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20090063710 | CAPABILITY-BASED CONTROL OF A COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises sending, to a computer peripheral device, a request to obtain capabilities of the computer peripheral device; receiving a first capability description from the computer peripheral device, wherein the first capability description describes one or more capabilities, features or functions of the device at the time of the request; creating one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements based upon the first capability description and causing displaying the GUI elements; receiving user input representing one or more selections of the GUI elements; creating job ticket data that describes a job for the computer peripheral device to perform, based on the GUI elements that were selected as represented in the user input; sending the job ticket data to the peripheral device; wherein the job ticket data describes one or more device settings that the computer peripheral device can transform to device commands. | 03-05-2009 |
20090063718 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CAPABILITY-BASED COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE DRIVERS - In an embodiment, a data processing system comprises device driver generation logic that is encoded in one or more computer-readable storage media for execution and which when executed is operable to perform receiving a first capability description from a computer peripheral device, wherein the first capability description describes one or more capabilities of the computer peripheral device; receiving a generic device driver file; receiving configuration data; automatically generating a device driver for the computer peripheral device and for a computer operating system based on the first capability description, the generic device driver file and the configuration data; device job processing logic that is configured to receive a request to use the computer peripheral device, to request and receive current first capability description from the computer peripheral device at the time of the request, to generate based on the current first capability description and send to the computer peripheral device job ticket data that describes a job for the computer peripheral device to perform, and to provide job data formatted in a page description language to the computer peripheral device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090150789 | Dynamic multi-platform monitoring client for WSD-enabled devices - In an embodiment, a monitoring application monitors the status of multiple web services provided by multiple WSD-enabled devices in a network. WSD-enabled devices are devices that implement some Web services specifications, such as WS-Discovery, WS-MetadataExchange, and WS-Eventing. The monitoring application also implements some of the core Web services specification so that the monitoring application can communicate with the WSD-enabled devices. The monitoring application discovers web services provided by the WSD-enabled devices, some of which provide multiple web services. The monitoring application provides a user interface to display status information for each discovered web service that a user desires to monitor. The monitoring application determines events that each service is capable of generating. The monitoring application subscribes to one or more of the events in order to receive notifications of the one or more events from the corresponding web service(s). | 06-11-2009 |
20100027050 | DYNAMIC BRIDGING OF WEB-ENABLED COMPONENTS - In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving and storing a set of associations each identifying two or more data processing components and one or more associated actions; receiving a combination of an association and an action that can be performed on the association comprising a first data processing operation and a second data processing operation; generating and sending, over a network, to a first component that implements the first data processing operation, a first request to perform the first data processing operation; receiving result data from the first component; generating and sending, over the network, to a second component that implements the second data processing operation, a second request to perform the second data processing operation using the result data. | 02-04-2010 |
20120030714 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE TELEVISION REPLAY CONTROL - A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120039580 | Method and System for Remote Television Replay Control - A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation. | 02-16-2012 |
20120275766 | Methods and Apparatus for Sending Content between Client Devices - Sending content between client devices connected to a computer network is described. According to one described aspect, a server maintains a database correlating unique identifiers for client devices to their network address information. A first client device may query the server for network address information of a second client device by sending the unique identifier to the server. The server returns the network address of the second client device, which is used to send a message directly from the first client device to the second client device, indicating the availability of content. Also, the message is preferably formatted such that it automatically populates a content guide of the second client device, with an entry used to initiate a transmission of the content from the first client device to the second client device. | 11-01-2012 |
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20090002716 | LASER SCANNING INTERFEROMETRIC SURFACE METROLOGY - An apparatus for assessing topology of a surface of a target. The apparatus includes an optical source for generating a probe laser beam. The apparatus also includes means for scanning the probe laser beam across at least a portion of the surface of the target. The apparatus further includes a beamsplitter for redirecting a return signal toward means for detecting the return signal in a substantially quadrature condition, the return signal resulting from reflection of the probe laser beam off the surface of the target. A quadrature interferometric method for determining the presence or absence of a target analyte in a sample. The method comprises generating a laser probe beam having a wavelength λ and a waist w | 01-01-2009 |
20090053828 | DETECTION OF GLYCOPEPTIDES AND GLYCOPROTEINS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS - A diagnostic method for determining the absence or presence of a disease is provided. The method includes assaying the amount and/or types of glycopeptides in a sample from a subject, and comparing these to the amount and types of reference glycopeptides. The method may include the use of a stable isotope label, affinity selection, immunoaffinity chromatography, and glycoproteomics techniques, to identify and quantify changes in glycosylated peptides or glycosylated proteins associated with cancers such as malignant lymphoma or breast cancer, to monitor patient's response to therapy, and to monitor disease recurrence. | 02-26-2009 |
20090148952 | Materials and methods for controlling isotope effects during fractionation of analytes - Compositions and methods for controlling or eliminating isotope effects during fractionation of chemically equivalent but isotopically distinct compounds. Isotope coding agents contain heavy isotopes other than deuterium. The invention facilitates intelligent data acquisition. After sample fractionation, isotope abundance ratios are calculated using mass spectrometry, and analytes of interest are identified in real time. | 06-11-2009 |
20090263913 | DIFFERENTIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ANALYZER PLANAR ARRAY APPARATUS AND METHODS - A method of probing a plurality of analyzer molecules distributed about a detection platform is disclosed. The method includes contacting a test sample to the plurality of analyzer molecules, scanning the plurality of analyzer molecules at a rate relating to a carrier frequency signal, and detecting the presence or absence of a biological molecule based at least in part upon the presence or absence of a signal substantially at a sideband of the carrier frequency signal. A molecule detection platform including a substrate and a plurality of targets positioned about the substrate is also disclosed. Specific analyzer molecules adapted to bind a specific analyte are immobilized about a first set of the targets. Nonspecific analyzer molecules are immobilized about a second set of the targets. The targets positioned about the substrate along at least a segment of a scanning pathway alternate between at least one of the first set and at least one of the second set. A method including providing a substrate for supporting biological analyzer molecules the substrate including at least one scanning pathway is also disclosed. The scanning pathway includes a plurality of scanning targets. Specific biological analyzer molecules adapted to detect a specific target analyte are distributed about a first set of the targets which alternate in groups of at least one with a second set of the targets the second set of the targets not including the specific biological analyzer molecules. | 10-22-2009 |
20100273178 | Affinity selected signature peptides for protein identification and quantification - A method for protein identification in complex mixtures that utilizes affinity selection of constituent proteolytic peptide fragments unique to a protein analyte. These “signature peptides” function as analytical surrogates. Mass spectrometric analysis of the proteolyzed mixture permits identification of a protein in a complex sample without purifying the protein or obtaining its composite peptide signature. | 10-28-2010 |
20110183430 | GROUP SPECIFIC INTERNAL STANDARD TECHNOLOGY (GSIST) FOR SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SMALL MOLECULES - Reagents and methods are provided that permit simultaneous analysis of multiple diverse small molecule analytes present in a complex mixture. Samples are labeled with chemically identical but isotopically distinct forms of the labeling reagent, and analyzed using mass spectrometry. A single reagent simultaneously derivatizes multiple small molecule analytes having different reactive functional groups. | 07-28-2011 |
20110223683 | AFFINITY SELECTOR BASED RECOGNITION AND QUANTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN A SINGLE ANALYSIS - A multi-dimensional method for simultaneously analyzing multiple analytes within a sample solution, comprising adding affinity selectors to a sample solution containing analytes to be measured, the affinity selectors having an affinity for one or more of the analytes within the sample solution; allowing immune complexes to form between the affinity selectors and the analytes; partially or totally resolving the formed immune complexes from non-analyte substances within the sample solution; dissociating the resolved immune complexes; separating the analytes and the affinity selectors of the dissociated immune complexes from one another by capturing the analytes through a surface adsorption process; transferring the captured analytes to a detection means; and resolving the analytes with the detection means in accordance with their mass-to-charge ratios. | 09-15-2011 |
20120309040 | DETECTION OF OXIDIZED POLYPEPTIDES - A diagnostic method for determining the absence or presence of a disease is provided. The method generally includes assaying the amount and/or types of oxidized peptides in a sample from a subject, and comparing these to the amount and types of reference oxidized polypeptides. The method may include the use of stable isotope label, affinity selection, to identify and quantify changes in oxidized peptides or oxidized proteins associated with diseases such as type II diabetes mellitus, breast cancer, and Parkinson's disease, to monitor a patient's response to a therapeutic agent (e.g., an antioxidant), and/or to monitor disease recurrence. | 12-06-2012 |
20150140589 | AUTOMATED PROTEIN DIGESTION, RECOVERY, AND ANALYSIS - The present disclosure provides an automated system and method for protein digestion, recovery, and analysis. The present disclosure also provides a buffer solution for use therein. | 05-21-2015 |