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20090308390 | Dry Powder Inhaler and System for Drug Delivery - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 12-17-2009 |
20090308391 | Dry Powder Inhaler and System for Drug Delivery - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 12-17-2009 |
20100035795 | USE OF ULTRARAPID ACTING INSULIN - Disclosed herein are improved methods of treating hyperglycemia with a combination of an ultrarapid acting insulin and insulin glargine comprising prandial administration of the ultrarapid insulin, and administration of a first dose of insulin glargine within 6 hours of waking for a day. | 02-11-2010 |
20120122775 | Use of Ultrarapid Acting Insulin - Disclosed herein are improved methods of treating hyperglycemia with a combination of an ultrarapid acting insulin and insulin glargine comprising prandial administration of the ultrarapid insulin, and administration of a first dose of insulin glargine within 6 hours of waking for a day. | 05-17-2012 |
20140083421 | DRY POWDER INHALER AND SYSTEM FOR DRUG DELIVERY - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090032937 | COOLING SYSTEMS FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A cooling device is provided for liquid cooling a power semiconductor device. The device includes a coolant diverter for guiding liquid coolant to the power semiconductor device. The coolant diverter has a first plate for dividing the coolant diverter into a first cavity and a second cavity. The second cavity positioned adjacent the power semiconductor device. The first plate further includes an opening to fluidly couple the first cavity with the second cavity such that the liquid coolant flows into the first cavity, through the opening in the first plate, and into the second cavity to cool the power semiconductor device. The first cavity has a cross-sectional area that generally decreases in a downstream direction, and the second cavity has a cross-sectional area that generally increases in the downstream direction. | 02-05-2009 |
20090294675 | SECURE ENCLOSURE - A system is provided for detecting when an enclosure having a body and a removable cover is opened. The system comprises a light source for generating a light beam, a light detector for detecting the light beam, and at least one reflector all mounted inside the enclosure. The reflector reflects the light beam along a predetermined pathway toward the light detector when the removable cover is closed over the body. | 12-03-2009 |
20100033038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - A cooling system is provided for an electric motor and comprises a rotor assembly, an intake assembly, and a first reservoir. The rotor assembly is coupled to and rotatable within a housing, and comprises a rotor having a first and second ends having a first plurality of veins extending therebetween, each vein having an inlet and an outlet. The rotor assembly also comprises a first manifold coupled to and rotatable with the first end of the rotor in fluid communication with the inlets of the first plurality of veins. The intake assembly is coupled to the housing and is in fluid communication with the first manifold. The first reservoir is configured to contain a motor coolant and is coupled to the housing for collecting the motor coolant from the outlets of the first plurality of veins, and for providing a source of motor coolant to the intake assembly. | 02-11-2010 |
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20100053889 | INVERTER POWER MODULE FOR WITH DISTRIBUTED SUPPORT FOR DIRECT SUBSTRATE COOLING - Systems and/or methods are provided for an inverter power module with distributed support for direct substrate cooling. An inverter module comprises a power electronic substrate. A first support frame is adapted to house the power electronic substrate and has a first region adapted to allow direct cooling of the power electronic substrate. A gasket is interposed between the power electronic substrate and the first support frame. The gasket is configured to provide a seal between the first region and the power electronic substrate. A second support frame is adapted to house the power electronic substrate and joined to the first support frame to form the seal. | 03-04-2010 |
20100109351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING A CHASSIS COVER - A system is provided for securing a cover having a first surface onto a chassis having a rim, the rim having a second surface. The system comprises a clamping rail and a fastener coupled to the rail. The clamping rail is configured to form a loop that circumferentially engages the first surface and the second surface and, when constricted, produces a first force substantially coplanar with the loop. The fastener is configured to constrict the rail, the rail and the first and second surfaces configured to produce a second force having a component substantially orthogonal to the loop when the rail is constricted. | 05-06-2010 |
20110042038 | POWER MODULE ASSEMBLIES WITH STAGGERED COOLANT CHANNELS - A manifold is provided for supporting a power module assembly with a plurality of power modules. The manifold includes a first manifold section. The first face of the first manifold section is configured to receive the first power module, and the second face of the first manifold section defines a first cavity with a first baseplate thermally coupled to the first power module. The first face of the second manifold section is configured to receive the second power module, and the second face of the second manifold section defines a second cavity with a second baseplate thermally coupled to the second power module. The second face of the first manifold section and the second face of the second manifold section are coupled together such that the first cavity and the second cavity form a coolant channel. The first cavity is at least partially staggered with respect to second cavity. | 02-24-2011 |
20110069466 | LOW INDUCTANCE POWER ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY - A power electronics assembly is provided. A first support member includes a first plurality of conductors. A first plurality of power switching devices are coupled to the first support member. A first capacitor is coupled to the first support member. A second support member includes a second plurality of conductors. A second plurality of power switching devices are coupled to the second support member. A second capacitor is coupled to the second support member. The first and second pluralities of conductors, the first and second pluralities of power switching devices, and the first and second capacitors are electrically connected such that the first plurality of power switching devices is connected in parallel with the first capacitor and the second capacitor and the second plurality of power switching devices is connected in parallel with the second capacitor and the first capacitor. | 03-24-2011 |
20110141690 | POWER ELECTRONICS SUBSTRATE FOR DIRECT SUBSTRATE COOLING - Systems and apparatus are provided for power electronics substrates adapted for direct substrate cooling. A power electronics substrate comprises a first surface configured to have electrical circuitry disposed thereon, a second surface, and a plurality of physical features on the second surface. The physical features are configured to promote a turbulent boundary layer in a coolant impinged upon the second surface. | 06-16-2011 |
20110168435 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes, but is not limited to, a plurality of electrically conductive layers and a plurality of dielectric layers. Each dielectric layer is interposed between adjacent conductive layers to form a body of alternate conductive layers and dielectric layers. At least one of the electrically conductive layers protrudes beyond an end of the body. | 07-14-2011 |
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20150269605 | AGGREGATING USER INTERACTION DATA FROM MULTIPLE THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269616 | BUSINESS AUDIENCE MARKETING SYSTEM - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 09-24-2015 |
20150269630 | TARGETING CONTENT TO USERS ASSIGNED TO NURTURE FLOWS - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 09-24-2015 |
20150348137 | DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT PRICING SYSTEM - A business management platform (BMP) for dynamically adjusting advertisement bid prices. The BMP receives an advertisement campaign from a marketer, the advertisement campaign being associated with a plurality of advertisements, and including targeting information for those advertisements, and receives segment membership data from a marketing management platform, segment membership data including a mapping of a user to a corresponding segment. The BMP associates the user with an advertisement, of the plurality of advertisements, using the segment membership data and the targeting information. The BMP determines one or more bid factors using the segment membership data, and determines a bid price for displaying the advertisement to the user using the one or more bid factors. The BMP updates the advertisement campaign with the determined bid price. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090045262 | Article Having An Embedded Accessible Storage Member, Apparatus And Method For Using Same - A portable card adapted to interact with a data processing station when the portable card and the data processing station are moved relative to each other is disclosed. The portable card includes a substrate having a predetermined shape, e.g. rectangular. An accessible embedded storage member is enclosed within said substrate. The storage member includes at least one layer of storage material for storing information in a predetermined format for processing by the data processing station. The storage member and the substrate are adapted to be transported relative to each other to expose at least a portion of the storage member to the data processing station to facilitate processing of stored information and for embedment of the storage member within the substrate. The storage member may be in the form of an elongated strip member, or a circular member. | 02-19-2009 |
20090127338 | Article Having An Embedded Accessible Storage Member, Apparatus And Method For Using Same - A portable card adapted to interact with a data processing station when the portable card and the data processing station are moved relative to each other is disclosed. The portable card includes a substrate having a predetermined shape, e.g. rectangular. An accessible embedded storage member is enclosed within said substrate. The storage member includes at least one layer of storage material for storing information in a predetermined format for processing by the data processing station. The storage member and the substrate are adapted to be transported relative to each other to expose at least a portion of the storage member to the data processing station to facilitate processing of stored information and for embedment of the storage member within the substrate. The storage member may be in the form of an elongated strip member, or a circular member. | 05-21-2009 |
20130180101 | Data Storage Device, Apparatus And Method For Using Same - A data storage device serving as a portable card, magnetically encodeable card, or a magnetic credit card is shown. The data storage device includes a substrate having at least one surface. A high density, magnetically coercive material layer is disposed on or is deposited on the substrate for storing magnetic signals. The magnetically coercive material may have an axis of magnetization that is oriented in a predetermined direction relative to the at least one surface of the substrate. A layer of non-magnetically material is disposed on the substrate for defining an exchange break layer. A relatively hard, abradeable protective coating is formed on the magnetic material layer and has a thickness between a maximum thickness that materially attenuates magnetic signals passing between the magnetic material layer and a transducer and a minimum thickness enabling the protective coating to be abraded by usage in an ambient natural atmosphere operating environment. | 07-18-2013 |
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20130051621 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING WITH IMAGE ANALYSIS FEEDBACK - Described are systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces for image location, acquisition, analysis, and data correlation that uses human-in-the-loop processing, Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT), and/or or automated image processing. Results obtained using image analysis are correlated to non-spatial information useful for commerce and trade. For example, images of regions of interest of the earth are used to count items (e.g., cars in a store parking lot to predict store revenues), detect events (e.g., unloading of a container ship, or evaluating the completion of a construction project), or quantify items (e.g., the water level in a reservoir, the area of a farming plot). | 02-28-2013 |
20130051661 | Using Human Intelligence Tasks for Precise Image Analysis - Described are systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces for image location, acquisition, analysis, and data correlation that uses human-in-the-loop processing, Human Intelligence Tasks (HIT), and/or or automated image processing. Results obtained using image analysis are correlated to non-spatial information useful for commerce and trade. For example, images of regions of interest of the earth are used to count items (e.g., cars in a store parking lot to predict store revenues), detect events (e.g., unloading of a container ship, or evaluating the completion of a construction project), or quantify items (e.g., the water level in a reservoir, the area of a farming plot). | 02-28-2013 |
20130298083 | OVERHEAD IMAGE VIEWING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for providing a user interface for searching, browsing, and ordering overhead (e.g. aircraft or satellite) imagery are provided. The user interface provides a map and search bar for searching and browsing images. Images may be presented to a user based on a selected and/or displayed geographic region of interest. Browsing to a different geographic region of interest may dynamically and automatically update the images presented. The user interface allows the user to select an image for viewing and/or purchase. Selection of an image overlays the image on the map, aligned with the geographic region which the image captures. Closing the selected image re-centers and re-zooms to the original display. Presented images can be filtered based on several criteria. Images can include still images and/or videos. | 11-07-2013 |
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20120293669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERHEAD IMAGING AND VIDEO - Examples of an imaging sensor include a two-dimensional staring sensor with spectral filter strips for multispectral overhead imaging. The sensor may also include a panchromatic sensor with block or strip filters. The sensor may be used to collect multispectral color image data at a sampling resolution from overhead imaging platforms such as airplanes or satellites. The sensor can be used to provide video images. If a panchromatic sensor is included, the sensor may be used to collect panchromatic image data. Examples of methods for processing the image date include using the panchromatic image data to perform multi-frame enhancement or panchromatic sharpening on spectral images to improve their quality and resolution. | 11-22-2012 |
20120300064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVERHEAD IMAGING AND VIDEO - Examples of an imaging sensor include a two-dimensional staring sensor with spectral filter strips for multispectral overhead imaging. The sensor may also include a panchromatic sensor with block or strip filters. The sensor may be used to collect multispectral color image data at a sampling resolution from overhead imaging platforms such as airplanes or satellites. The sensor can be used to provide video images. If a panchromatic sensor is included, the sensor may be used to collect panchromatic image data. Examples of methods for processing the image date include using the panchromatic image data to perform multi-frame enhancement or panchromatic sharpening on spectral images to improve their quality and resolution. | 11-29-2012 |
20140039963 | SATELLITE SCHEDULING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for scheduling objects having pair-wise and cumulative constraints. The systems and methods presented can utilize a directed acyclic graph to increase or maximize a utilization function. Violation of cumulative constraints can be identified at the moment of constraint violation such that events resulting in constraint violations can be removed from the schedule while the schedule is being determined. By removing the events triggering constraint violations at the point of constraint violation, the systems and methods provided can determine optimal or near-optimal schedules in a relatively quick and efficient manner compared to systems and methods that check for violations of cumulative constraints after determining a schedule. The objects can comprise satellites in a constellation of satellites. In some implementations, the satellites are imaging satellites, and the systems and methods for scheduling can use crowd-sourced data to determine events of interest for acquisition of images. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040282 | SATELLITE SCHEDULING SYSTEM USING CROWD-SOURCED DATA - Examples of satellite scheduling systems are provided that use crowd-sourced data to generate image acquisition events for a network of imaging satellites. A crowd-sourcing system may utilize crowd-sourced data (e.g., messages generated by users of social network services) to determine events of interest and geographic locations of such events. Event data may then be used to create or update image acquisition tasks and/or task priorities which are automatically provided to a scheduling system to facilitate timely and responsive acquisition of overhead images of the geographic location of the event. The scheduling system can utilize a directed acyclic graph to increase or maximize a utilization function, which can lead to determination of optimal or near-optimal schedules in a relatively quick and efficient manner. | 02-06-2014 |
20140059166 | MULTI-RESOLUTION PYRAMID FOR GEOREFERENCED VIDEO - Examples of systems and methods for delivering overhead video to a computing device are provided. Delivering the overhead video can include generating multiple versions of the overhead video having respective resolutions, bitrates, or frame rates. The system can then generate georeferenced video data for each version by incorporating georeferencing coordinates and time synchronization information. The georeferenced video data can be stored in transcoded video files. In response to a request from a computing device for video data of a geographical region, the system can transmit a primary video stream comprising georeferenced video data of a relatively high quality and a secondary video stream comprising georeferenced video data of a relatively low quality, wherein the primary video stream includes the geographical region and the secondary video stream includes a proximal geographical region. | 02-27-2014 |
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20090156998 | CATHETER HAVING TRANSITIONING SHAFT SEGMENTS - A catheter having shaft segments which are joined together by a strong bond providing a low profile shaft section with a flexibility transition and/or a compositional transition. A balloon catheter embodying features of the invention has a distal tip member and a coupling band member surrounding a junction of an inner tubular member of the shaft, and has a gradual change in bending stiffness along a distal end section of the shaft which extends distally from a location within the balloon interior. Another catheter embodying features of the invention has shaft segments joined together by a diagonal seam. | 06-18-2009 |
20120198603 | ELECTRONIC HELMET - An electronic helmet is provided that includes a helmet body and an integrated electronic system disposed in the helmet body, providing a number of convenient functions. The helmet body has a hard outer shell and a hard inner shell mounted to the outer shell such that a cavity is defined between the outer and the inner shells. The inner shell can include suitable material to provide the wearer effective RF shielding from the electronic system, such as, nickel-plated carbon fiber to provide RF shielding. The helmet body further includes a shock-absorbent structure disposed between the inner shell and the head of a wearer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120296273 | CATHETER HAVING TRANSITIONING SHAFT SEGMENTS - A catheter having shaft segments which are joined together by a strong bond providing a low profile shaft section with a flexibility transition and/or a compositional transition. A balloon catheter embodying features of the invention has a distal tip member and a coupling band member surrounding a junction of an inner tubular member of the shaft, and has a gradual change in bending stiffness along a distal end section of the shaft which extends distally from a location within the balloon interior. Another catheter embodying features of the invention has shaft segments joined together by a diagonal seam. | 11-22-2012 |
20140074020 | SOFT TIP BALLOON CATHETER - Method for fabricating a balloon catheter including providing an inner tubular member having a distal section and a distal end with a lumen extending therein and forming a balloon having a distal leg with a first segment having a first diameter and a first wall thickness and a second segment having a second wall thickness. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter and the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. The distal end section of the inner tubular member can be positioned in the balloon and bonded to the first segment while reducing the diameter of the second segment. Method also provided for fabricating a multilayer balloon catheter including removing at least a portion of an outer layer from the distal leg of the balloon. | 03-13-2014 |
20140163466 | CATHETER HAVING TRANSITIONING SHAFT SEGMENTS - Balloon catheter includes an elongate tubular shaft having an outer tubular member having proximal and distal portions, and an inner tubular member having a distal length extending distally from the distal portion of the outer tubular member. The elongate tubular shaft has an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen defined therein. The guidewire lumen extends along at least the distal length of inner tubular member. The balloon catheter also includes a distal end section coupled to a distal end of the inner tubular member and having a proximal end and a distal end. The balloon catheter also includes a balloon having a proximal portion sealingly coupled to the distal portion of the outer tubular member, a distal portion sealingly coupled to the distal end section, and a working length therebetween. The balloon defines an inner chamber. The proximal end of the distal end section is disposed within the inner chamber. | 06-12-2014 |
20140358176 | Soft Tip Balloon Catheter - Method for fabricating a balloon catheter including providing an inner tubular member having a distal section and a distal end with a lumen extending therein and forming a balloon having a distal leg with a first segment having a first diameter and a first wall thickness and a second segment having a second wall thickness. The second diameter is greater than the first diameter and the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. The distal end section of the inner tubular member can be positioned in the balloon and bonded to the first segment while reducing the diameter of the second segment. Method also provided for fabricating a multilayer balloon catheter including removing at least a portion of an outer layer from the distal leg of the balloon. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100070784 | Reducing Power Consumption in a Server Cluster - A method of reducing power consumption of a server cluster of host systems with virtual machines executing on the host systems is disclosed. The method includes recommending host system power-on when there is a host system whose utilization is above a target utilization, and recommending host system power-off when there is a host system whose utilization is below the target utilization. Recommending host system power-on includes calculating impact of powering on a standby host system with respect to reducing the number of highly-utilized host systems in the server cluster. The impact of powering on is calculated by simulating moving some virtual machines from highly utilized host systems to the standby host system being recommended to be powered on. Recommending host system power-off includes calculating impact of powering off a host system with respect to decreasing the number of less-utilized host systems in the server cluster. The impact of powering off is calculated by simulating moving all virtual machines from the host system, which is being recommended to be powered-off, to less-utilized host systems. | 03-18-2010 |
20130160003 | MANAGING RESOURCE UTILIZATION WITHIN A CLUSTER OF COMPUTING DEVICES - Systems and methods described herein manage a computing device. A method includes receiving a threshold for an operating condition of a first computing device. An expected resource utilization of a computer program is determined. In addition, the method determines whether the computer program may be executed within the first computing device based on the operating condition threshold and the expected resource utilization of the computer program. | 06-20-2013 |
20150212860 | Power-Aware Scheduling - Systems and techniques are described for power-aware scheduling. One of the techniques includes monitoring execution of a plurality of groups of software threads executing on a physical machine, wherein the physical machine comprises a physical hardware platform that includes a plurality of processor packages having a plurality of package power states, wherein the plurality of package power states includes an independent package power state; obtaining a respective independent power state measure for each of the processor packages, wherein the independent power state measure provides a measure of a percentage of time the processor package spends in the independent package power state; and adjusting an allocation of the plurality of groups of software threads across the plurality of processor packages based in part on the independent power state measures for the packages. | 07-30-2015 |
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20120020537 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS - Methods and systems for analysis of image data generated from various reference points. Particularly, the methods and systems provided are useful for real time analysis of image and sequence data generated during DNA sequencing methodologies. | 01-26-2012 |
20120072118 | VARIATION ANALYSIS FOR MULTIPLE TEMPLATES ON A SOLID SUPPORT - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods used for detecting different types of molecules associated with a site on a solid support. | 03-22-2012 |
20130281321 | MOLECULE DETECTION SYSTEM ON A SOLID SUPPORT - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods used for detecting different types of molecules associated with a site on a solid support. | 10-24-2013 |
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20150310165 | EFFICIENT COMPARISON OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES - The disclosure relates to rapid detection of oligonucleotide sequence in a nucleic acid sequence database through the configuration of the database into rapidly searchable index classes built around perfect Hamming code oligonucleotides. | 10-29-2015 |
20150315633 | MOLECULE DETECTION SYSTEM ON A SOLID SUPPORT - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods used for detecting different types of molecules associated with a site on a solid support. | 11-05-2015 |
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20110037767 | VIDEO IN E-MAIL - To allow a video clip to be rendered within an e-mail, the video stream is converted into an animated image object (e.g. a GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) object) and stored on a server system. An HTML image element/tag () is created that references the animated image object at the server, for embedding in a conventional HTML-encoded e-mail message. When the receiving e-mail application processes the HTML encoding, the processing of the HTML image element causes the referenced animated image object to be downloaded and displayed, thereby automatically presenting a recreation of the video stream. To facilitate efficient transmission to the receiving device, the size of the animated image object is preferably optimized before transmission, the optimization including general optimization techniques, as well as optimizations based on the particular characteristics associated with the receiving device and/or the communications link to the receiving device. | 02-17-2011 |
20130031589 | MULTIPLE RESOLUTION SCANNABLE VIDEO - To enable a user to rapidly scan to a desired frame of a video, multiple recordings of the video are provided, each at progressively better resolution. When the user is scanning for a frame, the lowest resolution recording is used to provide the display; when the user arrives at a desired frame, the higher resolution recordings are used. A subsequent user selection of a different frame causes the display of the higher resolution images to be interrupted, and the lowest resolution recording is used to provide an image corresponding to the different frame. The lesser resolution recordings may include a reduction in either spatial or temporal resolution, or both, and may include ‘motion blur’ that provides a visually ‘smoother’ continuous scan. Each higher resolution frame replaces the lower resolution frame that is displayed while waiting for the higher resolution frame to be downloaded. | 01-31-2013 |