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20080263600 | Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications - Methods and systems for remotely accessing user equipment implementing an interactive media guidance application are provided. In particular, a method includes the steps of receiving user equipment identification information and receiving a user request from a user device indicating instructions for the user equipment. The user request is cross-referenced with an action request in a user equipment format selected from a plurality of formats to be compatible with the user equipment. The action request is transmitted for receipt by the user equipment for enabling execution of the indicated instructions. | 10-23-2008 |
20080301732 | Systems and methods for personalizing an interactive media guidance application - Systems and methods are provided for the personalization of an interactive media guidance application based on recording-related actions performed by at least one of a first user equipment device and a second user equipment device in a media network. For example, a central data system is used to receive information from the first user equipment device indicating a first action associated with recording a program. The central data system is also adapted to receive information from the second user equipment device indicating a second action associated with recording a program. Subsequently, the system generates a profile based on the received information from the first and second user equipment devices and personalizes an interactive media guidance application implemented on the first and second user equipment devices based on the generated profile. | 12-04-2008 |
20090119328 | Bookmarks for program note information - Systems and methods for saving information related to selected media content are provided. The user may select a particular media item (e.g., a television program) and view information associated with the selected media. In response to a user request to save or bookmark the information associated with the media for future retrieval, the interactive media guidance application may save the viewed information (e.g., set a flag or setting to prevent the information from being deleted from a source). The user may later view listings of bookmarked information, select a listing, and display again the saved information. In some embodiments, the user may direct the interactive media guidance application to perform an interactive media guidance application operation (e.g., view, record, reminder or purchase) on a program related to the saved information or on a listing of bookmarked information (e.g., move, delete, copy, or set priority). | 05-07-2009 |
20100192180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUBSCRIPTION DATA - A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. | 07-29-2010 |
20100333137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT SCHEDULING ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Methods and systems for scheduling media content presentation across multiple devices are disclosed. A media planner application generates media event presentation schedules for one or more users based on user-scheduled media events and automatic media event recommendations. Media events can be scheduled for presentation on multiple user devices, including portable devices. Media event recommendations can be generated based at least in part on user preferences and habits, such as user media preferences, device availability, device usage, device connectivity, and user mood. | 12-30-2010 |
20120084814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for remotely accessing user equipment implementing an interactive media guidance application are provided. In particular, a method includes the steps of receiving user equipment identification information and receiving a user request from a user device indicating instructions for the user equipment. The user request is cross-referenced with an action request in a user equipment format selected from a plurality of formats to be compatible with the user equipment. The action request is transmitted for receipt by the user equipment for enabling execution of the indicated instructions. | 04-05-2012 |
20120304219 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUBSCRIPTION DATA - A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. | 11-29-2012 |
20140245343 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUBSCRIPTION DATA - A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. | 08-28-2014 |
20150131975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ACCESS TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for remotely accessing user equipment implementing an interactive media guidance application are provided. In particular, a method includes the steps of receiving user equipment identification information and receiving a user request from a user device indicating instructions for the user equipment. The user request is cross-referenced with an action request in a user equipment format selected from a plurality of formats to be compatible with the user equipment. The action request is transmitted for receipt by the user equipment for enabling execution of the indicated instructions. | 05-14-2015 |
20150319499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUBSCRIPTION DATA - A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems. | 11-05-2015 |
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20080196255 | POWERED WEED TRIMMER CUTTING HEAD AND METHOD - A cutting head attached to a powered rotary weed cutting machine has a generally cylindrical structure containing a plurality of cutting blades, wherein the upper and lower portions of said structure may be rotated with respect to one another without the use of tools and without requiring the structure to be disassembled, to expose each entire cutting blade for replacement when required. The lower portion of the cutting head may be anchored to cutting machine shaft, for example, and the upper portion may be rotated, against spring bias, relative to the temporarily-stationary lower portion. A lock may be included to ensure that the upper portion does not open until desired, for example, by including a rigid plate or arm that, in a first position, extends through portions of both the upper portion and the lower portion. The lock plate or arm may extend into the cutting head from the top or the side, for example. When manually and purposefully pushed inward, the lock plate or arm will move so that is no longer resides in both upper and lower portions, so that said upper portion is free to rotate relative to the lower portion. | 08-21-2008 |
20110232109 | POWERED WEED TRIMMER CUTTING HEAD AND METHOD - A generally cylindrical cutting head for a weed cutting machine has blades that are exposed and lifted off of the head when an upper portion is rotated, with respect to a lower portion and/or a cap, without tools and without disassembly of the structure. A lock ensures that the upper portion does not open until desired, by a rigid plate or aim extending, in the locked position, through portions of both the upper portion and the lower portion, or through portions of both the upper portion and a cap portion. The lock plate/arm may extend into the cutting head from the top, bottom, or side. When pushed inward, the lock plate or arm moves to no longer reside in both upper and lower portions, or both upper and cap portions, to free the upper portion to rotate relative to the lower portion and cap. | 09-29-2011 |
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20090117345 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH THIN TRANSFER FILM OR METALLIZATION - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of thermal interface material assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, a thermal interface material assembly generally includes a thermal interface material having a first side and a second side and a dry material having a thickness of about 0.0005 inches or less. The dry material is disposed along at least a portion of the first side of the thermal interface material. | 05-07-2009 |
20110310562 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS - A thermal interface material (TIM) assembly is provided for use in conducting heat away from heat generating components. The TIM assembly generally includes a substrate, a metal alloy coupled to at least one side surface of the substrate, and a coating material covering at least part of the substrate and at least part of the metal alloy. The substrate may include a metal foil, a heat dissipating unit, a heat generating component, etc. The metal alloy may include a low melting metal alloy coupled to the substrate to form multiple bumps along the substrate in a pattern. The pattern may be generic such that the TIM assembly may be used with multiple different heat generating components to effectively conduct heat away from the multiple different heat generating components, or it may correspond to particular locations on a heat generating component away from which heat is to be conducted. | 12-22-2011 |
20130265721 | Thermal Interface Materials with Thin Film or Metallization - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of thermal interface material assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, a thermal interface material assembly generally includes a thermal interface material having a first side and a second side and a dry material having a thickness of about 0.0005 inches or less. The dry material is disposed along at least a portion of the first side of the thermal interface material. | 10-10-2013 |
20140262191 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS - A thermal interface material is configured for use with an electronic device for transferring heat between heat generating components and heat removing components of the electronic device. The thermal interface material generally includes a first material (e.g., a gap filler, etc.) incorporating a contact resistance reducing material. The contact resistance reducing material operates to fill interstitial voids of surfaces of components in which the first material is installed to thereby reduce surface contact resistance between the first material and the component surfaces. The contact resistance reducing material may be applied to one or more side surfaces of the first material. Or, alternatively, the contact resistance reducing material may be blended in the first material. | 09-18-2014 |
20140367847 | METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING THERMAL JOINTS BETWEEN HEAT SPREADERS OR LIDS AND HEAT SOURCES - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat sources. In exemplary embodiments, a method of establishing a thermal joint for conducting heat between a heat spreader and a heat source of an electronic device generally includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM | 12-18-2014 |
20140368992 | Methods For Establishing Thermal Joints Between Heat Spreaders and Heat Generating Components Using Thermoplastic and/or Self-Healing Thermal Interface Materials - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermal interface materials, electronic devices, and methods for establishing thermal joints between heat spreaders or lids and heat generating components using thermoplastic and/or self-healing thermal interface materials. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermal interface material has a softening or melting temperature above a normal operating temperature of the one or more heat generating components. The thermal interface material is flowable to a thin bond line between a heat spreader or lid and one or more heat generating components when heated to at least the softening or melting temperature while under pressure. | 12-18-2014 |
20150301568 | Thermal Solutions and Methods for Dissipating Heat from Electronic Devices Using the Same Side of an Anisotropic Heat Spreader - Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to thermal solutions and methods for dissipating or removing heat from electronic devices using the same side of an anisotropic heat spreader. In an example embodiment, a thermal solution generally includes a heat removal structure and an anisotropic heat spreader. The anisotropic heat spreader is configured such that the heat removal structure and the heat source are in thermal contact with a same side of the anisotropic heat spreader and such that a thermally-conductive heat path is provided along that same side of the anisotropic heat spreader from the heat source to the heat removal structure. Heat from the heat source may be transferrable to the same side of the anisotropic heat spreader from which heat is also transferrable to the heat removal structure. | 10-22-2015 |
20150305189 | THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS - Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to thermal interface material assemblies. In an example embodiment, a thermal interface material assembly generally includes a substrate and one or more pillars along a first and/or second side portion of the substrate. | 10-22-2015 |
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20150094754 | FILTER DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A filter device has a single hub and a plurality of filter struts extending in a first longitudinal direction. A plurality of wire loops extend in a second longitudinal direction opposite the filter struts. The filter struts and wire loops each engage the vessel wall of a body lumen when deployed. The wire loops limit the filter device from becoming tilted and embedded in the vessel wall. A retrieval device includes a sheath and a snaring mechanism. The snaring mechanism engages a hook member of the filter and the sheath envelopes the wire loops and filter struts. The sheath will cause the wire loops to bend and fold over the filter struts during retrieval such that the wire loops and filter struts extend in the same longitudinal direction after being enveloped by the sheath. | 04-02-2015 |
20150250578 | MEDICAL DEVICE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A retrieval system for a medical device includes an access sheath, a clot catch with an attached mesh, and a filter catch having an attached retrieval member. The filter catch is translatable within clot catch, and the clot catch is translatable within the access sheath. The mesh is expandable into engagement with a body vessel during retrieval of the medical device. The mesh captures emboli that are dislodged during retrieval of the device. The device is captured by the clot catch during retrieval, and the clot catch is subsequently captured by the access sheath. The system can further include an inner sheath translatable within the clot catch, with the inner sheath capturing the medical device and the clot catch capturing the inner sheath. | 09-10-2015 |
20160038722 | CUTTING EDGE CUTTING CATHETER - The present disclosure provides a cutting edge cutting catheter and a method for treatment of peripheral chronic total occlusion (“CTO”) in a body vessel. The cutting edge cutting catheter has an arcuate cutting edge slidably disposed within an elongate member or catheter. A tension mechanism connects to the cutting edge and applies a tension to move the cutting edge between a bent state and a straight state. An expandable balloon surrounds the elongate member to dilate the occluded body vessel and ablate the occlusion. | 02-11-2016 |
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20130013083 | Tissue-Engineered Constructs - Constructs including a tubular biodegradable polyglycolic acid scaffold may be coated with extracellular matrix proteins and are substantially acellular. The constructs can be utilized as an arteriovenous graft, a coronary graft, an arterial graft, a venous graft, a duct graft, a skin graft, or a urinary graft or conduit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130345824 | TISSUED-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTS - The present invention provides constructs including a tubular biodegradable polyglycolic acid scaffold, wherein the scaffold may be coated with extracellular matrix proteins and substantially acellular. The constructs can be utilized as an arteriovenous graft, a coronary graft, a peripheral artery bypass conduit, or a urinary conduit. The present invention also provides methods of producing such constructs. | 12-26-2013 |
20150031131 | TISSUE-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTS - The present invention provides constructs including a tubular biodegradable polyglycolic acid scaffold, wherein the scaffold may be coated with extracellular matrix proteins and substantially acellular. The constructs can be utilized as an arteriovenous graft, a coronary graft, a peripheral artery bypass conduit, or a urinary conduit. The present invention also provides methods of producing such constructs. | 01-29-2015 |