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Alexander Smola, Santa Clara, CA US
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20110093331 | Term Weighting for Contextual Advertising - A contextual advertising system selects online advertisements for display on a network location. The system may transform page content of a page received in a platform over a network into a textual representation. In addition, the system may transform received site content of a site into a site signature. The site includes the page. The system then may correct the textual representation utilizing the site signature to produce modified textual representation. The system may utilize the modified textual representation to select an online advertisement. Considering a page in the context of the entire website to which it belongs leads to better understanding and interpretation of the page topic(s) and thus yields more accurate ad matching. | 04-21-2011 |
20120158740 | CACHING WEB DOCUMENTS IN TWO OR MORE CACHES - A system and method is described herein that cache web documents in two or more caches in an optimized manner. The web documents result from a plurality of queries presented to a web search engine. Each web document has a tier score indicating a position of the web document in the caches. The tier scores are modified in a manner that rearranges the web documents in caches. This rearrangement of the web documents in the caches can advantageously improve the retrieval time for the web documents. | 06-21-2012 |
Alex J. Smola, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20120284275 | UTILIZING OFFLINE CLUSTERS FOR REALTIME CLUSTERING OF SEARCH RESULTS - Techniques for clustering of search results are described. In an example embodiment, a plurality of first clusters is determined, in a corpus of articles, independently of user queries issued against the corpus of articles, where each first cluster represents a group of articles that relate to a news story. One or more cluster identifiers are assigned to each article in the corpus, where the one or more cluster identifiers respectively identify one or more of the plurality of first clusters to which the article belongs. A query that specifies search criteria against the corpus of articles is received. In response to receiving the query, a result for the query is generated by at least selecting, from the corpus of articles, a set of articles based on the search criteria. The selected set of articles is grouped into one or more second clusters based at least on the one or more cluster identifiers that are assigned to each article in the set of articles. In the result for the query, the set of articles is organized according to the one or more second clusters. | 11-08-2012 |
Hans Smola, Saarbrucken DE
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20140088527 | System for Wound Therapy - In wound therapy, a combination of negative pressure therapy and subsequent therapy in a preferably moist or moist-wet medium without use of negative pressure reduces costs and improves therapeutic results. Thus, the present invention involves a method for treatment of a wound by therapy having a first segment, in which negative pressure wound therapy is performed, and a subsequent, second segment, in which wound therapy is conducted using a wound dressing without creating a negative pressure. The wound dressing for the second segment has an absorbent body with a superabsorbent polymer. The invention also relates to a device for conducting negative pressure wound therapy and a wound dressing for use in such method, and further to a kit including such a device and wound dressing. | 03-27-2014 |
Hans Smola, Saarbruecken DE
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20140178458 | MEDICINAL SKIN PROTECTION COMPOSITION WITH AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT COMBINATION WHICH IMPROVES THE SKIN BARRIER - A medicinal skin protection composition is disclosed with an active ingredient combination that specifically serves to care for aging skin that is exposed to difficult environmental conditions. The active ingredient combination obligatorily includes the components almond oil, linseed oil fatty acids, amino acids, and creatine. The medicinal skin protection composition can be used for aging skin in the form of creams, lotions etc., and also for a variety of incontinence articles, such as sanitary towels or nappies. | 06-26-2014 |
Hans Smola, Koeln DE
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20110230400 | NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR WOUND HEALING - A nutritional composition for promoting would healing comprises a protein source, a lipid source and a carbohydrate source wherein no more than 1.8% of the total calories of the composition derive from arginine and wherein the protein source includes praline in an amount of at least 3% of the total calories of the composition. The composition may be administered orally and is particularly suitable for the amelioration of pressure ulcers although it may also be used with advantage in the nutritional management of acute wounds including pre and post surgery. | 09-22-2011 |
20140357553 | NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR WOUND HEALING - A nutritional composition for promoting would healing comprises a protein source, a lipid source and a carbohydrate source wherein no more than 1.8% of the total calories of the composition derive from arginine and wherein the protein source includes praline in an amount of at least 3% of the total calories of the composition. The composition may be administered orally and is particularly suitable for the amelioration of pressure ulcers although it may also be used with advantage in the nutritional management of acute wounds including pre and post surgery. | 12-04-2014 |
Hans Smola, Koln DE
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20110054375 | Dressing comprising polyacrylate particles and use thereof - The invention relates to dressings comprising a particle mixture of polyacrylate particles for using in modern wound treatment. The invention especially relates to a dressing comprising a particle mixture of polyacrylate particles, which contains a particle fraction for inhibiting proteases in a wound and a particle fraction for absorbing or eliminating aqueous liquids. | 03-03-2011 |
James Joseph Smola, Hanover, MN US
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20140236692 | SERVER-BASED PRODUCT SUBSTANTIATION WITH LOCAL FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for product substantiation and promotion redemption. A purchased product list is transmitted from a retail store system to a promotion analysis server along with a user identifier. The promotion analysis server identifies promotions available to the user, and then considers whether the benefits under the promotions are still available to the user. Discounts for available promotions related to the purchased product list are calculated and transmitted to the retail store system for deduction from the transactions. A promotion product filter can be provided that filters the purchased product list before transmittal. The promotion product filter can include promotions from a plurality of programs. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236693 | SERVER-BASED PRODUCT SUBSTANTIATION WITH LOCAL FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for product substantiation and promotion redemption. A purchased product list is transmitted from a retail store system to a promotion analysis server along with a user identifier. The promotion analysis server identifies promotions available to the user, and then considers whether the benefits under the promotions are still available to the user. Discounts for available promotions related to the purchased product list are calculated and transmitted to the retail store system for deduction from the transactions. An approved product list can be provided that filters the purchased product list before transmittal. The approved product list can include promotions from a plurality of programs. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236703 | SERVER-BASED PRODUCT SUBSTANTIATION WITH LOCAL FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for product substantiation and promotion redemption. A purchased product list is transmitted from a retail store system to a promotion analysis server along with a user identifier. The promotion analysis server identifies promotions available to the user, and then considers whether the benefits under the promotions are still available to the user. Discounts for available promotions related to the purchased product list are calculated and transmitted to the retail store system for deduction from the transactions. A promotion product filter can be provided that filters the purchased product list before transmittal. The promotion product filter can include promotions from a plurality of programs. | 08-21-2014 |
Marcin Smola, Itasca, IL US
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20150196832 | Card Game - This invention relates to a role playing card game. Namely, it relates to a role playing card game whose concept merges a role playing game with playing and trading card games. | 07-16-2015 |
Matthew M. Smola, Centennial, CO US
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20080257751 | Enhanced device for generating hydrogen for use in internal combustion engines - An electrolysis conversion system for converting water into hydrogen and oxygen, includes a housing in which are housed electrodes. The electrodes are immersed in an electrolyte and are connected to a positive and negative sides of an energy source. The housing is a non conductive material that has chambers to separate the hydrogen and the oxygen. The present invention further discloses a method of utilizing the electrolyzer in conjunction with the fuel system of an internal combustion engine to improve the efficiency of said internal combustion engines. | 10-23-2008 |
Paul Smola, Bedford, NH US
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20090005883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEVICE INDEPENDENT CONTROL AND MODIFICATION - A system and method for providing device independent control and modification is provided, where the system contains a supervisory controller and a first level controller in communication with the supervisory controller. The first level controller contains software therein, wherein the software is the intersection of program code and objects, and wherein objects of the software include at least one device object summarizing properties of the first level controller and limits of the first level controller, and at least one logical element object defining functionality to be performed by the first level controller. Functionality of the first level controller can be changed by changing values of the objects. | 01-01-2009 |
20130079942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEQUENTIAL APPLICATION OF POWER TO ELECTRICAL LOADS - An energy management system for providing sequential application of power to electrical loads contains a series of electrical loads and at least one unit controller, wherein each unit controller connects to at least one electrical load and controls power application to the at least one electrical load. Each individual unit controller has a unique identification to allow for communication with the individual unit controller, wherein each unique identification has a unique power-on delay. The unit controller contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to: determine if a power-off condition has occurred, being followed by a power-on condition, referred to as a powerup event; and enable delivery of power, after a powerup event, to the at least one electrical load in accordance with the unique power-on delay of the unit controller. A building controller or central server may instead provide sequential application of power. | 03-28-2013 |
Robert Lee Smola, Eufaula, AL US
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20080250742 | ROOF SEAM BEARING CLIP - The present invention relates to a hold down clip for connecting a roof panel to an insulated roof structure comprising rigid insulation. In the roof structure, the rigid insulation sits atop the purlin | 10-16-2008 |
Tomas Smola, Chvalkovice CZ
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20150047863 | DEVICE FOR FOLDING THE WORKING PARTS OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY - A device for folding the working parts of agricultural machinery, in particular a device for folding the working parts of an agricultural machine consisting of at least one stationary part ( | 02-19-2015 |