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20080294780 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF IP ADDRESS LEASE TIME BASED ON USAGE - A method is provided for predicting and/or setting a lease time for packet-switched data communication network resources based on historical usage data of a network system provider subscriber. The packet-switched data communication network resources may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses and bandwidth. As a result, network resources may be allocated more prudently and network traffic may be reduced. | 11-27-2008 |
20110066891 | SELECTIVE LOGGING BASED ON SET PARAMETER - Providing asset-based logging by setting a flag for an identified asset and a transaction includes generating a first detailed log for logging activity related to the identified asset and the transaction by a first application implemented on a first node. A transaction identifier, the flag, and any of the identified asset, information generated by the first application implemented on the first node, information provided to the first application implemented on the first node and a representation of the identified asset is passed to at least one downstream application implemented on at least one second node. Detailed logs generated by the at least one downstream application are correlated with the first detailed log. | 03-17-2011 |
20110145337 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO CONTROL NETWORK ELEMENT MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to control network element management traffic are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to process an element management system (EMS) query message includes a receiver to receive the EMS query message from a managed network element, the EMS query message being redirected from an EMS server, a responder to select a pre-determined response to the EMS query message and discard EMS information contained in the EMS query message, wherein the pre-determined response is to delay the managed network element from resending the EMS query message to the EMS server for a time period, and a transmitter to send the pre-determined response to the managed network element. | 06-16-2011 |
20120323913 | SELECTIVE LOGGING BASED ON SET PARAMETER - Logging for a transaction is coordinated when provided by applications implemented on multiple nodes. An indicator is set, prior to activity occurring related to a transaction, to log information for a transaction based on specified criteria. A first application implemented on a first node generates, based on the set indicator, a first detailed log for activity occurring related to the transaction. A transaction identifier and the indicator are passed to a downstream second application implemented on a second node. A second detailed log for activity occurring related to the transaction is generated by the downstream second application based on the set indicator. The first detailed log is correlated with the second detailed log. | 12-20-2012 |
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20090287622 | System and Method for Active Learning/Modeling for Field Specific Data Streams - A system and method for determining whether at least one data point is interesting may be provided. The system may include, among other things, a memory for the at least one data point and a query-by-transduction module configured to assign a plurality of labels to the at least one data point, wherein each label among the plurality of labels corresponds to a respective classification for the at least one data point and wherein each label corresponds to a respective confidence metric that indicates a level of confidence that the respectively corresponding label accurately classifies the at least one data point, analyze the plurality of confidence metrics, and determine whether the at least one data point is interesting based on the analysis. | 11-19-2009 |
20110135165 | Robust Human Authentication Using Holistic Anthropometric and Appearance-Based Features and Boosting - A new robust human authentication system, device, and instructions, embeddable in a physical and tangible computer readable medium, for determining if at least one test image obtained using an imaging device matches at least one training image in an enrollment database, are disclosed. This invention applies the concepts of appearance (PCA or PCA+LDA) and holistic anthropometrics that include head, face, neck, and shoulder linear and non-linear geometric measurements. The appearance (“eigen”) coefficients and holistic anthropometric measurements selected may be used as feature vectors. A boosting algorithm ranks features as “weak learners” and combines their outputs for “strong” recognition. | 06-09-2011 |
20110135166 | Face Authentication Using Recognition-by-Parts, Boosting, and Transduction - A robust recognition-by-parts authentication system for comparing and authenticating a test image with at least one training image is disclosed. This invention applies the concepts of recognition-by-parts, boosting, and transduction. | 06-09-2011 |
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20080203015 | System and method for enhancing an activated sludge process - A system for enhancing an activated sludge process that includes at least one aeration tank subsystem for receiving a flow a wastewater and for introducing dissolved oxygen to a population of microorganisms to promote growth of biological flocs in a mixed liquor defined by a concentration of mixed liquor suspended solids. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem includes an impregnation tank for mixing the mixed liquor, virgin weighting agent, and recycled weighting agent to impregnate the weighting agent into biological flocs suspended in the mixed liquor to form weighted biological flocs. A flocculant injection port located downstream from at least one aeration tank for introducing a flocculant to the mixed liquor for enhancing settling and thickening of the weighted biological flocs and for providing agglomeration of non-impregnated biological flocs and/or partially impregnated biological flocs with weighted biological flocs. At least one clarifier separates and collects the weighted biological flocs from the mixed liquor to provide a secondary effluent and a settled sludge. A return activated sludge subsystem recycles the majority of the settled sludge to the at least one aeration tank. A weighting agent recovery subsystem removes and shears the remaining settled sludge and recovers the weighting agent therefrom and reintroduces the weighting agent to the at least one aeration tank. A wasting subsystem wastes the remaining sludge of the weight agent recovery subsystem to control the population of the microorganisms in the mixed liquor. | 08-28-2008 |
20080210613 | System and method for removing dissolved contaminants, particulate contaminants, and oil contaminants from industrial waste water - A system for removing dissolved contaminants, particulate contaminants, and oil contaminants from industrial waste water, the system including a gas floatation and primary oil contaminant removal subsystem including a tank for receiving a flow of the industrial waste water and a flow of gaseous microspheres, wherein the gaseous microspheres combine with oil droplets in the waste water to form flocs which float to the surface and are removed to provide processed waste water with the majority of the oil contaminants removed, and a contaminant removal subsystem for removing dissolved contaminants, particulate contaminants, and any remaining oil contaminants from the processed waste water. | 09-04-2008 |
20100155327 | System and method for enhancing a wastewater treatment process - A system for enhancing an activated sludge process including at least one biological reactor. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem is coupled to the biological reactor for mixing biological flocs and weighting agent to impregnate the weighting agent into the biological flocs to form weighted biological flocs. A weighting agent recovery subsystem is configured to recover the weighting agent from the weighted biological flocs and reintroducing the recovered weighting agent to the weighting agent impregnation subsystem. | 06-24-2010 |
20100213123 | Ballasted sequencing batch reactor system and method for treating wastewater - A ballasted sequencing batch reactor system for treating wastewater including one or more sequencing batch reactors. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem is configured to mix biological flocs and weighting agent to form weighted biological flocs. A weighting agent recovery subsystem is configured to recover weighting agent from the weighted biological flocs and reintroduce the recovered weighting agent to the weighting agent impregnation subsystem. | 08-26-2010 |
20120211416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS - A system for enhancing an activated sludge process including at least one biological reactor. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem is coupled to the biological reactor for mixing biological flocs and weighting agent to impregnate the weighting agent into the biological flocs to form weighted biological flocs. A weighting agent recovery subsystem is configured to recover the weighting agent from the weighted biological flocs and reintroducing the recovered weighting agent to the weighting agent impregnation subsystem. | 08-23-2012 |
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20130299401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS - A system for enhancing an activated sludge process including at least one biological reactor. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem is coupled to the biological reactor for mixing biological flocs and weighting agent to impregnate the weighting agent into the biological flocs to form weighted biological flocs. A weighting agent recovery subsystem is configured to recover the weighting agent from the weighted biological flocs and reintroducing the recovered weighting agent to the weighting agent impregnation subsystem. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090071408 | Bird and animal feeder arrangement and article hanging method - An apparatus and method allows at least a reservoir portion of a bird feeder to be relieved of its mounted hanging condition and replaced thereto in a facilitated manner. A mounting structure normally remains in an attached state with an elevated support, such as a tree limb, pole or the like, and a bottle or other reservoir for containing feed material (or reservoir assembly, which may optionally also include a feeding station, decorative parts, etc.) is selectively engageable therewith. Advantageously, cooperating structure of the reservoir itself and the mounting structure allow coupling and uncoupling of each. By virtue of this arrangement, when exhausted of feed, a spent reservoir (or the entire reservoir assembly) can be easily removed from its suspended above-ground state, and either refilled and replaced, or more preferably, simply recycled and replaced with a new pre-filled reservoir/reservoir assembly, in the manner of a cartridge. | 03-19-2009 |
20090175039 | Light Fixture and Light Method - A light fixture allows individual light bulbs to be arranged in compact fashion to maximize the number of bulbs per given area in the fixture. To facilitate replacement or exchange of the bulbs, the bulbs are mounted in alternating succession on a pair of separately movable supports, reorientation of which serves to remove the bulbs from the tight packed arrangement, to one in which the bulbs are sufficiently separated from one another to allow hand access for removal and installation of the bulbs. A distinct aspect of the aforementioned feature of the invention independent of the movable supports resides in the ability to utilize two of more of the fixtures to multiply the light produced. Advantageously, the fixtures can be arranged in direct physical series, side by side, or to form an array extending in orthogonal directions. | 07-09-2009 |
20100012041 | Bird and animal feeder feed supply and replenishment method, and feeder apparatus for implementing end use thereof - A method includes supplying feed on a commercial basis to an end consumer in pre-measured single-use dispenser packaging, which packaging, when installed to a feeder apparatus of appropriate design, functions as at least a portion of a hopper of the feeder apparatus. When at least partially exhausted of feed, the supplied packaging, serving temporarily as the hopper, is removed and replaced with another filled pre-measured single-use dispenser package. While installed to the feeder apparatus, the commercially supplied feed container filled with the single-use quantity of feed is advantageously visible and functional as part of the hopper conventionally made a permanent and refillable part of the feeder apparatus. As such, simple cartridge replacement of a feed supply is made possible, thereby obviating transfer of feed from the supply packaging to the hopper forming part of the feeder apparatus. | 01-21-2010 |
20110287686 | FLYING DISK TOY - A toy includes a generally disk-shaped body, a periphery of which includes a bottom which lies generally on a plane. The disk-shaped body further includes a series of protrusions on an undersurface of the disk, disposed radially inward of the periphery, which extend beyond the plane on which the periphery lies, such that the disk is supported by the protrusions when resting on a support surface, such as the ground, leaving the periphery elevated from the support surface. | 11-24-2011 |
20120298045 | ANIMAL FEED AND WATER DISPENSER - A dispenser includes a tray containing a pooling space in which contents from a reservoir can be selectively transferred. The reservoir is mountable to the tray, at least in an inactive position, in such manner that the reservoir and tray combination can be selectively oriented in two relative positionings which include the inactive position and a feeding position. The tray is configured to have a longitudinal extent which is coextensive with only a portion of a corresponding longitudinal extent of a particular sized reservoir. The tray includes a proximal end at which the opening of the reservoir is approximately located when in the inactive position, and a distal end spaced apart longitudinally from the proximal end, and which corresponds positionally to a longitudinal position between the reservoir base and the opening thereof when in the inactive (travel/storage) position. | 11-29-2012 |
20130074778 | LINKING STRUCTURES - A linking unit, advantageously made of rubber or elastomeric resin or an edibly consumable material, includes at least a portion which is looped in an encircling configuration, but which includes a discontinuity for allowing the loop to be linked with an enclosed structure of another element. The unit link when assembled as an interconnected structure will find particularly advantageous utility as a pet toy. | 03-28-2013 |
20130074780 | MULTI-FUNCTION PET TOY - A pet toy can be used as a fetch toy, chew toy and/or a treat dispenser, and/or also optionally as a dental aid. The toy includes a body having a central toy axis which extends between opposed poles of the body, the body further including at least three circumferentially spaced-apart ribs which extend between the poles to define an outer envelope of the pet toy. The material comprising the body is advantageously an elastomer, including natural or synthetic rubber, or a suitable plastic having elastomeric properties. | 03-28-2013 |
20140127963 | FLYING DISK TOY - A toy includes a generally disk-shaped body, a periphery of which includes a bottom which lies generally on a plane. The disk-shaped body further includes a series of protrusions on an undersurface of the disk, disposed radially inward of the periphery, which extend beyond the plane on which the periphery lies, such that the disk is supported by the protrusions when resting on a support surface, such as the ground, leaving the periphery elevated from the support surface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140216357 | PIGMENT-FREE ELASTOMERIC PET TOY - A toy is formed at least partially of a composition in which pigment is intentionally substantially omitted, and a natural color of the unadulterated resin, after vulcanization or other curing procedure of natural and synthetic thermoset rubber types requiring cross-linking, is retained. | 08-07-2014 |
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20100314069 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PLANT FOR MAKING STEEL - A method of making steel comprising assembling a steelmaking furnace, a thin strip caster, and a mold caster, inputting to a computer data on demand and customer requirements for production output, raw materials, furnace availability and capacity, ladle treatment for casting, sequence schedules and through-put, capacities and variability, forecasting by processing by computer from the inputted data a production schedule for the steelmaking furnace and ladle treatment, and sequence schedules for the thin strip and the mold casters as a function of molten metal availability, the thin strip and mold caster sequence schedules and through-put, and demand for production output, directing production of molten metal alternatively to the delivery systems of the thin strip caster and mold caster responsive to said forecasting, and varying during casting the rate of metal delivery through the delivery system of the thin strip caster responsive to molten metal availability and the mold caster through-put. | 12-16-2010 |
20120041587 | HIGH EFFICIENCY PLANT FOR MAKING STEEL - A method of making steel comprising assembling a steelmaking furnace, a thin strip caster, and a mold caster, inputting to a computer data on demand for production output, raw materials, furnace availability and capacity, sequence schedules and through-put, capacities and variability, forecasting by processing by computer from the inputted data a production schedule for the steelmaking furnace, and sequence schedules for the thin strip and the mold casters as a function of molten metal availability, the thin strip and mold caster sequence schedules and through-put, and demand for production output, directing production of molten metal alternatively to the delivery systems of the thin strip caster and mold caster responsive to said forecasting, and varying during casting the rate of metal delivery through the delivery system of the thin strip caster responsive to molten metal availability and the mold caster through-put. | 02-16-2012 |