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20150347013 | Using Sub-Region I/O History to Cache Repeatedly Accessed Sub-Regions in a Non-Volatile Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable using sub-region I/O history to cache repeatedly accessed sub-regions in a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests including read requests and write requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of a host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including, for each sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions of the region: (a) determining whether the sub-region is accessed more than a predetermined threshold number of times during a predetermined time period, and (b) if so, caching, from a storage medium of the storage device to a cache of the storage device, data from the sub-region. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347028 | Real-TIme I/O Pattern Recognition to Enhance Performance and Endurance of a Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable real-time I/O pattern recognition to enhance performance and endurance of a storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) at a storage device, receiving from a host a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests, the I/O requests specifying operations to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of the host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) maintaining a history of I/O request patterns in the region for a predetermined time period, and (b) using the history of I/O request patterns in the region to adjust subsequent I/O processing in the region. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347029 | Identification of Hot Regions to Enhance Performance and Endurance of a Non-Volatile Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable identification of hot regions to enhance performance and endurance of a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of a host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) determining whether the region is accessed by the plurality of I/O requests more than a predetermined threshold number of times during a predetermined time period, (b) if so, marking the region with a hot region indicator, and (c) while the region is marked with the hot region indicator, identifying open blocks associated with the region, and marking each of the identified open blocks with a hot block indicator. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347030 | Using History of Unaligned Writes to Cache Data and Avoid Read-Modify-Writes in a Non-Volatile Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable using history of unaligned writes to cache data and avoid read-modify-writes in a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests including read requests and write requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of a host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) determining whether the region has a history of unaligned write requests during a predetermined time period, and (b) if so: (i) determining one or more sub-regions within the region that are accessed more than a predetermined threshold number of times during the predetermined time period, and (ii) caching data from the determined one or more sub-regions. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347040 | Using History of I/O Sizes and I/O Sequences to Trigger Coalesced Writes in a Non-Volatile Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable using history of I/O sizes and I/O sequences to trigger coalesced writes in a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of a host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) determining whether the region has a history of I/O requests to access data of size less than a predefined small-size threshold during a predetermined time period, (b) determining whether the region has a history of sequential write requests during the predetermined time period, and (c) if both determinations are true, coalescing subsequent write requests to the region. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347041 | Using History of I/O Sequences to Trigger Cached Read Ahead in a Non-Volatile Storage Device - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable using history of I/O sequences to trigger cached read ahead in a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving, at a storage device, a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests from a host, the plurality of I/O requests including read requests and write requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of the host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) determining whether the region has a history of sequential read requests during a predetermined time period, and (b) in accordance with a determination that the region has a history of sequential read requests during the predetermined time period, enabling read ahead logic for the region. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347296 | Prioritizing Garbage Collection and Block Allocation Based on I/O History for Logical Address Regions - Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable prioritizing garbage collection and block allocation based on I/O history for logical address regions. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving, at a storage device, a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests from a host, the plurality of I/O requests including read requests and write requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of the host, (2) in accordance with the plurality of I/O requests over a predetermined time period, identifying an idle region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, and (3) in accordance with the identification of the idle region, enabling garbage collection of data storage blocks, in the storage device, that store data in the idle region. | 12-03-2015 |
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20080281793 | Method and System of Information Engine with Make-Share-Search of consumer and professional Information and Content for Multi-media and Mobile Global Internet - The method of Make, Share and Search Integrated System, improves the user experience of creation and consumption of information content, with instant access to newly created and dynamic information. The new system also reduces or eliminates the need for web crawlers, by capturing search parameters at the time of creation itself, and improves the same whenever any user utilizes the same, to enable instant access to new information. In the next generation of web, content creation by consumers is going to far exceed any professional content, and new Make, Share and Search Integrated System enables this in a superior manner than any of present day technologies do. Further the system is designed for multi-media and mobile environment with global reach, and provides users with creation, sharing, prioritization, search, utilization and consumption in a single integrated technology, replacing the present day “Search engine” paradigm by a new paradigm called “Information Engine”. | 11-13-2008 |
20090216676 | INTEGRATED MOBILE TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - An architectural transaction arrangement for facilitating transactions is provided. The arrangement includes a set of transaction-enabled devices and an integrated mobile transaction system. The integrated mobile transaction system is configured to include at least a set of interfaces, which is configured for managing interaction between the set of transaction-enabled devices and the integrated mobile transaction system. The integrated mobile transaction system is also configured to include a format converter, which is configured to convert data packets into a format readable by at least one of the set of transaction-enabled devices and the integrated mobile transaction system. The integrated mobile transaction system is further configured to include a transaction module, which is configured to process the transactions (e.g., financial transactions, non-financial transactions, etc.) and a set of databases, which is configured for at least storing data about a set of in-system users of the integrated mobile transaction system. | 08-27-2009 |
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20140177643 | PARALLEL PROCESSING USING MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - Disclosed are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for processing data packets in a communication network by a multi-core network processor. The network processor includes a plurality of multi-threaded core processors and special purpose processors for processing the data packets atomically, and in parallel. An ingress module of the network processor stores the incoming data packets in the memory and adds them to an input queue. The network processor processes a data packet by performing a set of network operations on the data packet in a single thread of a core processor. The special purpose processors perform a subset of the set of network operations on the data packet atomically. An egress module retrieves the processed data packets from a plurality of output queues based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with the output queues, and forwards the data packets towards their destination addresses. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177644 | PARALLEL PROCESSING USING MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - Disclosed are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for processing data packets in a communication network by a multi-core network processor. The network processor includes a plurality of multi-threaded core processors and special purpose processors for processing the data packets atomically, and in parallel. An ingress module of the network processor stores the incoming data packets in the memory and adds them to an input queue. The network processor processes a data packet by performing a set of network operations on the data packet in a single thread of a core processor. The special purpose processors perform a subset of the set of network operations on the data packet atomically. An egress module retrieves the processed data packets from a plurality of output queues based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with the output queues, and forwards the data packets towards their destination addresses. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181470 | PARALLEL PROCESSING USING MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR - Disclosed are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for processing data packets in a communication network by a multi-core network processor. The network processor includes a plurality of multi-threaded core processors and special purpose processors for processing the data packets atomically, and in parallel. An ingress module of the network processor stores the incoming data packets in the memory and adds them to an input queue. The network processor processes a data packet by performing a set of network operations on the data packet in a single thread of a core processor. The special purpose processors perform a subset of the set of network operations on the data packet atomically. An egress module retrieves the processed data packets from a plurality of output queues based on a quality of service (QoS) associated with the output queues, and forwards the data packets towards their destination addresses. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110190755 | PATIENT RETURN ELECTRODE DETECTION FOR ABLATION SYSTEM - A medical device is provided, including an ablation system with a generator, at least one ablation element, a patient return electrode, and a feedback system to verify and monitor the electrical connection between the generator and the patient return electrode, as well as contact of the patient return electrode with the patient. If an electrical connection is absent, intermittent, or of low quality, the medical device may also provide notice, a warning or alarm, and may also automatically cease ablation occurring at that time. | 08-04-2011 |
20110218526 | VARIABLE-OUTPUT RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION POWER SUPPLY - A medical system is provided, including an ablation system having at least one ablation element and a sensor, a generator operable to deliver radiofrequency ablation energy to the ablation element. A power supply defines a duty cycle and provides a voltage to the generator, and the power supply has a duty cycle modulator and an amplitude modulator. A processor is connected to the power supply, the generator, and the sensor. The processor obtains a feedback signal from the sensor, and adjusts the duty cycle modulator and the amplitude modulator according to the feedback signal. | 09-08-2011 |
20130138097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT PATIENT RETURN ELECTRODE CONNECTION IN AN RF ABLATION SYSTEM - A medical device is provided, including an ablation system with a generator, at least one ablation element, a patient return electrode, and a feedback system to verify and monitor the electrical connection between the generator and the patient return electrode, as well as contact of the patient return electrode with the patient. The medical system sends a test signal to the patient return electrode prior to the delivery of ablation energy. If the response to the test signal indicates that the connection of the patient return electrode is absent, intermittent, or of low quality, the medical device may also provide notice, a warning or alarm. | 05-30-2013 |
20140012253 | Variable-Output Radiofrequency Ablation Power Supply - A medical system is provided, including an ablation system having at least one ablation element and a sensor, a generator operable to deliver radiofrequency ablation energy to the ablation element. A power supply defines a duty cycle and provides a voltage to the generator, and the power supply has a duty cycle modulator and an amplitude modulator. A processor is connected to the power supply, the generator, and the sensor. The processor obtains a feedback signal from the sensor, and adjusts the duty cycle modulator and the amplitude modulator according to the feedback signal. | 01-09-2014 |
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20100330269 | Titanium-Based High-K Dielectric Films - This disclosure provides (a) methods of making an oxide layer (e.g., a dielectric layer) based on titanium oxide, to suppress the formation of anatase-phase titanium oxide and (b) related devices and structures. A metal-insulator-metal (“MIM”) stack is formed using an ozone pretreatment process of a bottom electrode (or other substrate) followed by an ALD process to form a TiO | 12-30-2010 |
20110203085 | TITANIUM-BASED HIGH-K DIELECTRIC FILMS - This disclosure provides (a) methods of making an oxide layer (e.g., a dielectric layer) based on titanium oxide, to suppress the formation of anatase-phase titanium oxide and (b) related devices and structures. A metal-insulator-metal (“MIM”) stack is formed using an ozone pretreatment process of a bottom electrode (or other substrate) followed by an ALD process to form a TiO | 08-25-2011 |
20140179033 | Methods for Forming Templated Materials - Methods of forming layers can comprise defining a plurality of discrete site-isolated regions (SIRs) on a substrate, forming a first layer on one of the discrete SIRs, forming a second layer on the first layer, measuring a lattice parameter or an electrical property of the second layer, The process parameters for the formation of the first layer are varied in a combinatorial manner between different discrete SIRs to explore the possible layers that can result in suitable lattice matching for second layer of a desired crystalline structure. | 06-26-2014 |
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20130044404 | Titanium-Based High-K Dielectric Films - This disclosure provides (a) methods of making an oxide layer (e.g., a dielectric layer) based on titanium oxide, to suppress the formation of anatase-phase titanium oxide and (b) related devices and structures. A metal-insulator-metal (“MIM”) stack is formed using an ozone pretreatment process of a bottom electrode (or other substrate) followed by an ALD process to form a TiO | 02-21-2013 |
20140166840 | Substrate Carrier - A substrate carrier is provided. The substrate carrier includes a base for supporting a substrate. A plurality of support tabs is affixed to a surface of the base. The plurality of support tabs have a cavity defined within an inner region of each support tab of the plurality of support tabs. A plurality of protrusions extends from the surface of the base, wherein one of the plurality of protrusions mates with one cavity to support one of the plurality of support tabs. A film is deposited over the surface of the base, surfaces of the plurality of support tabs and surfaces of the plurality of protrusions. | 06-19-2014 |
20150179933 | TiOx Based Selector Element - Control elements that can be suitable for nonvolatile memory device applications are disclosed. The control element can have low leakage currents at low voltages to reduce sneak current paths for non selected devices, and high leakage currents at high voltages to minimize voltage drops during device switching. The control element can be based on a single dielectric layer or on a multilayer dielectric stack. | 06-25-2015 |
20150179934 | ZrOx/STO/ZrOx Based Selector Element - Control elements that can be suitable for nonvolatile memory device applications are disclosed. The control element can have low leakage currents at low voltages to reduce sneak current paths for non selected devices, and high leakage currents at high voltages to minimize voltage drops during device switching. The control element can be based on multilayer dielectric stacks. The control element can include a zirconium oxide-strontium-titanium oxide-zirconium oxide multilayer stack. The zirconium oxide can be replaced by at least one of hafnium oxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, or one of the lanthanide oxides. | 06-25-2015 |
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20140025735 | IDENTIFYING CONSUMER SEGMENTS USING A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Content posted to a brand page is associated with one or more tags defined by an entity associated with the brand page. Tags associated with content with which the user interacts are identified. As users of a social networking system interact with the content, the tags allow identification of user interests based on interaction with content items. Interactions with the tagged content allow the entity to use the tags to infer content in which different users have an interest. Because the tags are defined by the entity, distribution lists of users interested in content, such as content associated with business segments, may be created by the entity. The entity may also correlate user interests to aspects of user profiles, thereby developing an understanding of its consumers. | 01-23-2014 |
20140026071 | GUIDING PROGRESSIVE USER ENGAGEMENT IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - An entity having a brand page maintained by a social networking system defines a sequence of content items associated with a brand page is determined. Different content items in the sequence include different information that is dependent on interaction between a user and the sequence. For example, content items in the sequence provide increasingly more detailed or complex information when progressing from the first content item to the last content item in the sequence. When a viewing user of a social networking system interacts with the brand page, prior interactions with the sequence by the viewing user are used to classify the viewing user and to select a content item from the sequence that is communicated to the viewing user. | 01-23-2014 |
20140089780 | Customizing Content Delivery From A Brand Page To A User In A Social Networking Environment - A social networking system user's interaction with a brand page may be tailored to match the user's interests. Content providers or page administrators of a brand page associate keywords with content posted to the brand page. A keyword may define a characteristic of a social networking system user to receive the content or may describe a characteristic of the content. The keywords are compared to a user profile of a user requesting the brand page and content posted to the brand page is selected for presentation to the user based on the user profile and the keywords. For example, content is presented to a user having a characteristic defined by criteria keyword. The selected content posted to the brand page is presented to the user requesting the brand page. | 03-27-2014 |
20140149223 | Targeted Advertisements In Mobile Applications - A social networking system enables targeted advertising to its users on mobile devices, either directly in third-party applications or via an ad exchange. An application on the mobile device associated with the social networking system stores user identifying information in a shared memory location on the user's mobile device. To deliver a targeted ad to the user on the mobile device, an application executed by the mobile device retrieves the user identifying information, which is transmitted to an ad server associated with the social networking system or to the social networking system. Based on the user's profile in the social networking system, an advertisement is selected for the user (e.g., using targeting criteria and an auction model) and sent to an ad exchange or to the application on the mobile device for presentation to the user on the mobile device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164137 | PRICING SYSTEM FOR ON-LINE ADVERTISEMENTS - Based on a request for an advertisement, a social networking system retrieves information about a user and identifies candidate advertisement (“ad”) objects having targeting criteria satisfied by the information about the user. The social networking system selects a candidate ad object based on associated bid prices and sends a description of the selected candidate ad object to an external system including a bid price for the candidate ad object. Based on bid prices of advertisements stored by the external system and bid price from the description, the external system determines an external clearing price for the candidate ad object and communicates the external clearing price to the social networking system. The social networking system determines a fee for serving an advertisement from the selected candidate ad object based on an internal clearing price for the selected candidate ad object and the external clearing price. | 06-12-2014 |
20140207793 | SPONSORED RECOMMENDATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system presents suggestions to a user of a social networking system to use or install one or more applications accessible in the system. The social networking system offers suggestions by ranking candidate applications for a particular user and selecting applications to recommend based on the rankings. Advertisers associated with some applications may bid to boost the rankings of an application, making it more likely to appear for a given user. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207900 | CONVERSION TRACKING FOR INSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONS ON MOBILE DEVICES - An application executing on a mobile device, such as an application associated with a social networking system provides a link to install a third-party application. The link may be presented in an advertisement, and the link is used to retrieve data comprising a client application for execution by the mobile device. To track installations, the client application stores an indication that the client application was installed in a shared memory location on the mobile device, as native applications do not have access to cookies. A social networking application executing on the mobile device retrieves the indication the client application was installed from the shared memory location and communicates it to a social networking system for storing in a user profile. | 07-24-2014 |
20140222561 | Cross-Platform Advertisement Targeting - An online system, such as a social networking system, enables targeted advertising to its users across platforms, such as mobile applications, desktop browsers, and mobile browsers. The online system stores interactions with advertisements or other content from multiple platforms with a user identifier. When an advertisement request is received including the user identifier, the stored interactions associated with the user identifier are retrieved, allowing an advertisement to be selected based on user interactions through various platforms. This improves advertisement delivery, such as advertisement retargeting, and conversion tracking. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222581 | Third-Party Sourcing Advertisements From A Social Networking System - A social networking system selects advertisements for presentation to its users on third-party websites. The social networking system receives a request for content from a widget or plug-in on the third-party website and provides content including one or more advertisements for presentation along with content from the third-party website. The third-party website may use revenue generated from users accessing advertisements presented via the social networking system to supplement or eliminate revenue from typical banner ads. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236716 | Selection of Advertisements Based on Social Networking System Login Status - An ad bidder receives a request from a user device to select an advertisement (“ad”) for presentation along with a web page. The ad bidder includes a user profile database and may be a social networking system. The ad bidder determines if the user of the user device is logged into the ad bidder and selects the advertisement based on information in the user profile database if the user is logged into the ad bidder. If the ad bidder determines the user is not logged into the ad bidder, the ad bidder retrieves a device cookie stored on the user device. The device cookie describes interactions with content from the user device, such as viewed web pages or ads. Data stored by the device cookie is then used to select the ad for presentation. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244386 | TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS TO LOGGED OUT USERS OF AN ONLINE SYSTEM - An online system stores a plurality of browsing histories for its users, each browsing history associated with a user's user identifying information. Based on a request for an advertisement from a client device that identifies a user and indicates the user does not have an existing session with the online system, the online system compares the identified user's browsing history to other stored browsing histories. Users associated with stored browsing histories similar to the identified user's browsing history are identified and user profiles of the identified users having an established session with the online system are identified. One or more common characteristics of the identified user profiles are used to select an advertisement for presentation to the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140330640 | CONVERSION TRACKING FOR INSTALLATION OF APPLICATIONS ON MOBILE DEVICES - An application executing on a mobile device, such as an application associated with a social networking system provides a link to install a third-party application. The link may be presented in an advertisement, and the link is used to retrieve data comprising a client application for execution by the mobile device. To track installations, the client application stores an indication that the client application was installed in a shared memory location on the mobile device, as native applications do not have access to cookies. A social networking application executing on the mobile device retrieves the indication the client application was installed from the shared memory location and communicates it to a social networking system for storing in a user profile. | 11-06-2014 |
20150312292 | Sponsored Stories Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A user wishing to promote an entry from an organic activity stream may, using a sponsor user interface, specify the types of stories to promote to a portion of the home page displayed to a member of a social network. | 10-29-2015 |
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20110105930 | TRUE ECG MEASUREMENT DURING CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION BY ADAPTIVE PIECEWISE STITCHING ALGORITHM - A method and apparatus utilizing a piecewise stitching adaptive algorithm (PSAA) to filter signal artifacts, such as those induced by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from sensed signals in real-time. PSAA is a method of estimating artifact component present in a first signal that is highly correlated with a second signal. The PSAA may utilize autocorrelation and cross-correlation calculations to determine signal sample windows in the first and second signals. The PSAA may estimate a signal artifact in a primary signal segment based on the determined correlations between the primary signal and an artifact signal. The PSAA may remove the estimated signal artifact from the primary signal. In the absence of an artifact signal, PSAA is able to estimate artifacts in the first signal utilizing filters. The PSAA may be implemented in Automated External Defibrillators, Monitor Defibrillators or other devices capable sensing highly correlated signals such as, for example, ECG and CPR signals. | 05-05-2011 |
20130165916 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example method may include a method for treating tissue near a body passageway using an apparatus including a catheter having a plurality of electrodes, a radio-frequency energy generator, and a controller coupling the energy generator to the plurality of electrodes and configured to selectively energize the electrodes. The method may include using the apparatus to subject the tissue near the body passageway to a plurality of energy treatment cycles. The treatment cycle may include determining desired voltages for at least a subset of the electrodes for maintaining a predetermined target temperature profile proximate the subset of electrodes, setting an output voltage of the energy generator to correspond to the desired voltage determined for one of the electrodes, and energizing at least some of the electrodes at the output voltage to deliver energy to the body passageway. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165917 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example method may include renal-denervation treatment method. The method may include delivering an RF energy treatment to a tissue proximate a renal artery using a catheter assembly of a renal denervation catheter system. The denervation system may include an RF energy generator coupled with the catheter assembly by a controller. The method may also include applying neural activity stimulation to the tissue proximate the renal artery using the catheter assembly, assessing stimulated neural activity response of the tissue using the catheter assembly, and determining a parameter of the RF energy treatment based on the assessed neural activity. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165923 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example device may include a catheter extending along a longitudinal axis. A balloon may be coupled to an end of the catheter. The balloon having a plurality of cylindrical treatment zones extending along the longitudinal axis in an expanded state. A plurality of electrode assemblies may be coupled to the balloon. Each electrode assembly may include a distal electrode pad and a proximal electrode pad. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165924 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example device may include an expandable balloon including an outer surface. At least one flexible circuit may be mounted on the outer surface of the expandable balloon. The at least one flexible circuit may include a first insulating layer, at least one heat sensing device positioned at least partially within the first insulating layer, a conductive layer above the first insulating layer, at least a portion of which is electrically coupled to the heat sensing device, a second insulating layer above the conductive layer, and at least one electrode associated with the conductive layer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165925 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter. The catheter may include an elongate flexible catheter body. An expandable structure may be associated with the catheter body and may include a radially expandable balloon and a plurality of flexible circuits extending along an outer surface of the balloon. Each flexible circuit may include at least one electrode and at least one temperature sensor. The expandable structure may have an outer diameter of less than 4 mm when in an expanded configuration. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165926 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter shaft. An expandable member may be coupled to the catheter shaft. A plurality of flexible electrode assemblies may be coupled to the expandable member. A control unit may be coupled to the electrode assemblies. The control unit may be configured to energize the electrode assemblies for approximately 10 seconds to less than approximately 1 minute. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165990 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example method may include a method for treating a patient having congestive heart failure. The method may include positioning an expandable balloon in a renal artery of the patient. The expandable balloon may include a plurality of electrode assemblies. At least some of the electrode assemblies each may include at least two bipolar electrode pairs. The two bipolar electrode pairs may be longitudinally and circumferentially offset from one another. The method may also include expanding the balloon in the renal artery such that at least some of the bipolar electrode pairs are electrically coupled to a wall of the renal artery and energizing at least some of the bipolar electrode pairs so as to therapeutically alter at least one nerve proximate the renal artery to treat the patient's congestive heart failure. | 06-27-2013 |
20130282084 | Apparatus and Method for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis - A catheter and catheter system can use energy tailored for remodeling and/or removal of target material proximate to a body lumen, often of stenotic material or tissue in the luminal wall of a blood vessel of a patient. An elongate flexible catheter body with a radially expandable structure may have a plurality of electrodes or other electrosurgical energy delivery surfaces to radially engage the luminal wall when the structure expands. Feedback using one or parameters of voltage, current, power, temperature, impedance magnitude, impedance phase angle, and frequency may be used to selectively control the delivery of energy. | 10-24-2013 |
20140266235 | MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION THAT UTILIZE IMPEDANCE COMPENSATION - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a control unit for determining an electrical leakage between a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad of an in vivo medical device. The first electrode pad may be spaced from the second electrode pad. The first electrode pad may have an active electrode and a spaced ground electrode. The second electrode pad may have an active electrode and a ground electrode. The ground electrode of the first electrode pad may be electrically connected to the ground electrode of the second electrode pad. | 09-18-2014 |
20140276789 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMODELING TISSUE OF OR ADJACENT TO A BODY PASSAGE - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An medical device may include a medical device for renal nerve ablation. The medical device may include a catheter shaft having a distal region. An expandable balloon may be coupled to the distal region. An electrode assembly may be coupled to the balloon. The electrode assembly may include a first electrode pad including one or more electrodes. The first electrode pad may have a first lead-in edge, a first protruding edge, and a first transition region with a continuously changing curvature disposed between the first lead-in edge and the first protruding edge. | 09-18-2014 |
20140378968 | MEDICAL DEVICES FOR RENAL NERVE ABLATION - Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a medical device for ablation procedures. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal region. An expandable member may be coupled to the distal region. One or more active electrode assemblies may be coupled to the expandable member. The one or more of the active electrode assemblies may include a resistive element adjacent the expandable member. The electrode assembly may include or may be used with microheaters. | 12-25-2014 |
20150147736 | SIMULATION MODULE - Simulation systems for demonstrating and/or testing medical devices and methods for demonstrating and/or testing medical devices using simulation systems are disclosed. An example simulation system may include a simulation module. The simulation module may include circuitry and one or more indicators. The circuitry may be capable of establishing impedance levels simulating impedances at tissue-electrode conduction paths. In some cases, the circuitry may be capable of sensing a temperature at the simulated tissue-electrode conduction paths. The one or more indicators may be able to provide indications corresponding to the established impedance levels. An example method of demonstrating or testing a medical device may include determining whether established impedance levels match electrode activation settings of an ablation generator (e.g., a medical device). | 05-28-2015 |
20150216591 | ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT OF THERMAL SENSORS ON BIPOLAR ELECTRODE - A medical device for tissue ablation may include a catheter shaft, an expandable member disposed on or coupled to the catheter shaft, and a plurality of elongate electrode assemblies each constructed as a flexible circuit. The expandable member may be configured to shift between an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The plurality of electrode assemblies may be disposed on an outer surface of the expandable member. Each of the plurality of electrode assemblies may include a temperature sensor aligned with two or more electrodes. | 08-06-2015 |
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20110240857 | Discrete Dynode Detector with Dynamic Gain Control - A novel electron multiplier that regulates in real time the gain of downstream dynodes as the instrument receives input signals is introduced. In particular, the methods, electron multiplier structures, and coupled control circuits of the present invention enable a resultant on the fly control signal to be generated upon receiving a predetermined threshold detection signal so as to enable the voltage regulation of one or more downstream dynodes near the output of the device. Accordingly, such a novel design, as presented herein, prevents the dynodes near the output of the instrument from being exposed to deleterious current pulses that can accelerate the aging process of the dynode structures that are essential to the device. | 10-06-2011 |
20140239177 | Discrete Dynode Detector with Dynamic Gain Control - A novel electron multiplier that regulates in real time the gain of downstream dynodes as the instrument receives input signals is introduced. In particular, the methods, electron multiplier structures, and coupled control circuits of the present invention enable a resultant on the fly control signal to be generated upon receiving a predetermined threshold detection signal so as to enable the voltage regulation of one or more downstream dynodes near the output of the device. Accordingly, such a novel design, as presented herein, prevents the dynodes near the output of the instrument from being exposed to deleterious current pulses that can accelerate the aging process of the dynode structures that are essential to the device. | 08-28-2014 |
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20110137876 | DATA QUALITY ENHANCEMENT FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS - A method, in one embodiment, can include encoding knowledge about a topic domain into a data modeling technique. Additionally, a set of candidate conditional functional dependencies can be generated based on a data set of the topic domain. Moreover, the set of candidate conditional functional dependencies and the data modeling technique encoded with the topic domain knowledge can be applied to the data set to obtain a plurality of data quality rules for the data set. | 06-09-2011 |
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20090019391 | KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY TOOL NAVIGATION - A system including a knowledge model is provided. The system includes an interface for presenting a relationship between two entities of a knowledge model. The interface includes a method that accepts a first input representative of a selection of a first interface item, the first interface item associated with an entity of the knowledge model. The method also includes presenting, in response to the acceptance, a second interface item, the second interface item associated with a second entity of the knowledge model, wherein the second entity has a relationship with the selected entity and the relationship has a relationship type selected from the group consisting of a direct relationship type or a derived relationship type. Finally, the method also includes presenting a relationship indicia representative of the relationship between the first entity and the second entity. | 01-15-2009 |
20110131209 | KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY TOOL RELATIONSHIP GENERATION - A system for managing a knowledge model defining a plurality of entities is provided. The system includes an extraction tool for extracting data items from disparate data sources that determines if the data item has been previously integrated into the knowledge model. The system also includes an integration tool for integrating the data item into the knowledge model that integrates the data item into the knowledge model only if the data item has not been previously integrated into the knowledge model. Additionally, a relationship tool for identifying, automatically, a plurality of relationships between the plurality of entities may also be provided. The system may also include a data visualization tool for presenting the plurality of entities and the plurality of relationships. | 06-02-2011 |
20110173151 | ADVANCED DATA INTEGRITY - A payment integrity system that processes data, including data associated with a biometric technology. The system includes a discovery module to receive insurance records from a source of data, which includes the data associated with the biometric technology, the records providing information that pertain to at least one transaction. The discovery module includes a query component and an artificial intelligence engine to process the records to identify a second subset of the records having anomalous information, and provide a second analysis output indicative of the second subset. The system also includes an audit module to determine whether to instruct the artificial intelligence engine to analyze the records according to the outputs. The system facilitates resolution of a claim payment based on the first analysis output and the second analysis output. | 07-14-2011 |
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20140010144 | COLLISION MITIGATION FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including multicasting a medium reservation message, receiving responses to the medium reservation message and determining if a ratio of the received responses to an expected number of responses exceeds a threshold. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a medium reservation message, determining if the medium reservation message specifies this receiver in a list of receivers from which a response is requested, determining if a medium is idle and transmitting the response to the medium reservation message responsive to the second determination. | 01-09-2014 |
20140036845 | CENTRALIZED CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS IN A DENSE DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus are described including scanning a channel, generating a report for the scanned channel, transmitting the channel report to an associated access point and receiving a channel assignment responsive to said channel report. Also described are a method and apparatus including scanning a channel, generating a first channel report, receiving a second channel report from an associated client, transmitting the first channel report and the second channel report to a server, receiving a channel assignment message from the server responsive to the first and second channel reports and transmitting the channel assignment message to the associated client. Further described are a method and apparatus including receiving a channel report from an associated access point, building an interference graph responsive to the channel report, determining channel assignments based on the interference graph and transmitting a channel assignment message to the associated access point. | 02-06-2014 |
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20150117388 | CENTRALIZED CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS IN A DENSE DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus are described including scanning a channel, generating a report for the scanned channel, transmitting the channel report to an associated access point and receiving a channel assignment responsive to said channel report. Also described are a method and apparatus including scanning a channel, generating a first channel report, receiving a second channel report from an associated client, transmitting the first channel report and the second channel report to a server, receiving a channel assignment message from the server responsive to the first and second channel reports and transmitting the channel assignment message to the associated client. Further described are a method and apparatus including receiving a channel report from an associated access point, building an interference graph responsive to the channel report, determining channel assignments based on the interference graph and transmitting a channel assignment message to the associated access point. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120044381 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO - Certain cameras and systems described herein produce enhanced dynamic range still or video images. The images can also have controlled or reduced motion artifacts. Moreover, the cameras and systems in some cases allow the dynamic range and/or motion artifacts to be tuned to achieve a desired cinematic effect. | 02-23-2012 |
20120069213 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO - Certain cameras and systems described herein produce enhanced dynamic range still or video images. The images can also have controlled or reduced motion artifacts. Moreover, the cameras and systems in some cases allow the dynamic range and/or motion artifacts to be tuned to achieve a desired cinematic effect. | 03-22-2012 |
20140211042 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO - Certain cameras and systems described herein produce enhanced dynamic range still or video images. The images can also have controlled or reduced motion artifacts. Moreover, the cameras and systems in some cases allow the dynamic range and/or motion artifacts to be tuned to achieve a desired cinematic effect. | 07-31-2014 |
20150288942 | BROADCAST MODULE FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A broadcast module for a modular video camera is disclosed. The broadcast module is configured to generate a plurality of data streams formatted for broadcast purposes. Each data stream can represent a reduced-resolution representation of the video data captured with the video camera or each data stream can represent a fraction of a full-resolution portion of the video data captured with video camera. The broadcast module can apply color processing to a raw digital video stream to enable real-time previews on one or more monitors of captured video data. The broadcast module can also apply color processing to a raw digital video stream to enable storage of processed video data. | 10-08-2015 |
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20090280850 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING DYNAMICALLY ESCALATED MEDIA TRANSMISSION HANDLING - A wireless communication device that dynamically escalates media transmission handling on the resident computer platform operating system through passing priority data bundles that include media directly from an application programming interface to the wireless communication interface. The application programming interface generates an outgoing priority data bundle including media, and a media handler directs the outgoing priority data bundle directly to the wireless communication interface for transmission without handling of the outgoing priority data bundle by other software layers of the operating system. The same priority handling can be done with incoming data bundles received at the wireless communication interface and being sent to an application programming interface. | 11-12-2009 |
20120263125 | Arbitrating Resource Acquisition For Applications of a Multi-Processor Mobile Communications Device - In an embodiment, a multi-processor mobile communications device includes a first processor system executing a concurrency manager server application (CMSA) and a second processor system executing a concurrency manager client application (CMCA). The CMSA determines priority levels related to access to resources for a first set of applications that are configured for execution on the first processor system and a second set of applications that are configured for execution on the second processor system. The CMSA notifies the CMCA of the determined priorities. The CMSA and the CMCA each then selectively grant or reject access to the resources for the first and second sets of applications, respectively, based on the determined priorities levels. In another embodiment, if the CMSA or CMCA rejects an application's request to access resources, the CMSA or CMCA can determine availability of alternative resources by which the requesting application can achieve its goal. | 10-18-2012 |
20140301246 | REWINDING A REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SESSION - In an embodiment, a transmitting device transmits a real-time media stream for a real-time communication session to a set of target devices. At least one of the set of target devices detects a media reception gap in the real-time communication session, and transmits a rewind request to the transmitting device to trigger the transmitting device to generate and provide a time-delayed version of the real-time media stream that includes media lost during the media reception gap. The transmitting device generates a rewind stream based on the rewind request and transmits the rewind stream to the at least one target device. | 10-09-2014 |