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20090274455 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LINE ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS DATA SIGNALS - An apparatus for performing an optical line analysis of continuous data signals. The apparatus comprise a phase position processor for computing a phase early/late indicator; a phase control code processor for computing a difference phase indicator; a frequency extractor for computing a low frequency jitter indicator; and a statistical calculator for computing a plurality of statistical measures regarding frequency and amplitude components of a jitter of an input continuous data signal, wherein the statistical measures are computed based on one of the phase early/late information indicator, the difference phase indicator, or the low frequency jitter indicator. | 11-05-2009 |
20120093499 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING LINE ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS DATA SIGNALS - A method for performing an optical line analysis of continuous data signals transmitted in a passive optical network (PON). The method comprises determining, from an optical signal of the optical line, at least one of a phase early/late indicator based on a phase position of an input continuous data signal relative to sampling clock signals, a difference phase indicator based on an input phase control code, and a low frequency jitter indicator based on an input phase control code; computing a plurality of statistical measures regarding frequency and amplitude components of a jitter of the input continuous data signal, wherein the statistical measures are computed based on one of the phase early/late information indicator, the difference phase indicator, and the low frequency jitter indicator; and analyzing the plurality of statistical measures to detect optical failures in the PON and determining a root cause of each of the detected failures. | 04-19-2012 |
20120307949 | Burst Mode Clock and Data Recovery Circuit and Method - Burst mode clock and data recovery (BCDR) circuit and method capable of fast data recovery of passive optical network (PON) traffic. An over-sampled data stream is generated from an input burst data signal and a phase interpolator generates sampling clock signals using a reference clock and phase information. A phase estimation unit (PEU) determines a phase error in the over-sampled data streams; and a phase retrieval unit sets the phase interpolator with the respective phase information of the input burst data signal prior to reception of the input burst data signal. | 12-06-2012 |
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20140365315 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING SERVICES TO USERS ON MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS USING PERSONAS - A method and system are provided for customizing a service to a user on a mobile technology platform. The method include determining which of a plurality of personas defined in the mobile technology platform is an active persona, wherein each persona of the plurality of personas is defined as a set of user preferences associated with an operating system of the mobile technology platform; and customizing a service to the user based on the active persona. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING AND SWITCHING BETWEEN PERSONAS ON MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS - A method and system for sharing programs among first and second personas on a mobile technology platform equipped with a display. The method includes providing a first software application; in response to a user's launch of the first application in either the first persona or the second persona, starting the first application in a third persona; and in response to the user's launch of the first application in either the first persona or the second persona, switching the user from a persona of origin to the third persona, wherein the persona of origin is the persona in which the user launched the first application, wherein the first and second personas are defined as a set of user preferences associated with an operating system of the mobile technology platform. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING AND SWITCHING BETWEEN PERSONAS ON MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS - A method and system for switching between personas on a mobile technology platform equipped with a display. The method includes rendering a selectable feature on the display while a user is in a first persona; and in response to the user's selection of the selectable feature, undertaking an action in a second persona, wherein the first and second personas are defined as set of user preferences associated with an operating system of the mobile technology platform. | 12-11-2014 |
20150074684 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENABLING INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATION (IPC) AMONG MULTIPLE PERSONAS IN A MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM - A method and system are provided for performing an inter-process communication (IPC) transaction among multiple personas in a mobile technology platform. The method includes receiving a request for an IPC transaction from an initiating persona to transfer data to at least one receiving persona, wherein the initiating and receiving personas are part of the multiple personas; analyzing the request to identify whether the initiating persona has permissions to transfer the data to the at least one receiving persona; upon identifying that the initiating persona has permissions to transfer the data, receiving the data from the initiating persona, when the initiating persona has the required permissions; analyzing the received data to determine compatibility with the at least one receiving persona; and upon determining that the data is compatible, enabling execution of the IPC transaction, thereby allowing the transfer of data. | 03-12-2015 |
20150149588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING SERVICES TO USERS ON MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS USING PERSONAS - A method for customizing a service to a user on a mobile technology platform based on an inferred context is presented. The method comprises identifying activities performed by a user of the mobile technology platform; inferring a current context of the user based on the identified activities and data about the user collected from at least one of the mobile technology platforms and at least one device associated with the user; and customizing the service to the user based on the inferred context. | 05-28-2015 |
20150381732 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING CONTENT ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAS OF A MULTIPLE-PERSONA MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM - A method and system for managing content items associated with personas of a multiple-persona mobile technology platform (MTP) are provided. The method includes receiving a request to perform an action on a content item associated with a first persona of a plurality of personas defined in the MTP, wherein the request is generated by the first persona; identifying at least a second persona of the plurality of personas defined in the MTP is linked to the content item; performing the requested action, when the at least second persona is not linked to the content item; and managing a link between the first persona and the content item, when the at least second persona is linked to the content item. | 12-31-2015 |
20160117164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS RESPECTIVE OF PERSONAS - A mobile technology platform (MTP) and method for customizing a multiple-persona MTP are provided. The method includes detecting an activation of a persona on the MTP, wherein the persona is associated with an execution environment; identifying at least one operating condition related to execution of the persona on the MTP; determining at least one customization parameter based on the at least one operating condition; and customizing the execution environment based on the determined at least one customization parameter. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119358 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO HARDWARE RESOURCES ON MULTIPLE-PERSONA MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS - Techniques for managing access to hardware resources on a multiple-persona mobile technology platform (MTP). The method comprises: detecting an access event between at least one persona and at least one hardware resource of the MTP; identifying at least one access control of the at least one persona; determining for each persona, based on the at least one access control, whether the persona has permission to access the at least one hardware resource; and upon determining that at least one permitted persona has permission to access the at least one hardware resource, granting the access to the at least one permitted persona. | 04-28-2016 |
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20120157008 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING OVERFLOW OF MULTIPLICATION OF ROOTS-OF-UNITY BY USING OVERFLOW SAFE APPROXIMATED VALUES TABLE - An apparatus including a processor, a computer readable storage medium, and a lookup memory. The computer readable storage medium generally contains computer executable instruction that when executed by the processor perform operations involving fixed point multiplication. The lookup memory generally stores values used in the fixed point multiplication. The values stored in the lookup memory are approximated based upon a predetermined value to prevent overflow in the fixed point multiplication. | 06-21-2012 |
20130102358 | MODULATION AND LAYER MAPPING IN PHYSICAL CHANNELS - Described embodiments provide a wireless communication system that employs modulation and precoding. An input bit stream is divided into one or more batches. Each batch has a consecutive number of bits. A modulation scheme is determined for batches. A precoding scheme for layer mapping is determined for the batches. Based on the modulation scheme and precoding scheme, a look-up table (LUT) is selected. The selected LUT maps the batches into one or more modulated and precoded layers. The modulated and precoded batches are provided to a transmission module. | 04-25-2013 |
20130170568 | REDUCING INTER-CARRIER INTERFERENCE IN OFDM AND OFDMA SYSTEMS BY TIME SAMPLE SCALING BASED ON CYCLIC PREFIX SAMPLES - In described embodiments, an orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM) system reduces inter-carrier interference (“ICI”) of a received signal. In general, the ICI is reduced, within software, hardware, or both, by scaling of receive samples according to scaling factors derived from cyclic prefix samples and correlated samples in a received OFDM symbol. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182782 | INTERLEAVING, MODULATION, AND LAYER MAPPING IN AN LTE PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - In described embodiments, a physical downlink control channel of a device operating in accordance with a 3GPP LTE standard is processed to provide interleaving, modulation and multi-layer mapping and pre-coding. A Resource Element Group interleaver applies interleaving to an input signal representing an input bitstream, and a modulator modulates the input signal. After interleaving and modulating the signal, a multi-layer mapper and pre-coder layer-maps and pre-codes the interleaved and modulated input signal into a plurality of different layers. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188553 | DOWNLINK INDICATOR CHANNEL PROCESSING IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM BASE STATION - A transmitter comprises indicator channel processing circuitry configured to process indicator channel codewords for transmission in a base station of a wireless system. The indicator channel processing circuitry performs a plurality of processing operations on the indicator channel codewords in a specified processing sequence, with the plurality of processing operations comprising at least modulation, scrambling, spreading and combining. In the specified processing sequence, the scrambling operation is performed for at least a given one of the indicator channel codewords prior to the modulation and spreading operations for that codeword or subsequent to the combining operation for that codeword. For example, the specified processing sequence may comprise the scrambling, modulation, spreading and combining operations performed in that order for at least the given codeword, or the modulation, spreading, combining and scrambling operations performed in that order for at least the given codeword. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195021 | TABLE-BASED RESOURCE MAPPING FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM BASE STATION - A transmitter comprises resource mapping circuitry configured to map symbols from multiple control channels to transmission symbols in a base station of a wireless system. The resource mapping circuitry comprises a table-based mapper configured to receive the control channel symbols and to map those symbols to the transmission symbols utilizing at least a selected one of a plurality of tables providing respective distinct mappings between the control channel symbols and the transmission symbols. For example, each of the transmission symbols may comprise a plurality of resource groups and the tables may specify distinct mappings of the control channels symbols to resource groups for different sets of possible base station parameter values. In one embodiment, the control channels comprise a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and a physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) of an LTE cellular system. | 08-01-2013 |
20130223516 | BLOCK QUANTIZER IN H.264 WITH REDUCED COMPUTATIONAL STAGES - An apparatus including a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a fourth circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first intermediate signal in response to a first input signal and a second input signal. The first intermediate signal generally comprises a product of the first input signal and the second input signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate a second intermediate signal by selecting between a first value and a second value in response to a sign of the first signal. The third circuit may be configured to generate a third intermediate signal in response to the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal. The third intermediate signal generally comprises a sum of the first intermediate signal and the second intermediate signal. The fourth circuit may be configured to generate an output signal in response to the third intermediate signal and a third input signal. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110232736 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - A photovoltaic cell including: (a) a housing adapted to enclose the photovoltaic cell, and including an at least partially transparent cell wall; (b) an electrolyte, disposed within the cell wall, and containing a corrosive redox species; (c) an at least partially transparent conductive coating disposed on an interior surface of the cell wall, within the photovoltaic cell; (d) an anode disposed on the conductive coating, the anode including a porous film adapted to make intimate contact with the redox species, and a dye, absorbed on a surface of the porous film, the dye and the film adapted to convert photons to electrons; (e) a cathode, disposed within an interior surface of the housing and disposed substantially opposite the anode, including a conductive carbon layer, and a catalytic component, associated with the carbon layer and adapted to catalyze a redox reaction, the carbon layer adapted to transfer electrons from the catalytic component to a current collection component of the cathode, and (f) at least one metal strip or wire, electrically associated with the anode and with the conductive coating, the strip or wire having sufficient thickness to form a protrusion protruding above a plane of the porous film by at least 50 micrometers, wherein a distance between a surface of the catalytic component and a surface of the porous film is less than 20 micrometers. | 09-29-2011 |
20140057145 | QUASI-BIPOLAR BATTERY CELLS AND ARRANGEMENTS - The current invention provides a quasi-bipolar battery assembly including at least two battery cells, each battery cell including a first metallic element and a second metallic element, an insulating sealing member disposed between edges of the first metallic element and the second metallic element, an anode and a cathode separated by a porous separator, with the anode being in electrical connection with the first metallic element and the cathode being in electrical connection with the second metallic element and an electrolyte disposed within the metallic elements and at least one air space disposed between two adjacent cells of the at least two battery cells, adapted to receive gaseous cooling fluid therethrough wherein the adjacent battery cells are connected by electrically conductive interconnections disposed in the at least one air space. | 02-27-2014 |
20140087274 | ZINC-AIR BATTERY - The Invention provides a zinc-air cell comprising at least one zinc-incorporating structure, at least one oxygen evolving structure and at least one air electrode; wherein said zinc-air cell comprises a first pair of electrodes for the charging of said air cell, said electrode pair comprising said at least one zinc-incorporating structure and said at least one oxygen evolving structure; and wherein said zinc-air cell comprises a second pair of electrodes for the discharging of said air cell, said electrode pair comprising said at least one zinc-incorporating structure and said at least one air electrode. | 03-27-2014 |
20150048777 | NOVEL FLOW BATTERY AND USAGE THEREOF - A voltaic cell comprising an iron in alkali anode where metal iron is oxidized to iron II hydroxide and a ferricyanide in alkali cathode where ferricyanide is reduced to ferrocyanide, and uses thereof. | 02-19-2015 |
20150083225 | TITANIA MICROSTRUCTURE IN A DYE SOLAR CELL - A photovoltaic dye cell including a cell housing having an at least partially transparent cell wall; an electrolyte, disposed within the housing, and containing a charge transfer species; an at least partially transparent electrically conductive layer disposed on a first interior surface of the cell wall, within the photovoltaic cell; an anode disposed on the electrically conductive layer, the anode including: (i) a sintered porous film containing sintered titania, the film disposed on a broad face of the electrically conductive layer, and adapted to make intimate contact with the electrolyte, and (ii) a dye, absorbed on a surface of the porous film, the dye and the porous film adapted to convert photons to electrons, by means of the charge transfer species; and a cathode disposed substantially opposite the anode, and including a catalytic surface disposed to contact the electrolyte; wherein the film has an overall average pore size (d | 03-26-2015 |
20150118583 | METAL-AIR FUEL CELLS AND METHODS OF REMOVING SPENT FUEL THEREFROM - This invention is directed to a metal-air electrochemical power sources, specifically zinc-air batteries and fuel cells, and methods for removing solid or semi-solid spent fuel using a thickener-liquefier pair. | 04-30-2015 |
20150243446 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - A photovoltaic cell including: (a) a housing adapted to enclose the photovoltaic cell, and including an at least partially transparent cell wall; (b) an electrolyte, disposed within the cell wall, and containing a corrosive redox species; (c) an at least partially transparent conductive coating disposed on an interior surface of the cell wall, within the photovoltaic cell; (d) an anode disposed on the conductive coating, the anode including a porous film adapted to make intimate contact with the redox species, and a dye, absorbed on a surface of the porous film, the dye and the film adapted to convert photons to electrons; (e) a cathode, disposed within an interior surface of the housing and disposed substantially opposite the anode, including a conductive carbon layer, and a catalytic component, associated with the carbon layer and adapted to catalyze a redox reaction, the carbon layer adapted to transfer electrons from the catalytic component to a current collection component of the cathode, and (f) at least one metal strip or wire, electrically associated with the anode and with the conductive coating, the strip or wire having sufficient thickness to form a protrusion protruding above a plane of the porous film by at least 50 micrometers, wherein a distance between a surface of the catalytic component and a surface of the porous film is less than 20 micrometers. | 08-27-2015 |
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20100289865 | SYSTEM FOR OPTICALLY ADJUSTING AN IMAGING HEAD - The present invention relates to a system for optically adjusting a computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging head which includes an a light source ( | 11-18-2010 |
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20160064768 | SUBSTRATE FOR THIN FILM MICROBATTERIES - A method for fabricating electrical storage cell including providing a photopolymer; providing a pre-patterned mask wherein the pre-patterned mask includes masked regions and unmasked regions; attaching the pre-patterned mask on top of the photopolymer; applying collimated ultraviolet radiation on the masked substrate wherein areas of the photopolymer underneath of the unmasked regions are solidified or cross linked and areas of the photopolymer underneath the masked are not solidified or cross linked to form an imaged substrate with perforated holes; developing the imaged substrate; cleaning residual material from the perforated holes; forming a thin film over the surface of a substrate area to define an anode, a cathode; and forming a solid electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the thin film comprising a final layer which is formed so as to fill the perforated holes. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064769 | SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING AN ELECTRICAL STORAGE CELL - A system for fabricating an electrical storage cell including an imaging head for applying collimated ultraviolet radiation on a masked positioned on top of a photopolymer substrate, wherein the patterned mask comprises masked regions and unmasked regions; wherein areas of the photopolymer underneath of the unmasked regions are solidified or cross linked and areas of the photopolymer underneath the masked are not solidified or cross linked; a developer for developing the imaged substrate; water jets for cleaning solidified or cross linked material from the substrate to form perforated holes; a deposition device for forming a thin film over the substrate surface area so as to define an anode; a deposition device for forming solid electrolyte disposed over the anode; and a deposition device for forming a cathode by depositing a thin film over the perforated holes. | 03-03-2016 |
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20080294942 | SELF-HEALING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for optimizing performance in a computing environment are provided. The system comprises means for monitoring execution of annotated logic code associated with a software component to determine whether a condition has been satisfied, wherein annotations in the logic code provide one or more details about the software component, the details being useful to a healing agent to correct a problem associated with said condition during the execution of the logic code. | 11-27-2008 |
20090282206 | Method for Resolving Memory Leak Problems Resulting from Loitering Objects - The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing memory. A suspect loitering object is detected for a set of selected applications, forming a detected object. The detected object is paged to persistent storage, forming a paged object. The paged object is deallocated from system memory, forming a deallocated object. | 11-12-2009 |
20100046375 | Congestion Control Using Application Slowdown - A computer-implemented method is provided, including monitoring one or more parameters of a computer system that executes one or more service requester processes that issue service requests to one or more service provider processes. A congestion in the system is detected by analyzing the parameters. Upon identifying at least one of the service requester processes as contributing to the congestion, execution of the at least one of the service requester processes is slowed. Other embodiments are also described. | 02-25-2010 |
20110107154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED AND ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD SETTING TO SEPARATELY CONTROL FALSE POSITIVE AND FALSE NEGATIVE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION ERRORS - Managing a computer system including automatically adjusting two separate component thresholds (a component threshold pair) based on a statistical model. Specifically, a first component threshold is modeled to predict violations of an SLO based on a violation of the first component threshold and a second, separate component threshold is modeled to predict a non-violation (compliance) of an SLO based on a non-violation of the second component threshold. Over time, the values of the component thresholds may change and one component threshold may be greater than the other component threshold at one time, and vice versa at another time. A component metric reading between the first and second component thresholds indicates that a prediction of an SLO violation or compliance is less certain, and a warning may be issued rather than an alert. | 05-05-2011 |
20110271252 | DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL DESIGN/REQUIREMENTS COVERAGE OF A COMPUTER CODE - A method that includes: running a set of functional tests over a computer code; determining, for each code element of the computer code, which functional test covered it, to yield a tests-elements coverage map; associating portions of the computer code with corresponding design portions or requirements derived from a design document or a requirements document respectively, associated with the computer code, to yield a design/requirements-code tracing map; deriving, from the tests-code coverage map and the design/requirements-code tracing map, a design/requirements-tests coverage map, exhibiting coverage of the computer code by the functional tests, in terms of the design or the requirements, wherein at least one of the running, the determining, the associating, and the deriving is executed by at least one processor. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271253 | ENHANCING FUNCTIONAL TESTS COVERAGE USING TRACEABILITY AND STATIC ANALYSIS - A method that may include: building a dependencies graph representing dependencies between code elements of a computer code; associating portions of the computer code with corresponding design specifications or requirements derived from a design specifications document or a requirements document respectively which is associated with the computer code, to yield a design specifications or requirements-code tracing map; and analyzing the design specifications or requirements-code tracing map based on the dependencies graph to yield an ordered list of design specifications or requirements respectively, wherein the order is selected such that functional tests written for the computer code and addressing design specifications or requirements of a higher order, will yield a higher level of functional test coverage of the computer code in terms of design specifications or requirements. | 11-03-2011 |
20130283248 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PRODUCT FOR PORTING APPLICATIONS TO EMBEDDED PLATFORMS - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for transforming code to embedded environments, the method comprising: receiving program code not complying with a limitation of an embedded computing environment; transforming at least part of the program code to modified program code in order for the modified program code to be in compliance with the limitation; and storing the modified program code on a storage device. wherein the modified program code complies with the limitation of the embedded computing environment. | 10-24-2013 |
20140215435 | AUTOMATIC UNTANGLING CYCLIC DEPENDENCIES IN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS - A computerized method, system and computer product for untangling cyclic dependencies between components in software architecture is disclosed. The method includes receiving a software architecture that includes a set of components wherein the components include further elements. The method includes finding one or more cyclic dependencies between the set of components and creating a set of rearranged untangled components. The method includes outputting the rearranged components. | 07-31-2014 |
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20130067436 | ENHANCING FUNCTIONAL TESTS COVERAGE USING TRACEABILITY AND STATIC ANALYSIS - A method that may include: building a dependencies graph representing dependencies between code elements of a computer code; associating portions of the computer code with corresponding design specifications or requirements derived from a design specifications document or a requirements document respectively which is associated with the computer code, to yield a design specifications or requirements-code tracing map; and analyzing the design specifications or requirements-code tracing map based on the dependencies graph to yield an ordered list of design specifications or requirements respectively, wherein the order is selected such that functional tests written for the computer code and addressing design specifications or requirements of a higher order, will yield a higher level of functional test coverage of the computer code in terms of design specifications or requirements. | 03-14-2013 |
20130074039 | DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL DESIGN/REQUIREMENTS COVERAGE OF A COMPUTER CODE - A method that includes: running a set of functional tests over a computer code; determining, for each code element of the computer code, which functional test covered it, to yield a tests-elements coverage map; associating portions of the computer code with corresponding design portions or requirements derived from a design document or a requirements document respectively, associated with the computer code, to yield a design/requirements-code tracing map; deriving, from the tests-code coverage map and the design/requirements-code tracing map, a design/requirements-tests coverage map, exhibiting coverage of the computer code by the functional tests, in terms of the design or the requirements, wherein at least one of the running, the determining, the associating, and the deriving is executed by at least one processor. | 03-21-2013 |
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20120273199 | Nitinol Through Tubing Bridge Plug - A bridge plug assembly having a nickel titanium alloy flexible member that can be selectively radially expanded so its outer surface sealingly engages a surrounding tubular. The flexible member can comprise an annular membrane like member having coaxial rings on the opposing ends of the flexible member. The percentage of weight of nickel can range up to about 40 to about 58%, 55% or to about 60%. | 11-01-2012 |
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20080256297 | Multi-Port High-Level Cache Unit an a Method For Retrieving Information From a Multi-Port High-Level Cache Unit - A device that includes multiple processors that are connected to multiple level-one cache units. The device also includes a multi-port high-level cache unit that includes a first modular interconnect, a second modular interconnect, multiple high-level cache paths; whereas the multiple high-level cache paths comprise multiple concurrently accessible interleaved high-level cache units. Conveniently, the device also includes at least one non-cacheable path. A method for retrieving information from a cache that includes: concurrently receiving, by a first modular interconnect of a multiple-port high-level cache unit, requests to retrieve information. The method is characterized by providing information from at least two paths out of multiple high-level cache paths if at least two high-level cache hit occurs, and providing information via a second modular interconnect if a high-level cache miss occurs. | 10-16-2008 |
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20100169525 | PIPELINED DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR EXECUTING TRANSACTIONS IN A PIPELINED DEVICE - A pipelined device and method for executing transactions in a pipelined device, the method includes: setting limiter thresholds that define a maximal amount of pending transaction requests to be provided from one pipeline stage to another pipeline stage; executing an application while monitoring the performance of a device that comprises pipeline limiters; wherein the executing includes: selectively transferring transaction requests from one stage of the pipeline to another in response to the limiter thresholds, arbitrating between transaction requests at a certain pipeline stage, and executing selected transaction requests provided by the arbitrating. | 07-01-2010 |
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20090064349 | Chimeric Avian-Based Screening System Containing Mammalian Grafts - The present invention relates to animal model systems comprising a chimera between an avian embryo and a mammalian organism. Specifically, chimeric model systems comprising normal, diseased or genetically transformed mammalian cells and tissues transplanted into avian embryos, and uses thereof for in vivo testing of drugs and therapeutic modalities are disclosed. | 03-05-2009 |
20110189720 | AUTOMATED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An automated biological sample collection system and method are disclosed. The system comprises an incubator, an applicator and a sampler. The incubator is configured to control the environment of a plurality of eggs, the applicator is configured to deliver exogenous material to the plurality of eggs and at least one sampler is configured to collect samples from the plurality of eggs, invasively or non-invasively. | 08-04-2011 |
20130171680 | CHIMERIC AVIAN-BASED SCREENING SYSTEM CONTAINING MAMMALIAN GRAFTS - The present invention relates to animal model systems comprising a chimera between an avian embryo and a mammalian organism. Specifically, chimeric model systems comprising normal, diseased or genetically transformed mammalian cells and tissues transplanted into avian embryos, and uses thereof for in vivo testing of drugs and therapeutic modalities are disclosed. | 07-04-2013 |
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20110055207 | Expert Search - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, comprising the steps of, or structure for, storing a plurality of expert profiles in a database, each of the plurality of expert profiles comprising information associated with a person having knowledge in a particular category, subject or topic; | 03-03-2011 |
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20150019527 | System and Methods for Searching and Communication - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, comprising the steps of, or structure for, storing a plurality of expert profiles in a database, each of the plurality of expert profiles comprising information associated with a person having knowledge in a particular category, subject or topic; receiving search criteria over a network from a query source; selecting at least one of the plurality of expert profiles comprising information that satisfy the search criteria; and transmitting expert profile data for each of the selected expert profiles to the remote search engine, the expert profile data comprising data that defines a displayable representation of a corresponding expert profile, the expert profile data further comprising data that facilitates a client-initiated, real-time communication session over the network with a person associated with the corresponding expert profile. | 01-15-2015 |
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