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20110100955 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ENERGY STORAGE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES IN A LINEAR SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for formation of a composite material on a substrate. The composite material includes carbon nanotubes and/or nanofibers, and composite intrinsic and doped silicon structures. In one embodiment, the substrates are in the form of an elongated sheet or web of material, and the apparatus includes supply and take-up rolls to support the web prior to and after formation of the composite materials. The web is guided through various processing chambers to form the composite materials. In another embodiment, the large scale substrates comprise discrete substrates. The discrete substrates are supported on a conveyor system or, alternatively, are handled by robots that route the substrates through the processing chambers to form the composite materials on the substrates. The composite materials are useful in the formation of energy storage devices and/or photovoltaic devices. | 05-05-2011 |
20120100312 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING TANTALUM FILAMENT LIFE IN HOT WIRE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSES - Methods for depositing films using hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) processes are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of operating an HWCVD tool may include providing hydrogen gas (H | 04-26-2012 |
20130074771 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING ENERGY STORAGE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES IN A LINEAR SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for formation of a composite material on a substrate. The composite material includes carbon nanotubes and/or nanofibers, and composite intrinsic and doped silicon structures. In one embodiment, the substrates are in the form of an elongated sheet or web of material, and the apparatus includes supply and take-up rolls to support the web prior to and after formation of the composite materials. The web is guided through various processing chambers to form the composite materials. In another embodiment, the large scale substrates comprise discrete substrates. The discrete substrates are supported on a conveyor system or, alternatively, are handled by robots that route the substrates through the processing chambers to form the composite materials on the substrates. The composite materials are useful in the formation of energy storage devices and/or photovoltaic devices. | 03-28-2013 |
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20140292328 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) With Dual Agent Characterization - Example apparatus and methods concern determining whether a target material appears in a region experiencing nuclear magnetic resonance. One method acquires a baseline value for a magnetic resonance parameter (MRP) while the region is not exposed to a molecular imaging agent that affects the MRP, acquiring a non-specific uptake value for the MRP while the sample is influenced by a non-specific molecular imaging agent and acquiring a specific uptake value for the MRP while the sample is influenced by a specific molecular imaging agent. The non-specific masking problem is solved by characterizing the region as a function of the baseline value, the non-specific uptake value, and the specific uptake value. The function relies on the similarities and differences between non-specific uptake of the non-specific molecular imaging agent, non-specific uptake of the specific molecular imaging agent, and specific uptake of the specific molecular imaging agent. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292330 | Quantifying Magnetic Resonance Parameters - Example apparatus and methods provide improved spatial and temporal resolution over conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for a large (e.g., 500 cm | 10-02-2014 |
20140294734 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Based Quantitative Kidney Perfusion Analysis - Example apparatus and methods provide improved spatial and temporal resolution over conventional magnetic resonance renography (MRR). Example apparatus and methods reconstruct under-sampled three-dimensional (3D) data associated with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals acquired from a kidney. The data is reconstructed using a 3D through-time non-Cartesian generalized auto-calibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) approach. Example apparatus and methods produce a quantized value for a contrast agent concentration in the kidney from a signal intensity in the data based, at least in part, on a two compartment model of the kidney. The two compartment model includes a plasma compartment and a tubular compartment. The quantized value describes a perfusion parameter for the kidney or a filtration parameter for the kidney. Greater precision is achieved for estimates of the perfusion parameter or filtration parameter as a result of the quantization performed on data acquired with greater spatial resolution and temporal resolution. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296700 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Based Quantitative Liver Perfusion Analysis - Example apparatus and methods provide improved spatial and temporal resolution over conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the liver. Example apparatus and methods reconstruct under-sampled three-dimensional (3D) data associated with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals acquired from a liver. The data is reconstructed using a 3D through-time non-Cartesian generalized auto-calibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) approach. Example apparatus and methods produce a quantized value for a contrast agent concentration in the liver from a signal intensity in the data based, at least in part, on a compartment model of the liver. The quantized value describes a perfusion parameter for the liver. Greater precision is achieved for estimates of the perfusion parameter as a result of the quantization performed on data acquired with greater spatial resolution and temporal resolution. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296702 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) With Self-Navigation and Self-Registration - Three-dimensional (3D) projections of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals are acquired from a liver experiencing NMR in response to a 3D multi-echo non-Cartesian pulse sequence. The projections are reconstructed into two sets of images having different resolutions. Bins associated with the different positions to which the liver moves during respiration are identified in lower resolution images, and then higher resolution images are binned into the position dependent bins based on navigator data in the lower resolution images. A combined image for a bin is made from images located in the bin and then registered to a reference image. An overall combined image is made by summing the combined bin images. Quantized data for a contrast agent concentration in the liver is produced using signal intensity in the overall combined image. The quantized value may describe a liver perfusion parameter. A diagnosis may be made from the quantized value. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100239143 | REDUCING ACQUISITION TIME - Systems, methods, apparatus, and other embodiments associated with reducing imaging acquisition time are described. One example method includes accessing an under-sampled data set and a library of previously acquired data sets. The method includes producing an approximation of the under-sampled data set by transforming data stored in the library. The method includes producing a sparsified data set from the approximation and the under-sampled data set and then reconstructing the sparsified data set into a sparse image using a reconstruction technique configured to reconstruct sparse data. The method includes producing a fully-sampled approximation of the under-sampled data set and producing a final reconstructed image from the sparse image and the fully sampled approximation. | 09-23-2010 |
20110311158 | MOTION ARTIFACT REMOVAL - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with removing motion artifacts from MR images are described. One example method includes controlling an MRI apparatus to acquire a fully sampled, centric-ordered, non-interleaved, data set from an object to be imaged and controlling a Generalized Auto-Calibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA) logic to produce a GRAPPA duplicate of a single partition through the data set. The method also includes computing, from the GRAPPA duplicate, a GRAPPA navigator for a phase encoding (PE) line in the single partition and computing an error between the PE line in the single partition and a corresponding PE line in the GRAPPA duplicate using the GRAPPA navigator. The method also includes selectively replacing data in the PE line in the single partition with replacement data upon determining that the error exceeds a threshold. The method may include reconstructing an MR image based, at least in part, on the single partition. | 12-22-2011 |
20120235678 | NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) FINGERPRINTING - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic configured to repetitively and variably sample a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals. Members of the set of NMR signals are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The varying parameters may include flip angle, echo time, RF amplitude, and other parameters. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic configured to produce an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals, a matching logic configured to compare a signal evolution to a known, simulated or predicted signal evolution, and a characterization logic configured to characterize a resonant species in the object as a result of the signal evolution comparisons. | 09-20-2012 |
20130265047 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Fingerprinting - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic configured to repetitively and variably sample a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals. Members of the set of NMR signals are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The varying parameters may include flip angle, echo time, RF amplitude, and other parameters. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic configured to produce an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals, and a characterization logic configured to characterize a resonant species in the object as a result of comparing acquired signals to reference signals. | 10-10-2013 |
20140232399 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Fingerprinting - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic configured to repetitively and variably sample a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals. Members of the set of NMR signals are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The varying parameters may include flip angle, echo time, RF amplitude, and other parameters. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic configured to produce an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals, a matching logic configured to compare a signal evolution to a known, simulated or predicted signal evolution, and a characterization logic configured to characterize a resonant species in the object as a result of the signal evolution comparisons. | 08-21-2014 |
20140266199 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Fingerprinting - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with NMR fingerprinting are described. One example NMR apparatus includes an NMR logic configured to repetitively and variably sample a (k, t, E) space associated with an object to acquire a set of NMR signals. Members of the set of NMR signals are associated with different points in the (k, t, E) space. Sampling is performed with t and/or E varying in a non-constant way. The varying parameters may include flip angle, echo time, RF amplitude, and other parameters. The NMR apparatus may also include a signal logic configured to produce an NMR signal evolution from the NMR signals, a matching logic configured to compare a signal evolution to a known, simulated or predicted signal evolution, and a characterization logic configured to characterize a resonant species in the object as a result of the signal evolution comparisons. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090209267 | Method and Apparatus for Executing Location Dependent Application in a Mobile Handset - Methods and mobile handsets provide applications with access to locality identifier information heretofore not shared with applications. By accessing the locality identifier from memory, applications can provide location-specific services, such as alarms and location-specific themes. The locality identifier can be compared to a criteria table in memory to determine if an application should be notified or activated. The criteria table may include time and date criteria, so application notification can depend upon time, date and location information. | 08-20-2009 |
20090311992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING THE TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and devices enable scheduling the transmission of messages based upon date, time and/or location transmission criteria. Text and multimedia messages may be drafted and scheduled for automatic transmission at a later time and date or when the mobile device is in a particular location. Alternatively, methods and systems enable the message to be sent automatically from a remote server. | 12-17-2009 |
20100151827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AND SENDING TEXT MESSAGES - A method of automatically generating text messages in response to a telephone call is disclosed and may include receiving an incoming telephone call at a text message capable device from a calling device, determining whether a text message engine within the text message capable device is enabled, automatically generating a text message when the text message engine is enabled and transmitting the text message to the calling device. | 06-17-2010 |
20110034181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CALLED DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON CELL SECTOR INFORMATION - Implementations relate to systems and methods for generating called device location based on cell sector information for the called mobile device. Implementations relate to platforms and techniques relate in which a calling device can call a called device, such as a cellular telephone or network-enabled media player. The network can locate the called device using a paging process transmitted via the mobile switch(es) and associated base station(s) of the called device service provider. The called device can respond to the paging process by transmitting a message. The cell sector location of the base station to which the called device responds can be captured as the current location of the called device. The network can report the location of the called device to the calling device using different message formats, including SMS or USSD messages. | 02-10-2011 |
20150016281 | BEACON FRAME DATA TRANSMISSION RATE ADJUSTMENT - Access to an access point is restricted to a plurality of client devices having wireless connections with the access point. The wireless connections conform to a wireless networking protocol. A first data transmission rate is the lowest data transmission rate defined by the wireless networking protocol. It is determined that a second data transmission rate is used between a first client device of the plurality of client devices and the access point. The second data transmission rate is the lowest data transmission rate used by the plurality of client devices. The second data transmission rate is greater than the first data transmission rate. Responsive to said determining that the second data transmission rate is the lowest data transmission rate used by the plurality of client devices, a beacon frame data transmission rate is set to the second data transmission rate. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100141416 | Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM) System and Method of Operating the Same - There is provided an exemplary tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system that can use a half-duplex wireless link to communicate between one or more wheel-mounted sensor units and a vehicle-mounted transceiver unit. The half-duplex wireless link enables the sensor units to report sensor readings to the transceiver unit, and it enables the transceiver unit to make configuration changes to the sensor units for improved communication. Some examples of wireless settings that can be modified include modulation settings, data encoding/decoding settings, error correction settings, and transmission power settings. | 06-10-2010 |
20110200225 | ADVANCED BACKGROUND ESTIMATION TECHNIQUE AND CIRCUIT FOR A HYPER-SPECTRAL TARGET DETECTION METHOD - A system, circuit and methods for target detection from hyper-spectral image data are disclosed. Filter coefficients are determined using a modified constrained energy minimization (CEM) method. The modified CEM method can operate on a circuit operable to perform constrained linear programming optimization. A filter comprising the filter coefficients is applied to a plurality of pixels of the hyper-spectral image data to form CEM values for the pixels, and one or more target pixels are identified from the CEM values. The process may be repeated to enhance target recognition by using filter coefficients determined by excluding the identified target pixels from the hyper-spectral image data. | 08-18-2011 |
20110313663 | DETERMINING RELATIVE SPATIAL INFORMATION BETWEEN VEHICLES - A method for determining relative spatial information between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the method including monitoring a communication channel at the first vehicle and receiving a current communication signal sent by the second vehicle on the communication channel. The current communication signal is received at a received power level. A relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is calculated. Input to the calculating includes an actual or estimated transmitted power level, and the received power level. | 12-22-2011 |
20130335216 | SCHEMES AND ALGORITHMS TO REDUCE THE ENERGY AND HARDWARE COSTS OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS - A tire pressure monitoring system where the position and orientation of a receiver antenna associated with the tire pressure monitoring system is at a location that is proximate the tire pressure monitoring system. In one embodiment, the receiver antenna is positioned beneath a vehicle chassis. The location of the receiver antenna can be determined by system performance prediction tools that include mean-time-to-warning verses packet error rate curves for a desired packet error rate and packet error rate verses signal-to-noise ratio curves for various operational scenarios and different classes of vehicle that provides a necessary signal-to-noise ratio for a wireless link, and operational scenarios that established desired levels of performance and reliability. | 12-19-2013 |
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20100173865 | Anti-Cancer Agent-Hyaluronic Acid Conjugate Compositions and Methods - Methods of making conjugates comprising an anti-cancer agent and hyaluronic acid, together with mixtures of reaction products comprising such conjugates and methods of using such conjugates in therapeutic and research applications are disclosed. | 07-08-2010 |
20120108790 | Truncated Somatostatin Receptors - The present invention is directed to fusion proteins that can be used to assay gene transfer and expression both in vitro and in vivo. The fusion proteins contain a reporter protein, e.g. a somatostatin receptor, fused to a second protein, which may be a protein fusion tag. Alternatively, a fusion protein may be fused to a leader sequence. A leader sequence may localize an expressed protein, e.g. localize a fusion protein to the cell membrane. The invention includes nucleic acids encoding the fusion proteins and methods of assaying for gene expression. | 05-03-2012 |
20130287681 | SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR-BASED CANCER THERAPY - Methods and composition for cell-based therapy as well as somatostatin receptor-based therapy are described. For example, in certain aspects methods for administering an anti-tumor therapy using a signaling defective somatostatin receptor mutant are described. Furthermore, the invention provides compositions and methods involve a somatostatin constitutively active somatostatin receptor mutant. | 10-31-2013 |
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20080237500 | THERMO-OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. The composition includes components A, B, C, and D, and has a thermal emission or reflection spectrum that is altered with respect to a thermal emission or reflection spectrum of a composition AB | 10-02-2008 |
20080237541 | THERMO-OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. A metal component and a non-metal component, wherein the metal component comprises one or more metals and the non-metal component comprises two or more non-metals, wherein an emission spectrum or a reflection spectrum of the composition is different from an emission spectrum or a reflection spectrum of the one or more metals, the two or more non-metals, or any combinations of the metals and non-metals thereof when taken separately from the composition. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238289 | THERMO-OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. The composition includes a solid solution of at least two materials selected such that the composition emits thermal radiation, wherein each material is selected from the group consisting of metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal oxides, metal borides, metal silicides and combinations thereof, wherein each metal is selected from the group consisting of tungsten or tungsten alloys, hafnium or hafnium alloys, niobium or niobium alloys, tantalum or tantalum alloys, titanium or titanium alloys, zirconium or zirconium alloys, and combinations of two or more thereof. | 10-02-2008 |
20090085463 | THERMO-OPTICALLY FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A high temperature, stabilized thermo-optically functional composite is disclosed. The composite includes a phase stabilized matrix including a first component stabilized by a second component and a plurality of discrete metallic particles interspersed with respect to the matrix, wherein the composite is stable at temperatures greater than about 2000 degrees K. | 04-02-2009 |
20090160314 | EMISSIVE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS - An emitter is disclosed. The emitter includes a base layer, where the base layer includes an emissive region of nanocavities and wherein the base layer includes hafnium and nitrogen. A radiation source including the emitter is also disclosed. | 06-25-2009 |
20120176016 | CORE-SHELL PARTICULATES, ARTICLES, AND METHOD OF MAKING - A core-shell particulate is provided. The core-shell particulate includes a metal core particulate including a noble metal or a refractory metal; and a ceramic shell including a transition metal composition. The transition metal composition includes a material including hafnium, or zirconium, or yttrium, or tantalum, or tungsten, or molybdenum, or niobium, or any combinations thereof. The ceramic shell substantially uniformly encloses the metal core particulate. A method of making a core-shell particulate is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a metal core particulate; and disposing a ceramic shell including a transition metal composition onto the core particulate. An article including a plurality of core-shell particulates is also provided. | 07-12-2012 |
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20100259692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF LIVE TV CAPABILITY FOR TV SCREENS - A system for remote control of live TV capability for TV screens, the system comprising satellite feeds ( | 10-14-2010 |
20110022969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING OF DATA/CONTENT FOR DISPLAY ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A system and method for tagging of content/data for display on a display screen, the system comprising World Wide Web connected to a central server through connecting means, smart IBs capable of sending and receiving data/content, a display media device having interactive means in as short range wireless network, administrators system to schedule data/content. | 01-27-2011 |
20110035468 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING NETWORKED SHORT RANGE ZONE THROUGH REMOTE DELIVERY OF SHORT RANGE PROXY SERVER ON A REMOTELY LOCATED MACHINE - System and method for creating networked short range zone through remote delivery of short range proxy server on a remotely located machine, the method comprising the steps of registering with the system network, receiving a unique ID, accessing the server for further processing, downloading the relevant application with enabling means, connecting a device to short range dongles, running the application and registering the device using the unique ID, entering the location based and/or other relevant information , enabling the device for creating networked short range zone. | 02-10-2011 |
20110154460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Method and system for user authentication using one or more unique ID's associated with one or more electronic devices connected in a communication network, more specifically in short range radio communication network. the method comprising the steps of polling and detection of a short range wireless electronic device within a short range radio communication network, establishing a connection between such short range wireless electronic device with a centralized server, authenticating the short range wireless device ID, requesting further the user to feed a pre-determined authentication code, verifying the fed authentication code with corresponding entries in the database of the central server, establishing an encrypted channel if authentication code found in such database, receiving a user authentication certificate from the wireless electronic device. | 06-23-2011 |
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20110214173 | PROTECTING ACCOUNT SECURITY SETTINGS USING STRONG PROOFS - One or more strong proofs are maintained as associated with an account of a user. In response to a request to change a security setting of the account, an attempt is made to confirm the request by using one of the one or more strong proofs to notify the user. The change is permitted if the request is confirmed via one or more of the strong proofs, and otherwise the change to the security setting of the account is kept unchanged. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225367 | MEMORY CACHE DATA CENTER - A data center system includes a memory cache coupled to a data center controller. The memory cache includes volatile memory and stores data that is persisted in a database in a different data center system that is located remotely from the data center system rather than in the first data center system. The data center controller reads data from the memory cache and writes data to the memory cache. | 09-15-2011 |
20120197857 | GESTURE-BASED SEARCH - A search of displayed content may be automatically performed in response to receipt of a search gesture that defines a scope of the search and initiates the search. The search gesture may define a region of content within the displayed content. A search query may be formulated based on the region of content defined by the search gesture. In response to completion of the search gesture, a search may be automatically initiated. In some examples, the search gesture comprises a generally circular gesture that substantially bounds the region of content. | 08-02-2012 |
20130080460 | PROVIDING TOPIC BASED SEARCH GUIDANCE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing topical search suggestions are provided. Topical search suggestions allow a user to receive search results related to the designated topic or subject matter. The present invention may generate multiple topics based on search input provided by a user. The search input may be a search prefix that includes one or more words entered into the search query box before the completed search query is submitted to the search engine. A search interface then presents the topics derived from the search prefix to a user before the user submits the query. In another embodiment, the user designates multiple search inputs. The present invention generates search results based on the search inputs and then presents topics extracted from the search results. In one embodiment, the topics are extracted by performing a natural language analysis of search result metadata. | 03-28-2013 |
20130305136 | Flip Ahead Input for Content Navigation - In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305159 | Flip Ahead - In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received. | 11-14-2013 |
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20110282711 | System and Method for Syndicated Transactions - A Web server hosted by a first enterprise has a first mechanism receiving a request for information or services to be provided to an end user, and a second mechanism determining whether the request comes directly from the end user, or from a server hosted by a second enterprise. If the request is determined by the second mechanism to come from the server hosted by the second enterprise, any information or service provided to the end user by the first enterprise is identified as coming from the second enterprise. | 11-17-2011 |
20120310825 | System and Method for Syndicated Transactions - A transaction system has a first Internet-connected service provider enterprise and second enterprises maintaining each at least one financial account for a user. Third enterprises maintaining billing accounts associated with the users. There is an interactive interface that displays account balances and bills. The user, through the interactive interface, commands payment of a bill from an account by drag and drop. | 12-06-2012 |
20140372240 | Systems and Methods to Facilitate Selling of Products and Services - The system of the present invention provides systems and methods for selling goods and services on, over, through, and in conjunction with the Internet. The system receives session (clickstream) information on a customer's website session from the enterprise's website and may also receive customer information on the customer from the enterprise's CRM or eCRM system. The session information referred to comprises the goods or services the customer is searching and metadata about such search and the relevant products, such as the surfing pattern itself. The system determines from the received information, based on the interaction between matching rules created using the system by the enterprise and the system's matching engine, whether the customer is a candidate for assistance from a sales associate. The system creates and indexes information on available sales associates and their performance, selling capabilities and product expertise. The system further matches the customer with at least one sales associate, ideally the most appropriate sales associate, based on the customer, session, and sales profile associate information, and facilitates communication between the sales associate and the customer. Additionally, the system provides information on the customer, products or services the customer is interested in, and the collateral sales materials (both internal and external to the enterprise) and selling techniques to the sales associate based on the particular sales opportunity. The system facilitates communication between the sales associate and the customer on the basis of chat, voice over IP, email and the public switched telephone network, including the concept of bridging a chat session into a PSTN conference call during which call the sales associate and customer maintain a co-browsing session with regard to the opportunity over the Internet. | 12-18-2014 |
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20130067110 | DETERMINISTIC MAPPING - Network address translating is contemplated to be of a type where a network address translator (NAT), a carrier grade NAT (CGN), or other type of translator may facilitate reconstruction of translated addresses in a manner that ameliorates the amount of data that must be stored to facilitate the reconstruction. | 03-14-2013 |
20130111065 | INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS TRANSLATION | 05-02-2013 |
20130208597 | NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION - Address translation sufficient for use in translating addresses included in messages carried or otherwise transmitted between inside and outside network is contemplated. The contemplated address translation may facilitate operation of a network address translator (NAT), carrier grade network address translator (CGN), or other device similarly configured to facilitate translating inside addresses used to address messages carried over the inside network relative to outside addresses used to facilitate carrying messages over the outside network. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212299 | SELECTIVE NETWORK TRANSMISSION - Network transmission of messages is contemplated. The contemplated transmission may be facilitated a selectable one or more interfaces. The interfaces may be included as part of a gateway or other device tasked with facilitating network communications, such as but not limited to a gateway tasked with facilitate network transmissions between device connected to a home network and devices connected beyond the home network. | 08-15-2013 |
20130276062 | WATERMARKS FOR ROAMING - A watermarking process is contemplated to facilitate branding and other message communication operations, such as to facilitate notifying a user associated with a home service provider watermark or communicating advertisements and/or personal messages to the user while accessing services through a visited service provider. The contemplated watermarking process may be particularly beneficial with devices having capabilities to roam between multiple service providers. | 10-17-2013 |
20130312074 | ESTABLISHING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK SESSION USING ROAMING CREDENTIALS - Providing virtual private network (VPN) sessions or other types of secure or private access to data when a client authorized to access the data travels or otherwise roams from a home network to a partner network is contemplated. The VPN session may be established as part of or as a result of an authentication process undertaken by the client when gaining access to the partner network, such as but not necessarily limited to a home network authentication process undertaken at the partner network to authenticate the client to access partner network services. | 11-21-2013 |
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20140006529 | CONTEXTUAL AWARENESS ARCHITECTURE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006593 | USAGE BASED ACCOUNTING FOR NETWORK DEPLOYMENT | 01-02-2014 |
20140108624 | OVERLAY NETWORK - An overlay network is contemplated. The overlay network may be characterized as supporting, or at least virtually supporting, separate networks over a common infrastructure. The common infrastructure may be comprised of a plurality of routers or other devices configured to facilitate directing messages according to various addressing requirements. The use of the separate networks may be dictated according to the particular addressing requirements of each message desired for transport. | 04-17-2014 |
20140215038 | REVERSE PREFIX DELEGATION - Prefix delegation for Internet protocol (IP) prefixes or other types of prefixes. The prefix delegation resulting in multiple prefixes being delegated to internal routers and/or customer premise equipment (CPE) associated with a common link wherein at least two of the delegated prefixes are associated with different service providers. | 07-31-2014 |
20140237140 | NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION - Address translation sufficient for use in translating addresses included in messages carried or otherwise transmitted between inside and outside network is contemplated. The contemplated address translation may facilitate operation of a network address translator (NAT), carrier grade network address translator (CGN), or other device similarly configured to facilitate translating inside addresses used to address messages carried over the inside network relative to outside addresses used to facilitate carrying messages over the outside network. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244861 | Internet Protocol (IP) Address Translation - Translation of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses is contemplated, such as for use in allowing IPv4 devices to connect with IPv6 device without requiring the IPv4 devices to specify the IPv6 address of the connected-to IPv6 device. The IPv6 addresses may be translated to IPv4 addresses suitable for use with the IPv4 devices in a manner that sufficiently compresses the IPv6 for use with the more bit limited nomenclature of an IPv4 address. | 08-28-2014 |
20140269703 | mDNS-DNS ARCHITECTURE - An architecture, such as but not necessarily limited to an architecture sufficient to facilitate service discovery within a network having two or more local area networks (LANs), is contemplated. The architecture may be employed in a router, gateway or other device configured to facilitate signaling between multiple routed networks, such as to facilitate service discovery across multiple routed networks. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100308919 | Methods and devices for leakage current reduction - Methods and devices for leakage current reduction are described. A regulator transistor is connected to a switch to bias the transistor with a first voltage during an ON state and a second voltage during the OFF state of the transistor. The switchable bias allows leakage current decrease and “on” resistance increase of the transistor. | 12-09-2010 |
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20130018827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LABELING OF TEXT DOCUMENTS USING ONTOLOGIESAANM He; JingruiAACI OssiningAAST NYAACO USAAGP He; Jingrui Ossining NY USAANM Lawrence; Richard D.AACI RidgefieldAAST CTAACO USAAGP Lawrence; Richard D. Ridgefield CT USAANM Melville; PremAACI White PlainsAAST NYAACO USAAGP Melville; Prem White Plains NY USAANM Sindhwani; VikasAACI HawthorneAAST NYAACO USAAGP Sindhwani; Vikas Hawthorne NY USAANM Chenthamarakshan; Vijil E.AACI OssiningAAST NYAACO USAAGP Chenthamarakshan; Vijil E. Ossining NY US - A first mapping function automatically maps a plurality of documents each with a concept of ontology to create a documents-to-ontology distribution. An ontology-to-class distribution that maps concepts in the ontology to class labels, respectively, is received, and a classifier is generated that labels a selected document with an associated class identified based on the documents-to-ontology distribution and the ontology-to-class distribution. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018828 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LABELING OF TEXT DOCUMENTS USING ONTOLOGIES - A first mapping function automatically maps a plurality of documents each with a concept of ontology to create a documents-to-ontology distribution. An ontology-to-class distribution that maps concepts in the ontology to class labels, respectively, is received, and a classifier is generated that labels a selected document with an associated class identified based on the documents-to-ontology distribution and the ontology-to-class distribution. | 01-17-2013 |
20130151520 | INFERRING EMERGING AND EVOLVING TOPICS IN STREAMING TEXT - A method, system and computer program product for inferring topic evolution and emergence in a set of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a group of matrices using text in the documents, and analyzing these matrices to identify a first group of topics as evolving topics and a second group of topics as emerging topics. The matrices includes a first matrix X identifying a multitude of words in each of the documents, a second matrix W identifying a multitude of topics in each of the documents, and a third matrix H identifying a multitude of words for each of the multitude of topics. These matrices are analyzed to identify the evolving and emerging topics. In an embodiment, the documents form a streaming dataset, and two forms of temporal regularizers are used to help identify the evolving topics and the emerging topics in the streaming dataset. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151525 | INFERRING EMERGING AND EVOLVING TOPICS IN STREAMING TEXT - A method, system and computer program product for inferring topic evolution and emergence in a set of documents. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a group of matrices using text in the documents, and analyzing these matrices to identify evolving topics and emerging topics. The matrices includes a matrix X identifying a multitude of words in each of the documents, a matrix W identifying a multitude of topics in each of the documents, and a matrix H identifying a multitude of words for each of the multitude of topics. These matrices are analyzed to identify the evolving and emerging topics. In an embodiment, two forms of temporal regularizers are used to help identify the evolving and emerging topics. In another embodiment, a two stage approach involving detection and clustering is used to help identify the evolving and emerging topics. | 06-13-2013 |
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20110119264 | RANKING EXPERT RESPONSES AND FINDING EXPERTS BASED ON RANK - In a computerized social network, expert and user chat sessions are stored and rated probabilistically. Later user requests for information are met with an expert ranking, based on a balance of similarities between expert profile and questions; similarity between expert profile and prior chat sessions, and dynamically updated chat session ratings. New sessions can be rated automatically with reference to keywords distilled from past sessions responsive to user ratings—and based on session length. | 05-19-2011 |
20120226639 | Systems and Methods for Processing Machine Learning Algorithms in a MapReduce Environment - Systems and methods for processing Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in a MapReduce environment are described. In one embodiment of a method, the method includes receiving a ML algorithm to be executed in the MapReduce environment. The method further includes parsing the ML algorithm into a plurality of statement blocks in a sequence, wherein each statement block comprises a plurality of basic operations (hops). The method also includes automatically determining an execution plan for each statement block, wherein at least one of the execution plans comprises one or more low-level operations (lops). The method further includes implementing the execution plans in the sequence of the plurality of the statement blocks. | 09-06-2012 |
20120317102 | RANKING EXPERT RESPONSES AND FINDING EXPERTS BASED ON RANK - In a computerized social network, expert and user chat sessions are stored and rated probabilistically. Later user requests for information are met with an expert ranking, based on a balance of similarities between expert profile and questions; similarity between expert profile and prior chat sessions, and dynamically updated chat session ratings. New sessions can be rated automatically with reference to keywords distilled from past sessions responsive to user ratings—and based on session length. | 12-13-2012 |