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20140379426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED CLOTHING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - A client-server social-network for providing automated clothing suggestions. Fashion interested users form social networks, upload records of their respective wardrobes and fashion preferences, and display their wardrobe items and outfits other members of the network, often displaying entire outfits using customizable virtual mannequins. The social network members can evaluate the fashion merits of both their outfits and their friend's outfits, and the system will further store data pertaining to the social network group's fashion assessments. The system may also make statistical inferences as to what types of clothing may be favored and disfavored by the user's social network group, and present these recommendations to the user. Other factors, such as weather, event type, and user's recent history of wearing various wardrobe items can also be considered. The system can additionally assist in shopping and gift giving, provide fashion related games, spot fashion trends, and provide advanced data for fashion suppliers. | 12-25-2014 |
20150026084 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED CLOTHING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - A client-server social-network for providing automated clothing suggestions. Fashion interested users form social networks, upload records of their respective wardrobes and fashion preferences, and display their wardrobe items and outfits other members of the network, often displaying entire outfits using customizable virtual mannequins. The social network members can evaluate the fashion merits of both their outfits and their friend's outfits, and the system will further store data pertaining to the social network group's fashion assessments. The system may also make statistical inferences as to what types of clothing may be favored and disfavored by the user's social network group, and present these recommendations to the user. Other factors, such as weather, event type, and user's recent history of wearing various wardrobe items can also be considered. The system can additionally assist in shopping and gift giving, provide fashion related games, spot fashion trends, and provide advanced data for fashion suppliers. | 01-22-2015 |
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20100302838 | Read disturb-free SMT reference cell scheme - We describe a reference cell structure for determining data storing cell resistances in an SMT (spin moment transfer) MTJ (magnetic tunneling junction) MRAM array by comparing data cell currents with those of the reference cell. Since the reference cell also utilizes spin moment transfer (SMT) magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) cells, there would ordinarily be the danger that the act of reading the reference cell could change its magnetization orientations and be a source of error for subsequent comparisons. Therefore the present invention describes a new circuit arrangement for the reference cell that directs read currents through two SMT MTJ cells in opposite directions so that the transfer of spin moments cannot affect the relative magnetization directions of the cells. | 12-02-2010 |
20110096443 | MTJ incorporating CoFe/Ni multilayer film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for MRAM application - A MTJ for a spintronic device is disclosed and includes a thin composite seed layer made of at least Ta and a metal layer having fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture as in Ta/Ti/Cu to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying laminated layer with a (CoFe/Ni) | 04-28-2011 |
20120086476 | Fast and accurate current driver with zero standby current and features for boost and temperature compensation for MRAM write circuit - Systems and methods for realizing current drivers without current or voltage feedback for devices that require accurate current drive with zero standby current has been disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention this current driver is applied for write circuits for MRAMs. A fast and accurate reference current is generated by diode voltage divided by resistor without any feedback. The diode current is not fed back from the reference current. The diode current is generated from a regulated voltage. Temperature compensation of the write current is inherently built in the diode current reference. Fine-tuning of the temperature coefficient is achieved by mixing poly and diffusion resistors. A switch inserted in the current driver can turn on the driver fast and without a need for standby current. Leading boost in the current driver can fast charge the large coupling capacitance of word and bit lines and speed up write timing. | 04-12-2012 |
20120139649 | FIELD TUNABLE SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR FOR RF SIGNAL GENERATION - A spin transfer oscillator (STO) device is disclosed with a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) junction comprising a magnetic resistance layer (MRL)/spacer/magnetic oscillation layer (MOL) configuration, and a MR sensor including a sensing layer/junction layer/reference layer configuration. MOL and sensing layer are magnetostatically coupled and separated by a conductive spacer. MRL has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy while MOL and sensing layer have a Mst (saturation magnetization×thickness) value within ±50% of each other. When a magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the planes of the MOL and a high density current flows from the conductive spacer to the MRL, a MOL oscillation state with a certain frequency is induced. Consequently, the sensing layer oscillates with a similar RF frequency and when a low density current flows across the MR sensor, an AC voltage signal is generated to determine the sensing layer frequency that can be varied by adjusting the applied field. | 06-07-2012 |
20130176773 | Reference Averaging for MRAM Sense Amplifiers - A sense amplifier comprising a reference current developed from a programmed and a non-programmed reference cell is used to read a signal from a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) comprising magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) cells. The average current is determined from reference cells in as few as one sense amplifier and as many as n sense amplifiers, and is an average current between the programmed reference cell and the non-programmed reference cell that approximates the mid point between the two states. The sense amplifier can be fully differential or a non differential sense amplifier. | 07-11-2013 |
20140119105 | Adaptive Reference Scheme for Magnetic Memory Applications - A structure and method is described for an adaptive reference used in reading magnetic tunneling memory cells. A collection of magnetic tunneling memory cells are used to form a reference circuit and are coupled in parallel between circuit ground and a reference input to a sense amplifier. Each of the magnetic memory cells used to form the reference circuit are programmed to a magnetic parallel state or a magnetic anti-parallel state, wherein each different state produces a different resistance. By varying the number of parallel states in comparison to the anti-parallel states, where each of the two sates produce a different resistance, the value of the reference circuit resistance can be adjusted to adapt to the resistance characteristics of a magnetic memory data cell to produce a more reliable read of the data programmed into the magnetic memory data cell. | 05-01-2014 |
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20090268344 | Graded bevel tapered write pole design for field enhancement - A structure and a process for a perpendicular write pole that provides increased magnetic flux at the ABS is disclosed. This is accomplished by increasing the amount of write flux that originates above the write gap, without changing the pole taper at the ABS. Three embodiment of the invention are discussed. | 10-29-2009 |
20100065935 | Structure and method to fabricate high performance MTJ devices for spin-transfer torque (STT)-RAM - A STT-RAM MTJ is disclosed with a MgO tunnel barrier formed by a NOX process, a CoFeB/FeSiO/CoFeB composite free layer with a middle nanocurrent channel layer to minimize Jc | 03-18-2010 |
20100191896 | Solid state drive controller with fast NVRAM buffer and non-volatile tables - Systems and methods for a SSD controller enabling data transfer between a host and flash memories have been achieved. A major component of the SSD controller is a non-volatile buffer memory, which interfaces fast disk drive protocols and slow write and read cycles of NAND flash. Preferably MRAM or Phase Change RAM can be used for the buffer memory. Non-volatile tables can also be implemented for storing dynamic logical to physical address translation, defective sector information and their spare sectors and/or SSD configuration parameters. data are kept in a buffer memory when the buffer memory is not powered | 07-29-2010 |
20100232050 | Power control of TAMR element during read/write transition - A slider mounted TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording), DFH (Dynamic Flying Height) type read/write head using optical-laser generated surface plasmons in a small antenna to locally heat a magnetic medium, uses the same optical laser at low power to pre-heat the antenna. Maintaining the antenna at this pre-heated temperature, approximately 50% of its highest temperature during write operations, allows the DFH mechanism sufficient time to compensate for the thermal protrusion of the antenna at that lower temperature, so that thermal protrusion transients are significantly reduced when a writing operation occurs and full laser power is applied. The time constant for antenna protrusion is less than the time constant for DFH fly height compensation, so, without pre-heating, the thermal protrusion of the antenna due to absorption of optical radiation cannot be compensated by the DFH effect. | 09-16-2010 |
20110292773 | Power control of TAMR element during read/write transition - A slider mounted TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording), DFH (Dynamic Flying Height) type read/write head using optical-laser generated surface plasmons in a small antenna to locally heat a magnetic medium, uses the same optical laser at low power to pre-heat the antenna. Maintaining the antenna at this pre-heated temperature, approximately 50% of its highest temperature during write operations, allows the DFH mechanism sufficient time to compensate for the thermal protrusion of the antenna at that lower temperature, so that thermal protrusion transients are significantly reduced when a writing operation occurs and full laser power is applied. The time constant for antenna protrusion is less than the time constant for DFH fly height compensation, so, without pre-heating, the thermal protrusion of the antenna due to absorption of optical radiation cannot be compensated by the DFH effect. | 12-01-2011 |
20120063214 | Pulse field assisted spin momentum transfer MRAM design - An MRAM array structure and a method of its operation that is not subject to accidental writing on half-selected elements. Each element of the MRAM is an MTJ (magnetic tunneling junction) cell operating in accord with an STT (spin torque transfer) scheme for changing its free layer magnetization state and each cell is patterned to have a C-shape in the horizontal plane. The cell thereby operates by C-mode switching to provide stability against accidental writing by half-selection. During operation, switching of a cell's magnetization is accomplished with the assist of the pulsed magnetic fields of additional word lines that are formed either orthogonal to or parallel to the existing bit lines and that can carry currents in either direction as required to provide the assist. | 03-15-2012 |
20120075749 | Magnetic write head with thin and thick portions for balancing writability and ate - A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a tapered main pole having a variable thickness. The tapered portion of the pole is at the ABS tip and it can be formed by bevels at the leading or trailing edges or both. The taper terminates to form a region with a maximum thickness, t | 03-29-2012 |
20130240963 | STT-MRAM Reference Layer Having Substantially Reduced Stray Field and Consisting of a Single Magnetic Domain - An STT MTJ cell is formed with a magnetic anisotropy of its free and reference layers that is perpendicular to their planes of formation. The reference layer of the cell is an SAF multilayered structure with a single magnetic domain to enhance the bi-stability of the magnetoresistive states of the cell. The free layer of the cell is etched back laterally from the reference layer, so that the fringing stray field of the reference layer is no more than 15% of the coercivity of the free layer and has minimal effect on the free layer. | 09-19-2013 |
20140111886 | Graded Bevel Tapered Write Pole Design for Field Enhancement - A structure and a process for a perpendicular write pole that provides increased magnetic flux at the ABS is disclosed. This is accomplished by increasing the amount of write flux that originates above the write gap, without changing the pole taper at the ABS. Three embodiment of the invention are discussed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140111887 | Graded Bevel Tapered Write Pole Design for Field Enhancement - A structure and a process for a perpendicular write pole that provides increased magnetic flux at the ABS is disclosed. This is accomplished by increasing the amount of write flux that originates above the write gap, without changing the pole taper at the ABS. Three embodiment of the invention are discussed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140211550 | READ CIRCUIT FOR MEMORY - Embodiments are directed to detecting a state of a memory element in a memory device, comprising: applying a pulse of a predetermined magnitude and duration to the memory element to induce a transition in the state of the memory element when a polarity of the pulse is opposite to the state, monitoring, by a device, a signal associated with the memory element to detect a presence or absence of a transition in the signal in an amount greater than a threshold, and determining the state of the memory element based on said monitoring. | 07-31-2014 |
20140347918 | MRAM Write Pulses to Dissipate Intermediate State Domains - A write method for a STT-RAM MTJ is disclosed that substantially reduces the bit error rate caused by intermediate domain states generated during write pulses. The method includes a plurality of “n” write periods or pulses and “n−1” domain dissipation periods where a domain dissipation period separates successive write periods. During each pulse, a write current is applied in a first direction across the MTJ and during each domain dissipation period, a second current with a magnitude equal to or less than the read current is applied in an opposite direction across the MTJ. Alternatively, no current is applied during one or more domain dissipation periods. Each domain dissipation period has a duration of 1 to 10 ns that is equal to or greater than the precession period of free layer magnetization in the absence of spin torque transfer current. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110231256 | AUTOMATED BUILDING OF A MODEL FOR BEHAVIORAL TARGETING - A method for generating a behavioral model for a targeted advertisement category (TAC), including: obtaining click stream data including ad-clicks and events preceding the ad-clicks and performed on web pages; assigning features having categories and keywords associated with the web pages to the events; identifying an ad-click of the ad-clicks and a subset of the events preceding the ad-click that result in the ad-click, where the subset of the events is associated with at least one feature; generating an aggregated event sequence by aggregating the ad-click and the subset of the events; selecting, in response to the at least one feature being associated with the TAC, a training data set including at least the aggregated event sequence; generating the behavioral model for the TAC by applying a learning algorithm to a portion of the training data set; and evaluating performance of built models and select model based on performance result. | 09-22-2011 |
20110258152 | CATEGORIZATION AUTOMATION - A method for categorization using multiple categories including obtaining multiple uniform resource locators (URLs) associated with the multiple categories, collecting multiple web pages identified by the multiple URLs, generating vocabulary terms based on the multiple web pages, generating an N-gram file including the multiple vocabulary terms, generating multiple classified URLs by labeling the plurality of URLs based on the multiple categories, generating multiple feature vectors by processing the classified URLs and the multiple web pages against the N-gram file, generating a categorization model by applying a machine learning algorithm to the multiple feature vectors, and loading a classifier with the categorization module and the N-gram file. | 10-20-2011 |
20110276577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELLING AND PROFILING IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES - A system and method for generating feature vectors of documents in different languages are provided. The feature vectors provide scores associated with keywords defined in a base language for use by a profiler for generating or updating a user profile. The system and method use a plurality of keyword sets comprising: a base language keyword set comprising a plurality of base language keywords each associated with a respective identifier (ID); and a second language keyword set comprising a plurality of second language keywords each corresponding in meaning to a respective one of the base language keywords and associated with the ID of the corresponding base language keyword. One of a plurality of tokenizers is selected to parse a document based on the language of the document and to generate the feature vector using the keyword set of the corresponding language. | 11-10-2011 |
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20100235220 | CATEGORY SIMILARITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining similarity measures between vertical categories based on users' online activities. The similarity measures are symmetric similarity measures based on both a similarity measure of a first vertical category relative to a second vertical category and a similarity measure of the second vertical category relative to the first vertical category. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235241 | GENERATING USER PROFILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating user identifier profiles. A user identifier profile characterizes a user based on events that occurred during past user sessions for a user (e.g., past online activities). An event is an action that occurs during a user session, such as a web page view, an advertisement click-through, and a conversion. A user identifier profile can be used, for example, to select advertisements targeted to the user. A user identifier profile includes information about inferred user interests and inferred user demographics. | 09-16-2010 |
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20100211960 | Characterizing User Information - Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for characterizing user information includes receiving a plurality of identifiers associated with respective users. The method includes identifying, using the plurality of identifiers, any information portions in an information collection relating to at least one of the users, the information collection reflecting network activities by the users. The method includes generating a record that includes the plurality of identifiers associated with the corresponding information portions. The method includes identifying at least one of the information portions as corresponding to a category established for user classification. The method includes identifying a subset of the plurality of identifiers as associated with the category; and. The method includes providing a list to a content provider from whom the plurality of identifiers was received, the list including the subset of the plurality of identifiers and indicating that the subset is associated with the category. | 08-19-2010 |
20120072284 | GENERATING USER PROFILES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating user identifier profiles. A user identifier profile characterizes a user based on events that occurred during past user sessions for a user (e.g., past online activities). An event is an action that occurs during a user session, such as a web page view, an advertisement click-through, and a conversion. A user identifier profile can be used, for example, to select advertisements targeted to the user. A user identifier profile includes information about inferred user interests and inferred user demographics. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078711 | AUTOMATED LOCAL ADVERTISING INTERFACE - Systems, methods, and computer program products for automating local content are described. In some implementations, an ad manager and a business table can be provided by a backend system. The business table can store, for example, user information, user account information including billing information, campaign related information and advertisement data associated with one or more local business advertisers as well as geo-targeting information. Based on the information stored in the business table, the ad manager can tailor a specific online advertising campaign on behalf of a local business advertiser. Where new or updated information is found, the ad manager can initiate campaign management updates to one or more business ad listings associated with the local business advertiser. | 03-29-2012 |
20120191539 | CATEGORY SIMILARITIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining similarity measures between vertical categories based on users' online activities. The similarity measures are symmetric similarity measures based on both a similarity measure of a first vertical category relative to a second vertical category and a similarity measure of the second vertical category relative to the first vertical category. | 07-26-2012 |
20140365298 | SMART BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS ADVERTISER - Spending data for local advertising campaigns for advertisements directed for a specific business location is analyzed in order to classify the campaigns by geographic location and type of each business. The server then determines the average and range of spending for a plurality of geographic and type classifications. This spending and classification data is stored by a server in order to identify reasonable and competitive budgets for other advertising campaigns. When an advertiser is interested in establishing a new campaign for a local business, the server may determine the classification for the business based on the location and type of the business. The server then retrieves the stored data in order to recommend one or more reasonable budgets for the advertiser. | 12-11-2014 |
20150081420 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ONLINE CONTENT ITEMS - A computer-implemented method for identifying relationships between online content items uses a computing device including a processor and a memory. The method includes identifying a first content item and identifying a plurality of occurrence results for the first content item. Each occurrence result of the plurality of occurrence results includes an indicator that the first content item was retrieved along with a list of other content items based on an online activity of at least one user device. The method also includes computing a number of co-occurrence events involving the first content item and a second content item from the plurality of occurrence results. Each co-occurrence event includes an indicator that both first content item and second content item were retrieved together in an occurrence result. The method further includes computing a relationship value between first content item and second content item using at least the number of co-occurrence events. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110300135 | METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR REDUCING AGGREGATION OF A MACROMOLECULE UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - The invention provides a method for reducing aggregation and inhibiting flocculation of a macromolecule, such as a protein, under physiological conditions, by the addition of 5% to 20% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with a molecular weight range of 2000 to 54,000 daltons. The invention further provides a method to minimize inflammation at the injection site during subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule. In further aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical formulations for subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule, and methods of treating a CD20 positive cancer or an autoimmune disease, comprising administering a humanized anti-CD20 antibody in a pharmaceutical formulation of the invention. The invention further provides an in vitro dialysis method to evaluate the ability of an excipient to reduce aggregation of an antibody or other macromolecule under physiological conditions. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305639 | METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR REDUCING AGGREGATION OF A MACROMOLECULE UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - The invention provides a method for reducing aggregation and inhibiting flocculation of a macromolecule, such as a protein, under physiological conditions, by the addition of certain cyclodextrins (CDs). The invention also provides a method to minimize inflammation at the injection site during subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule and pharmaceutical formulations for such administration. Further the invention provides methods of treating a CD20 positive cancer or an autoimmune disease, comprising administering a humanized anti-CD20 antibody in a pharmaceutical formulation of the invention. The invention further provides an in vitro dialysis method to evaluate the ability of an excipient to reduce aggregation of an antibody or other macromolecule under physiological conditions. | 12-15-2011 |
20130078232 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR STABILIZING PROTEIN-CONTAINING FORMULATIONS - The invention relates to use of non-surfactant compounds including, for example, polyoxyethylene (POE) sorbitans and polyethylene glycols (PEGs), for stabilizing protein-containing formulations and for the prevention of aggregation of proteins in such formulations. | 03-28-2013 |
20140093493 | METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR REDUCING AGGREGATION OF A MACROMOLECULE UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - The invention provides a method for reducing aggregation and inhibiting flocculation of a macromolecule, such as a protein, under physiological conditions, by the addition of certain cyclodextrins (CDs). The invention also provides a method to minimize inflammation at the injection site during subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule and pharmaceutical formulations for such administration. Further the invention provides methods of treating a CD20 positive cancer or an autoimmune disease, comprising administering a humanized anti-CD20 antibody in a pharmaceutical formulation of the invention. The invention further provides an in vitro dialysis method to evaluate the ability of an excipient to reduce aggregation of an antibody or other macromolecule under physiological conditions. | 04-03-2014 |
20140308270 | METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR REDUCING AGGREGATION OF A MACROMOLECULE UNDER PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS - The invention provides a method for reducing aggregation and inhibiting flocculation of a macromolecule, such as a protein, under physiological conditions, by the addition of 5% to 20% polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) with a molecular weight range of 2000 to 54,000 daltons. The invention further provides a method to minimize inflammation at the injection site during subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule. In further aspects, the invention provides pharmaceutical formulations for subcutaneous administration of a macromolecule, and methods of treating a CD20 positive cancer or an autoimmune disease, comprising administering a humanized anti-CD20 antibody in a pharmaceutical formulation of the invention. The invention further provides an in vitro dialysis method to evaluate the ability of an excipient to reduce aggregation of an antibody or other macromolecule under physiological conditions. | 10-16-2014 |
20140309403 | NOVEL PROTEIN PURIFICATION METHODS - The invention provides methods of reducing fouling of ultrafiltration membranes in processes wherein virus particles are removed from aqueous solutions comprising virus particles and at least one protein by adding a surfactant or non-surfactant, non-ionic agent to the aqueous solution prior to filtration. The invention also provides methods to dissociate protein aggregates or to reduce the formation of protein aggregates by adding a surfactant or non-surfactant, non-ionic agent to the protein solution. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100153122 | MULTI-STAGING RECURSIVE AUDIO FRAME-BASED RESAMPLING AND TIME MAPPING - A multi-stage recursive sample rate converter (“SRC”) typically embodied as digital signal processor provides for an efficient structure for converting digital audio samples at one frequency, such as 48 kHz, to another frequency, such as 44.1 kHz. A parameter codebook comprising memory stores parameters used at a plurality of stages by the SRC. For each stage, a controller coordinates the SRC to use the appropriate set of parameters from the codebook, process an input audio sample stream, and store the intermediate results in a buffer. The controller then causes the intermediate results to be processed again as input to the SRC in a subsequent stage of processing using a different set of parameters. The process is repeated until all stages are completed, and the final results are the output digital audio data stream at the desired sampling rate. | 06-17-2010 |
20110216832 | STATISTICAL CONTENT OF BLOCK MATCHING SCHEME FOR PRE-PROCESSING IN ENCODING AND TRANSCODING - Statistical content block matching for video pre-processing, for example in fast motion estimation, uses a second-order distortion criterion for processing steps such as identifying a best reference image portion for comparison with a current image portion. The second-order distortion criterion is a Lagrange-optimized combination of a mean squared error criterion with an entropy criterion. Then a fast motion estimation search advantageously includes performing a diamond search using the second-order distortion criterion to identify a candidate best reference image portion, and performing a nearest neighbor search starting using said second-order distortion criterion to identify the best reference image portion within a search range limited by an adaptive search range cap. A better motion vector can then be calculated. | 09-08-2011 |