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20140259329 | DECORATIVE FOAM AND METHOD - Decorative foamed articles are prepared from foamed pellets, beads, particles, or other articles of a thermoplastic elastomer infused with a supercritical fluid in a pressurized container, then rapidly depressurized and heated either by immersion in a heated fluid that can rapidly heat the article or with infrared or microwave radiation to heat and foam the pellets, beads, particles, or other articles that are then molded into the articles. The pellets are dyed with a nonionic or anionic dye one of: (1) before being infused with the supercritical fluid, (2) during being infused with the supercritical fluid by a nonionic or anionic dye dissolved or dispersed in the supercritical fluid, which optionally comprises a polar liquid, (3) during immersion in the heated fluid, where the heated fluid contains the dye, or (4) after being foamed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259753 | MODIFIED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS FOR INCREASED COMPATIBILITY WITH SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS - A foamed article is made by infusing the article of thermoplastic elastomer including a nonpolar component with a supercritical fluid, then removing the article from the supercritical fluid and either (i) immersing the article in a heated fluid or (ii) irradiating the article with infrared or microwave radiation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272379 | PROCESS FOR FOAMING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS - A foamed article is made by infusing the article of thermoplastic elastomer with a supercritical fluid, then removing the article from the supercritical fluid and either (i) immersing the article in a heated fluid or (ii) irradiating the article with infrared or microwave radiation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275306 | ARTICLE WITH CONTROLLED CUSHIONING - Pellets, beads, particles, or other pieces of a thermoplastic elastomer having a maximum size in at least one dimension of 10 mm or less (collectively, “pellets”) are infused with a supercritical fluid in a pressurized container, then rapidly depressurized and heated either by immersion in a heated fluid or with infrared or microwave radiation to foam the pellets The pellets are prepared with at least two different densities. Pellets with different densities, thermoplastic elastomer compositions, or foam response rates are placed in different areas of a mold. The mold is filled with pellets, then the pellets are molded into a part. The part has areas of different density as a result of the placement of pellets of different density. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120079118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DURING A PRE-BOOT PHASE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, device, and method for facilitating wireless communications during a pre-boot phase of a computing device includes establishing a communications interface between a unified extensible firmware interface executed on the computing device and a wireless transceiver of the computing device during a pre-boot phase of the computing device. An OOB processor of the computing device processes data communications between the unified extensible firmware interface and the wireless communication circuit during the pre-boot phase by reformatting the data communications between wired and wireless communication standards. | 03-29-2012 |
20120124357 | METHOD OF PROVISIONING FIRMWARE IN AN OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) ABSENT SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatuses for re-instantiating a firmware environment that includes one or more firmware functions available at pre-boot time when transitioning the computing device from a first, higher power consumption state to a second, lower power consumption state. The firmware environment determines whether a cryptographic signature on a firmware volume is verified; whether hardware resources of the computing device requested by a manifest of the firmware volume are available; and whether a firmware module of the firmware volume is compatible with installed firmware of the firmware environment. If so, the firmware environment reserves space in a memory to accommodate resources used by the firmware module, and executes the firmware module with the computing device in the second, lower power consumption state. | 05-17-2012 |
20130311665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DURING A PRE-BOOT PHASE OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system, device, and method for facilitating wireless communications during a pre-boot phase of a computing device includes establishing a communications interface between a unified extensible firmware interface executed on the computing device and a wireless transceiver of the computing device during a pre-boot phase of the computing device. An OOB processor of the computing device processes data communications between the unified extensible firmware interface and the wireless communication circuit during the pre-boot phase by reformatting the data communications between wired and wireless communication standards. | 11-21-2013 |
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20120317570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PARTITION MONITORING - A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving in an external handler an event notification associated with an event in a virtual partition. A thread in the process in the virtual partition that caused the event can be parked. Other threads and processes may be allowed to resume while a security handler evaluates the event for potential threats. A helper agent within the virtual partition may be instructed to execute a task, such as collecting and assembling event context within the virtual partition, and results based on the task can be returned to the external handler. A policy action can be taken based on the results returned by the helper agent, which may include, for example, instructing the helper agent to terminate the process that caused the event. | 12-13-2012 |
20130031291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PARTITION MONITORING - A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes rebasing a module in a virtual partition to load at a fixed address and storing a hash of a page of memory associated with the fixed address. An external handler may receive a notification associated with an event affecting the page. An internal agent within the virtual partition can execute a task and return results based on the task to the external handler, and a policy action may be taken based on the results returned by the internal agent. In some embodiments, a code portion and a data portion of the page can be identified and only a hash of the code portion is stored. | 01-31-2013 |
20130212581 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Performing a Security or Maintenance Operation in Association with Virtual Disk Data - A system, method and computer program product are provided for performing a security or maintenance operation in association with virtual disk data accessed independent of a virtual machine. In use, data stored on a virtual disk is accessed at least in part independent of a virtual machine. Further, a security or maintenance operation is performed in association with the accessed data. | 08-15-2013 |
20130275964 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SCANNING DATA UTILIZING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL MACHINES OF A DEVICE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for scanning data utilizing one of a plurality of virtual, machines of a device. In use, data to be scanned is identified utilizing a first virtual machine of a device, where the device further includes at least one second virtual machine and a cache shared by the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine. Additionally, it is determined whether the data was previously scanned by the at least one second virtual machine, utilizing the cache. Furthermore, the data is conditionally scanned utilizing the first virtual machine based on the determination. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276107 | BEHAVIORAL TRACKING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UNDOING EVENTS BASED ON USER INPUT - A behavioral tracking system, method, and computer program product are provided for undoing events based on user input. In use, a plurality of unclassified events is identified on a system utilizing behavioral tracking. Additionally, input associated with at least one of the unclassified events is received from a user of the system for classifying the at least one of the unclassified events as an unwanted event. Further, the at least one unwanted event is undone in response to the receipt of the input. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276119 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REACTING TO A DETECTION OF AN ATTEMPT BY A PROCESS THAT IS UNKNOWN TO CONTROL A PROCESS THAT IS KNOWN - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for reacting to a detection of an attempt by a process that is unknown to control a process that is known. In operation, an attempt by a first process that is unknown to control a second process that is known is detected. Furthermore, there is a conditional reaction based on the detection. | 10-17-2013 |
20130276120 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A SECURITY STATUS OF DATA IS KNOWN AT A SERVER - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining whether a security status of data is known at a server. In use, a request for a security status of data is received over a network at a server. Additionally, it is determined whether the security status is known at the server using at least one of a whitelist and a blacklist. Furthermore, a result of the determination is transmitted over the network. | 10-17-2013 |
20130312095 | IDENTIFYING ROOTKITS BASED ON ACCESS PERMISSIONS - A method for monitoring for malware includes, during a boot process on an electronic device, determining a portion of memory, determining that the portion of memory is reserved for exclusive access by an entity on the electronic device, and, based on the determination that a portion of memory is reserved for exclusive access during the boot process, determining that the reservation is indicative of malware. | 11-21-2013 |
20130312099 | Realtime Kernel Object Table and Type Protection - A method for detecting malware includes determining one or more object-oriented components of an electronic device, trapping at a level below all of the operating systems of the electronic device an attempt to access an object-oriented component of the electronic device, determining an entity causing the attempt, accessing one or more security rules, and, based on the security rules, the entity causing the attempt, and the object-oriented component, determining whether the attempted access is indicative of malware. | 11-21-2013 |
20140115652 | Real-Time Module Protection - Technologies for securing an electronic device include trapping an attempt to access a secured system resource of the electronic device, determining a module associated with the attempt, determining a subsection of the module associated with the attempt, the subsection including a memory location associated with the attempt, accessing a security rule to determine whether to allow the attempted access based on the determination of the module and the determination of the subsection, and handling the attempt based on the security rule. The module includes a plurality of distinct subsections. | 04-24-2014 |
20140359762 | BEHAVIORAL TRACKING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UNDOING EVENTS BASED ON USER INPUT - A behavioral tracking system, method, and computer program product are provided for undoing events based on user input. In use, a plurality of unclassified events is identified on a system utilizing behavioral tracking. Additionally, input associated with at least one of the unclassified events is received from a user of the system for classifying the at least one of the unclassified events as an unwanted event. Further, the at least one unwanted event is undone in response to the receipt of the input. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100271450 | Open Loop Oil Delivery System - A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of an imaging device at a first flow rate, and a reservoir spaced from the applicator including a supply of the release agent for the applicator. A first fluid path fluidly couples the reservoir to the applicator for delivering release agent to the applicator; and a second fluid path fluidly couples the applicator to the reservoir for recirculating release agent back to the reservoir. A delivery pump is configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator via the first fluid path at a second flow rate; and a recirculation pump is configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir at a third flow rate. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate, and the third flow rate is greater than the second flow rate. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271451 | Method of Servicing A Drum Maintenance Unit (DMU) in An Image Generating System - A method of servicing a customer replaceable unit of an imaging device includes providing a customer replaceable unit configured for insertion and removal from an imaging device. The customer replaceable unit includes at least an applicator configured to apply a release agent to a surface of an intermediate transfer drum of the imaging device, a reservoir including a supply of the release agent for the applicator, a delivery pump configured to pump release agent from the reservoir to the applicator, a recirculation pump configured to pump release agent from the applicator to the reservoir, and a memory including operational data for the customer replaceable unit. A maintenance procedure is then performed on the customer replaceable unit. | 10-28-2010 |
20110197669 | Oil Reservoir with Float Level Sensor - A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor operates to detect the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined minimum level. | 08-18-2011 |
20120194601 | Oil Reservoir with Float Level Sensor - A drum maintenance system for use in an imaging device includes a reservoir for the storage of release agent used by the drum maintenance unit. The reservoir includes a bottle, an end cap, and a float sensor. The float sensor has a buoyant member that is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from the end cap into the bottle and movement of the buoyant member enables detection of the release agent in the bottle reaching a predetermined level. | 08-02-2012 |
20130241989 | Method For Sensing Remaining Life In A Drum Maintenance Unit - A method implemented in an imaging device senses the remaining life of a drum maintenance system in the imaging device. The method includes detecting a buoyant member, which is pivotably coupled to a proboscis extending from an end cap of a reservoir in a reservoir of the DMU, reaching a predetermined position in the reservoir and then updating an estimate of the remaining release agent in the reservoir with reference to a total media area and total inked area. | 09-19-2013 |