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20110125661 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEEDING ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK CONTACTS - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 05-26-2011 |
20110289011 | SOCIAL NETWORK WITH FIELD LEVEL CONTROL OF DATA EXPOSURE - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289153 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR RECIPROCAL DATA SHARING - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289574 | SOCIAL NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE LOGINS - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 11-24-2011 |
20120203846 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITEMS OF INTEREST - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like. | 08-09-2012 |
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20120209914 | DISPLAYING AGGREGATED NEW CONTENT BY SELECTED OTHER USER BASED ON THEIR AUTHORIZATION LEVEL - Enabling a content publisher and a receiving user to control access to content updates based on user relationships. The content publisher and the receiving user may assign a relationship degree, relationship category, and/or relationship rating to each other and to other users. The content publisher and/or receiving user also specify a required relationship that is needed to access or accept a content update. The content publisher and receiving user may further specify acceptable types of content updates, such as blog entries, product reviews, photos, and the like that are accessible or acceptable. Upon logon or other event, a summary of content updates is provided to each receiving user that meets each content publisher's required relationship, and the content updates are delivered according to a selected delivery method from those content publishers that meet the relationship requirements of the receiving users. Delivery includes email, instant message, RSS feeds, and the like. | 08-16-2012 |
20140067980 | CONTROL FOR INVITING AN UNAYTHENTICATED USER TO GAIN ACCESS TO DISPLAY OF CONTENT THAT IS OTHERWISE ACCESSIBLE WITH AN AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM - Enabling an authenticated user to access content associated with an authenticated user as though the authenticated user had a selected user relationship with the authenticated user. The user relationship may comprise a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or the like. An invitation to join an electronic service, such as an online social network, is sent to the unauthenticated user at an address known to the authenticated user. The invitation includes a time-limited token, such as a URL, that includes an invitation identifier, which relates the invitation to the authenticated user content. The token may be encrypted in the invitation. The unauthenticated user returns the token as a request to preview the authenticated user content without first becoming an authenticated user of the electronic service. If the token is still valid, access is granted. The unauthenticated user may also request to establish a connection with the authenticated user. | 03-06-2014 |
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20080225298 | High throughput brightfield/darkfield water inspection system using advanced optical techniques - The broadband brightfield/darkfield wafer inspection system provided receives broadband brightfield illumination information via a defect detector, which signals for initiation of darkfield illumination. The defect detector forms a two dimensional histogram of the defect data and a dual mode defect decision algorithm and post processor assess defects. Darkfield radiation is provided by two adjustable height laser beams which illuminate the surface of the wafer from approximately 6 to 39 degrees. Each laser is oriented at an azimuth angle 45 degrees from the orientation of the manhattan geometry on the wafer, and 90 degrees in azimuth from one another. Vertical angular adjustability is provided by modifying cylindrical lens position to compensate for angular mirror change by translating an adjustable mirror, positioning the illumination spot into the sensor field of view, rotating and subsequently moving the cylindrical lens. A brightfield beamsplitter in the system is removable, and preferably replaced with a blank when performing darkfield illumination. Light level control for the system is provided by a dual polarizer first stage. Light exiting from the second polarizer passes through a filter which absorbs a portion of the light and comprises the second stage of light control. The beam then passes through a polarizing beamsplitter. The second channel is further reflected and polarized and both beams thereafter illuminate the substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
20090120191 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING FURNACE TUBES - Methods and apparatus for inspecting tubes or pipes preferably includes at least one sealed inspection pig having a length to diameter relationship based on a known bend radius of a tube or pipe to be inspected. A plurality of such pigs may be used where such pigs are interconnected, sealed, and releasable by design and where an inspection transducer is located approximately centrally between the ends of at least one of the pigs. | 05-14-2009 |
20130175440 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ION GUIDE FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN MASS SPECTROMETERS - Ion guides for use in mass spectrometry (MS) systems are described. The ion guides are configured to provide a reflective electrodynamic field and a direct current (DC or static) electric field to provide ion beams that are more spatially confined with a comparatively large mass range. | 07-11-2013 |
20140084156 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ION GUIDE FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN MASS SPECTROMETERS AT HIGH PRESSURE - Ion guides for use in mass spectrometry (MS) systems are described. The ion guides are configured to provide a reflective electrodynamic field and a direct current (DC or static) electric field to provide ion beams that are more spatially confined with a comparatively large mass range. Some ion guides are provided between the ion source and the first stage vacuum chamber of the MS system. | 03-27-2014 |
20160035550 | PLASMA CLEANING FOR MASS SPECTROMETERS - A mass spectrometry (MS) system may be cleaned by generating plasma and contacting an internal surface of the system to be cleaned with the plasma. The system may be switched between operating in an analytical mode and in a cleaning mode. In the analytical mode a sample is analyzed, and plasma may or may not be actively generated. In the cleaning mode the plasma is actively generated, and the sample may or may not be analyzed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160084727 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING ROTORS - A rotor is statically or dynamically balanced by driving the rotor to rotate at a desired speed, measuring an imbalance in the rotor, calculating an adjustment to be made in a mass distribution of the rotor based on the measured imbalance, and adjusting the mass distribution to reduce the imbalance. Mass adjustment is done by operating a laser to ablate material from the rotor according to operating parameters based on the adjustment calculated. The foregoing is done while the rotor is rotating. | 03-24-2016 |
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20120162350 | AUDIOCONS - A messaging application supports a mode of communication in which users can add audio effects to text messages in order to express emotions. These audio effects are described as audiocons. The audiocons may also alternatively include visual effects. In one implementation the message application supports system-defined audiocons, user-defined audiocons, and text-to-speech audiocons. Additionally, the audiocons may be inserted into a communication stream having a mixture of calls, text messaging, and instant messaging including a system having a real-time mode for time-based media and a time-shifted mode. | 06-28-2012 |
20130324189 | SMART CASE FOR MOBILE COMUNICATION DEVICES - A smart case configured to encapsulate a mobile communication device. The smart case includes a radio embedded in the case for selectively enabling the encapsulated mobile communication device to communicate over a wireless network using either the radio embedded in the case or the Wi-Fi and/or cellular radio in the communication device itself. In alternative embodiments, either a hard switch, a soft switch, or both, is provided for switching between either the radios(s) embedded in the smart case or the internal radio(s) in the mobile communication device. | 12-05-2013 |
20140221057 | SMART CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A smart case configured to encapsulate a mobile communication device. The smart case includes a radio embedded in the case for selectively enabling the encapsulated mobile communication device to communicate over a wireless network using either the radio embedded in the case or the Wi-Fi and/or cellular radio in the communication device itself. In alternative embodiments, either a hard switch, a soft switch, or both, is provided for switching between either the radios(s) embedded in the smart case or the internal radio(s) in the mobile communication device. | 08-07-2014 |
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20130022665 | CATIONIC LIPIDS FOR THERAPEUTIC AGENT DELIVERY FORMULATIONS - Here described are compounds of formula I: | 01-24-2013 |
20130071467 | RETINOID-LIPOSOMES FOR TREATING FIBROSIS - What is described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand wherein the sense and antisense strands are selected from the oligonucleotides described as SERPINH1_2 (SEQ ID NOS: 60 and 127), SERPINH1_45a (SEQ ID NOS: 98 and 165), and SERPINH1_51 (SEQ ID NOS: 101 and 168), and drug carrier comprising a mixture of a retinoid and a lipid vesicle, and methods of using these pharmaceutical compositions to treat a disease associated with hsp47 expression, including fibrosis. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071478 | RETINOID-LIPOSOMES FOR ENHANCING MODULATION OF HSP47 EXPRESSION - What is described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand wherein the sense and antisense strands are selected from the oligonucleotides described as SERPINH | 03-21-2013 |
20130171127 | COMPOSITION FOR REGENERATING NORMAL TISSUE FROM FIBROTIC TISSUE - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a method for regenerating normal tissue from fibrotic tissue, the pharmaceutical composition and the method employing a collagen-reducing substance. In accordance with the present invention, normal tissue can be therapeutically regenerated from fibrotic tissue. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171240 | DRUG CARRIER AND DRUG CARRIER KIT FOR INHIBITING FIBROSIS - Disclosed is a stellate cell-specific drug carrier comprising a stellate cell-specific amount of a retinoid derivative and/or a vitamin A analogue, and a drug carrier component other than the retinoid derivative and/or a vitamin A analogue. Also disclosed in a medicine comprising the stellate cell-specific drug carrier, and a drug in an amount effective for controlling the activity or growth of stellate cells. | 07-04-2013 |
20130210744 | TARGETING AGENT FOR CANCER CELL OR CANCER-ASSOCIATED FIBROBLAST - Disclosed are a novel therapeutic agent and a novel treatment method for cancer. Specifically disclosed are: a targeting agent for a cell selected from the group consisting of a cancer cell and a cancer-associated fibroblast, which comprises a retinoid and/or derivative thereof; a substance delivery carrier for the cell, which comprises the targeting agent; an anti-cancer composition utilizing the targeting agent or the carrier; an anticancer-associated fibroblast composition; and a method for treatment of cancer. | 08-15-2013 |
20140294934 | CATIONIC LIPIDS FOR THERAPEUTIC AGENT DELIVERY FORMULATIONS - Here described are compounds of formula I: | 10-02-2014 |
20140356413 | RETINOID-LIPOSOMES FOR TREATING FIBROSIS - What is described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand wherein the sense and antisense strands are selected from the oligonucleotides described as SERPINH1_2 (SEQ ID NOS: 60 and 127), SERPINH1_45a (SEQ ID NOS: 98 and 165), and SERPINH1_51 (SEQ ID NOS: 101 and 168), and drug carrier comprising a mixture of a retinoid and a lipid vesicle, and methods of using these pharmaceutical compositions to treat a disease associated with hsp47 espresssion, including fibrosis. | 12-04-2014 |
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20110214048 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DATA AGGREGATION - A system for automatic data aggregation comprises a communications module to receive an electronic form comprising field data and a detector to detect a workflow identifier indicating that the electronic form is to be included as a new record in an aggregate package. The system further comprises an aggregator to associate electronic form data with an aggregate package in response to the detected workflow identifier. | 09-01-2011 |
20130212121 | CLIENT-SIDE MODIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS IN A CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT - Client-side modification of electronic documents by server-generated instructions in a client-server environment enables dynamic modification of formatting information in an electronic document to accommodate new data received from the server. A server generates machine instructions to send to a client along with new data for an electronic document. The generated instructions modify the electronic document at the client to accommodate the new data. The generated instructions may include at least one tag indicating a relative order in which the new data is to be imported into the electronic document and the instructions are to be performed. | 08-15-2013 |
20140032485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE PORTABLE DATABASE FUNCTIONALITY IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM - A method and system to provide portable database functionality in an electronic form is described. The system may include a communications module and a portability module. The communications module may be configured to receive a request to generate an electronic form, the electronic form to include preloaded database information. The portability module may be configured to respond to the request by configuring the electronic form to include the preloaded database information obtained from a source database. The preloaded database information may be used for a variety of purposes at fill time, when one or more electronic form field values are being filled in by a user. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032899 | Method and system for secure form delivery - A system, for secure form delivery, may include a detector to detect a request to submit an electronic form that includes associated application data; an encryption module to respond to the request to submit the electronic form by automatically accessing an encryption key, determining destination information, and encrypting the associated application data, utilizing the encryption key; and a submit module to submit the electronic form to a destination, utilizing the destination information. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033016 | Method and system to maintain the integrity of a certified document while persisting state in a dynamic form - A system, to persist state in a dynamic electronic form, may include a communications module to receive a request to certify a template associated with an electronic form, an attribute detector to determine that the template is associated with a restore state attribute and a certification module. The certification module may be configured to selectively grant the request to certify the template based on the restore state attribute. | 01-30-2014 |
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20150209994 | METHOD FOR FORMING LONG SHEETS OUT OF PLASTICIZED MATERIALS AND A DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The method for forming long sheets out of plasticized powdered materials forms a blank, presses it through a deformation channel having a round cross section at the inlet thereof and a rectangular cross section at the outlet thereof, then forms and calibrates the product. Pressing the material through the deformation channel forms deformation zones in the material. In the first half of the deformation channel, the degree of deformation of the material in the central zone is no less than 80%, while in the peripheral zones it is no more than 20% of the overall degree of deformation undergone by the material throughout the entire deformation channel length. In the second half, as the material moves along the channel axis, the volume of material in the peripheral zones is decreased relative to the volume of material in the central zone by pressing the material back into the central zone. | 07-30-2015 |
20160101554 | METHOD FOR FORMING LONG HOLLOW ARTICLES AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME (VARIANTS) - A device for forming long hollow articles includes an extruder and a forming attachment consisting of a die, a mandrel and an assembly for securing the mandrel inside the die. The working surfaces of the forming attachment are provided with one or more rows of profiled deformation elements disposed with an equal circumferential pitch on the working surfaces of the die and/or the mandrel. A blank of a plasticized material is forced through the mandrel securing assembly into an annular axisymmetric deformation region formed by the working surfaces of the mandrel and the die. In the region, the material undergoes additional drawing and deformation treatment prior to sizing. The design features of the device make it possible to realize cyclic drawing and compressive strains in an axial direction and in surfaces enveloping the working surfaces of the die and the mandrel across the entire length of the annular region, and cyclic compressive strains in a radial direction, as well as cyclic oppositely signed shear and flexural strains, resulting in uniform, intensive deformation treatment of the entire volume of material prior to the sizing of the blank. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107362 | METHOD FOR EXTRUDING PLASTICIZED POWDERED MATERIALS (VARIANTS) AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME (VARIANTS) - A method for extruding plasticized powdered materials includes forming a part blank from a material and forcing the part blank along an extrusion axis through a deformation channel having a variable cross-section. As the material is forced through the deformation channel, it is subjected to the simultaneous effect of oppositely signed cyclic drawing, shear and torsional strains as a result of the creation in the material of two oppositely signed cyclic compressive strains which are orthogonal to the extrusion axis and act in antiphase. The maximum increases in one of these compressive strains are set for the material in a plane which passes through the extrusion axis. The maximum increases in the second of these compressive strains are set for the material at the inlet and outlet of the deformation channel, orthogonal to the plane which passes through the extrusion axis. As the material is forced through the deformation channel, the directions of the maximum increases in the second compressive strain are changed by the rotation thereof about the axis of the channel according to any smooth periodic function having a period equal to the length of the deformation channel and an amplitude equal to 15-75°. | 04-21-2016 |
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20080303704 | Low-Power Inverted Ladder Digital-to-Analog Converter - An inverted ladder circuit for a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) having an input binary word representing an input value and an output current corresponding to a converted analog value. The inverted ladder circuit includes at least two fine resistor ladders, including at least an upper fine resistor ladder and a lower fine resistor ladder. The inverted ladder circuit also includes a coarse resistor ladder having a corresponding plurality of coarse ladder resistors, wherein the coarse resistor ladder slides upon the at least two fine resistor ladders. The inverted ladder circuit also includes a plurality of upper fine switches and a plurality of lower fine switches, wherein the switches operate in parallel according to the lower five bits of the input binary word. The plurality of fine ladder resistors are matched with the plurality of coarse ladder resistors to obtain current proportional to the input binary word. The output resistance and parasitic capacitance are reduced. | 12-11-2008 |
20090091377 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTICHANNEL NEURONAL RECORDING WITH SPIKE/LFP SEPARATION, INTEGRATED A/D CONVERSION AND THRESHOLD DETECTION - A CMOS integrated circuit for multi-channel neuronal recording with twelve true-differential channels, band separation and digital offset calibration. The recorded signal is separated into 2 bands: a low-frequency, local field potential (LFP); and high-frequency spike data. Digitally programmable gains for the LFP and spike bands are provided. A mixed-signal front-end processor for multi-channel neuronal recording is also described. It receives twelve differential-input channels of implanted recording electrodes. A programmable cutoff HPF blocks DC and low frequency input drift at about 1 Hz. The signals are band-split at about 200 Hz to low-frequency local field potential (LFP) and high-frequency spike data (SPK), which is band limited by a programmable-cutoff LPF. The analog signals are converted into digital form, and streamed out over a serial digital bus at up to 8 Mbps. A special interface system incorporating an embedded CPU core in a programmable logic device accompanied by real-time software allows connectivity to a computer host. | 04-09-2009 |
20090124919 | LOW POWER HARDWARE ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR SPIKE SORTING AND DETECTION - A neuronal recording system featuring a large number of electrodes and a portable wireless front-end integrated circuit for signal processing for low-power spike detection and alignment. The system is configured as a Neuroprocessor and introduces hardware architectures for automatic spike detection and alignment algorithms. The Neuroprocessor can be placed next to the recording electrodes and provide for all stages of spike processing, stimulating neuronal tissues and wireless communications to a host computer. Some of the algorithms are based on principal component analysis(PCA). Others employ a novel Integral Transform. The algorithms execute autonomously, but require off-line training and setting of computational parameters. Pre-recorded neuronal signals evaluate the accuracy of the proposed algorithms and architectures: The recorded data are processed by a standard PCA spike sorting software algorithm, as well as by the several hardware algorithms, and the outcomes are compared. | 05-14-2009 |