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| Ensete plant named 'tandarra rainbow' | 20110023198 | 20110127 |
| A new and distinct cultivar of Ensete plant characterized by striking strongly variegated red leaves and excellent vigor.
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| High threonine producing lines of nicotiana tobacum and methods for producing | 20110023178 | 20110127 |
| The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is used to generate Nicotiana tobacum plant lines having an increase in at least one amino acid. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides improved Nicotiana tobacum plant lines producing at least 1.35 nmole of threonine per milligram of dry plant weight. These plants are useful for improving the flavor and aroma of the tobacco.
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| System and method for generating target area information of a battlefield using information acquired from multiple classification levels | 20110023132 | 20110127 |
| A system and method for generating target area information. The system comprises a first processor effective to receive first information of a first classification level and a second processor effective to receive second information of a second classification level distinct from the first classification level. A cross domain processor is in communication with the first and second processors. The second processor is effective to receive a request from a requesting entity about a region of interest and interrogate a first sensor regarding the request. The second processor is further effective to receive first information from the first sensor and send the request through the cross domain processor to the first processor. The first processor is effective to interrogate a second sensor regarding the request and receive... |
| Method and apparatus for checking aggregated web services | 20110023131 | 20110127 |
| Method and apparatus for checking an aggregated web service requested by a terminal user (200). A web service authentication node (208) receives and stores a published description of the aggregated web service, as offered from a primary web service provider (204) and involving one or more sub-services offered from one or more secondary web service providers (206a,b). When the authentication node (208) receives a request made by the user for the aggregated web service, it is checked whether the sub-services and secondary service providers of the aggregated web service are acceptable for the user according to a policy of the user. If all sub-services and secondary service providers are deemed acceptable or safe, the aggregated web service can be authenticated. Otherwise, the request is rejected or... |
| Method and system for integrating remote devices into a domestic vlan | 20110023125 | 20110127 |
| A gateway network device may establish secure connections to a plurality of remote network devices using tunneling protocols to distribute to the remote network devices multimedia content received from one or more content providers. The consumption of the multimedia content may originally be restricted to local network associated with the gateway network device. The secure connections may be set up using L2TP protocol, and the L2TP tunneling connections may be secured using IPSec protocol. Use of multimedia content may be restricted based on DRM policies of the content provider. DRM policies may be implemented using DTCP protocol, which may restrict use of the multimedia content based on roundtrip times and/or IP subnetting. Each content provider may use one or more VLAN identifiers during communication of the... |
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| Information providing support device and information providing support method | 20110023122 | 20110127 |
| It is an object to provide an information providing support device which is capable of encouraging a person having an intention or an obligation to provide information to provide safe and good quality information. An information providing support device of the present invention includes: an information storage unit for memorizing at least information input by a user of the information providing support device; an information providing request receiving unit for receiving the information providing request without intermediation of a user operation; an internal information retrieval unit for retrieving relevant information from the information storage unit in response to the information providing request received by the information providing request receiving unit, the relevant information being information relevant to the information providing request; and an information providing request... |
| Topology-aware attack mitigation | 20110023119 | 20110127 |
| Techniques are disclosed for preventing malicious attacks or other exploits on a computer server. A network manager may be configured to determine a topology of a plurality of network devices and deploy an intrusion prevention system in one or more of the network devices to mitigate attacks against the vulnerable servers. The one or more network devices may be identified based on the topology and one or more constraints for optimizing the deployment of the intrusion prevention systems.
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| System for hosting customized computing clusters | 20110023104 | 20110127 |
| A computer system for hosting computing clusters for clients. The system includes clusters each including a set of computing resources and each implemented in custom or differing configurations. Each of the configurations provides a customized computing environment for performing particular client tasks. The configurations may differ due to configuration of the processing nodes, the data storage, or the private cluster network or its connections. The system includes a monitoring system that monitors the clusters for operational problems on a cluster level and also on a per-node basis such as with monitors provided for each node. The system controls client access to the clusters via a public communications by only allowing clients to access their assigned cluster or the cluster configured per their specifications and performing their... |
| Method, apparatus, and system for preventing abuse of authentication vector | 20110023094 | 20110127 |
| A method for preventing abuse of an Authentication Vector (AV) and a system and apparatus for implementing the method are provided. Access network information of a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access network where a user resides is bound to an AV of the user, so that when the user accesses an Evolved Packet System (EPS) through the non-3GPP access network, even if an entity in the non-3GPP access network is breached, or an Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) connected to an untrusted non-3GPP access network is breached, the stolen AV cannot be applied to other non-3GPP access networks by an attacker.
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| Mitigating resource usage during virtual storage replication | 20110023046 | 20110127 |
| Systems and methods of mitigating resource usage during virtual storage replication are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises detecting quality of a link between virtual storage libraries used for replicating data. The method also comprises determining a number of concurrent jobs needed to saturate the link. The method also comprises dynamically adjusting the number of concurrent jobs to saturate the link and thereby mitigate resource usage during virtual storage replication.
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| Batch scheduling with segregation | 20110023038 | 20110127 |
| In accordance with the disclosed subject matter there are described techniques for segregating requests issued by threads running in a computer system.
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| Scheduling of threads by batch scheduling | 20110023033 | 20110127 |
| In accordance with the disclosed subject matter there is provided a method for segregating threads running in a computer system, and executing the threads according to this categorization.
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| Connection navigation in electronic design automation | 20110023006 | 20110127 |
| Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates the creation of a design in an electronic design automation (EDA) application. During operation, the system obtains a set of parameters associated with parameterized connections in a hierarchy of the design and a set of net assignments to the parameters. Next, the system displays the parameters and the net assignments to a user of the EDA application through a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the EDA application. Finally, the system enables modifications to the net assignments by the user through the GUI.
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| Generating integrated circuit floorplan layouts | 20110023000 | 20110127 |
| A method of generating a floorplan layout of an integrated circuit (IC) that is amenable to implementation in a computer-aided design tool. The method is capable of performing placement and routing processing for the IC while requiring very little information about the specific circuitry used in various functional blocks of the IC. For example, at the time of the placement and routing processing, one or more functional blocks of the IC can be specified as empty functional blocks and/or functional blocks that are only partially rendered in gates.
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| Method for conjecturing effective width and effective length of gate | 20110022997 | 20110127 |
| A method for conjecturing the effective size, i.e. the effective width or effective length, of a gate is disclosed. First, a first design gate group including a first gate design width and a first gate design length is provided. Second, an intrinsic gate channel capacitance and an edge capacitance of the first design gate are respectively obtained by calculation. Then a size error, i.e. a width error or a length error is predicted by means of the intrinsic gate channel capacitance and of the edge capacitance to calculate a calculated inversion capacitance and a predicted size deviation. Later, the size error is repeatedly predicted to minimize the predicted size deviation and to optimize the size error to obtain an optimized size error. Afterwards, the effective size... |
| Method and system for navigating data and storage medium using the method | 20110022989 | 20110127 |
| A method and a system for navigating data and a storage medium using the method are provided. In the method, a search condition is received to search data conforming to the search condition from a database. If the number of the data conforming to the search condition is greater than a threshold, the data are grouped into a plurality of groups according to a grouping rule. A grouping result is displayed, so as to display a name of each of the groups and a specific number of the data in the each of the groups and not display the other data in the each of the groups.
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| Control of concentration of feed items in an aggregated feed document | 20110022949 | 20110127 |
| The invention relates to a method and arrangement for inserting feed items from different feed documents into an aggregated feed document. A feed aggregator receives feed items, each comprising a feed item ID, from feed documents and inserts them into an aggregated feed document. The feed aggregator decides if a second feed item from a second feed document shall be inserted to the aggregated feed document by using the a first feed item ID of a first feed item from a first feed document. The feed aggregator calculates a first feed item ID value of the first feed item ID associated with the first feed item and use said first feed item ID value to decide if a second feed item from the second feed document... |
| Method and apparatus of browsing modeling | 20110022945 | 20110127 |
| An approach is provided for modeling browsing. Data corresponding to navigation behavior relating to navigating a page of a browser application is collected. Storing of the data is initiated. An area within the page or another page of the browser application is predicted based on the stored data.
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| Processing techniques for visual capture data from a rendered document | 20110022940 | 20110127 |
| A facility for navigating an electronic document is described. The facility receives user input selecting a portion of the content of a rendered document that constitutes a sentence fragment. In response to receiving the user input, the facility identifies an electronic document contained in a corpus of electronic documents, the identified electronic document containing the selected document portion. In response to receiving the user input, the facility further identifies a position within the identified electronic document at which the selected document portion occurs.
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| Robust scan synthesis for protecting soft errors | 20110022908 | 20110127 |
| A method for performing robust scan synthesis for soft-error protection on a design for generating a robust scan design in a system. The system is modeled selectively at a register-transfer level (RTL) or a gate level; the design includes at least a sequential element or a scan cell for mapping to a robust scan cell of a select robust scan cell type. The method comprises performing a scan replacement and a scan stitching on the design database based on a given control information file for synthesizing the robust scan cell on the design database; and generating the synthesized robust scan design at a pre-determined RTL or a pre-determined gate level.
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| Fpga test configuration minimization | 20110022907 | 20110127 |
| A method for automatically generating test patterns using a close-to-minimum number of configurations for a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to reduce test data volume and test application time. The FPGA can be a standalone programmable device or a circuit embedded in an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC).
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| Apparatus for and method of generating a time reference | 20110022872 | 20110127 |
| In one embodiment, a system is configured to generate a time reference where the system includes a bi-directional loop configured to have a first propagation speed in a first direction and a second propagation speed in a second direction, wherein the first propagation speed is substantially equal to the second propagation speed. In one embodiment, the system further includes a plurality of system elements coupled to the bi-directional loop, wherein each respective system element of the plurality of system elements is configured to determine a time reference common to each as an average arrival time at the respective system element of a first signal transmitted in the first direction over the bi-directional loop and a second signal transmitted in the second direction over the bi-directional loop.
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| Data storage system and data storage program | 20110022813 | 20110127 |
| Atomic data are stored in blocks on a hard disk. The blocks are grouped into a committed block aggregate P1, which exists only on the hard disk, a next-generation committed block aggregate C1, which is converted into a committed block aggregate at predetermined times, and an atomic block aggregate S3, which is created for every user based on the committed block aggregate C1. User A makes desired data changes to S3. When user A terminates the data processing, the block aggregate storing the data is merged, like from the atomic block aggregate S4 to committed block aggregate C2, and stored on the hard disk as a committed block aggregate P3.
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| Customized data delivery and network configuration via aggregation of device attributes | 20110022733 | 20110127 |
| Aspects of a method and system for customized data delivery and network configuration via aggregation of device attributes are provided. In this regard, a first network device may receive device attributes from a plurality of devices that are communicatively coupled to the first network device. The first network device may aggregate the received device attributes and communicate the aggregate attributes to a source network device. The first network device may receive customized content from the source network device, wherein the customization is based on the aggregate device attributes. The first network device may communicate the customized content to the plurality of devices. The first network device may comprise, for example, a set-top box, a wired access point, and/or wireless access point. The device attributes of a... |
| Method for providing an input parameter for a network station for a network of a first type in a network of a second type, as well as a connection unit for connection of the networks of the first and second types | 20110022731 | 20110127 |
| For this purpose, the network station which relates to the input parameter is first of all logged-off in the network of the second type. The changed input parameter is then converted to the information element in the network of the second type. The network station which relates to the input parameter is then logged on again in the network of the second type. This results in the network stations in the network of the second type being able to newly read the appliance description for the network station which relates to the input parameter. This then also results in the input parameter being updated in the network of the second type.
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| Network managing method, device, and system | 20110022720 | 20110127 |
| A managing device according to the present invention is a management device of a network controllable by a flow aggregate (FA), and it includes a parameter information receiver for receiving control information on the FA from an upper node, a parameter generator for receiving an FA parameter according to the control information, and a parameter transmitter for transmitting the FA parameter generated by the parameter generator to another node.
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| Hierarchy for characterizing interactions with an application | 20110022707 | 20110127 |
| Application runtime data is obtained from an application monitoring system which monitors execution of an application, and traffic monitoring data is obtained from a traffic monitoring system which monitors traffic to/from the application as the clients interact with the application. Corresponding application runtime data and traffic monitoring data can be selectively output to assist an operator in investigating an anomalous condition. The data can be classified and selectively output according to one or more hierarchies which characterize the interactions. The hierarchies can include a domain level, a business process level (where a domain is made up of a number of business processes), a business transaction level (where a business process is made up of different business transactions), an individual transaction level (where a business transaction is... |
| Method and apparatus of filtering statistic, flow and transaction data on client/server | 20110022701 | 20110127 |
| Network traffic filtering is provided to enable gathering of data and statistics related to client/server traffic corresponding to valid and desired client to server/server to client traffic.
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| Optimizing fibre channel zoneset configuration and activation | 20110022691 | 20110127 |
| In an example embodiment, a new qualifier is added to members in a Fibre Channel zone to specify whether each member is a target or initiator and in another embodiment a time-range attribute is added to a zone in the zoneset. When the zoneset is applied the number of ACL entries that must be programmed is reduced from k×(k−1) entries to 2(k−1) entries for a zone with k members where k−1 members are of one type (e.g. initiators) and one of the members is of a different type (e.g., a tape device). The time-range attribute is enforced by zone server software and enhances security by, for example, limiting access to sensitive data to specified times. In another embodiment, an incremental zoneset activation protocol is implemented where... |
| Device identifier selection | 20110022666 | 20110127 |
| Systems and methods of device identifier selection are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes, at a hub device having a plurality of ports including a first port, a second port, and a third port, receiving a first message from a host device. The first message including a broadcast indicator. The method also includes, in response to determining that the first message requests enumeration, emulating a ring communication topology by serially propagating messages including an enumeration indicator to a first device via the first port and to a second device via the second port. The method further includes, in response to determining that the first message does not request enumeration, selectively sending the first message to the first device substantially concurrently with sending the first... |
| Biosynthetic engineering of glucosinolates | 20110016582 | 20110120 |
| The invention provides methods and materials, such as newly characterised genes, and novel processes, for converting a host from a phenotype whereby the host is unable to carry out glucosinolate (GSL) biosynthesis or chain elongation from an amino acid GSL-precursor to a phenotype whereby the host carries out said biosynthesis or elongation.
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| Web page privacy risk detection | 20110016533 | 20110120 |
| Various embodiments enable detection of third party content sources that may pose a privacy risk to a user. In at least some embodiments, webpages navigated to via a browser can be processed to identify third party content sources that provide content for the webpages. Data may be stored to relate the third party content sources to webpages in which the third party content is encountered. The data may then be analyzed to determine when a particular third party is in a position to observe browsing habits of a user. Responsive to determining a privacy risk, notification may be output in a variety of ways to inform a user of potentially risky content. In at least some other embodiments, notification can be made by way of a... |
| Detection of undesired computer files in archives | 20110016530 | 20110120 |
| Systems and methods that can detect known undesired computer files in protected archives are provided. According to one embodiment, an archive file in transit across a network as an attachment to an email message destined for a client workstation is scanned, without decrypting or decompressing contents of the archive, by an anti-virus detection module running on a network gateway. A type and associated structure of the archive are identified by examining primary or secondary identification bytes of the archive. Based on the type and structure, descriptive information regarding a contained file is obtained. The descriptive information includes a hash value of the contained file in uncompressed format. If the descriptive information matches a signature of a known undesired computer file, then a clean version of the... |
| Intrusion detection systems and methods | 20110016522 | 20110120 |
| Systems and methods for intrusion and virus detection in computer networks. Data from a file, network byte stream, or other source is segmented and resulting data items are subjected to multiple processing techniques to obtain respective result values, or thumbprints. The multiple thumbprints for respective data items are then aggregated to obtain a single result value, or aggregate thumbprint. The components of the aggregate thumbprint may be “fuzzified” to allow for less preciseness in the single result value. The aggregate thumbprint is compared to other similarly generated aggregate thumbprints stored in a library. Alerts may be generated when the same aggregate thumbprint is detected multiple times.
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| Method for authorising a connection between a computer terminal and a source server | 20110016512 | 20110120 |
| the source server analyses the received password and authorises the connection with the terminal if the password is authenticated.
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| Method and apparatus for passing security configuration information between a client and a security policy server | 20110016509 | 20110120 |
| Techniques for passing security configuration information between a security policy server and a client includes the client forming a request for security configuration information that configures the client for secure communications. The client is separated by an untrusted network from a trusted network that includes the security policy sever. A tag is generated that indicates a generic security configuration attribute. An Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) configuration mode request message is sent to a security gateway on an edge of the trusted network connected to the untrusted network. The message includes the request in association with the tag. The gateway sends the request associated with the tag to the security policy server on the trusted network and does not interpret the request. The... |
| Immersive vehicle multimedia system | 20110016497 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to an immersive vehicle multimedia system that that is affected by vehicle sensors and collected data concerning environmental. The immersive vehicle multimedia system includes a vehicle, at least one sensor or other vehicle component gathering input as data from an external and internal vehicle environment, an immersive multimedia device connected to each sensor, and media content run through the multimedia device. The media content includes a primary script and a secondary script, the secondary script depending on the gathered input.
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| Modularizing and aspectizing graphical user interface directed test scripts | 20110016453 | 20110120 |
| A test structure for testing graphical user interface applications (GAPs) modularizes test scripts by separating statements that define GAP test logic from statements that navigate to GAP objects. Composition rules weave the statements together to generate the test scripts that are executed to test the GAP. Because the test structure is modular, test logic can be reused across different GAPs and different versions of the same GAP. Reusing test logic is not only an efficient practice from a test engineer's point of view, but also leads to a reduction in test programming errors. The modular test structure also facilitates the efficient modification of test scripts to account for modifications in the underlying GAPs, greatly reducing the time, cost, and resource expenditures needed to arrive at updated... |
| Method for improving execution efficiency of a software package customization | 20110016447 | 20110120 |
| A method for improving execution efficiency of a software package customization is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more components from a configuration table to implement at least one of a use case flow or a non functional requirement (NFR) or an interface document or combinations thereof derived using an use case of the software project, sequencing the identified one or more components to prioritize execution of the use case of the software project and attributing complexity of the identified one or more components to determine the effort estimation for execution of the use case, wherein the attributing complexity includes using an unit effort table for determining the effort estimation requirement for execution of each component of the use case. The method further includes identifying... |
| Digitally obtaining contours of fabricated polygons | 20110016436 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides a method for digitally obtaining contours of fabricated polygons. A GDS polygon described in a Geographic Data System (GDS) file is provided. Based on the GDS polygon, a plurality of identical polygons is fabricated with the same fabrication process such that shapes of the plurality of identical polygons are altered by optical effects in the same or similar way. The plurality of identical polygons forms poly-silicon gates of a plurality of test transistors. The position of source and drain islands along a length of a poly-silicon gate for each of the plurality of test transistors is different. Using Automated Test Equipment (ATE), a digital test is performed on a circuit including the plurality of test transistors to obtain test responses, the test... |
| Transparent interface used to independently manipulate and interrogate n-dimensional focus objects in virtual and real visualization systems | 20110016433 | 20110120 |
| Method, system, and software for performing independent operations with and upon N-Dimensional spatial and temporal objects displayed in virtual and real visualization systems. The technique applies user selected points or regions of interest in the visualization system to identify corresponding points or regions on transparent focus objects which describe the visualized objects, and which intersect the user's topological line of sight. The resulting set of points or regions are then used to extract information from the focus objects, which provide additional information on object content or location of related file systems. The transparent interface provides intrinsic operations which can be applied directly to the focus objects, or coupling mechanisms to external user applications, to process, manipulate or transform focus objects in either the transparent interface or... |
| User interface with navigation controls for the display or concealment of adjacent content | 20110016416 | 20110120 |
| A computerized system including a graphical interface is provided for storing, retrieving, and displaying individual sentences or subunits of a data source as stand-alone entities, independent of how they are ordered within the source document. The graphical user interface provides an interactive display that allows a user to dynamically develop his or her own context for displayed document subunits, such as sentences, by means of incremental displays of surrounding material or of material related by other relations or criteria, so that relevant sentences or subunits from a single source or different sources can be retrieved, aggregated, compared, and displayed along with context specifically tailored for each user-relevant sentence or subunit as appropriate.
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| Simplified user interface navigation | 20110016391 | 20110120 |
| The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for user interface navigation.
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| Communicating information about a local machine to a browser application | 20110016382 | 20110120 |
| The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks.
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| Monitoring a background process in a web browser and providing status of same | 20110016381 | 20110120 |
| The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks.
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| System and method for incident reporting | 20110016377 | 20110120 |
| A system and method for incident reporting uses an application server on a network to facilitate the creation of incident reports and distribution of the reports for review, and controls access to the incident reports to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the reports. Each incident report is given a routing profile, which is tailored such that only proper authorized persons can review and/or edit the report. The progress of incident report review and incident investigation is tracked, and the tracking data are stored for monitoring and auditing purposes. Access to selected reports may be given to users on a temporary basis. The incident reports are archived to enable auditing and generation of reports.
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| Apparatus and method for management for file aggregates and file directories | 20110016331 | 20110120 |
| A method for accessing data in a data storage system is presented. The method includes supplying a host computer that is in communication with the data storage system, where the data storage system includes a data storage medium and a holographic data storage medium. A first request is generated to access a directory encoded in the data storage medium and includes a first encryption key. The requested directory recites a listing of data files encoded in the holographic storage medium. If the first encryption key decrypts the directory, the directory is read and a data file encoded in the holographic data storage medium is identified. A second request is then generated to access the data file and includes a second encryption key. Finally, if the second... |
| Chip lockout protection scheme for integrated circuit devices and insertion thereof | 20110016326 | 20110120 |
| A system for implementing a chip lockout protection scheme for an IC device includes an on-chip password register that stores a password externally input by a user; an on-chip security block that generates a chip unlock signal, depending on whether the externally input password matches a correct password; an on-chip false data generator; an input protection scheme configured to gate the external data inputs to functional chip circuitry upon entry of the correct password; and an output protection scheme in communication configured to steer true chip data to external outputs of the IC device upon entry of the correct password, and to steer false data generated by the false data generator to the external outputs upon entry of an incorrect password. The false generated by the... |
| Cryptographic communication system and gateway device | 20110016309 | 20110120 |
| A GW (PDG) at the termination of remote access is installed in the 3GPP system. After an IPSec tunnel between a terminal and the GW is opened, an IPSec tunnel between a VPN client and the corporate network GW is opened, whereby the data from the terminal is transferred via two tunnels between the terminal and the GW and between the VPN client and the corporate network GW to the corporate network. Also, the GW checks if the destination network uses the global address from the destination IP address of a message received from the terminal making the remote VPN access. If the global address is required, the source IP address of the message received from the terminal is translated from the private address for use... |
| Storage and method for performing data backup using the storage | 20110016262 | 20110120 |
| A method for performing data backup using a storage device starts a backup battery when an electronic device is powered off, reads data from a memory of the electronic device by a system on chip (SoC) of the storage device, and writes the data into a field programmable gate array (FPGA) of the storage device. The method further encodes the data by the FPGA, and stores the encoded data into a flash memory of the storage device.
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| Data access apparatus | 20110016238 | 20110120 |
| A data access apparatus includes a detector detects a unit region in a vacant state, out of a plurality of unit regions forming a data recording region, by referring to a plurality of parameter values respectively corresponding to the plurality of unit regions. A determiner determines whether or not a data value of the unit region detected by the detector indicates a predetermined value when the data recording region is a region in which there is a restriction on the number of recording instances. A permitter permits an access process to the data recording region corresponding to an affirmative determined result of the determiner. A first changer changes the parameter value corresponding to the unit region detected by the detector, out of the plurality of parameter... |
| Scales and method for its configuration | 20110016237 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to a method for configuring the interaction between a balance and input and output devices communicating therewith, comprising a user module for controlling the output devices and interrogating input devices, wherein the interaction functionalities of the balance are defined by the user module. The profile module is automatically coupled to the user module depending data received by the user module. The invention further relates to a balance wherein the above method is used.
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| Control system and user interface for network of input devices | 20110016234 | 20110120 |
| Apparatus, methods, and systems for centrally and uniformly controlling the operation of a variety of devices, such as communication, consumer electronic, audio-video, analog, digital, 1394, and the like, over a variety of protocols within a network system and, more particularly, a control system and uniform user interface for centrally controlling these devices in a manner that appears seamless and transparent to the user. In a preferred embodiment, a command center or hub of a network system includes a context and connection permutation sensitive control system that enables centralized and seamless integrated control of all types of input devices. The control system preferably includes a versatile icon based graphical user interface that provides a uniform, on-screen centralized control system for the network system. The user interface, which... |
| System and method of brokering cloud computing resources | 20110016214 | 20110120 |
| System, method, and tangible computer-readable storage media are disclosed for providing a brokering service for compute resources. The method includes, at a brokering service, polling a group of separately administered compute environments to identify resource capabilities and information, each compute resource environment including the group of managed nodes for processing workload, receiving a request for compute resources at the brokering service system, the request for compute resources being associated with a service level agreement (SLA) and based on the resource capabilities across the group of compute resource environments, selecting compute resources in one or more of the group of compute resource environments. The brokering service system receives workload associated with the request and communicates the workload to the selected resources for processing. The brokering services system... |
| Selective reporting of upstream transaction trace data | 20110016207 | 20110120 |
| Technology for monitoring transactions in a computing environment is disclosed. Execution of a transaction by a first application is monitored by a first software entity executing on a first computing device. Performance data that relates to execution of the transaction by a first application is generated. Execution of the transaction by a second application is monitored by a second software entity. The transaction is executed by the second application based on a request from the first application. A determination is made, based on the monitoring, that the first software entity should report the performance data to a third software entity that executes on a second computing device. Based on determining that the first software entity should report the performance data, data is propagated that indicates that... |
| Systems and methods for creating user interest profiles | 20110016206 | 20110120 |
| Example methods include monitoring Internet traffic for a user, analyzing content of the Internet traffic, correlating the analyzed content with a simplified classifier set, ranking each correlated simplified classifier in the simplified classifier set, and storing the ranked simplified classifiers in a user interest profile for the user. Customer premise equipment may include a residential gateway, such as a wireless router, and user equipment such as a personal computer. Example systems may be configured from customer premise equipment or Internet service providers to generate user interest profiles in accordance with example methods.
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| Multiple instance commercial browser website test agent | 20110016205 | 20110120 |
| A website test environment invokes multiple instances of a commercial browser, and captures invocations of browser operations for gathering performance data without interference from other instances or multiple occurrences of the operating system (OS). Commercial browsers often employ constraints that assume only a single instantiation is executing on a particular machine. Configurations allow each instance to present as a separate user, thus avoiding conflicts that may arise from temporary files and network connections, for example. Each browser instance operates as a performance agent and dynamically links with a set of entry points for accessing performance related browser operations. As each agent invokes native (OS specific) machine functions for network access via particular entry points, configurations disclosed herein redirect the entry points to a collection layer of... |
| Social community generated answer system with collaboration constraints | 20110016179 | 20110120 |
| A method for social network collaboration addresses the need for efficient and effective way of obtaining information. The method obtains aggregated information from members of a social network collaborating in response to a source collaboration message. The method provides for a demand-driven collaborated information production such that the information is significantly more relevant and accurate.
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| Rendering a web page using content communicated to a browser application from a process running on a client | 20110016169 | 20110120 |
| The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks.
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| Method for supporting the formation of car pools | 20110016146 | 20110120 |
| To allow drivers of different vehicles to make contact with one another, a user terminal is provided in the vehicle, which accesses a server having a connected database. By way of this database, contact with another user who is also entered in the database, might be using the same travel route, and is therefore noticed by the user, can be established by inputting a vehicle license plate as a user ID. When a travel destination is input into a navigation device, the travel route calculated is entered in the database, and the server automatically undertakes a comparison with travel routes of other users who are contained in the database, and establishes contact between the users who have correlating user data sets.
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| Dna constructs and methods to enhance the production of commercially viable transgenic plants | 20090328253 | 20091231 |
| The present invention has incorporated a non-lethal negative selectable marker gene into the vector backbone DNA of a DNA plasmid used to transform plant cells. These transgenes are designed to express a non-lethal gene product in plant cells that contain the vector backbone DNA of the DNA plasmid. The gene products of the non-lethal negative selectable marker gene are involved in plant hormone biosynthesis pathways, plant hormone substrate diversion, plant hormone degradation, plant hormone signaling or metabolic interference. The use of these DNA plasmids to transform plant cells provides for the enhanced production of commercially viable plants.
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| Policy based vpn configuration for firewall/vpn security gateway appliance | 20090328192 | 20091231 |
| A method for managing a network based Virtual Private Network (VPN) configuration is disclosed. The method includes configuring a VPN policy using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) of a centralized management server for at least two network devices. A VPN tunnel is established through the GUI of the centralized management server between the two network devices by applying the configured VPN policy.
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| System and method for enhanced security of ip transactions | 20090328184 | 20091231 |
| A transaction routing system is described. The system includes a communication gateway linked to at least one transaction terminal and at least one host server. The communication gateway determines whether to perform an authentication procedure during a call session. Based on a result of the authentication procedure, at least one proceeding step is determined. A method for ensuring enhanced security during transaction routing is also provided.
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| Remotable information cards | 20090328166 | 20091231 |
| An accessor function interfaces among a client, a relying party, and an identity provider. The identity provider can “manage” personal (i.e., self-asserted) information cards on behalf of a user, making the personal information cards available on clients on which the personal information cards are not installed. The client can be an untrusted client, vulnerable to attacks such as key logging, screen capture, and memory interrogation. The accessor function can also asked as a proxy for the relying party in terms of invoking and using the information cards system, for use with legacy relying parties.
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| Administration portal | 20090328160 | 20091231 |
| An administration portal for a network security server, including: (i) control elements allowing a user of a network to access respective services, such as email, spam filter, malware filter, and web browser control services, performed by the security server; and (ii) an administration module for maintaining permission attributes for users of the network, the attributes defining access to the control elements. The permission attributes have a delegation hierarchy so a managed security service provider can set a permission attribute for a user to administrator, and the user with an administrator permission attribute can set another user to have a user permission attribute. The permission attributes can also be set on a group basis for a group of said users. The attributes each have associated capability levels... |
| Eap based capability negotiation and facilitation for tunneling eap methods | 20090328147 | 20091231 |
| Capability negotiation during a PEAP transaction between two end points in a network is performed by initiating EAP capability negotiation methods. A first end point that desires to use a specific capability during a PEAP transaction initiates capability negotiation method requesting the specific capability. Upon receiving the request for the specific capability, a second end point performs the desired capability if an outer method employed in the PEAP transaction supports the specific capability. If the outer method does not support the desired capability, the receiver responds to the first end point with a negative acknowledgment. In other embodiments, if the outer method does not support the desired capability, the desired capability may still be performed if it is supported by an inner method. In such instances,... |
| Managing undesirable content in ip video broadcast traffic | 20090328095 | 20091231 |
| A method and apparatus are provided for suppressing display of advertisements within a video over IP stream provided by a content provider. Metadata is prepended to advertisements within the stream. When the stream is received by an access aggregation point, the access aggregation point compares the metadata of an advertisement with preset criteria provided by an enterprise subscriber, and suppresses the advertisement if a comparison of the metadata and the preset criteria indicate that the advertisement is undesirable to the enterprise subscriber. The access aggregation point suppresses the advertisement by switching to a second video channel within the stream for the duration of the advertisement. In this way, the access aggregation point can control display of content provider advertisements without manipulating data within the stream, so... |
| Personalizing any tv gateway | 20090328092 | 20091231 |
| A system and method for personalizing a TV gateway is disclosed. Specifically, the disclosed system includes a TV gateway authentication infrastructure and a user authentication infrastructure in communication with external networks. The TV gateway authentication infrastructure accesses the external networks and authenticates the TV gateway. The user authentication infrastructure authenticates an end-user via end-user credentials contained in a personal tamper resistant device, which is in communication with the TV gateway. When an end-user is authenticated, an end-user profile containing TV service credentials is loaded on the TV gateway enabling the fruition of authorized end-user TV content on a TV display.
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| Method and system for delegated job control across a network | 20090328065 | 20091231 |
| A method for job delegation including receiving a job from a user by a first management object, identifying a target system for the job using a data model in the first management object and a job delegation policy, where the data model comprises an object representing the target system, and determining a first nexthop for the target system, where the first nexthop is a second management object. The method also includes placing the job on a queue corresponding to the second management object, where the queue is located in the first management object, receiving the job by the second management object, locating the target system and a driver corresponding to the target system using the second management object, and executing the job using the driver corresponding... |
| Distributed processing architecture with scalable processing layers | 20090328048 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is a system on chip architecture having scalable, distributed processing and memory capabilities through a plurality of processing layers. In a preferred embodiment, a distributed processing layer processor comprises a plurality of processing layers, a processing layer controller, and a central direct memory access controller. The processing layer controller manages the scheduling of tasks and distribution of processing tasks to each processing layer. Within each processing layer, a plurality of pipelined processing units (PUs), specially designed for conducting a defined set of processing tasks, are in communication with a plurality of program memories and data memories. One application of the present invention is in a media gateway that is designed to enable the communication of media across circuit switched and packet switched networks.... |
| Method for stage-based cost analysis for task scheduling | 20090328046 | 20091231 |
| One embodiment may estimate the processing time of tasks requested by an application by maintaining a state-model for the application. The state model may include states that represent the tasks requested by the application, with each state including the average run-time of each task. In another embodiment, a state model may estimate which task is likely to be requested for processing after the current task is completed by providing edges in the state model connecting the states. Each edge in the state model may track the number of times the application transitions from one task to the next. Over time, data may be gathered representing the percentage of time that each edge is from a state node. Given this information, the scheduler may estimate the CPU... |
| Framework for programming embedded system applications | 20090327996 | 20091231 |
| The disclosure describes a method for programming applications for embedded systems such as sensor nodes. In an embodiment, this comprises writing embedded system applications in a high-level language such as C# or Java using a software development framework which includes a set of tools and class libraries. The class libraries contain pre-written code to carry out tasks which may be required of an embedded system. The class libraries may be extended following identification of a need for a particular function in an embedded system. Developed applications may be subsequently stored on the embedded system but executed on a gateway computing device which interacts with the embedded system. This means that the application(s) can be executed without requiring the presence of a virtual execution system located on... |
| Methods, systems and computer program products for layout device matching driven by a schematic editor | 20090327988 | 20091231 |
| Systems and computer program products for layout device matching driven by a schematic editor. Exemplary embodiments include identifying a master device in a circuit layout having at least transistors, the master device having property values including at least one of topology, name and device-type, identifying a cloned device linked to the master device, automatically propagating the property values to the cloned device, making changes to a design layout of the master device, including a change to the properties, and automatically propagating the changes to the design layout and the change to the properties of the master device to the cloned device.
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| Generating responses to patterns stimulating an electronic circuit with timing exception paths | 20090327986 | 20091231 |
| Improved responses can be generated to scan patterns (e.g., test patterns) for an electronic circuit designs having timing exception paths by more accurately determining the unknown values that propagate to observation points in the circuit, where the response is captured. For instance, the responses are determined more accurately by analyzing the effect of sensitizing a timing exception path during each time frame associated with a scan pattern. Path sensitization can be determined based on observing whether values injected at starting points of the timing exception paths due to signal transitions and glitches propagate to their end points. The response can be updated by masking the affected end points and propagating unknown values further in the circuit to determine whether they are captured at observation points of... |
| Highly threaded static timer | 20090327985 | 20091231 |
| Various methods and apparatus for executing a multithreaded algorithm that performs a static timing analysis of an integrated circuit chip (chip) include logic for traversing the chip to identify a plurality of components (cells or nodes) within a chip circuit of the chip. A waveform graph is defined for the identified nodes. One or more virtual graphs are generated from the waveform graph. The plurality of nodes in the one or more virtual graphs are processed using multiple threads to obtain quadruplet of time domain dataset values representing the different modes of propagation for each node. A timing check is performed at an end node of the virtual graphs using the quadruplet of time domain dataset values to determine any timing violation within the chip design.
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| System and method for evaluating a dynamic power consumption of a block | 20090327980 | 20091231 |
| A method for evaluating a dynamic power consumption of a block, the method includes: receiving or generating information representative of the block during a preliminary block design stage that precedes a gate level simulation of the block; estimating change probabilities of signals of internal components of the block; and evaluating a dynamic power consumption of the block in response to the change probabilities of the signals of internal components of the block.
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| User interface for gestural control | 20090327974 | 20091231 |
| A UI (user interface) for gestural control enhances the navigation experience for the user by preventing multiple gestures from being inadvertently invoked at the same time. This problem is overcome by establishing two or more categories of gestures. For instance, the first category of gestures may include gestures that are likely to be invoked before gestures that are included in the second category of gestures. That is, gestures in the second category will typically be invoked after a gesture in the first category has already been invoked. One example of a gesture that falls into the first category may be a gesture that initiates operation of a device, whereas a gesture that falls into the second category may be change in volume. Gestures that fall into... |
| Aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations | 20090327972 | 20091231 |
| Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating... |
| Semantic zoom in a virtual three-dimensional graphical user interface | 20090327969 | 20091231 |
| A GUI adapted for use with portable electronic devices such as media players is provided in which interactive objects are arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space (i.e., one represented on a two-dimensional display screen). The user manipulates controls on the player to maneuver through the 3-D space by zooming and steering to objects of interest which can represent various types of content, information or interactive experiences. The 3-D space mimics real space in that close objects appear larger to user while distant objects appear smaller. The close objects will typically represent higher level content, information, or interactive experiences while the distant objects represent more detailed content, information, or experiences. This GUI navigation feature, referred to as a semantic zoom, makes it easy for the user to... |
| Unified navigation model between multiple applications | 20090327953 | 20091231 |
| Web style navigation methods are applied across applications and webpages, whether local or web-based, and hypertext navigation methods used in the web are extended to local applications. Local and web applications are mixed seamlessly so that the user does not perceive any difference between navigation within either one of, or between, those types of applications. The user navigates between different user interface states, in and out of different types of applications. All views and states of views are recorded and the user can switch to a previous view, in the state in which it was viewed, using a back, history or other suitable state recording and retrieval function.
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| Computer program product for maintaining an object path within a view window | 20090327951 | 20091231 |
| A computer program product for maintaining an object path within a view window that causes a computer to recognize an object path in response to an action to select the object path for viewing within a view window of a display including a first point in the object path, and position a second point in the object path within the view window in response to an action to navigate the view window in a direction from the first point toward the second point.
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| Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players | 20090327941 | 20091231 |
| Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict... |
| Application user interface with navigation bar showing current and prior application contexts | 20090327920 | 20091231 |
| A graphical user interface for a portable electronic device includes an application display region that displays a current application context of an application and a navigation bar adjacent to the application display region. The navigation bar includes two horizontally adjacent regions, comprising a current context region for displaying an indicator of the current application context and a prior context region for displaying an indicator of an application context preceding the current application context. The application display region simulates shifting of the application display in a first direction upon detecting user selection of the prior context region, and simulates shifting of the application display in a second direction, opposite the first direction, upon detecting user selection of an application context different from the current application context and... |
| Automatic gui reconfiguration based on user preferences | 20090327915 | 20091231 |
| Systems and methods for configuring a graphical user interface on the basis of user preferences are disclosed. The systems and methods aggregate elementary user interactions with a graphical user interface into higher level actions on the basis of temporal markings and thresholds.
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| System and method for ubiquitous appliance control | 20090327910 | 20091231 |
| A slave relay station is adapted to serve and/or host pages comprising a simplified graphic user interface (GUI) encoded in a widely recognized format such as, for example, HTML or WML. The GUI embodies activatable links corresponding to control functions for configured appliances. A wireless phone or other device with network access and the capability to process and present such pages, for example via a Web browser, may then be utilized to effect control of such appliances by simply navigating to the network address of the slave relay station, obtaining an appropriate GUI page, and interacting with the links.
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| Broadcast design for provisioning reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer circuits | 20090327901 | 20091231 |
| A method includes receiving an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations; creating an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier including an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that may define one or more paths; prompting a user to select a path for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface; querying an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected path; and assigning the circuit path based on the available bandwidth.
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| Automated creation of virtual worlds for multimedia presentations and gatherings | 20090327899 | 20091231 |
| Systems and Methods for automated creation of Virtual Worlds for Presentations and gatherings. By leveraging the ease of use of commercial presentation tools, such as PowerPoint®, inexperienced users can create fully immersive virtual worlds. Within the virtual world, the presentation information is formatted and displayed in an appropriate way to one or more simultaneous users, which may interact through their avatars in the virtual world. Provisions are included for the presenter to control the pace and display of the presentation.
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| User interface to display aggregated digital living network alliance (dlna) content on multiple servers | 20090327892 | 20091231 |
| Audio and video (A/V) content information is aggregated from one or more active DLNA servers. The aggregated A/V content information is formatted into a non-hierarchical pool of A/V identifier elements that each represent one item of the aggregated A/V content information. At least a portion of the non-hierarchical pool of A/V identifier elements is displayed to a user via a display device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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| Apparatus and method for navigating a multi-dimensional database | 20090327852 | 20091231 |
| A computer readable storage medium comprises executable instructions to provide a Graphical User Interface for displaying visualizations of a multi-dimensional database. An action is received within a visualization of a table of the multi-dimensional database, the action performed by a user when selecting a cell of the table. A slice in the visualization is populated in response to the action. The visualization is filtered to drill down on dimensions associated with the cell.
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| Data analysis method | 20090327851 | 20091231 |
| A data analysis method is disclosed. The method comprises aggregating related data tables with dissimilar data structures, and combining the tables, and data structures, into a single table that incorporates all the individual data structures. The single table is then analyzed via a pivot table function of a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft Excel. The method is suited for quickly comparing related but dissimilar sets of data—an important task in virtually every field of human endeavor, from manufacturing to health care to financial services. The present invention provides an improved way to quickly access important strategic information using multiple sources of data.
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| Powered drain cleaning tool | 20080313831 | 20081225 |
| A powered hand held drain cleaning tool and method of operation, including a stick tool member with a brush or teeth on a first end, a hex engagement portion on a second end and an elongate, non-uniform, shaft portion extending between the first and second ends. The tool includes a body portion for housing a power supply, a motor for rotating a drive mechanism engaged with the hex engagement portion of the stick tool member, and a trigger switch mechanism for operation of the tool by a user. The body is also engaged with a face piece with an opening for receiving the stick tool member therethrough, and pin members for mating and locking engagement with locking grooves formed in the body portion.
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| Interdental brush | 20080313834 | 20081225 |
| Interdental brush with an elongate brush body (12) which comprises an elastically compressible coupling member (19) for snapping-in in a receiving opening (18) of a brush handle (13); wherein the coupling member (19) comprises at least two expanding arms (27, 28) which are elastically movable towards each other; the coupling member (19), on its outer side, comprises a snap-in depression (26) in the region of the expanding arms (27, 28) for a positive-locking fit in the receiving opening (18) of the brush handle (13), the depression being delimited by shoulders (29) extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the brush body.
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| Systems and methods for providing a retractable article tether | 20080313862 | 20081225 |
| This invention relates generally to mechanics, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing a retractable article tether. In one embodiment, the retractable article tether includes an elongated tether cord, the elongated tether cord including at least one fastener; a housing, the housing rotatably coupled to a retractable mechanism, the elongated tether cord being coupled to the retractable mechanism, and at least one clamp arm, the at least one clamp arm being movably coupled to the housing, wherein the elongated tether cord is configurable to being removably coupled to an article using the at least one fastener and wherein the at least one clamp arm is configurable to being removably coupled to an anchor object.
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| Sheet attachment device and method of use | 20080313869 | 20081225 |
| A device for attachment to sheet material such as a tarpaulin, pool cover or bag includes an elongated bar having first and second raised mounting surfaces as well as an open ended elongated sleeve for receiving the bar and a sheet of material positioned around the bar. The elongated sleeve also has a slit which extends from one open end of the sleeve to its other open end and which enables sheet material positioned around the bar and received in the sleeve to extend outwardly through the slit on opposite sides of the bar. The generally raised mounting surfaces are sized and configured to project outwardly from the bar through the slit when the bar is received in the sleeve so that the bar can be... |
| Method of making rotor of brushless motor | 20080313884 | 20081225 |
| Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of making a rotor of an electric brushless motor configured to be light weight and prevent vibrations generated during an operation of the motor to be transferred to the shaft of the rotor. The method includes providing a shaft elongated in a rotational axis, providing a single body magnet comprising alternately magnetized portions, and providing a vibration absorption portion interposed between the shaft and single body magnet. The vibration absorption portion absorbs vibrations generated during the operation of the motor and may include an elastic or a non-elastic material. The method further includes providing a non-elastic portion configured to inhibit the expansion of the vibration absorption portion when the vibration portion is elastic.
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| Backfill attachment device | 20080313933 | 20081225 |
| A hole filling or blast hole filling attachment machine that incorporates a separate vehicle for mobility and power to operate dirt of drill tailing gathering blades and a rotatable blade assembly. The assembly includes a circular housing with a central opening for access to a drilled hole in the ground. No less than six arcuate blades extend outwardly from the center of the circular housing. Two curved dirt gathering blades are mounted with hydraulic cylinders outside of the circular rotating blades and protective housing to pull more tailings toward the arcuate blades. An electromagnet is used to retrieve the primer cord and to raise it up and away from the moving blades. The machine incorporates a video camera and video monitor to observe the hole or... |
| Aerial image projection system and method of utilizing same | 20080313937 | 20081225 |
| An aerial image projection system (20) includes a light aircraft (22) having a parachute-wing (24) attached to a carriage (26). The system (20) further includes an on-board computing and projection unit (30) with an image projector (32) coupled to the carriage (26) and suspended below the parachute-wing (24). An image display process (98) utilizing the system (20) entails generating (100) still and/or moving images (34) in a digital format for management by the computing and projection unit (30) and projecting (102) those images (34) from the projector (32) onto the parachute-wing (24). The projection of particular images (34) may be governed by time of day, particular events, current location of aerial image projection system (20) as detected by a navigational system receiver (66) of the unit,... |
| Device for securing identification | 20080313943 | 20081225 |
| A device for securing identification to a mounting surface includes an elongated mounting device having a front surface and a rear surface and at least one opening between the surfaces wherein an identification means may be inserted or removed and an adhesive applied to the rear surface of the mounting device for adhering the mounting device to the mounting surface.
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| Apparatus for extracting a fishing hook | 20080313950 | 20081225 |
| A device for extracting a fishing hook fastened to a fishing line from the mouth of a fish, having an elongate holding arm and a tubular hook holder which is connected to the front end of the holding arm and can be pivoted by a pivoting device from an engagement position which is oriented forwards into a release position which is oriented backwards, wherein the free internal cross section and the length of the hook holder are dimensioned in such a way that the limb of the fishing hook fits into it, and wherein the hook holder has a lengthwise a slot for introducing the fishing line, and wherein the pivoting device has a connecting rod which acts on the hook holder and is displacable longitudinally... |
| Dual pressure inflatable structure and method | 20080313969 | 20081225 |
| Embodiments include an inflatable support structure enclosing a region fillable by a fluid at a positive pressure above an atmospheric pressure. A flexible screen is attached to the support structure, a region between the flexible screen and the support structure fillable by a fluid at a negative pressure below the atmospheric pressure that holds the flexible screen in a shape suitable for image projection. A method according to embodiments includes inflating an inflatable support structure with a fluid at a positive pressure above an atmospheric pressure and removing fluid from a region between the support structure and a flexible screen attached to the support structure to hold the flexible screen in a shape suitable for image projection with the fluid at the negative pressure below the... |
| Method for vertically extruding a concrete element, device for producing a concrete element, and wind turbine generator tower produced by this method | 20080313972 | 20081225 |
| Device for producing an elongated concrete element extending in the vertical direction, for example a tower of a wind turbine generator system, comprising an inner casing and an outer casing, the inner casing and the outer casing being configured in such a way that between the inner casing and the outer casing there is an interspace, which is of a height that is less than the height of the concrete element to be produced. A number of pumps are used, in order to pump concrete into the interspace. The pumps are designed in such a way that the concrete can be introduced at high pressure in such a way that the interspace is filled with concrete and that the concrete element is forced vertically upwards out... |
| Rapidly deployable temporary modular structures and component elements thereof | 20080313983 | 20081225 |
| Modular structural components and structural connections including chords and forming strips. Each chord has a generally elongated square main body of four main walls surrounding a central bore and having a T-slot structure adapted to accept a bolt type fastener extending along each exterior main surface. Each forming strip is an elongated plate formed into strip segments oriented at right angles to each other and forming a W-shaped corner region, a face region with a bolt hole and an attachment region, each region forming a mating bearing surface with a surface of a chord.
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| Irrigation machine truss system connector assembly | 20080313992 | 20081225 |
| An apparatus is disclosed for connecting truss rods and other rigid braces of an irrigation system, wherein the rods include shaft sections with enlarged cylindrical heads at the ends thereof and form part of a truss-type framework supporting a conduit. A coupling assembly for holding a pair of such truss rods together in axial alignment is disclosed and includes a top plate and a bottom plate clamped together with a connecting bolt having a non-circular collar. The collar on the bolt cooperates with similarly shaped holes in the plates of the coupling assembly to prevent relative rotation between the plates and also between the bolt and the coupling assembly. The bolt includes a head with a hexagonal drive recess for use with an appropriate driving tool.
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| Filter element including a composite filter media | 20080314011 | 20081225 |
| A filter element includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first end cap, a second end cap, and a composite filter media structure. The composite filter media structure includes a base substrate that includes a nonwoven synthetic fabric formed from a plurality of bicomponent synthetic fibers with a spunbond process, and having a bond area pattern having a plurality of substantially parallel discontinuous lines of bond area. The base substrate having a minimum filtration efficiency of about 50%, measured in accordance with ASHRAE 52.2-1999 test procedure. The composite filter media structure also includes a nanofiber layer deposited on one side of the base substrate by an by electro-blown spinning process. The composite filter media structure having a minimum filtration efficiency of about 75%, measured in accordance with... |
| Engine cooling | 20080314019 | 20081225 |
| Cavities 4 are defined within an engine nacelle 1 with an inner surface 2 and an outer surface 3. Within these cavities 4, an evaporatable liquid 5 is arranged such that a proportion of the liquid 5 is in a gaseous phase in order to facilitate heat transfer between the inner surface 2 or the outer surface 3 and a hot surface. The liquid condenses upon the inner surface 2 or the outer surface 3 and collects into a pool for subsequent further evaporation by the hot surface of an insulated gate bi-polar transistor or convertor/generator components in order to facilitate further cooling of electric components housed or arranged in the nacelle 1 or nearby.
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| Method for operating a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter in a motor vechicle with consideration of regional fuel qualities | 20080314030 | 20081225 |
| The fuel qualities for vehicles differ, for example, in Europe on a regional basis. This applies in particular to the sulphur content of the fuel. If vehicles with modern lean engines or with diesel engines which are equipped with nitrogen oxide storage-type catalytic converters in order to reduce the nitrogen oxide content in their exhaust gas pass through regions with a sulphur content in the fuel which is above the sulphur content which is specified for the vehicle, the engine controller will correspondingly frequently initiate desulphurization of the storage-type catalytic converter after the vehicle has been refuelled with this fuel. Any desulphurization entails an increased level of fuel consumption and greater ageing of the catalytic converter. It is proposed to avoid these adverse effects in that... |
| Multiple function lock | 20080314095 | 20081225 |
| A multiple function lock comprising a body, an engaging element having a first end and a second end, a locking mechanism for securing the first end and the second end of the engaging element to the body, and a gate mechanism for selectively concealing or revealing a passage in the body through which the second end may move to unlock the lock. In certain embodiments, a multiple function lock may comprise a body, a U-shaped shackle having toe and heel portions, the heel portion rotatably secured within the body, a locking mechanism for locking the heel and the toe portions within the body, a passage through the body adjacent to the toe portion, the toe portion adapted to move through the passage to unlock the lock,... |
| Breath-based sensors for non-invasive molecular detection | 20080314116 | 20081225 |
| A method of diagnosing the health of an individual by collecting a breath sample from the individual and measuring the amount of each of a plurality of analytes in the sample. The amount of each analytes is measured by fitting a time response curve of a sample-evaluation fuel cell in which the fuel cell sample electrode is contacted with the sample with the analysis based on a function of standard time response curves for an equivalent fuel cell configuration obtained separately for each of the analytes on a fuel cell with equivalent construction as sample-evaluation fuel cell. Each of the plurality of analytes is generally indicative of an aspect of the individual's health. Suitable analytes include, for example, inorganic compounds as well as compositions that exhibit... |
| Monitoring of leakage in wastewater force mains and other pipes carrying fluid under pressure | 20080314122 | 20081225 |
| A method of detecting leakage in a force main involves placing at least two spaced sensors on the force main. Liquid is pumped through the pipe by means of a pump. The pump is shut down for an interval of time, and during the period following pump shutdown while negative pressure is present in the pipe, signals are generated at the sensors due to noise or vibration resulting from fluid being drawn into the pipe. The position of a leak in the pipe is determined by correlating the leak noise signals generated while the pipe is under negative pressure. Alternatively, the invention can be applied to a pressurized pipe, in which case conditions of negative pressure can be deliberatively created for a period to draw in... |
| Viscosity sensor | 20080314128 | 20081225 |
| A viscosity sensor for, e.g., outputting a signal representing the viscosity of engine oil has one or more piezoelectric diaphragms disposed in a fluid chamber of a housing. An elongated amplification channel is formed in the housing and extends away from the chamber. The diaphragm can be excited to induce fluid movement that in turn induces the diaphragm to output a sensor signal representative of the viscosity of the fluid.
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| Fluid level measuring gauge | 20080314141 | 20081225 |
| A fluid level measuring gauge for accurately measuring and reading a fluid level in a fluid level access chamber having one or more bends and interior chamfered shoulder zones, the fluid level measuring gauge including an elongate blade having an upper and lower portion where the upper and lower portions of the fluid level measuring gauge are in a constant twist formation for creating a nonwiping motion during insertion of the fluid level measuring gauge into and out of a fluid gauge access chamber, a flat shaped measuring region, including an upper port and a lower port in an up and down direction on the measuring region, a handle attached to the blade for controlled insertion and removal of the fluid level measuring gauge, and a... |
| Buried pipe examining method | 20080314151 | 20081225 |
| An impact elastic wave test is conducted to measure propagating waves in a pipe to be examined, a frequency spectrum of the propagating waves is analyzed, and at least a spectral area value in a first frequency region and a spectral area value in a second frequency region of the frequency spectrum are evaluated, thereby determining a type of a deteriorated state of the buried pipe. A correlation relationship between a parameter obtained from a force-deformation relationship indicating a relationship between a force externally input to a sample pipe and a deformation of the sample pipe due to the force, and impact elastic wave test data obtained by conducting an impact elastic wave test with respect to the sample pipe is previously obtained, an impact elastic... |
| Sensing device | 20080314152 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a sensing device for obtaining information of a test sample using an electromagnetic wave including a frequency region within a frequency region of 30 GHz to 30 THz, the sensing device comprising an electromagnetic wave transmitting portion including a plurality of transmission portions (4a, 4b) for propagating electromagnetic waves and detection portions (3a, 3c) for receiving and detecting the electromagnetic waves from the plurality of transmission portions (4a, 4b), in which at least one of the plurality of transmission portions (4a, 4b) is constructed such that the test sample (5, 6) can be placed in a portion affected by an electromagnetic wave propagating therethrough.
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| Hand-held flaw detector imaging apparatus | 20080314153 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a flaw detector imaging apparatus for detecting and visualizing a flaw in a target material to be investigated, comprising an ultrasonic phase-array probe comprising an array of ultrasonic transducers and a flaw detector. The flaw detector includes at least one trigger channel to trigger ultrasonic emitting transducers of the array at respective time delays to produce an ultrasonic beam propagating through the target material, and a single receiver channel to receive echo signals produced by ultrasonic receiving transducers of the array in response to ultrasonic wave echoes reflected from a flaw in the target material. The single receiver channel comprises a delay circuit imparting to the received echo signals the respective time delays as used in the triggering of the ultrasonic... |
| Accurate pressure sensor | 20080314156 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to a pressure sensor capable of measuring pressure accurately, and more particularly, to a pressure sensor comprising a box-shaped magnet, optionally having an inclined upper surface with a right side portion protruding higher than a left side portion, wherein the magnet is configured to radiate linear magnetic flux density in response to a change in distance along a straight line spaced uniformly apart from an N or S pole surface, whereby the pressure sensor can accurately detect a displacement in distance (position) and thus a pressure difference based on the displacement. The pressure sensor further includes a pipe connecting negative and positive pressures, a diaphragm movable in response to a difference between negative and positive pressures, a diaphragm support attached to a side... |
| Deformable element, of a steering wheel spindle in the form of a corrugated tube | 20080314189 | 20081225 |
| In a method for the production of a corrugated tube from a flat metal sheet, two half shells (2, 3) are formed each extending in a longitudinal direction, which [half shells] are provided with corrugations (4, 5) oriented transversely to their longitudinal direction, wherein the two half shells (2, 3) are either disposed in a single sheet metal part (1) longitudinally next to one another or are separate parts. In the case of their formation with two half shells disposed in a common sheet metal part (1) next to one another, the preformed sheet metal part (1) in the region between the two half shells (2, 3) is folded or curved about an axis (19) parallel to the longitudinal directions of the half shells (2, 3),... |
| Telescopic shaft for steering vehicle and motor vehicle steering system | 20080314190 | 20081225 |
| A telescopic shaft for steering vehicle includes: an inner shaft and a tubular outer shaft fitted with each other; at least three pairs of axial grooves formed on an outer periphery of the inner shaft and an inner periphery of the outer shaft; a rigid coupling element for rigidly connecting the inner shaft and the outer shaft in a circumferential direction of the inner shaft when a relative phase of the inner shaft and the outer shaft with respect to the circumferential direction exceeds a predetermined range; and a plurality of elongate resin rods as elastic coupling elements for elastically connecting the inner shaft and the outer shaft in the circumferential direction when the relative phase is in the predetermined range. Each of the plural resin... |
| Lathe with bracket mounted banjo | 20080314211 | 20081225 |
| A lathe for turning a workpiece by means of a headstock and a tailstock includes a lathe bed having an elongate main support structure and bedrails extending along a side of the structure, these rails adjustably supporting the tailstock. Leg supports are provided at opposite ends of the support structure and two pivot connectors each join a respective one of the bed ends to a support leg. The bed can be pivoted about a horizontal axis extending through these pivot connectors between an upright position which can be used when the lathe user is standing and a sideways position which can be used when the user is sitting. In the uptight position, the bedrails are on top of the main support structure.
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| Violin thumb pad | 20080314225 | 20081225 |
| A violin thumb pad that facilitates the optimal positioning of violin relative to the player's thumb supporting the violin neck, for teaching purpose and for increased comfort and reduced physical stress, is introduced. Assuming the violin player uses left hand to play the violin finger board, and used right hand to hold the bow, the violin thumb pad forces the left thumb and palm to turn towards the player so the player's fingers are inline with the violin string naturally. The violin thumb pad also forces the left thumb and to be comfortably straight. And it forces the left elbow to stay close with the player's body. The violin thumb pad also makes it easier to place the violin neck between the thumb and index finger... |
| Method and apparatus for fluid purification | 20080314243 | 20081225 |
| A catalytic system (10) for fluid purification, the system (10) comprising: at least one photon source (2) to substantially break down at least two types of target molecules in the fluid to create short lived intermediates; and a ceramic core (5) including at least one type of micropore to adsorb the short lived intermediates for the propagation reactions and termination reactions of the short lived intermediates.
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| Segmented belt assembly | 20070294807 | 20071227 |
| A circumferential band which circumnavigates a portion of the human body. The band has a number of band segments with a first and second band segment and a number of intermediate band segments. Each band segment has a membrane, a first end and a second end. A male clip is attached to the first end; a female clip is attached to the second end. The male and female clips are operable to interlock and form a band couple. The male clip has a first insert; the female clip has a first slot. A locking mechanism enables the male clip and female clip to lock together. A first rigid coupling can be inserted between the male clip and the female clip. The band segments can be interchanged... |
| Toilet and toilet seat mounting system | 20070294813 | 20071227 |
| A toilet including a toilet bowl having a bowl flange with apertures, a toilet seat, a toilet seat cover and mounting apparatus. The seat comprises a seat ring configured to rest on the bowl flange and seat mounting means and the seat cover comprises a cover and cover mounting means. The mounting apparatus includes the seat mounting means, the cover mounting means, post holders which overlie the bowl flange apertures, and connecting means joining said seat and cover mounting means and the post holders to permit rotation of the seat ring and cover between a generally horizontal use position and an over center storage position. An elongate post is secured to and extends downwardly from each of the post holders. A post receptacle is positively secured... |
| Electric toothbrush with skewed neck | 20070294847 | 20071227 |
| An elongate neck of a toothbrush extends askew to an elongate handle which encloses a rotary motor. At the end of the neck is a head to which brush blocks are mounted for movement relative to the head. The transmission includes a driving member and a driven member for transmitting torque from the motor, the driving member rotating about a driving member axis, and the driven member rotating about a driven member axis. A crankshaft mounted to the head converts rotation of the driven member to movement of a brush block, the driven member axis is skewed or offset relative to the driving member axis, and the driving member and the driven member are connected by a helical spring flexible coupling. One brush block rotates in... |
| Spatula tool system | 20070294850 | 20071227 |
| A component spatula tool system including an elongate grip handle structure, and a generally planar blade which is releasably grippable by the handle structure. The handle structure has a pair of opposed, selectively openable and closeable, matchingly grip-patterned clamping pads that define a nip region, the blade has opposite sides possessing matchingly grip-patterned clamping sites whose grip patterns are complementary to those of the clamping pads, and the clamping pads and clamping sites accommodate, via operative interengagements of their respective grip-patterned characteristics, positive-lock, universally invertible, plural-position clamp locking of the blade within the nip region.
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| Method for the production of a planar commutator and conductor blank for a planar commutator | 20070294877 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to the production of a planar commutator with a carbon running surface, wherein an annular closed corrugated conductor blank (1), comprising conductor segments (3) and bridging parts (4) connecting said bridging segments to each other, is produced by rolling from a longitudinal-stepped profiled strip section which is stamped on the edges thereof in order to create contact studs (7) and connection hooks (6). After the band section has been rolled, the contact studs (7) of the conductor segments are bent inwards in the direction of the axis (2) and are profiled on both axial front surfaces by means of a shearing process. The conductor blank is assembled with an annular carbon disk to form a composite part onto which a support element is... |
| Line anchor | 20070294901 | 20071227 |
| An anchor for securing a line is provided that has an elongated housing with a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end. The housing houses an attachment member for securing the anchor to a surface and the attachment member is configured to protrude from the housing and to retract substantially entirely within the housing. An actuation member is received by the housing and has a protruding. The actuation member is operably connected to the attachment member and biased in a direction toward the second end of the housing. The actuation member is further configured to slide axially within the housing and rotate about the longitudinal axis to selectively move the attachment member such that it protrudes from the first end of the housing at... |
| Dryer, drying method and drying paint | 20070294911 | 20071227 |
| The invention provides a dryer for drying particulate material, comprising at least one substantially vertical elongate container having an upper inlet (56a, 56b) for receiving a charge of moisture containing particulate material; a lower outlet (22) for discharging dried particulate material, whereby said particulate material travels under the influence of gravity from said inlet to said outlet; at least one substantially vertical gas permeable wall (20a, 20b) through which a drying gas can pass to contact said particulate material; said dryer also comprising at least one plenum (48, 50) on an exterior surface of said at least one gas permeable wall, covering ingress (38a) and egress openings within said at least one gas permeable wall.
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| Child safety barrier with a gate | 20070294944 | 20071227 |
| A child safety barrier, which has an upper and a lower cross member (2,3) between which a plurality of vertical lattice bars (4) are secured, is intended to be fixed in an opening. The child safety barrier is provided with two upper and two lower hinges which are rotatably connected with the child safety barrier. At least one of the two upper hinges is composed of two screw parts (19, 20) which are connected via a connecting pin (18). One of the screw parts (20) is provided with a hole with a toothing (24) which is capable of engaging one or more teeth on the connecting pin (18). Hereby, the hinges may be secured in openings against walls which are oriented with their faces which need... |
| System of interlocking wall and corner components for construction of buildings | 20070294967 | 20071227 |
| A system of interlocking wall and corner components for construction of a building include a plurality of elongate key members and a plurality of elongate side members. The key members are arranged as horizontal pairs of parallel upper and lower key members sandwiching therebetween pairs of parallel side members. The pair of parallel upper and lower key members form therebetween a pair of dove-tail joint female receiver sockets. Opposed facing sides of the pairs of the parallel side members have a corresponding pair of laterally inwardly disposed dove-tail joint male members for mating into dove-tail engagement in the female receiver sockets to form a dove-tail joint. The pairs of key members and the pairs of side members form elongate horizontal beams mountable one on top of... |
| Method and apparatus for packaging side opening cigarette packets | 20070294981 | 20071227 |
| A method and a device of constructing a side-opening cigarette package. The method comprises gathering cigarettes into a bundled charge. A flat shell (10) is propped open to facilitate insertion of the bundled cigarettes. The shell containing the cigarettes is rotated and placed in a desired orientation onto a blank. The blank is folded to form the side opening cigarette package.
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| Method and apparatus to generate thrust by inertial mass variance | 20070295010 | 20071227 |
| A device for producing a net force against a base comprising a mass change object, an accelerator, a power source operatively connected to the mass change object and configured to selectively apply to the mass change object (1) a mass-increasing waveform, characterized in that the time rate of change of the power of the mass-increasing waveform is positive, and (2) a mass-decreasing waveform, characterized in that the time rate of change of the power of the mass-decreasing waveform is negative; the power source being configured to apply the mass-increasing waveform to the mass change object when the acceleration of the mass change object has at least a component opposite to the net force direction, and to apply the mass-decreasing waveform to the mass change object when... |
| Apparatus and method for generating water from an air stream | 20070295021 | 20071227 |
| An apparatus and method for generating water from an air stream is disclosed. The apparatus has an inlet for receiving an air stream, a condensing element located in the air stream, a collector for gathering water vapor condensate that is formed on the condensing element when the condensing element temperature drops below the dew point temperature of the ambient air stream, and an ozone generator that precisely generates ozone required to disinfect the water vapor condensate. In some embodiments of the invention, the ozone is also added to the air stream for disinfecting the air stream and associated elements of the apparatus.
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| Flow measure instrument, passage of flow measure and production method | 20070295068 | 20071227 |
| A laminarization lattice of thin plastic and a gate are provided in a body at respective positions so that a distance between the laminarization lattice and the gate is not less than a half of an entire length of the body, and the laminarization lattice and the body are integrally molded. That is, a configuration of the invention enables a hesitation occurring in the lattice of thin plastic to be suppressed, and a resin to be injected at single stroke of a short time to form the lattice of thin plastic.
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| Liquid level and density measurement device | 20070295085 | 20071227 |
| A liquid level and density measurement device is disclosed. The device comprises an elongated magnetostrictive transducer and at least two transducer magnets embedded into floats that can freely move along a transducer. One float is relatively more sensitive to liquid density variation than the other float. The less sensitive float is used for liquid level measurement and the more sensitive float is used for liquid density measurement. The liquid density float has a lower part completely immersed into a liquid and an upper part partially immersed into a liquid. The upper part is made substantially in the form of a hollow cylinder with an internal diameter larger than the external diameter of the liquid level float. Therefore the liquid density float can move up and down... |
| Two-stroke gravity power station and method of getting cost-free rotational energy | 20070295123 | 20071227 |
| Two unbalanced rotatable elements provide a phenomenon of getting a specific gravity which decreases in a negative (dead) zone of their free rotation and increases in a positive (active) zone.
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| Pinion meshing with a given face gear in accordance with altered design parameters | 20070295130 | 20071227 |
| A method of defining a new pinion for use with a given face gear set. Tooth geometry of the new pinion is generated by a plane taking the given face gear set as reference and maintaining true conjugate actions among the original pinion, the face gear, the new pinion and the generating plane. This method makes it possible to eliminate adapter gears for applications requiring different shaft settings and/or ratios than those of the given gear set.
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| Composite lever and method of making same | 20070295148 | 20071227 |
| The present invention is a composite transmission selector lever that avoids the multiple manufacturing steps of current levers and in addition gives a significant reduction in cost. The lever comprises an open-sided, elongated stamped, sheet steel element having a triangular cross section shape with the open end of the triangle curved inwardly. The triangular shape is to provide the maximum bending strength to the resultant structure. One end of the mechanism is crimped and/or welded to fasten over the circular section of a base and the other end is formed to extend to an operator handle. A wire for a switch in the handle is laid through the open side of the element and the composite assembly is overmolded with a high strength thermoplastic material, such... |
| Crankset assembly for a bicycle | 20070295157 | 20071227 |
| A crankset including a first crank and a second crank and a spindle. Each of the first crank and the second crank includes an end adapted to engage a pedal. The spindle includes a first end coupled to the first crank and a second end coupled to the second crank. The first end has an elongated portion secured to the first crank to define an elongated attachment between the first end and the first crank.
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| Vehicle power unit with improved lubrication oil recovery structure | 20070295159 | 20071227 |
| A power unit of a vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine and a transmission, is provided which is configured to quickly return lubricating oil fed to the transmission to an oil storage portion of the power unit case. The transmission includes a gear train housed in a gear chamber, the gear train executing power transmission among an input shaft, an intermediate shaft and an output shaft. The input shaft and the output shaft are arranged such that a line connecting their respective shaft centers extends almost horizontally above a communicating port which permits return oil flow between segregated portions of the power unit case. In addition, the intermediate shaft is disposed above and between the input shaft and the output shaft.
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| Method for order transition on a plunge slitter | 20070295181 | 20071227 |
| An order transition in a corrugated is accomplished by creating an overlap of the slits made by the slitting tools associated with the expiring (running) and new orders. However, the slit tool associated with the innermost slit between the upper and lower level outs is maintained in slitting contact with the board to extend the slit line into further overlap with the slits made by the new order tools to create an order change region. A lateral cut is made to connect the innermost slit between the upper and lower level outs on the new order and the slit created by the tool delayed from withdrawal in the running order. Trim cut transitions are handled in the same manner.
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| Railroad car with lightweight center beam structure | 20070295239 | 20071227 |
| A railroad freight car of the center beam type, in which the upright center beam has a top chord interconnected with a bulkhead at each end of the body of the car, and spaced-apart upright columns and elongate diagonal structural members interconnect the top chord with the center sill of the car body. A top chord may be of formed plate including longitudinal stiffening ridges and laterally outer reinforcing parts.
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| Aerodynamic lift enhancement gate valve | 20070295254 | 20071227 |
| An aerodynamic lift enhancement gate valve including a valve blade shaped as an airfoil or as a sail and is disposed at the leading edge of an airfoil. Or as a sail, in such a way as to form a fluid gate formed between the trailing edge (at the chord) of the gate valve blade, and the leading edge (nose) of the airfoil or sail, (at the chord). The gate valve blade catches the wind, and will cause a wind velocity surface pressure to build against the upwind surface of the gate valve blade, which pressure is regulated by springs and or elastic. When in operation, the chord of the gate valve blade will remain substantially parallel to the chord of the airfoil, or sail. The... |
| Fiber composite continuous tension members for sailbaot masts and other tensioning member supported structures | 20070295256 | 20071227 |
| A continuous composite rigging system for sailboats. The rigging has a branched shroud rigging harness having a plurality of generally straight and elongate portions and at least one branched portion and at least one spreader end fitting for engaging the at least one branched portion of the branched shroud rigging harness.
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| Heated pet brush and associated method | 20070295280 | 20071227 |
| The device includes a brush with a body and a gripping end. There are first bristles and second bristles. The bristles have first and second operating temperatures. The device further includes a rechargeable battery, a recharging base station, and a temperature maintaining mechanism. A bridge circuit includes a heat supplying resistor, a temperature determining resistor, and unchanging resistors. Differential amplifiers are coupled to the heat supplying resister and the temperature determining resistor while a transistor is coupled to the heat supplying resistor. A power interrupting mechanism includes pressure sensors with a pressure comparison circuit coupled thereto. A switch is electrically coupled to the first temperature maintaining mechanism. The timer comparison circuit includes a processor, a memory electrically coupled to the processor, and a logic gate electrically... |
| Catnip enhanced cat scratcher | 20070295282 | 20071227 |
| A recreational pet toy for cats which includes an outer covering and a cord attached to the pet toy for hanging the recreational pet toy during use. The pet toy also includes an elongated channel for receiving catnip and distributing the catnip along its length.
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| Vehicular ejector system and control method thereof | 20070295303 | 20071227 |
| A vehicular ejector system having an ejector that generates a negative pressure that is greater than the intake manifold negative pressure that is to be extracted from an intake manifold, a VSV that causes the ejector to function or stop functioning, and an ECU that controls the VSV. The ECU includes a control device that controls the VSV so as to cause the ejector to function if an ISC request amount for controlling, during idling, a throttle valve that adjusts the intake air flow amount supplied to the internal combustion engine is greater than a predetermined amount.
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| Paintball projectile drop compensator | 20070295321 | 20071227 |
| A barrel attachment for a paintball gun is provided to impart spin onto a paintball exiting the barrel of the paintball gun thereby providing projectile drop compensation. The attachment is made up of a structure having an elongated aperture with a first end that attaches over the barrel of a paintball gun thereby extending the barrel. A second end of the attachment has an open passage that is disposed at an angle to the centerline of the barrel so that a spin is imparted onto a paintball fired from the gun as it passes through the open passage.
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| Snorkel with mask strap retaining device | 20070295330 | 20071227 |
| A snorkel comprising a breathing tube and a retaining device formed on the breathing tube. The retaining device includes an elongated fastening strap having a bottom end formed integrally with the breathing tube, and a top end formed with a large first hole and a small second hole being in communication with the first hole; and a button formed integrally with the breathing tube and disposed in a position about flush with the top end of the fastening strap. The button is adapted to secure to the fastening strap by passing through the first hole and locking in the second hole in response to passing a mask strap through a gap between the fastening strap and the breathing tube.
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| Respirator fit-testing apparatus and method | 20070295331 | 20071227 |
| Improved respirator fit-test methods and apparatus featuring an automated, respirator wearer-controlled, air-leak measurement system. For fit testing of a respirator positioned on a test subject's face and connected to a controlled negative pressure testing apparatus, the test subject simply holds his breath and then activates a switch in electrical connection with said apparatus, which results in the automatic closure of the breathing port on the respirator and the initiation of a complete fit-testing protocol. The fit-testing apparatus includes a single, self-contained, automated unit that includes a vacuum source (30), an air-flow measuring device, and an air-pressure transducer (32) for connection to a respirator (10) being tested. By measuring the rate of air exhausted from the respirator in order to maintain a constant challenge pressure, an air... |
| Nit stripping device | 20070295350 | 20071227 |
| A nit picking device and method for mechanically stripping nits, eggs, and lice from human hair. The device includes a pair of cooperating tongs each of which is elongated and joined at one end to the juxtaposed end portion of the cooperating tong. The opposite ends of the tong serve to carry an abrasive pad capable of stripping nits from nit laden human hair shafts. As the pads with human hair gripped there between are moved along the length of the hair, the nits are removed from the shafts and in one embodiment captured at least in part in the pads carried by tongs.
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| Drain plunger with a see through plunger element | 20060288471 | 20061228 |
| A toilet or drain plunger comprises an elongated handle connected to a plunger head. The plunger head comprises generally clear deformable rubberized material to facilitate a user to obtain visual indications through the plunger head that a clog has been eliminated from the pipes in the toilet or drain.
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| Tile and liner bracket structure for swimming pools and swimming pools utilizing the same | 20060288475 | 20061228 |
| A peripheral bracket member provided in conjunction with a liner-type pool, having a body whose outwardly facing surface directly substantially engages, and has a contour that substantially conforms to the contour of the inwardly facing surface of the pool wall and which is mounted on the pool wall to form a border adjacent to the top of the pool wall. A channel structure extends along a lower region of the inwardly facing surface of the bracket body at a level below the normal water line of the pool which receives and holds a bead provided at the liner edge. An elongate cap is affixed to the bead-receiving bracket structure. The tile and bracket structure also provides aesthetic junctions with and secure watertight seals at the skimmer... |
| Bed skirt enhancing device | 20060288481 | 20061228 |
| A bed skirt enhancing apparatus for placement adjacent and beneath a bed skirt comprising multiple layers of rigid material gathered and joined together forming a ruffled, multi-layered sheath. The sheath spans a distance sufficient to surround a perimeter of a box spring of a mattress. A band or planar piece of fabric may be used for securing the sheath to the box spring.
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| Composite cleaning device for an automobile | 20060288506 | 20061228 |
| An elongated pie shaped composite cleaning device for removing snow, frost, scraped ice debris, bird droppings, dirt or water from a automotive exterior surface has 1. a stiff rectangular plastic sheet, folded into half, providing a pair of slightly curbed exterior sides and a pair of substantially straight scraping edges, 2. a rectangular open cell foam, with a uniform thickness and shape substantially identical to said sheet, folded into half, providing a pair of legs between said sides, a squeezed interface between said legs and a pair of exposure cleaning faces, 3. a thin retaining rod surrounded by the folded middle parts of said sheet and said foam, and 4. a fabricated channel shape holder clamping said folded sheet, said folded foam around said retaining rod... |
| Toothbrush | 20060288507 | 20061228 |
| A toothbrush includes a head and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements for enhanced cleaning of the teeth. The tooth cleaning elements include cleaning elements that define a loop arrangement for better retention of the dentifrice, a central cleaning element disposed within the loop, two opposing arcuate cleaning elements disposed on opposite sides of the loop, peripheral cleaning element with a stepped and tapered construction, elongate distal cleaning elements, and proximal cleaning elements.
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| Displacement lock mlt | 20060288539 | 20061228 |
| A metal locking tie formed from a locking head and an elongate strap extending through the locking head. The locking head is defined by a top wall a bottom wall and two sides. The locking head includes a slot that extends through the locking head from an entrance end to an exit end. The bottom wall of the locking head has a tab that extends upwardly toward the slot in the locking head. The strap has a first end, a second end, and an aperture therethrough. When the strap is positioned within the locking head the upwardly extending tab of the locking head engages the aperture in the strap. A metal locking tie tool secures the strap to the locking head by displacing a portion of... |
| "super-tie" - bread bag quick open/closure device | 20060288540 | 20061228 |
| A device of integral construction having resilient elongated members and a curved hook handle for easy and simple operation. The bad closure device of the present invention comprises smooth surfaces to accept LDPE manufactured bread and other consumable container bags and a smooth curved member located at thumb level for easy and quick release of same. The gripping characteristics of the closure device is achieved by a flexible spring tab that applies constant tension to the bag-accepting area.
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| Method and structures for implementing customizable dielectric printed circuit card traces | 20060288570 | 20061228 |
| A method and structures are provided for implementing customizable dielectric printed circuit card traces. A void is defined near selected signal traces. The void is then filled with a dielectric material having a predefined dielectric property. The dielectric material is selected to alter at least one predefined electrical property of the selected signal traces, such as, coupling, propagation delay and attenuation. In one embodiment, an outer layer of a printed circuit card includes a plurality of signal traces and a mating circuit card layer including a plurality of matching signal traces is attached to the outer layer of the printed circuit card to create a cavity near selected signal traces. The cavity is filled with the selected dielectric material. In another embodiment, dielectric material is selectively... |
| Garden tool | 20060288588 | 20061228 |
| A multi-purpose, hand-held garden tool includes a single curved blade having an end connected to an elongated handle. A series of serrations are formed on a side edge of the blade adjacent to a free end thereof. Typically, the free end is tapered to a point, or includes two prongs forming a V-shaped notch. At least one notch is formed in a side edge of the blade, which is sized and configured to sever off-shoots of plant life.
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| Tape apparatus and method for establishing a plurality of locations extending parallel to a reference edge | 20060288599 | 20061228 |
| Measurement apparatus is provided for establishing locations at common distances from a number of locations along a reference edge, with such locations being placed along lines extending parallel to the reference edge. The measurement apparatus includes an elongated flexible tape and a number of sliders configured to be slidably held on the tape. The tape and sliders may be provided within a package for retail sale, with the tape being formed in a coil to be readily separated into a number of sections.
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| Pocket ventilator | 20060288606 | 20061228 |
| A paper web drying apparatus is described as comprising a device for controlling an injection of air in a drying pocket of the drying apparatus. The web drying apparatus generally comprises at least three substantially axially parallel rotatable drying cylinders, first and third cylinders being vertically offset from a second cylinder and the web being consecutively trained thereover defining the pocket therebetween. The apparatus may define a traditional pocket, an offset pocket, or other such pocket configurations known in the art. The device comprises an elongated structure longitudinally mounted adjacent and substantially parallel to the first cylinder and between the first and the third cylinders. A first lateral edge of the structure may be positioned proximal to a peripheral surface of the first cylinder thereby defining... |
| Convertible sandal | 20060288610 | 20061228 |
| A convertible sandal comprises a vamp extending over a forefoot portion of the wearer's foot and first and second connectors located along respective medial and lateral sides of the vamp adjacent a rear margin of the vamp. A strap is secured to the connectors and movable selectively between a first position, in which the strap extends behind a heel of the wearer's foot, and a second position, in which the strap extends over the wearer's forefoot. The connectors may include elongated eyelets through which first and second end sections of the strap are threaded and then folded back against the strap for securing the strap to the connectors. In some embodiments a holder is provided for securing the straps across the forefoot or for connecting the... |
| Slip hitch for a snow plow | 20060288616 | 20061228 |
| A slip hitch connection to a drive vehicle for a snow plow comprises an elongated flat planar member that can be hooked on to a connecting lug of the drive vehicle, the flat planar member being mounted on the snow plow frame for reciprocal movement in each of a pair of spaced apart coupling assemblies secured to the snow plow frame for connecting the snow plow to the drive vehicle. Each of the elongated flat planar members have an upper and lower elongated guide slot in which guide bolts that move up and down as the snow plow itself is moved up and down are received to enable the guide bolts and snow plow to which they are connected make limited reciprocal movement up and down... |
| Illuminated fishing pole | 20060288629 | 20061228 |
| The present invention is an illuminated fishing rod. The illuminated rod further comprises an elongated shaft having a tip portion at one end and a handle at the opposite end. A compartment is internally integrated within the handle. The compartment is adapted to receive a power source and a light source. A plurality of eyelet guide members is mounted upon the longitudinal axis from the proximal end to the distal end of the shaft. A bundle of optical fibers are operationally mounted within the elongated shaft. The light source is operationally connected to the optical fibers for illuminating the shaft, and the power source is operationally connected to the light source to generate power for the light source to illuminate the shaft. In an alternative embodiment,... |
| Device for fastening fishing reel | 20060288630 | 20061228 |
| A fastening device for a fishing reel (e.g., fly reel) comprises a hollow elongate member including a triangle section which is formed of three lengthwise flats and three lengthwise curved portions each formed between the adjacent flats and three externally threaded extensions respectively extending from the curved portions; a substantially cylindrical fixed sleeve provided at one end, a slot being formed on one side of the inner wall of the fixed sleeve; a movable sleeve provided at the other end which includes an inner portion conformed to the triangle section of the elongate member and adapted to put on a portion of the extensions, and a slot recessed into an inner wall of the inner portion corresponding to the slot of the fixed sleeve; and a... |
| System and method for operating a turbocharged engine | 20060288702 | 20061228 |
| A method of operating a turbocharged system includes controlling speed of a turbocharger and substantially eliminating choke of a compressor coupled to a turbine by adjusting exhaust flow through a turbine wastegate, or by adjusting airflow through a compressor recirculation valve, or by adjusting a combination thereof in response to variance in parameters including compressor inlet temperature, compressor inlet pressure, and turbocharger speed.
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| Window refrigerator | 20060288729 | 20061228 |
| A refrigerator having its heat exchanger outdoors. In one embodiment, a thermos is attached to the front of a window air conditioner. In another embodiment, the refrigerator has gated conduits to allow cold outdoor air into the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a compressor that circulates refrigerant in an auxiliary evaporator adjacent to the refrigerator compartment to freeze the water in the evaporator at night and to allow the ice to keep the refrigerator cold. In another embodiment, the refrigerator is combined with a heat pump such that the outdoor heat exchanger of the heat pump and the outdoor heat exchanger of the refrigerator are in close thermal contact. Another embodiment includes a heat pump having a second evaporator near the refrigerator compartment to cool the inside... |
| Apparatus and method for measuring the weight of an optical fiber preform during a chemical deposition process for forming the preform | 20060288738 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus for measuring the weight of a preform for optical fibres during a chemical deposition process for the formation of a preform is disclosed. The apparatus has at least one elastic constraint associated with at least one end portion of an elongated element made of a chemical deposition substrate for the formation of the preform, a device for inducing an oscillation, for example axial, on said elongated element, a device for detecting the frequency of oscillation of said elongated element, and a device for calculating the weight of the preform according to the detected frequency of oscillation. Advantageously, the device allows the realisation of a method for measuring the weight of the preform wherein the errors in measurement caused by thermal drift effects, by the... |
| Crank for cycles | 20060288817 | 20061228 |
| A crank for bicycles or other cycling facilities includes an elongate shank having an orifice formed in one end, and a chamber formed by an upper wall and a lower wall, a gasket is engaged into the chamber via the orifice of the shank. The gasket is engaged between the walls of the shank, and a fastener may be engaged through the orifice of the shank and may be engaged through a bore of the gasket. The shank includes an aperture having an inner diameter smaller than that of the orifice, a second gasket may be engaged into the chamber via the orifice of the shank and includes a bore aligned with the aperture of the shank.
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| Preference-weighted semi-random media play | 20060288845 | 20061228 |
| Methods, apparatus, and systems that allow random music play, and random selection of other media files, using a non-uniform probability distribution. The likelihood that a particular song, piece, or media file will be played or presented in the future is increased or decreased according to positive and negative user behaviors noted with respect to previous plays of the same media file, such as how long the user listens to or views a song, piece, or file; whether the user manually selects a song, piece, or file for play or presentation; and whether the user “skips” a song while it is being played, or otherwise actively chooses not to listen to a song.
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| Negative pressure type booster device | 20060288858 | 20061228 |
| In a negative pressure type booster device, secondary passages 53 communicating directly with the atmosphere is formed between the internal surface of a sliding cylindrical portion 8b of a valve piston 8 and the external surface of a silencer 27, and communication means 60 is provided for being controlled to vary its path area in dependence on the advance amount of an input rod 23 when the same is moved beyond a predetermined distance relative to the valve piston 8. Thus, when a brake pedal 25 is stepped on strongly, the atmospheric air can be led from the secondary passages 53 through the communication means 60 to a variable pressure chamber 6, so that the property of the responsiveness in braking operation can be improved to... |
| Automatic popcorn vending machine | 20060288876 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus, method, and system of popping popcorn. In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus comprises a popcorn popper, a popped popcorn hopper and a dispensing mechanism in communication with the hopper. By actuation, the dispensing mechanism dispenses one or more servings from the hopper. In another aspect of the invention, the apparatus further comprises a dosing mechanism to provide sequential doses of unpopped corn to the popper to make a plurality of batches of popped popcorn. In another aspect of the invention, a sensor sensing when popped popcorn in the hopper exceeds a pre-determined level or amount and instigates a signal to actuate the dosing mechanism to fill the hopper. In a system according to the invention, a self-contained cabinet includes the popper, hopper,... |
| Method and apparatus for a projectile incorporating a metasable interstitial composite material | 20060288897 | 20061228 |
| A method and apparatus for incorporating nanophase elemental materials and metastable interstitial composite materials into projectiles, projectile fragments, ordnance casings, warheads and structural components. The projectile, fragments and casings include an elemental material capable of oxidizing. A coating material that is capable of preventing oxidation of the elemental material and an oxidizing agent may be present and be capable of reacting with the elemental material so that a self-propagating high temperature synthesis reaction from a stabilized solid material is yielded for the purpose of rendering terminal effects or thermal impact to a target at impact.
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| Method for making a road base material using treated oil and gas waste material | 20060288908 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” more specifically, drilling waste and aggregate and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materials along with an aggregate will form an environmentally safe, structurally sound road base material. An asphalt emulsifier may be included in the binder to manufacture asphalt stabilized road base. The entire method is a cold batch process.
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| System and high pressure, high temperature apparatus for producing synthetic diamonds | 20060288927 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus for growing a synthetic diamond comprises a growth chamber, at least one manifold allowing access to the growth chamber, and a plurality of safety clamps positioned on opposite sides of the growth chamber; wherein the growth chamber and the plurality of safety clamps are comprised of a material having a tensile strength of about 120,000-200,000 psi, a yield strength of about 100,000-160,000 psi, an elongation of about 10-20%, an area reduction of about 40-50%, an impact strength of about 30-40 ft-lbs, and a hardness greater than 320 BHN.
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| Device for sanding buffing or grinding elongate objects | 20060289025 | 20061228 |
| A device for sanding, buffing or grinding elongate objects includes a housing having a collar at one end and a rotatable sanding/buffing head rotatably mounted in the collar. The collar defines a cavity. A driveshaft is mounted to a motor in the housing for rotation of the driveshaft about an axis of rotation of the head upon actuation of the motor. A distal end of the driveshaft extends into the cavity in the collar. The sanding/buffing head may be cup-shaped and removably mounted or mountable into the collar on to the distal end of the driveshaft. The driveshaft rotates the cup within, and relative to, the collar upon the actuation of the motor. An abrasive is mounted to the annular inner surface of the cavity in... |
| Gutter cleaning device | 20060289036 | 20061228 |
| A gutter cleaning device includes an elongate pole including a conduit extending therethrough for communication between a nozzle at a top end of the pole and a source of high pressure compressed gas at a bottom end of the pole. A trigger valve mechanism at the source controls dispensing of the gas through the nozzle. Use of a portable, replaceable canister of high pressure compressed air results in a light weight device which does not require any additional cords or hoses to be carried about the perimeter of a building having gutters to be cleared.
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| Photoconductive polymer | 20060289058 | 20061228 |
| A photoconductive polymer comprising hetrocyclic residues comprised of thiophene units fused to substituted or unsubstituted tetrathiafulvalene units, said thiophene units being conjugated to, and linked by, olefinic double bonds. Particularly preferred polymers are of the formula (I) as defined in the specification. The polymers of the invention may be used in photovoltaic devices, e.g. in the form of solar cells, batteries or transistors.
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| Wastegate valve and associated method | 20060289072 | 20061228 |
| A wastegate valve and associated method for controlling a flow of gas, such as a flow of exhaust gas from an exhaust inlet of a turbocharger, are provided. The wastegate valve includes multiple bypass ports that are selectively opened and closed by poppets, which are controlled by a linkage. The poppets are configured so that the pressure of the gas in the exhaust inlet biases one of the poppets to the open position and one of the poppets to the closed position. Thus, the forces resulting from the pressure of the gas on the poppets are offset, thereby reducing the force required for adjusting or maintaining the position of the linkage and the poppets.
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| Corrugated conduit with reinforcement and flow control features | 20060289075 | 20061228 |
| The present invention relates to a corrugated conduit with reinforcement and flow control features. The corrugated conduit includes an outer surface defining successive and alternating annular peaks and valleys, an inner surface defining successive and alternating annular peaks and valleys, and at least one band positioned along the circumference of the inner surface. When the corrugated conduit has a number of longitudinal, arcuate reinforcing bands, these may be identical or different in width and thickness, and they may be positioned evenly or unevenly apart, depending on the application. As an added measure to control fluid flow, the reinforcing bands may have a contact surface with turbulating texture that causes turbulence when in contact with a fluid.
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