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20080213592 | Method of Manufacturing Silver Platelets - The invention provides an aqueous solution-based method for producing nanosized silver platelets, which employs the controlled mixing of a silver ion solution, a reducing solution, and an acidic solution in the presence of palladium ions. | 09-04-2008 |
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20130323115 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILVER PLATELETS - The present invention provides an aqueous solution-based method for producing nano-sized silver platelets, which employs the controlled mixing of a silver ion solution, a reducing solution, and an acidic solution, under suitable conditions. Also provided are the silver platelets produced thereby, and compositions containing the silver platelets. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140178824 | OPTIMIZING LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESSES USING LASER ANNEALING TECHNIQUES - Approaches for utilizing laser annealing to optimize lithographic processes such as directed self assembly (DSA) are provided. Under a typical approach, a substrate (e.g., a wafer) will be subjected to a lithographic process (e.g., having a set of stages/phases, aspects, etc.) such as DSA. Before or during such process, a set of laser annealing passes/scans will be made over the substrate to optimize one or more of the stages. In addition, the substrate could be subjected to additional processes such as hotplate annealing, etc. Still yet, in making a series of laser annealing passes, the techniques utilized and/or beam characteristics of each pass could be varied to further optimize the results. | 06-26-2014 |
20140252660 | MULTILAYER PATTERN TRANSFER FOR CHEMICAL GUIDES - Approaches for multilayer pattern transfer for chemical guides are provided. In a typical embodiment, a device is formed by forming an etch mask layer (e.g., a nitride layer and an oxide layer) over a substrate (e.g., silicon (Si)). An orientation control layer (e.g., a neutral layer) is then formed over the etch mask layer, and an ARC layer (e.g., SiARC) is formed over the orientation control layer. In other embodiments, an organic planarization layer (OPL) and/or a protection layer may also be formed between the ARC layer and the orientation control layer. Regardless, a tapered etch profile/pattern may then be formed through the ARC and/or other layers. | 09-11-2014 |
20140273469 | METHODS OF FORMING TRENCH/VIA FEATURES IN AN UNDERLYING STRUCTURE USING A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES A MASKING LAYER FORMED BY A DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESS - One illustrative method disclosed herein includes the steps of performing a directed self-assembly process to form a DSA masking layer, performing at least one process operation to remove at least one of the features of the DSA masking layer so as to thereby define a patterned DSA masking layer with a DSA masking pattern, performing at least one process operation to form a patterned transfer masking layer having a transfer masking pattern comprised of a plurality of features that define a plurality of openings in the transfer masking layer, wherein the transfer masking pattern is the inverse of the DSA masking pattern, and performing at least one etching process through the patterned transfer masking layer on a layer of material to form a plurality of trench/via features in the layer of material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273473 | METHODS OF FORMING A MASKING LAYER FOR PATTERNING UNDERLYING STRUCTURES - One illustrative method disclosed herein includes forming a patterned hard mask layer comprised of a plurality of discrete openings above a structure, wherein the patterned hard mask layer is comprised of a plurality of intersecting line-type features, forming a patterned etch mask above the patterned hard mask layer that exposes at least one, but not all, of the plurality of discrete openings, and performing at least one etching process through the patterned etch mask and the at least one exposed opening in the patterned hard mask layer to define an opening in the structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273511 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INCLUDING FORMATION OF CHEMICAL GUIDE PATTERNS FOR DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY LITHOGRAPHY - Methods for creating chemical guide patterns by DSA lithography for fabricating an integrated circuit are provided. In one example, an integrated circuit includes forming a bifunctional brush layer of a polymeric material overlying an anti-reflective coating on a semiconductor substrate. The polymeric material has a neutral polymeric block portion and a pinning polymeric block portion that are coupled together. The bifunctional brush layer includes a neutral layer that is formed of the neutral polymeric block portion and a pinning layer that is formed of the pinning polymeric block portion. A portion of the neutral layer or the pinning layer is selectively removed to define a chemical guide pattern. A block copolymer layer is deposited overlying the chemical guide pattern. The block copolymer layer is phase separated to define a nanopattern that is registered to the chemical guide pattern. | 09-18-2014 |
20140377965 | DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY (DSA) FORMULATIONS USED TO FORM DSA-BASED LITHOGRAPHY FILMS - An illustrative DSA formulation disclosed herein includes a block copolymer material, a casting solvent and at least one plasticizer agent. An illustrative method disclosed herein includes depositing a liquid DSA formulation on a guide layer, performing a spin-coating process to form a DSA-based material layer comprised of the liquid DSA formulation above the guide layer, wherein the DSA-based material layer includes at least one plasticizing agent and, after performing the spin-coating process, performing at least one heating process on the DSA-based material layer while at least some of the plasticizing agent remains in the DSA-based material layer so as to enable phase separation of block copolymer materials. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120244842 | Data Session Synchronization With Phone Numbers - A method for administering a communication session includes initiating a session between a server and a user device, the user device associated with a user phone number, associating the user phone number and a first session state phone number with a state of the session, and sending a first message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the first message sent from the first session state phone number to the user phone number. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244843 | Data Session Preferences - A method includes receiving a request from a user device for a service, initializing the service, initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users, and sending data to the user device according to the user preference. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246238 | ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING TAGS - A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value. | 09-27-2012 |
20130005365 | Data Session Synchronization With Phone Numbers - A method for administering a communication session includes initiating a session between a server and a user device, the user device associated with a user phone number, associating the user phone number and a first session state phone number with a state of the session, and sending a first message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the first message sent from the first session state phone number to the user phone number. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005366 | ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING TAGS - A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value. | 01-03-2013 |
20130212542 | Automatic Detection of User Preferences for Alternate User Interface Model - A method for automatic detection of user preferences for alternate user interface model includes operating a digital device with an active user interface model and receiving one or more input signals from a user of the digital device. The method includes comparing the one or more input signals with one or more latent user interface models and determining if one of the latent user interface models has a higher likelihood given the one or more input signals than the active user interface models. The method also includes responsively substituting the latent user interface with the highest likelihood given the one or more input signals for the active user interface model. | 08-15-2013 |
20140372538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTENTIONAL INTERRUPTIONS DURING GATHERINGS - Systems and methods for generating interruptions are provided. A method for generating interruptions, comprises generating a message for one or more recipients, detecting that a computing device is being used for a presentation, concluding, using a processor, that the one or more recipients are in an audience for the presentation, and after concluding that the one or more recipients are in the audience, interrupting the presentation with the message. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INTENTIONAL INTERRUPTIONS DURING GATHERINGS - Systems and methods for generating interruptions are provided. A method for generating interruptions, comprises generating a message for one or more recipients, detecting that a computing device is being used for a presentation, concluding, using a processor, that the one or more recipients are in an audience for the presentation, and after concluding that the one or more recipients are in the audience, interrupting the presentation with the message. | 12-18-2014 |
20150017626 | AUTOMATED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM - A method and system for providing computerized education may provide a user with a first set of educational segments such as problem sets or presentations, and may further monitor the user's reactions and responses using electronic devices, including biometric sensors, to identify difficulty points. Reports may be generated and presented to the user or another party to assist in manual identification of the difficulty point. New or modified educational segments may be provided to the user based on the identified difficulty points. | 01-15-2015 |
20150031002 | RECOMMENDING REESTABLISHMENT OF DISCONTINUED PRODUCTIVE HABITS - A method, system and computer program for recommending reestablishment of discontinued productive habits. An example method includes recording behaviors over time in pursuit of an identified goal, measuring progress towards an identified goal over time, identifying one or more periods of time where positive progress toward the identified goal resulted, identifying one or more periods of time where negative progress toward an identified goal resulted, identifying, by an electronic computer processor, differences in the behaviors between the periods of time where the positive progress resulted and the periods of time where the negative progress resulted, and recommending behavior changes based on the identified differences of the behaviors. | 01-29-2015 |
20150058426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING EMAIL SUBJECT LINES - Systems and methods for automatically generating e-mail subject lines are provided. A method for automatic generation of subject lines for electronic mail (email), comprises extracting topics from an email message, computing a sender relevance score for each topic, computing a receiver relevance score for each topic, ranking the topics based on the sender and receiver relevance scores, extracting syntactic units from the email message, ranking the extracted syntactic units from the email message based on the topic ranking, and assigning one or more subject lines to the email message based on the ranking of the syntactic units. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING EMAIL SUBJECT LINES - Systems and methods for automatically generating e-mail subject lines are provided. A method for automatic generation of subject lines for electronic mail (email), comprises extracting topics from an email message, computing a sender relevance score for each topic, computing a receiver relevance score for each topic, ranking the topics based on the sender and receiver relevance scores, extracting syntactic units from the email message, ranking the extracted syntactic units from the email message based on the topic ranking, and assigning one or more subject lines to the email message based on the ranking of the syntactic units. | 02-26-2015 |
20150074109 | CREATION AND USE OF CLOSELY-MATCHED GROUPS TO AID IN INITIATING AND SUSTAINING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE - A method and system for sharing data between a plurality of users in an online group on a communications system includes receiving data from a plurality of users. The data includes personal characteristics about the users. The personal characteristics are analyzed to determine groups of personal characteristics. The users are clustered into closely matched groups based on the groups of personal characteristics. A plurality of activity information is generated about the users in each of the closely matched groups. The activity information may include a physical activity, a location, and a time of day. User may be allowed access to the activity information about other users in each of the closely matched groups, respectively. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080208671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING PEOPLE AND JOBS USING SOCIAL NETWORK METRICS - A computer-implement method and the associated system of computing resources provides an automated work force management capability that optimizes work assignments for individual workers using work force management techniques in combination with social networking analysis (SNA). The work force management attributes are enhanced using SNA. Bipartite graphing processes are used to match the socially enhance worker attributes with the work requirements. By combining the social networking information with the work force management attributes, work assignments are optimized. This optimization exploits historical social interactions between workers and combines their influence with the skills and other work force attributes of each worker required for job performance. | 08-28-2008 |
20090006173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND USING HISTORICAL WORK PATTERNS TO BUILD/USE HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECT TEAMS SUBJECT TO CONSTRAINTS - A method for identifying and using historical work patterns to build high-performance project teams, in one aspect, may comprise identifying historical data associated with one or more past projects, determining from said historical data, one or more patterns in team member attributes that are correlated with at least one of an individual determined to be successful and a project determined to be successful, and generating one or more staffing plans based on said determined patterns. A system and program storage device for performing finctionalities of the method are also provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20100070622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING SYSTEM LAG TO SEND FACTS TO AN END USER - A method for utilizing system lag to send facts to an end user. The method begins by monitoring a computer system to identify said system lag. After identifying system lag, the method determines an estimated length of the system lag, the estimated length being a measurement of time. The estimated length takes into account previously identified system lag lengths to better approximate the current system lag length. After determining the estimated length of the system lag, the method sends a fact to the end user during the system lag. The fact sent to the end user has a length equal to or less than the estimated length of the system lag. Finally, the method stores the actual length of the system lag in order to improve subsequent determinations of the estimated length. | 03-18-2010 |
20110230229 | Social Recommender System for Generating Dialogues Based on Similar Prior Dialogues from a Group of Users - Techniques for organizing information in a user-interactive system based on user interest are provided. In one aspect, a method for operating a system having a plurality of resources through which a user can navigate is provided. The method includes the following steps. When the user accesses the system, the resources are presented to the user in a particular order. Interests of the user in the resources presented are determined. The interests of the user are compared to interests of other users to find one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs by virtue of having similar interests. Upon one or more subsequent accesses to the system by the user, the order in which the resources are presented to the user is based on interests common to the one or more subsets of users to which the user belongs. | 09-22-2011 |
20120218102 | MANAGING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES USING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - One or more embodiments manage emergency response services. An emergency event is determined to have occurred. A set of civilian responders currently available to respond to the emergency event is selected from a plurality of civilian responders in response to determining that the emergency event has occurred. Each civilian responder in the set of civilian responders is associated with at least one wireless communication device. The set of civilian responders is notified that the emergency event has occurred. A set of emergency event information associated with the emergency event is transmitted to at least one wireless communication device associated with each civilian responder in the set of civilian responders. | 08-30-2012 |
20130253969 | Broadcast Messaging of Incentives Based on Value - A method for a provider to generate incentives for users to perform tasks includes the following steps. The tasks are assigned to the users to obtain a matrix of task assignments in which each of the users is assigned to at least one of the tasks and each of the tasks is assigned to at least one of the users, wherein each of the task assignments has a value and a cost to the provider, wherein for a given one of the task assignments the value less the cost to the provider is an economic utility to the provider, and wherein the step of assigning the tasks to the users is done so as to maximize a net benefit to the provider which is a sum of the economic utility for all of the task assignments. Incentives are offered to the users to perform the task assignments. | 09-26-2013 |
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20150263937 | TAKE-OVER OF NETWORK FRAME HANDLING IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A first component of a computing environment receives, from a physical network adapter of the computing environment, a request that the first component take over processing of network frames directed to network frame address(es) associated with a second component of the computing environment. The first component register the network frame address(es) for processing of network frames directed to the network frame address(es). Based on the first component receiving from the physical network adapter a network frame directed to a network frame address of the network frame address(es) associated with the second component, the first component processes the received network frame, in which the network frame is provided to the second component via an inter-component link between the first component and the second component. | 09-17-2015 |
20150263970 | TAKE-OVER OF NETWORK FRAME HANDLING IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A first component of a computing environment receives, from a physical network adapter of the computing environment, a request that the first component take over processing of network frames directed to network frame address(es) associated with a second component of the computing environment. The first component register the network frame address(es) for processing of network frames directed to the network frame address(es). Based on the first component receiving from the physical network adapter a network frame directed to a network frame address of the network frame address(es) associated with the second component, the first component processes the received network frame, in which the network frame is provided to the second component via an inter-component link between the first component and the second component. | 09-17-2015 |
20150263971 | PHYSICAL PORT SHARING IN A LINK AGGREGATION GROUP - Virtual switches are established in a host system of a computing environment. Each virtual switch of the virtual switches includes a respective virtual switch port grouped within a shared port group of virtual switch ports. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group are in communication with a common physical network adapter of the host system. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group share a single physical port of the physical network adapter as part of a common physical link aggregation group (LAG). | 09-17-2015 |
20150263991 | PHYSICAL PORT SHARING IN A LINK AGGREGATION GROUP - Virtual switches are established in a host system of a computing environment. Each virtual switch of the virtual switches includes a respective virtual switch port grouped within a shared port group of virtual switch ports. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group are in communication with a common physical network adapter of the host system. The virtual switch ports of the shared port group share a single physical port of the physical network adapter as part of a common physical link aggregation group (LAG). | 09-17-2015 |
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20110144437 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL ACCESS THROUGH TISSUE TO A SURGICAL SITE - Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144442 | Methods and Devices for Providing Access into a Body Cavity - Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144447 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING ACCESS THROUGH TISSUE TO A SURGICAL SITE - Methods and devices are provided for providing access through tissue to a surgical site. Generally, the methods and devices allow adjustment of a surgical access port's longitudinal length. In one embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a housing having a cannula distally extending therefrom. The housing can be configured to cut a proximal portion of the cannula to adjust a longitudinal length of the cannula and hence of the surgical access port. In another embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a cannula formed of a plurality of modular segments removably coupled together. One or more of the segments can be configured to be removable from the cannula to change the cannula's longitudinal length. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144448 | Methods and Devices for Providing Access into a Body Cavity - Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. In general, the methods and devices allow a surgical access device to be securely positioned within an opening in tissue to provide access to a body cavity underlying the tissue. An actuator can be rotatably disposed on or in a housing of a surgical access device such that rotation of the actuator relative to the housing is effective to move a cannula of the surgical access device between an insertion configuration in which the cannula has a reduced profile enabling it to easily be inserted into a tissue opening, and an expanded profile enabling it to form an anchor against and/or within the tissue opening. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144590 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING ACCESS THROUGH TISSUE TO A SURGICAL SITE - Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto. | 06-16-2011 |