Schoen, US
Alan E. Schoen, Saratoga, CA US
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20090090853 | HYBRID MASS SPECTROMETER WITH BRANCHED ION PATH AND SWITCH - A hybrid mass spectrometer has a branched ion path. A first ion path within the branched ion path operates as a triple quadrupole instrument having a mass selection device, collision cell, and first mass analyzer and provides information on a specific m/z ratio corresponding to ions of interest in a sample. A second ion path within the branched ion path includes a second mass analyzer in the form of an electrostatic trap or other ion trap device. A branched ion transfer device may provide the branched ion path and may include the collision cell. A controller actuates an ion path switch in the branched ion transfer device and diverts from the first ion path to the second ion path in response to a triggering event. Ions at or near the m/z ratio of interest are then analyzed in the trap to obtain more detailed information of a full spectrum. | 04-09-2009 |
20110049360 | Collision/Reaction Cell for a Mass Spectrometer - A collision/reaction cell for a mass spectrometer includes an RF multipole having electrodes that are shaped and positioned such that the value of the radial spacing r | 03-03-2011 |
20110215235 | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer With Enhanced Sensitivity And Mass Resolving Power - A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to spatially and temporally resolve images of one or more ion exit patterns of a multipole instrument. In particular, the methods and structures of the present invention measures the ion current as a function of time and spatial displacement in the beam cross-section of a quadrupole mass filter via an arrayed detector. The linearity of the detected quadrupole ion current in combination with it reproducible spatial-temporal structure enables the deconvolution of the contributions of signals from individual ion species in complex mixtures where both sensitivity and mass resolving power are essential. | 09-08-2011 |
20130175443 | Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer With Enhanced Sensitivity And Mass Resolving Power - A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to spatially and temporally resolve images of one or more ion exit patterns of a multipole instrument. In particular, the methods and structures of the present invention measures the ion current as a function of time and spatial displacement in the beam cross-section of a quadrupole mass filter via an arrayed detector. The linearity of the detected quadrupole ion current in combination with it reproducible spatial-temporal structure enables the deconvolution of the contributions of signals from individual ion species in complex mixtures where both sensitivity and mass resolving power are essential. | 07-11-2013 |
20150311050 | Method for Determining a Spectrum from Time-Varying Data - Non-negative contributions to a spectrum from time-varying spectroscopy data can be determined. Reference basis functions can transform spectroscopy data into an equation (e.g., an objective function). Each reference basis function can correspond to a different time and a different particle, e.g., a different mass. The objective function can include a noise vector that modifies the spectroscopy data to provide a solution that is constrained to be non-negative. The noise vector can be estimated by minimizing the objective function to obtain an estimated vector, which can be truncated that satisfies a given constraint. The noise vector can be computed from the difference of the estimated vector and the truncated vector, and be accumulated. The noise vector can be used to update the objective function, thereby providing a new estimated vector in an iterative loop. | 10-29-2015 |
Alan E. Schoen, Kilauea, HI US
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20150364302 | Optimizing Drag Field Voltages in a Collision Cell for Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) Tandem Mass Spectrometry - A collision cell has a plurality of rod electrodes arranged in opposed pairs around an axial centerline and a plurality of drag vanes arranged in the interstitial spaces between the rod electrodes. Operating the collision cell includes, applying a rod offset voltage to the rod electrodes, and varying an offset voltage applied to the drag vanes to identify a vane offset voltage with a maximum intensity for the transition. The method further includes varying a drag field by adjusting the voltages applied to drag vane terminals in opposite directions to identify a drag field value with a cross talk below a cross talk threshold, varying the vane offset voltage by adjusting the voltages applied to the drag vane terminals to maximize the intensity of the transition while preserving the drag field, and operating the collision cell at the vane offset voltage and drag field to monitor the transition. | 12-17-2015 |
Alia Schoen, East Palo Alto, CA US
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20110259747 | WATER STERILIZATION DEVICES INCLUDING NANOSTRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF - A water sterilization device includes: (1) a conduit including an inlet to provide entry of untreated water and an outlet to provide exit of treated water; (2) a porous electrode housed in the conduit and disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the porous electrode including a porous support and nanostructures coupled to the porous support; and (3) an electrical source coupled to the porous electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
Brianna Schoen, Abingdon, VA US
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20140148352 | MID-INFRARED IMAGING OF MICROARRAYS - Described herein are methods for mid-infrared imaging of nucleic acid microarrays by employing mid-infrared reflective labels combined with detection in the reflection mode. The methods described herein provide intrinsic image contrast, and permit detection of DNA microarray hybridization on infrared absorbing substrates such as glass slides. | 05-29-2014 |
Cary R. Schoen, San Clemente, CA US
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20120071256 | GOLF SWING WRIST CONDITION TRAINING DEVICE - In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a golf swing training device which is uniquely configured to maintain a desirable bent wrist condition through the entirety of the downswing (including golf ball impact) and follow-though or finish of the golf swing. The training device allows the wearer to start the golf swing with the right wrist in its natural, generally flattened condition at address. Once the backswing of the golf stroke is initiated, the training device allows the wearer to bend the right wrist back naturally, and at different amounts so as to represent the different amounts of right wrist bend a golfer may employ for shorter and longer strokes. Once the right wrist has achieved its full amount of bend at the time of the downswing, the training device effectively maintains such bend throughout the entirety of the downswing and follow-through or finish of, the golf swing. | 03-22-2012 |
Christian L. Schoen, Laramie, WY US
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20080241853 | MICROTITER SPIN ARRAY - An improvement in heterogeneous immunoassays in microtiter plates to significantly reduce assay time, from as much as 50% up to 90% of what used to be typical assay times. The improvement involves the rotation of the liquid in a microtiter plate and during incubation times for antigen capture and during incubation times for sample labeling. This is accomplished through the insertion of fluted cylindrical stirrers in each well, and the use of a conventional, commercially available, microtiter vortexer. | 10-02-2008 |
Christian L. Schoen, Loveland, CO US
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20100119610 | PACKAGED PEGYLATED GOLD NANOPARTICLES - Gold nanoparticles conjugated to polyethylene glycol and active binding molecules such as antibodies, proteins, lectins and DNA are suspended in a water vehicle at concentration from 10 | 05-13-2010 |
David Schoen, East Palo Alto, CA US
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20110259747 | WATER STERILIZATION DEVICES INCLUDING NANOSTRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF - A water sterilization device includes: (1) a conduit including an inlet to provide entry of untreated water and an outlet to provide exit of treated water; (2) a porous electrode housed in the conduit and disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the porous electrode including a porous support and nanostructures coupled to the porous support; and (3) an electrical source coupled to the porous electrode. | 10-27-2011 |
Don Schoen, West Des Moines, IA US
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20150294593 | Meal Planning Tool - The invention provides a tool for communication of a meal plan devised by a health coach for an individual or group of individuals. The meal plan is designed to meet specific dietary objectives. Each meal includes food items; where possible, a list of substitute equivalent food items is available from which the individual may choose and still remain within the specific dietary objectives. The tool may include restaurant food items as well and, preferably includes means to record food consumed and means for messaging between health coach and group members. | 10-15-2015 |
Doug Schoen, Plymouth, MI US
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20090189384 | FUEL TANK SHELL WITH STRUCTURAL SUPPORT - A fuel tank assembly for vehicles comprising a fuel tank shell having reduced wall thickness, accordingly resulting in a reduced total mass of the tank assembly. The fuel tank shell comprises two half shells connected to one another and having at least one support member attached thereto for providing structural support to the fuel tank shell. In particular, the support member may be positioned internally or externally to the fuel tank with such a positioning being selected so as to offer support in at least one area where the stress level exerted on the fuel tank shell is maximum. | 07-30-2009 |
Douglas Schoen, Plymouth, MI US
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20080196700 | Diesel Fuel Cooling System and Control Strategy - A fuel cooling system for a diesel internal combustion engine system having a set of engine cylinders, a fuel storage tank, and a common rail fuel injection system comprises of a fuel distribution circuit for carrying fuel from the fuel storage tank to the engine cylinders; a fuel recycling circuit for recycling un-injected fuel; a temperature sensor for sensing fuel temperature; a fuel to coolant heat exchange system for cooling the fuel wherein the fuel to coolant heat exchange system comprises a coolant reservoir, an electric coolant pump, and a heat exchange manifold; a mechanism for controlling the electric coolant pump operation; an air to coolant heat exchange system coupled to the fuel to coolant heat exchange system for cooling the coolant in the fuel to coolant heat exchange system wherein the air to coolant heat exchange system is exposed to vehicle ram air and includes a heat exchange manifold and a cooling fan; and a mechanism for controlling the cooling fan. | 08-21-2008 |
20110041812 | DIESEL FUEL COOLING SYSTEM AND CONTROL STRATEGY - A method is described for cooling fuel for a diesel engine system with a common rail fuel injection system having a coolant pump and a fan. The method comprises passing a returning fuel from the engine through a fuel to coolant heat exchange system to cool the fuel, and adjusting the cooling of the fuel by controlling the coolant pump and/or the engine cooling fan. | 02-24-2011 |
Eric Jonathan Schoen, Bellaire, TX US
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20080235280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OILFIELD DATA REPOSITORY - The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method includes storing oilfield data associated with a plurality of oilfield entities in a first data repository, obtaining a first target metamodel comprising structural description of a first plurality of data entities of the first data repository, obtaining a domain metamodel interleaved with a first mapping specification, the domain metamodel comprising structural description of a domain model for representing the plurality of oilfield entities in an application programming interface, obtaining a mapping specification associating the first target metamodel with the domain metamodel and forming the application programming interface based on the domain metamodel, the first target metamodel, and the first mapping specification using a computer implemented method. | 09-25-2008 |
20100044033 | OILFIELD APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - A method for performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation. The method includes collecting oilfield data and deploying a first plug-in including a first oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application. The method further includes performing an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output and adjusting an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output. | 02-25-2010 |
20110050562 | VISUALIZATION CONTROLS - Implementations of visualization controls are described. Some techniques described herein enable a user to interact with a geoscience object on display. In one possible embodiment, simultaneous movements of two or more user-controlled points are tracked using a motion monitoring system, such as cameras. The movement of the points is then interpreted as an interaction with the geoscience object and results in a corresponding alteration of the display of the geoscience object. One example interaction includes a compound manipulation (i.e. translation, rotation, scaling and/or skewing) of the geoscience object. | 03-03-2011 |
20110167089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OILFIELD DATA REPOSITORY - The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method includes storing oilfield data associated with a plurality of oilfield entities in a first data repository, obtaining a first target metamodel comprising structural description of a first plurality of data entities of the first data repository, obtaining a domain metamodel interleaved with a first mapping specification, the domain metamodel comprising structural description of a domain model for representing the plurality of oilfield entities in an application programming interface, obtaining a mapping specification associating the first target metamodel with the domain metamodel and forming the application programming interface based on the domain metamodel, the first target metamodel, and the first mapping specification using a computer implemented method. | 07-07-2011 |
20130325725 | PEOPLE IN CONTEXT - A method for contacting people involves identifying, prior to an exploration and production (E&P) tool session, a first person accessing a first portion of the historic information in a subterranean formation field data set, adding, prior to the E&P tool session, the first person to a people-in-context list by at least storing an identifier of the first person with a reference to the first portion of the historic information, presenting, during the E&P tool session to a user controlling the E&P tool session, a selection menu based on the people-in-context list, receiving, during the E&P tool session, a first selection from the user, wherein the first selection identifies the first person from the selection menu, and establishing, in response to the first selection from the user, a first communication session between the user and the first person in the people-in-context list. | 12-05-2013 |
20130327521 | OILFIELD APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - A method for performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation. The method includes collecting oilfield data and deploying a first plug-in including a first oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application. The method further includes performing an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output and adjusting an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output. | 12-12-2013 |
Isadore Schoen, Burke, VA US
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20090259840 | Systems and methods for authenticating an electronic message - Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM). | 10-15-2009 |
20120096275 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM). | 04-19-2012 |
20130297931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM). | 11-07-2013 |
Jason Schoen, Seattle, WA US
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20100274364 | ADJUSTABLE PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis system includes a reconfigurable socket. The socket changes configurations to adjust the socket fit. The socket includes a socket main body with a window and a panel positioned in the window. The panel and the socket main body cooperate to define a cavity for receiving a residual limb. A lacing system is coupled to both the socket main body and the panel and moves the panel with respect to the socket main body to adjust a volume of the cavity. A tensioning mechanism holds the lacing system to position the adjustment panel. The prosthesis system also allows for the escape of moisture from within the cavity. | 10-28-2010 |
Jason A. Schoen, Seattle, WA US
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20120271207 | ORTHOSIS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - An orthosis includes a belt assembly, an energy storage apparatus, and an articulatable leg frame. The belt assembly is configured to be secured to a user's body. The energy storage apparatus is coupled to the belt assembly and includes a pretension adjustment device and an exotendon. The articulatable leg frame is coupleable to the belt assembly. The energy storage apparatus helps move the user's leg which is coupled to the leg frame. | 10-25-2012 |
20130274895 | ADJUSTABLE PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis system includes a reconfigurable socket. The socket changes configurations to adjust the socket fit. The socket includes a socket main body with a window and a panel positioned in the window. The panel and the socket main body cooperate to define a cavity for receiving a residual limb. A lacing system is coupled to both the socket main body and the panel and moves the panel with respect to the socket main body to adjust a volume of the cavity. A tensioning mechanism holds the lacing system to position the adjustment panel. The prosthesis system also allows for the escape of moisture from within the cavity. | 10-17-2013 |
Jeffrey A. Schoen, Grafton, WI US
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20140280069 | Internet-Based Lot and Home Plan Suitability Matching System - A method of matching building lots and home plans is provided. The method includes maintaining a first database having data for a plurality of building lots, and maintaining a second database having data for a plurality of home plans. The method further includes receiving a request, electronically submitted over a networked connection, for either a set of suitable building lots for a particular home plan, or a set of suitable home plans for a particular lot. The method also includes transmitting, over the networked connection, information showing either suitable building lots for a particular home plan, or suitable home plans for a particular lot. | 09-18-2014 |
Jerry William Schoen, Cincinnati, OH US
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20150064481 | GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL WITH IMPROVED FORSTERITE COATING CHARACTERISTICS - Increasing the chromium content of an electrical steel substrate to a level greater than or equal to about 0.45 weight percent (wt %) produced a much improved forsterite coating having superior and more uniform coloration, thickness and adhesion. Moreover, the so-formed forsterite coating provides greater tension potentially reducing the relative importance of any secondary coating. | 03-05-2015 |
John Edward Schoen, New York, NY US
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20110010288 | ANONYMOUS TRADING SYSTEM - An anonymous computerised trading system matches orders by conducting auctions at specified times. As well as entering orders, participants assign credit limits for the duration of the auction, thus minimizing the time for which credit is allocated to the system. | 01-13-2011 |
20110276455 | AUTOMATED TRADING SYSTEM - An anonymous trading system is configured to receive a price stream from a bank or other institution. The price stream is converted into a quote stream and input into the trading system via an automated trading interface. The quote stream has its own deal code. The deal code credit limits are set so that the only parties that have credit with the deal code are other deal codes of the same institution. At least one of these deal codes represents a prime broker bank and prime broker customers therefore have access to the institution's price stream to the exclusion of other parties trading on the system. A distributor distributes the quotes from the trading system to the prime broker customers' traders, to prime broker customer automated trading interfaces, and to prime broker customer deal feed systems for logging of deal tickets and communication of those deal tickets to back office systems. | 11-10-2011 |
Jonathan Schoen, Denver, CO US
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20130172671 | ROBOTIC CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MICRO-PATTERNED TREADS FOR FRICTION ENHANCEMENT OF A ROBOTIC CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE IN A BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT, AND PROCESS FOR FABRICATION OF MICRO-TREADS - Micro-patterned treads for endoscopes are disclosed. In an embodiment, the treads include a micro-patterned surface and a roller engaging surface. Micro-patterned tread bearing robotic capsule endoscopes are disclosed. In one embodiment, the endoscope includes a housing, a motor, a geared drive, rollers, and at least one micro-patterned tread. Methods of fabricating closed loop treads are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a solid layer of PDMS on one side of double-sided tape and wrapping a micro-patterned PDMS strip together with the other side of the double-sided tape. In another embodiment, a method includes forming a timing belt PDMS strip on one side of double-sided tape and a micro-patterned PDMS strip together with the other side of the double-sided tape. | 07-04-2013 |
Joseph Schoen, Clarence, NY US
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20140202808 | SHOCK ABSORBER WITH VARIABLE DAMPING PROFILE - Disclosed herein in an energy absorption device that incorporates a diverse range of uses within a single shock absorber. The disclosed energy absorption device is a novel combination of interaction between various components (e.g., piston head, shock tube, cylinder end, external cylinder, and adjustment mechanism) within a single shock absorber. When the components disclosed herein are considered together and designed as an interrelated assembly, the ability to incorporate such a diverse range of uses within a single device emerges. The ability to combine dashpot, square wave, progressive wave, and self-compensating damping in a single device is unprecedented, as is the ability to deliver sublinear damping force vs. input velocity performance in an adjustable device. The disclosed device allows a user to make simpler sizing calculations and decisions, and provides the user with the ability to adjust the shock absorber to a specific application, for example, with the turn of an adjustment knob. | 07-24-2014 |
Karen Schoen, New York, NY US
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20110004541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A TRANSACTION - Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for conducting a transaction are provided. In some embodiments, a unit is issued to a holder including a forward contract and a note, in which the note specifies an initial capped remarketing, at least a first subsequent capped remarketing, and an uncapped remarketing, the uncapped remarketing performed only if each of the capped remarketings fail. | 01-06-2011 |
20130346280 | Method And Apparatus For Conducting A Transaction - Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for conducting a transaction are provided. In some embodiments, a unit is issued to a holder including a forward contract and a note, in which the note specifies an initial capped remarketing, at least a first subsequent capped remarketing, and an uncapped remarketing, the uncapped remarketing performed only if each of the capped remarketings fail. | 12-26-2013 |
Katrina Schoen, New York, NY US
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20150234945 | REAL-TIME SPATIAL DAYLIGHTING ANALYSIS FOR A 3D GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE - Various embodiments provide systems and methods enabling a user to receive feedback regarding a computer-implemented design of an architectural structure as the user is designing or otherwise modifying the computer-implemented design using a computer-aided design (CAD) software tool. The feedback (hereafter also referred to as “design feedback”) may provide the user with useful analysis information regarding the architectural structure's predicted characteristics (e.g., operational performance, resource consumption, cost, etc.) based on the current state of the computer-implemented design. In particular, daylighting analyses pertinent to the computer-implemented design of the architectural structure can be visually displayed to the user in real or near-real-time. | 08-20-2015 |
Katrina Leigh Schoen, Astoria, NY US
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20150234944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMPACT ANALYSIS DATA WHILE DESIGNING AN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE - Various embodiments provide systems and methods enabling a user to receive feedback regarding a computer-implemented design of an architectural structure as the user is designing or otherwise modifying the computer-implemented design using a computer-aided design (CAD) software tool. The feedback (hereafter also referred to as “design feedback”) may provide the user with useful analysis information regarding the architectural structure's predicted characteristics (e.g., operational performance, resource consumption, cost, etc.) based on the current state of the computer-implemented design. In particular, heating and cooling loads associated with the computer-implemented design of the architectural structure can be visually displayed to the user in real or near-real-time along with the relationships to contributing factors that impact the heating and cooling loads. | 08-20-2015 |
Kent Schoen, San Francisco, CA US
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20120084160 | Providing Social Endorsements with Online Advertising - Third-party publishers (such as websites) provide online advertisements combined with social endorsement information to users. A request for an advertisement is received from a viewing user via a third-party publisher system. A particular advertisement is selected in response to this request, and one or more advertisement tags associated with the advertisement are retrieved. The advertisement tags comprise information related to the advertisement. Social networking system data for users related to the viewing user is retrieved. Social endorsement information is obtained using the social networking system data and the advertisement tags associated with the advertisement. The social endorsement information and the advertisement are then combined and transmitted to the third-party publisher system, or are transmitted individually for combination by the third-party publisher system. | 04-05-2012 |
20120203831 | Sponsored Stories Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to sponsored story generation from an organic activity stream in a social networking site. A user wishing to promote an entry from an organic activity stream may, using a sponsor user interface, specify the types of stories to promote to a portion of the home page displayed to a member of a social network. | 08-09-2012 |
20120232998 | SELECTING SOCIAL ENDORSEMENT INFORMATION FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR DISPLAY TO A VIEWING USER - A social networking system provides an advertisement for display to a viewing user along with a social endorsement, which contains information about a friend of the viewing user in the social networking system. The social endorsement is selected from the social information maintained by the social networking system. To select the social endorsement, the social networking system identifies social networking system objects related to the advertisement as well as interactions between these objects and other users who are connected to the viewing user in the social networking system, where each interaction relates to a candidate social endorsement. An affinity score may be computed for each candidate social endorsement, where the affinity scores represent a measure of the viewing user's likely interest in each candidate social endorsement. The social networking system selects a social endorsement and provides it for display to the viewing user with the advertisement. In one embodiment, the selection is based upon the computed affinity scores. | 09-13-2012 |
20120323998 | Social Networking System Data Exchange - An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher. | 12-20-2012 |
20130013418 | Selection And Presentation Of Related Social Networking System Content And Advertisements - A social networking system uses information that it obtains from and about its users to select social networking content and advertising for presentation to users in a way that optimizes for one or more optimization goals. Example optimization goals include monetization, user sharing, user engagement, system growth, and user communication. The social networking system may select social networking content and advertising based on their relevance to a particular user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be related to each other to provide a more interesting display to the user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be presented in a supplemental portion of a display, and be selected based on their relatedness to content in the main portion of the display. | 01-10-2013 |
20130080523 | INSTANTANEOUS RECOMMENDATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - As a user of a social networking system views a page that includes information provided by the system, certain types of social interactions are monitored. If an interaction monitored for is detected, at least one recommendation unit is identified to present to user on the page. The recommendation unit is identified based on a description of the interaction. The recommendation unit suggests that the user perform a social interaction in the social networking system. The recommendation unit is transmitted to a device of the user and is presented to the user on the page without having to reload the entire page. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080524 | INSTANTANEOUS RECOMMENDATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - When a social interaction by a user in a social networking system is detected, a description of the interaction is created. A service level auction is performed to select one or more service modules to provide recommendation units from a plurality of service modules. Each of the plurality of service modules is configured to provide recommendation units that suggest that the user engage in a social interaction in the social networking system. The description of the interaction is provided to each service module selected and recommendation units are requested. A plurality of recommendation units are received from the selected service modules. A unit level auction is performed to select one of more recommendation units to present to the user from the plurality of recommendation units. The selected recommendation units are transmitted to a device of the user for presentation. | 03-28-2013 |
20130151346 | REDACTING PORTIONS OF ADVERTISEMENTS DELIVERED TO UNDERAGE USERS - An advertising system provides online advertisements to users of an online system, where portions of the advertisements are redacted if served to users who are underage. The system includes a data store, which stores advertisements that have a plurality of components. When a user is to be served an advertisement, the system determines the user's age, and then redacts portions of the advertisement that the user is not old enough to view. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151610 | Bookmarking Social Networking System Content - A social networking system allows users to bookmark content within the social networking system to view at a later time and/or to share with other users. The content that may be bookmarked may include advertisements, user posted content, user comments on posted content, or any other content viewable within the social networking system, as well as links to content outside of the social networking system. A user may save the content by selecting a bookmark link corresponding to the content. The bookmarked content may be viewed later, such as in a bookmarked content dashboard, and it may also be used to provide additional content to the user that is related to the bookmarked content. Additionally, the user's bookmarking activity may be published to the user's connections in the social networking system to enable others to find and view the content that the user deems worthy of bookmarking. | 06-13-2013 |
20130297702 | SPONSORED-STORIES-UNIT CREATION FROM ORGANIC ACTIVITY STREAM - A method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics, monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics, and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 11-07-2013 |
20140040042 | MONITORING ACTIVITY STREAM FOR SPONSORED STORY CREATION - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140108550 | INSTANTANEOUS RECOMMENDATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - As a user of a social networking system views a page that includes information provided by the system, certain types of social interactions are monitored. If an interaction monitored for is detected, at least one recommendation unit is identified to present to user on the page. The recommendation unit is identified based on a description of the interaction. The recommendation unit suggests that the user perform a social interaction in the social networking system. The recommendation unit is transmitted to a device of the user and is presented to the user on the page without having to reload the entire page. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108965 | SPONSORED STORY SHARING USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115500 | SPONSORED STORY USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 04-24-2014 |
20140122249 | SPONSORED STORY CREATION USING INFERENTIAL TARGETING - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123034 | SPONSORED STORY CREATION USER INTERFACE - A method includes monitoring an activity stream to identify actions that match stored sponsored story specifications, for providing one or more sponsored stories to a viewing user. The sponsored story specifications include a visual specification for the sponsored story, and matched sponsored stories are ranked for a viewing user. Users can set privacy preferences related to sponsored stories. The ranking and privacy settings contribute to which sponsored stories are provided for display to the viewing user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140324587 | Bookmarking Social Networking System Content - A social networking system allows users to bookmark content within the social networking system to view at a later time and/or to share with other users. The content that may be bookmarked may include advertisements, user posted content, user comments on posted content, or any other content viewable within the social networking system, as well as links to content outside of the social networking system. A user may save the content by selecting a bookmark link corresponding to the content. The bookmarked content may be viewed later, such as in a bookmarked content dashboard, and it may also be used to provide additional content to the user that is related to the bookmarked content. Additionally, the user's bookmarking activity may be published to the user's connections in the social networking system to enable others to find and view the content that the user deems worthy of bookmarking. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324597 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM DATA EXCHANGE - An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher. | 10-30-2014 |
20150100431 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM DATA EXCHANGE - An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher. | 04-09-2015 |
20150339735 | PROVIDING SOCIAL ENDORSEMENTS WITH ONLINE ADVERTISING - Third-party publishers (such as websites) provide online advertisements combined with social endorsement information to users. A request for an advertisement is received from a viewing user via a third-party publisher system. A particular advertisement is selected in response to this request, and one or more advertisement tags associated with the advertisement are retrieved. The advertisement tags comprise information related to the advertisement. Social networking system data for users related to the viewing user is retrieved. Social endorsement information is obtained using the social networking system data and the advertisement tags associated with the advertisement. The social endorsement information and the advertisement are then combined and transmitted to the third-party publisher system, or are transmitted individually for combination by the third-party publisher system. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341465 | Social Networking System Data Exchange - An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher. | 11-26-2015 |
Kent Schoen US
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20110153377 | Mixing and Targeting Content Types/Items for Users to Promote Optimization Goals - A social networking system uses information that it obtains from and about its users to select social networking content and advertising for presentation to users in a way that optimizes for one or more optimization goals. Example optimization goals include monetization, user sharing, user engagement, system growth, and user communication. The social networking system may select social networking content and advertising based on their relevance to a particular user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be related to each other to provide a more interesting display to the user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be presented in a supplemental portion of a display, and be selected based on their relatedness to content in the main portion of the display. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153412 | Selection and Presentation of Related Social Networking System Content and Advertisements - A social networking system uses information that it obtains from and about its users to select social networking content and advertising for presentation to users in a way that optimizes for one or more optimization goals. Example optimization goals include monetization, user sharing, user engagement, system growth, and user communication. The social networking system may select social networking content and advertising based on their relevance to a particular user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be related to each other to provide a more interesting display to the user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be presented in a supplemental portion of a display, and be selected based on their relatedness to content in the main portion of the display. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153421 | Context-Based Selection and Presentation of Social Networking System Content and Advertisements - A social networking system uses information that it obtains from and about its users to select social networking content and advertising for presentation to users in a way that optimizes for one or more optimization goals. Example optimization goals include monetization, user sharing, user engagement, system growth, and user communication. The social networking system may select social networking content and advertising based on their relevance to a particular user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be related to each other to provide a more interesting display to the user. The selected social networking content and advertising may be presented in a supplemental portion of a display, and be selected based on their relatedness to content in the main portion of the display. | 06-23-2011 |
20120158513 | Tool for Third-Party Creation of Advertisements for a Social Networking System - A third-party advertisement creator builds a template for an advertisement using a markup language provided by the social networking system. The template may include a function to call information from a user's profile as well as a function to perform an action in the social networking system and/or external to the social networking system. An advertiser selects a template, add content to the template to create an advertisement, and then requests that the advertisement be published by the social networking system to a viewing user. At runtime, the social networking system parses the markup language in the advertisement to use tags with the viewing user's personal and social information and/or function calls to perform the action (e.g., to make the user a “fan” of a page). This allows personalization of interactive advertisements generated by a third party while protecting the user's personal information maintained by the social networking system. | 06-21-2012 |
Kent Schoen, San Franciso, CA US
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20120239750 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics; monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics; and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246232 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a bid to display in a predetermined area of a web page an organic-activity-stream entry matching particular story characteristics. The bid includes a bid amount and one or more targeting criteria. The method includes, n response to identifying an organic-activity-stream entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the organic-activity-stream entry in a predetermined area of a web page based at least in part on the bid amount and targeting criteria. | 09-27-2012 |
20130014030 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 01-10-2013 |
20130218962 | SPONSORED-STORIES-UNIT CREATION FROM ORGANIC ACTIVITY STREAM - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sponsor specifications designating story characteristics; monitoring an organic activity stream for entries matching the story characteristics; and, in response to identifying an entry as matching the story characteristics, providing for display the entry in a predetermined area of a web page. | 08-22-2013 |
20130246940 | Sponsored-Stories-Unit Creation from Organic Activity Stream - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first selection of an entity associated with a user of a social-networking system; receiving a second selection of a type of user interaction with the entity; and providing the first and second selections for use in a sponsored-story specification. The use of the first and second selections in the sponsored-story specification facilitate entries in an organic activity stream of the social-networking system that match the sponsored-story specification being provided for display in pre-determined areas of web pages. | 09-19-2013 |
Kent Matthew Schoen, San Francisco, CA US
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20110231240 | Communicating Information in a Social Network System about Activities from Another Domain - In one embodiment, a method is described for tracking information about the activities of users of a social networking system while on another domain. The method includes maintaining a profile for each of one or more users of the social networking system, each profile identifying a connection to one or more other users of the social networking system and including information about the user. The method additionally includes receiving one or more communications from a third-party website having a different domain than the social network system, each message communicating an action taken by a user of the social networking system on the third-party website. The method additionally includes logging the actions taken on the third-party website in the social networking system, each logged action including information about the action. The method further includes correlating the logged actions with one or more advertisements presented to the one or more users on the third-party website as well as correlating the logged actions with a user of the social networking system. | 09-22-2011 |
Kipp J. Schoen, Longmont, CO US
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20150207574 | PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (PAM) BIT ERROR TEST AND MEASUREMENT - A method and apparatus are provided to detect a threshold-error of a multi-level signal-under-test. In one aspect of the disclosure, a digital test sequence may be used to produce the signal-under-test. In one aspect, the digital test sequence may be mapped to M binary reference sequences, wherein M is greater than one. In one aspect, each of the M binary reference sequences may be associated with a voltage threshold and a received signal may be bit-compared with each threshold. In one aspect, a threshold-error may be counted when a bit of a binary reference sequence does not match the corresponding bit-compare result. In one aspect, an instrument is provided that compares a received amplitude to a plurality of thresholds at one sample time. | 07-23-2015 |
Luke Schoen, Redmond, WA US
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20150271200 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE NETWORK SECURITY THROUGH JUST-IN-TIME PROVISIONED ACCOUNTS - Techniques to contain lateral movement of attackers through just-in-time (JIT) provisioned accounts comprising an account management component to receive a request from a first account via a client device for a second account to access a server device in a set of server devices, an account authorization component to authorize the request for the second account based at least partially on account information associated with the first account, an account provisioning component to provision the second account to enable a client to access the server device, and an account notification component to provide account information associated with the second account to a client via the client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-24-2015 |
20150281225 | TECHNIQUES TO OPERATE A SERVICE WITH MACHINE GENERATED AUTHENTICATION TOKENS - Techniques to operate a service with machine generated authentication tokens comprising a authentication token management component to establish a secure connection with a client device based at least partially on client authentication information associated with a first account of the client, receive a request for account information of one or more accounts associated with the first account of the client, provide account information for a second account associated with the first account to the client via the client device, receive a request to generate an authentication token for the second account, validate the request to generate the authentication token based on the client authentication information associated with the client, and a token generation component to generate the authentication token for the second account. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-01-2015 |
Macey D. Schoen, Las Vegas, NV US
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20110312243 | Interchangeable stimulation system for child carrier - Disclosed is an interchangeable stimulation system for child carriers that integrates an easily interchangeable stimulation device with a child carrier, such as a car seat, a carriage or stroller, a child swing, a crib, a playpen, or other child carrying device. The interchangeability of the system allows for display of stimulation devices that are particularly configured to stimulate children that are within distinct, defined age groups without requiring replacement of the stimulation system. | 12-22-2011 |
Marco Schoen, Pocatello, ID US
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20160097582 | Modified Refrigerator - A motorized rotating apparatus for the interior, thermally insulated compartment of a refrigerator is described. The apparatus has one or more guiding tracks and one or more movable shelves that remain upright while being moved up or down. The apparatus employs a motor which is configured to automatically rotate the shelves, moving them vertically and horizontally in the process. The apparatus facilitates access to the contents of the interior of the refrigerator without needing to reach to the rear of the refrigerator, nor bend down to reach contents at the bottom of the refrigerated insulated compartment. | 04-07-2016 |
Marco P. Schoen, Pocatello, ID US
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20150112448 | Hybrid Prosthetic Hand - A hybrid prosthetic hand is detailed which is controlled via input from both sEMG signals, as well as mechanical control from the elbow and shoulder of an amputee. The device is equipped with mechanical fingers, which are driven by electrical motors, and controlled via microcontrollers. The mechanical fingers are designed to form a variety of shapes and provide variable force in accordance with the contextual desires of the amputee, which are conveyed to the device primarily through the movement of the shoulder and/or elbow of the amputee. The instructions sent to the mechanical fingers of the device by the shoulder or elbow is augmented by instructions provided via sEMG signals. | 04-23-2015 |
Matthew B. Schoen, Stamford, CT US
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20130024214 | COMPUTER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING, ISSUING, AND MANAGING DISABILITY COVERAGE FOR RETIREMENT PLANS WITH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS - A computer-aided method of computing coverage benefit costs for a retirement plan having respective accounts for individuals, the method including the steps of converting input plan contribution data for at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan into corresponding input digital electrical signals, manipulating the input digital electrical signals in computing the coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts according to said retirement plan, and producing output at an output device. The output including the computed coverage benefit costs for the at least one of said accounts of said retirement plan. The method is suitable for IRS Sec. 401, 408, 457, in cases such as an IRA, ROTH IRA, individual social security accounts of whatever country may be at issue, and the like. Input plan contribution data can include data such as FICA tax, Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax data. | 01-24-2013 |
Matthew R. Schoen, East Williston, NY US
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20130162941 | Braided Eyewear Retainer - An eyewear retainer for glasses, in which braided tubular sleeves with bonded terminal ends hold onto the temple piece of the glasses. The eyewear retainer consists of two braided tubular sleeves, with at least one of the terminal ends of each sleeve ending in a plurality of terminal ends of the braided strings or ribbons. The two braided tubular sleeves may be connected via a continuous braid or used with another intermediary component. The length of the device is selected for comfortable use and may be adjusted during use. In a preferred embodiment, the bonding of the terminal ends is accomplished, via a silicone-based epoxy to provide a flexible and tacky bond, which allows a more secure hold. | 06-27-2013 |
Neil C. Schoen, Gaithersburg, MD US
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20130048054 | System and Method for Collection of Solar Energy for Conversion to Electric Power - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a solar energy collection system utilizes high efficiency multi junction photovoltaic (PV) solar cells to augment extracted energy obtained from a photovoltaic (PV) solar cell coolant fluid Carnot cycle process. The combined Carnot and photovoltaic (PV) energy extraction process significantly enhances the efficiency of solar energy-to-electric power conversion. The solar energy collection system employs a suspension system that further reduces costs of producing electricity. | 02-28-2013 |
Neil C. Schoen, Montg'Y Vil, MD US
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20110040664 | Home Asset Value Enhancement Notes (HAVENs) - Financial instruments to protect the value of residential homes are described. A method for generation of publicly traded notes backed by ownership of single family homes to allow financial markets to provide instruments for investors and home owners to profit from price changes in the value of single family homes. A fraction of the title to the land and dwelling of many single family homes are bundled, separately from that of the traditional mortgages, creating the equivalent of mortgage-backed-securities such as Ginnie Maes, which are marketed to public investors. These securities, herein referred to as home asset value enhancement notes (HAVENs), can be used by individual homeowners as a hedge against any declines in value of their individual homes. They can also be purchased by the general public as a direct investment in the aggregate value of residential real estate. Analogous to exchange traded funds (ETFs), they can be held as long or short positions, and thus are suitable for capitalizing on long-term appreciation in residential housing, or protecting house values over short or intermediate term declines in home prices, as might be done by home builders or individual home owners who are not able to hold the real estate assets over longer periods of time. HAVENs are intended to serve purposes similar to those of commodity contracts available to producers and consumers of commodities other than houses, such as precious metals, agricultural products or livestock. HAVENs differ from traditional insurance, in that no up-front payment is necessary to secure protection; instead a portion of ownership is pledged. In addition, this greatly broadens the public participation and thus spreads the risk. Traditional insurance resources based on homeowner premiums could be overwhelmed in a depression environment, increasing the risk that the homeowner would not be covered for his losses on sale of the property. | 02-17-2011 |
Neil Charles Schoen, Montgomery Village, MD US
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20100260897 | Commercial bakery sandwich breads and rolls products - An improvement to a variety of sandwich-based bakery products to prevent “leakage” of food from the sandwich while eating, due to the open sides of present sandwich bakery products. Leakage is avoided by using separate baking-pan molds to create top and bottom parts of a variety of sandwich-like products (e.g., hamburger rolls, English muffins, submarine rolls, and soft taco/burrito shells). The top and bottom parts of most of the products contain outside walls that have a crust layer created by the baking molds that prevents food from falling or squirting out of the sandwich product due to gravity or pressure from biting or squeezing the sandwich product during eating. The one-piece burrito product has “wings” which, when folded properly, prevents leakage of the contents during eating and reduces the multiple end layers created when “rolling up” a conventional burrito. | 10-14-2010 |
Paul E. Schoen, Alexandria, VA US
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20090117285 | ROOM TEMPERATURE ELECTROLESS IRON BATH OPERATING WITHOUT A GALVANIC COUPLE FOR DEPOSITION OF FERROMAGNETIC AMORPHOUS FeB FILMS - Provided is an electroless iron bath capable of depositing a ferromagnetic FeB coating onto Pd/Sn-catalyzed substrates at room temperature without the need for an accompanying galvanic couple. The new electroless iron bath is comprised of Fe | 05-07-2009 |
20090176028 | MICROWAVE-ATTENUATING COMPOSITE MATERIALS, METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING THE SAME, DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME, METHODS OF PREPARING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHODS OF ATTENTUATING MICROWAVES - The present invention provides microwave attenuating, filled composite materials which contain a polymer or ceramic matrix and metallic tubules and processes for making the same and devices which contain such materials. | 07-09-2009 |
20090202719 | MICROWAVE-ATTENUATING COMPOSITE MATERIALS, METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING THE SAME, DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME, METHODS OF PREPARING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHODS OF ATTENTUATING MICROWAVES - The present invention provides microwave attenuating, filled composite materials which contain a polymer or ceramic matrix and metallic tubules and processes for making the same and devices which contain such materials. | 08-13-2009 |
20090325261 | Passivation of nerve agents by surface modified enzymes stabilized by non-covalent immobilization on robust, stable particles - Enzymes are modified by incorporating anchor sites for linking the enzymes to a target surface without destroying the catalytic activity of the enzymes. A stable carrier to accommodate and bind the selected enzyme is constructed, and the enzyme is non-covalently liked to the carrier, generally through metal salts of iminodiacetate | 12-31-2009 |
20100178421 | CONDUCTIVE MICROCYLINDER-BASED PAINTS FOR INTEGRATED ANTENNAS - The present invention is directed to a method for making a conformal antenna on a surface by providing a composition comprising a polymer matrix and a plurality of metalized tubules and applying the composition to the surface as two parallel wires connected at their ends to make a closed loop with one of the parallel wires broken in the middle. Also disclosed is an alternate method for making a conformal antenna on a surface by spraying a first material comprising a polymer matrix onto the surface and simultaneously spraying a second material comprising a plurality of metalized tubules and a coagulant onto the surface, wherein the first and second materials mix together during the spraying. A further method for making a conformal antenna includes spraying a first material comprising a polymer matrix and a plurality of metalized tubules onto the surface and simultaneously spraying a second material comprising an aqueous electroless plating bath onto the surface, wherein the first and second materials mix together during the spraying. | 07-15-2010 |
Richard A. Schoen, Cosby, MO US
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20090092444 | Double-bladed vibrating concrete screed - A concrete screed includes an engaging frame for readily engaging the mounting fixture of a skid loader or the like, with a pair of spaced parallel frame arms long enough to keep the skid loader off the concrete form, with a screed blade attached to the distal ends of the two frame arms. A pre-screed screeding blade having a V-shape is fixed to the screed blade for knocking down high spots in poured concrete. The side frame arms are free to pivot up and down at both ends. A pair of pulling arms, each pivotally connected to the screed blade at one end and to a side frame arm at the other, exert the actual pulling force that pulls the screed blade across the poured concrete. A pair of hydraulic vibrators fixed to the screed blade vibrates the screed blade to puddle and settle the concrete for leveling. | 04-09-2009 |
Richard M. Schoen, Hartland, WI US
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20090008334 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF HIGH pH/SILICA BRINES - A method for neutralizing brines that contain high levels of silica accompanied with a high pH. Brine is processed through a reactor in which the pH is lowered and the resultant silica precipitate is adsorbed onto a sacrificial crystal structure. The resultant stream is then processed through a solids removal zone wherein the solids are removed and recovered for reuse. The neutralized solids-free brine is then suitable for down-hole injection in the heavy oil industry or further treatment by common water treatment methods if further adjustment is required for other industries. | 01-08-2009 |
20110061867 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY DISTILLATE FROM PRODUCED WATER FOR GENERATION OF HIGH PRESSURE STEAM - Embodiments presented herein provide an evaporation based zero liquid discharge method for generation of up to 100% quality high pressure steam from produced water in the heavy oil production industry. De-oiled water is processed in an evaporation system producing a distillate that allows steam to be generated with either drum-type boilers operating at higher pressures or once-through steam generators (OTSGs) operating at higher vaporization rates. Evaporator blowdown is treated in a forced-circulation evaporator to provide a zero liquid discharge system that could recycle>98% of the deoiled water for industrial use. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least one “straight sump” evaporator and at least one hybrid external mist eliminator. Embodiments of the evaporation method operate at a higher overall efficiency than those of the prior art by producing distillate at a higher enthalpy which minimizes the high pressure boiler preheating requirement. | 03-17-2011 |
20130269934 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY DISTILLATE FROM PRODUCED WATER FOR GENERATION OF HIGH PRESSURE STEAM - Embodiments presented herein provide an evaporation based zero liquid discharge method for generation of up to 100% quality high pressure steam from produced water in the heavy oil production industry. De-oiled water is processed in an evaporation system producing a distillate that allows steam to be generated with either drum-type boilers operating at higher pressures or once-through steam generators (OTSGs) operating at higher vaporization rates. Evaporator blowdown is treated in a forced-circulation evaporator to provide a zero liquid discharge system that could recycle >98% of the deoiled water for industrial use. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least one “straight sump” evaporator and at least one hybrid external mist eliminator. Embodiments of the evaporation method operate at a higher overall efficiency than those of the prior art by producing distillate at a higher enthalpy which minimizes the high pressure boiler preheating requirement. | 10-17-2013 |
Robert E. Schoen, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20080248496 | NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COLON CANCER AND COLON METASTASIS TO THE LIVER, AND USES THEREOF - Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies. | 10-09-2008 |
Robert M. Schoen, Oxford, MI US
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20130146382 | IMPACT SENSITIVE LATCH ACTUATION LINK FOR VEHICLE DOOR - An apparatus may include a latch mechanism, an actuator, and an actuation link. The latch mechanism may be movable to allow and restrict movement of a vehicle door relative to a vehicle frame. The actuator may be configured to be movable by a user to cause corresponding movement of the latch mechanism. The actuation link may interconnect the latch mechanism and the actuator. The actuation link may include a portion that is laterally compliant to absorb a lateral force and axially rigid to transmit motion of the actuator to the latch mechanism. | 06-13-2013 |
Steven Michael Schoen, Crestwood, MO US
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20150101478 | AIRCRAFT MISSILE LAUNCHER COVER - A cover for an empty rail missile launcher that can be used in flight. The cover is shaped to reflect radar signals transmitted by a radar transmitter away from the radar transmitter to reduce detectibility by radar. The cover may also be coated with radar absorbent material to reduce detectibility by radar. Hangers are used to mount the cover to the rail missile launcher. The cover is provided with a grounding mechanism to dissipate precipitation static. A restraint mechanism is provided to prevent the cover from inadvertently sliding off the rail missile launcher. | 04-16-2015 |
Susan R. Schoen, Macedon, NY US
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20120058950 | DETECTION OF NEUROPEPTIDES ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC PAIN DISORDERS AND USES THEREOF - Diagnostic assessment and therapeutic treatment of pelvic pain disorders, including bladder disorders, bowel disorders, and/or reproductive tissue or organ disorders that are characterized by increased expression of the neuropeptides CGRP and/or PACAP. Additionally, applicants have developed a transgenic non-human model for pelvic pain disorders, where the transgenic animal expresses in bladder sensory neurons a recombinant neuropeptide implicated in the pelvic pain disorder. | 03-08-2012 |
Timothy R. Schoen, San Francisco, CA US
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20140310255 | SEARCH SUGGESTION AND DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus for processing image content items. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a set of search query suggestions for a query, each search query suggestion being based on the search query; for each search query suggestion, receiving data identifying a respective set of resources determined to be responsive to the search query suggestion; for each respective set of resources, generating a representative resource set depicting a subset of the respective set of resources; providing to the user device, in response the search query, a search results page resource including instructions that cause the user device to render a search results page that includes: a set of search results that identify resources that are determined to be responsive to the search query; for each search query suggestion, a search query suggestion grouping including: data describing the search query suggestion, and data depicting the representative resource set. | 10-16-2014 |
20160078132 | SEARCH SUGGESTION AND DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus for processing image content items. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a set of search query suggestions for a query, each search query suggestion being based on the search query; for each search query suggestion, receiving data identifying a respective set of resources determined to be responsive to the search query suggestion; for each respective set of resources, generating a representative resource set depicting a subset of the respective set of resources; providing to the user device, in response the search query, a search results page resource including instructions that cause the user device to render a search results page that includes: a set of search results that identify resources that are determined to be responsive to the search query; for each search query suggestion, a search query suggestion grouping including: data describing the search query suggestion, and data depicting the representative resource set. | 03-17-2016 |
Vulgens Schoen, Washington, NJ US
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20130070382 | UNIVERSAL THERMAL MODULE WIRING CONNECTOR - A universal thermal wiring connector is configured for monitoring ambient and conducted temperatures on all wire and wire terminal connections external to a wiring device, including supply leads and non-metallic outlet box to insure they are operating within an acceptable temperature range. The device is configured to terminate/disconnect the supply source, before the wiring device terminations, when an abnormal overheating temperature is detected. The device: prevents outlet box fires due to excessive overheating; can be incorporated external on standard receptacle or wiring devices; and provides a safer reasonable alternative with minimal added cost per unit. The device includes a wiring assembly consisting of UL listed wire, connectors, and a calibrated thermal fuse that is connected to the exterior screw terminal of a standard receptacle in the field by a licensed electrician or homeowner, or connected to the screw terminal of the receptacle when it is manufactured at the factory. | 03-21-2013 |
William J. Schoen, Poughkeepsie, NY US
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20100174941 | FILE REPLACEMENT IN SHARED FILE SYSTEM - A method for replacing a first root file system comprising, retrieving a second root file system, mounting the second root file system on a first system in a sysplex as the sysplex root file system, replacing sysplex root mount information associated with the first root file system with sysplex root mount information associated with the mounted second root file system, updating a root on the first system to point to the mounted second root file system, invalidating the first root file system on the first system, updating a first file system to point to the mounted second root file system in the first system, updating an active process with the sysplex root mount information associated with the mounted second root file system, and unmounting the first root file system from the first system. | 07-08-2010 |