquid to the heat exchanger where it is vaporized, and then moves vaporized liquid to the vapor space of the cryogenic tank and an application. The piping system includes a controller and valve(s) for controlling flow through the system. A sensor for measuring the saturated pressure of cryogenic liquid is coupled to the storage tank or piping system, and is in communication with the flow controller. | 09-10-2015 |
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20110162063 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - One embodiment is directed to providing access between external systems and embedded vehicle electronic systems. That is, an interface module may receive information from a system external to the vehicle, determine an embedded system of the vehicle to which to provide the information, and provide the information to the embedded system. Similarly, the interface module may receive information a embedded electronic systems of a vehicle, determine a system external the vehicle to which to provide the information, and provide the information to the external system. | 06-30-2011 |
20140022121 | NAVIGATING IN AREAS OF UNCERTAIN POSITIONING DATA - Methods and devices for obtaining a position of a mobile entity. An antenna may be used to receive first signals associated with a first positioning system and second signals associated with a second positioning system. Interference associated with the first and second signals may be monitored. A first location unit coupled to the first receiver may identify a first candidate position by processing first data associated with the first signals. A second location unit coupled to the second receiver may identify a second candidate position by processing second data associated with the second signals. A position may be estimated by applying filter processing to input data comprising the to first candidate position, the second candidate position, and interference data associated with the interference. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025286 | PROACTIVE MITIGATION OF NAVIGATIONAL UNCERTAINTY - Methods and devices for navigation and/or guidance. A device may be configured to predict an uncertainty of positioning data in the area, the prediction being based at least in part on a dynamic navigation model. The device may further be configured to guide the mobile entity based at least in part on the predicted uncertainty of the positioning data in the area. By predicting and guiding while the mobile entity is outside the area, the device may proactively mitigate an impact of the predicted uncertainty of the positioning data by initiating rerouting of the mobile entity, updating an inertial navigation system, and/or issuing an alert regarding the predicted uncertainty to of the positioning data to an operator of the mobile entity. The dynamic navigation model may comprise at least one of an environment model, a cost model, one or more positioning system models, and an excursion route model. | 01-23-2014 |
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20140287364 | PATTERNING METHOD USING THIOSULFATE POLYMER AND METAL NANOPARTICLES - A thiosulfate polymer composition includes an electron-accepting photosensitizer component, either as a separate compound or as an attachment to the thiosulfate polymer. The thiosulfate polymer composition can be used in methods to form predetermined patterns of metal nanoparticles. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287365 | FORMING PATTERNS USING THIOSULFATE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS - A thiosulfate polymer composition includes an electron-accepting photosensitizer component, either as a separate compound or as an attachment to the thiosulfate polymer. The thiosulfate polymer composition can be applied to various articles and used to form a predetermined polymeric pattern after photothermal reaction to form crosslinked disulfide bonds, removing non-crosslinked polymer, and reaction with a disulfide-reactive material. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287366 | METHOD OF SEQUESTERING METALS USING THIOSULFATE POLYMERS - A thiosulfate polymer composition includes an electron-accepting photosensitizer component, either as a separate compound or as an attachment to the thiosulfate polymer. The thiosulfate polymer composition can be applied to various articles, or used to form a predetermined polymeric pattern after photothermal reaction to form crosslinked disulfide bonds, removing non-crosslinked polymer, and reaction with a disulfide-reactive material. Such thiosulfate polymer compositions can also be used to sequestering metals. | 09-25-2014 |
20150361206 | THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS ASSOCIATED WITH PHOTOSENSITIZER COMPONENT - A photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer has (a) recurring units and (d) recurring units, shown as either Structure (I) or (II) and Structure (V) below: | 12-17-2015 |
20150364687 | DEVICES HAVING DIELECTRIC LAYERS WITH THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS - A semiconductor device can be prepared with a gate dielectric layer that comprises: (1) a photochemically or thermally crosslinked product of a photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer that has a T | 12-17-2015 |
20150364688 | PRECURSOR DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION WITH THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS - A precursor dielectric composition comprises: (1) a photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer that has a T | 12-17-2015 |
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20100332321 | Method and System for Providing Advertising Through Content Specific Nodes Over the Internet - Methods and systems for providing advertising content over the Internet through a hierarchical content-specific node structure and pricing advertising delivery over each node independently. Independent delivery and pricing allows an advertiser to pay more for advertisements delivered to a narrowly targeted audience likely to be interested in the goods or services offered by the advertising entity and to pay less for advertisements directed at a more general audience who may or may not have an interest in the goods or services offered. The less content specific the node is, the less targeted the advertisement will be, and therefore, the less valuable the advertisement will be to the advertising entity. Targeted advertising to multiple levels of content specific nodes is enabled. | 12-30-2010 |
20120016744 | Method and System for Providing Filtered and/or Masked Advertisements Over the Internet - Methods and systems that allow an Internet distribution partner of an advertisement listings provider to receive filtered and masked listings for display on the website of the Internet distribution partner. The Internet distribution partner defines filters to be applied to ranked advertising listings provided by an advertising listing provider. The advertisement listings provider system applies the filter to the listings in its database and identify matches and/or excludes matches depending on the characteristic specified. The advertisement listings provider may then send the Internet distribution partner advertisement listings based on the application of one or more filter selected by the distribution partner. Thus, the advertisement listings provider and the Internet distribution partner are able to generate additional revenue without risking the Internet distribution partner's valuable relationships with its exclusive advertisers and without jeopardizing the Internet advertising distribution partner's relationships with its end users. | 01-19-2012 |
20130041764 | Method and System for Dynamic Textual Ad Distribution Via Email - A system and method for providing dynamic pay-for-placement advertisements via graphics-enabled email that generates a display of advertisements when the email newsletter is opened so the advertisements displayed are based on rankings at the time the email is opened instead of when the email was generated and transmitted. In one embodiment, a graphical-content email having one or more embedded advertisement image references is provided to one or more email recipients. The advertisement image reference, in one embodiment, may include query string parameters indicating the context of the image reference and/or portion of the image reference (i.e., identifying the image reference as being part of a particular newsletter email), a position of the image reference in the email display, and the like. A URL reference also may be included with each advertisement image reference (.e.g., one URL for each advertisement portion of the image to be retrieved by the advertising image reference). | 02-14-2013 |
20150317673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC TEXTUAL AD DISTRIBUTION VIA EMAIL - A system and method for providing dynamic pay-for-placement advertisements via graphics-enabled email that generates a display of advertisements when the email newsletter is opened so the advertisements displayed are based on rankings at the time the email is opened instead of when the email was generated and transmitted. In one embodiment, a graphical-content email having one or more embedded advertisement image references is provided to one or more email recipients. The advertisement image reference, in one embodiment, may include query string parameters indicating the context of the image reference and/or portion of the image reference (i.e., identifying the image reference as being part of a particular newsletter email), a position of the image reference in the email display, and the like. A URL reference also may be included with each advertisement image reference (.e.g., one URL for each advertisement portion of the image to be retrieved by the advertising image reference). | 11-05-2015 |
20150356165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO USERS BASED ON FREQUENCY OF INTERACTION - A system and method for providing content to a user based on at least one prior user experience are provided. First content is transmitted to a user, wherein at least some of the first content is transmitted in response to one or more user content selections. Frequency information based on the inputs and/or the first content is stored. A request for content is received from the user. Second content is selected based on the frequency information. | 12-10-2015 |
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20130133206 | Utensils With Raised Working End When Resting - A utensil of embodiments of the disclosed technology has a curvilinear neck having a top and bottom side, a handle extending from the curvilinear neck, a working end adapted for placement within a mouth (of a person), the handle connected to the curvilinear neck and having a bottom side extending downwards past the bottom side of the curvilinear neck, a handle extending from the neck, and a post. A top of the post is connected to the bottom of the neck, and a bottom of the post, opposite the top of the post, extends downwards past the entire bottom side of the working end, such that a line drawn from an end of the handle (the end opposite the curvilinear neck) to a bottom of the post passes below the entire bottom side of the working end. | 05-30-2013 |
20130133207 | Post on Eating Utensil - The invention consists of the addition of a post to eating utensils where the post raises the working end of the utensil above the surface on which the utensil is placed. This raising helps prevent the working end of the utensil from being contaminated by substances on a table or other planar surface. | 05-30-2013 |
20150282655 | PLATE, CUP AND CUTLERY SYSTEM - A plate is provided having top and bottom sides. The top side includes a perimeter ledge, which has a section configured to receive a portion of a piece of cutlery disposed thereupon, thereby securing it to the plate. Also provided is a plate having top and bottom sides with the bottom side having a slotted section thereupon configured to receive a portion of a beverage container thereby securing the beverage container to the plate. An eating utensil is also provided and includes handle and a food-contacting portion attached thereto. The handle has a flat end portion opposite the food-contacting portion, and a support member disposed on an underside of the handle. | 10-08-2015 |
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20120209983 | CONFIGURABLE FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE TOOL - This disclosure provides example techniques to invoke one or more forensic tools, with a forensic investigative tool. The forensic investigative tool provides a common framework that allows investigators to invoke their own trusted forensic tools or third-party generated forensic tools. The forensic investigative tool described herein seamlessly and transparently invokes the forensic tools in accordance with an investigative profile created by the investigator. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210427 | CONFIGURABLE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL - This disclosure provides example techniques to invoke one or more tools, with an investigative tool. The investigative tool provides a common framework that allows investigators to invoke their own trusted tools or third-party generated tools. The investigative tool described herein seamlessly and transparently invokes the tools in accordance with an investigative profile created by the investigator. | 08-16-2012 |
20120311207 | MEDIATING COMMUNCIATION OF A UNIVERAL SERIAL BUS DEVICE - An apparatus for mediating communication between a universal serial bus (USB) device and a host computing device is described. In an example, the apparatus includes a USB host interface configured to be connected to a downstream USB device, and a USB device interface configured to be connected to an upstream host computing device. The apparatus also includes a mediation module positioned between the USB host interface and the USB device interface and configured to determine whether the USB device is authorized to communicate with the host computing device. | 12-06-2012 |
20140337558 | MEDIATING COMMUNICATION OF A UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS DEVICE - In an example, an apparatus includes a memory storing a hypervisor, where the hypervisor is configured to determine whether one or more universal serial bus (USB) devices in communication with the hypervisor are authorized to communicate with a guest operating system of the hypervisor and, after determining that the one or more USB devices are authorized to communicate with the guest, virtualize the one or more USB devices at the guest operating system and transfer messages between the one or more USB devices and the virtualized USB device. | 11-13-2014 |
20150213730 | AUTOMATED EXECUTION AND EVALUATION OF NETWORK-BASED TRAINING EXERCISES - This disclosure generally relates to automated execution and evaluation of computer network training exercises, such as in a virtual machine environment. An example environment includes a control and monitoring system, an attack system, and a target system. The control and monitoring system initiates a training scenario to cause the attack system to engage in an attack against the target system. The target system then performs an action in response to the attack. Monitor information associated with the attack against the target system is collected by continuously monitoring the training scenario. The attack system is then capable of sending dynamic response data to the target system, wherein the dynamic response data is generated according to the collected monitor information to adapt the training scenario to the action performed by the target system. The control and monitoring system then generates an automated evaluation based upon the collected monitor information. | 07-30-2015 |
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20130288010 | STRENGTHENED GLASS ARTICLE HAVING SHAPED EDGE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A strengthened glass sheet or article having an edge profile that provides improved edge strength, particularly when the strengthened glass sheet is subjected to a four point bend test, and a method of making a glass sheet having such an edge. The edge is formed by cutting or other separation methods and then ground to a predetermined profile such as a pencil or bullet profile, a bull nose profile, or the like. In some embodiments, the edge is polished and/or etched following grinding to reduce flaw size. | 10-31-2013 |
20140065401 | GLASS ARTICLES WITH HIGH FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND METHOD OF MAKING - A strengthened glass article has a chemically-etched edge and a compressive stress layer formed in a surface region thereof. The compressive stress layer has a compressive stress and a depth of layer. A product of the compressive stress and depth of layer is greater than 21,000 μm-MPa. A method of making the strengthened glass article includes creating the compressive stress layer in a glass sheet, separating the glass article from the glass sheet, and chemically etching at least one edge of the glass article. | 03-06-2014 |
20150210588 | BENDABLE GLASS STACK ASSEMBLIES, ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A glass element having a thickness from 25 μm to 125 μm, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress σI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that when the glass element is bent to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, with the center of curvature on the side of the second primary surface so as to induce a bending stress σB at the first primary surface, σI+σB<0. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of ≧1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm. | 07-30-2015 |