Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120137410 | Garment stiffener packaging arrangement, assembly, and methods - A garment stiffener packaging arrangement, assembly, and associated methods provide a user with ready access to at least one adhesively attachable garment stiffener structure for rendering an otherwise flexible or flaccid target garment portion substantially stiff or planar. The garment stiffener assembly central to the invention comprises a garment stiffener structure, adhesive material permanently applied thereto, and a backing material. The stiffener structure is formed from a substantially planar, semi-rigid material into a quadrilateral shape, and the backing material is formed from a substantially planar, flexible material comprising a V-shape. The stiffener structures are removably and adhesively attached to the backing material thereby linking the garment stiffener structures into at least one V-shaped packaging arrangement. Each V-shaped packaging arrangement is foldable for collapsing the stiffener structures into a series of non-adhesively stacked and interconnected stiffener structures. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151660 | Garment stiffener packaging arrangement, assembly, and methods - A garment stiffener packaging arrangement, assembly, and associated methods provide a user with ready access to adhesively attachable garment stiffener structure for rendering an otherwise flexible or flaccid target garment portion substantially stiff or planar. The garment stiffener assembly central to the invention comprises a garment stiffener structure, adhesive material permanently applied thereto, and an optional backing material. The stiffener structure is formed from a substantially planar, semi-rigid material. The stiffener structure may be rolled so as to enable the users to unroll stiffener segments as may be required, and detach portions of the stiffener structure from the stiffener roll for affixation to targeted garment portions. | 06-21-2012 |
20120198735 | Garment press assembly, travel kit, and pressing methods - A mechanical garment press assembly enables users to mechanically press garments during travel and may be stored or carried in combination with standard carry-on luggage. The garment press assembly comprises opposed outer resilient planar members, each of which has a hinge end and a clamp end. A hinge member flexibly interconnects the hinge ends. Clamping structure clamps the clamp ends toward one another after a (wrinkled) garment section is received intermediate the opposed outer planar members for imparting primary wrinkle-removing forces into the target garment section. Tension members interconnect the hinge ends to the clamp ends and retain the resilient members is bowed tension for imparting secondary wrinkle-removing forces into the target garment section. Various portable assemblies are contemplated based on the foregoing basics as well as a home-based version. Certain garment pressing methods are also described based on the foregoing basics. | 08-09-2012 |
20120205384 | Hot beverage container assembly, insert, and methods - An insert assembly is outfitted upon a lidded beverage container for enabling the user to transfer heat from a relatively hot assembly-contained beverage so as to prevent scalding prior to consumption. The insert assembly comprises a damming structure and a rim-engaging structure. The damming structure is formed from a semi-rigid material and is sized and shaped for receipt within the upper rim perimeter of a container structure. The rim-engaging structure is formed from a flexible material and extends outwardly from the beverage-damming structure. The rim-engaging structure is received intermediate the upper container rim and a lid for defining beverage-containing and beverage-cooling compartments. The insert structure comprises first and second apertures for outletting beverage and inletting air intermediate the beverage-containing and beverage-cooling compartments. The beverage-cooling compartment receives heat from the beverage received therewithin and thereby enables the beverage to cool before being outlet via a primary outlet of a lid. | 08-16-2012 |
20120239617 | System and method for media file synchronization - Media files are drop box-synchronized to limit the amount of new functionality to which a user must grow accustomed in order to synchronize the content of a media player with a remote server within a cloud computing network. Thusly, users are not required to change the way they use their media player(s), but rather are required to use the familiar drag and drop functionality of their native media player. The present invention contemplates automatic versus interval file synchronization between host and nodal processing units via a server within native media player formats. This is achieved through the creation of a media file play list folder that acts as a drop box into which the user drops the desired play list to synchronize with the server. Certain methodology enhances and supports the synchronization process, which methodology incorporates the use of signature waveform metrics. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239621 | System and method for media file synchronization - Media files are drop box-synchronized to limit the amount of new functionality to which a user must grow accustomed in order to synchronize the content of a media player with a remote server within a cloud computing network. Thusly, users are not required to change the way they use their media player(s), but rather are required to use the familiar drag and drop functionality of their native media player. The present invention contemplates synchronizing host and nodal processing units via a server within native media player formats for quick access for the purpose of media playback, media modification, etc. This is achieved through the creation of a media file play list folder that acts as a drop box into which the user drops the desired play list to synchronize with the server. Certain methodology enhances and supports the synchronization process, which methodology incorporates the use of signature waveform metrics. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239647 | System and method for custom marking a media file for file matching - A file-identifying fingerprint or marker is associated with a media/audio file after waveform values are extracted therefrom via certain data extraction and/or audio analysis routines. The extracted waveform values are statistically manipulated so as to render an array of statistical values for the analyzed media/audio file, which are then compiled to form the custom marker, and embedded with the metadata of the media/audio file thereby marking the media/audio file. The custom marker or fingerprint can be matched against a set of reference fingerprints (e.g., in a database) to determine the identity of the signal or the similarity between two signals. Because of the nature of the fingerprint extraction algorithm, it does not suffer from many of the problems that plague existing solutions, and as compared to such solutions it is fast, efficient, highly accurate, scalable, and robust. | 09-20-2012 |
20140001189 | Hot Beverage Container Assembly, Insert, and Method | 01-02-2014 |
20140164563 | PEER-TO-PEER CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK, METHOD, AND MANAGER - A peer-to-peer (P2P) content delivery network delivers select data files to an end user. The content delivery network provides a client, a P2P gateway server, and a Resource Name Server (RNS) within a computer-populated network. The RNS caches data resource locations within the computer-populated network and resolves resource requests with optimal data resource locations within the computer-populated network. The gateway server requests and receives optimal data resource locations via the RNS; requests and receives data files from the computer-populated network via the optimal data resource locations; and processing received data files for data file delivery to the client. The network thus enables an origin-agnostic data delivery method for optimally delivering select data files to an end user. A data-routing governance or management utility governs/manages the content delivery network and associated methodology for providing industry rights management, compliance monitoring, and/or compliance reporting of data file transmissions. | 06-12-2014 |