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20080233744 | CARBON NANOTUBE SWITCHES FOR MEMORY, RF COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING APPLICATIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Switches having an in situ grown carbon nanotube as an element thereof, and methods of fabricating such switches. A carbon nanotube is grown in situ in mechanical connection with a conductive substrate, such as a heavily doped silicon wafer or an SOI wafer. The carbon nanotube is electrically connected at one location to a terminal. At another location of the carbon nanotube there is situated a pull electrode that can be used to electrostatically displace the carbon nanotube so that it selectively makes contact with either the pull electrode or with a contact electrode. Connection to the pull electrode is sufficient to operate the device as a simple switch, while connection to a contact electrode is useful to operate the device in a manner analogous to a relay. In various embodiments, the devices disclosed are useful as at least switches for various signals, multi-state memory, computational devices, and multiplexers. | 09-25-2008 |
20100297435 | NANOTUBES AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES - Nanotubes and related nanofabrication processes are described where wafer-scale approaches have been developed. The described processes can be used to produce single, vertically aligned tubes integrated into 3D nano-scale architectures. Moreover, fabrication processes to generate 3D nanoarchitectures are also described. | 11-25-2010 |
20100308848 | METHODS FOR GAS SENSING WITH SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES - Methods for gas sensing with single-walled carbon nanotubes are described. The methods comprise biasing at least one carbon nanotube and exposing to a gas environment to detect variation in temperature as an electrical response. | 12-09-2010 |
20110056812 | NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SWITCHES USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIDEWALL-CONDUCTIVE CARBON NANOFIBERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present disclosure describes a method for fabricating three-dimensional sidewall-conductive carbon nanofibers (CNFs) on selective substrates. In particular, fabrication of three-dimensional sidewall-conductive CNFs on niobium titanium nitride (NbTiN) layer is described. The present disclosure also describes a nano-electro-mechanical switch using one or more three-dimensional sidewall-conductive CNFs. | 03-10-2011 |
20110174079 | CARBON NANOTUBE VACUUM GAUGES WITH WIDE-DYNAMIC RANGE AND PROCESSES THEREOF - A miniature thermal conductivity gauge employs a carbon single-walled-nanotube. The gauge operates on the principle of thermal exchange between the voltage-biased nanotube and the surrounding gas at low levels of power and low temperatures to measure vacuum across a wide dynamic range. The gauge includes two terminals, a source of constant voltage to the terminals, a single-walled carbon nanotube between the terminals, a calibration of measured conductance of the nanotube to magnitudes of surrounding vacuum and a current meter in electrical communication with the source of constant voltage. Employment of the nanotube for measuring vacuum includes calibrating the electrical conductance of the nanotube to magnitudes of vacuum, exposing the nanotube to a vacuum, applying a constant voltage across the nanotube, measuring the electrical conductance of the nanotube in the vacuum with the constant voltage applied and converting the measured electrical conductance to the corresponding calibrated magnitude of vacuum using the calibration. The nanotube may be suspended to minimize heat dissipation through the substrate, increasing sensitivity at even tower pressures. | 07-21-2011 |
20110212535 | APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF OPERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL RESONATOR AND RELATED DEVICES - Carbon nanofiber resonator devices, methods for use, and applications of said devices are disclosed. Carbon nanofiber resonator devices can be utilized in or as high Q resonators. Resonant frequency of these devices is a function of configuration of various conducting components within these devices. Such devices can find use, for example, in filtering and chemical detection. | 09-01-2011 |
20120262809 | THERMALLY-RESILIENT, BROADBAND OPTICAL ABSORBER FROM UV-TO-IR DERIVED FROM CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A monolithic optical absorber and methods of making same. The monolithic optical absorber uses an array of mutually aligned carbon nanotubes that are grown using a PECVD growth process and a structure that includes a conductive substrate, a refractory template layer and a nucleation layer. Monolithic optical absorbers made according to the described structure and method exhibit high absorptivity, high site densities (greater than 10 | 10-18-2012 |
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20110251898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON LEVELS OF ACTIVITY OF THE DEVICES - The present disclosure described herein relates to a system and method for distributing messages to electronic devices. The method comprises: identifying a set of devices that meet a first criteria regarding an activity level; and transmitting a set of advertisements to the set of devices based on activity levels of the set of devices. For at least one of the devices, the activity data may relate to at least one communication log of communications processed by at least one device. | 10-13-2011 |
20110264523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES TO COMMUNICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS OF USERS OF THE DEVICES - The present disclosure related to a system, method and device for distributing messages to electronic devices is provided. The method comprises: identifying two devices that have been communicating with each other and that have at least one common attribute; identifying an advertisement campaign that matches the at least one common attribute; and transmitting a set of advertisements relating to the advertisement campaign to the two devices. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MESSAGES TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON CORRELATION OF DATA RELATING TO A USER OF THE DEVICE - The present disclosure described herein relates to a system and method for distributing messages to an electronic device. The method comprises: analyzing data relating to the device to determine a correlation of data relating to a user of the device; selecting an advertisement from a set of advertisements based on the correlation of data; and transmitting the advertisement to the device. The correlation of data may be determined from analyzing movement data and at least one status indicator relating to the device. | 11-10-2011 |
20120066201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SEARCH - The described embodiments relate generally to methods and systems for generating a search on an electronic device. The method includes receiving a multimedia object, determining metadata corresponding to the multimedia object and generating a search query corresponding to the metadata. The system includes an input interface configured to select a multimedia object, a metadata determining module configured to determine metadata associated with the multimedia object and a query generating module configured to generate a search query corresponding to the metadata. The electronic device may include a portable device where the search query is generated upon detection of the movement of the portable device. | 03-15-2012 |
20120117499 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISPLAY MOBILE DEVICE CONTEXTS - Example methods and apparatus to display mobile device contexts are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a first context in a user interface of a mobile device based on first device platform information, the first context including a first arrangement of information, graphics, and application icons that are associated with the first device platform information, determining that second device platform information received after the first device platform information corresponds to a second context, the second context being different from the first context and including a second arrangement of information, graphics, and applications that are associated with the second device platform information, and displaying the second context in the user interface replacing the first context without prompting a user of the mobile device. | 05-10-2012 |
20120158837 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A NOTIFICATION SERVICE FOR A DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses for establishing a notification service for a computing device. Device requests for current information about a requested topic may be unnecessary if repeated requests are made for current information and the information has not yet changed. In this disclosure, when a requested topic is associated with changing information, a notification service may be configured for the device. The notification service automatically sends updated information to the device when the information changes. The present disclosure describes several ways that requests may be analyzed to determine if a requested topic is associated with changing information. A threshold number of request for a requested topic over a period of time may be used. Alternatively, a requested topic may be configured in a notification service if the requested topic is related to a currently occurring event. | 06-21-2012 |
20130144855 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA ON DATA SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH A CATEGORY... - A mobile wireless communications device includes a display, at least one input device, and a processor coupled to the display and the at least one input device. The processor is configured to associate each of a plurality of search categories with each of a plurality of search data sources, based upon the at least one input device. The processor is also configured to determine a given search category of the plurality thereof associated with a search term input via the at least one input device. The processor is further configured to search the search data source associated with the given search category for the search term, and generate search results based thereupon, and display the search results on the display. | 06-06-2013 |
20130172014 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH POTENTIAL NEW CONTACTS AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communication system ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130174058 | System and Method to Automatically Aggregate and Extract Key Concepts Within a Conversation by Semantically Identifying Key Topics - Methods are provided for providing a user with real-time access to supplemental information about named entities that appear within a conversation in a messaging application on a user terminal. Named entities, conversational topics, and sentiments are recognized as the user enters messages into the application. These are provided to a semantic search engine in a server system, that classifies the named entities into one of a variety of domains. Each domain has an associated tool for retrieving detailed supplemental information about the named entity. The server system transmits, to the user terminal, indicia that allow the user terminal to retrieve the supplemental information. Advertising related to a named entity having favorable sentiment also may be transmitted to the user terminal for display. These functions occur without the need for a separate search interface in the messaging application. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191373 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING SEARCH SERVER FOR SEARCHING A MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes a search server, and a mobile wireless communications device. The mobile wireless communications device has a memory configured to store at least one application and application data associated therewith, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to search the application data for at least one search term and generate preliminary search results based thereupon, and send the at least one search term and the preliminary search results to the search server. The search server is configured to generate final search results based upon the at least one search term preliminary search results, and to send the final search results to the mobile wireless communications device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130218923 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATA ON DATA SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH REGISTERED APPLICATIONS - A mobile device includes a memory to store an unregistered application and corresponding unregistered application data which is unable to be searched, and a registered application and corresponding registered application data that is able to be searched. The mobile device also has a processor to convert the unregistered application and the unregistered application data to a newly registered application and newly registered application data which is able to be searched, and search the registered application data and the newly registered application data for a search term to determine whether the registered application and the newly registered application have search results associated therewith. The processor also displays applications having search results associated therewith on an application selection screen on a display, with a subset of information about the search results being displayed, and receives selection of an application via an input device. The processor also executes the selected application to present the search results on the display. | 08-22-2013 |
20130273942 | System And Method To Automatically Triangulate Location Based On Popularity And Density Ranking Of Venues Over Distance - Methods, systems, and computer program products determine, for a number of individuals having a common interest, locations relevant to that common interest. Each individual possesses a user terminal that has a location and executes a messaging application. During the course of a messaging conversation, the application transmits search parameters to a central server. The search parameters may be entered manually or determined automatically by analyzing the conversation. The server identifies clusters of locations that satisfy the search parameters in addition to satisfying geographic proximity to the participants in the conversation. The server scores the clusters, and transmits to the user terminal data relating thereto, for integrated display in the messaging application. Relevant advertising may be identified and transmitted for contemporaneous display. | 10-17-2013 |
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20080215680 | Conference Server Operations - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 09-04-2008 |
20100306674 | Presenting Information in a Conference - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those steams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 12-02-2010 |
20120102110 | PRESENTING INFORMATION IN A CONFERENCE - One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102111 | PRESENTING INFORMATION IN A CONFERENCE - One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 04-26-2012 |
20130246529 | PRESENTING INFORMATION IN A CONFERENCE - One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 09-19-2013 |
20140258406 | PRESENTING INFORMATION IN A CONFERENCE - One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 09-11-2014 |
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20120123863 | Keyword publication for use in online advertising - In a technique for publishing keywords for use in an online advertising system (OAS), keywords are extracted from product information that is received from entities that provide products. Based on calculated performance metrics associated with the extracted keywords, an estimated viability of the keywords (such as an estimated profitability) when used in the OAS is determined and a subset of the keywords is selected. Then, the selected subset of the keywords is published to the OAS. For example, the selected keywords may be bid on for use in search-engine-based online-advertising campaigns. Note that the performance metrics for a given keyword may include: a performance metric that is independent of the product information, a performance metric that is based on the product information, and/or an OAS performance metric. | 05-17-2012 |
20120173326 | Keyword bid management in an online advertising system - In a technique for managing keyword bid amounts in an online advertising system (OAS), a closed-loop feedback technique that integrates data integration, keyword management, bid management, product-search results and user activities is used to optimize revenue generation from online advertisements for websites, such as e-commerce websites. In particular, bids on a group of keywords associated with products are based on an estimated profitability of the group of keywords. Then, the resulting traffic to an associated e-commerce website is monitored by determining a financial performance metric of the e-commerce website, which facilitates subsequent feed-back adaptation. For example, a layout of the e-commerce website (such as product information, which is associated with the products, and/or relative positions of the displayed product information on the e-commerce website) is adjusted based on the determined financial performance metric. Moreover, the bid amounts for the group of keywords are modified based on the determined financial performance metric. | 07-05-2012 |