Ogilvie, US
Aaron Ogilvie, San Ramon, CA US
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20090108013 | TEST STRIP EJECTION MECHANISM - The present invention is directed to a test strip ejection mechanism for ejecting test strips from a test meter. The test strip mechanism includes a pusher assembly having at least one fin and a plurality of spaced apart test strip connectors configured to contact to a plurality of contact pads disposed on a test strip, wherein the fin pushes in between adjacent test strip connectors and against a proximal end of the test strip until the test strip is ejected. | 04-30-2009 |
Allison Ogilvie, Longmont, CO US
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20130078362 | LIQUID NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - Disclosed are liquid nutritional compositions comprising: carbohydrate; lipid having from about 0.1% to about 20% of an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid, or combinations thereof by weight of the composition; a protein matrix having from about 15% to about 50% of a whey protein fraction by weight of the total protein in the composition; and a limonene-containing material, cranberry oil, or combinations thereof. The compositions are preferably aseptically packaged, and provide enhanced oxidative stability, flavor, and aroma, especially when formulated with relative high polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations. | 03-28-2013 |
Austin Ogilvie, New York, NY US
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20150026082 | Process for Automating Compliance with Know Your Customer Requirements - The disclosure relates to a process for verifying the identity of the user submitting information to an online application portal for a business and verifying that he is a legal representative of that business. Using the process, a lender can calculate scores, which will allow a lender to verify with some certainty that the user is authorized to submit the application. This verification is necessary for compliance with lending regulations. The disclosure is directed toward loan transactions for small businesses. | 01-22-2015 |
Brian K. Ogilvie, Holliston, MA US
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20090013301 | Hardware definition language generation for frame-based processing - A method generates hardware description language (HDL) code from a model having a plurality of components, including at least one component that processes frame-based input data. A selected preference is received for implementing the frame-based component. The generated HDL code includes a hardware implementation of the frame-based component that satisfies the selected preference. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019416 | CUSTOMIZABLE SYNTHESIS OF TUNABLE PARAMETERS FOR CODE GENERATION - An apparatus, method and/or computer readable media automatically generate hardware description language (HDL) code. A design environment is configured to receive a hardware design, the hardware design including a plurality of numerical parameters. A user interface (UI) accepts a designation of a first numerical parameter as a tunable numerical parameter. An HDL code generator detects the designation and instantiates a memory structure to store the first numerical parameter. The HDL code generator also configures an interface of a module of the hardware design to receive a value of the first numerical parameter, and instantiates one or more structures internal to the module to utilize the first numerical parameter. The HDL code generator also determines a second numerical parameter has not been designated as a tunable numerical parameter, in response, instantiates one or more structures to maintain the second numerical parameter as a hard-coded numerical parameter. | 01-15-2009 |
20110145784 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF CODE FOR COMPONENT INTERFACES IN MODELS - Methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for automatically generating hardware description language code from a model. The hardware description language code may be generated from a graphical program/model, such as a block diagram model. The hardware description language code may also be generated from a text-based program/model, such as a model created using MATLAB® tools. In particular, the present invention provides for the automatic code generation of an interface between components in the model. The present invention may provide options for selecting at least one of multiple types or styles of the component interfaces in the model. The selection of the interface types or styles may be controlled by the user or inferred by other parameters, such as implementation parameters. | 06-16-2011 |
Charles Ogilvie, San Francisco, CA US
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20140223478 | ON-BOARD VESSEL ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - An improved user experience is provided for passengers on a vessel such as an airplane, train or ship. Passengers can customize their travel experience ahead of time by accessing a web-based server system to indicate preferences with respect to a number of in-flight entertainment options. The passenger's experience is also enhanced by allowing passengers to share preferences such as media playlists with others. Meals can be ordered on-demand once on board, and seat-to-seat chat as well as group chatting is also made available through an in-seat or other proximate entertainment device. | 08-07-2014 |
20150066678 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH TEMPORAL BID MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes: a control unit, configured to generate a geo-fence around a destination location for distributing an order for a good to a goods provider located within the geo-fence; identify a temporal bid from the goods provider for bidding on the order; determine a winning bid based on a bid time of the temporal bid; and a display unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to display the winning bid. | 03-05-2015 |
20150213566 | On-Board Vessel Entertainment System - An improved user experience is provided for passengers on a vessel such as an airplane, train or ship. Passengers can customize their travel experience ahead of time by accessing a web-based server system to indicate preferences with respect to a number of in-flight entertainment options. The passenger's experience is also enhanced by allowing passengers to share preferences such as media playlists with others. Meals can be ordered on-demand once on board, and seat-to-seat chat as well as group chatting is also made available through an in-seat or other proximate entertainment device. | 07-30-2015 |
Charles Ogilvie, Burlingame, CA US
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20120131619 | On-Board Vessel Entertainment System - An improved user experience is provided for passengers on a vessel such as an airplane, train or ship. Passengers can customize their travel experience ahead of time by accessing a web-based server system to indicate preferences with respect to a number of in-flight entertainment options. The passenger's experience is also enhanced by allowing passengers to share preferences such as media playlists with others. Meals can be ordered on-demand once on board, and seat-to-seat chat as well as group chatting is also made available through an in-seat or other proximate entertainment device. | 05-24-2012 |
20120137325 | On-Board Vessel Entertainment System - An improved user experience is provided for passengers on a vessel such as an airplane, train or ship. Passengers can customize their travel experience ahead of time by accessing a web-based server system to indicate preferences with respect to a number of in-flight entertainment options. The passenger's experience is also enhanced by allowing passengers to share preferences such as media playlists with others. Meals can be ordered on-demand once on board, and seat-to-seat chat as well as group chatting is also made available through an in-seat or other proximate entertainment device. | 05-31-2012 |
Clarence R. Ogilvie US
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20090045836 | ASIC LOGIC LIBRARY OF FLEXIBLE LOGIC BLOCKS AND METHOD TO ENABLE ENGINEERING CHANGE - A chip design methodology and an integrated circuit chip. The methodology includes providing a plurality of logic gates in a net list, wherein each of the logic gates comprises at least one spare input, synthesizing the net list, and connecting the spare inputs for performing an engineering change late in the design process. | 02-19-2009 |
Clarence Ross Ogilvie, Huntington, VT US
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20080278195 | STRUCTURE FOR EXECUTING SOFTWARE WITHIN REAL-TIME HARDWARE CONSTRAINTS USING FUNCTIONALLY PROGRAMMABLE BRANCH TABLE - A computer system is disclosed which includes a design structure including a CPU or microprocessor to drive tightly constrained hardware events. The system comprises a processor having a set of system inputs to drive a functionally programmable event, and a fast branch in the CPU including a state handler to execute instructions from the CPU to process the event. A queue in the CPU stores the events such that the non-pre-empted events are serviced in the order they are received. | 11-13-2008 |
Clarence Rosser Ogilvie, Huntington, VT US
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20080276034 | Design Structure for Transmitting Data in an Integrated Circuit - A design structure, which may be generated by a fabless design company, for transmitting data between cores residing in an integrated circuit. Data is transmitted by using hubs located between the cores and an arbiter. The arbiter maintains a table that contains all the valid combinations of routing paths between the cores. | 11-06-2008 |
20080282015 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR HARDWARE ASSISTED BUS STATE TRANSITION CIRCUIT USING CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORIES - A design structure including universal peripheral processor architecture on an integrated circuit (IC) includes a first data bus and a second data bus communicating with first and second ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) devices configured as state machines. First and second processors are coupled to the first bus interface logic and the second bus interface logic. First and second data storage devices communicate with the first and second processors and are coupled to the first and second data buses and communicate with each other. The TCAM devices are configured as state machines and are coupled to and adapted to interface with the processors, the data storage devices, and the bus interface logic using predefined protocols. | 11-13-2008 |
20080307147 | COMPUTER SYSTEM BUS BRIDGE - A bus bridge between a high speed computer processor bus and a high speed output bus. The preferred embodiment is a bus bridge between a GPUL bus for a GPUL PowerPC microprocessor from International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and an output high speed interface (MPI). Another preferred embodiment is a bus bridge in a bus transceiver on a multi-chip module. | 12-11-2008 |
20090153324 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR MEASUREMENT OF POWER CONSUMPTION WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An design structure for measuring power consumed during operation of an integrated circuit. The design structure including: a data processing circuit having an input and an output, the data processing circuit configured to generate an output data signal on based on an input data signal; a power measurement circuit configured to measure an amount of electrical power consumed by the processing circuit in generating the output signal from the input signal, the power measurement circuit connected between the processing circuit and a power supply for the processing circuit; and a memory element configured to store a tag containing a value representing the amount of electrical power consumed by the processing circuit in generating the output data signal from the input data signal and either (a) the input data of the input data signal or (b) a pointer to the input data of the input data signal. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157334 | MEASUREMENT OF POWER CONSUMPTION WITHIN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An apparatus and method for measuring power consumed during operation of an integrated circuit. The apparatus including: a data processing circuit having an input and an output, the data processing circuit configured to generate an output data signal on based on an input data signal; a power measurement circuit configured to measure an amount of electrical power consumed by the processing circuit in generating the output signal from the input signal, the power measurement circuit connected between the processing circuit and a power supply for the processing circuit; and a memory element configured to store a tag containing a value representing the amount of electrical power consumed by the processing circuit in generating the output data signal from the input data signal and either (a) the input data of the input data signal or (b) a pointer to the input data of the input data signal. | 06-18-2009 |
Daniel Ogilvie, Spokane, WA US
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20100095968 | Adjustable Oral Airway Devices, And Adjustable Oral Airway Kits - Some embodiments include adjustable oral airway devices. The devices may contain a bite block, a tongue deflector extending through the bite block, and at least one locking mechanism configured for releasably retaining the tongue deflector in one of two or more predetermined positions within the bite block. Some embodiments include adjustable oral airway kits. Such kits may contain a bite block, a tongue deflector configured to extend within an opening in the bite block, and at least one locking mechanism configured for releasably retaining the tongue deflector in one of two or more predetermined positions within the bite block. | 04-22-2010 |
20110126840 | Adjustable Oral Airway Devices, And Adjustable Oral Airway Kits - Some embodiments include oral airway assemblies that can include a body having an opening extending from a first end of the body to a second end of the body with the body having upper and lower portions in one cross section. A flange can be included that extends from the first end of the body and outwardly from the opening. An upper member extending from the upper portion of the second end of the body and outwardly from the opening away from the lower portion can be provided. The assemblies can include a lower member slidably engaged with the body, with at least a portion of the lower member extending outwardly from the lower portion of the second end of the body and away from the upper portion when engaged with the body. In accordance with other embodiments a member can be provided to slidably engage with the body, and include a tab at one end, with the tab being pivotably coupled to the member. | 06-02-2011 |
Donald Bruce Ogilvie, Aiken, SC US
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20120058698 | SIZING COMPOSITION, GLASS STRAND, AND FABRIC - Embodiments of the present invention relate to sizing compositions, glass fibers, and fabrics. For example, some embodiments provide a composition that includes: (a) a cooked starch comprising fluid-swollen starch particles and (b) a film forming polymer. The film forming polymer, in some embodiments, has a glass transition temperature from about −50° C. to about 150° C. The fluid-swollen starch particles, in some embodiments, exhibit a granular swelling power (GSP) from about 1 to about 20. | 03-08-2012 |
James A. Ogilvie, Vista, CA US
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20090031571 | CARPENTERS SQUARE WITH TAPE MEASURE - An improved adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool, as well as a press-down tape stop to hold the tape in place. | 02-05-2009 |
20090031577 | ADJUSTABLE CARPENTERS SQUARE WITH TAPE MEASURE - An adjustable carpenters square is presented, which aids carpenters in marking and measuring work product to be cut or formed. The adjustable square can be set at a variety of angles to enable cut marking. It also possesses an attached measuring tape and a straight edge to combine three useful features in one tool. | 02-05-2009 |
20140360687 | PORTABLE, COLLAPSIBLE WIND SCREEN - A portable wind screen is presented where the wind screen is composed of a collapsible metal frame with extendable legs and a fabric or plastic screen connected to said frame with Velcro® fasteners. The frame is fully collapsible and easily stored ion a bag or small box. | 12-11-2014 |
Jennifer Ogilvie, San Francisco, CA US
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20100098742 | FABRICATION OF TISSUE LAMINA USING MICROFABRICATED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOLDS - Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided. | 04-22-2010 |
20100267136 | FABRICATION OF VASCULARIZED TISSUE USING MICROFABRICATED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOLDS - Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided. | 10-21-2010 |
20140234953 | FABRICATION OF VASCULARIZED TISSUE USING MICROFABRICATED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOLDS - Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick, structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided. | 08-21-2014 |
Karina Ogilvie, Chandler, AZ US
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20110277620 | ELECTRONIC SAFE/ARM SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An ordnance firing system is disclosed that includes a reusable electronics module and an ordnance module, each enclosed in a separate, sealed housing. The electronics module housing encloses firing electronics for electrically triggering initiation of a detonator in the ordnance module. The electronics module detachably connects to the ordnance modules via a connector which extends away from the electronics module housing. The housing of the ordnance module is constructed to be blast-resistant to prevent detonation of the detonator from rendering the electronics module inoperable. | 11-17-2011 |
20150241190 | ELECTRONIC SAFE/ARM SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An ordnance firing system is disclosed that includes a reusable electronics module and an ordnance module, each enclosed in a separate, sealed housing. The electronics module housing encloses firing electronics for electrically triggering initiation of a detonator in the ordnance module. The electronics module detachably connects to the ordnance modules via a connector which extends away from the electronics module housing. The housing of the ordnance module is constructed to be blast-resistant to prevent detonation of the detonator from rendering the electronics module inoperable. | 08-27-2015 |
Kelly Ogilvie, Seattle, WA US
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20090134091 | Method for removing undesirable components from water while containing, cultivating, and harvesting photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water - Undesirable components are removed from water while photosynthetic marine microorganisms within the water are contained, cultivated, and harvested. An apparatus is placed within the water. The apparatus has a mesh lining adapted to permit the water, the undesirable components, and nutrients to enter through the mesh lining while at least substantially preventing the marine microorganisms that are being cultivated from escaping through the mesh lining. The marine microorganisms are cultivated, including by adding the nutrients to the water. The nutrients at least accelerate growth of the marine microorganisms, where the marine microorganisms feed off the undesirable components and the nutrients. The marine microorganisms that have been cultivated are then harvested, which includes removing the marine microorganisms from the water. | 05-28-2009 |
20090137025 | Apparatus for containing, cultivating, and harvesting photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water - An apparatus contains photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water, to permit the marine microorganisms to be cultivated and harvested. A self-supporting buoyant frame of the apparatus is to be placed within the water. A mesh lining of the apparatus is situated within the interior of the frame. The mesh lining is adapted to permit the water and nutrients to enter through the mesh lining while at least substantially preventing the marine microorganisms that are being cultivated from escaping through the mesh lining. A funnel of the apparatus is attached to a corresponding hole at a bottom of the mesh lining, and is adapted to permit the marine microorganisms that have been cultivated to be harvested. A buoyancy leveling subsystem of the apparatus is adapted to control an extent to which the frame is submerged within the water. | 05-28-2009 |
Kelly Miyake Ogilvie, Seattle, WA US
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20150254761 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERCHANT BIDDING PROCESS - The present embodiment of the invention relates generally to a system and method for facilitating merchant bidding in an interne based, user driven e-commerce market (“Cloud Market”) by enabling bidders to place bids on a user's allocated funds (“Money Cloud”) using the bidder's specific goods and/or services for which align with the user's advertised intentions. | 09-10-2015 |
Kenneth Stuart Ogilvie, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20100212230 | MECHANICALLY STIFFENED WEATHERSEAL CARRIER - A flange mounted weatherseal includes a carrier and a flexible cover covering the carrier. The carrier includes a base portion, a first side portion and a second side portion generally parallel to the first side portion and cooperating together with the first side portion and the base portion to define a generally U-shaped channel. The first side portion defines a plurality of first fingers, the second side portion defines a plurality of second fingers opposite the first fingers along a longitudinal axis, and the base portion defines a plurality of webs offset along the longitudinal axis relative to the first fingers and the second fingers. The first fingers, the second fingers and the webs each include deformations defining a non-planar cross sectional shape along the longitudinal axis to increase the rigidity of the carrier. | 08-26-2010 |
Mark Ogilvie, Encinitas, CA US
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20110132364 | Ventilator Respiratory Gas Accumulator With Dip Tube - This disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator for storing a gas mixture. The disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator located away from the flow path that reduces or eliminates pockets or burps of an undesirable gas mixture from entering the gas flow path and reaching the patient after a gas mixture change. The disclosure also describes a novel approach for reducing or eliminating these air pockets of undesirable gas by utilizing a dip-tube. | 06-09-2011 |
20110132366 | Ventilator Respiratory Gas Accumulator With Purge Valve - This disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator for storing a gas mixture. This disclosure describes systems and methods for ventilating a patient with a system that includes an accumulator located away from the flow path that reduces/eliminates pockets of an undesirable gas mixture from entering the gas flow path and reaching the patient after a gas mixture change by utilizing a purge valve. | 06-09-2011 |
Mike Ogilvie, Richmond, VA US
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20150121280 | Systems and Methods for Data Transfer with Graphic Interface - The invention is directed to systems, graphical user interfaces (GUI), and methods of providing data managers with a data management solution that provides visibility of data streams and quality and determine if a data feed has adequate health. Methods may include receiving an data feed; determining applicable historical information; determining quality rules; determining associated metadata; and determining if the data feed has adequate health and if so, processing the data feed. Systems may include a data processing engine to process the data feed, an operations management node to create metadata for data feed, a quality and validation node to quantify quality characteristics of a data stream, a decision engine to determine if a data feed requires manual intervention and automatically determine, based at least in part upon metadata, processing paths to be utilized by the data processing engine; and a graphical user interface enabling users to control data feed decisions. | 04-30-2015 |
Paul T. Ogilvie, Palo Alto, CA US
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20150379064 | DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT DURING MODEL COMPILATION OF STATISTICAL MODELS - The disclosed embodiments provide a method and system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a dependency graph associated with feature selection in a statistical model, wherein nodes in the dependency graph include one or more feature sources, one or more transformers, and an assembler. Next, the system uses the dependency graph to derive an evaluation order associated with the nodes. The system then compiles a set of configurations for the statistical model according to the evaluation order. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379166 | MODEL COMPILATION FOR FEATURE SELECTION IN STATISTICAL MODELS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for processing data. The system includes a model compiler that obtains a first configuration for a statistical model. The first configuration may include one or more compilation parameters associated with feature selection in the statistical model. Next, the model compiler uses the compilation parameter(s) and a first set of input features for the first configuration to generate a first feature subset for use with the statistical model and include the first feature subset in a first compiled form of the first configuration. The system also includes an execution engine that uses the first compiled form to execute the statistical model. | 12-31-2015 |
Paul Taylor Ogilvie, Palo Alto, CA US
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20120197881 | SEGMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL NETWORK UPDATE DATA - Users belonging to a particular category at a networking site are monitored by a system and according to a method for their selection of articles from a networking update stream. The characteristics of the users, including the categories they belong to, are received as metadata corresponding to the each respective article. Periodically an article database is queried according to the category and a selected time period to determine the number of users that have chosen to follow the industry and that have initiated selection actions towards articles in the database. Articles from the query are ranked according to their popularity among users having interest in the same industry category and are presented to a viewing user at the networking site. | 08-02-2012 |
20150149453 | SEGMENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL NETWORK UPDATE DATA - Users belonging to a particular category at a networking site are monitored by a system and according to a method for their selection of articles from a networking update stream. The characteristics of the users, including the categories they belong to, are received as metadata corresponding to the each respective article. Periodically an article database is queried according to the category and a selected time period to determine the number of users that have chosen to follow the industry and that have initiated selection actions towards articles in the database. Articles from the query are ranked according to their popularity among users having interest in the same industry category and are presented to a viewing user at the networking site. | 05-28-2015 |
Scott M. Ogilvie, Sleepy Hollow, IL US
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20140137763 | REGENERATIVE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - Present example embodiments relate generally to a ground transportation system for interacting with one or more vehicles, the vehicle comprising at least one magnetic element fixedly attached to the vehicle, each magnetic element operable to generate a magnetic field having a first magnitude and a first direction, the system comprising a magnetic coil assembly fixedly positioned near an area traversable by the vehicle and comprising a core and a magnetic wire coil wrapped around the core, the magnetic coil assembly operable to generate a magnetic field having a second magnitude and a second direction; and an energy storage unit operable to release energy to and store energy from the magnetic coil assembly. | 05-22-2014 |
20150266394 | Regenerative energy system for ground transportation vehicles - Present example embodiments relate generally to a ground transportation system for interacting with one or more vehicles, the vehicle comprising at least one magnetic element fixedly attached to the vehicle, each magnetic element operable to generate a magnetic field having a first magnitude and a first direction, the system comprising a magnetic coil assembly fixedly positioned near an area traversable by the vehicle and comprising a core and a magnetic wire coil wrapped around the core, the magnetic coil assembly operable to generate a magnetic field having a second magnitude and a second direction; and an energy storage unit operable to release energy to and store energy from the magnetic coil assembly. | 09-24-2015 |
Timothy Joseph Ogilvie, Washington, DC US
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20130332184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS - Systems and methods for reducing the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are described. Embodiments of the present invention empower and educate patients and their advocates, while providing proximate (and in some cases, real-time) feedback to health care workers (HCWs) regarding their compliance with known protocols that reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections. | 12-12-2013 |
William F. Ogilvie, Austin, TX US
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20090088853 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH ELEMENTS COUPLED BY A RETAINING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an orthopedic device assembly comprising a first assembly element, a second assembly element, and a retaining mechanism. The first assembly element has a recess that receives the second assembly element, and the retaining mechanism holds the second element in an assembled state with the first assembly element. The retaining mechanism includes a retaining member with an angular cross-section defined by a base portion and a lateral flange portion projecting from the base portion. The retaining member is inserted through an aperture of the first assembly element into a groove in a wall of the recess of the first assembly element, with the flange portion projecting laterally of the groove and overhanging a shoulder portion of the second assembly element so as to retain the second assembly element in the assembled state with the first assembly element. | 04-02-2009 |
20110060416 | ENDPLATE FOR AN INTERVERTEBRAL PROSTHESIS AND PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING THE SAME - An endplate for an intervertebral disc prosthesis includes: a plate member having a generally planar rim for contacting the peripheral cortical rim of a vertebral body, and an elevated region within the rim having an anterior region and a posterior region, wherein the anterior region of the elevated region is preferably recessed with respect to the posterior region and is treated to promote bone ingrowth. The endplate may be provided with a medial fin extending partway from the anterior edge of the endplate toward the posterior edge of the endplate. | 03-10-2011 |
20120221108 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH ELEMENTS COUPLED BY A RETAINING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an orthopedic device assembly comprising a first assembly element, a second assembly element, and a retaining mechanism. The first assembly element has a recess that receives the second assembly element, and the retaining mechanism holds the second element in an assembled state with the first assembly element. The retaining mechanism includes a retaining member with an angular cross-section defined by a base portion and a lateral flange portion projecting from the base portion. The retaining member is inserted through an aperture of the first assembly element into a groove in a wall of the recess of the first assembly element, with the flange portion projecting laterally of the groove and overhanging a shoulder portion of the second assembly element so as to retain the second assembly element in the assembled state with the first assembly element. | 08-30-2012 |
20150289888 | INTERVERTEBRAL PROSTHESIS ENDPLATE HAVING DOUBLE DOME AND SURGICAL TOOLS FOR IMPLANTING SAME - An endplate for an intervertebral prosthesis includes a generally planar base plate, a first elevated region, or dome, within the base plate periphery, and a second elevated region, or dome, within the boundary of the first elevated region. The antero-posterior and side-to-side (medial-lateral) dimensions of the first elevated region are made to be unequal in order to provide resistance to torsional stresses, and the laterally opposite sidewalls of the first elevated region are defined by arcs that terminate in sagittal planes of the endplate, and are symmetrical with respect to a coronal plane of the endplate. A bone rasp and a groove cutter for use in implanting the prosthesis are also provided. | 10-15-2015 |