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20120065806 | METHOD FOR MEASURING ENERGY USAGE IN AN APPLIANCE - The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for measuring energy usage in an appliance, particularly a washing appliance. A display, that may be a home energy monitor, is associated with the appliance. The appliance may include an AC-DC power supply and a controllable inverter configured to supply power to a motor associated with the appliance. Real power consumption is calculated by a controller that may also be used to control the inverter and other operational aspects of the appliance and causes the calculated real power to be displayed on the display. | 03-15-2012 |
20120304396 | OVERNIGHT CYCLE FOR HORIZONTAL AXIS CLOTHES WASHER - A method and modified clothes washer provides for an overnight dry cycle. A standard washer is modified to draw air from external to the housing, direct the air into the tumbling drum, and remove the air with a blower to exhaust from the housing during an extended drying period overnight. By selecting this option, the consumer need not move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. | 12-06-2012 |
20150292134 | OVERNIGHT CYCLE FOR HORIZONTAL AXIS CLOTHES WASHER - A method and modified clothes washer provides for an overnight dry cycle. A standard washer is modified to draw air from external to the housing, direct the air into the tumbling drum, and remove the air with a blower to exhaust from the housing during an extended drying period overnight. By selecting this option, the consumer need not move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. | 10-15-2015 |
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20140079726 | INFLUENZA HEMAGGLUTININ AND NEURAMINIDASE VARIANTS - Polypeptides, polynucleotides, reassortant viruses, immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants and method using thereof are provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20150140065 | METHOD FOR INDUCING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF - The invention is related to peptide constructs, i.e., polypeptides obtained by linking together two or more peptides based on or derived from different molecules, which are useful in the treatment or prevention of influenza virus and other infectious diseases. Compositions containing the same, methods for producing the same, and methods for using the same are also disclosed, wherein the peptide constructs have the formula P | 05-21-2015 |
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20110276414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAYING DIRECTLY AT BILLER WEBSITES FROM WITHIN A BILL PAY WEBSITE - A method and a system for performing an online payment related activity using a browser application. The browser application interfaces a bill pay website with one or more biller websites to which the online payment needs to be made. When a user logs-in to the bill pay website, the browser application is activated. The user then selects a biller from a list of billers pre-stored at the bill pay website. The browser application automatically navigates the user to a biller website of the selected biller, while concurrently maintaining a communication link to the bill pay website. The browser application then enters payment information on the one or more payment related web pages displayed at the biller website. After the online payment related activity is completed, and the user is navigated back to the bill pay website without the need for a user input. | 11-10-2011 |
20120078755 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING USERS DURING ONLINE SHOPPING - A method, system, and computer program product for assisting a user in one or more activities during online shopping. The method facilitates tracking of at least one activity of the user during online shopping. Thereafter, the method identifies a suitable promotion for the user based on the tracked activity. Subsequently, the method displays the promotion in a predefined format on a portion of the browser. | 03-29-2012 |
20120226535 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAYING WITH LOYALTY CURRENCY DURING ONLINE PAYMENT - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a merchant website by a user using a browser app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information based on the loyalty currency units available in the loyalty currency account. Thereafter, the user is presented with an option to pay for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency. The user may select the option of paying for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency, thereby redeeming the loyalty points. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226537 | Methods and Systems for Paying With Loyalty Currency during In-Store Shopping - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a store merchant by a user using a mobile app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information and one or more store merchants located in proximity of the user. The user may select a store merchant from the one or more store merchants. Thereafter, user is presented with one or more transaction rules associated with the selected store and an activation button for activating pay with points. The user may opt for activating pay with points for upcoming purchase transaction at the selected store based on the one or more transaction rules, thereby redeeming the loyalty currency. | 09-06-2012 |
20120246073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSACTION INSTRUCTIONS FROM A REMOTE REPOSITORY TO A MERCHANT WEBSITE USING A TRANSACTION AGENT - Systems and methods for transferring transaction instructions from a remote repository to a participating merchant website using a transaction agent are provided. A user is provided an option of checking out of a merchant website by using a transaction assistant option that requires the user to be authenticated with an activity server. Subsequent to successful authentication, the pre-stored transactional instructions such as user payment method details, the shipping information, and the like are accessed from a payment store and transferred to the transaction terminal at the merchant website for completion of the transaction. | 09-27-2012 |
20120290938 | Systems and Methods for Context Aware Interaction Across Websites and Apps - A system for context aware interaction across websites and apps is disclosed, including a context runtime engine configured to track online activity of a user across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system includes a state machine module configured to track a context of user actions across web pages, browser tabs, browsers, social networking apps, mobile apps and the like. The system further includes an active context platform configured to interact with the context runtime engine and a plurality of databases to store information pertaining to the context of the user. A method for context aware interaction across websites and apps is also disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
20140058821 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAYING WITH LOYALTY CURRENCY DURING ONLINE PAYMENT - Methods and systems for paying with loyalty currency at a merchant website by a user using a browser app are provided. The user is presented with the loyalty currency balance information based on the loyalty currency units available in the loyalty currency account. Thereafter, the user is presented with an option to pay for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency. The user may select the option of paying for the purchase transaction using the loyalty currency, thereby redeeming the loyalty points. | 02-27-2014 |
20140279274 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING WEB-BASED PURCHASES - A method implementable on a transaction server for facilitating a web-based purchase without a user visiting one or more merchant websites or without one or more merchants requiring to change anything on their websites is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user via a marketplace server to make a purchase for at least one item at the one or more merchants. At least a portion of user data associated with the user is transmitted to the one or more merchants for a checkout processing of the request. One or more status messages pertaining to the checkout processing of the request are displayed to the user along with one or more review order messages for confirmation. Lastly, method includes applying the web-based purchase for the at least one item at the one or more merchants based on the confirmation to proceed with the purchase. | 09-18-2014 |
20150269573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND ACCESSING ELECTRONIC WALLET - A system and method for creating and accessing a bifurcated digital wallet is described. The method comprises of processor implemented steps of authenticating by an authentication server one or more authentication information sent by a user terminal to the authentication server; extracting a first set of information by the authentication server based on the authentication of the authentication information; extracting a second set of information by one or more second servers based on the authentication of the authentication information; collating the first set of information and second set of information and displaying the collated information at the user terminal for processing a transaction. | 09-24-2015 |
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20110073763 | Method and apparatus for high-sensitivity Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography - A method and apparatus are disclosed for high-sensitivity Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The apparatus includes a two-dimensional (2D) gamma detector array that, unlike a conventional SPECT machine, moves to different positions in a three-dimensional (3D) volume space near an emission source and records a data vector g which is a measure of gamma emission field. In particular, the 3D volume space in which emission data g is measured extends substantially along a radial direction r pointing away from the emission source, and unlike a conventional SPECT machine, each photon detector element in the 2D gamma detector array is provided with a very large collimator aperture. Data g is related to the 3D spatial density distribution f of the emission source, noise vector n, and a system matrix H of the SPECT/PET apparatus through the linear system of equations g=Hf+n. This equation is solved for f by a method that reduces the effect of noise. | 03-31-2011 |
20110115485 | Field image tomography for magnetic resonance imaging - Field Image Tomography (FIT) is a fundamental new theory for determining the three-dimensional (3D) spatial density distribution of field emitting sources. The field can be the intensity of any type of field including (i) Radio Frequency (RF) waves in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), (ii) Gamma radiation in SPECT/PET, and (iii) gravitational field of earth, moon, etc. FIT exploits the property that field intensity decreases with increasing radial distance from the field source and the field intensity distribution measured in an extended 3D volume space can be used to determine the 3D spatial density distribution of the emitting source elements. A method and apparatus are disclosed for MRI of target objects based on FIT. Spinning atomic nuclei of a target object in a magnetic field are excited by beaming a suitable Radio Frequency (RF) pulse. These excited nuclei emit RF radiation while returning to their normal state. The intensity or amplitude distribution of the RF emission field g is measured in a 3D volume space that may extend substantially along the radial direction around the emission source. g is related to the 3D tomography f through a system matrix H that depends on the MRI apparatus, and noise n through the vector equation g=Hf+n. This equation is solved to obtain the tomographic image f of the target object by a method that reduces the effect of noise. | 05-19-2011 |
20110313274 | Methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging in magnetoencephalography and magnetocardiography - This invention discloses methods and apparatuses for 3D imaging in Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Magnetocardiography (MCG), and electrical activity in any biological tissue such as neural/muscle tissue. This invention is based on Field Paradigm founded on the principle that the field intensity distribution in a 3D volume space uniquely determines the 3D density distribution of the field emission source and vice versa. Electrical neural/muscle activity in any biological tissue results in an electrical current pattern that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is measured in a 3D volume space that extends in all directions including substantially along the radial direction from the center of the object being imaged. Further, magnetic field intensity is measured at each point along three mutually perpendicular directions. This measured data captures all the available information and facilitates a computationally efficient closed-form solution to the 3D image reconstruction problem without the use of heuristic assumptions. This is unlike prior art where measurements are made only on a surface at a nearly constant radial distance from the center of the target object, and along a single direction. Therefore necessary, useful, and available data is ignored and not measured in prior art. Consequently, prior art does not provide a closed-form solution to the 3D image reconstruction problem and it uses heuristic assumptions. The methods and apparatuses of the present invention reconstruct a 3D image of the neural/muscle electrical current pattern in MEG, MCG, and related areas, by processing image data in either the original spatial domain or the Fourier domain. | 12-22-2011 |
20120126811 | Methods and apparatuses for 3D magnetic density imaging and magnetic resonance imaging - Methods and apparatuses for 3D tomographic imaging of objects such as soft-tissues in humans are disclosed. They are similar to the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods and apparatuses but they are based on the new Field Paradigm founded on the principle that the field intensity distribution in a 3D volume space uniquely determines the 3D density distribution of the field emission source and vice versa. The object to be imaged is first magnetized by a polarizing magnetic field pulse. The magnetization of the object is specified by a 3D spatial Magnetic Density Image (MDI) that needs to be determined. The magnetic field due to the magnetized object is measured in a 3D volume space that extends in all directions and in particular substantially along the radial direction from the center of the object being imaged. Further, magnetic field intensity may be measured along multiple directions at each point. This measured data captures all the available information and facilitates fast and accurate 3D image reconstruction. This is unlike prior art where measurements are made only on a surface at a nearly constant radial distance from the center of the target object. Therefore useful and available data is ignored and not measured in prior art. Consequently, prior art does not provide a fast and accurate solution to 3D imaging. The methods and apparatuses of the present invention are combined with frequency and phase encoding techniques of MRI in prior art to achieve different trade-offs. | 05-24-2012 |
20120221617 | Methods and apparatus for fast matrix multiplication and fast solving of matrix equations based on generalized convolution - A method of fast matrix multiplication and a method and apparatus for fast solving of a matrix equation are disclosed. They are useful in many applications including image blurring, deblurring, and 3D image reconstruction, in 3D microscopy and computer vision. The methods and apparatus are based on a new theoretical result—the Generalized Convolution Theorem (GCT). Based on GCT, matrix equations that represent certain linear integral equations are first transformed to equivalent convolution integral equations through change of variables. Then the resulting convolution integral equations are evaluated or solved using the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). Evaluating a convolution integral corresponds to matrix multiplication and solving a convolution integral equation corresponds to solving the related matrix equation through deconvolution. Carrying-out these convolution and deconvolution operations in the Fourier domain using FFT speeds up computations significantly. These results are applicable to both one-dimensional and multi-dimensional integral equations. | 08-30-2012 |
20140354278 | Three-dimensional magnetic density imaging and magnetic resonance imaging - Apparatus for measuring magnetic field intensity characteristics around a target object enclosed in a 3D volume space is disclosed. It comprises (a) a means for magnetically polarizing the target object with a known polarizing magnetic field to introduce a magnetic density distribution (MDI) f(r1), (b) a means for measuring magnetic field characteristics g(r2) around the target object at a set of points r2 in a 3D volume space that in particular extends substantially along a radial direction pointing away from the approximate center of the object, (c) a means for setting up a vector-matrix equation; and (d) a means for solving this vector-matrix equation and obtaining a solution for f(r1) that provides a 3D tomographic image of the target object. This novel apparatus is integrated with frequency and phase encoding methods of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique in prior art to achieve different trade-offs. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100026378 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS EMPLOYING VOLTAGE SCALING AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS DESIGNED THEREBY - Various embodiments of methods of designing an integrated circuit (IC). One embodiment of one such method includes: (1) generating a functional design for the IC, (2) determining performance objectives for the IC, (3) determining an optimization target voltage for the IC, (4) determining whether the IC needs voltage scaling to achieve the performance objectives at the optimization target voltage and, if so, whether the IC is to employ static voltage scaling or adaptive voltage scaling, (5) using the optimization target voltage to implement a layout from the functional IC design that meets the performance objectives and (6) performing a timing signoff of the layout at the optimization target voltage. | 02-04-2010 |
20140028364 | CRITICAL PATH MONITOR HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR CLOSED LOOP ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE SCALING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A critical path monitor (CPM), a method of setting supply voltage based on output of a CPM and an integrated circuit (IC) incorporating the CPM. In one embodiment, the CPM includes: (1) an edge detector configured to produce a thermometer output over a plurality of clock cycles and (2) a min_max recorder, coupled to the edge detector and configured to record minimum and maximum values of the thermometer output during a polling interval. | 01-30-2014 |
20140298277 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS EMPLOYING VOLTAGE SCALING AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS DESIGNED THEREBY - Various embodiments of methods of designing an integrated circuit (IC). One embodiment of one such method includes: (1) generating a functional IC design, (2) determining a target clock rate for the functional IC design, (3) synthesizing a netlist from the functional IC design that meets the target clock rate, (4) determining a performance/power ratio from the netlist, (5) attempting to increase the performance/power ratio by changing at least one of a speed, an area and a power consumption in at least some noncritical paths in the netlist, and (6) implementing a layout of the IC from the netlist. | 10-02-2014 |
20150109052 | CLOSED-LOOP ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE SCALING FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) device includes a first logic block having performance characteristics, a first critical path monitor (CPM) configured to monitor the performance characteristics of the first logic block, and a first CPM envelope circuit enveloping the first CPM. The first logic block is configured to operate in at least one of a first functional mode and a first scan mode. The first CPM is adapted to operate in at least one of a second functional mode and a second scan mode. The first and second functional modes use higher clock frequencies, respectively, than the first and second scan modes. The first CPM envelope circuit comprises a clock-gate circuit adapted to allow the IC device to operate in a mixed mode, wherein the first CPM operates in the second functional mode while the first logic block operates in the first scan mode. | 04-23-2015 |