Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120270576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTNERED MEDIA STREAMING - A system and method for delivering a content stream, for example, deadline driven (live) content stream or non-deadline driven (pre-stored) content stream, from a content source to a content player associates a plurality of smartphones with a partnered smartphone group that share their resources for delivering the content stream transmitted from the content source based on a partnership profile stored in a partnership profile storage device. A content segmentation process is executed at a segmentation processing node that converts the content stream into a plurality of content segments according to a segmentation rule. The plurality of content segments are transmitted to the partnered smart phone group over a first plurality of communication links and the plurality of content segments from the smartphone group are transmitted towards the content player over a second plurality of communication links. The transmission over the second plurality of communication links is based on information stored in the partnership profile that specify at least one condition information for at least one of the plurality of smartphones to share its resource with resources of one or more other smartphones of the plurality of smartphones. | 10-25-2012 |
20120007343 | EXTENDABLE AND COLLAPSIBLE APPARATUS THAT SUPPORTS ATTACHABLE COMPONENTS - A stable extendable apparatus is provided which includes top, bottom, front and rear structures coupled together. The top and bottom structures each include at least one extendable member which defines a minimum length in a longitudinal retracted position and a maximum length in a longitudinal extended position. The front and rear structures each includes a first side support, a second side support, and an extendable cross-support to couple the first and second side supports together. Extension or retraction of the extendable cross-support changes an angle of orientation of the first side support relative to the second side support. The first rear side support, the second rear side support, and the extendable rear cross-support correspond to positions of the respective front supports. | 01-12-2012 |
20100327507 | CLAMP FOR SINGLE-HANDED OPERATION - A clamp has an open state for inserting an object from a front end and a closed state for holding the inserted object relative to a back end. The clamp includes a frame as well as a first arm and a second arm that is positioned within the frame. At least one of the first or second arms is pivotable relative to the other along a range of motion that traverses an open position corresponding to the open state of the clamp and a closed position corresponding to the closed state of the clamp. In one embodiment, at least one of the first and second arms are shaped to position the object between a front end and a back end when the clamp is in the closed state such that a pressure exerted by insertion of the object to the backend causes the front end to move along the range of motion to the closed position. A locking mechanism locks the clamp to the closed state when the front end reaches the closed position and unlocks the clamp to the open state by allowing the front end to move along the range of motion to reach the open position. | 12-30-2010 |