Ehlen

Ann Ehlen, Melsbroek BE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150154591	PRE-TRANSACTION DATA EXCHANGE - A computer implemented method of obtaining account data and merchant data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first request message from a user device at a third party, the first request message containing proposed transaction amount data, location data and payment card data; sending a second request message to a card issuer from the third party, the second request message containing a balance inquiry and payment card data; receiving a first response message from the card issuer at the third party, the first response message containing balance data related to the balance inquiry and payment card data; interrogating a database to obtain merchant data based on the location data; and sending a second response message to the user device from the third party, the second response message containing response data, related to the balance data, and the merchant data.	06-04-2015

David Robert Ehlen, Rochester Hills, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100077742	FLOW DIFFUSER FOR AN EXHAUST SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide devices, systems and methods for distribution of an engine exhaust gas to one or more exhaust treatment devices. In one embodiment, an exhaust flow diffuser is provided including a conduit defining an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a flow path therebetween. The conduit includes a first section disposed proximate to the inlet opening and a second section disposed proximate to the outlet opening. The second section has an increasing diameter along its length. The conduit is formed by a first member and a second member both of which extend between the inlet opening and outlet opening to form a portion of the first section and the second section. The first member and the second member each include an engagement feature that extends between the inlet opening and outlet opening.	04-01-2010

Dominique Ehlen, Compiegne FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100261833	CORE SHELL POLYMER - The present invention provides a core shell polymer comprising (i) a core comprising a polymer having a Tg in the range of from −15 to 35° C., which polymer is formed from a monomer mixture comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and (ii) a shell comprising a polymer having a Tg in the range of from 40 to 180 ° C., which polymer is formed from a monomer mixture comprising at least one aromatic vinyl monomer, wherein the gel content of the core polymer is below 62%.	10-14-2010

Frank Ehlen, Neunkirchen DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130152530	Filtering device, in particular diesel particulate filter - A filtering device features a ceramic filter body for filtering a fluid flow, the filter body consisting of a wavy layer and a flat layer and the wavy and flat layer being wound in a spiral-shaped manner. The wave length of the waves increases from the inside to the outside with increasing distance to the longitudinal axis of the filter body such that the wave troughs and the wave peaks of at least two radially adjacent windings each lie on a common radial plane.	06-20-2013
20130310247	Ceramic Body Composed of an Aluminum Titanate Mixture - A ceramic body based on an aluminum titanate system has the following composition:	11-21-2013

Ingo Ehlen, Duesseldorf DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110217948	Operation Of A Terminal Which Can Be Used With An Account In A Mobile Network Which Provides Communication Services - A method for operating a terminal which can be used with a credit account with an account statement and/or with a subscriber's account with subsequent rendering of accounts with an account statement and which can be used in a mobile network which provides communication services. The terminal comprises at least one display device for the reproduction of information and at least one input device for the gathering of information. The account statement of the credit account and/or of the subscriber's account will be reproduced by the display device of the terminal at least after having made use of a chargeable communication service. After using a chargeable communication service by the terminal, a device of the mobile network sends a trigger message which contains information with respect to the costs of the used chargeable communication service to a server of the mobile network. The server realizes a push service, and then triggers a push message to the terminal using the information of the trigger message. The push message contains information with respect to the account statement of the credit account and/or of the subscriber's account, by means of a push service of the mobile network.	09-08-2011

Jon Brian Ehlen, Newark, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140308828	FLOATING BUS BAR AND CONNECTOR WITHIN CHASSIS AND POWERED SLIDE RAILS - Technology is provided for a powered slide rail. The powered slide rail includes an outer segment including a first elongate conductor, a middle segment slidably nested with the outer segment that includes a second elongate conductor, and a first conductive element connected to the second elongate conductor and positioned for sliding contact with the first elongate conductor. An inner segment is slidably nested with the middle segment and includes a second conductive element positioned for sliding contact with the second elongate conductor.	10-16-2014

Jon Brian Ehlen, Milpitas, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130335913	Serviceable Hard Disk Drive Trays For A Server Rack - A sliding mechanism and a swivel mechanism allow a user to quickly and safely access components of a computing system, such as hard disk drives, included in a chassis. A housing affixed to the chassis includes a tray, which is coupled to the housing by the sliding mechanism. The swivel mechanism also couples the tray to the housing and allows the tray to be pivoted about the swivel mechanism. For example, the tray may be extended out of the housing via the sliding mechanism, and the portion of the tray extending from the housing may be pivoted using the swivel mechanism to simplify access to components coupled to the tray	12-19-2013
20140085812	Arrangement of Computing Assets in a Data Center - A system of computing assets arranges a plurality of backplanes to form a perimeter of a central region of a backplane structure. A plurality of computing assets are coupled to the backplanes and extend away from the central region of the backplane structure. A plurality of air intake openings are located along the perimeter of the backplane structure. An exhaust duct is coupled to an exhaust opening of the backplane structure and configured to direct air away from the backplane structure and is coupled to an air moving device. When the air moving device is operational, air flows across the computing assets through the air intake openings towards the central region of the backplane structure and into the exhaust duct, which directs the air away from the backplane structure.	03-27-2014
20140099806	FLOATING BUS BAR CONNECTOR - A floating bus bar connector connects a computing asset to bus bars using a connecting clip and a conducting terminal that is coupled to the connecting clip and to an electronic component inside the computing asset. To simplify connection to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector is mounted to a chassis of the computing asset so that the entire connector is movable, relative to the chassis, in a direction perpendicular to the bus bar. Thus, if the floating bus bar connector and bus bars become misaligned when the computing asset is being connected to the bus bars, the floating bus bar connector may move to realign with the bus bars.	04-10-2014
20140111070	UNIVERSALLY CONFIGURABLE RACK MOUNT SIDE PANELS - Side panels that are secured to the posts on opposing sides of a server rack include a plurality of slots that are used to support rack-mounted equipment. Sides of a chassis including computing device chassis include protruding pins that can be extended into the slots in the opposing panels. The protruding pins support the chassis on the side panels and secure the chassis inside the server rack. The side panels may also include holes to allow additional fasteners to secure the chassis to the server rack.	04-24-2014
20140113473	FLOATING BUS BAR AND CONNECTOR WITHIN CHASSIS - A chassis includes floating bus bars providing power and a sliding tray included in the chassis includes a power terminal and connecting fingers contacting the floating bus bars. As the sliding tray moves in a direction of motion, the connecting fingers remain in contact with the floating bus bars, providing power to components included on the sliding tray while it is repositioned. The floating bus bars are mounted inside the chassis in a direction parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding tray, and may be positioned within the chassis in a location that does not significantly impede airflow within the chassis.	04-24-2014
20140118886	RACK STRUCTURE-MOUNTED POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT - A power distribution unit (PDU) mounted within the structure of a rack. A mechanical interface secures the PDU to a portion of the rack structure, such as within a post of the rack. The PDU is configured to provide electrical power to computing assets mounted in the rack. Securing the PDU within the rack structure allows the PDU to be placed in an unobtrusive position that does not occupy space between the rack posts, increasing the space between the rack posts available for mounting computing assets.	05-01-2014
20140355185	Arrangement of Computing Assets in a Data Center - A system of computing assets arranges a plurality of backplanes to form a perimeter of a central region of a backplane structure. A plurality of computing assets are coupled to the backplanes and extend away from the central region of the backplane structure. A plurality of air intake openings are located along the perimeter of the backplane structure. An exhaust duct is coupled to an exhaust opening of the backplane structure and configured to direct air away from the backplane structure and is coupled to an air moving device. When the air moving device is operational, air flows across the computing assets through the air intake openings towards the central region of the backplane structure and into the exhaust duct, which directs the air away from the backplane structure.	12-04-2014

Patrick Ehlen, Brooklyn, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150178044	System and Method for Controlling Presentations Using a Multimodal Interface - The invention provides for a system, method, and computer readable medium storing instructions related to controlling a presentation in a multimodal system. The method embodiment of the invention is a method for the retrieval of information on the basis of its content for real-time incorporation into an electronic presentation. The method comprises receiving from a presenter a content-based request for at least one segment of a first plurality of segments within a media presentation and while displaying the media presentation to an audience, displaying to the presenter a second plurality of segments in response to the content-based request. The computing device practicing the method receives a selection from the presenter of a segment from the second plurality of segments and displays to the audience the selected segment.	06-25-2015

Patrick Ehlen, New York, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090094036	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HANDLING PROBLEMATIC INPUT DURING CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP FOR MULTI-MODAL DIALOG SYSTEMS - A method of presenting a multi-modal help dialog move to a user in a multi-modal dialog system is disclosed. The method comprises presenting an audio portion of the multi-modal help dialog move that explains available ways of user inquiry and presenting a corresponding graphical action performed on a user interface associated with the audio portion. The multi-modal help dialog move is context-sensitive and uses current display information and dialog contextual information to present a multi-modal help move that is currently related to the user. A user request or a problematic dialog detection module may trigger the multi-modal help move.	04-09-2009

Patrick Ehlen, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110153310	MULTIMODAL AUGMENTED REALITY FOR LOCATION MOBILE INFORMATION SERVICE - In one or more embodiments, one or more methods and/or systems described can perform producing a lattice of object hypotheses based on multiple reference objects from image information; receiving input speech information that includes a request for information associated with at least one reference object of the multiple reference objects; producing a lattice of speech hypotheses based on at least a first possible description included in the speech information; producing a lattice of scored semantic hypotheses based on at least the lattice of object hypotheses and the lattice of speech hypotheses; determining that a single semantic interpretation score of the lattice of scored semantic hypotheses exceeds a predetermined value; and providing requested information associated with the at least the first reference object of the plurality of reference objects.	06-23-2011
20120117112	Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Location Salience Modeling for Multimodal Search - Computational models of dialog context have often focused on unimodal spoken dialog or text, using the language itself as the primary locus of contextual information. But as spoken unimodal interaction is replaced by situated multimodal interaction on mobile platforms supporting a combination of spoken dialog with graphical interaction, touch-screen input, geolocation, and other non-linguistic contextual factors, a need arises for more sophisticated models of context that capture the influence of these factors on semantic interpretation and dialog flow. The systems, methods, and computer program products disclosed herein address this need. A method for multimodal search includes, in part, determining an intended location of search query based upon information received from a remote mobile device that issued the search query.	05-10-2012

Patrick John Ehlen, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130021459	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING SPEECH ACTIVITY DETECTION USING FACIAL FEATURE DETECTION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing audio. A system configured to practice the method monitors, via a processor of a computing device, an image feed of a user interacting with the computing device and identifies an audio start event in the image feed based on face detection of the user looking at the computing device or a specific region of the computing device. The image feed can be a video stream. The audio start event can be based on a head size, orientation or distance from the computing device, eye position or direction, device orientation, mouth movement, and/or other user features. Then the system initiates processing of a received audio signal based on the audio start event. The system can also identify an audio end event in the image feed and end processing of the received audio signal based on the end event.	01-24-2013

Tilo Ehlen, Muenster DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110309870	METHOD AND CONFIGURATION FOR GENERATING HIGH-ENERGY MICROWAVE PULSES - A method and a configuration are provided for generating high-energy microwave pulses, in particular based on HPEM technology. The objects include, on the one hand. increasing the energy density of pulses and, on the other hand, also making the relevant appliances more compact. For that purpose, a large-area configuration of a multiplicity of, preferably non-linear, semiconductor components is used in the area of the antenna, for pulse shaping.	12-22-2011