O'Keeffe, IE
Colm O'Keeffe, Dublin IE
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20160041210 | HARDWARE DE-CONVOLUTION BLOCK FOR MULTI-PHASE SCANNING - Apparatus and methods of de-convolution for multi-phase scans of an array of electrodes are described. One programmable circuit includes a sequencer to initiate a multi-phase transmit (TX) scan of an array of electrodes to obtain capacitance data. The capacitance data is stored in one or more storage devices as convoluted capacitance data. The programmable circuit also includes a digital circuit block to read the convoluted capacitance data from the one or more storage devices, de-convolve the convoluted capacitance data to obtain de-convoluted capacitance data, and store the de-convoluted capacitance data in the or more storage devices. | 02-11-2016 |
Colm O'Keeffe, Co. Cork IE
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20140316729 | HARDWARE DE-CONVOLUTION BLOCK FOR MULTI-PHASE SCANNING - Apparatuses and methods of hardware de-convolution for multi-phase scanning of a touch arrays are described. One apparatus includes a memory device configured to store a capacitance map including convolved capacitance data. The convolved data are results of multi-phase transmit (TX) scanning of a sense array with multiple TX patterns. The apparatus further comprises a de-convolution circuit block coupled to the memory device. The de-convolution circuit block is configured to de-convolve the convolved capacitance data with inverses of the multiple TX patterns to obtain capacitance data for a de-convolved capacitance map. | 10-23-2014 |
Connor J. O'Keeffe, Cork IE
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20090117856 | FREQUENCY GENERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT - A wireless communication device comprises a frequency generation circuit employing a crystal oscillator operably coupled to a fractional-based synthesiser and a voltage-controlled oscillator. The fractional-based synthesiser utilises a ratio between an integer value and a fractional value to set a radio frequency signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator. An automatic frequency control scaling sub-system is operably coupled to a fractional-based synthesiser and configured to receive and use an AFC word to frequency scale the fractional value in a multiplicative manner to set a radio frequency supported by the fractional-based synthesiser. Preferably, an automatic frequency generation sub-system utilises Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number and the cyclical nature of the fractional value. | 05-07-2009 |
Conor O'Keeffe, Passage West, Cork IE
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20160142124 | NETWORK ELEMENT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DETERMINING CONNECTIVITY FROM ANTENNA ELEMENTS TO TRANSCEIVER LINE-UPS - A method for assigning, in a database, a relationship between at least one logical channel and at least one antenna element feed that is coupleable to at least one antenna element of an antenna arrangement, is described. The method comprises either: applying a first signal to at least one first logical channel; and detecting whether there is a presence of a radio frequency signal converted from the first signal on at least one first antenna element feed; or applying a second signal to at least one first antenna element feed coupleable to at least one first antenna element of the antenna arrangement; and detecting whether there is a presence of a logical signal converted from the second signal on at least one first logical channel. The method further comprises assigning in the database in response thereto a relationship between the at least one first logical channel and the at least one first antenna element feed. This advantageously allows assigning of logical channels via a plurality of transceivers to a plurality of antenna elements. Furthermore, a logical channel to beamform coefficient assignment may be determined for the antenna array. | 05-19-2016 |
Conor O'Keeffe, Passage West IE
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20120287978 | COMMUNICATION UNIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DIVERSE POLARIZATION - A method for processing at least one polarization type of at least one wireless signal by a communication unit operably couplable to an antenna arrangement that comprises at least two orthogonally polarized antenna elements. The method comprises processing at least one signal radiated by at least one first antenna element of the antenna arrangement; and processing the at least one signal where processing comprises at least applying at least one digital complex scaling operation on the at least one signal radiated by at least one second antenna element of orthogonal polarization to the at least one first antenna element of the antenna arrangement thereby radiating at least one wireless signal of at least one non-native polarization type. | 11-15-2012 |
Conor O'Keeffe, Douglas IE
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20090274207 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL INTERFACE THEREFOR - An apparatus comprises a number of sub-systems and a control interface operably coupled to sub-systems for routeing data therebetween. A strobe generation function is operably coupled to the control interface and configured to generate a plurality of different strobe signals to differentiate between different intended receiving devices. Thus, different strobe signals may be multiplexed onto a single control interface link, based on a pulse width or voltage magnitude characteristics of the respective strobe signals. A strobe decoder function is operably coupled to the control interface and configured to decode a plurality of different strobe signals to differentiate between triggering sub-systems on receiving devices. | 11-05-2009 |
20110043253 | METHOD FOR SAMPLING DATA AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A semiconductor device comprises sampling logic, comprising: input sample path selection logic arranged to enable at least one input sample path; sampler logic arranged to receive and sample an input data signal in a serial data stream in accordance with a phase of the at least one enabled input sample path; and transition detection logic arranged to detect transitions within the received input data signal. The input sample path selection logic is further arranged, upon detection of a transition within the received input data signal, to determine if the phase of the at least one input sample path is a phase having a largest window between logic values; and if it is determined that the phase of the at least one input sample path is not the phase having a largest window between logic values, to enable at least one input sample path comprising a more appropriate phase. | 02-24-2011 |
20110164624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A semiconductor device comprising interface logic for transmitting data bursts across an interface. The interface logic is arranged to transmit bursts of data across the interface such that the start of a burst of data is substantially aligned with a symbol interval (SI) boundary. The interface logic is further arranged to apply an offset to the SI boundary at the start of the burst of data. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A semiconductor device comprising an interface logic module for transmitting data frames across an interface, and controller logic module arranged to control a rate at which the interface logic transmits data across the interface. Upon receipt of data frames to transmit across the interface, the controller logic module is arranged to determine a sequence of data rates with which to transmit sequential data frames across the interface, and to configure the transmission of the data frames across the interface according to the determined data rate sequence. The selection of these data rates will be dependent on specific critical RF frequencies where EMI impacts have to be minimized. | 07-07-2011 |
20120196591 | WIRELESS NETWORK ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA ARRAY CONTROL - A wireless network element is operably couplable to an antenna array for communicating with at least one remote wireless communication unit. The antenna array comprises a plurality of radiating elements where at least one first radiating element of the plurality of radiating elements is arranged to create a radiation pattern in a sector of a communication cell. The wireless network element comprises a receiver arranged to receive and process at least one signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit via the at least one first radiating element. The wireless network element also comprises a beam scanning module for stepping/sweeping the radiation pattern through the sector of the communication cell, such that at least one signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit is processed to identify signal parameters representative of incoming signal power and angle of arrival of the received at least one signal. | 08-02-2012 |
20140153590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A semiconductor device comprising interface logic for transmitting data bursts across an interface. The interface logic is arranged to transmit bursts of data across the interface such that the start of a burst of data is substantially aligned with a symbol interval (SI) boundary. The interface logic is further arranged to apply an offset to the SI boundary at the start of the burst of data. | 06-05-2014 |
Cormac O'Keeffe, Kanturk IE
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20130115308 | DOPED MATERIAL - A doped material comprises TiO | 05-09-2013 |
Daniel O'Keeffe, Whitechurch IE
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20120256870 | STIMULUS SIGNAL FOR A CAPACITIVE SENSE ARRAY - A circuit for generating a voltage is disclosed. The voltage has an amplitude greater than an available power supply. The circuit includes a driver to supply the voltage on an output terminal to an electrode of a touch sense array. The circuit also includes a charge pump array coupled to the driver. The charge pump array includes an array of charge pumps to supply an input voltage to the driver. The circuit also includes a feedback circuit coupled to the charge pump array. The feedback circuit is configured to measure the input voltage and to select different combinations of the array of charge pumps to maintain the voltage on the output terminal. | 10-11-2012 |
20130241630 | Touch Sensor Driver With Selectable Charge Source - An apparatus may include an internal charge pump within an integrated circuit package, an external pin positioned at an exterior of the integrated circuit package, and a select circuit configured to operate independently from the internal charge pump and located within the integrated circuit package, wherein the select circuit is configurable to selectively couple at least one of the internal charge pump and the external pin to a transmit (TX) sensor electrode. | 09-19-2013 |
Daniel Martin O'Keeffe, Dublin IE
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20130061324 | SIGNATURE CHECKING USING DETERMINISTIC FINITE STATE MACHINES - The occurrence of false positives and the post-processing of digital streams subjected to examination by a deterministic finite state machine for character strings are reduced by combining location-based pattern matching, e.g. on packet headers, and content-based pattern matching, e.g. on payloads of packets. One scheme allows automatic transition from a header match state into an initial state of a content matching machine. Another scheme is based on a rules graph defining strings of match states and the examination of a list of match states (rather than characters) which have been previously determined, for example by means of header matching and content matching. The latter is also capable of comparing offset and depth values associated with the match states with offset and depth criteria. | 03-07-2013 |
Denis O'Keeffe, County Cork IE
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20100079500 | Mouse having Pan, Zoom, and Scroll Controls - A control device includes a processor and a control button. The control button includes a key and an analog sensor coupled to the processor. The key is configured to be moved in a first direction and a second direction, which is substantially opposite from the first direction. The analog sensor is configured to detect an amount of movement of the key in the first direction and the second direction and send a control signal to the processor to indicate the amount of movement. Based on the control signal, the processor is configured to control zoom of a graphical object displayed on a computer monitor at a rate that is based on the amount of movement. | 04-01-2010 |
20140262876 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - Certain embodiments relate to a protective cover with a housing and a latch mechanism. The latch can be hingeably coupled to a back portion of the housing such that the latch is configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, from a closed position to an open position. The latch can further be slideably coupled to the housing such that the latch is configured to laterally slide out from the back portion of the housing to an extended position, where the bottom side of the latch can be configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing. | 09-18-2014 |
Denis O'Keeffe, Newmarket IE
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20110227828 | Multi-function roller apparatus and method for a control device - A roller for a mouse includes a roller wheel having an outer portion formed of metal and a corrugated surface; a pivot arm configured to pivot in a first direction to contact the corrugated surface and to pivot in a second direction to move away from the corrugated surface; and user operable device configured to be translated to pivot the pivot arm. | 09-22-2011 |
20140071604 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - In certain embodiments, a protective cover includes a housing having a surface, and a latch mechanism hingeably coupled to the housing. The latch can include a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing. The latch can be configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, between a first configuration and second configuration. In the first configuration, the top side of the latch can be flush with the surface of the housing and the bottom side embedded within the housing such that the latch does not protrude from the housing. In the second configuration, the latch can be rotated relative to the first configuration and protrude from the housing. The latch can be operable to be rotated open from the first configuration to the second configuration via the hinge coupling. | 03-13-2014 |
20160106189 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a low cost customizable case for electronic devices. The low cost customizable case may have a preassembled form and a post assembled form. In the preassembled form, the low cost customizable case may be planar and include a first plurality of regions and a second plurality of regions. A plurality of protrusions may be formed on the first plurality of regions. | 04-21-2016 |
Denis O'Keeffe, Newmarket Co. Cork IE
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20090213076 | COLLAPSIBLE WIRELESS INPUT DEVICE - An input device for inputting commands to a host computer includes a base. An upper housing defines a plurality of control buttons for inputting commands to the computer. The base and upper housing are movably coupled to each other to enable the mouse to be placed in a collapsed position and a raised position. A release button is configured to actuate and facilitate raising of the mouse from the collapsed position to the raised position, the raised position placing the mouse a suitable state for inputting commands to the computer using the control buttons. | 08-27-2009 |
20130321273 | PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG KEYS FOR A CONTROL DEVICE - A control devices includes a key having a top surface configured to be pressed by a user, and a resistance device coupled to the key and configured to provide a resistance force to the key that opposes a user force applied to the top surface. A force sensor is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to detect the user force applied to top surface. A control circuit is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to change the resistance force of the resistance device according to a force profile. | 12-05-2013 |
Dennis O'Keeffe, Newmarket IE
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20140069792 | Protective Cover for a Tablet Computer - In certain embodiments, an input device includes a key frame having a top surface and comprised of a flexible fabric, and a plurality of key caps disposed on the surface of the key frame, where the key caps do not pass through the key frame. In some cases, the plurality of key caps can be comprised of a flexible material such as polyurethane (PU). The key frame can be comprised of PU or a flexible polyester. The input device can further include an outer shell having an exterior portion and an interior portion and the interior portion having a front side and a back side. The key frame can be coupled to the interior portion such that the plurality of key caps is configured on the interior portion and front side of the outer shell. | 03-13-2014 |
Derek O'Keeffe, Limerick IE
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20140303460 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF VENOUS POOLING - A monitoring system comprises sensors adapted to be worn by a user, and, a processor linked with the sensor. The processor receives sensor data and processes this data to determine user posture data including data indicative of vertical distance between level of the user's heart and ankle. Based on the posture data together with a value for degree of user chronic venous insufficiency and/or blood density, generate an estimate of user static venous pressure while the user is static, without calf muscle pump activity. The processor also processes the sensor data to determine if there is calf muscle pump activity, and generates an estimate of user active venous pressure according to the static venous pressure estimate, rate of calf muscle activity, and a value for degree of user chronic venous insufficiency. The processor may generate the venous pressure estimate in real time, and may control an NMES device accordingly. | 10-09-2014 |
20140343625 | MUSCLE STIMULATION DEVICE - A surface NMES stimulation device the device has a control processor, a voltage regulator connected to a high voltage supply, a bridge of control switches, and electrodes or electrode terminals connected in the bridge to receive drive signals via the control switches. The processor directs a drive scheme for the bridge control switches in which charge build-up on a user's skin is allowed to dissipate to ground in an inter-pulse interval. An isolation capacitor isolates the high voltage supply from the electrodes, and charging of the capacitor only occurs if a switch allows it. Sensors senses supply voltage and bridge current and the processor monitors there to determine further stimulation and faults. | 11-20-2014 |
Dermot O'Keeffe, Blarney IE
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20110143688 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL - A calibration apparatus for calibrating a communications terminal comprises a data store arranged to store amplifier unspecific power control data, and a processing resource arranged to receive a first indication of a first desired output power level and a second indication of a second desired output power level. The processing resource retrieves from the data store a first amplifier unspecific value associated with the first desired output power level and a second amplifier unspecific value associated with the second desired output power level. An amplifier is operably coupled to the processing resource and arranged to generate a first output signal and a second output signal corresponding to the first and second retrieved values. The processing resource is arranged to receive a first measured value and a second measured value. Also, the processing resource is arranged to support an interpolator for performing an interpolation using the first and second measured values. | 06-16-2011 |
20130271155 | IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A digital sine wave may be converted to an analog signal at a digital to analog converter (DAC). The converted analog signal may be supplied to a device and an analog return signal from the device may be passed through a relaxed anti-aliasing filter and converted to digital code words at an analog to digital converter (ADC). An impedance may be calculated from the results of a Fourier analysis of the digital code words. The ADC and DAC clock frequencies may be asynchronous, independently variable, and have a greatest common factor of 1. The clock frequencies of the ADC and/or DAC may be adjusted to change a location of images in the ADC spectrum. By using these different, adjustable clock frequencies for the ADC and the DAC, an analog signal may have increased aliasing without introducing signal errors at a frequency of interest. | 10-17-2013 |
20130300512 | CLOCK GENERATOR FOR CRYSTAL OR CERAMIC OSCILLATOR AND FILTER SYSTEM FOR SAME - A clock generator is disclosed for use with an oscillator device. The clock generator may include a signal conditioning pre-filter and a comparator. The signal conditioner may have an input for a signal from the oscillator device, and may include a high pass filter component and a low pass filter component. The high pass filter component may pass amplitude and frequency components of the input oscillator signal but reject a common mode component of the oscillator signal. Instead, the high pass filter component further may generate its own common mode component locally over which the high frequency components are superimposed. The low pass filter component may generate a second output signal that represents the locally-generated common mode component of the first output signal. The clock generator may have a comparator as an input stage which is coupled to first and second outputs of the filter structure. | 11-14-2013 |
Dermot G. O'Keeffe, Blarney IE
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20140132325 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR USE WITH A FOUR TERMINAL SENSOR, AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A CONTROL CIRCUIT - A control circuit for use with a four terminal sensor, the sensor having first and second drive terminals and first and second measurement terminals, the control circuit arranged to drive at least one of the first and second drive terminals with an excitation signal, to sense a voltage difference between the first and second measurement terminals, and control the excitation signal such that the voltage difference between the first and second measurement terminals is within a target range of voltages, and wherein the control circuit includes N poles in its transfer characteristic and N−1 zeros in its transfer characteristic such that when a loop gain falls to unity the phase shift around a closed loop is not substantially 2π radians or a multiple thereof, where N is greater than 1. | 05-15-2014 |
Donal O'Keeffe, County Clare IE
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20080316395 | POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL STRUCTURES - A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal system has a continuous polymer structure having defined therein a plurality of discrete bodies of liquid crystal material. The bodies of liquid crystal material exhibit a polydomain operating state in which the liquid crystal material within each body is arranged in multiple domains, each domain being defined by a quantity of liquid crystal material whose molecules have a substantially common identifiable alignment in at least one axis, wherein the resolved alignments of neighbouring domains diverge substantially from one another and are stable over time. | 12-25-2008 |
20130188239 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a reflective display device comprises depositing an electro-optical ink on a substrate, the electro-optical ink comprising a plurality of microencapsulated electro-optical fluid shells dispersed in a polymer pre-cursor. The electro-optical ink is cured to provide an electro-optical layer in which the shells are maintained in a polymer matrix having at least two-phases. At least one of the phases in the polymer matrix has a refractive index differing from the shells. At least one electrode is provided in contact with the electro-optical layer to, in use, control the state of the electro-optical layer. | 07-25-2013 |
Donal O'Keeffe, Parteen IE
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20160026061 | ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE HAVING A TRANSPARENT LIGHT STATE - An electrophoretic light attenuator comprises a cell including a first substrate ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160124284 | ELECTROPHORETIC INSULATED GLASS UNIT - An electrophoretic insulated glass unit (IGU) comprises an electrophoretic laminate and a pane spaced apart from the electrophoretic laminate, the respective inner faces of the laminate and the pane defining a sealed cavity there between. An outer face of the electrophoretic laminate is in contact with an environment. One inner face of the cavity has a coating that is transparent to visible light and which rejects infrared light greater than a cut-off wavelength. The electrophoretic laminate includes an electrophoretic device including charged particles of at least one type in an electrophoretic cell, the particles being responsive to an electric field applied to the electrophoretic device to move between: a first extreme light state in which particles are maximally spread within the cell to lie in the path of sunlight through the cell and to strongly absorb visible sunlight transmitted through the cell and a second extreme light state in which the particles are maximally concentrated within the cell to remove them from the path of sunlight through the cell and to substantially transmit visible sunlight through the cell. The coating is arranged to direct thermal radiation emitted by the charged particles to the environment in contact with the outer face, and the sealed cavity is arranged to direct thermal conduction diffusing from the charged particles to the environment in contact with the outer face. | 05-05-2016 |
Eric O'Keeffe, Monaghan IE
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20120263565 | LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR A FORKLIFT TRUCK - Forklift truck ( | 10-18-2012 |
Eric O'Keeffe, County Monaghan IE
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20090026114 | SCREENING APPARATUS - A screening apparatus having a screening box movably mounted on a support member ( | 01-29-2009 |
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Frank O'Keeffe, Cork IE
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20080285597 | SYNCHRONIZING SEPARATED EDGE QAM DEVICES LOCATED REMOTELY FROM A CMTS - The clocks of one or more edgeQAM devices are synchronized with a master clock at the remotely located CMTS. A master clock signal may be transmitted via a dedicated gigabit Ethernet link. Alternatively, master clock information contained in a time synchronization message may be transmitted for use in adjusting local oscillators that drive local clocks at respective edgeQAM devices. | 11-20-2008 |
Frank O'Keeffe, Glounthaune IE
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20100317387 | Providing Flexible RF Channel to Port Mappings - Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to flexibly allocate RF channels to output ports on edge termination systems. Flexible edge termination systems can include multiplexing modules operable to combine signals together inside of the flexible edge termination system to provide a flexible mapping of RF channels to output ports. | 12-16-2010 |
Garret O'Keeffe, Dublin IE
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20120011140 | Analytics of historical conversations in relation to present communication - A method of analyzing historical communications. During a first communication session between a first user and at least a second user, at least a first communication exchanged between the first user and the second user can be detected and stored. A second communication exchanged in a second communication can be compared with the first communication to determine a degree of similarity between the first communication and the second communication. In one aspect, when the degree of similarity is at least a threshold value, an indication can be provided to at least one user participating in the second communication session that the first communication potentially is relevant to the second communication session and that the first communication is available to be reviewed. In another aspect, a report pertaining to hierarchical relationships between users and the context of the communications can be generated based on the first and second communications. | 01-12-2012 |
20120284353 | ANALYTICS OF HISTORICAL CONVERSATIONS IN RELATION TO PRESENT COMMUNICATION - A method of analyzing historical communications. During a first communication session between a first user and at least a second user, at least a first communication exchanged between the first user and the second user can be detected and stored. A second communication exchanged in a second communication can be compared with the first communication to determine a degree of similarity between the first communication and the second communication. In one aspect, when the degree of similarity is at least a threshold value, an indication can be provided to at least one user participating in the second communication session that the first communication potentially is relevant to the second communication session and that the first communication is available to be reviewed. In another aspect, a report pertaining to hierarchical relationships between users and the context of the communications can be generated based on the first and second communications. | 11-08-2012 |
Joe O'Keeffe, Co Cork IE
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20120089084 | WOUND HEALING DEVICE - A plasma coating device for treating a wound comprises a plasma chamber having: one or more electrodes, a gas supply inlet, a plasma outlet exposed to ambient pressure, and an ignition system operatively connected to the electrodes for providing a non-thermal equilibrium plasma within the plasma chamber. An aerosol delivery system is operable to introduce a bioresorbable material as an aerosol into the plasma, to produce a coating on the wound surface. | 04-12-2012 |
Joe O'Keeffe, Fermoy IE
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20150314036 | WOUND HEALING DEVICE - A plasma coating device for treating a wound comprises a plasma chamber having: one or more electrodes, a gas supply inlet, a plasma outlet exposed to ambient pressure, and an ignition system operatively connected to the electrodes for providing a non-thermal equilibrium plasma within the plasma chamber. An aerosol delivery system is operable to introduce a bioresorbable material as an aerosol into the plasma, to produce a coating on the wound surface. | 11-05-2015 |
John O'Keeffe, Ennis IE
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20150253249 | USE OF NANOPARTICLES IN THE PREPARATION OF CALIBRATION STANDARDS - This invention concerns the use of nanoparticles comprising an analyte in the preparation of a calibration standard for use in an analytical atomic spectroscopic technique and a method of calibrating such an instrument. | 09-10-2015 |
Lucy O'Keeffe, Galway IE
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20110098799 | Stent Combined with a Biological Scaffold Seeded With Endothelial Cells - Disclosed herein are implantable medical device, and in particular, vascular stent having a biocompatible scaffold seeded with endothelial cells. The stent can provide structural support to maintain the openness of a vessel lumen following angioplasty while the biological scaffold seeded with endothelial cells can provide a new, healthy blood vessel wall. | 04-28-2011 |
Seamus O'Keeffe, Furbo IE
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20090100667 | METHOD FOR BONDING A WIRE CONDUCTOR LAID ON A SUBSTRATE - Method for bonding a wire conductor arranged on a preferably card-like substrate during the manufacture of a transponder unit having a wire coil and a chip module, comprising a first phase, wherein the coil is permanently joined with the substrate, and a second phase, wherein the wire conductor and the chip module are bonded, whereas in the first phase at least one of the end portions of the wire conductor intended for later bonding with the chip module is attached to the substrate with a free loop being formed, and that the loop thus formed is gripped in a second phase and a section of the loop is then bonded with a bonding area of the chip module and attached to it in an electronically conductive manner. | 04-23-2009 |