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20120067560 | HVAC SCHEDULE WITH DESIGNATED OFF PERIODS - An HVAC controller may include a user interface, along with a memory for storing a recurring programmable schedule having two or more time periods. The user interface may be configured to allow manual modification by a user of the recurring schedule stored in the memory, wherein the user can associate an HVAC-off control mode with any of the two or more time periods. In the HVAC-off control mode, the HVAC controller may not cycle the HVAC unit on regardless of the temperature of the air in the inside space. The HVAC controller further may include an output that is configured to issue operational commands to the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067561 | REMOTE CONTROL OF AN HVAC SYSTEM THAT USES A COMMON TEMPERATURE SETPOINT FOR BOTH HEAT AND COOL MODES - An HVAC system includes an HVAC unit having a cooling mode and a heating mode for conditioning the air in an inside space, and a programmable thermostat located remotely from the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit may have an onboard controller configured to control when the HVAC unit is in the cooling mode or heating mode, and whether the HVAC unit is activated or not. In some cases, the onboard controller of the HVAC unit may use a common temperature setpoint when controlling in the cooling mode and the heating mode. The programmable thermostat may have a programmable schedule with a plurality of time periods, where each time period has a heating setpoint and a cooling setpoint separated by a dead band. The onboard controller of the HVAC unit may be configured to accept input signals from the remotely located thermostat. The remotely located thermostat may send one or more input signals to the onboard controller of the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule, where the one or more input signals cause the onboard controller of the HVAC unit to set the HVAC unit to a particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode, and to activate the HVAC unit so as to condition the air in the inside space in the particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode. | 03-22-2012 |
20150127176 | REMOTE CONTROL OF AN HVAC SYSTEM THAT USES A COMMON TEMPERATURE SETPOINT FOR BOTH HEAT AND COOL MODES - An HVAC system includes an HVAC unit having a cooling mode and a heating mode for conditioning the air in an inside space, and a programmable thermostat located remotely from the HVAC unit. The HVAC unit may have an onboard controller configured to control when the HVAC unit is in the cooling mode or heating mode, and whether the HVAC unit is activated or not. In some cases, the onboard controller of the HVAC unit may use a common temperature setpoint when controlling in the cooling mode and the heating mode. The programmable thermostat may have a programmable schedule with a plurality of time periods, where each time period has a heating setpoint and a cooling setpoint separated by a dead band. The onboard controller of the HVAC unit may be configured to accept input signals from the remotely located thermostat. The remotely located thermostat may send one or more input signals to the onboard controller of the HVAC unit in accordance with the programmable schedule, where the one or more input signals cause the onboard controller of the HVAC unit to set the HVAC unit to a particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode, and to activate the HVAC unit so as to condition the air in the inside space in the particular one of the cooling mode and the heating mode. | 05-07-2015 |
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20090077418 | Control of Sparing in Storage Systems - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling of sparing in a storage system. In one embodiment, a method compares a first amount of time to complete sparing of data from a failed disk in a storage system with a second amount of time to complete a user request to the storage system in order to determine when to create a copy of the data from the failed disk. | 03-19-2009 |
20100074112 | NETWORK TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICES AND MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Network traffic monitoring devices and monitoring systems include a communication module for capturing wireless communications of a wireless device. Processing circuitry is coupled with the communications module and configured to form a new cluster or refine an existing cluster from the captured wireless communications, in which the cluster includes wireless communications having one or more relevant parameters. The processing circuitry is also configured to generate/refine at least one rule set relating to the clusters, create an updated rule set by combining the one or more rule sets to current rule sets, and to compare the captured wireless communications to the updated rule set to determine whether the wireless communications pose a potential threat. Methods of monitoring network traffic are also provided. | 03-25-2010 |
20130311729 | MANAGING PROCESSING OF USER REQUESTS AND DATA REPLICATION FOR A MASS STORAGE SYSTEM - A technique includes determining a workload on mass storage system that is associated will user requests during a time in which mass storage system is replicating data from a source data unit of the mass storage system to a replica storage unit of the mass storage system. The technique includes determining a progress rate associated with the replication and managing processing of the user requests and the data replication for the mass storage system, including initiating corrective action in response to determining that the workload is near a predetermined maximum workload threshold and the progress rate is near a predetermined minimum threshold. | 11-21-2013 |
20130326249 | REGULATING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A MASS STORAGE SYSTEM - A technique includes receiving first work requests that are associated with a user workload. The technique includes using a machine to transform the first work requests into second work requests that are provided to components of a mass storage system to cause the components to perform work associated with a workload of the mass storage system; and regulating a power consumption of the mass storage system, including regulating a rate at which the second work requests are provided to the components of the mass storage system. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090035618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECIRCULATING UNUSED FUEL IN FUEL CELL APPLICATION - A system and method for delivering an input fluid stream through a fuel cell stack and discharge an unused fluid stream is provided. An inlet of the fuel cell stack is adapted to receive the fluid stream. An ejector is configured to combine the supply fluid stream and the unused fluid stream to generate the input fluid stream and control the flow of the input fluid stream to the fuel cell stack. A blower is configured to control the flow of the unused fluid stream to the ejector. A bypass valve is configured to control the flow of the unused fluid stream to the blower and to the ejector. | 02-05-2009 |
20090208789 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURGING WATER FROM A FUEL CELL STACK - A system for delivering an input fuel stream to a fuel cell stack to generate electrical current and to discharge an unused fuel stream is provided. A supply produces a supply fuel stream. An ejector combines a purged fuel stream and the supply fuel stream and controls the flow of the input fuel stream to the fuel cell stack. A purging arrangement receives the unused fuel stream which includes impurities and purges the impurities from the unused fuel stream to generate the purged fuel stream. A bypass valve is capable of delivering the purged fuel stream to the ejector. A blower is capable of delivering the purged fuel stream to the ejector. A controller controls one of the bypass valve and the blower for delivering the purged fuel stream to the ejector based on the amount of electrical current generated by the fuel cell stack. | 08-20-2009 |
20090255326 | ANODE LEAK TEST IMPLEMENTATION - A system and method is provided for detecting an anode leak of an anode stream in a fuel cell stack. The system comprises a controller that stores at least one first predetermined control value that corresponds to a first pre-selected pressure level. The controller generates at least one first operational control value. The controller controls a pressure regulator device to adjust the pressure of the anode stream to reach the first pre-selected pressure level with the at least one first operational control value. The controller compares the at least one first operational control value to the at least one first predetermined control value. The controller determines the presence of an anode leak in the anode stream based on the comparison of the at least one first operational control value to the at least one first predetermined control value. | 10-15-2009 |
20100178578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FUEL CELL ANODE GAS COMPOSITION - In at least one embodiment, a purge system for a fuel cell stack is provided. The system comprises a blower, a differential pressure sensor and a purge valve. The blower delivers a recirculated gas back to the stack at varying electrical power levels and blower speeds. The differential pressure sensor senses pressure of the recirculated gas across the blower. The purge valve purges the recirculated gas based on at least one of a blower power level, a blower speed, and the pressure of the recirculated gas. | 07-15-2010 |
20110008689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMIDIFYING A MASTER FUEL CELL STACK WITH A SLAVE FUEL CELL STACK - A system and method for humidifying a fuel cell stack system is provided. The system includes a slave stack, a master stack and at least one valve. The slave stack generates power to drive a load in response to at least one fluid stream and discharges at least one recirculated fluid stream having water content therein. The master stack receives the at least recirculated fluid stream to humidify the master stack with the water content. The valve delivers the at least one recirculated fluid stream from the slave stack to the master stack based on a power request amount by the load. | 01-13-2011 |
20130022886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FUEL CELL ANODE GAS COMPOSITION - In at least one embodiment, a purge system for a fuel cell stack is provided. The system comprises a blower, a differential pressure sensor and a purge valve. The blower delivers a recirculated gas back to the stack at varying electrical power levels and blower speeds. The differential pressure sensor senses pressure of the recirculated gas across the blower. The purge valve purges the recirculated gas based on at least one of a blower power level, a blower speed, and the pressure of the recirculated gas. | 01-24-2013 |
20130202978 | CATHODE CHANNEL SHUTOFF IN A FUEL CELL - In at least one embodiment, a fuel cell comprising a cathode flow field and a strip is provided. The cathode flow field plate defines a plurality of cathode channels for receiving a first fluid from a cathode source when the fuel cell is in an operational state. The strip includes a flexible first portion positioned about the plurality of cathode channels, the flexible first portion for moving toward the plurality of cathode channels to prevent a flow of the first fluid therein when the fuel cell is in an inoperative state. | 08-08-2013 |
20130252117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HUMIDIFIED FLUID STREAM DELIVERY TO FUEL CELL STACK - An apparatus for providing a humidified cathode fluid stream to a fuel cell stack is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a first humidifier including membranes and a compressor. The first humidifier is configured to receive a cathode fluid stream and to humidify the cathode fluid stream with water from a recirculated fluid stream to provide a first humidified cathode stream. The compressor is configured to receive the first humidified cathode stream and to provide a first pressurized humidified cathode stream. The compressor is further configured to generate a pressure differential across the first humidifier such that the membranes are humidified with the water. | 09-26-2013 |
20140021915 | Vehicle recharging station and support devices - The present disclosure relates to an electric vehicle, including: a connector configured to receive a charging plug; and an ejection mechanism positioned with respect to the connecter, configured to eject the plug under predetermined conditions. | 01-23-2014 |
20140212774 | GAS RECLAIMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gas reclaiming system is disclosed. The gas reclaiming system includes a getter device adapted to receive mixed gases and separate the mixed gases into at least one gas of interest and constituent gases. A recirculation loop is disposed in fluid communication with the getter device and adapted to receive the at least one gas of interest from the getter device. A gas reclaiming method is also disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212776 | VARYING WALL GEOMETRY EJECTOR - An apparatus for delivering a primary fuel stream to a fuel cell stack is provided. The apparatus includes an ejector that is configured to receive the primary fuel stream from a fuel supply. The apparatus is further configured to receive the recirculated fuel stream from the fuel cell stack to provide a combined fluid stream for delivery to the fuel cell stack. The ejector includes an elastic conduit for varying a flow of the combined fluid stream based on a power level of the fuel cell stack. | 07-31-2014 |
20140272657 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL STANDBY - An apparatus for placing a fuel cell stack in a standby mode is provided. The apparatus comprises a compressor, a fuel cell stack, a cathode valve and a controller. The compressor is operably coupled to an air induction system for providing a cathode stream. The fuel cell stack provides electrical power to a load in response to the cathode stream. The cathode valve is operably coupled to an outlet of the fuel cell stack for controlling a flow of the cathode stream to the fuel cell stack. The controller is configured to receive a power request amount for the load and to compare the power request amount to a predetermined amount. The controller is further configured to control the compressor to operate at a minimum speed and the cathode valve to close in response to determining that the power request amount is similar to the predetermined amount | 09-18-2014 |
20140377671 | PURGE ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell purge apparatus for a fuel cell system has a separator defining a chamber for receiving a recirculated fuel stream including a fluid and impurities. The apparatus has a drain conduit with an outer passage connected to the chamber. The outer passage forms a fluid trap to collect the fluid. The drain conduit also has an inner passage nested within the outer passage through the fluid trap for delivering the impurities to a purge valve. The inner passage has a free end extending into the chamber of the separator. | 12-25-2014 |
20150099200 | FREEZE PREPARATION FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a fuel cell system, and a controller configured to receive a first signal indicative of a predicted ambient temperature at a specified location, and command the fuel cell system to operate at a reduced relative humidity when the predicted ambient temperature is below a threshold value. A method for controlling a fuel cell system includes receiving a first signal at a controller indicative of a predicted ambient temperature for a specified location, and operating the fuel cell system at a reduced relative humidity when the predicted ambient temperature is below a threshold value. A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a predicted freezing condition, command the fuel cell stack to operate at a lower relative humidity level for a time period preceding a predicted time for system shut down. | 04-09-2015 |
20150288007 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM CONTROL USING AN INFERRED MASS AIR FLOW - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack for generating power, a compressor providing an air stream to the stack, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to determining a mass air flow through the compressor from a lookup table using a speed of the compressor and a pressure ratio across the compressor, operate the fuel cell system based on the mass air flow. A method for controlling a fuel cell system includes receiving first and second signals at a controller indicative of air pressure upstream and downstream of a compressor respectively, and receiving a third signal at the controller indicative of a speed of the compressor. The fuel cell system is operated at a desired mass air flow based on an inferred mass air flow determined using the first, second, and third signals. | 10-08-2015 |
20150360720 | FUEL CELL AND BATTERY POWERED VEHICLE PARKING - A vehicle system includes a communication interface configured to receive parking information from an infrastructure device. The parking information identifies at least one open parking space and at least one characteristic associated with the parking space. The vehicle system further includes a processing device configured to select the at least one parking space based at least in part on the characteristic. | 12-17-2015 |
20160043414 | METHODS FOR TESTING ANODE INTEGRITY DURING FUEL CELL VEHICLE OPERATION - A system and methods are provided for testing anode integrity during vehicle operation. In one particular example, the system and methods allow for anode leak tests during vehicle operation by temporarily reducing fuel cell power while supplementing the fuel cell power reduction with battery power to meet operating demands. In this way, an anode leak test can be performed even during highway driving when operating demands may be particularly high. | 02-11-2016 |
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20100055165 | LIPOSOMAL GEL PHTHALOCYANINE PREPARATION FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF TUMORS AND ITS MANUFACTURING - Liposomal gel hydrophobic phthalocyanine (FCH) preparation for photodynamic therapy of tumors and other diseases is composed of lecithin liposomes or liposomes on the basis of other lipids, with incorporated curing drug, which can be chosen either from a group including hydrophobic hydroxyaluminum phthalocyanine, hydrophobic aluminum phthalocyanine, hydrophobic zinc phthalocyanine, hydrophobic silicone phthalocyanine, or organic silicone phthalocyanine, or hydrophobic phthalocyanine without the core metal; while resulting liposomes are mixed in ratios of 10:1 to 1:10 with a translucent gel, advantageously on the basis of carboxymethylcellulose. The added curing drug can be coated by glucose or other saccharides, by polyethylenglycol or other usable polymers, as lecithin or other lipids, or by sodium chloride or other salts usable in pharmacology. Liposomal gel hydrophobic phthalocyanine (FCH) preparation is manufactured on the following schema: Lecithin or other lipid of a pharmacological purity at concentration between 10 to 40 mg per ml of sterile isotonic solution is fluidised on a microfluidizer in particular chamber to the final particle size smaller than 1000 nm, in temperature higher than 0° C. and a pressure at 500 to 2000 Bar; then while stirring the curing drug or the treated curing drug is added in the ratio of 5:1 to 0.1:1 in relation to the lecithin or other lipid; the resulting suspension is again fludized on a microfludizer in particular smaller chamber to the final particle size smaller than 500 nanometer, with pressure at least 1000 to 2000 Bar, in temperature higher than 0° C.; the resulting suspension is then mixed with a translucent gel in ratios of 10:1 to 1:10; Alternatively, first lecithin or other lipid of a pharmacological purity at concentration between 10 to 40 mg per ml of sterile isotonic solution is microfludized on a microfluidizer in particular chamber to the final particle size smaller than 1000 nm, a pressure at least 1000 to 2000 Bar and temperature higher than 0° C.; Afterwards, in parallel the curing drug or the treated curing drug is separately microfluidized in amounts corresponding to the ratio of 5:1 to 0.1:1 in relation to the lecithin or other lipid in an equal volume of fluid, advantageously on the basis of sterile isotonic solution to the final particle size smaller than 1000 nanometer, and with pressure at 1000 to 2000 Bar; Afterwards both microfludized components are mixed together and again microfludized on a microfludizer in particular chamber with a pressure at 1000 to 2000 Bar and temperature higher than 0° C. to the final particle size maximum of 500 nanometer, the resulting suspension is fluidised on a microfluidizer in a particular smaller chamber with a pressure at least 1000 to 2000 Bar and temperature higher than 0° C. to the final particle size smaller then 500 nm, the resulting suspension is then mixed with a translucent gel in ratios of 10:1 to 1:10; Alternatively, Lecithin or other lipid in the pharmacological purity at the concentration of 10 to 40 mg per milliliter of sterile isotonic solution is first treated by extrusion across the filters with a size 10 to 500 nm together with the curing drug or the treated curing drug in the ratio of 5:1 to 0.1:1 related to the lecithin or other lipid; and the resulting suspension is again fluidised on a microfluidizer in a particular chamber with a pressure at least 1000 to 2000 Bar and temperature higher than 0° C. to the final particle size smaller then 500 nm, with a pressure at least 1000 to 2000 Bar and temperature higher than 0° C., the resulting suspension is mixed with a translucent pharmaceutical gel in a ratio of 10:1 to 1:10. | 03-04-2010 |
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20130188875 | Vector Graphics Classification Engine - A vector graphics classification engine and associated method for classifying vector graphics in a fixed format document is described herein and illustrated in the accompanying figures. The vector graphics classification engine defines a pipeline for categorizing vector graphics parsed from the fixed format document as font, text, paragraph, table, and page effects, such as shading, borders, underlines, and strikethroughs. Vector graphics that are not otherwise classified are designated as basic graphics. By sequencing the detection operations in a selected order, misclassification is minimized or eliminated. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191366 | Pattern Matching Engine - A pattern matching engine and associated method for detecting one or more of headers, footers, watermarks, page numbering, page colors, and page borders appearing in a fixed format document. The pattern matching engine performs pattern matching across pages of the fixed format document to identify repeating patterns. Using heuristic analysis, repeating patterns meeting selected criteria are classified as headers, footers, or watermarks. Filtering removes repeating patterns unlikely to represent headers, footers, or watermarks. The information produced by the pattern matching engine allows the repeating elements to be properly reconstructed as flowable elements when converting a fixed format document into a flow format document. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191389 | Paragraph Property Detection and Style Reconstruction Engine - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for analyzing paragraphs in a fixed format document to determine style clusters or groupings of each paragraph. In certain embodiments, the paragraphs are grouped into style clusters based on a first property. Each style cluster is then further divided into sub-groups based on a second property. Once the sub-groups have been determined, a third property associated with each paragraph in each sub-group is normalized based on a dominant one of the at least the third property. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191715 | Borderless Table Detection Engine - A borderless table detection engine and associated method for identifying borderless tables appearing in data extracted from a fixed format document. Due to the lack of visible borders, reliable automated detection of a borderless table is difficult. The borderless table detection engine uses whitespace, rather than content, to detect borderless table candidates. Applying heuristic analysis, the borderless table detection engine discards borderless table candidates with a layout that lacks sufficient characteristics of a table and is unlikely to be a valid borderless table. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191732 | Fixed Format Document Conversion Engine - A fixed format document conversion engine and associated method for converting a fixed format document into a flow format document. The fixed format document conversion engine includes a sequence of layout analysis engines and semantic analysis engines to analyzes the base physical layout information obtained from the fixed format document to enrich, modify, and classify the physical layout information into progressively more advanced physical layout information and, ultimately, semantic layout information. The semantic layout information is mapped and serialized into a selected flow format document with a high level of flowability. | 07-25-2013 |
20130205200 | Formula Detection Engine - A formula detection engine and associated method. The formula detection engine locates formulas within a fixed format document portion by identifying formula seeds. The formula detection engine creates and expands a boundary around the formula seed to define a formula area. To eliminate overlap with surrounding normal text, the formula area is divided into multiple formula areas based on vertical position and horizontal spacing between the formula elements. After being vertically ordered, horizontally overlapping formula areas are merged to reconstruct the formula as a flowable element. | 08-08-2013 |
20140013215 | Paragraph Alignment Detection and Region-Based Section Reconstruction - A paragraph alignment detection engine and a section reconstruction engine. The paragraph alignment detection engine determines the paragraph alignment of a paragraph and updates the paragraph alignment property of the paragraph in the data store for single line and multi-line paragraphs. The paragraph alignment detection engine employs per paragraph comparisons and relative comparisons to other paragraphs to determine the paragraph alignment of a single line paragraph. The paragraph alignment detection engine employs per paragraph comparisons and relative comparisons of the lines of a paragraph to determine the paragraph alignment of a multi-line paragraph. The section reconstruction engine minimizes the number of sections created in the flow format document by identifying the columns on each page, combining contiguous pages with the same column layout into a single section, and creating alternative objects to contain regions associated special cases in lieu of creating additional sections. | 01-09-2014 |
20140208192 | Footnote Detection in a Fixed Format Document - Footnote detection is provided. When converting a fixed format document to a flow format document, footnotes, which may include a footnote description and a footnote reference mark, may be detected and linked with a corresponding footnote reference mark in a main document flow on a page. Additionally, a footnote numbering scheme may be determined and applied to detected footnotes. By providing footnote detection when converting a fixed format document to a flow format document, footnotes may be statically positioned at the end of a page containing the corresponding footnote reference mark. | 07-24-2014 |
20140257789 | Detection and Reconstruction of East Asian Layout Features in a Fixed Format Document - Detection of East Asian layout features and reconstruction of East Asian layout features is provided. Vertically written text in the fixed format document is detected and rotated for layout analysis. After layout analysis, the rotated text is rotated back and restructured in a flow format document. When a plurality of characters is written horizontally in a vertical line of text, vertically overlapping text runs are detected, designated as horizontal-in-vertical text, and are restructured as horizontal-in-vertical text in a flow format document. Lines of text are analyzed for attributes of a ruby line and are designated as ruby text, associated with corresponding text in a ruby base line, and restructured as ruby text in a flow format document. Text in a fixed format document is analyzed for detection of a particular East Asian language so that a font for the language is designated in a flow format document. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258852 | Detection and Reconstruction of Right-to-Left Text Direction, Ligatures and Diacritics in a Fixed Format Document - Detection of right-to-left text direction, left-to-right text direction, ligatures and diacritics in fixed format documents for reconstruction of fixed format documents into flow format documents is provided. Each text run of a fixed format document is analyzed for directionality. If text runs contain ligatures, the ligatures are mapped to corresponding characters for proper reading order of the ligatures in context with other characters comprising a text run in which the ligatures are situated or neighboring the ligature. Each text run is collected based on determined text directionality for reconstruction in a flow format document. Proper text directionality for columns of text is determined in the same manner as proper text directionality for text runs in paragraphs of text. If diacritics are present in association with one or more characters or glyphs, a determination may be made as to a carrier character or glyph associated with each diacritic. | 09-11-2014 |
20150135047 | VECTOR GRAPHICS CLASSIFICATION ENGINE - A vector graphics classification engine and associated method for classifying vector graphics in a fixed format document is described herein and illustrated in the accompanying figures. The vector graphics classification engine defines a pipeline for categorizing vector graphics parsed from the fixed format document as font, text, paragraph, table, and page effects, such as shading, borders, underlines, and strikethroughs. Vector graphics that are not otherwise classified are designated as basic graphics. By sequencing the detection operations in a selected order, misclassification is minimized or eliminated. | 05-14-2015 |
20150149893 | Multi-level List Detection Engine - A multi-level list detection engine. The multi-level list detection engine detects text obtained from a fixed format document that is formatted as a static multi-level list and creates a dynamic multi-level list object in a flow format document. The resulting dynamic multi-level list object automatically updates as the end user edits the multi-level list in the flow format document. The multi-level list detection engine identifies list elements in the fixed format text based on the presence of a list identifier. The list elements are grouped into lists based on the properties of each list element relative to other list elements. List elements are then assigned to a list level based on the relative properties of the list elements within a list. Finally, level list assignments are verified and corrected, the levels are merged, as necessary, and the lists are consistently formatted as appropriate to create a final well-formed dynamic multi-level list object. | 05-28-2015 |
20160092404 | Intent Based Feedback - Technologies are described herein for obtaining and processing intent-based feedback. Authored content may be generated by the use of one or more layouts. The generated layouts may then be utilized to present the content to the author or other user. The author may further provide feedback to request the generated layout be adjusted or re-generated. The feedback may include overriding feedback that overrides the intent interpretation used in the layout, and/or intent feedback that changes or adds more intent data for the content data. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092406 | Inferring Layout Intent - Technologies are described herein for inferring the layout intent associated with explicitly formatted document elements in a document. The layout type of a document having explicitly formatted document elements is determined. Once the layout type for the document has been determined, the layout intent of explicitly formatted document elements in the document may be determined based, at least in part, on the determined layout type of the document. Heuristic algorithms and/or machine learning classifiers may determine the layout intent of the explicitly formatted document elements in the document. An intent-based document is then created using the inferred layout intent for some or all of the explicitly formatted document elements in the document. The intent-based document may then be provided to an intent-based rendering or authoring application for rendering based upon the inferred layout intent. | 03-31-2016 |
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20150279458 | DETERMINING A CELL STATE OF A RESISTIVE MEMORY CELL - A device for determining an actual cell state of a resistive memory cell having a plurality M of programmable cell states comprising a sensing circuit, a settling circuit, a prebiasing circuit, and a resistor coupled in parallel to the resistive memory cell, wherein the resistor is configured to reduce an effective resistance seen by the prebiasing circuit. The sensing circuit is configured to sense a sensing voltage of the resistive memory cell and output a resultant value in response to the sensing voltage which is indicative for the actual cell state. The settling circuit is configured to settle the sensing voltage to a certain target voltage representing one of the M programmable cell states. The prebiasing circuit is configured to prebiase a bitline capacitance of the resistive memory cell such the sensing voltage is close to the certain target voltage. | 10-01-2015 |
20150287456 | DETERMINING A CELL STATE OF A RESISTIVE MEMORY CELL - A device for determining an actual cell state of a resistive memory cell having a plurality M of programmable cell states comprising a sensing circuit, a settling circuit, a prebiasing circuit, and a resistor coupled in parallel to the resistive memory cell, wherein the resistor is configured to reduce an effective resistance seen by the prebiasing circuit. The sensing circuit is configured to sense a sensing voltage of the resistive memory cell and output a resultant value in response to the sensing voltage which is indicative for the actual cell state. The settling circuit is configured to settle the sensing voltage to a certain target voltage representing one of the M programmable cell states. The prebiasing circuit is configured to prebiase a bitline capacitance of the resistive memory cell such the sensing voltage is close to the certain target voltage. | 10-08-2015 |
20150364189 | ESTIMATION OF LEVEL-THRESHOLDS FOR MEMORY CELLS - Methods and apparatus are provided for determining level-thresholds for q-level memory cells. A group of the memory cells are read to obtain respective read signal components. The read signal components are processed in dependence on signal level to produce a signal level vector, comprising a series of elements, indicative of the distribution of read signal components in order of signal level. A plurality of possible sets of q−1 elements corresponding, respectively, to q−1 level-thresholds which partition the signal level vector into q segments, is then defined. The q−1 level-thresholds for the group of memory cells are then determined by selecting from said possible sets that set for which a predetermined difference function, dependent on differences in signal level for elements in each of said q segments for the set, has an optimum value. | 12-17-2015 |
20160124807 | MULTI-CHIP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING DATA - A multi-chip device and method for storing input data. The multi-chip device includes: a plurality of memory chips being adapted to store encoded input data, wherein each of the plurality of memory chips includes a detection unit that outputs detection information; an evaluation unit being adapted to perform an evaluation of the detection information from each of the plurality of memory chips, and to adapt the detection algorithm of any of the detection units depending on the performed evaluation; a combination unit being adapted to receive the detected bits and to combine the detected bits; and a decoding unit being adapted to output decoded data by decoding the combined detected bits. The present invention also provides a method and a computer program product for storing input data. | 05-05-2016 |
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20110026490 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND RADIO STATION THEREFOR - The present invention relates to method for communicating between a primary station and a secondary station comprising (a) at the secondary station, upon arrival of a data packet to be transmitted to the primary station, buffering said data packet in a buffer, and transmitting to the primary station a request for an uplink transmission resource if a request condition is satisfied, said request condition being based on at least one previous grant of uplink transmission resource, (b) at the primary station, granting to the secondary station an uplink transmission resource to be used. | 02-03-2011 |
20110039500 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK AND RADIO STATIONS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising the steps of (a) at the primary station, requesting the secondary station to transmit channel quality information representative of the channel quality and, (b) at the secondary station, responsive to the request of step (a), transmitting to the primary station the channel quality information, wherein step (b) comprises substep (b1) wherein the secondary station further transmits with the channel quality information an indication of a secondary station buffer status. | 02-17-2011 |
20110044277 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN TWO DOMAINS - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data from a secondary station to at least one primary station, comprising, at the primary station, transmitting on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station, said message comprising a field for allocating resources in a first domain, and wherein at least one bit of said field is stolen to allocate resources in a second domain being different from the first domain. | 02-24-2011 |
20110085566 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK AND RADIO STATIONS ASSOCIATED - The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station, said secondary station comprising a buffer containing data packets to be transmitted to the primary station, the method comprising the step of the secondary station transmitting an indication of the buffer status to the primary station, said indication comprising information about history of said buffer. | 04-14-2011 |
20120002612 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MIMO NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network, said network comprising a primary station and at least a first secondary station, wherein the first secondary station transmits to the primary station an indication of a first plurality of precoding vectors, wherein the number of first precoding vectors is greater than a preferred rank of transmission from the primary station to the first secondary station. | 01-05-2012 |
20120009917 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MIMO NETWORK - The present invention relates to method for communicating in a network, said network comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station having a plurality of antennas, the method comprising the step of the primary station transmitting to a first secondary station an indication of a first receive combining matrix that the first secondary station should use to combine the signals received at its said plurality of antennas from a first subsequent transmission from the primary station. | 01-12-2012 |
20120033569 | ADAPTIVE BUFFER STATUS REPORTING - The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network from a first station to a second station, wherein the first station comprises at least one buffer memory for storing data packets to be transmitted, the method comprising the steps of (a) the first station estimating the status of the at least one buffer memory, (b) the first station transmitting at least one buffer status packet representative of the buffer memory status, wherein the method further comprises (c) adapting the value of a first parameter of the buffer status packets on the basis of a data traffic characteristic. | 02-09-2012 |
20120046027 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising configuring a secondary station being in a first state to search at least one of a plurality of search spaces having a first structure, said first structure consisting of at least a first number of resource sets having a first size, where at least one resource set might be used to transmit a message to the considered secondary station, changing the search space structure to a second structure different from the first structure when the secondary station enters into a second state. | 02-23-2012 |
20120057645 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system in a network, the system comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station, the primary station comprising a plurality of transmit antennas and the secondary station comprising a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of the primary station selecting a first communication scheme among a plurality of communication schemes, the primary station computing a transmission vector on the basis of the first communication scheme, the secondary station computing a reception vector on the basis of a second communication scheme, the second communication scheme being selected among the plurality of communication schemes by the secondary station on the assumption that a predetermined communication scheme is being used by the primary station. | 03-08-2012 |
20120106389 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a primary station communicating with a plurality of secondary stations, the method comprising the primary station communicating with a secondary station in a discontinuous mode; the secondary station transmitting to the primary station a control message based on the current status of the secondary station; the primary station changing a parameter of the discontinuous mode based on the control message. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106494 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, comprising (a) the primary station configuring a secondary station to search on a first channel at least one of a plurality of search spaces having a first structure, said first structure consisting of at least a first number of resource sets, where at least one resource set might be used to transmit a message to a secondary station, (b) the primary station setting a characteristic of the first channel to a first value. (c) the primary station changing the characteristic of the first channel to a second value upon detection of a capacity event in the search spaces. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113936 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method or communicating between a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, comprising the primary station providing a plurality of resource sets, the primary station configuring a secondary station to search for a control channel on at least one of a plurality of search spaces each corresponding to a resource set, wherein at least part of one of the search spaces is used to transmit a control message to a secondary station, the control message being indicative of a resource allocated to the secondary station for transmitting to the primary station or receiving from the primary station data, and wherein the secondary station deduces from the part of the search space used for transmitting the control message an indication of the resource set from the plurality of resource sets within which the allocated resource is located. | 05-10-2012 |
20150146814 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system in a network, the system comprising a primary station and at least one secondary station, the primary station comprising a plurality of transmit antennas and the secondary station comprising a plurality of receive antennas, the method comprising the steps of the primary station selecting a first communication scheme among a plurality of communication schemes, the primary station computing a transmission vector on the basis of the first communication scheme, the secondary station computing a reception vector on the basis of a second communication scheme, the second communication scheme being selected among the plurality of communication schemes by the secondary station on the assumption that a predetermined communication scheme is being used by the primary station. | 05-28-2015 |
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20120320855 | MITIGATION OF CONTROL CHANNEL INTERFERENCE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a first primary station and a second primary station, wherein the first primary station serves a first cell including at least one first secondary station communicating with the first primary station and wherein the second primary station serves a second cell including at least one second secondary station communicating with the second primary station, the method comprising the steps of (a) the first primary station and the second primary station transmitting payloads in a synchronous manner on at least one set of resources, (b) the first and the second primary stations transmitting control data on the at least one set of resources respectively to the first secondary station and to the second secondary station, wherein the method further comprises (c) at least the first primary station rendering the transmission of control data to the first secondary station orthogonal to the transmission of control data from the second primary station. | 12-20-2012 |
20130010888 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SECONDARY STATION - The invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station, the secondary station communicating with at least one primary station by means01-10-2013 | |
20130102342 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TRANSMISSION MODE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system, said communication system comprising a primary and at least one secondary station, wherein the primary station selects a transmission mode from a set of at least two transmission modes for communicating with the secondary station and wherein the secondary station infers the selected transmission mode based on at least one control channel characteristic. | 04-25-2013 |
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| 11-07-2013 |
20140105164 | CONTROL CHANNEL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A scheme for transmission of control channel information in a compact form intended to support SPS (Semi-Persistent Scheduling) in a wireless communication system. As applied to LTE, the scheme is to indicate a pre-configured UE-specific resource allocation in a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format containing information for multiple UEs in the same PDCCH. In order to avoid increasing the number of blind decodes, the DCI format size may be the same as an existing DCI format. Preferably the size of the new format is the same as that of DCI formats 0/1A/3/3A. The number of required bits per UE is minimised by signalling only one of a limited set of DCI messages per UE. The scheme provides a means for re-configuring SPS resources for multiple UEs using a single PDCCH transmission, whilst enabling better support for variable packet sizes and variable intervals between packets than currently defined SPS. | 04-17-2014 |
20140133447 | SCHEDULING REQUEST ENABLED UPLINK TRANSMISSION - The present invention refers to transmission method in a mobile communication system ( | 05-15-2014 |
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20140233528 | UPLINK CHANNEL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A transmission procedure for use in a communication system including a base station and one or more terminals. The base station transmits a signal to a terminal, and provides the terminal with possible characteristics of a further signal for transmission from the terminal to the base station, the possible characteristics including at least one of: one or more locations for transmission of the further signal in the time domain; and one or more locations for the transmission of the further signal in the frequency domain; and wherein transmission of the further signal from the terminal, with one or more characteristics selected by the terminal from the possible characteristics, indicates further information relating to the terminal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140295827 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of operating a wireless communication system comprising one or more base stations each configured to provide a corresponding coverage in use, a particular one of the base stations providing coverage to one or more in-coverage terminals, there being one or more out-of-coverage terminals outside the coverage provided by the particular base station, the method comprising: determining whether a condition related to direct device-to-device wireless communication between the in-coverage terminals and the out-of-coverage terminals is satisfied; and if the condition is satisfied, changing at least one of the coverage of the particular base station and the coverage of another one of the base stations, so as to provide coverage to one or more of the out-of-coverage terminals. | 10-02-2014 |
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20150304002 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MIMO NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network, said network comprising a primary station and at least a first secondary station, wherein the first secondary station transmits to the primary station an indication of a first plurality of precoding vectors, wherein the number of first precoding vectors is greater than a preferred rank of transmission from the primary station to the first secondary station. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310460 | CONSUMER PROFILING USING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - A method and associated apparatus ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150349902 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO STATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station comprising means for communicating with a primary station, the method comprising receiving from the primary station an interference status report, said interference status report comprising an spatial indication being representative of a spatial characteristic of the interference, measuring channel characteristics on reference symbols, and interpreting the measured channel characteristics with help of the interference status report. | 12-03-2015 |
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20110044187 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO STATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station comprising means for communicating with a primary station, the method comprising receiving from the primary station an interference status report, said interference status report comprising an spatial indication being representative of a spatial characteristic of the interference, measuring channel characteristics on reference symbols, and interpreting the measured channel characteristics with help of the interference status report. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045859 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO STATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a secondary station comprising means for communicating with at least one primary station, the secondary station comprising means for receiving from the primary station a subset of reference symbols selected out a set of possible reference symbols, the reference symbols of the subset being associated with a spatial channel, wherein a transmission characteristic of the subset of reference symbols depends on the spatial channel. | 02-24-2011 |
20120106424 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A MOBILE NETWORK IMPLEMENTING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a primary station communicating with a plurality of secondary stations, the method comprising the primary station communicating with a secondary station in a discontinuous mode; the secondary station transmitting to the primary station a control message based on the current status of the secondary station; the primary station changing a parameter of the discontinuous mode based on the control message. | 05-03-2012 |
20150029967 | COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AND METHOD - A mobile communications network includes a core network including infrastructure equipment, and a radio network including plural base stations configured to provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from communications terminals. One base station can operate as a serving base station to one of the communications terminals, to establish one or more communications bearers for communicating user data to/from the communications terminal via the core network and the radio network, and co-operate with at least another of the base stations to communicate the user data to/from the communications terminal. The mobile communications network can monitor a state of a radio communications channel between the co-operating base station and the communications terminal, and upon predetermined conditions, establish a communications bearer from the core network to the co-operating base station for communicating the user data to the co-operating base station for transmitting the user data to the communications terminal. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031374 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHOD - A mobile communications network includes a core network including infrastructure equipment, and a radio network including plural base stations to provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from communications terminals. One base station operates as a serving base station to one of the communications terminals, to establish one or more communications bearers for communicating user data to/from the communications terminal via the core network and the radio network via the serving base station, and to co-operate with at least another base station to communicate the user data to/from the communications terminal. The mobile communications network can monitor a state of a radio communications channel between the co-operating base station and the communications terminal, and upon predetermined conditions, establish a communications bearer from the core network to the co-operating base station for communicating the user data to the co-operating base station transmitting the user data to the communications terminal. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090156193 | Modem with acoustic coupling - The present invention relates to a terminal interface and an arrangement including the terminal interface to enable interfacing between an electronic device and a service provider. The terminal interface comprises at least a data interface arranged for coupling the terminal interface to the electronic device, a processing means adapted to operate the terminal device, and modem means enabling data communication between the interface terminal and a terminal device enabled for voice commutation in a public land mobile communications network. The data processing means coupled to the data interface and the modem means is further configured for processing data received from either of the data interface and the modem means and for generating data to be transmitted via the data interface and/or the modem means. Data is communicated between the interface terminal and the service provider via the terminal device on a voice communication connection through the public land mobile communications network. | 06-18-2009 |
20130029646 | Wireless Mobile Transaction System and the Procedure for Carrying Out Transactions with a Mobile Phone - The invention belongs to the field of systems for provision of computer-supported transactions with the use of a mobile phone, more exactly to the field of enabling universal communication between a telephone device, different transaction terminals and different servers including bank servers for carrying out certain transactions, considering all the security requirements against unauthorised access to an individual bank account or other user account. The core of the wireless mobile transaction system and the procedure for carrying out transactions with the mobile phone according to the invention is in the fact that the transfer of the transaction data between the user's mobile phone and the transaction processing centre is done using a secure connection based on GPRS or UMTS data package transfer, whereas between the user's mobile phone and the shop's POS terminal the data is transferred using sound-modulated data transfer through an acoustic coupling or on the basis of infrared data association (IrDA) or Bluetooth wireless data connection or NFC contactless short-range communication technology or wireless interne connection WLAN. This way the user's mobile phone becomes a simple, safe and handy transaction instrument for carrying out financial transactions, such as electronic payment and transfer of funds, as well as non-financial transactions, such as using bonuses, collecting loyalty points and allowing and/or controlling access to secured areas, premises, buildings and similar. According to the invention the system is using operator's existent dedicated wireless data-transfer technology, such as GPRS or UMTS, for transferring data between the transaction processing centre and the mobile phone, and is performing identification of the user with the certificate which is securely stored on the user's SIM card or in another secure memory of the mobile phone. | 01-31-2013 |
20160071088 | Wireless Mobile Transaction System and the Procedure for Carrying Out Transactions with a Mobile Phone - A method of carrying wireless mobile transactions, includes starting an application at a mobile terminal, receiving, at said mobile terminal, input indicative of a selected mode of communication between said mobile terminal and a transaction terminal, establishing a packet data connection between said mobile terminal and a transaction processing center, examining a security certificate retrieved from a storage element within said mobile terminal or a personal identification number (PIN) input and transmitting transaction data between said transaction processing centre and said transaction terminal, wherein at least part of said transaction data is transmitted between said transaction processing center and said transaction terminal through said mobile terminal, wherein data between said mobile terminal and said transaction terminal is transmitted in accordance with said selected mode of communication, sound modulating and acoustically reproducing transaction data received at said mobile terminal for said transaction terminal. A wireless mobile transition system is also described. | 03-10-2016 |