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| Transformed plant with promoted growth | 20110023189 | 20110127 |
| The present invention is directed to identify genes involved in the growth of a plant and provide a transformed plant the growth of which is promoted utilizing the genes.
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| Switchgrass promoter and uses thereof | 20110023183 | 20110127 |
| The subject application provides polynucleotides, compositions thereof and methods for regulating gene expression in a plant. Polynucleotides disclosed herein comprise novel sequences for a promoter that initiates transcription of an operably linked nucleotide sequence. Thus, various embodiments of the invention comprise the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 or fragments thereof that are capable of driving the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid sequence.
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| Novel dna fragment and use thereof | 20110023155 | 20110127 |
| The invention relates to a DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, or a nucleotide sequence the same or substantially the same as a partial nucleotide sequence thereof containing at least one HRE consensus sequence, which transiently has a transcription promoting activity in a vascular endothelial cell-specific manner in a hypoxic state, or a vector containing a promoter containing the DNA, and the like. The prophylaxis and/or treatment, as well as diagnosis, of acute ischemic diseases are enabled by connecting a prophylactic and/or therapeutic gene or a reporter gene to the downstream of the vector and administering same to mammals.
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| F1b-tmir plasmid vector and transgenic mouse | 20110023136 | 20110127 |
| A trifusion reporter plasmid is described that comprises a plasmid operably coupled to a mammalian FGF1B promoter that is operably coupled to a bioluminescence gene fused to a fluorescence gene fused to a nuclear medical imaging gene. The new reporter allows in vivo or ex vivo detection of gene expression in three different ways, in addition to traditional in vitro detection methods. Transgenic animals containing this new trifusion reporter and uses of same are described.
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| Targeted video advertising | 20110023060 | 20110127 |
| A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item based on whether or not the promotional item was skipped.
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| Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine | 20110023023 | 20110127 |
| A system including a terminal machine and a service provider machine is modified using a service provider machine. The terminal machine includes a terminal application for displaying a prompt in a first sequence of prompts and accepting a user data entry in a first series of data entries. The service provider machine includes a provider application for receiving the user data entry. The update server machine sends a dialogue module including a first and second set of updated code to the terminal machine and the service provider machine, respectively. The dialogue module does not modify computer-executable instructions saved on the terminal or service provider machines. The first and second set of updated code adapts the terminal application and provider application, respectively, to use a second sequence... |
| System and method for transitioning communications in a conferencing environment | 20110022968 | 20110127 |
| A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating calendar information in order to identify a first meeting involving an end user and a second meeting involving the end user. The meetings are configured to be provided consecutively in relation to each other and during a designated time period in which both meetings begin. The credential information can be used to enable participation in the first meeting by the end user. The method also includes transitioning the end user from the first meeting to the second meeting without requiring additional credential information to enable participation in the second meeting. In other embodiments, the method includes prompting the end user with information about the second meeting before transitioning the end user from the first meeting... |
| Method and system for processing a message in a mobile computer device | 20110022948 | 20110127 |
| A system and method for converting an initial message residing in a mobile computer device, which is capable of wireless access to a computer network, into a processed message. The system includes a menu option module that prompts a user of the mobile computer device to select a processing option for the initial message. When the user selects an encryption option, text is wirelessly sent to at least one server on the computer network for encryption.
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| Authentication systems and methods using a packet telephony device | 20110022841 | 20110127 |
| Authentication systems and methods for increasing the security of online account access and transactions by leveraging the use of customer equipment provided by VoIP service providers. A method includes registering a packet telephony device with a packet telephony service provider for subsequent packet telephony communication, where the registration is based at least on an encoded encryption key. On a subsequent request to access an account, instructions are transmitted which require physical access to the packet telephony device to perform. Upon receipt of an indication that the instructions were successfully performed, the request is authenticated and access to the account is granted. Authentication may require a secure connection be automatically established between a web-enabled device and a packet telephony device. The instant disclosure leverages the security in... |
| Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing electronic subscriptions | 20110022696 | 20110127 |
| Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing electronic subscriptions are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes monitoring, at an electronic subscription client, receipt of one or more subscription messages associated with an electronic subscription. Interaction with the electronic subscription client by a client may be monitored to determine a viewing frequency of the one or more received subscription messages. Further, a prompt with a control configured for unsubscribing the user from receiving a future subscription message associated with the electronic subscription may be presented based on the determined viewing frequency.
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| Scoring local search results based on location prominence | 20110022604 | 20110127 |
| A system may identify a first document associated with a geographic location within a geographical area and identify a second document associated with a geographic location outside the geographical area. The system may also assign a first score to the first document based on a first scoring function and assign a second score to the second document based on a second scoring function.
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| Coupon method and related articles for promoting lending and referral loyalty | 20110022546 | 20110127 |
| This specification discloses a method and article of manufacture transformed during the method to help keep Lenders maintain the financial relationship with the Buyer after the Buyer has left the Lender's contact. The method disclosed is based upon a Lender issuing a coupon to Buyer to take to a Seller, the coupon indicating to the Seller that the Buyer has at least inquired about a loan and may even be pre-approved for a loan to buy goods from the Seller. After the Buyer inspects the Seller's goods, and hopefully purchases the goods with funds from the Lender, the coupon is then validated and redeemed to the Buyer. The Buyer receives a redemption item corresponding to the level of the transaction with the highest redemption value corresponding... |
| Distribution of promotional data and receipt of customers' reactions to the data | 20110022475 | 20110127 |
| A system for evoking positive customer reactions to a promotional activity for advertising entities on demand. The system comprises an input unit for receiving a bid for a positive reaction to a promotional activity from an advertising entity, a customer-targeting unit for generating a promotion list that specifies potential customers based on the bid, and an output unit configured for outputting said promotion list. The generated promotion list is calculated to evoke a sufficient amount of positive customer reactions to the promotional activity from the plurality of potential customers to meet said bid.
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| Method of targeted marketing | 20110022467 | 20110127 |
| A method of targeted marketing includes the step of establishing a targeted marketing geographic area for a business. The method further includes the step of determining the location of a subscriber customer. In addition the method includes the step of sending promotional material for the business to the subscriber customer when the subscriber customer is located in the geographic area for targeted marketing.
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| Travel promotion system | 20110022466 | 20110127 |
| A method of promoting travel includes the step of providing a website for promoting travel destinations for access by subscriber consumers and compiling promotional offers of all participating entities by travel destination. The method further includes allowing the subscriber consumer to select a travel destination and a promotional offer of interest. Further, the method includes sending the selected promotional offer to the subscriber consumer by means of text messaging on a mobile communication device of the subscriber consumer or customer.
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| Mobile phone equipped with bar code reader and related method | 20110022456 | 20110127 |
| A communication device comprises a transmitter, a receiver and a bar code reader. In one embodiment the communication device comprises a combined or integrated mobile telephone and bar code reader. Further, a method is provided for promoting the sale of a selected good or service. The method comprises the steps of receiving a bar code for a selected good or service from the communication device of the consumer and sending a coupon for the selected good or service to the communication device of the consumer.
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| Location specific promotion of store | 20110022457 | 20110127 |
| A method of promoting sales at specific store locations includes the step of providing a promotional website on the internet. The method also includes allowing a consumer to designate on that website a specific store location and a specific good or service for purchase at the designated store location. Further, the method includes sending a coupon for purchase of the designated good or service at the designated store location.
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| Sporting event promotion | 20110022452 | 20110127 |
| A method of promoting a sporting event via a contest includes the steps of using a global positioning satellite system and a mobile communication device of a subscriber consumer to determine the presence of the subscriber consumer at a particular sporting event and selecting a winner from all subscriber consumers determined to be located and present at the sporting event.
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| System and method for granting promotional rewards to credit account holders | 20110022448 | 20110127 |
| A system and method for providing promotional rewards is provided. First, a promotional reward is communicated to a customer. The promotional reward offer comprises a promotional reward associated with one or more promotional reward-earning behaviors and a promotional time frame. The offer may specify a customer population, and the customer may be enrolled in the promotional reward program if the customer is determined to be in the population. The customer is credited a promotional reward if the customer accomplishes the promotional reward-earning behavior(s) within the promotional time frame. The customer may also be enrolled in a base reward program. The promotional rewards and base rewards may be accumulated in a customer account. A system for implementing a promotional rewards program is also provided.
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| Method and system for gifting and promoting products and services | 20110022447 | 20110127 |
| A method of delivering one or more gift certificates and/or one or more gift cards to recipients over a communication network. The method includes storing a multiple of messages in a message database. A user selects a message from the multiple of messages and stores information of the one or more recipients in an information database. A corresponding advertising information is integrated with the selected message to form a basis for an electronic communication. The advertising information is embedded as a substantive feature of the message selected from the multiple of messages. A message content includes the selected message from the multiple of messages and the corresponding advertising information is transmitted to the one or more recipients via the electronic communication to the wireless communication devices.
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| Airport promotion and advertisement system | 20110022445 | 20110127 |
| A method of promoting businesses at airports includes the step of providing an internet database for access by consumers. The database lists promotional offers of businesses with airport locations. The method further includes sorting the promotional offers by a selected criteria which allows a consumer or customer to more quickly find desired information. Further, the method includes allowing the consumer to access the promotional offers for review and select one or more of the promotional offers for use.
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| Information system for industrial vehicles including cyclical recurring vehicle information message | 20110022442 | 20110127 |
| Industrial vehicles communicate across a wireless environment and the wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged against robust software solutions to implement enterprise wide vehicle management functions, to integrate industrial vehicle data into existing enterprise workflows and/or to enable trusted third party integration into the enterprise for enhanced asset and/or workflow management. Still further, wireless communication, data collection and/or processing capabilities of industrial vehicles are leveraged with robust software solutions that aggregate and analyze data across multiple enterprises and/or promote the exchange of information between independent entities.
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| Safety evaluation and feedback system and method | 20110022421 | 20110127 |
| Systems and methods are discussed for providing a sensor enhanced employee safety evaluation system. Sensors that monitor employee behavior are placed at the workplace of an insured entity. Data from the sensors are processed to obtain a safety evaluation. Based on the safety evaluation, the insurance provider can adjust the terms of the insurance policy to accurately reflect the risks associated with the insured entity. Feedback based on the safety evaluation is also provided to the insured entity and the employees of the insured entity to promote improvements in safe behavior.
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| monitoring apparatus | 20110022330 | 20110127 |
| A monitoring system is disclosed which includes at least one experiment node at which, in use of the system, a user participates in a study, and a control node. The experiment node includes communication devices operable to communicate with the user, a user input operable to record the response of a user to a prompt, a user interaction device operable such that the user can interact with the experiment node, and a device to record data relating to such user interactions. The control node is remote from the experiment node and in communication therewith to receive information including user responses and recorded user interaction data therefrom. The control node is also operable to configure the at least one experiment node to execute a plurality of human... |
| Endoluminal prosthetic conduit systems and method of coupling | 20110022154 | 20110127 |
| A modular prosthetic conduit system such as a stent or stent graft system tailored for the repair of aneurysms or other compromised vessel walls. The stent or stent graft system incorporates various means to interlock the multiple modular components used in the repair procedure. The present invention further provides a modular stent graft system tailored for the repair of aneurysms or other compromised vessel walls that cross or are adjacent to a branch or bifurcation in a vessel.
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| Laser hair-loss treatment device | 20110022132 | 20110127 |
| The present invention relates to a laser hair-loss treatment device. The laser hair-loss treatment device of the present invention comprises a cap provided in such a way as to cover the head of the user and comprises a laser assembly which is provided on the inside of the cap and which receives power and irradiates laser light under control by means of a controller. This hair-loss treatment device further comprises: a resilient pad attached to the inside of the cap; a circuit substrate which is attached to one surface of the resilient pad and which is provided with a heat-emitting body for receiving electrical power and emitting heat; vibrating motors which are provided electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and which are respectively provided in positions... |
| System and method of av interval selection in an implantable medical device | 20110022108 | 20110127 |
| An implantable medical device provides ventricular pacing capabilities and optimizes AV intervals for multiple purposes. In general, intrinsic conduction is promoted by determining when electromechanical systole (EMS) ends and setting an AV interval accordingly. EMS is determined utilizing various data including QT interval, sensor input, and algorithmic calculations.
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| Multilayer absorbent article | 20110022015 | 20110127 |
| An article has a body facing engagement surface for contacting a wearer's tissue layer. The body facing engagement surface has a first state adapted to inhibit movement of the article with respect to the tissue layer of the wearer, and a second state adapted to enhance movement of the article with respect to the tissue layer. The body facing engagement surface is adapted to transform from the first state to the second state upon application of a force greater than a threshold force. The body facing engagement surface has a gripping component and a sliding component wherein the gripping component overlies the sliding component in the first state. The gripping component is disposed for engaging and gripping the tissue layer in the first state until a... |
| Device for promotion of hemostasis and/or wound healing | 20110021964 | 20110127 |
| The present invention relates to a matrix material comprising a pharmaceutical composition such as a matrix material with a pharmaceutical composition printed on the surface. In one embodiment the pharmaceutical composition comprises thrombin. The invention further describes a method for making the matrix material with a pharmaceutical composition printed on the surface. In one specific embodiment the invention also relates to the use of said matrix material for promotion of hemostasis and/or wound healing. The invention also relates to a kit-of-parts comprising a matrix with a pharmaceutical composition and a container with a peelable lid.
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| Method and apparatus for carbonylating methanol with acetic acid enriched flash stream | 20110021817 | 20110127 |
| A carbonylation process for producing acetic acid including: (a) carbonylating methanol or its reactive derivatives in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst and methyl iodide promoter to produce a liquid reaction mixture including acetic acid, water, methyl acetate and methyl iodide; (b) feeding the liquid reaction mixture at a feed temperature to a flash vessel which is maintained at a reduced pressure; (c) heating the flash vessel while concurrently flashing the reaction mixture to produce a crude product vapor stream, wherein the reaction mixture is selected and the flow rate of the reaction mixture fed to the flash vessel as well as the amount of heat supplied to the flash vessel is controlled such that the temperature of the crude product vapor stream is... |
| Transgenic plants expressing cytokinin biosynthetic genes and methods of use therefor | 20110016588 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides an approach to increase yield and vigor in a plant. The present invention describes expressing a heterologous gene in a plant that control cytokinin expression under the control of a cell cycle regulated promoter.
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| Methods and compositions for increasing plant transformation efficiency | 20110016589 | 20110120 |
| The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of genetic transformation of host cells, including plant cells, and other eukaryotic cells, by reducing the expression of a polypeptide active in a pathway, such as the NHEJ pathway, for repairing damage to the cellular genome. In certain embodiments, the polypeptide is active in repairing double strand breaks (DSB's) of a cellular genome, and may include XRCC4, KU70, KU80, the DNA-activated Protein Kinase (DNA-Pkcs), and ATM. Methods for enhancing the resistance of plant cells to Crown Gall disease are also provided. In another aspect, genetic regulatory elements are provided, including an XRCC4 promoter.
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| Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof | 20110016587 | 20110120 |
| The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.
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| Drought tolerant plants and related constructs and methods involving genes encoding protein tyrosine phosphatases | 20110016583 | 20110120 |
| Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a protein tyrosine phosphatase.
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| Control of endogenous dnmt1 gene expression by exogenous binary regulatory systems | 20110016548 | 20110120 |
| Provided are methods for controlling endogenous gene expression comprising control of the DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt1) for modulation of DNA methylation and epigenetic mechanisms. Provided are transcriptional regulatory systems involving multiple (e.g., three) exogenous binary systems, lacI, tetR and Gal4, for reversible up/down regulation of endogenous target genes Provided are lac operator and repressor modifications for improved repression relative to wild type (WT) lac and tet systems. Provided are endogenous Dnmt1 promoter modifications, comprising targeted lac operator sequences that do not significantly alter promoter activity absent repressors, yet show substantially reduced expression of the targeted allele upon lac repressor introduction. The lacO targeted Dnmt1 allele is introducible into the mouse germline, to provide a respective upregulatable transcriptional control system in vivo (e.g., two binary systems, tet operator/tetVP16... |
| Implicit authentication | 20110016534 | 20110120 |
| Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for implicitly authenticating a user to access controlled resources. The system receives a request to access the controlled resources. The system then determines a user behavior score based on a user behavior model, and recent contextual data about the user. The user behavior score facilitates identifying a level of consistency between one or more recent user events and a past user behavior pattern. The recent contextual data, which comprise a plurality of data streams, are collected from one or more user devices without prompting the user to perform an action explicitly associated with authentication. The plurality of data streams provide basis for determining the user behavior score, but a data stream alone provides insufficient basis for... |
| Realtime multichannel web password reset | 20110016515 | 20110120 |
| The need for realtime password resetting is providing by using a converged HTTP/SIP container. The container allows interaction between the different protocols of HTTP and SIP. When a user needs to reset a password that would normally require sending a new temporary password through the mail, the user can be appropriately authenticated and provided with a temporary key. After a temporary key is created and sent electronically to the user via the computer system which initiated the request, a telephony application calls the user. The user is prompted for authentication information and then enters the temporary key. The temporary key entered is compared with the temporary key created, and if matched, the user can reset the password in realtime.
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| Device for signal receiving, such as a set-top box | 20110016502 | 20110120 |
| A device for signal receiving such as a set-top box is disclosed in which there is the presence of at least one unit (2) for receiving a signal (S) and at least one unit (3) for sending the received and processed signal (S′) to an image and/or sound broadcasting apparatus (4) such as a television set, radio set, PC, iPOD, and any other existing and/or achievable apparatus; means for processing the signal (S) converts said signal (S) -into the signal (S′) to be sent through a circuit (5) adapted to allow passage towards the broadcasting apparatus ′ (4) of information, data, promotions or advertising depending on suitable scheduling of said circuit.
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| System and method for delivering and optimizing media programming in public spaces | 20110016483 | 20110120 |
| A system and corresponding methods for automating the execution, measurement, and optimization of in-store promotional digital media campaigns are provided. In one embodiment, a method in a computing system for deploying content to digital signage networks includes receiving from a user a marketing campaign goal and at least one optimization constraint suitable for generating a playlist. The method also includes generating a playlist designed to maximize a learning opportunity to achieve the marketing campaign goal. The method further includes provisioning the playlist to a point of presence on the digital signage network.
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| System and method for delivering and optimizing media programming in public spaces with audience identification | 20110016480 | 20110120 |
| A system and corresponding methods for automating the execution, measurement, and optimization of in-store promotional digital media campaigns are provided. In one embodiment, a method in a computing system for deploying content to digital signage networks includes receiving from a user a marketing campaign goal and at least one optimization constraint suitable for generating a playlist. The method also includes generating a playlist designed to maximize a learning opportunity to achieve the marketing campaign goal. The method further includes provisioning the playlist to a point of presence on the digital signage network.
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| Monitoring system | 20110016213 | 20110120 |
| A monitoring system includes a center device and terminal devices. The center device is configured to return a first response if receiving a first request from a terminal device. At this instance, if having a request to another terminal device, the center device includes designation information for designating said another terminal device in the first response. The terminal device receiving the first response, if the designation information is included in the first response, transfers the designation information to a corresponding terminal device. The corresponding terminal device transmits a second request to the center device if receiving the designation information. Thereby, the center device can promptly transmit the request with respect to said another terminal device to the terminal device.
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| System and method of transmitting data over a computer network including for presentations over multiple channels in parallel | 20110016195 | 20110120 |
| A system and method of transmitting data via a computer network to a plurality of end-users. Transmission of successive data units may be prompted by human-operated and/or automated means of central control. Successive arrays of data units may be transmitted over a plurality of channels, in parallel. Each end-user chooses which channel or channels to receive and may change channels at will. Transmission of successive arrays may coincide with successive occurrences during the course of a live event. Data units also may be transmitted over one or more channels asynchronously with transmissions over other channels. Controller-prompted transmissions, received passively by end-users, also may be integrated with a facility for end-users to browse data sources in a self-directed sequence and pace.
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| Providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network | 20110016193 | 20110120 |
| Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network, including automated identification of users. During a first communication session between a user station and a remote computer system, the user station provides first user identification information to the remote computer system. The remote computer system uses the first user identification information in transaction during the first communication session. The remote computer system also stores at least a portion of the first user identification information. The remote computer system also provides second user identification information to the user station, which is stored at the user station. The remote computer system also generates an association between the stored first user identification information and the second... |
| Providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network | 20110016192 | 20110120 |
| Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network, including automated identification of users. During a first communication session between a user station and a remote computer system, the user station provides first user identification information to the remote computer system. The remote computer system uses the first user identification information in transaction during the first communication session. The remote computer system also stores at least a portion of the first user identification information. The remote computer system also provides second user identification information to the user station, which is stored at the user station. The remote computer system also generates an association between the stored first user identification information and the second... |
| Processes and systems employing multiple sources of funds | 20110016044 | 20110120 |
| Processes and systems employing multiple sources of funds to fund expenses incurred during a project. Venders retained to perform services or supply goods during the project submit invoices for approval. Invoices are approved and verifications are obtained that verify that funds from a primary source of funds, such as a secured loan, are available to cover the invoices. Invoices are paid with funds from a secondary source of funds, such as an unsecured loan. The funds withdrawn from the secondary source are repaid with funds from the primary source. Use of the secondary source of funds enables for prompt and efficient payment of vendor invoices. The secondary source may provide other incentives for use in the project. During implementation, an eCommerce system facilitates prompt payments and... |
| Providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network | 20110016013 | 20110120 |
| Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing services from a remote computer system to a user station over a communications network, including automated identification of users. During a first communication session between a user station and a remote computer system, the user station provides first user identification information to the remote computer system. The remote computer system uses the first user identification information in transaction during the first communication session. The remote computer system also stores at least a portion of the first user identification information. The remote computer system also provides second user identification information to the user station, which is stored at the user station. The remote computer system also generates an association between the stored first user identification information and the second... |
| System and method for delivering and optimizing media programming in public spaces | 20110016011 | 20110120 |
| A system and corresponding methods for automating the execution, measurement, and optimization of in-store promotional digital media campaigns are provided. In one embodiment, a method in a computing system for deploying content to digital signage networks includes receiving from a user a marketing campaign goal and at least one optimization constraint suitable for generating a playlist. The method also includes generating a playlist designed to maximize a learning opportunity to achieve the marketing campaign goal. The method further includes provisioning the playlist to a point of presence on the digital signage network.
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| System and method for delivering and optimizing media programming in public spaces with interactive digital signage networks through mobile device access | 20110016006 | 20110120 |
| A system and corresponding methods for automating the execution, measurement, and optimization of in-store promotional digital media campaigns are provided. In one embodiment, a method in a computing system for deploying content to digital signage networks includes receiving from a user a marketing campaign goal and at least one optimization constraint suitable for generating a playlist. The method also includes generating a playlist designed to maximize a learning opportunity to achieve the marketing campaign goal. The method further includes provisioning the playlist to a point of presence on the digital signage network.
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| System and method for delivering and optimizing media programming in public spaces with federation of digital signage networks | 20110016002 | 20110120 |
| A system and corresponding methods for automating the execution, measurement, and optimization of in-store promotional digital media campaigns are provided. In one embodiment, a method in a computing system for deploying content to digital signage networks includes receiving from a user a marketing campaign goal and at least one optimization constraint suitable for generating a playlist. The method also includes generating a playlist designed to maximize a learning opportunity to achieve the marketing campaign goal. The method further includes provisioning the playlist to a point of presence on the digital signage network.
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| Using estimated ad qualities for ad filtering, ranking and promotion | 20110015988 | 20110120 |
| A system obtains a first parameter (QP1) associated with a quality of an advertisement among multiple advertisements, where the first quality parameter (QP1) does not include a click through rate (CTR). The system functionally combines the first quality parameter (QP1) with at least one other parameter and uses the functional combination to filter, rank or promote the advertisement among the multiple advertisements.
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| Methods and apparatus for implementing a promotional reward program | 20110015984 | 20110120 |
| Methods and apparatus for implementing promotional reward programs are provided. One or more images of a proof of purchase are transmitted to a remote location by a mobile device. If it is determined that the one or more images meet predetermined criteria and if the transmission is eligible for a reward, the reward is instantly transmitted to the mobile device. According to another embodiment, one or more images of an item identifier provided on one or more products or displays or a text message containing the item identifier are transmitted to a promotional reward program managing apparatus by a mobile device. If it is determined that the one or more images of the item identifier or a text message containing the item identifier meet predetermined criteria... |
| Clickstream analysis methods and systems related to modifying an offline promotion for a consumer good | 20110015982 | 20110120 |
| Methods and systems are provided herein for the analysis of clickstream data of online users. The analysis methods and systems allow for the creation of new offline business methods based on online consumer behavior.
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| System and method for managing promotions within an online stationery design system | 20110015980 | 20110120 |
| A system and method are described for managing promotions within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented in accordance with one embodiment of the invention comprises a promotions engine for creating and managing promotions related to online stationery, the promotions engine comprising: a plurality of promotion rules associated with a plurality of stationery promotions, each of the promotion rules comprising one or more condition objects and one or more clause objects, each of the condition objects comprising at least a specified condition level variable, the condition level variable having a plurality of selectable options including an order level and an item level, wherein order level indicates that the condition is applicable to an entire online stationery order and item level indicates that the condition... |
| License tracking system and related software for complex license and compliance requirements | 20110015957 | 20110120 |
| A license tracking system has been developed that comprises: a) at least one set of license requirements, b) at least one form, questionnaire, prompt series, survey interface or combination thereof that requests at least one piece of input data related to a licensee, the license requirements or a combination thereof from a user, c) at least one database that collects and compares the at least one set of license requirements and the at least one piece of input data to produce a set of compliance instances and a set of alert instances, d) a compliance notice component that provides the set of compliance instances to the user, and e) an alert notice component that provides at least one of the alert instances to the user. Methods... |
| Parking locator system including promotion distribution system | 20110015934 | 20110120 |
| A promotion distribution system that distributes promotions based on where a user has parked provides the benefit of allowing providers or merchants to target promotions to particular areas where users park. The target areas may be remote from a merchant's location. In addition, since there are a vast number of vehicle drivers and passengers that park, the system provides a large audience for merchant promotions. The system may comprise one or more parking locators that detect the presence of a vehicle within a vicinity. A repository server and parking kiosk may retrieve promotions for presentation to a user based on where the user has parked and the area in which a promotion is targeted.
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| method for song searching by voice | 20110015932 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a method for song searching by voice, especially the method with which users can complete settings and then start searching, so that the users' voices of search conditions will be acquired to make voice recognition, and the recognition results will be compared with the instruction data and song attribute data in the voice recognition database to obtain comparison data. If the comparison data do not correspond with the preset conditions, the next search condition generated from the comparison data will be broadcast with voice, and the users are allowed to speak out the next search condition to make comparisons of search conditions in the next process. If the comparison data correspond with the preset conditions, one or more song files will... |
| Storing baseline information in eeprom | 20110015889 | 20110120 |
| Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations.
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| Combined spinal interbody and plate assemblies | 20110015745 | 20110120 |
| A spinal implant assembly combines a spinal interbody spacer with a spine plate. The combined spinal interbody spacer and spine plate assembly provides stabilization and torsional resistance to promote fusion of adjacent vertebrae of the spine. The interbody spacer is configured for placement within an intervertebral space between the adjacent vertebrae previously occupied by a spinal disc. The spinal plate is configured for attachment to anterior sides of the adjacent vertebrae (either on or within the vertebrae). The spinal plate may translate relative to the interbody spacer or it may be fixed relative to the interbody spacer. Translation of the spinal plate allows it to be affixed to the vertebrae in various positions and/or allow movement post installation. In one form, the spinal plate is defined... |
| Adaptive muscle stimulation apparatus and methods | 20110015696 | 20110120 |
| A portable device, with requisite method, is used to support a compromised joint, such as by arthritis, through dynamic stimulation of the surrounding musculature. Direct feedback, preferably from the patient wearing the device, is used during problematic joint operation to qualify dynamic measured or calculated spacial or physical conditions of the compromised joint for use as state definitions. Approximation of these state definitions by subsequent spacial or physical conditions of the compromised joint evokes variable stimulation of the surrounding musculature. State definitions so qualified, as well as control of stimulation output, may include magnitude and/or vector of joint force, facilitating predictable benefit from the device beyond that available through positional control.
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| Diffuser disk for negative pressure wound therapy | 20110015592 | 20110120 |
| A diffuser for use with a disposable therapeutic device for the promotion of wound healing, providing vacuum drainage and fluid irrigation of a wound includes a substrate having an opening larger than an opening for a conventional suction port to aid in removal of exudate and provide distributed therapeutic suction.
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| Constitutive plant promoters | 20090328248 | 20091231 |
| Strong, constitutive plant promoters are provided, referred herein to as AA6 promoters, which remain strong and constitutive under biotic and/or abiotic stress conditions. Also provided are transgenic cells and organisms, especially plant cell and plants, comprising an AA6 promoter and methods for expressing nucleic acid sequences in cells and organisms using AA6 promoters.
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| Isolated dna sequence capable of serving as regulatory element in a chimeric gene which can be used for the transformation of plants | 20090328247 | 20091231 |
| An isolated DNA sequence capable of serving as regulatory element in a chimeric gene which can be used for the transformation of plants is disclosed. A chimeric gene containing the DNA sequence as a regulatory element for the transformation of plants is also disclosed. The gene comprises at least, in the direction of transcription, a promoter sequence, a transgene and a regulatory element, characterized in that the regulatory element comprises an intron from the noncoding 5′ region of a plant histone gene, allowing the expression of the protein in the zones undergoing rapid growth. The production of transgenic plants is also disclosed.
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| Secreted proteins as markers for cell differentiation | 20090328243 | 20091231 |
| Provided are means and methods for in vitro and in vivo detection of chemically induced effects on embryonic development and differentiation for the purpose of embryotoxicity/teratogenicity screening as well as for the identification of pharmaceuticals such as growth and tissue promoting factors based on differentiating pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells. The assays are based on the use of transgenic ES cells and non-human animals comprising such ES cells or derivatives thereof, wherein said ES cells are characterized by the differentiation-dependent expression of a secreted reporter protein; in particular secreted embryonic alkaline phosphatase (SEAP).
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| Sending log of accessed data prior to executing disable command in lost computer | 20090328233 | 20091231 |
| Prior to disabling itself in response to a disable command, a lost or stolen portable computer first constructs a log of data that has been accessed recently and sends the log to the rightful owner's address, so the owner knows specifically what data might have been compromised.
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| Chain of events tracking with data tainting for automated security feedback | 20090328210 | 20091231 |
| An automated security feedback arrangement is provided by which a specialized audit record called a tainting record is linked to data crossing the perimeter of a corpnet that comes from potentially untrusted sources. The linked tainting record operates to taint such data which may be received from external sources such as e-mail and websites or which may comprise data that is imported into the corpnet from mobile computing devices. Data that is derived from the original data is also tainted using a linked tainting record which includes a pointer back to the previous tainting record. The linking and pointing back are repeated for all subsequent derivations of data to thus create an audit trail that may be used to reconstruct the chain of events between the... |
| Secure password organizer | 20090328198 | 20091231 |
| A computer-readable stored median has stored thereupon a program for performing a method of generating, storing, accessing, retrieving and displaying a plurality of records such as in an electronic device. The electronic device may include a data entry mechanism and a keyboard and may further include a processor, a memory, and a display. The method compromises the steps of generating and saving a master passcode in the memory and generating a record such as an account identification, a user ID and a password, and saving the record in the memory. The method further comprises the steps of generating a user ID for storage in the memory and generating and storing the password corresponding to the user ID in the memory. Access to the memory is provided... |
| Method and system for a platform-based trust verifying service for multi-party verification | 20090328164 | 20091231 |
| A method and system for a platform-based trust verifying service for multi-party verification. In one embodiment, the method includes a client platform accessing an service provider over a network. Upon accessing the service provider, the client platform receives a request from the service provider for platform measurement and verification. The client platform collects platform information and performs measurement and verification, including performing an integrity manifest comparison. If the integrity manifest comparison indicates a good client platform posture, then the client platform signs the client platform posture and sends an approval notification to the service provider indicating that the client platform has not been compromised. The client platform may then receive the service of the service provider. If the integrity manifest comparison indicates that the client platform... |
| Certification program for devices operating with an entertainment access system | 20090328123 | 20091231 |
| In order to ensure that an entertainment access system is enabled to unify and simplify a user's enjoyment of content by managing the user's devices, entertainment content and usage rights, it is important to ensure the user devices, and the services they offer, function in accordance with well-established specifications and standards. Importantly, these specifications need to be the same from one device manufacturer to another. This is needed to ensure that the entertainment access system will be able to provide a consistent, reliable and predictable user experience to its users. In some illustrative examples, a certification program is implemented for user devices that receive and render the entertainment content received from the entertainment access system. The certification program establishes specifications to which the devices are to... |
| System for up-selling content during periods of likely viewer disinterest | 20090328085 | 20091231 |
| A system for up-selling content during periods of likely viewer disinterest may include a content delivery network configured to provide media content and at least one choice of alternative content, a content viewing device, and a content processing device for interfacing the viewing device with the content delivery network. The content processing device may be configured to detect likely viewer disinterest in media content, prompt the selection of alternative content, and selectively replace the media content with the alternative content upon viewer selection. Additionally, methods for estimating a degree of likely viewer disinterest and discounting the offering price of the alternative content options are implemented by the system.
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| User interface for a peripheral device | 20090327979 | 20091231 |
| A system and method that includes detecting an activation of an input application control key of a peripheral device, the peripheral device having a single application control input key, to open a initial application, the initial application becoming an active application, providing an identifier of the open application, and detecting a speech prompt to activate at least one function related to the active application.
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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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| Diagnosis apparatus, diagnosis method, and storage medium | 20090327814 | 20091231 |
| A diagnosis apparatus is disclosed that is able to promote productivity of a diagnosis of the target program which may be for an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a copier, or a fax. The diagnosis apparatus uses a diagnosis program which acquires log information of a target program at runtime. The diagnosis program is sent to a situation where the diagnosis program is to be executed. Further, the diagnosis apparatus includes a memory unit configured to store correspondence data between the diagnosis program and program selection information, where the program selection information is used for selecting the diagnosis program. Also included is a selecting unit which selects the diagnosis program based on the correspondence data, a sending unit which sends the diagnosis program to... |
| Method for managing multiuser digital photo frame | 20090327742 | 20091231 |
| A method for managing multiple users on a digital photo frame is disclosed. The method includes: adding a user account on the digital photo by a user inputting a username and a password, associating files with the username, prompting users to enter the username and password associated with the files to access the files and determining whether the username and password are correct, and if they are, allowing the user to access the files.
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| System, method, and service for tracing traitors from content protection circumvention devices | 20090327717 | 20091231 |
| A traitor tracing system generates a hypothesized model of the circumvention device that models a hypothesized set of device keys compromised by the circumvention device. The system iteratively invokes a subset tracing system to identify a compromised device key until substantially all the compromised device keys in the set of compromised device keys are identified so as to disable the circumvention device. A subset tracing system generates a circumvention device model that models behavior of a circumvention device using prior knowledge and The system iteratively selects and applies to the circumvention device a test based on the hypothesized model and the circumvention device model and receives a response from the circumvention device indicating a success of the test in playing protected content on the circumvention device.... |
| Enhancing security of a system via access by an embedded controller to a secure storage device | 20090327678 | 20091231 |
| System and method for performing pre-boot security verification in a system that includes a host processor and memory, an embedded microcontroller with an auxiliary memory, e.g., an on-chip ROM, or memory controlled to prohibit user-tampering with the contents of the memory, and one or more pre-boot security components coupled to the embedded microcontroller. Upon power-up, but before host processor boot-up, the embedded microcontroller accesses the auxiliary memory and executes the program instructions to verify system security using the one or more pre-boot security components. The one or more pre-boot security components includes at least one identity verification component, e.g., a smart card, or a biometric sensor, e.g., a fingerprint sensor, a retinal scanner, and/or a voiceprint sensor, etc., and/or at least one system verification component, e.g.,... |
| System and method for surely but conveniently causing reset of a computerized device | 20090327677 | 20091231 |
| Enhanced reset logic is included in a user's computerized device so that the device owner (e.g., the user's employer) can assure prompt reset (e.g., to insure device use of newly downloaded software versions or other control or security data) while still allowing user convenience (e.g., some limited continued normal use of the device before reset is forced upon the user thus permitting the user to avoid possibly aggravating losses of data and/or ongoing usage).
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| Copy equivalent protection using secure page flipping for software components within an execution environment | 20090327575 | 20091231 |
| Embodiments of copy equivalent protection using secure page flipping for software components within an execution environment are generally described herein. An embodiment includes the ability for a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), Operating System Monitor, or other underlying platform capability to restrict memory regions for access only by specifically authenticated, authorized and verified software components, even when part of an otherwise compromised operating system environment. In an embodiment, an embedded VM is allowed to directly manipulate page table mappings so that, even without running the VMM or obtaining VMXRoot privilege, the embedded VM can directly flip pages of memory into its direct/exclusive control and back. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
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| Method of checking version number of encryption information, and optical disc playback device | 20090327359 | 20091231 |
| According to an embodiment of the present invention, the version number of encryption information on the device being used can be checked easily by the user by means of an external command. If this is a defect information version number, playback is not performed, and a display that prompts updating of the encryption information is made as required.
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| Establishing patient consent on behalf of a third party | 20090327297 | 20091231 |
| A database system, which stores electronic medical records, may assign a child-application-identification-code to a healthcare provider via a clinical system intermediary acting on behalf of the healthcare provider. The database system may associate the child-application-identification-code assigned to the healthcare provider with a privacy statement and terms of use associated with the clinical system. The privacy statement and terms of use may be presented to the patient when the patient is prompted by the database system to approve or deny a request by the healthcare provider to access the electronic medical record of the patient stored at the database system.
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| Highly efficient secrecy-preserving proofs of correctness of computation | 20090327141 | 20091231 |
| Presented are methods and systems for highly efficient proofs of correctness of computations that preserve secrecy of the input values and calculations. One embodiment includes a method for verifiably determining at least one output for a secrecy preserving computations where the method includes acts of calculating an output from submitted inputs according to an announced calculation, translating a value in the calculation into two components that are a randomized representation of that value, publishing commitments to the at least two components, revealing a portion of the randomized representation in response to a verification request, and enabling verification of the calculation of the output using the revealed portion of the randomized representation. According to one aspect of the secrecy preserving verification the numbers involved in the secrecy... |
| Dynamic account authentication using a mobile device | 20090327131 | 20091231 |
| Providing dynamic authentication of a user requesting access to a system via a mobile device is disclosed. An account holder tailors a set of customized security challenges and responses. When a request for account authentication is received from a mobile device, the system conducts a multi-step user authentication process that includes dynamically selecting and prompting the user with the custom security challenges.
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| System and method for online bill payment | 20090327108 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides an accounting software application and related system and method for generating and presenting unfileable tax documents to clients for review and upon approval and payment converting the unfileable tax document into a final, fileable document for filing with a tax entity by either the service provider or the client. Watermarks, obscuring text, and other techniques may be employed to render draft tax documents unfileable so as to promote payment of services when presenting work product, such as tax returns, electronically to clients and confirming payment by the client prior to presenting or making accessible a fileable version of the document.
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| Method and system for providing a voice e-mail messaging service | 20090327082 | 20091231 |
| A method of transmitting a multimedia file over a network includes receiving, from a user, a user contact and a recipient address which can be received though at least one of a SMS message, an e-mail message, an Internet form or an HTTP protocol message. The user inputs the information and transmits it to the system. Once the information is received, the system contacts the user at the user contact and the user is prompted to record a message. The message is recorded as a multimedia file and, once recorded, the system transmits the multimedia file to the recipient address. The system can send an e-mail to the recipient address attaching the multimedia file, provide a link to download or stream the multimedia file, provide a... |
| Counter-type merchandise registration apparatus | 20090327080 | 20091231 |
| One of the sales-promotion information items stored is selected and displayed on the dedicated second customer-use display unit provided on the upper surface of the counter.
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| Methods and systems for transforming logistic variables into numerical values for use in demand chain forecasting | 20090327027 | 20091231 |
| An improved method for forecasting and modeling product demand. The forecasting methodology employs a multivariable regression model to model the causal relationship between product demand and the attributes of past promotional activities. This improved forecasting methodology enhances the applicability of regression models when dealing with logistic variables. It provides a novel technique to transform such variables into numerical values, resulting in more accurate and more efficient regression models. Furthermore, the reduction in the number of variables improves the stability and predictive power of the regression models.
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| Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network | 20090327010 | 20091231 |
| A system for facilitating financial transactions over a network includes a first user device, a second user device and a payment processing device. The first user device is adapted to allow a first user to send an invitation to a second user, via a network, to accept a promise to pay (IOU). The second user device is adapted to allow the second user to generate a response to the invitation via the network. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the invitation and the response and to schedule a payment if the response is an affirmative response.
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| System, method and computer program product for authentication, fraud prevention, compliance monitoring, and job reporting programs and solutions for service providers | 20090327006 | 20091231 |
| A system and method of using a computer to prevent fraud and abuse and to promote reporting transparency, according to various exemplary embodiments, can include receiving data of an entity and individuals; accessing data about the entity and individuals in one or more remote computers to prevent fraud and abuse from being committed by the entity or the individuals; determining whether the data of the entity and individuals satisfies a plurality of criteria and issuing a certification identification number if the data of the entity and individuals satisfies the plurality of criteria; determining whether the data of the entity and individuals is in compliance with at least one government regulation; and defining a plurality of customized criteria and determining whether the data of the entity and... |
| Establishing a patient - provider consent relationship for data sharing | 20090326982 | 20091231 |
| A shared secret may be shared between a patient and the patient's healthcare provider. The healthcare provider may submit the shared secret to the database system via a provider interface to generate a validation code. The validation code may be later submitted to the database system by the patient via a patient interface to cause the database system to prompt the patient to submit the shared secret. Upon submission of the shared secret to the database system, the patient may be prompted to approve or deny a request of the healthcare provider to access the electronic medical record of the patient. Access may be granted to the healthcare provider upon approval of the request by the patient.
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| Method for detecting abnormality in fluid supply line using fluid control apparatus with pressure sensor | 20090326719 | 20091231 |
| A method for detecting abnormality in a fluid supply line is provided that uses a fluid control apparatus with a pressure sensor so that abnormality of malfunction and sheet leaks of a plurality of valves incorporated into the fluid supply line can be checked easily, promptly and accurately by operating the flow rate control apparatus possessing the pressure sensor. Specifically, using a fluid supply line provided with the flow rate control apparatus possessing the pressure sensor equipped with a flow rate setting mechanism, a flow rate/pressure display mechanism, and/or a flow rate self-diagnosis mechanism, abnormality of the control valves, installed with the flow rate control apparatus and on the upstream side and downstream side thereof. is detected by using the pressure value displayed and/or the value... |
| System and method for remotely buying, renting, and/or selling media discs | 20090326708 | 20091231 |
| A kiosk or machine for buying media discs includes a dispense/receive system for dispensing the media discs to consumers and receiving media discs from customers, a disc identification system for identifying the media discs, a disc transfer system for moving the media discs within the kiosk, a control system operably connected to dispense/receive system, the disc transfer system, and a user interface system. The user interface includes a buy-back indicator or prompt which can be selectively activated by the customer. In response to activation of the buy-back indicator, the controller activates the dispense/receive system to receive a media disc for buy-back, activates the disc transfer system to move the media disc to the disc identification system, activates the disc identification system to identify the media disc,... |
| Advertising/promotional display | 20080313941 | 20081225 |
| By providing a pre-printed promotional system which employs a housing and a cooperating slider panel mounted to each other, with the slider panel being movable for activating a foldable graphic element to move between an open displayed position and a closed, folded position, a unique, hands-on, printed, visually exciting and interest generating advertising/promotional product is attained. Preferably, the promotional system comprises two cooperating components which are cooperatively associated to each other in sliding interengagement. Although two components are required for achieving the basic construction, alternate embodiments of the present invention may incorporate additional components for providing a further enhanced visual impact.
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| Multi-grip promotional applique | 20080313944 | 20081225 |
| A stabilizing appliqué including means for presenting viewable expressive media.
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| Method for producing biofuel using electron beam | 20080313954 | 20081225 |
| A method for producing biofuel using an electron beam is disclosed. The method for producing biofuel includes: irradiating an electron beam to the vegetable polymer to decompose and sterilize the vegetable polymer, thereby promoting conversion of the vegetable polymer to biomass compared to the traditional methods.
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| Mechanical oscillator activated or deactivated by a predetermined condition | 20080314150 | 20081225 |
| The present invention is a mechanical oscillator for detection and measurement of corrosive or foreign materials. The elements include a means for mechanical excitation, and a mechanical oscillator, wherein said mechanical oscillator has a resonant frequency, f, and a quality factor, Q. A fuse fixed to the oscillator to change oscillator amplitude to or from essentially zero to resonance amplitude. In a preferred embodiment, the mechanical oscillator has the shape of a tuning fork where one region is compatible with the service fluid and the other region is incompatible with the service fluid or other contaminant. The sensor alarms when a measured amount of the incompatible material has been removed or the physical strength of the material has been compromised.
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| Microfluidic device and microtube therefor | 20080314161 | 20081225 |
| A microfluidic device for assessing properties of a fluid. The device utilizes a microtube capable of different vibration modes for promoting certain performance and/or structural aspects of the device. The microtube is supported by a base so as to be spaced apart from a substrate surface. The microtube has a peripheral portion surrounding the base, arms supporting the peripheral portion from the base, and a continuous internal microchannel having at least first and second microchannel portions. Each microchannel portion defines a separate flow route, and each flow route originates at the base, continues through a portion of the peripheral portion, and returns to the base. The first and second microchannel portions are fluidically connected to inlet and outlet ports, respectively, within the base. Vibration of the... |
| Premix combustion methods, devices and engines using the same | 20080314360 | 20081225 |
| This invention discloses a combustion method, which is for internal combustion engine, which utilizes a variable spray fuel injection wherein it has (i) a variable spray angle with smaller angles for earlier fuel injection and larger angles for later fuel injection, and (ii) variable spray patterns varying from hollow conical shapes for earlier injection to multi-jet shapes for later injection, wherein it has adaptive means to distribute fuel into combustion chamber space based on background pressure and injection timing. A combustion method, which utilizes a combustion chamber which has plural number of annular inner spaces resembling the space inside an automotive tire, which provides means to control propagation paths of combustion reaction radicals and control pressure rise rate, which also provides means to promote stratification of... |
| Nano engineered photo electrode for photoelectrochemical, photovoltaic and sensor applications | 20080314435 | 20081225 |
| A unit nano photo cell comprised of a first component of conductive or semi conductive crystalline material, forming a backbone which spreads out in a three dimensional structural fashion, a second component of at least one photo active material bound to the first component, and a third component of carrier mobility promoter material bound to the second component, all of which together constitute a framework for separating electrons from holes when a light source is provide to the unit nano photo cell such that the second component acts as a photo active center, converting incoming photons into pairs of electron-holes, the first component transports electrons from the second component to a common bottom plate, and the third component extracts the holes from the second component and... |
| Aqueous two-component organoalkoxysilane composition | 20080314518 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to aqueous two-component adhesion promoter compositions and also to their use in methods of adhesive bonding or sealing. Additionally it relates to packaging consisting of the two-component composition and also a pack having two chambers. The two-component adhesion promoter composition is composed of a first component K1 comprising at least one organoalkoxysilane S and at least one anhydrous surfactant T; and of a second component K2 comprising at least water and at least one acid, the acid being present in an amount such that, after components K1 and K2 have been mixed, the resulting mixture is acidic.
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| Multi-layer substrate and manufacturing method thereof | 20080314629 | 20081225 |
| Disclosed are a multi-layer substrate and a manufacturing method of the multi-layer substrate. By employing a carrier to alternately form dielectric layers and metal structure layers thereon. Each dielectric layer adheres with the adjacent dielectric layer to embed the metal structure layers in the dielectric layers corresponding thereto. Comparing with prior arts, which have to use prepregs when hot pressing and adhering different layers of different materials, the present invention takes fewer processes, thus, fewer kinds of materials without using prepregs. Therefore, the present invention can promote the entire quality and yield of manufacturing the multi-layer substrate to satisfy mechanical characteristic matching of the multi-layer substrate and to reduce cost of the whole manufacturing process. Significantly, the multi-layer substrate having thin dielectric layers according to the... |
| Beverage cup or lid with combined built-in drinking straw and blow toy | 20080314914 | 20081225 |
| A cup or lid with a combined built-in drinking straw and blow toy that allows a person to either suck in liquid from a container through the straw or else blow into the straw to cause an object located on the cup or lid which is to be promoted or advertised to spin or otherwise move, and where the cup or lid can be used as a toy, a drinking apparatus, a promotional item, or an item of memorabilia.
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| Electronic product identification and price display system employing electronic-ink display labels having a stacked architecture for visually displaying the price and/or promotional information for said consumer product, remotely updated by one or more re | 20080314991 | 20081225 |
| An electronic product identification price display system for installation in a retail environment storing a plurality of consumer products on shelves. The system includes a plurality of remote activator modules installed within the retail environment, and a plurality of remotely-updateable electronic-ink labels applied to consumer products stored in the retail environment. Each remote activator module sends and transmits electromagnetic signals within the space of the retail environment. Each electronic-ink label employs an addressable display assembly including a layer of electronic ink including a bi-stable non-volatile imaging material. The device includes an integrated circuit structure having a storage element for storing instructions, programs and data, and a programmed processor in communication with storage element. A signal transmitting structure transmits signals from the antenna structure to the remote... |
| Adjustable display holder | 20080315053 | 20081225 |
| An adjustable display holder is disclosed. One embodiment provides a display arm and a display base, wherein the display arm is pivotably connected to the base, and the arm and base have a tongue and groove arrangement, wherein the arm may be elastically deformed to connect to the base, and the arm may retain a shape that arranges the tongue and groove in a way that resists relative pivoting between the arm and base. In this manner, an adjustable display holder may be easily configured without compromising the utility of the display holder.
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| Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (eeprom) device and methods of fabricating the same | 20080315289 | 20081225 |
| An EEPROM device includes a device isolation layer disposed at a predetermined region of a semiconductor substrate to define active regions, a pair of control gates crossing the device isolation layers and an active region, a pair of selection gates interposed between the control gates to cross the device isolation layers and the active region and a floating gate and an intergate dielectric pattern stacked sequentially between the control gates and the active region The EEPROM device further includes a gate insulation layer of a memory transistor interposed between the floating gate and the active region and a tunnel insulation layer thinner than the gate insulation layer of the memory transistor and a gate insulation layer of a selection transistor interposed between the selection gates and... |
| Book attachment for interactive reading | 20080315573 | 20081225 |
| An attachment for a standard book may allow a reader to read to a group of listeners with reduced movements of the standard book. The attachment may slide over and couple to a cover of a standard book The attachment may have pockets or other attachment means that are coupled to the front and/or back cover of the book The pages of the attachment may have text and/or illustrations that substantially correspond to the text and/or illustrations found in the standard book The pages of the attachment may be connected to the attachment means with a spiral or other type of binding. The reader preferably flips pages in the attachment such that the pages in the attachment correspond to pages in the book that are being... |
| Programmable floating gate reference | 20080315847 | 20081225 |
| A system includes a controllable voltage generator to generate a power supply voltage. The system also includes a system controller to determine a voltage level associated with the power supply voltage, and prompt the controllable voltage generator to generate the power supply voltage. The system includes a floating gate reference device to generate an absolute voltage reference based, at least in part, on the voltage level associated with the power supply voltage. The system can also include analog circuitry to perform one or more electrical operations responsive to the absolute voltage reference from the floating gate reference device.
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| Perpendicular view three dimensional electronic programming guide | 20080316208 | 20081225 |
| A method and apparatus of displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG). In one embodiment, an EPG is constructed of a three dimensional virtual mesh, in which independent objects representing television programs are situated. The virtual mesh is displayed perpendicularly, so that the hardware requirements of the set top box (STB) may be reduced. A user can navigate the mesh to find television programs that they wish to view. A user can designate the types of television programs that they prefer, and these programs will be displayed more prominently. In addition, the mesh is constructed of at least two planes. The first plane is flat, while all other planes are hyperbolic to correct for a viewer's line of sight.
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| Protective glasses assembly | 20080316421 | 20081225 |
| A protective glasses assembly has an integrally formed designed lens, a frame made of a soft material and fitted in with the designed lens and a band. A plurality of spaced apart male portions extend rearward from edges of the designed lens for being inserted into sockets of corresponding covering elements extending forward from edges of the frame, and a number of air-passing grooves are located on upper and lower edges of the frame. The designed lens has engaging blocks respectively formed on left and right sides for engaging with boundary holes of connector members connected with both ends of the band, and through holes for receiving inner inserting sections of the connector members. Thereby the designed lens and the frame can be assembled promptly and... |
| Heat dissipation structure for electronic devices | 20080316706 | 20081225 |
| The present invention discloses a heat-dissipation structure for electronic devices, which comprises: a housing having an accommodation space accommodating at least one heat-generating element; a heat conductor arranged in the accommodation space and contacting the heat-generating element; and an electric fan arranged outside the housing. The housing has an opening corresponding to the heat conductor, and the heat conductor extends through the opening and projects from the housing. The electric fan drives an air current to flow through the part of the heat conductor extending through the opening to promote heat-dissipation efficiency.
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| Random access electrically programmable e-fuse rom | 20080316789 | 20081225 |
| A one-time-programmable-read-only-memory (OTPROM) is implemented in a two-dimensional array of aggressively scaled suicide migratable e-fuses. Word line selection is performed by decoding logic operating at VDD while the bit line drive is switched between VDD and a higher voltage, Vp for programming. The OTPROM is thus compatible with and can be integrated with other technologies without a cost adder and supports optimization of the high current path for minimal voltage drop during fuse programming. A differential sense amplifier with a programmable reference is used for improved sense margins and can support an entire bit line rather than sense amplifiers being provided for individual fuses.
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| Operating method of one-time programmable read only memory | 20080316791 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a method of operating a one-time programmable read only memory (OTPROM). The OTPROM includes at least a select transistor, an electrode and a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate, wherein the electrode is set up on the source region of the select transistor and the dielectric layer is set up between the electrode and the source region. The method of operating the one-time programmable read only memory includes performing a programming operation to write a digital data value of ‘1’ into the memory and performing a programming operation to write a digital data value of ‘0’ into the memory.
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| Tamper-resistant communication layer for attack mitigation and reliable intrusion detection | 20080317002 | 20081225 |
| A Tamper-Resistant Communication layer (TRC) adapted to mitigate ad hoc network attacks launched by malicious nodes is presented. One embodiment of the invention utilizes TRC, which is a lean communication layer placed between a network layer and the link layer of a network protocol stack. All aspects of the network protocol stack, with the exception of the routing protocol and data packet forwarding mechanism in the network layer, are unchanged. TRC takes charge of certain key functions of a routing protocol in order to minimize network attacks. Additionally, TRC implements highly accurate self-monitoring and reporting functionality that can be used by nodes in the network to detect compromised nodes. TRC of a node controls its ability to communicate with other nodes by providing non-repudiation of communications.... |
| Telephone system | 20080317235 | 20081225 |
| A telephone and voice mail (voice processing) system is implemented using only a single processing means for controlling operations of both the telephone system and the voice mail system. The single processing means communicates with a hard disk, which stores programs for running the various operations of the system, voice prompts and all voice mail messages. The single processing means is coupled to signal processing circuitry, which emulates analog electronics that would be used for filters, tone decoder, generators, etc. The single processing means and signal processing circuitry are coupled to central office lines and station lines by a digital cross-point matrix, which can connect any voice path to another voice path. The system integrates call processing and voice processing into one system controlled by one... |
| Alpha character support and translation in dialer | 20080317240 | 20081225 |
| The innovation supports the ability to map alpha characters entered directly into the dialer application of a smartphone. These alpha characters can be entered via a smartphone keyboard (e.g., QWERTY keyboard) and converted to the appropriate digits as mapped to a conventional telephone keypad. The resultant numerical digits can be used to prompt a network call. Additionally, the innovation can be used during an active call to respond to prompts that traditionally require 12-key mappings. This innovation allows a user to both dial a number directly via a smartphone keyboard, and filter contacts by name, in a non-modal manner.
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| Computer-based facial paralysis assessment | 20080317297 | 20081225 |
| A computer-based system is presented for grading facial paralysis, which system is adapted to be operated by a patient, including a camera system for collecting a series of images of the patient's face for analysis by a computer system, and a display which provides visual feedback to the patient so that the computer system can prompt the patient to carry out specific movements or facial exercises. This system is applicable for use in a home environment by a patient.
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| Adaptive point-based elastic image registration | 20080317383 | 20081225 |
| A point-based elastic registration method for registering a first image and a second image. A number of prominent feature are identified within the first image using a SIFT algorithm (S1). Then, a single control point is placed (S2) with the source image region at the most prominent SIFT feature and optimal parameter settings in respect thereof are determined (S3) for performing elastic deformation (S4) in respect of the first image so as to optimise a similarity measure. Additional control points are then added (S6) one-by-one at the next most prominent SIFT features, and the elastic deformation process repeated each time (S8) in respect of the new control point set, until a predetermined stopping criterion is met, e.g. the resultant improvement in the similarity measure no longer... |
| Promoting wound healing by administering a prostaglandin e and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor | 20080317705 | 20081225 |
| A method of promoting healing of a wound in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient (i) a prostaglandin E (PGE) or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GMCSF) or a derivative thereof. Use of (i) a PGE or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) GMCSF or a derivative thereof in the preparation of a medicament for promoting healing of a wound in a patient. A wound dressing, bandage or fibrin glue comprising (i) a PGE or an agonist thereof and/or an agent that increases the local concentration or effect of PGE and (ii) GMCSF or a derivative... |
| Fat-derived progenitor cell and use thereof | 20080317720 | 20081225 |
| An objective of the present invention is to provide methods for producing progenitor cells which show a high proliferation ability ex vivo and promote neovascularization or myocardium regeneration, by culturing pluripotent cells in a medium containing adrenomedullin (AM) and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Moreover, another objective of the present invention is to provide the progenitor cells and uses thereof. In order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present application have successfully developed a novel culture technique for producing progenitor cells from adipose tissues more efficiently compared to the conventional techniques, by using adrenomedullin (AM) and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The progenitor cells produced by the present inventors are specialized cells having a potent proliferation ability, a revascularization ability, and a myocardium... |
| Method for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity and related retinopathic diseases | 20080317721 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a method for treating retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and related retinopathic diseases. The method comprises administering to the retina of a mammal suffering from, or at risk of developing, retinopathy of prematurity or a related retinopathic disease an amount of cells from a vasculotrophic lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell population, effective to promote beneficial physiological revascularization of damaged areas of the retina and to ameliorate damage to the retina caused by the disease. Preferably, the mammal is a human patient. In one preferred embodiment, the lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell population is a lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell population comprising hematopoietic stem cells and endothelial progenitor cells (i.e., Lin− HSC). In another preferred embodiment, the lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell population is... |
| Methods and compositions involving developmental decision promoter regions | 20080317722 | 20081225 |
| The present invention concerns s-SHIP promoter and developmental decision promoter compositions and methods of using the promoter. It includes polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and transgenic animal including a developmental decision promoter, for example, an s-SHIP promoter, controlling the expression of a heterologous nucleic acid. Methods of the invention concern methods of expressing a heterologous nucleic acid is a tissue-specific, developmental-specific, or temporally controlled manner. Other methods includes screening methods and therapeutic methods.
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| Compositions useful for recovering original trophism and pigmentation, and for stimulating growth of the integumentary apparatus, uses and products thereof | 20080317730 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to compositions and products comprising at least one proteolytic enzyme adapted to promoting the restoration of original trophism of the integumentary apparatus, the original pigmentation and stimulating the growth thereof and, particularly, improving the viability of the pilifer follicles, even in scar tissue areas.
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| Miniature circuitry and inductive components and methods for manufaturing same | 20070294888 | 20071227 |
| Miniature circuitry and inductor components in which multiple levels of printed circuitry are formed on each side of a support panel, typically a printed circuit board or rigid flex. Electrical connection between the plural levels of circuitry and multiple windings around magnetic members are provided by plural plated through hole conductors. Small through hole openings accommodate a plurality of the plated through hole conductors since each is insulated from the others by a very thin layer of vacuum deposited organic layer such as parylene having a high dielectric strength. Adhesion of this plated copper to the organic layer is provided by first applying an adhesive promotor to the surface of the organic layer followed by the vacuum deposition of the organic layer.
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| Soft shell boots and waterproof /breathable moisture transfer composites and liner for in-line skates, ice-skates, hockey skates, snowboard boots, alpine boots, hiking boots and the like | 20070294920 | 20071227 |
| The soft boot and liner include a moisture transfer system that includes an inner fabric layer carefully selected from technically advanced fabrics. A series of layers are provided outside the inner liner including foam material layers, spacer fabrics and breathable membranes, in various orders. Encapsulation technology and waterproofing are used as well. The outer fabric layer is also capable of working with the other layers to promote the transfer of moisture. Frothed foams and flocking with fibers are further characteristics of the present invention. The moisture transfer system is incorporated into a soft boot or skate or as a removable liner for a shell boot. Numerous other modifications and applications are disclosed.
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| Free air burning smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics | 20070295348 | 20071227 |
| Smoking articles having reduced ignition proclivity characteristics are disclosed. Smoking articles include a paper wrapper that is treated with a film-forming composition. The film-forming composition forms treated discrete areas on the wrapper. The treated discrete areas reduce ignition proclivity properties of the smoking article made with the wrapper. The film-forming composition contained a film-forming material blended with a burn promoting agent in the absence of a burn retardant. In one embodiment, for instance, the film-forming composition consists essentially of a film-forming material and a burn promoting agent. Various advantages and benefits are realized by blending a film-forming material with burn promoting agent without also incorporating a burn retardant into the composition.
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| Method for treating a substrate | 20070295466 | 20071227 |
| A method for treating a substrate is described. In accordance with one aspect, the method includes applying a polymer coating to a substrate, and bringing the polymer coating into contact with a heated surface in a pressure nip while the coating is still in a wet state. Optionally the polymer coating may include a crosslinkable material, and a crosslinking agent may be used to promote crosslinking. The polymer coating replicates the heated surface. A product produced in accordance with the described method is also disclosed. The product is characterized by having subsurface voids within the coating.
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| Ground shield with reentrant feature | 20070295602 | 20071227 |
| The invention generally provides a ground shield for use in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber. In one embodiment, a ground shield includes a generally cylindrical body comprising an outer wall, an inner upper wall, an inner lower wall having a diameter less than a diameter of the inner upper wall and a reentrant feature coupling the upper and inner lower walls. The reentrant feature advantageously prevents arching between the shield and target, which promotes greater process uniformity and repeatability along with longer chamber component service life.
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| Programmable dispensing apparatus | 20070295755 | 20071227 |
| An apparatus for dispensing a flowable material in a predetermined amount includes a metering wheel member (22) for delivery of the flowable material from a supply reservoir (12) to a dispensing port (28). The apparatus includes an agitator assembly (52) mounted within the supply reservoir (12) to maintain and promote flow of the material to be dispensed. A motive power source (30) is provided to effect rotation of the metering wheel member (22) and agitator assembly (52) within the supply reservoir (12). Another embodiment further provides a liquid supply system (84) for introducing liquid for rinsing or mixing. The apparatus may be further contained within a cabinet (68) for security and maintenance.
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| Method of forming a carbon nanotube suspension | 20070295940 | 20071227 |
| A carbon nanotube suspension uses water as the basic solvent added with dispersant, stabilizer, coalescing aid, adhesion promoter, and a carbon nanotube. The basic solvent and the above solutes form a low viscosity solvent with carbon nanotube suspending therein. Therefore, the carbon nanotube suspension is formed to serve as a source material of the electron emission source of a field-emission display. That is, the carbon nanotube can be coated on a surface for forming the carbon nanotube electron-emission layer.
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| Use of a die-attach composition for high power semiconductors, method for attaching same to a printed circuit board and semiconductor device manufactured thereby | 20070296089 | 20071227 |
| The Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council promulgated that from 1 Jul. 2006 new electrical and electronic equipment must no longer contain lead. Accordingly, lead-free solder alloys for various electrical and electronic applications have been developed. But at present, lead in high melting temperature type solders, e.g. used for die-attach applications, are exempted from the directive due to lack of lead-free alternatives for these alloys. The present invention provides a lead-free die-attach composition for attaching high power semiconductor devices to printed circuit boards. The die-attach composition comprises a metal filled epoxy resin, wherein the metal is selected from a powder comprising copper and having spheroidal particles with less than half of the copper atoms in a surface layer being oxidized as measured... |
| Multiple container carrier | 20070296231 | 20071227 |
| Improvements in integral carriers for carrying multiple containers by their necks are disclosed, the improvements comprising inwardly biased annular neck-engaging structures and a centrally disposed longitudinal handle with an attachment configuration that promotes a balanced distribution of weight for ease in carrying and handling.
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| Generator start/stop controller | 20070296379 | 20071227 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed for starting and stopping a generator set that supplies power to a refrigeration system. An ambient temperature sensor is used rather than an in-box sensor in addition to a programmed microprocessor to regulate the operation of the generator. Unnecessary use of the generator is, thereby, limited which contributes to cost, energy and equipment savings and a cleaner environment while ensuring the required in-box temperature is maintained and the quality of perishable goods are not compromised.
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| Method for break reminder and display device using the same | 20070296556 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides method for break reminder and a display device. The display device includes a display unit; a clock counter; a distance estimator configured for detecting if the display device being used by a user, calculating distance between the user and a front of the display device, and generating a tracking signal if the distance is less than a predetermined distance; and a central processing unit configured for waiting for the tracking signal, resetting a worked time and a rested time when the tracking signal is received, signaling the clock counter to track the worked time, detecting if the worked time is less than a first predetermined time, and signaling the display unit to output the message prompt when the worked time is equal... |
| Smart video surveillance system ensuring privacy | 20070296817 | 20071227 |
| This invention describes a video surveillance system which is composed of three key components 1—smart camera(s), 2—server(s), 3—client(s), connected through IP-networks in wired or wireless configurations. The system has been designed so as to protect the privacy of people and goods under surveillance. Smart cameras are based on JPEG 2000 compression where an analysis module allows for efficient use of security tools for the purpose of scrambling, and event detection. The analysis is also used in order to provide a better quality in regions of the interest in the scene. Compressed video streams leaving the camera(s) are scrambled and signed for the purpose of privacy and data integrity verification using JPSEC compliant methods. The same bit stream is also protected based on JPWL compliant methods for... |
| Image processing device, image processing system, computer control method, and information storage medium | 20070296825 | 20071227 |
| To enable a prompt switching operation by a user. An image processing device connected to an image capturing section has a process execution section for executing any of a plurality of processes, obtains area specification data for specifying an area where the user is shown in the image, based on a difference between the images sequentially captured by the image capturing section images, and switches a process to be carried out by the process execution section, depending on the position of an edge of the area specified by the area specification data obtained.
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| Electrostatic chuck device | 20070297118 | 20071227 |
| In an electrostatic chuck device (11) attracting a substrate (W) to be processed on the surface of a susceptor (12) electrically, a diselectrifying circuit is provided which includes diselectrifying electrode means (16) facing the surface of the susceptor (12), a diselectrifying potential (19), and a diselectrifying resistance (17) connected between the diselectrifying electrode means (16) and the diselectrifying potential (19). The resistance value of the diselectrifying resistance (178) is established such that it is lower than that of an insulating layer (13) of the surface of the susceptor (12 and the diselectrifying resistance (17) can hold the potential of the substrate (W) during an electrostatic chuck operation, and such that the diselectrifying reistance 17) can dissipate the potential of the substrate (W) into the ground potential... |
| Lighting balloon apparatus | 20070297174 | 20071227 |
| A novel lighting balloon apparatus is provided for various indoor and outdoor lighting applications. The lighting balloon apparatus is comprised of a unique rectangular-shaped balloon envelope body constructed from a medium weight laminate of polyester film weaved into polyester fabric using an adhesive containing an antimicrobial additive and an ultraviolet inhibitor. The rectangular-shaped body of the balloon envelope provides a means for controlling the emission of light by allowing for the accommodation of lightweight taffeta panels without compromising control. The lighting balloon apparatus is further configured to accommodate multiple lighting sources, as well as applicable mixtures thereof. The various lighting sources that may be employed are securely coupled to a harness assembly suspended within the body center of the balloon envelope structure, which is sealed with... |
| Information recording apparatus | 20070297308 | 20071227 |
| An information recording apparatus such as an optical disc that can avoid an unrecordable condition between a power-on operation and an available state for recording thereby to solve a problem that an image taking chance is missed in a recording step, wherein its constitution is such that: receiving a command to turn on the apparatus after switching, a system controller drives a power-supply circuit to activate a drive controller and a memory controller; if the optical disc is not replaced while in power-off operation by a sub-battery, the system controller issues a request for high-speed activation, based on information stored in an EEPROM, to the drive controller, and drives plural drive control units one after another thereby to establish an activation period confirmedly, allowing the memory... |
| Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases | 20070297597 | 20071227 |
| Transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template. The template and entered data are accumulated into data transactions which are exploded and sent to an external database servers for processing and storage. Each database server may explode the data transaction to produce ancillary records which are then stored, and/or forwards the data transaction or some or all of the ancillary records to other database servers for updating other databases associated with those database servers. The database server(s) may also return data streams for use in completing the fields in the data transaction.
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| Feature pattern recognition system, method, and program | 20070297676 | 20071227 |
| A feature pattern recognition system, method, and program capable of recognizing feature pattern with a high accuracy are provided. Discrete symbols (nucleotide symbols or the like) constituting a to-be-recognized sequence (a DNA sequence or the like) are converted to numerals by using symbol frequencies that are obtained according to sequence positions or types of the discrete symbols to generates test data or a test data matrix Xtest, a matrix calculation (Ytest=WpromXtest or the like) of multiplying a separation matrix (Wprom or the like) obtained by an independent component analysis or a principal component analysis with the test data or the test data matrix Xtest is performed, separation data or a separation data matrix Ytest is obtained, and it is decided in which side of a threshold... |
| Shape grammar interpreter | 20070297680 | 20071227 |
| Parametric shape recognition is achieved through a decomposition of shapes into a hierarchy of subshapes ordered by their decreasing restrictions. Instances of each of the subshapes are individually located in the design shape and then reconstructed to form an instance of the entire shape. The basis for the hierarchy of subshapes can be specified by the designer or based on the default parameter relations that come from architectural and engineering knowledge. The levels of the hierarchy are defined so that the most constrained lines of a shape are those lines that the designer intended exactly. These most constrained lines have specified parametric relations to other line segments and those relations, if altered, will compromise the designer's intentions. Conversely, the lowest level of the hierarchy, which contains... |
| Method for remediating a contaminated site | 20070297858 | 20071227 |
| A method of amending an aquifer having at least one contaminant comprising the steps of: mixing a sorbent material with a carrier to form a slurry, the sorbent material having one dimension of at least 1 micron; and introducing the slurry into the aquifer in a dispersed fashion within a pore space of the aquifer to promote permanent attenuation of the aquifer.
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| Human anti-idiotypic antibody fragments that mimic her-2/neu | 20070298033 | 20071227 |
| This invention relates to human anti-idiotypic antibody fragments, especially scFv, characterized by the ability to mimic Her-2/neu tumor associated antigen. These antibody fragments are promising candidates for active immunotherapy for cancer patients positive for Her-2/neu.
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| Composition and method for modulating addictive behaviors | 20070298057 | 20071227 |
| Improved compositions and methods useful in the treatment and prevention of impulsive, compulsive, reward seeking, and other addictive behaviors, including applications involving the behavioral/cognitive process of assigning importance, maintaining attention, and assessing salience. The composition includes Vitex agnus-castus (Chastetree berry) extract in an effective amount for supporting and promoting a healthy lifestyle free from addictive behavior or for preventing or treating addictive behavior. Huperzine and/or 5-HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan) may also be included. The composition may also include ingredients to address nutritional deficiencies in the addict, and nutrients depleted during the withdrawal of any reinforcer that is the object of the addiction.
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| Bioactive scaffold for therapeutic and adhesion prevention applications | 20070298071 | 20071227 |
| A device for inhibiting adhesion of apposing human body tissue layers includes a scaffold having a designated mean pore size, relative density, and degradation half-life. The scaffold may be operably positioned between apposing tissue layers, such as proximate adhesiogenic layers at a wound site, so as to permit remesothelialization of the tissue without formation of fibrous adhesions. The scaffold device of the invention inhibits adhesion formation by promoting contractile cell migration away from the wound site for a predetermined period of time. The invention further relates to device and methods for promoting internal tissue regeneration, and for provision and/or dispensation of therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents in vivo.
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| Functional sugar replacement | 20070298152 | 20071227 |
| The present invention is related to a functional food ingredient, which replaces sugar on a 1/1 weight and/or volume basis in food recipes containing sucrose, with a substantial caloric reduction in view. More than an ingredient, it has to be seen as a functional ingredient, since it possesses some health promoting effects. The functional food replacement for sucrose according to the present invention comprises prebiotic fibers and sweeteners, and possibly other non selective fibers, minerals, vitamins and probiotic strains.
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| Fuser member | 20070298217 | 20071227 |
| The fuser members of this invention include a core member that includes a rigid outer surface. An adhesion promoter layer comprising silane or epoxy silane coupling is disposed on the outer surface of the core member. A resilient layer comprising an elastomer is disposed on the adhesion promoter layer. A tie layer is disposed on the resilient layer, the tie layer being made of fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers, fluorocarbon thermoplastic copolymers and mixtures thereof. A primer layer, disposed on the tie layer, comprising perfluoroalkoxy resin and trifluoroethylene-perfluoroethyl vinyl ether-perfluoroethylene vinyl phosphate or a mixture of perfluoroalkoxy resin and trifluoroethylene-perfluoroethylvinyl ether; and an outer layer of fluoropolymer resin made from polytetrafluoroethylene, polyperfluoroalkoxy-tetrafluoroethylene, polyfluorinated ethylene-propylene and blends thereof is disposed on the primer layer.
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| Adhesion of polymeric coatings to bipolar plate surfaces using silane coupling agents | 20070298267 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides an electrically conductive element for an electrochemical cell element having enhanced protection for an underlying metal substrate with a surface susceptible to forming metal oxides. One or more regions of the surface are coated with a metal coating overlaid with an adhesion promoting coating comprising a silicon containing material derived from organosilanes. The adhesion promoting coating is overlaid with a conductive, protective polymeric coating. The present invention further provides methods of making such an electrochemical cell element to have improved adhesion of conductive, protective polymer coatings.
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| Encapsulated optoelectronic device | 20070298268 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides a method of integrating an encapsulant into an optoelectronic device, comprising: (a) contacting the optoelectronic device to be encapsulated with an adhesion promoter composition comprising an epoxy-functional silane and an amino-functional silane; and (b) applying an encapsulant formulation onto the optoelectronic device that has been treated with the adhesion promoter composition. Also provided is optoelectronic device such as LED device made using the method.
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| Topoisomerase modulators assays | 20070298413 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides methods for screening for compounds that modulate, e.g. inhibit, the activity of topoisomerases such as DNA gyrase, comprising providing cells expressing topoisomerase and containing a promoter sensitive to changes in DNA topology having a reporter gene operatively linked thereto, and measuring the expression of said reporter gene in the presence and in the absence of a test compound. Compounds that modulate the activity of topoisomerase can be identified by virtue of an alteration in reporter gene expression.
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| Constructs for gene expression analysis | 20070298417 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates generally to constructs and their use in gene expression or gene regulation assays. More particularly, the present invention provides expression vectors and/or reporter vectors providing kinetics of protein expression with improved temporal correlation to promoter activity. Even more particularly, the invention provides expression vectors comprising a transcribable polynucleotide which comprises a sequence of nucleotides encoding a RNA element that modulates the stability of a transcript corresponding to the transcribable polynucleotide. The present invention provides, inter alia, novel vectors, useful for identifying and analysing cis- and trans-acting regulatory sequences/factors as well as vectors and genetically modified cell lines or organisms that are particularly useful for drug screening and drug discovery.
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| Method and kit for expressing protein under regulation of the expression from repeated sequence formed by gene amplification, and transformant | 20070298458 | 20071227 |
| A method is disclosed for releasing the transcriptional regulation caused by a repeated sequence in a gene, a kit therefor and so on to thereby establish a system capable of producing a protein in a large amount. At least one embodiment of the method can be achieved by any one or more of the following methods: (a) in the amplification of a gene encoding a target protein, co-amplifying a polynucleotide of 10 kbp or more such as a λ-phage DNA or an insulator sequence; (b) selecting by culturing cells having undergone gene amplification in media containing a drug with a gradual increase in concentration; (c) elevating the promoter activity of inducing the expression of a gene encoding a target protein; (d) excising an amplified gene region... |
| Vacuum toilet assembly | 20060288472 | 20061228 |
| Vacuum toilet assemblies are detailed. These assemblies are designed to reduce both operational noise and water usage of the toilets while continuing to promote effective disposal of waste. They also require less air for operation than do conventional vacuum toilets.
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| Systems and methods for the production of highly tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings | 20060288938 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides systems and methods for the deposition of an improved diamond-like carbon material, particularly for the production of magnetic recording media. The diamond-like carbon material of the present invention is highly tetrahedral, that is, it features a large number of the sp3 carbon-carbon bonds which are found within a diamond crystal lattice. The material is also amorphous, providing a combination of short-range order with long-range disorder, and can be deposited as films which are ultrasmooth and continuous at thicknesses substantially lower than known amorphous carbon coating materials. The carbon protective coatings of the present invention will often be hydrogenated. In a preferred method for depositing of these materials, capacitive coupling forms a highly uniform, selectively energized stream of ions from a dense, inductively ionized... |
| Internal combustion engine start-up control | 20060288983 | 20061228 |
| A variable valve mechanism (12a, 12b) varies a lift amount and an opening/closing timing of an intake valve (10) of an internal combustion engine (1). During a first period in an engine start operation, wall flow is suppressed by setting the lift amount of the intake valve (10) to be smaller so as to increase the intake air velocity. During a second period, which starts after the first period ends, the atomization of injected fuel is enhanced by increasing a valve overlap amount between the intake valve (10) and an exhaust valve (11) so as to promote blow-back of the combustion gas to an intake port (4). By sequentially applying a process for increasing the intake air velocity and a process for increasing the valve overlap... |
| Multi-compartment package attachment apparatus and method | 20060289325 | 20061228 |
| A multi-compartment package attachment apparatus and method for coupling a plurality of items with a package, for example a food package. Printed items such as marketing materials or promotional flyers may be inserted into a first compartment while condiments, napkins, hand-wipes or utensils may be inserted into one or more other compartments. The apparatus may then be fixedly coupled with another package and may also cover or hold prizes for example. One or more compartments may comprise thermal protective layers to keep condiments from melting when hot food packages are stacked. Thermochromic materials may be used to show temperatures of items in compartments. Each compartment may utilize any technique for enclosing an item. Embodiments may be constructed from materials that allow underlying package branding to be... |
| Method of hydrogenation of heavy oil | 20060289339 | 20061228 |
| A method of hydrogenation of heavy oil. A first step involves providing a continuous pipe reactor defining a serpentine flow path. A second step involves heating heavy oil to lower the viscosity of the heavy oil. A third step involves pumping a turbulent flow of heavy oil and hydrogen through the continuous pipe reactor to promote addition of hydrogen into the heavy oil. The method has improved mass transfer due to the continuous turbulent flow through the continuous pipe reactor.
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| Dirt out | 20060289347 | 20061228 |
| DIRT OUT a bathtub filtration system apparatus that removes dirt and other particles found in bath water. This filtration system maintains the temperature of water at a given level without changing any of it's elements. An apparatus according to the present invention compromises a suction hose pulling water through a filter, to a regenerative turbine pump, to a second filter, out through a discharge hose having the effect of separating the dirt particles out of the water keeping it the same temperature.
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| Uniform microwave heating method and apparatus | 20060289503 | 20061228 |
| A method and apparatus for creating uniform heating of an microwave absorptive target. A circularly polarized waveguide mode is created that promotes uniform heating of the microwave absorptive target by rotating a propagated non-uniform field pattern around a central axis of a cylindrical cavity or waveguide. In the process of rotating the field pattern, hot and cold spots in the field pattern are averaged out over time.
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| Method and apparatus for promoting the selection and use of a transaction card | 20060289632 | 20061228 |
| One embodiment of the present invention provides for detecting a physical change at a transaction card, and, in response to detecting the physical change outputting content to attract the attention of a user.
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| Receipts having dual-sided thermal printing | 20060289633 | 20061228 |
| Variable information printed on both sides of a paper receipt at transaction time saves materials and provides flexibility in providing information to the recipient. Direct thermal printing on both sides of a paper receipt when issued is described. Using opposed print heads, paper receipts are printed on both sides at transaction time in a single pass. With transaction item detail printed on the front side of a double-sided thermal paper receipt, different types of information printed on the reverse side are described, including rebate information, contest information, serialized cartoons, conditions of sale, promotional information, coupon information, security features, ticket information and custom information based on recipient identity or transaction data or detail.
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| Metal salts of organic acids as conductivity promoters | 20060289839 | 20061228 |
| A conductive resin composition containing a curable resin, such as an adhesive resin, and a conductive metal filler, has improved conductivity through the addition of a metal salt of a carboxylic acid to the composition.
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| Armrest structure for vehicle | 20060290167 | 20061228 |
| A structure of an armrest protruding and extending toward a passenger from an inside wall of a vehicle compartment, comprises a trim body portion covering the inside wall, an armrest face portion extending in a substantially horizontal direction from the trim body portion toward an inside, and a support face portion extending continuously from the armrest face portion downward. There is provided a weak portion (deformation promoting portion) between the trim body portion and the armrest face portion to promote deformation with respect to a lateral load. Further, there is provided a garnish covering the weak portion from the vehicle compartment. Accordingly, both sufficient resistance of the armrest in use for the load applied in the vertical direction and proper impact-absorption function of the armrest during... |
| Uniform cavitation for particle removal | 20060290235 | 20061228 |
| Systems and methods for promoting a substantially uniform cavitation field. With system (100) including a diaphragm (109) dividing a container (103), a second energy pulse corresponding to a first energy pulse arising from collapse of a cavity C is produced and is used to determine whether to adjust a corresponding transducer 121-k. In system (16), a cavity creating unit (11), including an assembly of transducers 15-i, is moveable from a test liquid to a particle removal (PR) liquid after transducer testing. In another system, a sensor plate (170) having an array of sensors 171-j provides a virtual wafer. A substantially uniform field of cavitation may be maintained by a cavity enhancement liquid, or adjustment of transducer energy. Mechanisms of holding an object produce substantially uniform cavitation.... |
| Dynamic logical circuit having a pre-charge element separately controlled by a voltage-asymmetric clock | 20060290385 | 20061228 |
| A dynamic logical circuit having a pre-charge element separately controlled by a voltage-asymmetric clock controlled provides increased noise immunity in dynamic digital circuits. By clocking the pre-charge element with a signal having a reduced swing in the voltage direction that turns off the pre-charge element, the pre-charge element provides a small current that prevents the dynamic summing node of a gate from erroneously evaluating due to noise, and eliminates the need for a keeper device. Providing the reduced-swing asymmetric clock as a separate signal prevents performance degradation in the rest of the circuit. Specifically, the foot devices in the dynamic portion of the circuit are controlled with the full swing clock so that evaluation is not compromised by noise or slowed. Foot and pull-up devices in... |
| Audio receiver modular card and method thereof | 20060290814 | 20061228 |
| A television and a method are provided. The television includes a display, a first network interface to a packet-based network, a first modular card receptacle coupled to the first network interface, and an audio receiver modular card coupled to the first modular card receptacle, the audio receiver modular card to process audio data, wherein the television is operable to display video content on the display promptly upon receipt of a user request.
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| Particulate removal from an electrostatic chuck | 20060291133 | 20061228 |
| The cleaning of particles from an electrostatic chuck. In one embodiment, a method of cleaning an electrostatic chuck in a processing chamber is disclosed. The method comprises directing a flow of gas across the electrostatic chuck to dislodge particles from the electrostatic chuck and removing the flow of gas and particles through an exhaust port in the processing chamber. In this embodiment, the vacuum integrity of the chamber is not compromised during the cleaning of the electrostatic chuck.
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| Information recording apparatus | 20060291350 | 20061228 |
| An information recording apparatus such as an optical disc that can avoid an unrecordable condition between a power-on operation and an available state for recording thereby to solve a problem that an image taking chance is missed in a recording step, wherein its constitution is such that: receiving a command to turn on the apparatus after switching, a system controller drives a power-supply circuit to activate a drive controller and a memory controller; if the optical disc is not replaced while in power-off operation by a sub-battery, the system controller issues a request for high-speed activation, based on information stored in an EEPROM, to the drive controller, and drives plural drive control units one after another thereby to establish an activation period confirmedly, allowing the memory... |
| Metal oxide materials, production method thereof, and application thereof | 20060292062 | 20061228 |
| A mesoporous metal oxide crystal material is provided. This material has realized a large specific surface area by controlling crystallite diameter in the formation of metal oxide crystals, and preventing collapse of the mesoporous structure associated with the crystal growth upon calcinations, to improve sensitivity and effectiveness of a gas detector element of the metal oxide material and photocatalyst. A metal oxide precursor is filled in the pores of a mesoporous template, and the resulting mesoporous silica having the metal oxide precursor filled therein is added to a hydrolytic aqueous solution to thereby promote hydrolysis of the metal oxide precursor in the interior of the pores and produce a large number of metal oxide crystals in the interior of the pores. Next, the metal oxide fine... |
| Hydrogen generation catalysts and methods for hydrogen generation | 20060292067 | 20061228 |
| Supported catalyst methods are provided to promote hydrogen generation from the hydrolysis of boron hydrides. The methods use a supported catalyst which is a supported metallic mixture comprising a first transition metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, ruthenium, zinc, molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tin, cadmium, and iridium, in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight, and a second metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, ruthenium, zinc, molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tin, cadmium, boron, and iridium, in an amount of from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight of the supported catalyst.
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| Neuroprotective effective compound | 20060292132 | 20061228 |
| The present application discloses a method of preventing degeneration of nerve, which includes: a) generating a recombinant viral or plasmid vector comprising a DNA sequence encoding a member of a transforming growth factor superfamily or neurotrophic factor proteins operatively linked to a promoter; b) transfecting in vitro a population of cultured cells with the recombinant vector, resulting in a population of the cultured cells; and c) transplanting the transfected cells to an area near an injured nerve, such that expression of the DNA sequence within the area near the injured nerve causes prevention of degeneration of the nerve.
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| Polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same, antibodies thereagainst and methods of using same for diagnosing and treating cancer and skeletal disorders | 20060292153 | 20061228 |
| An isolated polypeptide is provided, comprising an amino acid sequence being at least 88% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 15 as determined by BlastP using default parameters, the isolated polypeptide being capable of promoting cell adhesion and/or cell homing.
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| Sublingual buccal effervescent | 20060292219 | 20061228 |
| A pharmaceutical dosage form adapted to supply a medicament to the oral cavity for buccal, sublingual or gingival absorption of the medicament which contains an orally administrable medicament in combination with an effervescent for use in promoting absorption of the medicament in the oral cavity. The use of an additional pH adjusting substance in combination with the effervescent for promoting the absorption drugs is also disclosed.
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| Adhesive attachment of a first member to a second member | 20060292377 | 20061228 |
| Apparatus and method for adhesively attaching a first member to a second member, such as components of a data storage device. Preferably, an adhesive is applied to the first member and exposed to ultraviolet light. The second member is placed onto the adhesive, and heat is applied to finalize curing. The adhesive is subsequently cooled to a temperature below a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the adhesive to detach the first and second members. Respective mating surfaces of the first and second members are preferably provided with different adhesive coupling characteristics, such as by provision of a surface adhesive promotor or a micro-texturized pattern to only one member. In this way, upon detachment of the first and second members, substantially all of the adhesive is removed... |
| Microfluidic fuel cell system and method for portable energy applications | 20060292407 | 20061228 |
| A system and method for generating and separating gaseous fuel components, as well as the partitioning of liquid and gaseous byproducts, in the operation of a portable fuel cell device comprises: a microfluidic containment volume (140, 230); a substrate for supporting a catalytic composition (150, 215, 315) that is suitably adapted to promote hydrolysis of a substantially liquid-borne fuel precursor (330) to generate a gaseous fuel component; a liquid/gas separator (155, 220, 363) for at least partially partitioning a gaseous component from a liquid component; a fuel cell (210, 310) comprising an anode (125) and a cathode (135); and electrical connections coupled thereto to power a load (120). Various features and parameters of the present invention may be suitably adapted to optimize the gas/liquid transport and/or... |
| Trp8, a transient receptor potential channel expressed in taste receptor cells | 20060292548 | 20061228 |
| The present invention relates to the discovery, identification and characterization of a transient receptor potential channel, referred to herein as TRP8, which is expressed in taste receptor cells and associated with the perception of bitter and sweet taste. The invention encompasses TRP8 nucleotides, host cell expression systems, TRP8 proteins, fusion proteins, polypeptides and peptides, antibodies to the TRP8 protein, transgenic animals that express a TRP8 transgene, and recombinant “knock-out” animals that do not express TRP8. The invention further relates to methods for identifying modulators of the TRP8-mediated taste response and the use of such modulators to either inhibit or promote the perception of bitterness or sweetness. The modulators of TRP8 activity may be used as flavor enhancers in foods, beverages and pharmaceuticals.
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| Hdac inhibitors that promote brm expression and brm related diagnostics | 20060292594 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides screening methods for identifying BRM expression-promoting histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, diagnostic methods for determining the suitability of treatment of a candidate subject with a BRM expression-promoting HDAC inhibitor, and therapeutic methods for treating cancer cells in a patient with a BRM expression-promoting HDAC inhibitor. The present invention also provides BRG1 and BRM diagnostics, methods for increasing a cancer patient's resistance to viral infection, and methods for determining the suitability of treatment of a candidate subject with a glucocorticoid compound or retinoid compound.
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| Antigen-presenting cell populations and their use as reagents for enhancing or reducing immune tolerance | 20060292618 | 20061228 |
| The present invention is based on the discovery antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be generated to have predetermined levels of expression of the intracellular enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Because expression of high levels of IDO is correlated with a reduced ability to stimulate T cell responses and an enhanced ability to induce immunologic tolerance, APCs having high levels of IDO may be used to increase tolerance in the immune system, as for example in transplant therapy or treatment of autoimmune disorders. For example, APCs having high levels of IDO, and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a donor tissue may be used to increase tolerance of the recipient to the donor's tissue. Alternatively, APCs having reduced levels of IDO expression and expressing or loaded... |
| Nuclear factor of activated t cell receptor | 20060292668 | 20061228 |
| Novel nuclear factor of activated T cells (“NFAT”) activating receptor useful for producing agonist and antagonist antibodies that regulate the cellular production and expression of cytokines and cellular receptors. The receptor is a 270 amino acid type I transmembrane protein with a calculated molecular mass of about 30 kD. The receptor has a putative signal peptide at the N-terminal (amino acids 1-42), an Ig-domain (amino acids 43-150) in the extracellular region, a predicted transmembrane domain (amino acids 164-186), and an predicted ITAM motif (amino acids 220-235) in the cytoplasmic region. The receptor activates NFAT, IL-13 and TNF alpha promoter reporter activities.
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| Mannitol induced promoter systems in bacterial host cells | 20060292671 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides methods for producing recombinant peptides in a bacterial host utilizing a mannitol, arabitol, glucitol, or glycerol-inducible promoter, wherein the host bacterial cell that produces the peptide has been rendered incapable of degrading or metabolizing mannitol, arabitol, or glucitol, or derivatives or analogues thereof. The present invention provides bacterial cells that have been genetically altered to inhibit the metabolism or degradation of mannitol, glucitol, or arabitol, or derivatives or analogues thereof. The present invention utilizes mannitol, arabitol, glucitol, or glycerol to induce expression of a target polypeptide from an inducible promoter, allowing for the use of an inexpensive and stable carbon source inducer in the fermentation processes for the production of recombinant peptides.
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| Method of making cell growth surface | 20060292690 | 20061228 |
| The present invention discloses a three-dimensional porous growth surface made from polysaccharide material, especially the alginic acid, to enhance cell growth surface, promote cell adherence, immobilization and propagation, maintain surface structure integrity, enable programmable degradation, and thus increase cellular production. The present invention teaches several methods: a method to enhance the integrity of the growth surface by protecting the growth surface in a rigid solid support; a method of use for enhancing the performance of the surface; and a method of modifying a growth surface for eukaryotic and/or prokaryotic cells comprising the steps of increasing surface area by creating porous and 3-D structure, treating a surface to encourage cell attachment, promoting cell growth and proliferation, and disposing the growth surface in any conventional cell cultivating device.... |
| Reporter hepatocytes and other cells for drug screening and toxicity testing | 20060292694 | 20061228 |
| This invention provides a system for rapid determination of pharmacologic effects on target tissue types in cell populations cultured in vitro. The cells contain a promoter-reporter construct that reflects a toxicologic or metabolic change caused by the agent being screened. The promoter is taken from a gene known to be up- or down-regulated according to the metabolic state of the cell, and linked to a reporter gene that provides an external signal for monitoring promoter activity. The promoter-reporter cells may be produced by placing these genetic alterations into a line of human embryonic stem cells, bulking up the cells to any extent desired, and then differentiating the cells into the desired tissue type. This disclosure explains some of the powerful features of the promoter-reporter cells of... |
