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Nate Bombach, Burnsville, MN US
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20140196258 | Tool Safety Strap - The present disclosure is directed to a novel way of attaching a safety strap to a hand tool where the hand tool does not have a readily available means of connecting such a strap. In one aspect of the disclosure, a rubber sleeve is stretched over a removable core that is then placed over the handle of the hand tool and the safety strap such that the strap is between the sleeve and handle. The rubber sleeve is then released from the core, and the safety strap is held securely by the constricting rubber sleeve. | 07-17-2014 |
Nate Chizgi, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20140016689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A LINEAR EQUALIZER WITH MULTIPLE RECEIVE ANTENNAS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for initializing an equalizer in a diversity receiver. In one aspect, the initialization includes estimating a channel impulse response (CIR) for each receiver chain of the diversity receiver; determining noise power estimates for each receiver chain based on the CIRs; and adaptively adjusting equalizer taps of each receiver chain based on the noise power estimates. In one aspect, the adaptive adjusting of the equalizer taps is based on scaling the CIR and covariance metrics for the receiver chain with higher noise power by a scale factor determined from the noise power estimates. In another aspect, the adaptive adjusting of the equalizer taps is based adaptive conditioning on the diagonal of the covariance matrix. | 01-16-2014 |
20140078917 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING DECODE RELIABILITY OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for assessing decode reliability of voice, data and control channel transmissions. In an aspect, the apparatus and method are configured to receive one or more radio frames or parts of a frame on a downlink channel; demodulate the received one or more frames or parts of the frame; decode the demodulated one or more frames or parts of the frame; compute one or more demodulator-based metrics and one or more decoder-based metrics; combine the one or more demodulator-based metrics and the one or more decoder-based metrics using a reliability function that assesses reliability of the decoded one or more frames or parts of the frame; and accept or reject the decoded one or more frames or parts of the frame based on the assessment of the reliability of the decoded frames or parts of the frame. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING UE'S POWER CONSUMPTION BY CONTROLLING EARLY DECODING BOUNDARY - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for reducing UE's power consumption by controlling early decoding boundary. In one aspect, a UE is configured to receive a data or voice frame from a base station. The UE selects one or more quality metrics for determining decoding boundary of the received frame and computes the selected one or more quality metrics. The UE then determines a decoding boundary for the frame based on one or more computed quality metrics. The UE then decodes the received frames at the determined decoding boundary and determines whether the decoding of the frame was successful. If the early decoding of the frame was successful, the UE may terminate reception of the frame. If the early decoding of the frame was unsuccessful, the UE may adjust the decoding boundary and decodes the frame at the adjusted boundary. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOWNLINK POWER IN EARLY DECODE TERMINATION MODE - Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling by the User Equipment (UE) downlink power in early decode termination mode. In one aspect, the UE may be configured to perform early decoding of a downlink (DL) transmission from a base station. The UE further configured to estimate a signal-to-interference ratio (SIRE) of the DL transmission. Based on the SIRE, the UE is configured to select a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command sequence for a low power mode of operation of the UE in which a receiver is powered down. The UE is further configured to activate the low power mode and transmit the selected TPC command sequence to the base station to adjust a DL transmission power during the low power mode. | 03-20-2014 |
20140080537 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIASING POWER CONTROL TOWARDS EARLY DECODE SUCCESS - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for power control biasing towards early decode success of voice calls. In an aspect, the apparatus and method are configured to measure a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a downlink transmission; request a base station to increase transmit power at the start of a transmission time interval (TTI) for a downlink voice call transmission; demodulate one or more voice frames of the voice call transmission; performing early decoding of one or more demodulated voice frames; determine whether the early decoding was successful; when the early decoding was successful, terminate demodulation and decoding of the voice call transmissions and request the base station to decrease transmit power; and when the early decoding was unsuccessful, request the base station to decrease transmit power for the remainder of the voice call transmission. | 03-20-2014 |
20140126443 | VOICE STATE ASSISTED FRAME EARLY TERMINATION - The present disclosure presents a method and apparatus for reducing power consumption during a voice communication in a user equipment (UE). For example, the method may include receiving a plurality of frames associated with the voice communication. Further, such an example method may include determining whether a frame pattern based at least on the received plurality of frames corresponds to a transition from a speech burst period to a non-speech period, and disabling a portion of a receiver subsystem at the UE for at least a portion of a frame associated with the non-speech period. As such, the power consumption in a UE may be reduced. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DCCH-ALIGNED RECEIVE DIVERSITY - One or more aspects of the present disclosure aim to enable a reduced call drop rate and/or improved call performance in calls using 3GPP Release 99 Dedicated Physical Channel (DPCH) signaling, while reducing, or at least not causing a substantially large rise in power consumption at a wireless device, by utilizing selection diversity at a receiver. According to an aspect of the disclosure, a UE invokes a measurement period for detecting a downlink dedicated control channel (DCCH) based on a condition of a radio channel, during an initial portion of a transmission time interval (TTI). The UE samples one or more characteristics of a radio channel utilizing one or more of a plurality of receive chains. If the DCCH is detected during the measurement period, the UE selects one or more receive chains from among the plurality of receive chains in accordance with the one or more sampled characteristics. The UE receives a downlink transmission utilizing the selected one or more receive chains. | 05-08-2014 |
20140146726 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF HSPA TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL - Methods and apparatus of controlling user equipment transmit power in a wireless communication system include communicating with a first base station and a second base station. Further, the methods and apparatus include establishing a high speed channel with one of the first base station or the second base station, wherein the one of the first base station or the second base station defines a high speed serving cell and a remaining one of the first base station or the second base station defines a non-high speed cell. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include ignoring a transmit power control command from the non-high speed cell when a high speed power control state applies to controlling a transmit power level. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF AN RX CHAIN - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication for improving the call performance and power consumption during the connection state of a user equipment (UE). Aspects of the methods and apparatus relate to receiving a transmit power control (TPC) command from a network entity and decoding every TPC slot of the TPC command. Aspects of the methods and apparatus include ceasing the decoding of a TPC slot set when the current decoded symbol of the TPC slot is in disagreement with the previous decoded symbol of the TPC slot. The receiver of the UE is then deactivated until the end of the TPC slot set. | 06-05-2014 |
20140169273 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EARLY DECODING OF TFCI IN UMTS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for decoding of transport format combination indicator (TFCI) in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). In one aspect, a method includes receiving by a UE coded TFCI bit sequence on a physical channel, determining a range of TFCI bits that contain information, performing early decoding of the received TFCI bit sequence; and limiting the search set of decoded TFCI bits to the determined range of TFCI bits. The range of TFCI bits that contain information may be determined from a code book. | 06-19-2014 |
20140185591 | POWER CONTROL WITH DYNAMIC TIMING UPDATE - Methods and apparatuses for wireless communication include determining whether to move a receive window by more than a change in an uplink transmit timing of a user equipment (UE). The methods and apparatuses further include moving the receive window by an amount larger than the change in the uplink transmit timing when a determination is made to move the receive window by more than the change in the uplink transmit timing. Moreover, the methods and apparatuses include identifying at least one cell with receive time within the receive window at the UE. | 07-03-2014 |
20140248920 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ULTPC REJECTION THRESHOLD OPTIMIZATION IN WCDMA FOR POWER CONTROL ALGORITHM 2 - Techniques for uplink transmit power command (ULTPC) rejection threshold optimization in WCDMA for power control algorithm 2 (PCA2) are described. Uplink transmit power control commands may be received on a five-slot interval. The uplink transmit power control commands may be decoded for each of the five slots. The decoded uplink transmit power control commands may be compared for each of the five slots to a threshold. The threshold may be optimized to minimize overall transmit power control decision error. A bit decision may be made for each of the five slots based on the comparison and an overall transmit power control command may be determined based on the bit decision for each of the five slots over the five-slot interval. | 09-04-2014 |
20140286214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE-ONLY DISCONTINUOUS-TX SMART BLANKING - Aspects of the methods and apparatus relate to performing user equipment (UE) only discontinuous transmission (DTX) smart blanking. One aspect of the methods and apparatus include maintaining a list of voice configurations that would trigger user equipment (UE) discontinuous transmission (DTX). Further, the aspect includes receiving a current voice configuration for the UE from a network, and determining whether the current voice configuration of the UE received from the network falls within the list of voice configurations that would trigger UE DTX. Further, the aspect includes enabling uplink UE DTX at the UE when the current voice configuration of a UE falls within the list of voice configurations. | 09-25-2014 |
20140362779 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING UPLINK ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Apparatuses and methods include determining a first initial random access channel (RACH) preamble power based on one or more of a history of RACH preamble powers, a history of common pilot channel (CPICH) chip energy to total power density ratio (EcIo) measurements, and a history of CPICH received signal code power (RSCP) measurements, wherein each of the history of RACH preamble powers, the history of CPICH EcIo measurements, and the history of CPICH RSCP measurements corresponds to previous RACH procedures when the RACH procedure succeeded, and initiating subsequent RACH procedures with preambles that are based on the first initial RACH preamble power. Some present aspects may reduce the push to talk (PTT) call setup latency. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378069 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE RATIO ESTIMATES FOR CLOSED-LOOP TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS - UEs are adapted to facilitate calculation of signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) estimates in closed-loop transmission diversity (CLTD) communications before downlink and uplink synchronization is achieved. A UE may receive a transmission sent using transmission diversity. According to one example, the UE may calculate a plurality of signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) estimates for the received transmission, where each signal-to-interference ratio estimate is calculated using a different weight factor. The UE may further select one of the calculated signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) estimates to be employed for the received transmission. According to another example, the UE may calculate a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) estimate for the received transmission without employing any weight factor. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378070 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING DECONSTRUCTIVE IMPACTS OF DEFAULT WEIGHT FACTORS FOR CLOSED-LOOP TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS - UEs are adapted to facilitate detection and handling of deconstructive impacts of default weight factors employed before downlink and uplink synchronization is achieved in closed-loop transmission diversity communications. According to one example, a UE may receive transmissions sent using a default weight factor for transmission diversity. The UE may determine whether the default weight factor is causing a deconstructive impact on signal-to-interference ratio estimates for the received transmissions. When it is determined that the default weight factor is causing the deconstructive impact on the signal-to-interference ratio estimates for the received transmissions, the UE may employ an alternate closed-loop transmission diversity (CLTD) mode. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 12-25-2014 |
20150033098 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING CORRUPTED CONTROL CHANNEL BITS - UEs are adapted to facilitate reconstruction of a segment of corrupted bits. According to one example, a UE can receive a control channel transmission such as a HS-SCCH transmission. The control channel transmission may include a plurality of information bits and a plurality of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits. The UE may further determine that a contiguous segment of the received information bits is corrupt. The UE may accordingly utilize the uncorrupted information bits and CRC bits to reconstruct the corrupt information bits. In some instances, the UE may utilize the uncorrupted bits to reconstruct the corrupt information bits using a new generator polynomial. In other instances, the UE may utilize the uncorrupted bits to reconstruct the corrupt information bits using the original generator polynomial. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING POWER SCALING IN UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus for avoiding power scaling and controlling transmit power in uplink data transmission are provided. If a user equipment (UE) would be transmit-power limited when transmitting data concurrently on an uplink high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) and an uplink data channel, the UE may forgo building data for transmission on the uplink data channel to avoid power scaling. If the UE would be transmit-power limited when transmitting data concurrently on an HS-DPCCH and a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), the UE may reduce the transmission power of a portion of the data transmitted on the DPCCH to avoid power scaling. The UE may also boost transmission power of a negative acknowledge transmission above network-specified power level. | 02-05-2015 |
20150071081 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Aspects of the disclosure provide techniques for improving uplink transmit power control at a user equipment (UE). When the UE is communicating with multiple cells using Multi-flow High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (MF-HSDPA), the UE may control its uplink power based on an improved MF-HSDPA uplink power control algorithm, which is different from an or-of-downs (OOD) transmit power control. In handover, a UE may determine its transmit power to be less than a transmit power requested by a high-speed cell and more than an OOD transmit power. | 03-12-2015 |
20150092577 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CLOSED-LOOP TRANSMISSION DIVERSITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Access terminals are adapted to facilitate closed-loop transmit diversity in wireless communications systems. According to one example, an access terminal can calculate an uplink error rate for even slot indexes and a separate uplink error rate for odd slot indexes in an uplink frame to be transmitted. A respective downlink error rate can be estimated for an in-phase (I) component and a quadrature-phase (Q) component of a downlink transmission. The access terminal may further estimate a phase-related weight that was applied to the downlink transmission based on the downlink error rates and the uplink error rates. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 04-02-2015 |
20150117402 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND HANDLING SPURIOUS DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL IN SOFT HANDOVER - Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for detecting and handling a spurious Dedicated Physical Channel (DPCH) of a cell in an active set from a mobile station side. A user equipment determines a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) for each channel of a plurality of channels associated with cells maintained in an active set. A spurious DPCH has the lowest SIR among the plurality of channels. The user equipment puts the detected spurious DPCH in an exclusion mode in which the spurious DPCH is excluded from at least one of channel decoding or SIRE calculation, while maintaining the cell associated with the spurious DPCH in the active set. | 04-30-2015 |
20150131621 | FAST OUTER-LOOP POWER CONTROL - A signal-to-interference target is adjusted multiple times within a transmission time interval. For example, the signal-to-interference target may be adjusted at the slot level. According to some aspects of the disclosure, the signal-to-interference target may be adjusted based on early detection of the transport format being transmitted by the network. For example, the signal-to-interference target may be quickly adjusted at each slot upon detection of the kind of transport format present during that slot. Advantageously, such an approach may reduce the transient time that it takes for the signal-to-interference target to be updated to a new transport format. | 05-14-2015 |
20150163710 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVENT REPORTING BASED SPURIOUS DPCH REMOVAL IN SOFT HANDOVER - Methods and apparatus for event reporting based spurious dedicated physical channel (DPCH) removal in soft handover include user equipment (UE) management of spurious channels. In one aspect, the disclosure provides methods and apparatus for wireless communication that may include determining that a dedicated physical channel (DPCH) is spurious, removing the DPCH from soft combining, and sending a report indicating that a cell associated with the DPCH is unavailable. Further, the methods and apparatus may include incrementing a counter for the cell associated with the DPCH in response to removing the DPCH, determining whether the counter exceeds a removal threshold, and increasing a time to trigger for sending a report to add the cell to an active set in response to the counter exceeding the removal threshold. A cell associated with a removed DPCH may also be excluded from measurements of a current frequency. | 06-11-2015 |
20150304946 | FASTER CELL SELECTION - Methods and apparatus are described for performing cell selection for reducing an initial acquisition time between a user equipment (UE) and a network entity, comprising measuring a signal from a cell, the signal including at least one system information block (SIB), wherein the at least one SIB includes a plurality of cell selection threshold values; attempting to decode the at least one SIB; determining, in response to successfully decoding the at least one SIB, whether one or more measurements of the signal pass or fail a cell selection criteria check that includes the plurality of cell selection threshold values; determining, in response to the cell selection criteria check failing, whether the plurality of cell selection threshold values are within range of a plurality of corresponding minimum network threshold values; and performing a cell selection procedure on the cell in response to determining that the plurality of cell selection threshold values are within range of the plurality of corresponding minimum network threshold values. | 10-22-2015 |
20160007404 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION TECHNIQUES - Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for conditionally disabling discontinuous reception (DRX). For example, DRX may be disabled if there is a loss of DRX synchronization, a loss of signal radio bearer traffic, a poor radio frequency condition, a low signal-to-interference ratio estimate, a low transmit power condition, or a drop in transmit power. Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for determining that an access terminal and the network are not in synchronization (e.g., DRX synchronization), and attempting to re-synchronize the access terminal and the network. In cases where a loss of DRX synchronization involves one entity having DRX enabled while another entity has DRX disabled, DRX may be temporarily disabled until synchronization is restored. In cases where a loss of DRX synchronization involves different entities using different subframe indices, the subframe index used by one of the entities may be changed to restore synchronization. | 01-07-2016 |
Nate Chizgi, San Diego, CA US
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20140213210 | Method of Robust Receive (Rx) Processing for Radio Frequency Coexistence Management in Dual-SIM-Dual-Active Communication Devices - The various embodiments include a dual-SIM-dual-active (DSDA) device and methods for implementing robust receive (Rx) processing to resolve radio frequency coexistence interference between two subscriptions operating on the DSDA device. The DSDA device may detect when a subscription (the “aggressor”) de-senses the other subscription (the “victim”) as a result of the aggressor's transmissions, and in response, implement robust Rx processing to mitigate the effects of de-sense on the victim while causing minimal impact to the aggressor. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213235 | Method of Robust Transmit (Tx) Processing for Radio Frequency Coexistence Management in Dual-SIM-Dual-Active communication Devices - The various embodiments include a dual-SIM-dual-active (DSDA) device and methods for implementing robust transmit (Tx) processing to resolve radio frequency coexistence interference between two subscriptions operating on the DSDA device. The DSDA device may detect when one subscription (the “aggressor”) de-senses the other subscription (the “victim”) as a result of the aggressor's transmissions, and in response, implement robust Tx processing to mitigate the effects of de-sense on the victim. | 07-31-2014 |
Nate Cira, Stanford, CA US
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20150260616 | Devices for Automated Sample Collection, Quantificatoin, and Detection for Insect Borne Bio-Agent Surveillance - Devices and methods for insect surveillance are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to devices for collecting samples of salivary fluid from insects and multiplexed high-throughput methods of screening insect samples for specific insect species, genetically modified strains, and insect-borne pathogens. An attractant is used to induce insects to deposit salivary droplets in a 2-dimensional microfluidic array having media-filled pockets sized to collect saliva from a single insect. The array for sample collection can be integrated with a microfluidic device for high-throughput processing of insect samples. The microfluidic device can be designed to perform multiplexed PCR or immunoassays, for example, for insect genotyping or pathogen detection. Devices can be used for screening populations of insects for arthropod-borne diseases, studying genetically modified populations released into the wild, determining the presence and quantity of specific arthropod species and pathogens, and delivery of bioagents. | 09-17-2015 |
Nate Derbinsky, Burbank, CA US
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20140324761 | Method and Device For Three-Weight Message-Passing Optimization Scheme - A method and device determines an optimization solution for an optimization problem. The method includes receiving the optimization problem having cost functions and variables in which each of the cost functions has a predetermined relationship with select ones of the variables. The method includes generating a first message for each of the cost functions for each corresponding variable based upon the respective predetermined relationship and a second message for each of the variables for each corresponding cost function based upon the respective predetermined relationship. The method includes generating a disagreement variable for each corresponding pair of variables and cost functions measuring a disagreement value between the first and second beliefs. The method includes repeating steps (b), (c), and (d) until a consensus is formed between the first and second messages until the optimization solution is determined based upon the consensus. | 10-30-2014 |
Nate Gandert, Seattle, WA US
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20080301128 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR DIGITAL ASSETS - A method of presenting digital assets in response to a search query by a user to locate at least one digital asset from a database of digital assets is described. Each digital asset has at least one keyword associated with it, and each associated keyword is part of a hierarchical organization of keywords. A first set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the search query is identified as well as suggested keywords that have e.g., an ancestor, descendant or sibling relation to the search query. The digital assets and the suggested keywords are presented to the user. The user selects a suggested keyword, and a second set of digital assets that have associated keywords equivalent to the suggested keyword is identified. The second set of digital assets is presented to the user. | 12-04-2008 |
Nate Garvis, Minneapolis, MN US
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20130103604 | Currency System for Giving - In one aspect, a method for implementing a currency system for giving includes: receiving a donation to a donor-advised fund; converting, by a computing system, the donation to an intermediate currency different than a currency of the donation; receiving, at the computing system, instruction designating a gift for distribution to a recipient organization, the gift including at least a portion of the donation in the intermediate currency; and transferring, from the computing system, the gift to the recipient organization. | 04-25-2013 |
Nate Glucklich, Santa Rosa, CA US
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20130284310 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING A DRUG ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICE VIA CAPILLARY ACTION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for filling a therapeutic substance or drug within a hollow wire that forms a stent. The stent is placed within a chamber housing a fluid drug formulation. During filling, the chamber is maintained at or near the vapor-liquid equilibrium of the solvent of the fluid drug formulation. To fill the stent, a portion of the stent is placed into contact with the fluid drug formulation until a lumenal space defined by the hollow wire is filled with the fluid drug formulation via capillary action. After filling is complete, the stent is retracted such that the stent is no longer in contact with the fluid drug formulation. The solvent vapor pressure within the chamber is reduced to evaporate a solvent of the fluid drug formulation. A wicking means may control transfer of the fluid drug formulation into the stent. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284311 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING A DRUG ELUTING MEDICAL DEVICE VIA CAPILLARY ACTION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for filling a therapeutic substance or drug within a hollow wire that forms a stent. The stent is placed within a chamber housing a fluid drug formulation. During filling, the chamber is maintained at or near the vapor-liquid equilibrium of the solvent of the fluid drug formulation. To fill the stent, a portion of the stent is placed into contact with the fluid drug formulation until a lumenal space defined by the hollow wire is filled with the fluid drug formulation via capillary action. After filling is complete, the stent is retracted such that the stent is no longer in contact with the fluid drug formulation. The solvent vapor pressure within the chamber is reduced to evaporate a solvent of the fluid drug formulation. A wicking means may control transfer of the fluid drug formulation into the stent. | 10-31-2013 |
Nate Grev, Rochester, MN US
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20150068127 | SHOWER DOOR BUMPER - A shower door assembly includes a frame having an upper frame member that is elongated with a generally constant cross-section. The cross-section of the frame member may define a channel. The shower door assembly also includes a door that slides in a direction parallel with the channel, as well as a bumper. The bumper is positioned within the channel of the upper frame member and limits movement of the door. The bumper is connected to the upper frame member by the upper frame member compressing a portion of the bumper, or the bumper compressing a portion of the upper frame member, or both. | 03-12-2015 |
Nate Henriod, Holladay, UT US
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20130211523 | MULTI-PIECE MACHINE GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the present invention encompass graft assemblies, and methods for their use and manufacture. An exemplary bone graft assembly includes first and second bone pieces having respective mating features which, when combined, define non-uniform press fit. Related embodiments encompass graft assemblies having enclosed or hidden mating features. | 08-15-2013 |
20150173902 | MULTI-PIECE MACHINE GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of the present invention encompass graft assemblies, and methods for their use and manufacture. An exemplary bone graft assembly includes first and second bone pieces having respective mating features which, when combined, define non-uniform press fit. Related embodiments encompass graft assemblies having enclosed or hidden mating features. | 06-25-2015 |
Nate Hill, Milpitas, CA US
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20130136011 | System and Method for Integrating Line-Rate Application Recognition in a Switch ASIC - A system and method for integrating line-rate application recognition in a switch ASIC. Switching platforms can be built using this feature with a conventional control plane processor rather than a more expensive specialized processor. A deep packet inspection system can be embodied in a switch ASIC using a flow tracker and a signature matching engine. The flow tracker can be positioned in an ingress portion of the switch ASIC at a location where packets in a bi-direction flow can be observed and recorded. The flow tracker generates a signature match request that is forwarded to a signature matching engine in an auxiliary pipeline. The signature matching engine analyzes packets using signature matching state machine and reports the signature matching results to the flow tracker using a response packet that is sent to the ingress pipeline. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136127 | System and Method for Efficient Matching of Regular Expression Patterns Across Multiple Packets - A system and method for efficient matching regular expression patterns across multiple packets. A deep packet inspection system can be embodied in a switch ASIC using a flow tracker and a signature matching engine. The flow tracker can be positioned in an ingress portion of the switch ASIC at a location where packets in a bi-direction flow can be observed and recorded. The flow tracker generates a signature match request that is forwarded to a signature matching engine in an auxiliary pipeline. The signature matching engine is enabled to perform cross-packet signature matching using signature matching state machines and reports the signature matching results to the flow tracker using a response packet that is sent to the ingress pipeline. | 05-30-2013 |
20140314084 | System and Method for Efficient Matching of Regular Expression Patterns Across Multiple Packets - A system and method for efficient matching regular expression patterns across multiple packets. A deep packet inspection system can be embodied in a switch ASIC using a flow tracker and a signature matching engine. The flow tracker can be positioned in an ingress portion of the switch ASIC at a location where packets in a bi-direction flow can be observed and recorded. The flow tracker generates a signature match request that is forwarded to a signature matching engine in an auxiliary pipeline. The signature matching engine is enabled to perform cross-packet signature matching using signature matching state machines and reports the signature matching results to the flow tracker using a response packet that is sent to the ingress pipeline. | 10-23-2014 |
Nate Kragness, Evanston, IL US
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20140192082 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AN AGGREGATED DATA VISUALIZATION - Generating a data visualization by receiving one or more user-defined data sets corresponding to a data graphic, where each of the user-defined data sets may be based on an opinion value assigned to a selected portion of the data graphic. The methods may also include generating a data visualization, where the data visualization may indicate an aggregate opinion value for a particular portion of the data graphic. The aggregate opinion value may be based on at least one received user-defined data set corresponding to the particular portion. | 07-10-2014 |
Nate Kushman, Boston, MA US
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20100138542 | Method of load balancing edge-enabled applications in a content delivery network (CDN) - A method and system of load balancing application server resources operating in a distributed set of servers is described. In a representative embodiment, the set of servers comprise a region of a content delivery network. Each server in the set typically includes a server manager process, and an application server on which edge-enabled applications or application components are executed. As service requests are directed to servers in the region, the application servers manage the requests in a load-balanced manner, and without any requirement that a particular application server spawned on-demand. | 06-03-2010 |
20120166650 | Method of load balancing edge-enabled applications in a content delivery network (CDN) - A method and system of load balancing application server resources operating in a distributed set of servers is described. In a representative embodiment, the set of servers comprise a region of a content delivery network. Each server in the set typically includes a server manager process, and an application server on which edge-enabled applications or application components are executed. As service requests are directed to servers in the region, the application servers manage the requests in a load-balanced manner, and without any requirement that a particular application server spawned on-demand. | 06-28-2012 |
20130007282 | Method of load balancing edge-enabled applications in a content delivery network (CDN) - A method and system of load balancing application server resources operating in a distributed set of servers is described. In a representative embodiment, the set of servers comprise a region of a content delivery network. Each server in the set typically includes a server manager process, and an application server on which edge-enabled applications or application components are executed. As service requests are directed to servers in the region, the application servers manage the requests in a load-balanced manner, and without any requirement that a particular application server spawned on-demand. | 01-03-2013 |
Nate Lokers, Taipei TW
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20130257793 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DATA INPUT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - Systems and methods are disclosed for differentiating between stylus touches and non-stylus touches on a touchscreen device. A stylus emits a signal, received by the touchscreen device, and software selects a touch, the touch start event for which occurred near the time of the signal, and the size and location of which best fit filters, as being the touch made by the stylus. The software associates that touch with the stylus until the touch ends, or until the stylus emits a signal indicating that contact has ended. The signal may be mechanically generated audio, such as from the stylus contacting the screen, or electronic (audio, RF, IR), generated by the stylus upon detecting pressure or capacitive flux. The methods and systems allow software to perform palm rejection filtering, to track one stylus or multiple styluses, and to ignore touches triggered by dirt, rain, and other environmental causes. | 10-03-2013 |
20150363041 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DATA INPUT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - Systems and methods and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for differentiating between stylus touches and non-stylus touches on a touchscreen device. A stylus emits a signal, received by the touchscreen device, and software selects a touch, the touch start event for which occurred near the time of the signal, and the size and location of which best fit filters, as being the touch made by the stylus. The software associates that touch with the stylus until the touch ends, or until the stylus emits a signal indicating that contact has ended. The signal may be mechanically generated audio, such as from the stylus contacting the screen, or electronic (audio, RF, IR), generated by the stylus upon detecting pressure or capacitive flux. This allows software to perform palm rejection filtering, to track one stylus or multiple styluses, and to ignore touches triggered by dirt, rain, and other environmental causes. | 12-17-2015 |
Nate Morken, Maple Grove, MN US
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20120058011 | COMPACT APPARATUS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PURIFYING NUCLEIC ACIDS - The invention features an apparatus, materials and methods for isolating RNA or DNA from a sample. | 03-08-2012 |
Nate Norbie, Chaska, MN US
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20100016054 | Gaming Method and Apparatus with Dynamic Element Function - A method and apparatus for use in gaming activities such as slot machine. A plurality of symbols is presented in connection with a gaming activity. At least one multi-characteristic symbol capable of exhibiting a plurality of different gaming characteristics is also presented. A first gaming characteristic is attributed to the multi-characteristic symbol during play of the gaming activity. The multi-characteristic symbol's first gaming characteristic is replaced with a second gaming characteristic if none of the remaining plurality of symbols exhibit the second gaming characteristic. | 01-21-2010 |
20100216540 | Gaming Method and Apparatus for Portioning a Play Area - A method and apparatus for use in gaming activities, such as in a slot machine. A first grid comprising a plurality of elements overlayed a second grid comprising a plurality of elements is presented. At least some of the elements of the first grid and the second grid are marked. Marked elements of first grid are then used to form a subportion, the subportion boundary enclosing an area and having a correspondingly marked element of the first grid at each corner. Payouts are issued for marked elements and element combinations of the second grid within the subportion. The payouts may be administered according to a pay table. | 08-26-2010 |
Nate Olmeim, Kirkland, WA US
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20150314253 | Method and apparatus for capturing mixing bar - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for capturing a stir bar in a container. A stir bar may be placed in a container and subjected to a changing magnetic field that causes the stir bar to rotate inside the container. A retaining band or sleeve having metallic or magnetic inserts or materials is placed around a portion of the container so that it is positioned near where the stir bar may be located or might slide past as the contents of the container are poured out of the container. Magnetic attraction between the retaining band or sleeve and the stir bar helps prevent the stir bar from inadvertently being poured out of the container. | 11-05-2015 |
Nate Ostrye, North Aurora, IL US
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20100145844 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING FUTURE ORDERS ON AN ELECTRONIC COMMODITY TRADING SYSTEM - A method is provided for placing a trade order for a commodity on an electronic exchange to be executed at a future time, said method comprising the steps of displaying a trading screen for a commodity market, said trading screen including a future time schedule and an order entry region corresponding to each future time segment of the future time schedule, and scheduling an order corresponding to a future time segment by locating a pointer of a user device within an order entry region corresponding to the future time segment and sending an input signal via the pointer. | 06-10-2010 |
Nate Paszek, Atascadero, CA US
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20140262273 | Break-Away Support Ring For Wellbore Apparatus - An apparatus and method of use for an apparatus that may include: a) a protuberance slicer and orientation device a cylindrical sleeve, the cylindrical sleeve having a down-hole end with an outer edge perpendicularly affixed to an annular support ring, and an up-hole end having a cut-out mating edge; the annular support ring having an orifice, a protuberance slicer, a plurality of fins, and a diameter that exceeds the diameter of the cylindrical sleeve; and b) a center body device, having a cylindrical sleeve having a pivotable load measurement mechanism disposed thereon, and a cut-out mating mechanism disposed thereon; where the apparatus is positioned atop a subterranean tool string. | 09-18-2014 |
Nate Patulski, Tempe, AZ US
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20120042439 | RECONFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL WIRED CUMBERBUND - An interchangeable cumberbund with integrated wiring to allow for connecting a variety of electronic devices for an intended purpose or mission and exchanging a configured garment for another. The reconfigurable cumberbund allows for multiple quick-disconnect cable harnesses to be weaved into the cumberbund which enables rapid and convenient removal of hardware that incorporates all I/O to a computer. The reconfigurable cumberbund connected to a wearable tactical vest containing a mobile ultra-rugged personal computer is the essential combination that allows hands-free use by the user. | 02-23-2012 |
20140325737 | RECONFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL WIRED CUMBERBUND - An interchangeable cumberbund with integrated wiring to allow for connecting a variety of electronic devices for an intended purpose or mission and exchanging a configured garment for another. The reconfigurable cumberbund allows for multiple quick-disconnect cable harnesses to be weaved into the cumberbund which enables rapid and convenient removal of hardware that incorporates all I/O to a computer. The reconfigurable cumberbund connected to a wearable tactical vest containing a mobile ultra-rugged personal computer is the essential combination that allows hands-free use by the user. | 11-06-2014 |
Nate Racklyeft, San Francisco, CA US
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20140223271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CREATING AN ANIMATED CONTENT ITEM - Systems and methods of creating animated content items via a computer network are provided. A data processing system can provide a content generation application to a computing device via the computer network. The content generation application can have at least one interface configured to prompt for a first frame and a second frame. The content generation application, executed by at least one of the data processing system or the computing device, can determine a characteristic of an object in the first frame and the characteristic of the object in the second frame. A difference between the characteristic of the object in the first frame and the characteristic of the object in the second frame can be further determined. Based on the difference, an animation instruction can be generated. An animated content item, using the animation instruction, can then be generated. | 08-07-2014 |
Nate Raisor, Provo, UT US
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20140346734 | Clearing Trap - A clearing trap for decelerating bullets including a housing and bullet deceleration material disposed within the housing. The bullet deceleration material may include a plurality of layers of rubber material and metal for safely decelerating a bullet. Further, the layers of rubber material may have different densities and different types of metal may be used to decelerate a bullet. The clearing trap may also include vent holes for dissipation of the force generated from discharging a firearm in the housing and diverters which channel vented gasses away from a shooter. | 11-27-2014 |
Nate Ralsor, Provo, UT US
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20120187631 | Clearing Trap - A clearing trap for decelerating bullets including a housing and bullet deceleration material disposed within the housing. The bullet deceleration material may include a plurality of layers of rubber material and metal for safely decelerating a bullet. Further, the layers of rubber material may have different densities and different types of metal may be used to decelerate a bullet. The clearing trap may also include vent holes for dissipation of the force generated from discharging a firearm in the housing and diverters which channel vented gasses away from a shooter. | 07-26-2012 |
Nate Rogers, Baltimore, MD US
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20150121526 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MALWARE ANALYSIS - Methods, system, and media for analyzing a potential malware sample are disclosed. A sample for malware analysis may be received. The sample may be received through a web interface. The sample may be analyzed using a plurality of analyzers implemented on one or more computing devices. The analyzers may perform a sequence of configurable analytic steps to extract information about the sample. The extracted information may be displayed to a user through the web interface. | 04-30-2015 |
Nate Ungarean, Dallas, TX US
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20130339122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED SHOPPING EXPERIENCE - Systems and methods for facilitating retail inventory management, marketing, shopping, research, and data gathering operations via a unified application framework are described. These systems may provide an integrated shopping experience such that users are exposed to relevant product information, promotion information, and merchant information through a single application and via a unified framework. A customer device as described may be configured to interface over a network with one or more network devices to access information on retailers, product offerings, coupons, rebates, loyalty rewards, other purchase incentives, and/or the like. Some examples further include a back office interface accessible by suppliers, retailers, manufacturers and/or the like. The back office interface may enable suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, and/or other parties to upload content, such as, product information, advertisements, coupons, rebates, and/or the like, such that the uploaded content may be accessible by users of the mobile application provided by some example embodiments. | 12-19-2013 |
Nate Vanderschaaf, Longmount, CO US
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20140269293 | CABLE MODEM TERMINATION SYSTEM CONTROL OF CABLE MODEM QUEUE LENGTH - Buffer bloat continues to cause latency problems for all kinds of network traffic, e.g., internet protocol traffic. Implementing network based control of packet upstream packet discards enables a scheduler of packets to manage congestion, instead of the network element with bloat. In embodiments, a cable modem termination system may schedule delivery of packets and, after receiving the scheduled packets, discarding packets. The cable modem termination system may determine when to discard a packet based on a detected backlog of data in a cable modem upstream flow queue. For example, a late discard of such packets may be based on information in a schedule request received from the network element. | 09-18-2014 |
Nate Vint, Clearwater, FL US
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20160023887 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE FOR SHAVING AND COSMETIC APPLICATIONS - A dispenser for dispensing warmed shaving and cosmetic products having an induction heating system mounted within housing for heating only a conductive floating target screen disposed on an upper surface region of a shaving or cosmetic product stored within a product receptacle surrounded by an induction heating coil of the induction heating system thereby heating only the upper surface region of the product. | 01-28-2016 |
Nate Williams, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20140354228 | Optimizing Vehicle Recharging to Maximize Use of Energy Generated from Particular Identified Sources - Implementations of the present invention contemplate utilizing a communicative infrastructure represented by a telematics unit of an electric vehicle and a telematics service provider (TSP) communicatively coupled to the telematics unit to control an amount of power reserved for a charging event of the vehicle. Specifically, the TSP utilizes information provided by the telematics unit, electrical power utilities, and electrical power metering devices to determine the characteristics of electrical energy available for charging the vehicle. The TSP can utilize the characteristics of the available energy along with additional information, such as charging preferences established by a subscriber of the TSP and vehicle use schedules, to determine an amount of power to reserve for the charging event. The amount of power reserved for the charging event may be determined based on cost, greenhouse gas emissions, a combination thereof, and on other factors. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358749 | Cross-Reference Electric Vehicle Charge Data for Billing - Implementations of the present invention contemplate using the communicative connections between a telematics unit in a vehicle and a telematics service provider (TSP) to transmit information pertaining to a vehicle charging event from the vehicle to the TSP. Implementations further contemplate comparing such with information independently furnished to the TSP by a charge station or a communication service associated with a charge station. The present invention facilitates the charging of electric vehicles at charging stations by reducing the inconvenience associated with paying for the electrical power obtained from the charging station. By transferring the billing functions to a TSP, implementations of the present invention also enable charging stations to do away with equipment required for billing customers at the point of sale and thereby limit the costs of building such charging stations. | 12-04-2014 |