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| 20110145097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented within an online stationery service according to one embodiment comprises: a contacts import module to read contacts data from one or more local or online contacts databases, convert the contacts data to a formal usable within the online stationery service, detect conflicts between the contacts data and existing contacts already stored within a contacts database on the online stationery service, resolve the conflicts, and store the contacts data within the contacts database on the online stationery service; a stationery service contacts manager to manage the set of contacts data within the stationery service contacts database in response to user input; a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input; the stationery service contacts manager identifying address information for each of a set of user-selected contacts to receive the personalized stationery; and a print module to generate and transmit a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts; wherein the online stationery service mails the printed stationery in the printed envelopes on behalf of the end user. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented within an online stationery service according to one embodiment comprises: a stationery service contacts manager to manage a set of contacts data within a stationery service contacts database in response to user input; a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input; the stationery service contacts manager providing address information for each of a set of user-selected contacts to receive a the personalized stationery by non-electronic mail; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts, the print module transmitting a link to an external print service for uniquely identifying the print job, the external print service accessing the link from the online stationery service using the link; wherein the external print service mails the printed stationery in the printed envelopes on behalf of the end user. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145099 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A graphical user interface, system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises a graphical user interface comprising: a first region for displaying the listing of contacts received from the stationery service contacts manager, the contacts within the listing of contacts selectable via a user input device; a second region comprising a series of data field for entering a new contact via a user input device; a third region displaying a list of contacts to whom the online stationery service will mail stationery directly on behalf of the end user, the contacts within the third region selected from the first region or entered in the second region; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120278710 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A graphical user interface, system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. A presentation logic receives contacts to whom personalized stationery will be mailed and generates a graphical user interface comprising: a first region for displaying the contacts received from the stationery service contacts manager, the contacts within the contacts selectable via a user input device, a second region comprising a series of data field for entering a new contact via a user input device, and a third region displaying the contacts to whom the online stationery service will mail stationery directly on behalf of the user, the contacts within the third region selected from the first region or entered in the second region. A print module generates a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts. | 11-01-2012 |
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| 20090091335 | Methods for Characterizing Dielectric Properties of Parts - Characterizing dielectric properties of a part includes placing a full-sized part within a dielectric property measurement apparatus. In one embodiment, the full-sized part is a dielectric part of a plasma processing system. The dielectric property measurement apparatus is operated to determine a dielectric constant value of the full-sized part and a loss tangent value of the full-sized part. The determined dielectric constant and loss tangent values are affixed to the full-sized part. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091340 | Apparatus for Measuring Dielectric Properties of Parts - A chamber formed from an electrically conductive material is connected to a ground potential. A hot electrode formed from an electrically conductive material is disposed within the chamber in a substantially horizontal orientation and is physically separated from the chamber. The hot electrode includes a top surface defined to support a part to be measured. A radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod is connected to extend from a bottom surface of the hot electrode through an opening in a bottom of the chamber and be physically separated from the chamber. The RF transmission rod is defined to transmit RF power from a conductor plate in an electrical components housing to the hot electrode. An upper electrode formed from an electrically conductive material is disposed within the chamber in a substantially horizontal orientation. The upper electrode is electrically connected to the chamber and is defined to be movable in a vertical direction. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091341 | Electrode for Use in Measuring Dielectric Properties of Parts - A plate of substantially uniform thickness is formed from an electrically conductive material. The plate has a top surface defined to support a part to be measured. The plate has a bottom surface defined to be connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod such that RF power can be transmitted through the RF transmission rod to the plate. The plate is defined to have a number of holes cut vertically through the plate at a corresponding number of locations that underlie embedded conductive material items in the part to be measured when the part is positioned on the top surface of the plate. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100079152 | Methods for Measuring Dielectric Properties of Parts - A method is disclosed for calibrating a capacitance of an apparatus for measuring dielectric properties of a part. The apparatus includes an electrically grounded chamber, a lower electrode disposed within the chamber and connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod, an electrically grounded upper electrode disposed within the chamber above the lower electrode, and a variable capacitor connected to control transmission of RF power through the RF transmission rod to the lower electrode. A method is also disclosed for determining a capacitance of a part through use of the apparatus. A method is also disclosed for determining a dielectric constant of a part through use of the apparatus. A method is also disclosed for determining a loss tangent of a part through use of the apparatus. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110140715 | METHODS FOR MEASURING DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PARTS - A method is disclosed for calibrating a capacitance of an apparatus for measuring dielectric properties of a part. The apparatus includes an electrically grounded chamber, a lower electrode disposed within the chamber and connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod, an electrically grounded upper electrode disposed within the chamber above the lower electrode, and a variable capacitor connected to control transmission of RF power through the RF transmission rod to the lower electrode. A method is also disclosed for determining a capacitance of a part through use of the apparatus. A method is also disclosed for determining a dielectric constant of a part through use of the apparatus. A method is also disclosed for determining a loss tangent of a part through use of the apparatus. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20130241581 | Electrode for Use in Measuring Dielectric Properties of Parts - A plate of substantially uniform thickness is formed from an electrically conductive material. The plate has a top surface defined to support a part to be measured. The plate has a bottom surface defined to be connected to a radiofrequency (RF) transmission rod such that RF power can be transmitted through the RF transmission rod to the plate. The plate is defined to have a number of holes cut vertically through the plate at a corresponding number of locations that underlie embedded conductive material items in the part to be measured when the part is positioned on the top surface of the plate. | 09-19-2013 |
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| 20130081677 | DOPANT INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A SOLAR CELL THERE FROM - Dopant ink compositions and methods of fabricating solar cells there from are described. A dopant ink composition may include a cross-linkable matrix precursor, a bound dopant species, and a solvent. A method of fabricating a solar cell may include delivering a dopant ink composition to a region above a substrate. The dopant ink composition includes a cross-linkable matrix precursor, a bound dopant species, and a solvent. The method also includes baking the dopant ink composition to remove a substantial portion of the solvent of the dopant ink composition, curing the baked dopant ink composition to cross-link a substantial portion of the cross-linkable matrix precursor of the dopant ink composition, and driving dopants from the cured dopant ink composition toward the substrate. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20140273331 | METHODS FOR WET CHEMISTRY POLISHING FOR IMPROVED LOW VISCOSITY PRINTING IN SOLAR CELL FABRICATION - A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The method includes forming a polished surface on a silicon substrate and forming a first flowable matrix in an interdigitated pattern on the polished surface, where the polished surface allows the first flowable matrix to form an interdigitated pattern comprising features of uniform thickness and width. In an embodiment, the method includes forming the silicon substrate using a method such as, but not limited to, of diamond wire or slurry wafering processes. In another embodiment, the method includes forming the polished surface on the silicon substrate using a chemical etchant such as, but not limited to, sulfuric acid (H | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150206988 | DOPANT INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A SOLAR CELL THERE FROM - Dopant ink compositions and methods of fabricating solar cells there from are described. A dopant ink composition may include a cross-linkable matrix precursor, a bound dopant species, and a solvent. A method of fabricating a solar cell may include delivering a dopant ink composition to a region above a substrate. The dopant ink composition includes a cross-linkable matrix precursor, a bound dopant species, and a solvent. The method also includes baking the dopant ink composition to remove a substantial portion of the solvent of the dopant ink composition, curing the baked dopant ink composition to cross-link a substantial portion of the cross-linkable matrix precursor of the dopant ink composition, and driving dopants from the cured dopant ink composition toward the substrate. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150364625 | METHODS FOR WET CHEMISTRY POLISHING FOR IMPROVED LOW VISCOSITY PRINTING IN SOLAR CELL FABRICATION - A method of fabricating a solar cell is disclosed. The method includes forming a polished surface on a silicon substrate and forming a first flowable matrix in an interdigitated pattern on the polished surface, where the polished surface allows the first flowable matrix to form an interdigitated pattern comprising features of uniform thickness and width. In an embodiment, the method includes forming the silicon substrate using a method such as, but not limited to, of diamond wire or slurry wafering processes. In another embodiment, the method includes forming the polished surface on the silicon substrate using a chemical etchant such as, but not limited to, sulfuric acid (H | 12-17-2015 |
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| 20120215584 | TRACKING OFF-LINE COMMERCE AND ONLINE ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for tracking a user's off-line commerce and merging that data with online activity are disclosed. The off-line transaction data is associated with off-line purchases of a user and includes identification information that can be used to identify the user. A scone or modified cookie is created that includes the off-line transaction data. Online activity can also be tracked and merged with the user's off-line commerce data. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130144701 | FACILITATING ONLINE TO OFFLINE COMMERCE - Systems and methods for facilitating online to offline commerce are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system configured to receive a request to check-in a customer at a merchant facility is disclosed. The system receives a request to access real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with a first customer and transmits the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer to a mobile client device. The request to check-in and the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data are transmitted by the first mobile client device. The system is configured to authenticate the request to check-in at the merchant facility, process the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data, and responsively access the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer from a point of sale device located at the merchant facility. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130238431 | TRACKING OFF-LINE COMMERCE AND ONLINE ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for tracking a user's off-line commerce and merging that data with online activity are disclosed. The off-line transaction data is associated with off-line purchases of a user and includes identification information that can be used to identify the user. A scone or modified cookie is created that includes the off-line transaction data. Online activity can also be tracked and merged with the user's off-line commerce data. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140330686 | FACILITATING ONLINE TO OFFLINE COMMERCE - Systems and methods for facilitating online to offline commerce are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system configured to receive a request to check-in a customer at a merchant facility is disclosed. The system receives a request to access real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with a first customer and transmits the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer to a mobile client device. The request to check-in and the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data are transmitted by the first mobile client device. The system is configured to authenticate the request to check-in at the merchant facility, process the request to access the real-time pre-sale transaction data, and responsively access the real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer from a point of sale device located at the merchant facility. | 11-06-2014 |
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| 20150141136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE HANDS-FREE VIDEO GAME TUTORIAL - Systems and methods for providing a tutorial for a video game are provided. The tutorial is characterized by a hierarchical data structure having a plurality of nodes connected by edges. Each node represents a video game stage and provides oral instructions on how to progress to another node. An edge represents head movements necessary to move to another node. At a computing device a current node is identified and the oral instructions associated with the node are provided. User head movements are sensed by a movement measuring component of the computing device and the current node and sensed user head movements are compared to edges associated with the current node. When a match is found, advancement to the node identified by the matching edge occurs. However, advancement is forgone when the user head movements do not match the head movements of any of the edges associated with the current node. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FUSED IMAGES TO REMOTE RECIPIENTS FOR DESCRAMBLING AND INTERPRETATION - Disclosed are systems and methods for using a hands free computing device. The device includes a processor, a head movement measuring component, screen, camera, microphone, and memory. Responsive to sensing an instruction by a user, an image is captured by the camera and displayed on the screen. There is recorded, using the microphone, an audible catch phrase provided by the user for the image. The audible catch phrase is converted to text that is superimposed on the image thereby making a fused image. The user identifies one or more remote recipients of the fused image by making one or more predetermined head movements to select from among recipient candidates. The fused image is communicated, with the text phrase formatted for scrambled display, to the one or more remote recipients. The fused image is displayed on remote devices associated with such recipients with the text phrase scrambled. | 05-21-2015 |
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| 20150095356 | AUTOMATIC KEYWORD TRACKING AND ASSOCIATION - A method for automatic keyword tracking and rights association of digital document files, including the steps of: a computer server receiving an upload of a digital document file: the computer server applying a keyword tracking algorithm to the texts of the uploaded digital document file to gather content information of the uploaded digital document file by parsing each word in the document and keeping track of the number of occurrences of a set of keywords, and comparing the content information of the uploaded digital document file with content information of digital document files that have known rights-association, wherein a pre-defined list of words are excluded from the set of keywords; and the computer server determining whether one or more matching results from the digital document files with known rights-association exist, and if not, notifying the user, but if yes, presenting the one or more matching results to the user. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150199400 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF VERIFICATION QUESTIONS TO VERIFY WHETHER A USER HAS READ A DOCUMENT - A method for automatically analyzing the text of a document to generate verification questions to be administered to a user as a quiz for the purpose of verifying whether the user has read the document. Syntactic analysis is applied to statements (e.g. sentences) in the text to automatically generate various types of verification questions, including fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and multiple-choice questions. Nouns and proper nouns in a statement may be used to generate fill-in-the-blank questions; numerical values may be used to generate fill-in-the-blank, true/false and multiple-choice questions; and verbs, adjectives and adverbs may be used to generate true/false questions. The questions may be generated dynamically for each user, or generated once, stored and used for multiple users. | 07-16-2015 |
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| 20130013671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE CONTENT TO NON-NATIVE APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS - An automated electronic application delivery system for delivery software applications to client devices for which they were not originally intended for or developed. The applications are run on the particular application environment at the server side, and the content output by the application is capture, encoded, and streamed to the client devices in a way that minimizes latency. User interacts with the content and such interaction data is either mapped to a specific command catered to the application either at the client side or the server side. The mapped command or raw interaction data is then provided to the application over a control channel. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130343597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC CONTENT USING VIDEO GRAPHS - Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130343598 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are associated to generate video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with first and second elements of video content is obtained and decomposed into corresponding first and second segments. A value indicative of an association between the first and second elements of video content is generated when the similarity measure satisfies at least one association rule. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20150288998 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are associated to generate video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with first and second elements of video content is obtained and decomposed into corresponding first and second segments. A value indicative of an association between the first and second elements of video content is generated when the similarity measure satisfies at least one association rule. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150339395 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC CONTENT USING VIDEO GRAPHS - Systems and methods are provided for identifying and recommending electronic content to consumers. In accordance with an implementation, one or more elements of electronic content are identified based on video graph data. In an exemplary method, information associated with a first element of video content is received, and corresponding video graph data is obtained. One or more second elements of video content that are similar to the first element of video content are identified based on the obtained video graph data. A subset the first and second elements of video content is subsequently identified for delivery to the user. | 11-26-2015 |
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| 20130293579 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of an electronic system includes: scanning an image for detecting a subject; detecting a potential adjustment for moving the subject within the image; and selecting an augmentation for recommending the potential adjustment and for displaying the augmentation on a device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140215373 | COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH CONTENT ACCESS MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A computing system includes: a control unit configured to determine an entry type based on detecting an activation spot, determine an interface characteristic based on the entry type, provide a device content based on the interface characteristic, and a communication interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to communicate the device content for presenting on a device. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140270131 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MESSAGE PRIORITIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a communication system includes: processing a communication event by a control module; identifying a contact list entry from the communication event; calculating an urgency based priority for the communication event; generating a pending communication list, having the urgency based priority for displaying on a display device; and generating a communication event indicator, for the contact list entry, having the largest instance of the urgency based priority from the pending communication list for displaying on the device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140274165 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH INDOOR NAVIGATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A communication system includes: a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information by entering a region of interest; a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to parse the relevant information; and a display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, a target object, and a suggested path. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278053 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC UPDATE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A navigation system includes: a location unit configured to calculate a current location for locating a device; a control unit configured to: select a remote target; determine a local navigation route from the current location to a remote location of the remote target for following the remote target; and generate a local augmented reality image with the local navigation route associated with the remote target for displaying on the device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140278860 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH CONTENT SHARING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A content delivery system includes: a profile module configured to determine a profile; a current location module, coupled to the profile module, configured to calculate a current location associated with the profile; and a content generation module, coupled to the additional location module, configured to generate a contextual content based on the profile and within a geofence of the current location for displaying on the device, the geofence is for connecting a device to another device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140325437 | CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A content delivery system includes: a background provider configured to provide a background interface; a pane provider module, coupled to the background provider module, configured to provide a pane interface having a non-horizontal slant side overlapping the background interface; and a menu provider module, coupled to the pane provider module, configured to provide a menu interface having a slant menu side overlapping the non-horizontal slant side of the pane interface creating a blade non-right angle for displaying on a device. | 10-30-2014 |
