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20100055802 | Analysis using separation combined with chemical conversion followed by optical spectroscopy - The present invention relates to the separation, quantitative measurement, and analysis of trace species using a combination of three steps in succession. First, trace species are separated from other species that are present. Second, the trace species are chemically modified to convert them into specific species that are advantageous for the third and final step. In this last step, cavity enhanced optical detection of the converted species is performed to detect and measure the concentrations of the species of interest. Because the last step has spectroscopic resolution, the concentration of isotopologues in each converted species can be determined. Further processing can provide the ratios between pairs of isotopologues, in particular the ratio of the rare isotopologues to the most abundant isotopologue. | 03-04-2010 |
20100122564 | Liquid sample evaporator for vapor analysis - Preparation methods for introducing liquid samples to gas analysis instruments include 1) complete evaporation of a liquid sample in a sample chamber, and 2) allowing the sample vapor in the sample chamber to equilibrate for a predetermined time. An inert carrier gas (e.g., dry nitrogen or zero air) is also admitted to the sample chamber. After equilibration, the sample vapor is admitted as a conditioned sample to an analysis instrument. Preferably, the predetermined equilibration time is sufficiently long that the sample vapor in the sample chamber becomes substantially homogeneous with respect to both concentration and isotopic ratio. Vapor derived from a liquid calibration standard in this manner can be employed as an accurate gas-phase calibration reference. | 05-20-2010 |
20120145937 | Rotary valve for sample handling in fluid analysis - Efficiency of fluid analysis can be improved by utilizing a rotary valve capable of sequentially coupling 3 or more buffer chambers to 3 or more tasks. Such a rotary valve can be provided using a rotor having connections that geometrically form parallel chords of a circle. During analysis, such a valve can provide for parallel processing of several tasks and buffers. For example, one buffer chamber can be connected to a cleaning/evacuation port, another buffer chamber can be connected to a sample input port, and a third buffer chamber can be connected to an analytical instrument. Stepping the valve through its various positions can simultaneously move each of the buffer chambers to the next step in an analysis process. | 06-14-2012 |
20120242997 | Cavity ring down spectroscopy using measured backward mode data - In cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS), scattering into the backward mode of a traveling wave ring-down cavity can degrade conventional CRDS performance. We have found that this performance degradation can be alleviated by measuring the backward mode signal emitted from the ring-down cavity, and using this signal to improve the processing for extracting ring-down times from the measured data. For example, fitting an exponential to the sum of the intensities of the forward and backward signals often provides substantially better results for the ring-down time than fitting an exponential to the forward signal alone. Other possibilities include extracting cavity eigenmode signals from the forward and backward signals and performing separate exponential fits to the eigenmode signals. | 09-27-2012 |
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20150211055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME ANALYSIS - A method and system for analyzing a microbiome of an individual, comprising: providing a sampling kit to the individual at a location remote from the sample processing network, the sampling kit including a sample container having a lysing component and a sample preservation component and configured to receive a sample from a collection site of the individual; receiving the sample container with the sample from the collection site of the individual; generating a microbiome sequence dataset based upon sequencing nucleic acid content of a microorganism portion of the sample; identifying a set of microorganisms represented in the microorganism portion based upon performance of a mapping operation on portions of the microbiome sequence dataset; generating an analysis based upon a set of features related to the microorganism portion; and transmitting information derived from the analysis to the individual. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211078 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME ANALYSIS - A method and system for analyzing a microbiome of an individual, comprising: providing a sampling kit to the individual at a location remote from the sample processing network, the sampling kit including a sample container having a lysing component and a sample preservation component and configured to receive a sample from a collection site of the individual; receiving the sample container with the sample from the collection site of the individual; generating a microbiome sequence dataset based upon sequencing nucleic acid content of a microorganism portion of the sample; identifying a set of microorganisms represented in the microorganism portion based upon performance of a mapping operation on portions of the microbiome sequence dataset; generating an analysis based upon a set of features related to the microorganism portion; and transmitting information derived from the analysis to the individual. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213193 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME ANALYSIS - A method and system for analyzing a microbiome of an individual, comprising: providing a sampling kit to the individual at a location remote from the sample processing network, the sampling kit including a sample container having a lysing component and a sample preservation component and configured to receive a sample from a collection site of the individual; receiving the sample container with the sample from the collection site of the individual; generating a microbiome sequence dataset based upon sequencing nucleic acid content of a microorganism portion of the sample; identifying a set of microorganisms represented in the microorganism portion based upon performance of a mapping operation on portions of the microbiome sequence dataset; generating an analysis based upon a set of features related to the microorganism portion; and transmitting information derived from the analysis to the individual. | 07-30-2015 |
20160110515 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROBIOME-DERIVED DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS - A method for diagnosing and treating an immune microbial dysfunction in a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the immune microbial dysfunction based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset, wherein the characterization is diagnostic of at least one of Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the immune microbial dysfunction; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model. | 04-21-2016 |
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20100207761 | METHOD AND PROTOCOL FOR REAL TIME SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system comprises one or more sensor devices configured to detect conditions at one or more sites; one or more checkpoints at each of said one or more sites configured to receive signals from the one or more sensor devices; and a central headquarters processor configured to receive signals indicative of the conditions detected at said one or more sites from the one or more checkpoints. The central headquarters processor is configured to process the signals to determine if an event has occurred. | 08-19-2010 |
20100238019 | HUMAN GUARD ENHANCING MULTIPLE SITE SECURITY SYSTEM - Provided is a human guard enhancing multiple site security system comprising one or more human guards, peripheral equipment positioned at one or more sites, said peripheral equipment comprising one or more of a plurality of sensors, video cameras, positioning systems, and mobile communication and data processing equipment, said peripheral equipment being further capable of collecting and transmitting event-related and environmental data, one or more checkpoint systems capable of receiving, processing into a standardized protocol, and further relaying the data received from said peripheral equipment, and of providing said one or more guards with information based on the data, and one or more stations capable of logging, processing, and reporting the data relayed from said one or more checkpoint systems to provide a security system status and to facilitate human supervision, situation analysis, decision making, and intervention. The system includes a computer implemented communications protocol, which is an XML based communications protocol for real time security alert monitoring purposes. The XML based communications protocol consists of numerous modules which receive and convert data messages from varying security devices and sensors, standardize, translate and send converted messages, and encrypt and decrypt said data messages. | 09-23-2010 |
20110260851 | METHOD AND PROTOCOL FOR REAL TIME SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system comprises one or more sensor devices configured to detect conditions at one or more sites; one or more checkpoints at each of said one or more sites configured to receive signals from the one or more sensor devices; and a central headquarters processor configured to receive signals indicative of the conditions detected at said one or more sites from the one or more checkpoints. The central headquarters processor is configured to process the signals to determine if an event has occurred. | 10-27-2011 |
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20080288077 | Prosthetic Disc Assembly Having Natural Biomechanical Movement - Described here is a surgical device. Specifically, the device is a prosthetic spinal implant that replaces a natural disc in the spine. The device has biomechanical attributes substantially similar to a natural disc. | 11-20-2008 |
20100114318 | Prosthetic Intervertebral Discs - Prosthetic intervertebral discs, systems including such prosthetic intervertebral discs, and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the sagittal plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components, construction, and other features of the discs. | 05-06-2010 |
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20120109318 | Prosthetic intervertebral discs - Prosthetic intervertebral discs, systems including such prosthetic intervertebral discs, and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the sagittal plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components, construction, and other features of the discs. | 05-03-2012 |
20150265415 | Prosthetic Intervertebral Disc. - Prosthetic intervertebral discs, systems including such prosthetic intervertebral discs, and methods for using the same are described. The subject prosthetic discs include upper and lower endplates separated by a compressible core member. The subject prosthetic discs exhibit stiffness in the vertical direction, torsional stiffness, bending stiffness in the saggital plane, and bending stiffness in the front plane, where the degree of these features can be controlled independently by adjusting the components, construction, and other features of the discs. | 09-24-2015 |
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20140253801 | Managing Extra Space on Ultra High Definition Display Presenting High Definition Video - A UHD display presents multiple video windows and a control device enables a user to establish the layout of the windows, either by selecting from templates of predetermined layouts or by constructing a custom layout. The UHD display can communicate messages to the control device if a particular layout fails to conform to predetermined rules depending on the types of applications to be presented in the various windows. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253814 | Managing Extra Space on Ultra High Definition Display Presenting High Definition Visual Content - A UHD display presents multiple visual content windows and a control device enables a user to select which window on the TV to present visual content from the control device. The reverse may be provided for, i.e., the control device may present a user interface (UI) that the user can operate to cause visual content from a TV region selected using the control device to be sent from the TV to the control device for presentation thereon. | 09-11-2014 |
20150200876 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH CONTEXT-SPECIFIC RESPONSES - An attempt to contact a recipient while the recipient is engaged in a media event is received from a sender, and an importance of the attempt to contact is determined. Based at least in part on the importance of the attempt to contact, a reply message indicating an activity of the recipient is automatically sent to the sender. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200891 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM WITH CONTEXT-SPECIFIC MESSAGING - Contextual (situational) information is gathered automatically by a device, from external sensors, and/or from direct user input, and provided to contacts of the user to enable the contacts to know what the user is doing, so as to tailor their conduct toward the sharing user as appropriate for the user's temporary context. | 07-16-2015 |
20150205969 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM PROVIDING A PROCESS FOR DETERMINING TRUST IN CONTENT SHARING - A user can assign a level of trust to other users to manage what content they may access or share. The user also assigns to each level of trust content type that may be accessed by users having that level of trust. The user then sends tags to his contacts indicating their level if trust, which are then presented by the contacts to gain access to the user-defined content. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207687 | COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM PROVIDING DEVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SESSION NEEDS AND RULE-BASED ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK SHARING BASED THEREON - A home network can be dynamically reconfigured when IP connected or wireless devices are requesting network access makes it easier for consumers to keep their current viewing, listening, or Internet sessions alive and functioning properly. Home network use can be managed by any device on the home network if desired, not just a central home router, through series of messages that are exchanged by each device updating its priority status. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208187 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM - A user is guided through various setup routines to optimize speaker parameters and/or positions and/or frequency assignations for the particular space in which the speaker system is located and intended to be used. This can be done using an application downloaded from a cloud server to a smart phone or tablet computer, which is then employed by the user to optimize speaker configurations for various speaker locations in the room. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208188 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION DETERMINATION WHEN NEW SPEAKERS ARE ADDED - In an audio speaker network, setup of speaker location, sound track or channel assignation, and speaker parameters is facilitated by an application detecting speaker locations and prompting a user to input rough room boundaries and a desired listener location in the room. Based on this, optimum speaker locations/frequency assignations/speaker parameters may be determined and output. | 07-23-2015 |
20150215691 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH LIGHT SHOW - In an audio speaker network, the individual speakers of the network have lamps on them that are controlled to present a light show in synchrony with the audio being played by the system. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215699 | WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH NOISE CANCELATION - A networked-speaker system which includes noise cancelling for active suppression of unwanted sounds. Feed-forward or feed-back cancelation can be used as appropriate for the location of the microphone sensing the noise. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215722 | AUDIO SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE - In a multi-speaker audio system for, e.g., a home entertainment system or other entertainment system, each networked-speaker (wired or wireless) can be assigned a particular voice, instrument, group of voices and/or instruments, or a particular stage location of a performance to reproduce a more realistic and life-like audio experience. | 07-30-2015 |
20150215723 | WIRELESS SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED LOW (BASS) FREQUENCY - A speaker system comprised of more than one speaker, which utilizes the known characteristics and location of each speaker to enhance low frequency (low (bass) frequency) performance of the system. | 07-30-2015 |
20150253974 | CONTROL OF LARGE SCREEN DISPLAY USING WIRELESS PORTABLE COMPUTER INTERFACING WITH DISPLAY CONTROLLER - A multi-window user interface (UI) on a control device such as a tablet computer communicates commands to a display controller, which may be implemented by a game console. The controller controls presentation on a large screen display according to the commands. The control device may always present a multi-window UI which the control device can command to have mimicked on the display, with the UI also being configured to cause a single video to be presented whole screen on the display while the multi-window UI remains presented on the control device. The video feeds that populate the multi-window UI are of the same content but of lower resolution than those which are presented on the display. A movable window on the control device can be dragged and dropped to cause a corresponding magnifying focus on the display over the corresponding portion of video in focus on the control device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256592 | CONTROL OF LARGE SCREEN DISPLAY USING WIRELESS PORTABLE COMPUTER TO PAN AND ZOOM ON LARGE SCREEN DISPLAY - A multi-window user interface (UI) on a control device such as a tablet computer communicates commands to a display controller, which may be implemented by a game console. The controller controls presentation on a large screen display according to the commands. The control device may always present a multi-window UI which the control device can command to have mimicked on the display, with the UI also being configured to cause a single video to be presented whole screen on the display while the multi-window UI remains presented on the control device. The video feeds that populate the multi-window UI are of the same content but of lower resolution than those which are presented on the display. A movable window on the control device can be dragged and dropped to cause a corresponding magnifying focus on the display over the corresponding portion of video in focus on the control device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150256895 | CONTROL OF LARGE SCREEN DISPLAY USING WIRELESS PORTABLE COMPUTER AND FACILITATING SELECTION OF AUDIO ON A HEADPHONE - A multi-window user interface (UI) on a control device such as a tablet computer communicates commands to a display controller, which may be implemented by a game console. The controller controls presentation on a large screen display according to the commands. A tertiary device such as a wireless phone can obtain an application listing audio feeds associated with various videos presented on the display so that a user can listen via headphones to a first audio stream associated with a first video window on the display when the display speakers are playing audio associated with a second video window on the display. | 09-10-2015 |
20160086155 | E-CARD TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Transactions using a bank customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) are authorized based on geographic location. For example, a transaction may be denied if it is determined that no legitimate Point of Sale (POS) terminals are in the area of the e-card. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086162 | AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTION BY BANK CARD TO CUSTOMER DEVICE - A bank customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) automatically reports to the customer's CE device the receipt of transaction interrogations the e-card receives from a point of sale (POS) apparatus. The e-card may simply report to the CE device and respond to the interrogation, or it may await a signal from the CE device prior to responding to the interrogation. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086165 | CUSTOMER'S CE DEVICE INTERROGATING CUSTOMER'S E-CARD FOR TRANSACTION INFORMATION - A bank customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) is interrogated by the customer's CE device to report transaction information including interrogations the e-card receives from a point of sale (POS) apparatus. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086180 | USING BIOMETRICS TO RECOVER PASSWORD IN CUSTOMER MOBILE DEVICE - A bank customer's CE device is used to authorize transactions using the customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”). Biometric input is used to recover the password of the customer device if lost. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086181 | LIMITING E-CARD TRANSACTIONS BASED ON LACK OF PROXIMITY TO ASSOCIATED CE DEVICE - A bank customer's CE device is used to authorize transactions using the customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”). If the CE device is determined not to be proximate to the e-card, the transaction is limited. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086186 | RECEIVING FINGERPRINTS THROUGH TOUCH SCREEN OF CE DEVICE - Fingerprints for transaction authentication are received through the touch screen of a bank customer's CE device for purposes of approving or denying transactions with the customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”). | 03-24-2016 |
20160086188 | MESSAGING CUSTOMER MOBILE DEVICE WHEN ELECTRONIC BANK CARD USED - A bank customer's CE device is texted by a bank computer when the customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) is sought to be used so that the customer is alerted to possibly fraudulent “fishing” of the e-card data by a nearby thief device. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086286 | USING CE DEVICE RECORD OF E-CARD TRANSACTIONS TO RECONCILE BANK RECORD - Transactions using a bank customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) are monitored by the card owner's consumer electronic (CE) device and reported to a server associated with the financial institution maintaining the e-card records for reconciliation to reveal possible fraud. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086287 | ANALYZING HACK ATTEMPTS OF E-CARDS - Transactions using a bank customer's electronic debit or credit card (“e-card”) are monitored by the card owner's consumer electronic (CE) device and reported to a server associated with the financial institution maintaining the e-card records for analysis of aggregated hack attempts. | 03-24-2016 |