Sullivan, CA
Anne K. Sullivan, San Francisco, CA US
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20090113296 | DISPLAYING A MAP AND ASSOCIATED SYMBOLIC CONTEXT INFORMATION - A map of a destination and its immediate surroundings are displayed at a relatively low level. Symbolic context information is displayed simultaneously, in order to provide a higher-level context for the location. The symbolic context information can include such things as nearby highways, exits, bridges, sports venues or other landmarks and points of interest. The symbolic context information can be displayed, for example, on the perimeter of the map, or on the map in a distinct visual style such as a different color or font or fish-eye view. As the map is updated, (for example if the user zooms in or out), the context information is updated as well. The context information can be interactive, and can display the relationship between the context item and the location being mapped. | 04-30-2009 |
20100318366 | Touch Anywhere to Speak - The present invention provides a user interface for providing press-to-talk-interaction via utilization of a touch-anywhere-to-speak module on a mobile computing device. Upon receiving an indication of a touch anywhere on the screen of a touch screen interface, the touch-anywhere-to-speak module activates the listening mechanism of a speech recognition module to accept audible user input and displays dynamic visual feedback of a measured sound level of the received audible input. The touch-anywhere-to-speak module may also provide a user a convenient and more accurate speech recognition experience by utilizing and applying the data relative to a context of the touch (e.g., relative location on the visual interface) in correlation with the spoken audible input. | 12-16-2010 |
20120207288 | PROVIDING MISSED CALL AND MESSAGE INFORMATION - Information associated with messages and/or missed calls is provided to a subscriber. Calls received but not answered by the subscriber may be monitored. Each monitored call is classified as one of a missed call and a message. The monitored calls may be summarized based on a customizable rule set to create a summary. The summary is provided to the subscriber via, for example, a voice notification. | 08-16-2012 |
20130158980 | SUGGESTING INTENT FRAME(S) FOR USER REQUEST(S) - Techniques are described herein that are capable of suggesting intent frame(s) for user request(s). For instance, the intent frame(s) may be suggested to elicit a request from a user. An intent frame is a natural language phrase (e.g., a sentence) that includes at least one carrier phrase and at least one slot. A slot in an intent frame is a placeholder that is identified as being replaceable by one or more words that identify an entity and/or an action to indicate an intent of the user. A carrier phrase in an intent frame includes one or more words that suggest a type of entity and/or action that is to be identified by the one or more words that may replace the corresponding slot. In accordance with these techniques, the intent frame(s) are suggested in response to determining that natural language functionality of a processing system is activated. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159001 | SATISFYING SPECIFIED INTENT(S) BASED ON MULTIMODAL REQUEST(S) - Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality. | 06-20-2013 |
20130218836 | Deep Linking From Task List Based on Intent - Task list linking may be provided. Upon receiving an input from a user, the input may be translated into at least one actionable item. The at least one actionable item may be linked to a data source and displayed to the user. | 08-22-2013 |
20130322609 | PROVIDING MISSED CALL AND MESSAGE INFORMATION - Information associated with messages and/or missed calls is provided to a subscriber. Calls received but not answered by the subscriber may be monitored. Each monitored call is classified as one of a missed call and a message. The monitored calls may be summarized based on a customizable rule set to create a summary. The summary is provided to the subscriber via, for example, a voice notification. | 12-05-2013 |
20140330570 | SATISFYING SPECIFIED INTENT(S) BASED ON MULTIMODAL REQUEST(S) - Techniques are described herein that are capable of satisfying specified intent(s) based on multimodal request(s). A multimodal request is a request that includes at least one request of a first type and at least one request of a second type that is different from the first type. Example types of request include but are not limited to a speech request, a text command, a tactile command, and a visual command. A determination is made that one or more entities in visual content are selected in accordance with an explicit scoping command from a user. In response, speech understanding functionality is automatically activated, and audio signals are automatically monitored for speech requests from the user to be processed using the speech understanding functionality. | 11-06-2014 |
Benjamin D. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20090241647 | Tear Film Osmometry - Osmolarity measurement of a sample fluid, such as tear film, is achieved by depositing an aliquot-sized sample on a sample receiving substrate. The sample fluid is placed on a sample region of the substrate. Energy is imparted to the sample fluid and energy properties of the fluid can be detected to produce a sample fluid reading that indicates osmolarity of the sample fluid. An aliquot-sized volume can comprise, for example, a volume of no more than 20 microliters (μL). The aliquot-sized sample volume can be quickly and easily obtained, even from dry eye sufferers. The imparted energy can comprise electrical, optical or thermal energy. In the case of electrical energy, the energy property of the sample fluid can comprise electrical conductivity. In the case of optical energy, the energy property can comprise fluorescence. In the case of thermal energy, the measured property can be the freezing point of the sample fluid. The substrate can be packaged into a chip, such as by using semiconductor fabrication techniques. An ex vivo osmolarity sensor system that uses the chip can detect energy from the sample region and can provide an accurate osmolarity measurement without user intervention. | 10-01-2009 |
Benjamin David Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20120199222 | Reconfigurable Shoes and Apparel and Docking Assembly Therefor - Provided herein are methods for the modulation of appearance or material properties within items of apparel or equipment. Also provided herein are design articles having alterable designs. Generally, such design articles comprise (1) a microfluidic circuit, and (2) an inlet and an outlet, the alterable design capable of being modulated through use of a docking system to deliver fluid to the microfluidic circuit. | 08-09-2012 |
20120321693 | PRG4 TREATMENT FOR INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS - The present invention relates to a disorder of the lower urinary tract, and in particular, reducing the symptoms (including treatment) of interstitial cystitis in vivo. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to treatment formulations and methods for reducing interstitial cystitis in patients via administration of a therapeutically effective concentration of PRG4. | 12-20-2012 |
20140137965 | RECONFIGURABLE APPAREL MANUFACTURE AND BUSINESS PROCESSES - Provided herein are methods for the modulation of appearance or material properties within items of apparel or equipment. Also provided herein are design articles having alterable designs. | 05-22-2014 |
Blake Sullivan, Redwood City, CA US
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20090183072 | EMBEDDED USER ASSISTANCE FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - A system for providing user assistance receives a request for user assistance from a component on a user interface. The component includes a help identifier, and the request is generated by a type of user selection, such as the clicking of an icon. The system determines a level of user assistance based on the type of selection and retrieves user assistance content based on the help identifier and the determined level of user assistance. In one embodiment, the user interface includes three levels of user assistance. | 07-16-2009 |
20090198787 | DATA STREAMING TO MULTIPLE BROWSER WINDOWS - A client computer has a master window and at least one slave window. The client computer receives streaming data at the master window. The master window includes a list of slave windows and the data includes an envelope that has a destination window identifier. The master window determines a destination window that corresponds to the window identifier. The master window dispatches the data to a slave window if the destination window is not the master window. Otherwise, the master window streams the data to the destination within the master window. | 08-06-2009 |
20090198828 | WEB PAGE DATA STREAMING - A system generates a web page that includes a plurality of embedded data windows. The system receives a request for the web page from a browser and in response generates and displays a frame for the web page on the browser. The frame includes holes for the embedded data windows. The system also receives a data streaming request for each of the embedded data windows and determines if the data streaming requests are thread-safe. For all the data streaming requests that are thread-safe, the system generates a parallel thread to fetch the data for each corresponding data streaming requests. When the data has been fetched for a particular data streaming requests, the data is rendered and streamed to the browser where it is displayed in place of the hole by the browser. | 08-06-2009 |
20090210784 | ACTIVE DATA PUSH DELIVERY - A system that pushes active data to a client receives a first request for a page that includes active data from the client. The active data includes a component and a corresponding model for a data source of the component. The system determines if the model is active and if so, instantiates an encoder that corresponds to the component. The system queries the model for the active data and renders a user interface representation of the data. The system then returns a response to the request with the user interface representation. | 08-20-2009 |
20090259950 | EDITING USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS - A system that executes a user editable application includes a user interface that includes a plurality of components organized in a tree structure. The system indicates which of the plurality of components may be editable by a user of the application. The system receives editing input from the user for an editable component, and then updates the component based on the editing input. | 10-15-2009 |
20120179743 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING NEW BROWSER WINDOWS - Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for tracking the lifecycles of client-side browser windows in the context of a web application. In one set of embodiments, a server component of a web application can receive a request originating from a client-side browser window, where the request includes a resource locator (e.g., a URL) and a window identifier. In response, the server component can send a script to the window for retrieving the window's actual identifier/name. Based on the actual identifier returned by the script and the window identifier included in the initial request, the server component can determine whether the window is a new window or an existing window and can process the request as appropriate. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179744 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING INACTIVE BROWSER WINDOWS - Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for tracking the lifecycles of client-side browser windows in the context of a web application. In one set of embodiments, a server component of a web application can receive a notification that an application page in a first window has been unloaded/destroyed. In response, the server component can associate the first window with an expiration time and add the first window to an “expiration” list of windows that are potentially inactive. If a request is received by the server component from the first window while the first window is in the expiration list, the server component can identify the first window as active and remove it from the list. If a request is received by the server component from a second window after the expiration time associated with the first window, the server component can identify the first window as inactive and free all resources for the first window. | 07-12-2012 |
20120221712 | User Activity Monitoring - Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for monitoring user activity. In embodiments, a front-end component collections data that may be useful to an administrator or others in determining or inferring what a user was doing or trying to do when interacting with an application, and the front-end component communicates at least some of this data to a back-end component. In embodiments, the communication of data related to the user activity is piggy-backed with typical transmissions, such as requests and responses, to reduce the overhead of the user activity monitoring. | 08-30-2012 |
20130104067 | TASK FLOW INTERFACE IN A POPUP REGION - In one set of embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided that include presenting, by a computer system, a task flow in a popup component of an application user interface executing in a user interface layer, where the task flow executes in an application layer of the computer system, and also include communicating, by the computer system, a first notification from the application layer to the user interface layer in response to normal completion of the task flow, and updating, e.g., closing, the component in the application user interface based upon the first notification. A second notification may be communicated from the user interface layer to the application layer in response to a user interface event that is associated with the popup component and causes an abnormal termination of the task flow. Presenting may include displaying the task flow in a region component in the popup component. | 04-25-2013 |
20140096043 | ACTION PERFORMED INDICATORS FOR MENU ITEMS - In various embodiments, one or more visual elements are introduced with menu item that indicate that action on this item has already been performed at least once. In various aspects, a distinctive icon can be placed with a menu item to indicate that a search field has been previously added to a search form, that a column has been added to a report, or that existing data or queries under construction have been modified by the action on an indicated item. | 04-03-2014 |
20140181703 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATED USER INTERFACE - A system and method for facilitating automatically adjusting a user interface display screen or portion thereof. An example method includes determining context information associated with data, wherein the data is maintained in accordance with a data model; generating a signal when the context information changes; and employing the signal to automatically configure one or more characteristics of a user interface architecture, resulting in an adjusted user interface architecture. The context information may include information specifying one or more attributes relating to the data model. Generating may further include analyzing the one or more attributes to determine a modification to be made to the user interface architecture and then rendering a user interface display screen based on a modified user interface architecture. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181784 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE TAG FORMAT - A system and method for facilitating characterizing data to enable dynamic generation of a user interface feature based on the data. An example method includes maintaining data in accordance with a data model accessible to webpage computer code, wherein the data model is adapted to be populated with data associated with one or more data attributes in the data model; and providing a signal, identifying a data attribute, from the data model to webpage computer code to facilitate dynamic construction of one or more user interface features characterizing a rendering of a webpage. Data in the data model is characterized by one or more data attributes, each of which is associated with an attribute definition. The example method may further include organizing one or more attribute definitions in the data model as computing objects containing characterizations of the one or more data attributes. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181788 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE AUTHORING - A system and method for facilitating authoring computer code to facilitate rendering a display of data via a user interface display screen. An example method includes accepting a signal from a user input device to specify an attribute in accordance with a definition of a class of attributes in a data model; providing the specification of the attribute to a software component characterizing a webpage, wherein the software component includes an indicator for dynamic rendering of at least a portion of data included in the data model and associated with the attribute; and storing the definition of the class of attributes and data associated with the attribute, for retrieval and rendering of the data on a target device. The example method may include providing a mechanism for modifying attributes of the data model and propagating data model changes to webpage computer code. | 06-26-2014 |
20140289367 | ENABLE UPLOADING AND SUBMITTING MULTIPLE FILES - An atomic multiple-file upload from a client to a server requires only a single Java Server Faces (JSF) lifecycle to process the multiple files uploaded. Progress and other upload status indicators are displayed at the client and individual files can be deleted, canceled or added prior to committing the multiple-file upload at the server. | 09-25-2014 |
20150067547 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING INACTIVE BROWSER WINDOWS - Embodiments provide techniques for tracking the lifecycles of client-side browser windows in the context of a web application. In an embodiment, a server component of a web application can receive a notification that an application page in a first window has been unloaded. In response, the server component can associate the first window with an expiration time and add the first window to an expiration list of windows that are potentially inactive. If a request is received by the server component from the first window while the first window is in the expiration list, the server component can identify the first window as active and remove it from the list. If a request is received by the server component from a second window after the expiration time associated with the first window, the server component can identify the first window as inactive and free all resources for the first window. | 03-05-2015 |
Blake Sullivan, Redwood, CA US
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20120204091 | AUTOMATED TEST TOOL INTERFACE - An automated test tool interface is described. A developer of a reusable web component provides an interface for obtaining an accurate identification of a root element of a component and any sub elements within the root element on a web page. An automated test framework uses this interface when recording automated tests to obtain a stable identification of the element that is independent of the rendering of the component on the web page. When the automated test is played back, the test framework again uses the interface to convert the stable identification of the element to a form that is dependent on the rendering of the component on the web page. Thus, changes in the rendering of a component will no longer cause an automated test tool to fail, as element identification in the testing framework is no longer tied to the specific rendering of the web page. | 08-09-2012 |
Carol Sullivan, Fairfax, CA US
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20100092534 | Combination Local Delivery Using a Stent - Described herein are implantable medical devices useful in treating vascular conditions such as restenosis. In one embodiment, stents are described in which a combination of bioactive agents is described for local delivery in the vasculature. The combination of bioactive agents comprises at least one compound capable of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and at least one compound capable of mitigating MCP- and/or TF induction. For example, a compound capable of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation is a mTOR inhibitor and a compound capable of mitigating MCP-1 and/or TF induction is a corticosteroid. | 04-15-2010 |
20130345314 | Compositions and methods for treating a damaged cardiovascular element - In the present invention, the applicants describe methods and compositions of treating damaged cardiovascular elements and cardiovascular conditions including hypotension, atherosclerotic lesions, vulnerable plaque, and acute myocardial infarct. The applicants demonstrate the ability of a biomembrane sealing agent to accumulate on the walls of damaged blood vessels and help improving mean arterial pressure following tissue injury. The applicants describe the use of formulations comprising at least one biomembrane sealing agent and one bioactive agent for prophylactic treatment such as they could be administered concurrently to an invasive therapeutic intervention or after the insult (i.e. post-injury or post-surgery). Alternatively, these methods and compositions could be used to reduce the severity of cardiovascular diseases after onset. | 12-26-2013 |
Carol Sullivan, Petaluma, CA US
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20100137976 | Systems and Methods for Treating Heart Tissue Via Localized Delivery of Parp Inhibitors - The systems and methods of the present disclosure, in a broad aspect, provide for treatment of cardiac tissue via localized delivery of PARP inhibitors. These systems include a composition comprising at least one poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor; and at least one delivery device for introducing the composition into the cardiac tissue. | 06-03-2010 |
20120315303 | METHODS AND INTRAVASCULAR TREATMENT DEVICES USING PACLITAXEL FOR TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Methods and intravascular treatment devices for treating atherosclerosis are provided. | 12-13-2012 |
20130046283 | METHODS AND INTRAVASCULAR TREATMENT DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS - Methods and intravascular treatment devices for treating atherosclerosis are provided. | 02-21-2013 |
C. Bart Sullivan, Benicia, CA US
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20090303054 | Method and apparatus for a wireless tether system - Method and apparatus to provide a wireless tether system is described. In one embodiment, one or more wireless tether apparatuses are in wireless communication with one or more base units. A wireless tether apparatus may be configured such that when separated from a base unit greater than a predetermined distance, such a wireless tether apparatus provides information to the user of the wireless tether apparatus to aid a user such as a human, animal, or machine in finding their way back to a desired location. A predetermined distance may be configured to change over time to accommodate different tether distance requirements at different times, e.g., closer to a home location at night and further away from the home location during the day. In one aspect, wireless tether apparatuses and base units communicate using a plurality of different communication modes such that when one mode fails other modes are utilized to reestablish a connection therebetween. In another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of wireless tether apparatuses are wirelessly tethered together such that individual proximities are maintained but still allow a plurality of wireless tether apparatus users to move about in an expanded range. In one aspect, a wireless tether system is employed such that one or more wireless tether apparatuses may be dynamically assigned to a plurality of base stations to allow changes to wireless tether apparatus locations and distances. In another aspect, when wireless tether apparatuses leave a predetermined tether distance, one or more alerts may be broadcast from the wireless tether apparatuses indicative thereof to other wireless signal receivers in proximity thereto not normally used as wireless tether signal receivers. | 12-10-2009 |
20110269480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A USER OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Users are located to determine if the user is within, or has departed from, at least one bounded area established about a geographic location. The bounded area may be defined by setting one or more distance boundaries from the geographic location. A base station may monitor the location of a wireless device in proximity of the user. If the wireless device departs from a bounded area, a message containing information configured to be understandable and convey meaning to the user and/or a third-party is sent to the wireless device and/or the third-party. For example, the message may be configured to communicate to the user and/or third-party information pertaining to the departure from the bounded area, location information, navigation directions, instructions, etc. The message sent may include text and/or other symbols. | 11-03-2011 |
20130029661 | Method And System For Locating And Communicating With A User Of A Wireless Communication Device - A system and method switches a mobile device from a first wireless communication signal, to a second, different wireless communication signal to maintain or reestablish communication between the mobile device and a communication network. Switching occurs when the signal strength of the first wireless communication signal falls below a predefined threshold and a second communication signal is present. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029694 | Method And System For Locating And Communicating With A User Of A Wireless Communication Device - A system and method provides a notification to a user via a wireless communication device when the wireless communication device leaves a predetermined area. Components within the wireless communication device are utilized to determine the location of the wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device is no longer within the predetermined area, a notification is provided to the user. | 01-31-2013 |
20140002268 | Method And System For Locating And Communicating With A User Of A Wireless Communication Device | 01-02-2014 |
20150070176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TETHERING ONE OR MORE MACHINES - A system and method provides a wireless tether device for configuration with a first machine participating as a member of a tethered group of machines moving direction. Components within the wireless communication device are utilized to maintain a preset distance between the first machine and a second machine in the tethered group of machines. When the preset distance is not maintained, the system and method instruct the first machine to return to the tethered group of machines. | 03-12-2015 |
Craig S. Sullivan, Kingsburg, CA US
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20100138263 | CONCISE COMMUNICATION OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS INFORMATION IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for concisely communicating real-time business information to end users in an enterprise network is described. An integrated business system having at least ERP and CRM functionality is accessed via a browser-based user interface. A plurality of portlet windows are simultaneously displayed within a browser window, each portlet window occupying a relatively small area therein. The portlet windows are selected and arranged according to a customizable user profile for each user, and include reporting portlets displaying up-to-date business results retrieved from the integrated business system. Each reporting portlet further comprises report access links associated with at least one of the business results that, when selected by the user, invoke browser-based displays of up-to-date business data underlying those business results. Preferably, in accordance with a user-customizable alert setting stored in the user profile, regular electronic mail messages are sent to the user communicating up-to-date versions of those business results. Preferably, data labels that identify business items within the browser-based user interface and on the electronic mails are expressed in a business vernacular tuned to each user according to customizable business vernacular settings in their user profiles. | 06-03-2010 |
20110054966 | CONCISE COMMUNICATION OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS INFORMATION IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for concisely communicating real-time business information to end users in an enterprise network is described. An integrated business system having at least ERP and CRM functionality is accessed via a browser-based user interface. A plurality of portlet windows are simultaneously displayed within a browser window, each portlet window occupying a relatively small area therein. The portlet windows are selected and arranged according to a customizable user profile for each user, and include reporting portlets displaying up-to-date business results retrieved from the integrated business system. Each reporting portlet further comprises report access links associated with at least one of the business results that, when selected by the user, invoke browser-based displays of up-to-date business data underlying those business results. Preferably, in accordance with a user-customizable alert setting stored in the user profile, regular electronic mail messages are sent to the user communicating up-to-date versions of those business results. Preferably, data labels that identify business items within the browser-based user interface and on the electronic mails are expressed in a business vernacular tuned to each user according to customizable business vernacular settings in their user profiles. | 03-03-2011 |
20130060590 | CONCISE COMMUNICATION OF REAL-TIME BUSINESS INFORMATION IN AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK - A method, system, computer program product, and related business methods for concisely communicating real-time business information to end users in an enterprise network is described. An integrated business system having at least ERP and CRM functionality is accessed via browser-based user interface. A plurality of portlet windows are simultaneously displayed within a browser window, each portlet window occupying a relatively small area therein. The portlet windows are selected and arranged according to a customizable user profile for each user, and include reporting portlets displaying up-to-date business results retrieved from the integrated business system. Each reporting portlet further comprises report access links associated with at least one of the business results that, when selected by the user, invoke browser-based displays of up-to-date business data underlying those business results. Preferably, in accordance with a user-customizable alert setting stored in the user profile, regular electronic mail messages are sent to the user communicating up-to-date versions of those business results. Preferably, data labels that identify business items within the browser-based user interface and on the electronic mails are expressed in a business vernacular tuned to each user according to customizable business vernacular settings in their user profiles. | 03-07-2013 |
Dave Sullivan, Canoga Park, CA US
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20090012962 | SMART STORE AND FORWARD DBMS STATEMENT COLLATING SYSTEM - One or more embodiments of the invention enable a smart store and forward DBMS statement collating system. The system may be utilized with any database implementation by coupling computer readable program code to the interface layer of the database, generally the lowest layer of software that accesses the database. The system can be utilized with complex transactional code that insulates a user from programming complex collating logic. Hence a user that employs an embodiment of the system is unaware that database operations within a transaction are collated into silos with like table and field usage and flushed to the database as part of a database block operation. The order in which operations occur allows for high priority table inserts to occur before low priority table inserts to maintain referential integrity, while low priority table deletes occur before high priority table deletes for the same reason. | 01-08-2009 |
20100070460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RULE-BASED DATA OBJECT MATCHING - An object matching system comprises a plurality of disparate databases comprising data objects and a master data server. The master data server comprises a computer programmed to provide a plurality of adapters configured to connect to said plurality of disparate databases, a matching module configured to compare data objects provided by said plurality of adapters through use of an object matching rule to determine at least two matching data objects, and a data integrator configured to merge said at least two matching data objects to produce a master data object. | 03-18-2010 |
Dave L. Sullivan, Canoga Park, CA US
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20090144320 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND USING A REUSABLE CUSTOM-DEFINED NESTABLE COMPOUND DATA TYPE AS DATABASE QUALIFIERS - A method for generating and using a reusable custom-defined nestable compound data type for use as a database qualifier provides significant advantages over using traditional non-reusable structured tables of RDBM systems is described. The method and data structures of the invention may be used to define and instantiate flexible nested-record structures that reverse and better expose the relationship between parent records and private child sub-records in a database schema to provide improved referential integrity and visibility into database structure. | 06-04-2009 |
20100131565 | Method for creating a self-configuring database system using a reusable custom-defined nestable compound data type - A method for creating a self-configuring database system using a reusable custom-defined nestable compound data type of the invention provides significant advantages over using traditional non-reusable structured tables of RDBM systems. A data structure concept and associated method support creating a self-configuring database system programmatically responsive to importing data using schema descriptions in multiple formats. Thus, the method and data structures of the invention may be used to define and instantiate flexible nested record structures that reverses and better exposes the relationship between parent records and private child sub-records in a database schema. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131568 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND STRUCTURES FOR A REUSABLE CUSTOM-DEFINED NESTABLE COMPOUND DATA TYPE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DATABASE OBJECTS - The reusable custom-defined nestable compound data type for construction of database objects of one or more embodiments of the invention provide advantages over traditional non-reusable structured tables of RDBM systems. The data structure of one or more embodiments of the invention may be thought of in part as a generalized form of a user defined compound data type that may be used to model various “exotic” data structures, such as flexible hierarchies and networks, in database schema. Thus, the system, methods and data structures of one or more embodiments of the invention may be used to define and instantiate structures that support the creation of flexible nested records that expose the relationship between parent records and private child sub-records in a database schema. | 05-27-2010 |
David B. Sullivan, Escondido, CA US
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20080267715 | Low Profile Buoyancy Adjustment Controller and Valve System for Diver's Vest - A buoyancy adjustment device utilizes an inflation valve connected between the diver's breathing gas supply and a compartment to admit gas into the compartment to increase the diver's buoyancy. An exhaust valve, connects between the compartment and the outside of the vest, to release gas from the compartment to the surrounding environment to decrease the diver's buoyancy. A hand-operated controller connected to the inflation valve, when caused to move from a neutral position to an inflation position, actuates the inflation valve and admits gas to the compartment. The hand-operated controller is also connected to the exhaust valve via a flexible pushrod so that, when caused to move from the neutral position to an exhaust position, actuates the exhaust valve and releases gas from the compartment. The flexible push rod is housed in a sleeve that is totally contained within the compartment. Both the inflation valve and the exhaust valve are mounted substantially within the compartment, below the outer wall of the diver's vest and their respective working parts leave only a low profile raised above the outside surface of the vest. A cloth sleeve is positioned inside the front portion of the vest to conveniently store a spare breathing regulator. | 10-30-2008 |
20110180162 | Low Profile Buoyancy Adjustment Controller and Valve System for Diver's Vest - A buoyancy adjustment device utilizes an inflation valve connected between the diver's breathing gas supply and a compartment to admit gas into the compartment to increase the diver's buoyancy. An exhaust valve connects between the compartment and the outside of the vest, to release gas from the compartment to the surrounding environment to decrease the diver's buoyancy. A hand-operated controller connected to the inflation valve, when caused to move from a neutral position to an inflation position, actuates the inflation valve and admits gas to the compartment. The hand-operated controller is also connected to the exhaust valve via a flexible pushrod so that, when caused to move from the neutral position to an exhaust position, actuates the exhaust valve and releases gas from the compartment. The flexible push rod is housed in a sleeve that is totally contained within the compartment. Both the inflation valve and the exhaust valve are mounted substantially within the compartment, below the outer wall of the diver's vest and their respective working parts leave only a low profile raised above the outside surface of the vest. A cloth sleeve is positioned inside the front portion of the vest to conveniently store a spare breathing regulator. | 07-28-2011 |
Derek Gavin Sullivan, Oakland, CA US
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20100181329 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 07-22-2010 |
20120228315 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 09-13-2012 |
20130008902 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 01-10-2013 |
20140263324 | DRINK CONTAINERS WITH CLOSURE RETENTION MECHANISMS - Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a base, a drink spout extending from the base, a closure configured to be removably coupled relative to the drink spout in a closed position to selectively restrict dispensing of drink liquid through the drink spout and to selective permit dispensing of drink liquid through the drink spout when removed from the drink spout. Cap assemblies further may include a handle extending from the base and configured to selectively retain the closure in a stowed position when the closure is selectively removed from the drink spout. In some embodiments, the handle defines a closed perimeter and the closure is received within the closed perimeter when positioned in the stowed position. Some embodiments further include a tether that couples the closure to the cap assembly or to the liquid container. | 09-18-2014 |
Don E. Sullivan, La Quinta, CA US
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20090235874 | Dog Training Collar With Interconnecting Links - A dog training collar includes a plurality of releasable interconnecting links connected together to form a string of links having opposite ends with a tensioning member connected between the opposite ends of the link string to form a collar. A releasable fastener is included that releasably connects between the tensioning member and at least one of the opposite ends of the link string. The interconnecting links each include an inner side and outer side where the inner side includes a pair of v-shaped protrusions extending away from the inner side. The string of links having a plurality of v-shaped protrusion pairs forms two columns of links arranged in spaced apart relation extending from the inner sides, whereby the string of links is placed around a neck of a dog with said v-shaped protrusions directed toward the neck and connected to said tensioning member by the releasable fastener to form said collar such that adjustment of said tensioning member during wear causes a physical correction to be applied to the neck. The number of links used may be adjusted according a dog's neck size. An anti-tangling device is coupled to the tensioning member whereby the anti-tangling device restores unintended twists in the collar when applied to the neck of the dog. | 09-24-2009 |
Edward J. Sullivan, San Jose, CA US
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20080269280 | OXO-IMIDAZOLIDINES AS MODULATORS OF CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. The compounds are generally monocyclic and bicyclic compounds and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists. | 10-30-2008 |
20090005410 | N-(2-(HETARYL)ARYL) ARYLSULFONAMIDES AND N-(2-(HETARYL) HETARYL ARYLSULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 01-01-2009 |
20100190762 | TRIAZOLYL PHENYL BENZENESULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 or CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2 and CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, CCR9-mediated diseases, as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 07-29-2010 |
20100331302 | N-(2-(HETARYL)ARYL) ARYLSULFONAMIDES AND N-(2-(HETARYL)HETARYL ARYLSULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 12-30-2010 |
20120165303 | TRIAZOLYL PHENYL BENZENESULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 or CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2 and CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, CCR9-mediated diseases, as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 06-28-2012 |
20120245138 | N-(2-(HETARYL)ARYL)ARYLSULFONAMIDES AND N-(2-(HETARYL)HETARYL ARYLSULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 09-27-2012 |
20150018337 | N-(2-(HETARYL)ARYL)ARYLSULFONAMIDES AND N-(2-(HETARYL)HETARYL)ARYLSULFONAMIDES - Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR9-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR9 antagonists. | 01-15-2015 |
Gerard J. Sullivan, Newbury Park, CA US
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20100301309 | LATERAL COLLECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR SLS DETECTORS - Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections. | 12-02-2010 |
20110018034 | HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS WITH POWER AMPLIFIERS OR SWITCHES - A transistor heterogeneously integrating a power amplifier or switch with a low-noise amplifier having a substrate wafer selected from a group consisting of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Indium Phosphate (InP) and Gallium Antimonide (GaSb), the substrate having a first end and a second end, a conducting layer above the first end of the substrate, an isolation implant providing lateral isolation in the conducting layer, a first active layer deposited above the conducting layer and configured for the low-noise amplifier, and a buffer layer deposited above the conducting layer and configured for the low-noise amplifier. | 01-27-2011 |
20110031531 | PROCESS FOR FORMING LOW DEFECT DENSITY HETEROJUNCTIONS - A method for forming a low defect density heterojunction between a first and a second compound, the first and second compounds each includes a group III element combined with a group V element in the periodic table, the method includes the steps of introducing in the deposition chamber the flux of the group III element for the first compound at substantially the same time while introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group V element for the second compound, stopping the flux of the group III element for the first compound after a first predetermined time period, stopping the flux of the group V element for the first compound after a second predetermined time period, and introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group III element the group V element for the second compound. | 02-10-2011 |
20110143518 | HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS WITH POWER AMPLIFIERS OR SWITCHES - A transistor heterogeneously integrating a power amplifier or switch with a low-noise amplifier having a substrate wafer selected from a group consisting of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs), Indium Phosphate (InP) and Gallium Antimonide (GaSb), the substrate having a first end and a second end, a conducting layer above the first end of the substrate, an isolation implant providing lateral isolation in the conducting layer, a first active layer deposited above the conducting layer and configured for the low-noise amplifier, and a buffer layer deposited above the conducting layer and configured for the low-noise amplifier. | 06-16-2011 |
20110220967 | PROCESS FOR FORMING LOW DEFECT DENSITY HETEROJUNCTIONS - A method for forming a low defect density heterojunction between a first and a second compound, the first and second compounds each includes a group III element combined with a group V element in the periodic table, the method includes the steps of introducing in the deposition chamber the flux of the group III element for the first compound at substantially the same time while introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group V element for the second compound, stopping the flux of the group III element for the first compound after a first predetermined time period, stopping the flux of the group V element for the first compound after a second predetermined time period, and introducing in the deposition chamber a flux of the group III element the group V element for the second compound. | 09-15-2011 |
20110294252 | LATERAL COLLECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR SLS DETECTORS - Lateral collection architecture for a photodetector is achieved by depositing electrically conducting SLS layers onto a planar substrate and diffusing dopants of a carrier type opposite that of the layers through the layers at selected regions to disorder the superlattice and create diode junctions oriented transversely to the naturally enhanced lateral mobility of photogenerated charge carriers within the superlattice. The diode junctions are terminated at a top surface of the photodetector within an SLS layer of wide bandgap material to minimize unwanted currents. A related architecture disorders the superlattice of topmost SLS layers by diffusing therethrough a dopant configured as a grid and penetrating to a lower SLS layer having the same carrier type as the dopant and opposite that of the topmost layers to isolate pixels within the topmost layers. Ohmic contacts may be deposited on doped regions, pixels, and substrate to provide desired external connections. | 12-01-2011 |
Jacob Ryan Sullivan, Emeryville, CA US
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20110042459 | Weapons Stabilization and Compensation System - Disclosed herein are stabilized weapon mount systems that allow a gunner (i.e. operator of a weapon) to mount and operate a standard weapon in a manner similar to a stand-alone weapon while compensating for the motion of the platform. The system includes an aiming gimbal that is movable by an operator during stabilization into an aiming orientation directed toward a target and a stabilization gimbal nested within the aiming gimbal and adapted to securely couple to a weapon. The stabilization gimbal and aiming gimbal are mechanically coupled by a control unit such that the stabilization gimbal is moved by the control unit and the aiming gimbal is not moved by the control unit. A stabilization device automatically commands the control unit to move the stabilization gimbal relative to the aiming gimbal using the motors to correct for the base movement and maintain the aiming orientation directed toward the target. | 02-24-2011 |
James F. Sullivan, San Jose, CA US
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20090002890 | Spoiler with integrated bypass channel wall for HDD applications - A spoiler implementable in a hard disk drive. The spoiler includes a structure. The structure includes a diffuser integrated therewith. The structure further includes an extension emanating there from, the extension configured to complete a wall of a bypass channel in said hard disk drive, said inner wall having a portion removed there from. | 01-01-2009 |
20090035962 | Card-through-connector fastener for reducing connector distortion - A card-through-connector fastener for reducing connector distortion is disclosed. One embodiment provides circuit card coupled with electronics associated with an actuator. A connector assembly is also coupled with the circuit card, the connector assembly for conveying data with respect to the circuit card. In addition, a fastener connectively couples the connector assembly with a portion of the housing, the fastener passing through the circuit card and providing fixed support between the connector assembly and the hard disk drive housing to reduce distortion transfer from the circuit card to the connector. | 02-05-2009 |
James Francis Sullivan, San Jose, CA US
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20090279203 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED BYPASS CHANNEL AND DIVERTER FOR HARD DISK DRIVES - An integrated bypass channel and diverter assembly for hard disk drives having small form factors is disclosed. A bypass channel is formed directly in the base plate to allow a partial bypass to exist with or without a diverter feature. The design addresses the issue of proper disk shrouding at the same time as providing the desired features for small form factor drives. The invention includes three datum planes for aligning the machined features of the bypass channel with the drive during assembly. The machined bypass channel and the upstream diverter may be combined to form the integrated assembly. The primary air flow direction from the disk stack is through the integrated partial bypass in the enclosure body and around the diverter into the main bypass channel. The invention provides a drop-in position for the diverter that has minimal encroachment into the VCM area of the drive. | 11-12-2009 |
James S. Sullivan, Livermore, CA US
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20110101376 | Optically-Initiated Silicon Carbide High Voltage Switch - An improved photoconductive switch having a SIC or other wide band gap substrate material, such as GaAs and field-grading liners composed of preferably SiN formed on the substrate adjacent the electrode perimeters or adjacent the substrate perimeters for grading the electric fields. | 05-05-2011 |
20110133203 | TRANSPARENT CERAMIC PHOTO-OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR HIGH POWER SWITCHES - A photoconductive semiconductor switch according to one embodiment includes a structure of sintered nanoparticles of a high band gap material exhibiting a lower electrical resistance when excited by light relative to an electrical resistance thereof when not exposed to the light. A method according to one embodiment includes creating a mixture comprising particles, at least one dopant, and at least one solvent; adding the mixture to a mold; forming a green structure in the mold; and sintering the green structure to form a transparent ceramic. Additional system, methods and products are also presented. | 06-09-2011 |
20120082411 | HIGH VOLTAGE PHOTO SWITCH PACKAGE MODULE - A photo-conductive switch package module having a photo-conductive substrate or wafer with opposing electrode-interface surfaces, and at least one light-input surface. First metallic layers are formed on the electrode-interface surfaces, and one or more optical waveguides having input and output ends are bonded to the substrate so that the output end of each waveguide is bonded to a corresponding one of the light-input surfaces of the photo-conductive substrate. This forms a waveguide-substrate interface for coupling light into the photo-conductive wafer. A dielectric material such as epoxy is then used to encapsulate the photo-conductive substrate and optical waveguide so that only the metallic layers and the input end of the optical waveguide are exposed. Second metallic layers are then formed on the first metallic layers so that the waveguide-substrate interface is positioned under the second metallic layers. | 04-05-2012 |
20130056842 | HIGH VOLTAGE PHOTO-SWITCH PACKAGE MODULE HAVING ENCAPSULATION WITH PROFILED METALLIZED CONCAVITIES - A photo-conductive switch package module having a photo-conductive substrate or wafer with opposing electrode-interface surfaces metalized with first metallic layers formed thereon, and encapsulated with a dielectric encapsulation material such as for example epoxy. The first metallic layers are exposed through the encapsulation via encapsulation concavities which have a known contour profile, such as a Rogowski edge profile. Second metallic layers are then formed to line the concavities and come in contact with the first metal layer, to form profiled and metalized encapsulation concavities which mitigate enhancement points at the edges of electrodes matingly seated in the concavities. One or more optical waveguides may also be bonded to the substrate for coupling light into the photo-conductive wafer, with the encapsulation also encapsulating the waveguides. | 03-07-2013 |
Jean F. Sullivan, Woodside, CA US
Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Castro Vallley, CA US
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20090314751 | LASER SCRIBE INSPECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for use during laser-scribing of a workpiece are provided. Some of the methods and systems provided use an imaging device to control the formation of a laser-scribed feature so as to more closely align with a previously-formed feature. Some of the methods and systems provided use an imaging device for inspection of a laser-scribed feature and/or process control. Some of the methods and systems provided use an imaging device to detect and avoid a workpiece defect during the formation of a laser-scribed feature. | 12-24-2009 |
Jeremiah Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20110159264 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTECTIVE FABRIC - The present invention is directed toward a multifunctional protective fabric and yarn. The fabric has a double knit interlock material of the yarns. The yarns include: a first filament being a liquid crystal polymer filament; and a second filament being selected from the group consisting of: modacrylic, polyacrylonitrile, nylon, glass, aramid, olefins, and combinations thereof. The weight ratio of the first filament to the second filament ranges from 20:80 to 99:1. | 06-30-2011 |
Jeremiah Sawyer Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20100212056 | WEARABLE BODY ARMOR - The present invention provides a wearable body armor suit, comprising a plurality of body armor components that are connected together by an impact-resistant material, wherein the impact-resistant material comprises Vectran™ or woven chain mail, and wherein the body armor components are formed of carbon fiber or liquid crystal polymer fiber that is woven or formed into a platen. The platen is molded or curved to accommodate the shape of a body part being covered by the body armor component, for localized and directed protection of strategically important body parts. | 08-26-2010 |
20100212057 | BUOYANT IMPACT-RESISTANT SUIT - The present invention provides an impact-resistant suit having a base layer of material dimensioned to fit over a body of a wearer, and at least one impact-resistant panel attached to the base layer, the impact-resistant panel being sized and positioned with respect to the base layer to protect a specific part of the body of the wearer from localized impacts. In some embodiments, the impact-resistant suit comprises a super buoyant wetsuit having an upper body portion that substantially resists crush-down at extreme pressures. | 08-26-2010 |
20100287689 | PROTECTIVE GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES - The present invention provides a protective fabric or garment comprising an insulator base layer, a protective layer attached to a body side of the insulator base layer, and one or more protective components attached to selected areas of an outer side of the insulator base layer, wherein each protective component includes at least one protective component layer. Each protective may include fibers having a tensile strength of at least 3 GPa and a modulus of at least 70 GPa. In some embodiments, at least one protective layer is formed with a liquid crystal polymer fiber. In other embodiments, at least one protective layer is formed using a blend of two or more materials selected from the group consisting of, liquid crystal polymer, meta-aramid, para-aramid, nylon, olefin, s-glass, elastic, spandex, polyethylene, diamond tough nylon, polyphenylenebenzimidazole, polybenzoxazole, thermoset polyurethane synthetic polymer material, aromatic copolyamid, and extended-chain polyethylene. | 11-18-2010 |
Jim Sullivan, Livermore, CA US
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20110101891 | VIRTUAL GAP DIELECTRIC WALL ACCELERATOR - A virtual, moving accelerating gap is formed along an insulating tube in a dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) by locally controlling the conductivity of the tube. Localized voltage concentration is thus achieved by sequential activation of a variable resistive tube or stalk down the axis of an inductive voltage adder, producing a “virtual” traveling wave along the tube. The tube conductivity can be controlled at a desired location, which can be moved at a desired rate, by light illumination, or by photoconductive switches, or by other means. As a result, an impressed voltage along the tube appears predominantly over a local region, the virtual gap. By making the length of the tube large in comparison to the virtual gap length, the effective gain of the accelerator can be made very large. | 05-05-2011 |
John D. Sullivan, Fremont, CA US
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20100266972 | High Temperature Fiber Composite Burner Surface - A burner surface and creation method are provided. The burner surface includes a frame with a compact layer of unsintered metal and ceramic fibers that have been vacuum cast to a surface of the frame. The layer of unsintered metal and ceramic fibers is not greater than 0.5 inches, and is created without using substantial amounts of polymer pore forming or binding agents. The frame and compact layer additionally include a plurality of apertures that form holes through the burner surface plate. The burner surface plate may be formed by attaching a perforated screen to a fixture, inserting pins through apertures in the screen, introducing a suspension of metal and ceramic fibers into a space above the screen, vacuum casting the metal and ceramic fibers onto the screen to form a layer of metal and ceramic fibers, removing the plurality of pins from the apertures to form a corresponding set of apertures through the layer of metal and ceramic fibers, drying the layer of metal and ceramic fibers to remove moisture, applying colloidal silica to the layer of metal and ceramic fibers, and drying the burner surface. | 10-21-2010 |
John J. Sullivan, Newbury Park, CA US
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20110052604 | Human Anti-OPGL Neutralizing Antibodies as Selective OPGL Pathway Inhibitors - Monoclonal antibodies and hybridomas producing them that interact with osteoprotegerin ligand (OPGL) are provided. Methods of treating osteopenic disorders by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of antibodies to OPGL are also provided. Methods of detecting the amount of OPGL in a sample using antibodies to OPGL are further provided. | 03-03-2011 |
John Joseph Sullivan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20100204946 | SELF-TEST POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT - Systems and methods are disclosed for a self-testing power management unit (PMU) in an electronic device. Self-testing may enable the testing of PMU power supply outputs while reducing the need for test points to conserve circuit board real estate. In one embodiment, a PMU is placed in self-test mode, and a test controller may perform capacitance tests on each power supply output. Once the capacitance test has been performed on each power supply output, the PMU may be placed in normal operating mode, and voltage tests may be performed on each power rail. Once voltage tests have been performed on all power rails in the PMU, the self-test may be complete. In some embodiments, the test controller may communicate with a test multiplexer to select the power supply output for testing. Further, the measurements resulting from the capacitance and voltage tests may be converted to a digital signal through an analog-to-digital converter on the PMU. | 08-12-2010 |
John W. Sullivan, Pacific Grove, CA US
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20100083179 | VISUAL PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE INTERNET PAGES - A novel method for graphically organizing and displaying multiple pages of internet content based on how the page was accessed. Pages are determined to be indirectly accessed if they were accessed via a hypertext link or a trail of hypertext links. Pages are determined to be directly accessed if accessed via other means, such as a bookmark or via Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Page groupings are created for each directly accessed page, and each indirectly accessed page is categorized into a grouping associated with a directly accessed page containing a link through which the indirectly accessed page was accessed. The web pages are presented to the user in an interface that is a graphical representation of the page groupings, wherein a user selects a page to view by first selecting the page's page grouping and then selecting the page. | 04-01-2010 |
20100095219 | SELECTIVE HISTORY DATA STRUCTURES - Methods and apparatuses which create and use selective history data structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring presentations accessed by a user, automatically selecting some of the presentations accessed by the user according to, at least in part, the user's access patterns, and displaying representations of the some of the presentations in a pattern of an n×n array, wherein n is greater than 1. Other methods are disclosed, and various apparatuses and machine readable media are also disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
John William Sullivan, Pacific Grove, CA US
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20100325100 | IMMEDIATE SEARCH FEEDBACK - Providing immediate search feedback is disclosed. Search input is received within a search field of a web browser application. Based on characteristics of the search input, a determination is made whether to automatically submit a query to a search engine. In one aspect, the query is automatically submitted to the search engine. The query is based on the received first search input. Results are displayed within the web browser application, the results web page returned from the query submitted to the search engine. | 12-23-2010 |
20110138313 | VISUALLY RICH TAB REPRESENTATION IN USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses that generate a thumbnail image for each tab in a window based on a snapshot of the window providing interface for a presentation corresponding to the tab are described. An expanded tab bar may be displayed to replace a tab bar inside the window. One or more thumbnail images may be displayed in the expanded tab bar. A user interface operation may be detected on a particular thumbnail image in the expanded tab bar to update the window for providing interface for a particular presentation corresponding to the particular thumbnail. | 06-09-2011 |
20130191709 | VISUAL PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE INTERNET PAGES - A novel method for graphically organizing and displaying multiple pages of internet content based on how the page was accessed. Pages are determined to be indirectly accessed if they were accessed via a hypertext link or a trail of hypertext links. Pages are determined to be directly accessed if accessed via other means, such as a bookmark or via Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Page groupings are created for each directly accessed page, and each indirectly accessed page is categorized into a grouping associated with a directly accessed page containing a link through which the indirectly accessed page was accessed. The web pages are presented to the user in an interface that is a graphical representation of the page groupings, wherein a user selects a page to view by first selecting the page's page grouping and then selecting the page. | 07-25-2013 |
Joshua D. Sullivan, Yorba Linda, CA US
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20100281676 | Method for making a high performance metal bat having a reactive hitting surface - A method for making a metal bat of the kind used for playing baseball or softball and having a hollow metallic shell including a wide barrel at one end, a narrow handle at the opposite end, and a tapered portion laying therebetween. The bat shell is initially thinned such that the original thickness and the corresponding weight thereof are reduced. A reactive hitting surface is then applied over the thinned bat shell around at least the barrel. The reactive hitting surface is preferably a metallic sleeve or a metallic coating that is applied directly to the barrel. Accordingly, the reactive hitting surface and the barrel will flex in unison with one another as a single integral surface in response to a ball striking the bat, wherein to increase the performance of the bat. A weight is added inside the handle of the hollow shell to balance the bat after thinning the shell and applying the reactive hitting surface over the barrel. | 11-11-2010 |
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Oakland, CA US
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20100183620 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING COLLAGEN AND SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN EXPRESSION BY SERPINE2 - The invention encompasses methods and compositions for increasing or decreasing collagen 1A1 expression and/or α-smooth muscle actin expression in lung fibroblasts using SERPINE2 and antagonists of SERPINE2. The invention also encompasses methods and compositions for increasing or decreasing the formation of myofibroblasts. The invention further provides methods and compositions for treatment of lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | 07-22-2010 |
Kevin C. Sullivan, Anaheim, CA US
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20080312861 | CALIBRATION PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DATA STRUCTURE - A method for calibration process management of a calibration testing unit and a plurality of units under test, comprising configuring a user interface in communication with a calibration process management software system, configuring a communications link in communication with the software system, the software system capable of communicating with the calibration testing unit and the plurality of units under test, wherein the software system manages the user interface and the communications link in a manner permitting an operator to calibrate the plurality of units under test. Tracking of the calibrated units under test uses a permanent unique identifier and a dynamic unique identifier. | 12-18-2008 |
20100114515 | CALIBRATION PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DATA STRUCTURE - A method for calibration process management of a calibration testing unit and a plurality of units under test, comprising configuring a user interface in communication with a calibration process management software system, configuring a communications link in communication with the software system, the software system capable of communicating with the calibration testing unit and the plurality of units under test, wherein the software system manages the user interface and the communications link in a manner permitting an operator to calibrate the plurality of units under test. Tracking of the calibrated units under test uses a permanent unique identifier and a dynamic unique identifier. | 05-06-2010 |
Michael J. Sullivan, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA US
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20080279096 | LIGHTWEIGHT NODE BASED NETWORK REDUNDANCY SOLUTION LEVERAGING RAPID SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (RSTP) - A method for dynamic path failover in a network with two or more redundant and interconnected bridges, is described. A first bridge operates as a root bridge and each node includes two ports where each port is coupled to a respective one of the bridges. The method includes defining a bridge identifier at a node which presents the node as a capable bridge to the two or more fully compliant, RSTP enabled MAC bridges, forwarding a BPDU message from the node that defines the node as an inferior alternate path to the root bridge, facilitating the dynamic sensing of the absence of communication between the root bridge and the node, receiving a topology change message at the node from the second redundant bridge, and sending an agreement message from the node to the second redundant bridge such that the node automatically begins receiving messages from the second redundant bridge. | 11-13-2008 |
Nicholas Sullivan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090245506 | FOURIER SERIES BASED AUTHENTICATION/DERIVATION - For purposes of cryptographic authentication, verification and digital signature processes, a derivation function is provided. The derivation function is generated from a Fourier series, using a prime number to compute the initial value in the series. | 10-01-2009 |
20090249068 | CONTENT PROTECTION INFORMATION USING FAMILY OF QUADRATIC MULTIVARIATE POLYNOMIAL MAPS - A computer based method and apparatus to tie content protection information to recipient devices via a family of deterministic permutations of quadratic multivariate polynomial maps used for computing an HMAC (Hash Message Authentication Code) or a signed digest. This allows digital rights management (DRM) systems to customize the protection information (such as an HMAC or signed digest) for audio and video content, whereby such protection information for a piece of content differs for different recipient devices or for types of recipient devices. | 10-01-2009 |
20090287942 | CLOCK ROLL FORWARD DETECTION - Method and apparatus to detect clock roll-forward attacks in a computing device or similar system. This protects against hackers who tamper with the system clock of, for instance, a digital media playback device in order to access a content item which has been rented for a limited time. By detecting clock roll-forward tampering, the present method and system prevent such hackers from accessing the content item outside its authorized rental time period. | 11-19-2009 |
20110051931 | ENCRYPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING COMPOSITION OF CIPHERS - A method and associated apparatus for use in a data distribution process to allow an untrusted intermediary to re-encrypt data for transmission from an originator to a message receiver without revealing the data (message) or the cipher to the intermediary. This method uses a composition of two ciphers for re-encrypting the message at the intermediary, without revealing the plain text message or either cipher to the intermediary. | 03-03-2011 |
Nicholas T. Sullivan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090279689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for performing authentication. The proposed scheme utilizes new algorithms that introduce randomness using a physical value for authentication. An exemplary method includes sharing an initial state value S( | 11-12-2009 |
20090279696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, method and computer readable medium for providing authentication of an entity B by an entity A. In the method, entity A selects a value p, a range [a, b] and a granularity epsilon. Entity A sends p, [a, b], and epsilon to entity B. Entity B initializes a value y | 11-12-2009 |
20100054459 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULUS OBFUSCATION - Disclosed herein are methods for obfuscating data on a client, on a server, and on a client and a server. The method on a client device includes receiving input data, storing an operation value in a secure location, performing a modulus obfuscation on the operation value, performing a modulus operation on the operation value and the input data, performing a modulus transformation on the operation value and the input data to obtain client output data, and checking if the client output data matches corresponding server output data. The method on a server device includes receiving input data, performing a modulus transformation on the input data to obtain a result, performing a plain operation on the result and an operation value to obtain server output data, and checking if the server output data matches corresponding client output data from a client device that (1) receives input data, (2) stores an operation value in a secure location, (3) performs a modulus obfuscation on the operation value, (4) performs a modulus operation on the operation value and the input data, and (5) performs a modulus transformation on the operation value and the input data to obtain client output data. In an optional step applicable to both clients and servers, the method further includes authenticating the client input data and the server input data if the server output data matches the client output data. In one aspect, server input data and client input data pertain to a cryptographic key. | 03-04-2010 |
20100100947 | SCHEME FOR AUTHENTICATING WITHOUT PASSWORD EXCHANGE - Aspects relate to systems and methods implementing a scheme allowing a Verifier (V) to authenticate a Prover (P). The scheme comprises pre-sharing between V and P a graph of nodes. Each node is associated with a polynomial. V sends P data comprising data for selecting a polynomial of the graph, such as traversal data for proceeding from a known node to another node, a time interval, and a number k. P uses the time interval in an evaluation of the polynomial. P then uses the evaluation as a λ in a Poisson distribution, and determines a value related to a probability that a number of occurrences of an event equals k. P sends the determined value to V. V performs a similar determination to arrive at a comparison value. P authenticates V if the separately determined values match, or otherwise meet expectations. The process can be repeated to increase confidence in authentication. | 04-22-2010 |
20100115230 | HASH FUNCTIONS USING RECURRENCY AND ARITHMETIC - Aspects relate to systems and methods for implementing a hash function using a stochastic and recurrent process, and performing arithmetic operations during the recurrence on portions of a message being hashed. In an example method, the stochastic process is a Galton-Watson process, the message is decomposed into blocks, and the method involves looping for a number of blocks in the message. In each loop, a current hash value is determined based on arithmetic performed on a previous hash value and some aspect of a current block. The arithmetic performed can involve modular arithmetic, such as modular addition and exponentiation. The algorithm can be adjusted to achieve qualities including a variable length output, or to perform fewer or more computations for a given hash. Also, randomizing elements can be introduced into the arithmetic, avoiding a modular reduction until final hash output production. | 05-06-2010 |
20110179403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATION-DRIVEN FUNCTION INLINING - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for obfuscating using inlined functions. A system configured to practice the method receives a program listing including annotated functions for obfuscation, identifies an annotated function called more than once in the program listing, and creates an inline control flow structure in the program listing for the identified annotated function, the control flow structure being computationally equivalent to inlining the identified annotated function into the program listing for each occurrence of the identified annotated function. The program listing can include tiers of annotated functions. The system can identify annotated functions called more than once based on an optionally generated callgraph. The system can create inline control flow structures in the program listing in order of annotation importance. The system can identify how many times each annotated function is called in the program listing. | 07-21-2011 |
20110307873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTROPY POOL VERIFICATION - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting changes in a source of entropy. A system configured to practice the method generates a cyclic graph based at least in part on the values in the entropy pool. Using the cyclic graph and one or more starting points, the system establishes one or more baseline properties for the cyclic graph. These properties can include the number of steps required to identify a cycle in the graph or the number of steps required to traverse the graph from one or more starting points to a selected end point. The computed properties are then stored for later use. As execution progresses, the system monitors the entropy pool to detect a change by regenerating the cyclic graph and using the stored properties. | 12-15-2011 |
20110317840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, method and computer readable medium for providing authentication of an entity B by an entity A. In the method, entity A selects a value p, a range [a, b] and a granularity epsilon. Entity A sends p, [a, b], and epsilon to entity B. Entity B initializes a value y | 12-29-2011 |
20110320806 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULUS OBFUSCATION - Disclosed herein are methods for obfuscating data via a modulus operation. A client device receives input data, stores an operation value, performs a modulus obfuscation on the operation value, performs a modulus operation on the operation value and the input data, performs a modulus transformation on the operation value and the input data to obtain client output data, and checks if the client output data matches corresponding server output data. A corresponding server device receives input data, performs a modulus transformation on the input data to obtain a result, performs a plain operation on the result and an operation value to obtain server output data, and checks if the server output data matches corresponding client output data from the client device. The client and/or server can optionally authenticate the client input data and the server input data if the server output data matches the client output data. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for performing authentication. The proposed scheme utilizes new algorithms that introduce randomness using a physical value for authentication. An exemplary method includes sharing an initial state value S(0) with a sender and a receiver, generating a sender S(t, v) based on a parameter t and an identifier v and based at least in part on the value S(0). The method includes generating a receiver S(t, v) from S(0) based on the parameter t and the identifier v wherein the parameter t is related to a physical value in authenticating the identifier v based on a comparison of the sender S(t, v) and the receiver S(t, v). The process of generating the sender S(t, v) and the receiver S(t, v) includes a random variable generated by a process such as by a random number generator, the Brownian Motion or Wiener Process. Other embodiments do not use the physical value for authentication. | 12-29-2011 |
20120095877 | APPLICATION USAGE POLICY ENFORCEMENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for enforcing application usage policies. As part of an application purchase transaction, the application distributor creates a unique proof of purchase receipt. This receipt can be bundled with the application and delivered to the purchaser. Each machine can maintain an authorization file that lists the users authorized to use applications on that machine. A system configured to practice the method verifies that a user is authorized to use an application on a machine based on an application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file. If the application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file are both valid, the system checks if the user account identifier in the receipt is contained in the authorization file. If so, the user can be considered authorized to use the application on the machine. | 04-19-2012 |
20130103942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PSEUDO-RANDOM POLYMORPHIC TREE CONSTRUCTION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for obfuscating data via a pseudo-random polymorphic tree. A server, using a seed value shared with a client device, generates a tag stream according to a byte-string algorithm. The server passes the tag stream and the data to be transmitted to the client device through a pseudo-random polymorphic tree serializer to generate a pseudo-random polymorphic tree, which the server transmits to the client device. The client device, using the same seed and byte-string algorithm, generates the same tag stream as on the server. The client passes that tag stream and the received pseudo-random polymorphic tree through a pseudo-random polymorphic tree parser to extract the data. Data to be transmitted from the server to the client device is hidden in a block of seemingly random data, which changes for different seed values. This approach obfuscates data and has low processing overhead. | 04-25-2013 |
20130182842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEY SPACE DIVISION AND SUB-KEY DERIVATION FOR MIXED MEDIA DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT CONTENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for key space division and sub-key derivation for mixed media digital rights management content and secure digital asset distribution. A system practicing the exemplary method derives a set of family keys from a master key associated with an encrypted media asset using a one-way function, wherein each family key is uniquely associated with a respective client platform type, wherein the master key is received from a server account database, and identifies a client platform type for a client device and a corresponding family key from the set of family keys. The system encrypts an encrypted media asset with the corresponding family key to yield a platform-specific encrypted media asset, and transmits the platform-specific encrypted media asset to the client device. Thus, different client devices receive device-specific encrypted assets which can be all derived based on the same master key. | 07-18-2013 |
Patrick Sullivan, Sonoma, CA US
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20110095818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY MEASURING CURRENTS USING ON CHIP SENSE RESISTORS - Systems and methods for managing process and temperature variations for on-chip sense resistors are disclosed. The system includes a circuit that can leverage a linear gm circuit in order to provide linear gains (positive gains and/or negative gains). The linearity of the circuit enables compensation for temperature and process variations across an entire range of current (positive to negative). A control signal is generated by using a linear gm amplifier and a replica resistor, which is substantially similar to the on chip resistor. The control signal is used to control the gain of a disparate linear gm amplifier within a compensation circuit, which provides an offset voltage to compensate for the variation in resistance of the on chip resistor. | 04-28-2011 |
Patrick G. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20100066448 | DEVICE UNDER TEST POWER SUPPLY - A power supply with and input and output includes an amplifier configured to set an output voltage of the power supply output equal to a fixed input voltage for the power supply. The power supply has a first output stage coupled to the amplifier and configured to source and sink current at the output of the power supply between a first voltage rail and a third voltage rail. The power supply has a second output stage coupled to the amplifier and configured to source and sink current to the output of the power supply between a second voltage rail and the third voltage rail. A selection device is configured to enable the first and second output stages based on a selection input signal. The selection device is situated outside of the first and the second output stages. | 03-18-2010 |
Patrick J. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20090172425 | Digitally controlled dynamic power management unit for uninterruptible power supply - A memory system power management process includes providing a first level of power to operate a memory system while a primary power source is enabled, detecting an interruption of the primary power source, increasing a frequency of an oscillator driving a charge pump of a power converter providing the first level of power, and beginning a memory operation that increases a load on the power converter. | 07-02-2009 |
Patrick M. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20090167034 | Appartus for Generating Power Responsive to Mechanical Vibration - A vibrational energy harvesting apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plurality of integral compliant regions; at least two ferromagnetic masses each coupled to a corresponding one or more of the integral compliant regions such that at least one of the ferromagnetic masses moves with respect to the substrate responsive to substrate acceleration, each ferromagnetic mass having an inner magnetic pole disposed such that the inner magnetic poles are separated by a gap, wherein the magnetic polarities of the inner magnetic poles on the opposing sides of the gap are similar; wherein the inner magnetic poles form a steep flux gradient region in and around the gap; and a coil coupled to the substrate and disposed within the steep flux gradient region where it is exposed to a changing magnetic flux arising from motion of at least one of the ferromagnetic masses with respect to the substrate. | 07-02-2009 |
Paul Sullivan, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20110054928 | METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS - A personalized nutritional supplement method that includes the steps of affiliation; training; client assessment; review; recommendations; order placement; and order fulfillment. A personalized nutritional supplement method that includes blood testing is also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
Paul J. Sullivan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090040514 | Method and apparatus for scanning, stitching and damping measurements of a double sided metrology inspection tool - A system for inspecting specimens such as semiconductor wafers is provided. The system provides scanning of dual-sided specimens using a damping arrangement which filters unwanted acoustic and seismic vibration, including an optics arrangement which scans a first portion of the specimen and a translation or rotation arrangement for translating or rotating the specimen to a position where the optics arrangement can scan the remaining portion(s) of the specimen. The system further includes means for stitching the scans together, thereby providing both damping of the specimen and the need for smaller and less expensive optical elements. | 02-12-2009 |
Robert W. Sullivan, Simi Valley, CA US
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20080289173 | Low-impact apparatus for inserting insulated wires - Force is manually applied through a compression spring mechanism to a tool member, which in turn carries the end of an insulated wire that is to be seated between the knives of an insulation displacement type connector. A force transducer is used to measure the spring force within the compression spring mechanism, so that seating of the conductor in the connector can be accomplished without any abrupt impact. | 11-27-2008 |
20090133250 | Universal impact tool head and method for seating wires in a connector - A tool head assembly and method for ganged connection of insulated conductors to the IDC connectors of an IDC connector panel, in which the positions of wire insert blades inside the tool head are adjusted and then locked in place before forcing the tool head and connector panel together. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144974 | Method of repetitively accomplishing mechanical action of a tool member - A method of repetitively accomplishing mechanical action of a tool member by drivingly engaging the tool member with one end of a compression spring, manually applying incrementally increasing force to the other end of the compression spring until the mechanical action of the tool member is completed, and utilizing an electronic measurement of the force level within the compression spring for repetitiveley reproducing the mechanical action. | 06-11-2009 |
Scott Sullivan, San Francisco, CA US
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20090157157 | ANCHORING DEVICE FOR SECURING INTRACRANIAL CATHETER OR LEAD WIRE TO A PATIENT'S SKULL - An anchor system for securing a lead to a patient's skull is disclosed. The lead is of the type that passes through a burr hole created in the patient's skull and includes a distal end which is implanted within the patient's brain at a target site. The anchor, according to a first embodiment of the invention includes a stem, an integrally formed rim plate, and a peripheral clamping structure. The clamping structure is adapted to receive and snugly hold a portion of the lead. The stem is sized and shaped to fit within the burr hole, leaving the rim plate positioned flush with the patient's skull. A flared passage is provided within the stem and rim plate so that the lead may pass through the stem and into the rim plate, at which point the lead follows the contours of the flared passage and communicates with the peripheral clamping structural. The clamping structure holds a portion of the lead so that any tension of the lead will not be transmitted past the anchor and the distal end of the lead will not become displaced from the target site. According to a second embodiment, the peripheral clamping structure includes several flexible loops that are sized and spaced from each other to allow a lead to be laced through the loops as the lead extends about the periphery of the rim plate. | 06-18-2009 |
20130283625 | Level Clip for Wall-Mounted Posters - A level clip is disclosed for securing along the edge of a wall-hanging substrate for the purpose of leveling the substrate. The clip includes a body having a substrate-receiving slot and a contact surface. The clip also supports a bubble level so that it is aligned with the contact surface. The user inserts the edge of the substrate into the slot so that the edge of the substrate abuts evenly with the contact surface, thereby allowing the bubble level to convey level-alignment information in response to rotational movement of the substrate. Resilient outer arms adjacent to the slot create friction to help hold the clip in place. | 10-31-2013 |
20140096706 | Height-Adjustable Support Surface and System for Encouraging Human Movement and Promoting Wellness - A sit/stand workstation includes a worktop that includes a powered drive and is moveable between a sitting height and a standing height. An electronic controller offers the user different operating modes, each with varying levels of automation. In one such mode, the user inputs a value that represents a desired percentage of standing time over a given period of time. The controller then uses user-profile information and the inputted value to create an initial custom height-adjustment schedule for the user. During use, the controller moves the worktop up and down following the schedule and uses sensors, such as a pressure mat, to detect how well the user follows the schedule and biometric indicators that convey fatigue and also energy. In response to this monitored user-information, the controller changes time, duration, and/or frequency of the schedule to better meet the abilities and fitness of the user and also to help encourage the user to continue regular use. Sounds, voice, lights, colors, and numerical information are used to help encourage the user. | 04-10-2014 |
20140326844 | Ceiling Hook - A ceiling hook includes a base and a hook. The hook is pivotally connected to the base. The base includes a recess that is sized and shaped to laterally receive the head of a separate screw. The screw is secured to a ceiling structure so that the screw head resides a predetermined distance from the ceiling surface. The hook is pivotal with respect to the base between an open orientation wherein the recess is open allowing passage of a screw head and a closed orientation wherein the recess is closed, thereby capturing any inserted screw head. The hook is designed to support a load and is biased to the closed orientation in response to the downward force generated by a supported load. | 11-06-2014 |
20140364967 | System and Method for Controlling an Electronic Device - For use with a head-worn computer, such as Google's Glass device, a user-generated tooth-tapping based input is used to control various and select computer operations during its use. The user simply opens and closes their jaw slightly so that they tap their right side pair of canine teeth, their left side pair of canine teeth, or all their teeth together to generate a sound and a vibration. This sound and vibration generated by a single tooth tap or any combination thereof is detected by at least one microphone located on the head-worn computer, and according to other embodiments of this invention two or more microphones and/or vibration-detection sensors. The computer receives the tapping sound signals from the microphone and uses controlling circuitry and/an algorithm to determine the exact tap-sequence and time between taps to establish a “command signature”, specific to each particular tap-sequence. From this, the computer compares the command signature with a corresponding command or action stored in the onboard memory and then performs that command or action, as required. The user can effectively and discretely control many operations of the head-worn computer merely through tooth tapping. | 12-11-2014 |
Scott L. Sullivan, San Francisco, CA US
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20110083326 | Utility Knife - A utility knife includes an elongaged handle having an internal cavity, two opposing ends and a side having at least one locking opening. A shuttle is sized to slide within the cavity and has a side surface. The shuttle has a spring-loaded locking button projecting from the side surface and into the handle. The button is sized and shaped to selectively project into the at least one locking opening. The shuttle is bonded to a conventionally shaped utility knife blade of the type which includes two opposing cutting regions. The shuttle can slide within the handle between the two opposing ends so that both cutting regions of the blade can be easily used as necessary. This utility knife is meant to be lost cost and disposable, but offers the user TWO cutting edges, doubling its effective use. | 04-14-2011 |
Scott Lindsay Sullivan, San Francisco, CA US
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20080290168 | PILL PRINTING IDENTIFICATION - Drug dosages and bar code labels are within a tamperproof, sealed container. A printer is configured to mark a drug dosage with an imprint in a form of a machine readable bar code. A method and product are provided to enable both the source of manufacture and distributor to be identified based on scanning a barcode from a label. | 11-27-2008 |
Sean Sullivan, Santa Rosa, CA US
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20090121925 | Energy Emission Event Detection - Methods and systems for detecting an energy emission event are provided. In a method for detecting an energy emission event, a reference event signal is compared with a received event signal. In some embodiments, the reference event signal is associated with radiated energy having a predetermined temporal response. A detection signal is output when the received event signal corresponds to the reference event signal. In response to outputting the detection signal, imagery of a location in proximity to where the received event signal originated is captured or processed. Using the captured imagery and the detection signal, a determination of where the received event signal originated is made. | 05-14-2009 |
Sean Sullivan, San Clemente, CA US
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20100146531 | ESTIMATING REACH AND FREQUENCY OF ADVERTISEMENTS - Estimating the reach and device frequency of a proposed advertising campaign based on the probability that advertising content delivery devices (e.g., a television set top box, radio) were used to deliver advertising content (e.g. television ad, radio ad) during specific time periods on specific delivery device channels. | 06-10-2010 |
20120079519 | ESTIMATING REACH AND FREQUENCY OF ADVERTISEMENTS - Estimating the reach and device frequency of a proposed advertising campaign based on the probability that advertising content delivery devices (e.g., a television set top box, radio) were used to deliver advertising content (e.g. television ad, radio ad) during specific time periods on specific delivery device channels. | 03-29-2012 |
Sean Sullivan, Aptos, CA US
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20090019713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOOTWEAR RELATED MEASUREMENT AND ADJUSTMENT - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a footwear characteristic measuring system designed to determine measurements of a particular footwear wedge insert which may be used to encourage correct knee alignment in an article of footwear. The system includes a base, a stepped member, a platform, and an illumination system. The stepped member or piano hinge is positioned on the top surface of the base adjacent to or partially under the platform. The platform is disposed above the top surface of the base and connected on a first side to the base via a hinge. A second portion of the platform is positioned on top of a portion of the stepped member so as to form a particular angle with respect to the base depending on the height of the particular stepped member surface. The illumination system is oriented to transmit an illumination output upward or perpendicular to the top surface of the base. | 01-22-2009 |
Sean M. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20080207544 | Compositions And Methods For Delivery Of Agents Into Cells - Disclosed herein are novel compositions for delivery of biologically active agents into cells comprising a cationic amphiphile and a complementary lipid composition. Also disclosed are methods of making and using such novel compositions. | 08-28-2008 |
20090191227 | Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Immune Responses to Vaccines - The disclosure provides adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, and methods useful for vaccination and immune response. In particular, the disclosure provides a class of adjuvants comprising cationic lipid:co-lipid mixtures and methods for delivering formulated compositions. | 07-30-2009 |
20120014976 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VACCINES - The disclosure provides adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, and methods useful for vaccination and immune response. In particular, the disclosure provides a class of adjuvants comprising cationic lipid:co-lipid mixtures and methods for delivering formulated compositions. | 01-19-2012 |
20130045222 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VACCINES - The disclosure provides adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, and methods useful for vaccination and immune response. In particular, the disclosure provides a class of adjuvants comprising cationic lipid:co-lipid mixtures and methods for delivering formulated compositions. | 02-21-2013 |
20130202630 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VACCINES - The disclosure provides adjuvants, immunogenic compositions, and methods useful for vaccination and immune response. In particular, the disclosure provides a class of adjuvants comprising cationic lipid:co-lipid mixtures and methods for delivering formulated compositions. | 08-08-2013 |
Shannon E. Sullivan, Benicia, CA US
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20090156970 | System and method for exercising eyes - A method and system to exercise and relax the eyes is provided. In one embodiment, a computer or video display system is configured to alter the way that a user's activity and tasks are displayed in order to exercise and/or relax the eyes and components of the eyes, such as the eye focusing muscles. For example, in one embodiment, images that relate to a user activity are displayed in a manner configured to cause the eyes to refocus and/or move while the user continues to perform the activity, with or without the user being aware their eyes are being refocused and/or moved. In another embodiment, images related to a user activity are displayed with the color, contrast, and/or brightness of the display changed over a predetermined time in a manner to relax the eyes, with or without the user being aware. | 06-18-2009 |
20100009336 | System and method for bacterial vaginosis testing - A method and system for testing fluids from a patient is provided. In one embodiment, a portable device is configured with one or more testing modules adapted perform one or more tests on a fluid sample in order to determine if a patient has bacterial vaginosis. A timer module coupled to a sample transport is configured to move a vaginal fluid sample between one or more testing modules at various stages along a predetermined testing path. In an embodiment, the timer module is configured to move the vaginal fluid sample between the testing modules along a circular testing path. The vaginal fluid sample may be processed in sequential order over predetermined time periods with respect to the processing performed by the testing module in order to detect the presence of, or lack of, | 01-14-2010 |
Steve Sullivan, Mill Valley, CA US
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20120002017 | Three-Dimensional Motion Capture - In one general aspect, a method is described. The method includes generating a positional relationship between one or more support structures having at least one motion capture mark and at least one virtual structure corresponding to geometry of an object to be tracked and positioning the support structures on the object to be tracked. The support structures has sufficient rigidity that, if there are multiple marks, the marks on each support structure maintain substantially fixed distances from each other in response to movement by the object. The method also includes determining an effective quantity of ray traces between one or more camera views and one or more marks on the support structures, and estimating an orientation of the virtual structure by aligning the determined effective quantity of ray traces with a known configuration of marks on the support structures. | 01-05-2012 |
Steve Sullivan, San Francisco, CA US
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20080231640 | Animation Retargeting - Systems and methods are described, which create a mapping from a space of a source object (e.g., source facial expressions) to a space of a target object (e.g., target facial expressions). In certain implementations, the mapping is learned based a training set composed of corresponding shapes (e.g. facial expressions) in each space. The user can create the training set by selecting expressions from, for example, captured source performance data, and by sculpting corresponding target expressions. Additional target shapes (e.g., target facial expressions) can be interpolated and extrapolated from the shapes in the training set to generate corresponding shapes for potential source shapes (e.g., facial expressions). | 09-25-2008 |
20100002934 | Three-Dimensional Motion Capture - In one general aspect, a method is described. The method includes generating a positional relationship between one or more support structures having at least one motion capture mark and at least one virtual structure corresponding to geometry of an object to be tracked and positioning the support structures on the object to be tracked. The support structures has sufficient rigidity that, if there are multiple marks, the marks on each support structure maintain substantially fixed distances from each other in response to movement by the object. The method also includes determining an effective quantity of ray traces between one or more camera views and one or more marks on the support structures, and estimating an orientation of the virtual structure by aligning the determined effective quantity of ray traces with a known configuration of marks on the support structures. | 01-07-2010 |
20100164862 | Visual and Physical Motion Sensing for Three-Dimensional Motion Capture - A system includes a visual data collector for collecting visual information from an image of one or more features of an object. The system also includes a physical data collector for collecting sensor information provided by at one or more sensors attached to the object. The system also includes a computer system that includes a motion data combiner for combining the visual information the sensor information. The motion data combiner is configured to determine the position of a representation of one or more of the feature in a virtual representation of the object from the combined visual information and sensor information. Various types of virtual representations may be provided from the combined information, for example, one or more poses (e.g., position and orientation) of the object may be represented. | 07-01-2010 |
Thomas J. Sullivan, San Jose, CA US
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20110040202 | SENSORY-EVOKED POTENTIAL (SEP) CLASSIFICATION/DETECTION IN THE TIME DOMAIN - Techniques are disclosed for sensory-evoked potential (SEPs, e.g., visual-evoked potentials) signal detection/classification by synchronizing EEG to the repeated presentation of sensory stimuli in the time domain. In some embodiments, a system receives a plurality of EEG signal samples, generates a stimulus-locked EEG and determines whether the plurality of EEG signal samples are evoked in response to a pattern of stimulus. In some embodiments, no prior knowledge about the update pattern (such as the flashing frequency of a visual stimulus) of the stimulus and no prior knowledge about an individual user's EEG pattern are required. | 02-17-2011 |
Thomas J. Sullivan, San Diego, CA US
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20110043225 | Non-Contact Biopotential Sensor - A capacitive sensor system including a sensing plate, an amplifier, and a switching circuit is described. The sensing plate is capacitively coupled to a body surface. A change in the electric potential on the body surface generates an electric field that induces change in the electric potential of the sensing plate. The sensing plate includes a sensing node positioned in the electric field for generating an input signal from the electric field. The sensing plate is not in contact with the body surface. The amplifier receives the input signal at the input port, amplifies the input signal and generates an output signal at the output port. The switching circuit is connected to the input port and a reference voltage. The switching circuit non-continuously closes a shunting path from the sensing node to the reference voltage to reset the voltage at the sensing node. | 02-24-2011 |
20120250197 | LOW LEAKAGE ESD STRUCTURE FOR NON-CONTACT BIO-SIGNAL SENSORS - Various techniques for providing a low leakage electrostatic discharge (ESD) structure for non-contact bio-signal sensors are disclosed. In some embodiments, a low leakage ESD structure for a capacitive bio-sensor includes a unity gain buffer, and an ESD protection circuit connected to the unity gain buffer, in which the ESD protection circuit includes a diode connected across an input and an output of the unity gain buffer, and in which a voltage range for the ESD protection circuit is configurable. | 10-04-2012 |
20130211276 | SENSORY-EVOKED POTENTIAL (SEP) CLASSIFICATION/DETECTION IN THE TIME DOMAIN - Techniques are disclosed for sensory-evoked potential (SEPs, e.g., visual-evoked potentials) signal detection/classification by synchronizing EEG to the repeated presentation of sensory stimuli in the time domain. In some embodiments, a system receives a plurality of EEG signal samples, generates a stimulus-locked EEG and determines whether the plurality of EEG signal samples are evoked in response to a pattern of stimulus. In some embodiments, no prior knowledge about the update pattern (such as the flashing frequency of a visual stimulus) of the stimulus and no prior knowledge about an individual user's EEG pattern are required. | 08-15-2013 |
Timothy J. Sullivan, La Mesa, CA US
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20100293961 | GAS TURBINE STARTING WITH STEPPING SPEED CONTROL - The system and method of the present invention provides stepping speed control of a gas turbine engine to reliably light-off a gas turbine engine. During starting, the speed of the gas turbine engine is incremented by stepped amounts through the light-off window from a minimum speed value to a maximum speed value, with the speed of the gas turbine dwelling at each stepped value for a period of time before incrementing the speed of the engine to the next stepped level. If the gas turbine engine is stepped through the entire light-off window without success, the controller decreases the speed of the gas turbine engine to the minimum value and begins the process again. The process continues until successful light-off is initiated or until the light-off window is traversed a certain number of times, after which the start process is aborted. | 11-25-2010 |
Timothy J. Sullivan, San Carlos, CA US
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Timothy M. Sullivan, Corona, CA US
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20080299874 | Method for restoring acid etched glass - A method for restoring acid etched glass includes grinding the glass and then applying an acid resistant polyester film over the glass. Grinding may be performed in steps going from course to fine grinding pads, and stopping with a 400 grit pad, leaving a somewhat cloudy appearing surface. The polyester film fills in small irregularities in the cloudy glass surface thus eliminating the need to polish the glass. | 12-04-2008 |
20110226404 | Method and Apparatus for Toilet Seat Resurfacing - A method and apparatus for resurfacing a vandalized or damaged toilet seat, in commercial areas in particular. Overlays covering one half of the vandalized toilet seat are provided. Each overlay includes a self adhesive and a peel off cover. The overlays are preferably a thin vinyl material but may be any comparable material. The seat is sanded and cleaned, alignment marks may be made on the vandalized toilet seat and on the overlay, the peel off cover is removed to expose the adhesive, the alignment marks are aligned, the overlay is applied to the seat, and a squeegee used to smooth the overlay and remove bubbles. In another embodiment a plastic overlay snaps onto a damaged toilet seat covering about half the seat. Two overlays are generally applied in a first application to obtain a uniform appearance, and later a single overlay may be applied as needed. | 09-22-2011 |
Timothy T. Sullivan, Portola Valley, CA US
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20100138444 | FEDERATED CHALLENGE CREDIT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for reducing the number of challenge messages that are sent in response to an incoming message in situations where the incoming message is likely not unsolicited. The systems and methods include evaluating the behavior of a sender with regard to one or more federated messaging services and determining if the sender is approved or unapproved. If the sender is approved, the incoming message is deliver to a recipient's inbox without issuing a challenge message. Unapproved senders are required to respond to a challenge message. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138658 | Electronic Message System with Federation of Trusted Senders - Systems and methods for allowing challenge messages to be sent directly to a recipient's inbox where normally the challenge message would be sent to a pending folder or deleted. Challenge messages sent between federated messaging services contain a federated token which can be identified, authenticated and validated to determine whether the challenge message should be sent to a recipient's inbox. The federated token can include an authentication portion and a validation portion. Authentication methods for the authentication portion can include, for example, checksums, salts, hashes and digital signatures. Once a federated token is authenticated by decrypting the authentication portion according to one or more of these authentication methods, the federated token is validated by determining the defined use-base and determining whether the receipt of the federated token satisfies the defined use. | 06-03-2010 |
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20140143890 | DYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS FOR CONTENT RIGHTS - A device for playing digital media comprises a connection for receiving content over a network and a digital rights management (“DRM”) module that identifies rights for the received content by accessing a DRM data structure. The DRM data structure can be a temporal cache. The device receives content and the DRM module identifies identifiers associated with the content and/or the device. The DRM module uses the identifiers to access the DRM data structure and identify rights associated with the content. The identified rights are applied to the content to prevent and/or permit activities with respect to the content. Permitted activities for the content may be presented in a display of the device and can be updated as the content changes and/or as rights associated with content change. Content providers and other authorized entities can change the rights associated with particular content by updating the DRM data structure. | 05-22-2014 |
Tom Sullivan, San Marcos, CA US
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20090194228 | Multilaminate Bamboo - A bamboo laminate is provided having a bamboo core panel and a bamboo sheet. The bamboo laminate has a sheet length and a sheet width. The bamboo core panel has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bamboo core panel has a core vertical-grain layer with grain extending substantially parallel to the sheet width and substantially perpendicular to the sheet length. The bamboo sheet is attached to the top surface of the bamboo core panel. | 08-06-2009 |
20090308528 | Multilayered Bamboo Article - A multilayered bamboo article and a method for making the same is disclosed. Strips of bamboo with roughly square cross sections are secured together into layers in which the layer has parallel grain orientations. These layers are then combined together in perpendicular grain orientations to form a multilayered bamboo article. The bamboo strips and layers are secured together using a glue resistant to high temperatures when cured resulting in a strong multilayered bamboo article resistant to the effects of hot water. | 12-17-2009 |
Tom Sullivan, San Jose, CA US
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20100234752 | EEG control of devices using sensory evoked potentials - An EEG control of devices using Sensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs) (e.g., visually-evoked potentials), is disclosed. In some embodiments, a system receives a plurality of EEG signal samples; generates a stimulus locked average signal using the plurality of EEG signal samples; and determines whether the plurality of EEG signal samples are evoked in response to a pattern of stimulus. | 09-16-2010 |
William Sullivan, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20100105105 | USE OF A REFERENCE SOURCE WITH ADAPTIVE OPTICS IN BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPY - Methods of microscopic imaging of biological tissue using adaptive optics technology to improve the image focus and sharpness. Wavefront measurements are taken by using a novel method of seeding biological tissue by using a fluorescent microsphere as a “guide star” as a natural point-source reference. The current methods are capable of improving the Strehl ratio of modern biological microscopes as much as 15 times. | 04-29-2010 |
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