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20080228821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A DIGITAL INVENTORY OF MULTIMEDIA FILES STORED ACROSS A DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229371 | DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA NETWORK INCLUDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED USER DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL FILES - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229374 | VIDEO NETWORK INCLUDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH SPEED DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL FILES OVER A NETWORK - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 09-18-2008 |
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20080247543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA FILES - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 10-09-2008 |
20080250120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING A MULTIMEDIA FILE TO A PUBLIC KIOSK ACROSS A NETWORK - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 10-09-2008 |
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20090030260 | SEED ANCHOR - A seed anchor includes a tubular anchor body having a plurality of partial cylindrical walls splayed outwardly at an axial end of the anchor body to form an anchoring structure configured to resist axial movement of the seed anchor in a direction opposite an insertion direction when the seed anchor is implanted into tissue. | 01-29-2009 |
20100152520 | SPLIT-RING BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CERVICAL BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT USING A SPLIT-RING BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE - Methods and devices are for providing the delivery of radioactive therapeutics to a cervix using a split ring applicator. The split ring applicator includes a central tandem and a plurality of adjustable split ring tubes that are adjustable laterally in relation to a cervical axis. A radiation dosage is deliverable to a cervical wall by at least one of the plurality of adjustable split ring tubes. | 06-17-2010 |
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20130006097 | Bladder and/or Rectum Extender with Exchangeable and/or Slideable Tungsten Shield - A method of using a shielding device with an applicator includes inserting the distal portion of the shielding device to a treatment site of a patient, the shield being made of plastic, imaging the treatment site, planning treatment of the treatment site based on the imaging, setting up the patient for treatment, imaging the treatment site, removing the distal portion of the shielding device from the treatment site, exchanging the shield made of plastic with a shield made of tungsten, inserting the distal portion of the shielding device to the treatment site, the shield being made of tungsten, imaging the treatment site, and performing the treatment. | 01-03-2013 |
20130023717 | Bladder and/or Rectum Extender with Exchangeable and/or Slideable Tungsten Shield - A shielding device includes two elongated, parallel tubes joined at a distal portion, and a shield at least one of removably and slidably situated at the distal portion. An assembly includes an applicator configured for a treatment site, an assembly block attached to the applicator, at least one rotary unit configured to be rotatably received in the assembly block, and at least one shielding device that is configured to be movably received in a respective rotary unit. A method of using the shielding device with an applicator includes inserting the distal portion of the shielding device to a treatment site, and adjusting a position of the distal portion relative to a distal end of the applicator. | 01-24-2013 |
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20130304903 | Market-Based Virtual Machine Allocation - A cloud computing system management system including a plurality of computing devices configured to host virtual machine instances, each computing device in the plurality of computing devices including a local agent that continuously evaluates the observed load relative to a utility maximization function. If observed load is higher than a calculated optimal level, individual loading processes are offered for “sale” via a market scheduler. If observed load is lower than a calculated optimal level, then available capacity is offered as a bid via the market scheduler. The market scheduler matches bids with available processes and coordinates the transfer of load from the selling device to the buying device. The offered prices and utility maximization functions can be employed to optimize the performance of the cloud system as a whole. | 11-14-2013 |
20140042281 | Apparatus To Provide Temporary Support To A Portable Device - According to one aspect, the present invention includes a support apparatus having a support hub with a chamber to house a plurality of support arms and a coupling member to adapt the support arms about an axis. The support arms may extend from the support hub, and at least one of the support arms can be movable about the axis. One or more of these support arms are insertable within a space between a first rack device and a second rack device of a rack to enable the support apparatus to be a mounting location for a peripheral device. | 02-13-2014 |
20140268528 | RACK ADAPTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a rack adapter apparatus. The rack adapter apparatus includes a shelf configured to be mounted in a rack frame having a front opening of a first width and a rear opening of the first width, the shelf being further configured to support a computing device thereon, the computing device having a second width less than then first width and having a back-side port disposed thereon, the back-side port facing the rear opening when the computing device is supported by the shelf and the shelf is mounted in the rack frame. The rack adapter apparatus also includes a pass-through jack having a front port facing the front opening and a rear port facing the rear opening, the front and rear ports being electrically coupled, and the rear port being configured to be communicatively coupled to the back-side port of the computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277784 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RACK MANAGEMENT - A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RACK MANAGEMENT - A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RACK MANAGEMENT - A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281614 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RACK MANAGEMENT - A rack management method and system is disclosed. The method includes detecting the presence of a computing device releasably mounted in a frame, the detecting based on an electrical connection established between a configuration bar disposed in a rear portion of the frame and the computing device, and determining a physical location of the computing device within the frame based on the electrical connection. The method also includes retrieving management information about the computing device from a profile storage disposed within the computing device via the electrical connection and storing the management information in a management table, the management table associating the computing device with the physical location within the frame. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120233331 | Wake-on-LAN and Instantiate-on-LAN in a Cloud Computing System - Several different embodiments of a flexible virtual machine management system are described. The virtual machine management system is used to instantiate, wake, move, sleep, and destroy individual operating environments in a cloud or cluster. In various embodiments, the virtual machine management system uses single messages to perform complex operations, allowing for flexible and scalable use of virtual resources in a cluster while still reducing energy consumption to the minimum possible level. In one preferred embodiment, Wake-on-LAN packets are used as the messages. | 09-13-2012 |
20130031202 | Using Augmented Reality To Create An Interface For Datacenter And Systems Management - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining information to determine a location of a data center device, communicating the information and an identity of a user of a portable device to an augmented reality manager, and receiving in the portable device overlay information responsive to the communication and a type of the user. This information can then be displayed over a view of the data center device on a display of the portable device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130238785 | System and Method for Metadata Discovery and Metadata-Aware Scheduling - A cloud computing system including a plurality of computing devices configured to host virtual machine instances, each computing device in the plurality of computing devices including a monitor operable to collect metadata about the associated computing device. The system also includes a registry operable to receive and store the metadata from the plurality of computing devices and a scheduler operable to select a host computing device out of the plurality of computing devices on which to instantiate a virtual machine instance based on the metadata stored in the registry. | 09-12-2013 |
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20120154559 | Generate Media - A device to calibrate with a 3D viewer, to couple to a display device, and to split a 3D signal to a first 2D signal and a second 2D signal and generate media to be rendered on the display device by merging the first 2D signal and the second 2D signal based on a timing between the device and the 3D viewer. | 06-21-2012 |
20130195435 | CAMERA FLASH FILTER - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a camera flash filter. In one embodiment, a processor determines an intensity of light to filter through areas of the flash filter based on the lighting of a scene. The processor may determine a color of light to filter though the areas of the flash filter based on the determined intensity of light to filter through the areas of the flash filter. | 08-01-2013 |
20130259459 | LENS POSITION BASED ON FOCUS SCORES OF OBJECTS - Embodiments herein relate to setting a lens position based on focus scores. A plurality of initial positions of a lens are determined. Each of the initial positions may correspond to a position of the lens at which one of a plurality of objects has a highest quality. A focus score may be determined at each of the initial positions for the corresponding object having the highest quality. A final position of the lens between two of the initial positions may be calculated based on the focus scores. | 10-03-2013 |
20130286249 | AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING IMAGES THAT INCLUDE LIGHTNING - A method is disclosed for capturing one or more images that include a lightning strike using an image capturing device. The method is performed by one or more processors of the image capturing device. The one or more processors automatically capture a plurality of images during a period of time using the lens of the device. Each of the plurality of images is processed to detect a presence of lightning within each image. Each image is processed based, at least part, on two consecutive captured images. Images that have been determined to include the presence of lightning are stored in a memory resource of the image capturing device. | 10-31-2013 |
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20130146784 | SPECIMEN HOLDER USED FOR MOUNTING SAMPLES IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPES - A novel specimen holder for specimen support devices for insertion in electron microscopes. The novel specimen holder of the invention provides mechanical support for specimen support devices and as well as electrical contacts to the specimens or specimen support devices. | 06-13-2013 |
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20150162164 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SAMPLE HOLDER FOR FORMING A GAS OR LIQUID CELL WITH TWO SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A novel sample holder for specimen support devices for insertion in electron microscopes. The novel sample holder of the invention allows for the introduction of gases or liquids to specimens for in situ imaging, as well as electrical contacts for electrochemical or thermal experiments. | 06-11-2015 |
20150179397 | MICROSCOPY SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Electron microscope support structures and methods of making and using same. The support structures are generally constructed using semiconductor materials and semiconductor manufacturing processes. The temperature of the support structure may be controlled and/or gases or liquids may be confined in the observation region for reactions and/or imaging. | 06-25-2015 |
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20100140497 | MEMBRANE SUPPORTS WITH REINFORCEMENT FEATURES - A sample support structure with integrated support features and methods of making and using the reinforced membrane. The sample support structures are useful for supporting samples for analysis using microscopic techniques, such as electron microscopy, optical microscopy, x-ray microscopy, UV-VIS spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. | 06-10-2010 |
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20110079710 | MICROSCOPY SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Electron microscope support structures and methods of making and using same. The support structures are generally constructed using semiconductor materials and semiconductor manufacturing processes. The temperature of the support structure may be controlled and/or gases or liquids may be confined in the observation region for reactions and/or imaging. | 04-07-2011 |
20110127427 | SPECIMEN HOLDER USED FOR MOUNTING - A novel specimen holder for specimen support devices for insertion in electron microscopes. The novel specimen holder of the invention provides mechanical support for specimen support devices and as well as electrical contacts to the specimens or specimen support devices. | 06-02-2011 |
20110248165 | SAMPLE HOLDER PROVIDING INTERFACE TO SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH HIGH DENSITY CONNECTIONS - A novel specimen holder for specimen support specimen support devices for insertion in electron microscopes. The novel specimen holder of the invention provides mechanical support for specimen support devices and as well as electrical contacts to the specimens or specimen support devices. | 10-13-2011 |
20130277572 | SAMPLE HOLDER PROVIDING INTERFACE TO SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH HIGH DENSITY CONNECTIONS - A novel specimen holder for specimen support specimen support devices for insertion in electron microscopes is provided. The novel specimen holder of the invention provides mechanical support for specimen support devices and as well as electrical contacts to the specimens or specimen support devices. | 10-24-2013 |