Ahmad, US
Abdullah Ahmad, Owings Mills, MD US
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20100074896 | ANTAGONISTS OF PGE2 EP3 RECEPTORS - PGE2 EP3 receptors affect injury size following cerebral ischemia and induced excitotoxicity. Treatment with selective EP3 antagonists decreases infarct size. In addition, such antagonists can reduce lesions caused by N-methyl-D-aspartic acid-induced acute excitotoxicity. Similarly, genetic deletion of EP3 provides protection against N-methyl-D-aspartic acid-induced toxicity. PGE2, by stimulating EP3 receptors, can contribute to the toxicity associated with cyclooxygenase and that antagonizing this receptor can be used therapeutically to protect against stroke- and excitotoxicity-induced brain damage. | 03-25-2010 |
Adeel Ahmad, Renton, WA US
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20150071239 | Application-Based Multi-Band Transmission - Described herein is a radio access provider configured to communicate with wireless access devices over frequency bands. The radio access provider receives service priorities associated with active applications of the wireless communication devices. Based at least in part on the service priorities, the radio access provider selects blocks or channels from one or more of the frequency bands for a radio communication link for each of at least a subset of the wireless communication devices. The selecting may include selecting block or channels from multiple ones of the frequency bands for the radio communication link for at least one of the subset of the wireless communication devices. The selecting may also be based at least in part on signal quality metrics for the frequency bands, cross-correlations of the frequency bands, or power capacities of the wireless communication devices. | 03-12-2015 |
Aftab Ahmad, Aurora, CO US
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20090155796 | MARKER FOR CANCER PROGNOSIS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - The present invention is related to the novel discovery that HIF- | 06-18-2009 |
20110250600 | MARKER FOR CANCER PROGNOSIS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - The present invention is related to the novel discovery that HIF-2α, but not HIF-1α, selectively regulates adenosine A | 10-13-2011 |
20130157267 | Marker for Cancer Prognosis and Methods Related Thereto - The present invention is related to the novel discovery that HIF-2α, but not HIF-1 a, selectively regulates adenosine A | 06-20-2013 |
Ahmad Khalifa Eesa Ahmad, Sammamish, WA US
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20140181592 | DIAGNOSTICS OF DECLARATIVE SOURCE ELEMENTS - A method for diagnosing declarative source elements in an application, such as in debugging markup source elements or visual elements in an application, is disclosed. Diagnosis information is associated with an object source of a visual element. The diagnosis information is provided for the visual element during the runtime of the application. | 06-26-2014 |
Alaa M. Ahmad, Pennington, MA US
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20110274652 | Methods for Treating Hepatitis C Virus Infection - A method of treating a patient infected with HCV comprises administering to the patient VX-950 and interferon. In the method, an interferon trough level and/or a VX-950 trough level of the patient independently are monitored. The method further includes determining whether or not to adjust: subsequent administration of VX-950 to obtain a minimum target VX-950 trough level of about 1,500 ng/mL; subsequent administration of interferon to obtain a minimum target interferon trough level of about 5,000 pg/mL; or subsequent administration of VX-950 and interferon to obtain said minimum target trough levels. | 11-10-2011 |
Anees Ahmad, Tucson, AZ US
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20100282942 | HIGH ENERGY LASER BEAM DIRECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A beam director subsystem and method for use in a weapons system. The beam director subsystem includes a source of electromagnetic radiation for generating a high energy laser (HEL) beam. The electromagnetic radiation is directed to a secondary mirror that reflects the electromagnetic radiation to a primary mirror for output of the HEL beam. The secondary mirror is generally curved and expands the electromagnetic radiation received from the source prior to outputting the HEL beam from the primary mirror. The subsystem further includes a track telescope coupled to the housing. The track telescope has a track detector configured to receive electromagnetic radiation originating from the HEL and electromagnetic radiation emitted from an illuminator and reflected from an airborne target. | 11-11-2010 |
Anis Ahmad, Kirkland, WA US
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20140232650 | User Center-Of-Mass And Mass Distribution Extraction Using Depth Images - Embodiments described herein use depth images to extract user behavior, wherein each depth image specifies that a plurality of pixels correspond to a user. A depth-based center-of-mass position is determined for the plurality of pixels that correspond to the user. Additionally, a depth-based inertia tensor can also be determined for the plurality of pixels that correspond to the user. In certain embodiments, the plurality of pixels that correspond to the user are divided into quadrants and a depth-based quadrant center-of-mass position is determined for each of the quadrants. Additionally, a depth-based quadrant inertia tensor can be determined for each of the quadrants. Based on one or more of the depth-based center-of-mass position, the depth-based inertial tensor, the depth-based quadrant center-of-mass positions or the depth-based quadrant inertia tensors, an application is updated. | 08-21-2014 |
20140254867 | USER BODY ANGLE, CURVATURE AND AVERAGE EXTREMITY POSITIONS EXTRACTION USING DEPTH IMAGES - Embodiments described herein use depth images to extract user behavior, wherein each depth image specifies that a plurality of pixels correspond to a user. In certain embodiments, information indicative of an angle and/or curvature of a user's body is extracted from a depth image. This can be accomplished by fitting a curve to a portion of a plurality of pixels (of the depth image) that correspond to the user, and determining the information indicative of the angle and/or curvature of the user's body based on the fitted curve. An application is then updated based on the information indicative of the angle and/or curvature of the user's body. In certain embodiments, one or more average extremity positions of a user, which can also be referred to as average positions of extremity blobs, are extracted from a depth image. An application is then updated based on the average positions of extremity blobs. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267610 | DEPTH IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments described herein can be used to detect holes in a subset of pixels of a depth image that has been specified as corresponding to a user, and to fill such detected holes. Additionally, embodiments described herein can be used to produce a low resolution version of a subset of pixels that has been specified as corresponding to a user, so that when an image including a representation of the user is displayed, the image respects the shape of the user, yet is not a mirror image of the user. Further, embodiments described herein can be used to identify pixels, of a subset of pixels specified as corresponding to the user, that likely correspond to a floor supporting the user. This enables the removal of the pixels, identified as likely corresponding to the floor, from the subset of pixels specified as corresponding to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270387 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR REPETITION DETECTION AND ANALYSIS - Techniques described herein use signal analysis to detect and analyze repetitive user motion that is captured in a 3D image. The repetitive motion could be the user exercising. One embodiment includes analyzing image data that tracks a user performing a repetitive motion to determine data points for a parameter that is associated with the repetitive motion. The different data points are for different points in time. A parameter signal of the parameter versus time that tracks the repetitive motion is formed. The parameter signal is divided into brackets that delineate one repetition of the repetitive motion from other repetitions of the repetitive motion. A repetition in the parameter signal is analyzed using a signal processing technique. Curve fitting and/or autocorrelation may be used to analyze the repetition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140316293 | OPTICAL HEARTRATE TRACKING - Heartrate tracking is performed entirely optically without the subject being required to wear any monitoring equipment by processing a combination of signals representing frames of video of the sinusoidal motion of a subject's facial skin color changes captured by both IR and visible light (e.g., RGB—red/green/blue) cameras. The IR and RGB graphs that result from the processing are perfectly phase-shifted so that when the IR signal is going down in amplitude, the RGB signal is going up. Such phase-shifting enables the optical heartrate tracking to utilize diverse input feeds so that a tracked signal is accepted as the user's true heartrate when both IR and RGB signals are well correlated. | 10-23-2014 |
Anis Ahmad, Eden Prairie, MN US
Aquil Ahmad, Farmington Hills, MI US
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20100173172 | WEAR-RESISTANT COATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of forming a wear-resistant coating on a metal substrate includes depositing a metal alloy onto the metal substrate to form a cladding, rough finishing the cladding to thereby provide the cladding with an average roughness, R | 07-08-2010 |
20110227590 | CORROSION-RESISTANT POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A method of forming a position measurement system includes melting a surface of a substrate formed from a first material, wherein the surface defines at least one groove therein and wherein the surface is melted within the at least one groove. The method also includes, concurrent to melting, depositing a second material into the at least one groove to form a mixture of the first material and the second material. The method further includes solidifying the mixture to form an indicator material that is distinguishable from and metallurgically bonded to the first material, and depositing an alloy onto the substrate to form a corrosion-resistant cladding that covers the indicator material and the surface to thereby form the position measurement system. A position measurement system is also disclosed. | 09-22-2011 |
Aquil Ahmad, West Bloomfield, MI US
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20100008462 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST EVALUATION OF WELDED CLADDINGS ON RODS OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS USED FOR SALTWATER, BRACKISH AND FRESHWATER APPLICATIONS - A method of maintaining a rod of a hydraulic cylinder for a motion compensation system of an offshore platform includes non-destructive testing of a metallic cladding deposited onto the rod. An inspection crawler includes a visual inspection device, an eddy current inspection device and an ultrasonic inspection device. The method includes rotating the visual inspection device, the eddy current inspection device and the ultrasonic inspection device around a circumference of the rod while moving the inspection crawler along a longitudinal axis of the rod to simultaneously collect data related to the metallic cladding from the visual inspection device, the eddy current inspection device and the ultrasonic inspection device. The data is analyzed to detect any discontinuities, i.e., defects, in the metallic cladding. | 01-14-2010 |
20110000588 | Continuous production system for magnetic processing of metals and alloys to tailor next generation materials - A system and method for producing material characteristics are described. A magnetic treatment chamber with a high magnetic field treats workpieces; and a conveyor or transporter continuously moves the workpieces through the high magnetic field in the magnetic chamber. A frictional or mechanical engagement system extracts the workpieces through and out of the high magnetic field. | 01-06-2011 |
20110220249 | CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC PROCESSING OF METALS AND ALLOYS TO TAILOR NEXT GENERATION MATERIALS - A system and method for producing material characteristics are described. A magnetic treatment chamber ( | 09-15-2011 |
Aquil Ahmad, W. Bloomfield, MI US
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20120091122 | SELECTIVE CASE DEPTH THERMO-MAGNETIC PROCESSING AND APPARATUS - A method of altering characteristics of a workpiece comprising electrically conductive material includes exposing the workpiece to a magnetic field and exposing the workpiece to an induction field configured to cause heating current to flow through only a selected portion of the workpiece while the workpiece is exposed to the magnetic field. The induction field has a frequency such that the selected portion is less than the entire body of the workpiece or substantially only the outer surface of the workpiece. The method of altering characteristics of a workpiece may further include heating the entire body of the workpiece to a first temperature while the workpiece is exposed to the magnetic field and before exposing the workpiece to the induction field. The method of altering characteristics of a workpiece may further include quenching and tempering the workpiece in the magnetic field. | 04-19-2012 |
Asif Ahmad, The Woodlands, TX US
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20140297320 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A PERSONAL HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT PORTAL - Systems and methods are provided for the operation of a personal healthcare management portal operable to provide multiple users secure access to a patient's healthcare information. A selection of a patient healthcare management portal associated with a patient may be received by an application tier. The application tier may receive authentication information associated with the selection of the patient healthcare management portal associated with the patient. The application tier may determine if the authentication information is associated with a users valid login credentials. The application tier may receive a request to access patient information, wherein the patient information includes at least one of records, forms, or services associated with the patient. The application tier may also retrieve the requested patient information. The application tier may communicate the requested information to a client device from which the selection originated. | 10-02-2014 |
20150286790 | System and method for secure messaging - Disclosed herein is a secure messaging engagement hub for structuring of unstructured electronic messages. The secure messaging engagement hub has a natural language processor that structures an unstructured electronic message. The natural language processor structures the unstructured electronic message by using a lexical parser to parse free text within the unstructured electronic message. The natural language processor also may tokenize the parsed free text into tokens representing components of the parsed free text. Message component n-grams are generated based on the tokens representing the components of the parsed free text. The tokens are coded with various metadata tags based on an analysis of the tokens. The metadata tags indicate message components of the tokens. And a structured electronic message corresponding to the unstructured electronic message is generated, the structured electronic message comprising the tokens and the metadata tags. | 10-08-2015 |
Attique Ahmad, Reston, VA US
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20100279681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTISERVICE TESTING - An approach is provided for a multiservice tester. A connection over an access link providing a customer premise with connectivity to a plurality of telecommunication services provided over a data network is established at a test device. Testing the plurality of telecommunication services is initiated by either physically connecting to one or more end devices or invoking an emulation application for emulating the one or more end devices. The plurality of telecommunication services are verified based on performance of the connection. A secure connection may be established with a provisioning system maintained by a service provider of the plurality of telecommunication services, wherein the secure connection may be established via the access link or via one or more wireless network access links. The provisioning system may facilitate verification of the plurality of telecommunication services and/or troubleshooting the plurality of telecommunication services. | 11-04-2010 |
20110138470 | AUTOMATED TESTING FOR SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF DEVICES - A method includes selecting an attack signature from an attack signature database; generating a fingerprint that includes parameters indicative of the attack signature; generating configuration data for one or more test devices based on the fingerprint, wherein the configuration data is capable of configuring the one or more test devices to provide a security response to the attack signature; providing the configuration data to the one or more test devices; transmitting the attack signature to the one or more test devices; examining a security response to the attack signature from the one or more test devices; and outputting a result of the examining. | 06-09-2011 |
Ayman Ahmad US
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20130218647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BOOKING TRANSPORT - Systems and methods for booking transport are described including a method including the steps of: receiving job information including pick-up location information and destination location information from a user; calculating the cost of the job based on the location information; and notifying the user of the calculated cost. | 08-22-2013 |
Azeem Ahmad, Plano, TX US
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20110032904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL HANDOFF BETWEEN DIFFERENT WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A wireless communications network includes a first base station system that performs wireless communications according to a first protocol (e.g., 1xEV-DO protocol) and a second base station system that performs wireless communications according to a second, different protocol (e.g., IS-2000). A link is provided between the first and second base station systems to enable a network-initiated handoff procedure. If a source base station system detects that a handoff of a mobile station to a target base station system is required, the source base station system exchanges messaging over the link with the target base station system to perform the handoff. In one example, the handoff is a hard handoff. | 02-10-2011 |
Baher A. Ahmad, Gilbert, AZ US
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20090174366 | Multiple Function Switching Regulator for Use in Mobile Electronic Devices - Multiple Function Switching Regulator for Use in Mobile Electronic Devices A mobile electronic device operable to employ a rechargeable battery as a power source includes a peripheral port suitable for connecting an external device to the mobile electronic device and a power management device operable in a first mode as a battery charger to recharge the battery from an external power source and further operable in a second mode as a boost converter to power the external device from battery supplied power where the boost converter and the battery charger are provided by a single switching-converter. | 07-09-2009 |
Farhan Ahmad, Philadelphia, PA US
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20100153199 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMULATING A PRIVATE LABEL OVER AN OPEN NETWORK - According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and a system for emulating a private label network over an open network where settlement occurs at varying discount rates with one or more merchants or providers. A computer implemented method and system for settling a transaction at a discount rate may include receiving an authorization record for the transaction initiated by a customer over an open payment network; identifying payment plan data associated with a transaction; creating a settlement record based at least in part on the authorization record and the payment plan data; determining a discount rate for the settlement record; and settling with a provider for the transaction at the discount rate. | 06-17-2010 |
Farhan Ahmad, Seattle, WA US
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20140211204 | HAND-HELD WIRELESS PLATFORM AND OPTICS FOR MEASUREMENT OF DNA, RNA, MICRORNAS, AND OTHER MARKERS OF PATHOGENS, GENETIC DISEASES, AND CANCER - The present invention provides compositions for making and methods of using a hand-held nucleic acid amplification device, comprising a disposable biochip with a series of sample wells, each sample well having a novel optical arrangement that includes a light-emitting diode (LED) and a single light capturing element (e.g. a photodiode) for quickly measuring light emissions from biological samples such as nucleic acid amplification reactions. Such a device can utilize isothermal amplification for obtaining detectable yields of amplified nucleic acid product in short time periods, for example, within seconds. | 07-31-2014 |
Farhan Ahmad, East Lansing, MI US
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20100105035 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT-BASED FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention provides compositions providing and methods using fluorescence detection device, comprising an electroluminescent light (EL) source, for measuring fluorescence in biological samples. In particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides an economical, battery powered and Hand-held device for detecting fluorescent light emitted from reporter molecules incorporated into DNA, RNA, proteins or other biological samples, such as a fluorescence emitting biological sample on a microarray chip. Further, a real-time hand-held PCR Analyzer device comprising an EL light source for measuring fluorescence emissions from amplified DNA is provided. | 04-29-2010 |
Gul Ahmad, Lubbock, TX US
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20110091507 | SCHISTOSOMIASIS VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - No effective vaccine exists for the devastating parasitic disease of Schistosomiasis. The present invention focuses on Sm-p80, a functionally important antigen of | 04-21-2011 |
Haidar Ahmad US
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20130191026 | Navigation system with a Personality - A navigation system should have a personality. That includes responses to and comments on driver's requests and actions whether right or wrong. The navigation system can call the driver/navigator by name, nickname or a swearword depending on the settings instilled by the user and the “Mood” of the device. The term “Navigation System” here applies to any device used to navigate movement from one please to another whether car navigation system or mobile phone navigation systems. It is also suggested here that a car can greet the driver with her/his name The car can save and deploy driver-specific settings like climate control setting, radio station setting, and audio system settings. The navigation system can be a good place to enter, save and deploy those settings. | 07-25-2013 |
Iftikhar Ahmad, Irmo, SC US
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20150263221 | Semiconductor and Template for Growing Semiconductors - A template for a semiconductor device is made by providing an AGN substrate, growing a first layer of Group III nitrides on the substrate, depositing a thin metal layer on the first layer, annealing the metal such as gold so that it agglomerates to form a pattern of islands on the first layer; transferring the pattern into the first layer by etching then removing excess metal; and then depositing a second Group III nitride layer on the first layer. The second layer, through lateral overgrowth, coalesces over the gaps in the island pattern leaving a smooth surface with low defect density. A Group III semiconductor device may then be grown on the template, which may then be removed. Chlorine gas may be used for etching the pattern in the first layer and the remaining gold removed with aqua regia. | 09-17-2015 |
Iftikhar Ahmad, Raleigh, NC US
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20110076786 | Method and apparatus for controlled thermal processing - A materials processing system comprises a thermal processing chamber including a heating source, a first noncontacting thermal measurement device positioned to measure temperature on a first area of the material being processed, and, a second noncontacting thermal measurement device positioned to measure temperature on a second area of the material being processed, the first device being relatively more sensitive to changes in surface emissivity than the second device. By comparing the outputs of the two devices, emissivity changes can be detected and used as a proxy for some physical change in the workpiece and thereby determine when the desired process has been completed. The system may be used to develop a process recipe, or it may be part of a system for real-time process control based on emissivity changes. Applicable processes include heating, annealing, dopant activation, silicide formation, carburization, nitridation, sintering, oxidation, vapor deposition, metallization, and plating. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076787 | Method and apparatus for uniform microwave treatment of semiconductor wafers - A microwave heating system comprises a microwave applicator cavity; a microwave power supply to deliver power to the applicator cavity; a dielectric support to support a generally planar workpiece; a dielectric gas manifold to supply a controlled flow of inert gas proximate to the periphery of the workpiece to provide differential cooling to the edge relative to the center; a first temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature near the center of the workpiece; and, a second temperature measuring device configured to measure the temperature near the edge of the workpiece. The gas flow is controlled to minimize the temperature difference from center to edge, and may be recipe driven or controlled in real time, based on the two temperature measurements. The method is particularly useful for monolithic semiconductor wafers, various semiconducting films on substrates, and dielectric films on semiconducting wafers. | 03-31-2011 |
20110226759 | Apparatus and method for heating semiconductor wafers via microwaves - An apparatus for heating a semiconductor wafer includes: a microwave source; an applicator cavity; and, a fixture for supporting a wafer in the cavity. The fixture comprises a dielectric mechanical support for the wafer and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned parallel to and concentric with the wafer at some distance from the wafer, to adjust the microwave power distribution to compensate for edge effects. A closed-loop feedback system adjusts the distance based on wafer edge and center temperatures. A method for heating a semiconductor wafer comprises: a. placing the wafer in a microwave cavity; b. supporting the wafer on a fixture comprising a dielectric wafer support and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned at some distance from the wafer; c. introducing microwave power into the cavity to heat the wafer; and d. adjusting the distance between wafer and ring to modify the power distribution near the wafer edge. | 09-22-2011 |
20130299953 | Method for lower thermal budget multiple cures in semiconductor packaging - A multilayer structure comprises: a substrate; and, a plurality of polymerizable layers successively deposited on the substrate, with each successive layer having a greater dielectric polarizability than the preceding layer(s), so that each successive layer will absorb microwave energy preferentially to the preceding layer(s). In this way, successive layers can be cured without over-curing the preceding layers. The individual layers are preferably materials from a single chemical family (e.g., epoxies, polyimides, PBO, etc.) and have similar properties after curing. The dielectric polarizabilities may be adjusted by modifying such factors as chain endcap dipole strength, cross-linker dipole strength, promoter, solvent, and backbone type. The invention is particularly suitable for producing various polymer layers on silicon for electronic applications. An associated method is also disclosed. | 11-14-2013 |
20130302917 | Method for lower thermal budget multiple cures in semiconductor packaging - A method for forming a multilayer structure comprises the steps of: depositing a first polymerizable layer on a substrate; applying microwave energy to the polymerizable layer while monitoring at least one property of the layer; and, ending the application of microwave energy when the monitored property indicates that the polymerizable layer has reached a desired degree of cure. The property monitored may be optical, e.g., Raman spectrum, or electrical, e.g., dielectric loss. This process control strategy lowers the overall thermal budget, and is especially suitable for curing polymer films on silicon. The method may be used repetitively to cure multiple layers of polymeric material when a thicker film is needed. | 11-14-2013 |
20140103030 | Apparatus and method for heat treatment of coatings on subtrates - An apparatus for thermal treatment of coatings on substrates includes a microwave applicator cavity; a microwave power supply to deliver power to the cavity; a thermally insulated microwave-transparent compartment within the cavity, large enough to contain the coated substrate while occupying no more than 50% of the total volume of the cavity; a means of supporting the coated substrate within the compartment; an adjustable IR heating source in the compartment and facing the substrate so that a selected amount of IR heating may be applied to the substrate; and, a non-contacting temperature measurement device to measure the temperature of the coating. Related methods for using the apparatus to process different kinds of films are also disclosed. | 04-17-2014 |
20140319129 | Method and apparatus for microwave treatment of dielectric films - An apparatus for thermal treatment of dielectric films on substrates comprises: a microwave applicator cavity and microwave power source; a workpiece to be heated in the cavity, comprising a porous coating on a selected substrate; and, a means of introducing a controlled amount of a polar species into the porous coating immediately before heating by the microwave power. The interaction of the polar species with the microwaves enhances the efficiency of the process, to shorten process time and reduce thermal budget. A related method comprises the steps of: depositing a porous film on a substrate; soft baking the film to a selected state of dryness; introducing a controlled amount of a polar species into the soft baked film; and, applying microwave energy to heat the film via interaction with the polar species. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322921 | Method and apparatus for microwave treatment of dielectric films - A method for processing a dielectric film on a substrate comprises: depositing a porous dielectric film on a substrate; removing the porogen; stuffing the film with a protective polymeric material; performing at least one intermediate processing step on the stuffed dielectric film; placing the film in a microwave applicator cavity and heating to a first temperature to partially burn out the polymeric material; introducing a controlled amount of a polar solvent into the porosity created by the partial burn out; applying microwave energy to heat the film to a second selected temperature below the boiling point of the solvent to clean away remaining polymeric material; and applying microwave energy to heat the film to a third temperature above the boiling point of the solvent to completely burnout the residues of polymeric material. The interaction of the polar solvent with the microwaves enhances the efficiency of the cleaning process. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322922 | Method and apparatus for microwave treatment of dielectric films - An apparatus for thermal treatment of dielectric films on substrates comprises: a microwave applicator cavity and microwave power source; a workpiece to be heated in the cavity, comprising a porous coating on a selected substrate; and, a means of introducing a controlled amount of a polar solvent into said porous coating immediately before heating by said microwave power. The interaction of the polar solvent with the microwaves enhances the efficiency of the process, to shorten process time and reduce thermal budget. A related method comprises the steps of: depositing a porous film on a substrate; soft baking the film to a selected state of dryness; introducing a controlled amount of a polar solvent into the soft baked film; and, applying microwave energy to heat the film via interaction with the polar solvent. | 10-30-2014 |
20150074988 | MICROWAVE DRYING OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY MATERIALS - A method for making a lithium-ion cell includes depositing an electrode material as a coating on a substrate of the lithium-ion cell, irradiating the deposited electrode material with microwave radiation of varying frequency, wetting the irradiated electrode material with a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, and sealing the wetted electrode material in an air-tight enclosure. | 03-19-2015 |
20150198890 | METHOD FOR MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF PHOTOSENSITIVE POLYIMIDES - A method for curing photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) films includes the steps of: depositing a PSPI film on a selected substrate, and curing the film by microwave heating at a selected temperature from about 200 to 340° C. in a selected atmosphere containing an oxygen concentration from about 20 to 200,000 ppm. The process atmosphere may be static or flowing. The addition of oxygen improves the removal of acrylate residue and improves the T | 07-16-2015 |
Izhar Ahmad, Spring, TX US
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20120084008 | Real-Time Prognostic on Downhole Printed Circuit Board Assembly of Measurement-While-Drilling/Logging-While-Drilling - A method and apparatus for estimating a time to failure of an electronic component used in a downhole environment is disclosed. A stress is applied to the electronic component to cause failure of a plurality of prognostic sensors associated with the electronic component, wherein the stress level at which a prognostic sensor fails is indicative of a stress level at which the electronic component fails. Failure times are obtained due to the applied stress for the plurality of prognostic sensors. A trend is determined from the obtained failure times of the prognostic sensors. The time of failure of the electronic component is estimated from the determined trend. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084065 | Wear-Out Detection Methods for Printed Circuit Board Assembly Components Used in Downhole Oilfield Environments - A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining a lifespan of an electronic component in a downhole environment is disclosed. A first wear-out model is created that is related to a selected electronic component. A physical condition of the selected electronic component is examined at a selected examination time. The physical condition is generally due to the downhole environment in which the electronic component is disposed. A second wear-out model for the selected electronic component is created from the first wear-out model and the examined physical condition of the selected electronic component. | 04-05-2012 |
Jacqueline Ahmad, Austin, TX US
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20140078793 | MITIGATION OF ARC FLASH HAZARD IN PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS - Arc flash mitigation devices are employed to protect personnel during maintenance of photovoltaic inverters. During normal operation, an alternating current (AC) output of a photovoltaic inverter is coupled to a low voltage winding of a step up transformer through a bus-bar (e.g., an electrically conductive interconnect), which has higher current rating than a fuse. During maintenance, the bus-bar is replaced with the fuse. The fuse may be employed in conjunction with a switch. The switch may be a disconnect switch that places the bus-bar in parallel with the fuse during normal operation, and decouples the bus-bar from the fuse during maintenance. The switch may also be a transfer switch that places either the bus-bar or the fuse in series with the AC output of the photovoltaic inverter and the low voltage winding of the step up transformer. | 03-20-2014 |
Jawaid Ahmad, Plano, TX US
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20130156088 | Adaptive Real-Time Control of De-Emphasis Level in a USB 3.0 Signal Conditioner Based on Incoming Signal Frequency Range - An apparatus comprises a differential equalizer having: a) a first differential input, b) a second differential input, c) a first differential output, and d) a second differential output; a frequency detector coupled to the first and second differential inputs; an amplifier coupled to a first differential output and a second differential output of the differential equalizer; and a logical combiner having a first input coupled to an output of the frequency detector and an output coupled to a control input of the amplifier, wherein the logical combiner can mask at least one received de-emphasis parameter. | 06-20-2013 |
Lubna Ahmad, Chandler, AZ US
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20140276100 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BREATH ANALYTES - A system is provided for sensing an analyte in a breath sample. The system includes a breath bag, a cartridge and a base. The breath bag contains the breath sample. The bag includes a mouthpiece fixedly disposed on the breath bag. The cartridge includes an interactant that reacts with the analyte and generates a change in an optical characteristic relative to a reference. The base includes a flow path, a breath bag receiver for detachably receiving and retaining the mouthpiece of the breath bag in fluid communication with the flow path, and a cartridge receiver that detachably receives and retains the cartridge in the base, such that the base engages the cartridge so that the interactant is in fluid communication with the flow path. The base further includes a flow handling system in fluid communication with the flow path, an optical subsystem for sensing the change in the optical characteristic, a processor operatively coupled to the flow handling system and the optical subsystem, and a user interface operatively coupled to the processor and comprising a start command. Upon user selection of the start command, the processor is configured to automatically regulate the flow handling system to move the breath sample in the flow path and to contact the breath sample and the interactant. Upon the occurrence of a predetermined process parameter, the processor is configured to automatically regulate the optical subsystem to sense the change in the optical characteristic, to correlate the sensing of the optical system with information about the analyte in the breath sample, and to output the information about the analyte in the breath sample to the user interface. Related methods also are provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20150065365 | THERMOELECTRIC SENSOR FOR ANALYTES IN A GAS AND RELATED METHOD - An apparatus is provided for sensing an analyte in a fluid. The apparatus includes a fluid collecting device configured to collect the fluid containing the analyte; a fluid input in fluid communication with the fluid collecting device configured to input the fluid containing the analyte into the fluid collecting device, an analyte interactant in fluid communication with the fluid collecting device, wherein the analyte interactant, when contacted by the analyte, reacts to cause a first change in thermal energy within the fluid collecting device; a modulator that causes a second change in thermal energy; a thermal sensing device comprising at least one pyroelectric device thermally coupled to the fluid collecting device to generate a first signal in response to at least one of the first change in thermal energy and the second change in thermal energy; a control device operatively coupled to the thermal sensing device and the modulator that generates a second signal, wherein the second signal comprises information useful in characterizing the analyte. A related method also is disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
Lubna M. Ahmad, Chandler, AZ US
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20110125408 | Thermoelectric biosensor for analytes in a gas - A biosensor for detecting at least one analyte in a gas includes a capture apparatus, a thermoelectrical sensor, and a microprocessor attached to the first ends of a first lead and a second lead, the two leads having second ends attached to the two contact pads of a thermopile whose difference is converted to concentration of the analyte and shown on an electronic display. The thermoelectrical sensor has a layer of at least one interactant, at least one thermopile and an insulator. The interactant with the analyte produces or consumes heat which is transferred to the thermopile which develops a voltage difference that causes the microprocessor to convert the voltage an indication of the analyte. | 05-26-2011 |
20150132858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING ACETONE IN BREATH - Methods and devices are provided for analyzing acetone in breath. One such method comprises disposing a reactant in a reaction zone within the breath analysis device, wherein the reactant comprises a primary amine disposed on a surface, and wherein the reaction zone has an optical characteristic that is at a reference level. It also comprises pre-storing a liquid nitroprusside solution within the breath analysis device separately from the reactant. The method further comprises using the breath analysis device to cause the breath to contact the reactant in the reaction zone so that the acetone in the breath reacts with the reactant to form a reaction product and, after the reaction product has been formed, using the breath analysis device to cause the nitroprusside solution to contact and react with the reaction product and to facilitate a change in the optical characteristic of the reaction zone relative to the reference level. | 05-14-2015 |
Mirza M. Ahmad, Great Falls, VA US
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20140279085 | MENU SHARING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TELEDINING - A teledining system is configured to display shared menu information between geographically remote teledining session participants. The teledining system is configured to enable viewing of participant bills by any one or more of the session participants, and payment of bills by a session participant for a geographically remote participant(s). | 09-18-2014 |
Mohammad Ahmad, Mercer Island, WA US
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20130246594 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SNMP BASED MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for SNMP based mobile device management. These mechanisms and methods for SNMP based mobile device management can enable embodiments to provide a unified and platform-independent MDM solution having the automated identification and handling of various network and/or mobile device conditions. The ability of embodiments to provide MDM in a platform-independent and automated manner can enable the delivery of reliable, error-free services to mobile device users. | 09-19-2013 |
Mohammad Umar Ahmad, Dubuque, IA US
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20140306472 | LOW PROFILE LIFTING ASSEMBLY FOR MANAGING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS DURING INSTALLATION AND SERVICE OF MACHINES - The disclosure describes a lifting system for use with a hoist, comprising of at least one structural frame rail, attached to middle portions of cross members on the opposite ends of the frame rail, such that the two cross members are co-planar. Each end of the cross member is attached to an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly comprises of an extension link and a detachable pin member assembly. On end of extension link is attached to the cross member and the other end is provisioned to receive the pin member assembly. A lifting lug assembly is structured and arranged at the center of the frame rail towards the upper face of the rail, to connect an external hoist for lifting in vertical direction. The lifting system as described above provides an easy lifting mechanism for heavy objects, such as an alternator of the electric drive trucks. | 10-16-2014 |
Mubashir Ahmad, Plano, TX US
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20110052144 | System and Method for Integrating Interactive Call-To-Action, Contextual Applications with Videos - A system and method of delivering an interactive video application includes identifying a hotspot in a portion of a video content. A hypercode object is overlaid on the hotspot at a spatial point. The hypercode object is displayed at a temporal point during playback of the video content. An interactive application is provided to a viewer of the video in response to activation of the hypercode object. | 03-03-2011 |
20150033127 | System and Method for Integrating Interactive Call-To-Action, Contextual Applications with Videos - A system and method of delivering an interactive video application includes identifying a hotspot in a portion of a video content. A hypercode object is overlaid on the hotspot at a spatial point. The hypercode object is displayed at a temporal point during playback of the video content. An interactive application is provided to a viewer of the video in response to activation of the hypercode object. | 01-29-2015 |
Muhammad A. Ahmad, Minneapolis, MN US
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20100318155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMING IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for programming implantable medical devices, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of programming an implantable medical device. The method can include gathering parameter data representing a set of previously programmed parameter values from a plurality of implanted medical devices. The method can further include performing association analysis on the parameter data to form a set of association rules. The method can further include suggesting parameter choices to a system user regarding a specific patient based on the set of association rules. In an embodiment, the invention can include a medical system including a server configured to perform association analysis on a set of data representing previously programmed parameter values from a plurality of implanted medical devices to derive a set of association rules. Other embodiments are also included herein. | 12-16-2010 |
Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, Minneapolis, MN US
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20130123003 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DEVIANT PLAYERS IN MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE PLAYING GAMES (MMOGS) - Gold farming refers to the illicit practice of gathering and selling virtual goods in online games for real money. Although around one million gold farmers engage in gold farming related activities, to date a systematic study of identifying gold farmers has not been done. Here data is used from the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMOG) EverQuest II to identify gold farmers. This is posed as a binary classification problem and a set of features is identified for classification purposes. Given the cost associated with investigating gold farmers, criteria are also given for evaluating gold farming detection techniques, and suggestions provided for future testing and evaluation techniques. | 05-16-2013 |
Muhammad Tahauddin Ahmad, Redmond, WA US
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20150161542 | INTEGRATION BETWEEN PROJECT PLANNING SYSTEM AND BUSINESS SYSTEM - A project management system receives project planning inputs from a user, to create and plan a project. It receives a publication input, publishing the project, to a business system and receives financial and operational reference data from the business system. It also receives resource data from the business system and provides a resource user interface display that allows a user to staff the project with resources received from the business system. | 06-11-2015 |
Munawar Ahmad, Conway, AR US
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20140041937 | High Speed Bypass Cable Assembly - A cable bypass assembly is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line for connecting a board mounted connector of an electronic device to a chip on the device board. The bypass cable assembly has a structure that permits it, where it is terminated to the board mounted connector and the chip member, or closely proximate thereto to replicate closely the geometry of the cable. The connector terminals are arranged in alignment with the cable signal conductors and shield extensions are provided so that shielding can be provided up to and over the termination between the cable signal conductors and the board connector terminal tails. Likewise, a similar termination structure is provided at the opposite end of the cable where a pair of terminals are supported by a second connector body and enclosed in a shield collar. The shield collar has an extension that engages the second end of the cable. | 02-13-2014 |
Munir Ahmad, Austin, TX US
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20100290145 | DATA LOSS PREVENTION DURING A FALL OF A STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage circuit includes a hard disk drive (HDD) and a fall sensor. The HDD includes a rotatable media platter operable to receive and store data; a read/write head operable to communicate with the media platter by writing data to the media platter and by reading the data from the media platter; an arm supporting the read/write head; a motor coupled to the arm and operable to move the arm to and from the media platter; a drive controller operable to control the media platter, the read/write head and the servo motor; a general purpose input/output (GPIO) terminal coupled to the drive controller; and a data interface terminal coupled to the drive controller. The fall sensor is communicatively coupled to the drive controller and is configured to send an interrupt trigger signal to the drive controller when the drive is falling. The interrupt trigger signal is sent via the GPIO terminal when the HDD is free fall sense enabled and the interrupt trigger signal is sent via the data interface terminal when the HDD is not free fall sense enabled. | 11-18-2010 |
20100290149 | DATA LOSS PREVENTION DURING A FALL OF A STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device having fall protection includes a rotatable media platter operable to receive and store data, a read/write head operable to communicate with the media platter by writing the data to the media platter and by reading the data from the media platter, an arm supporting the read/write head, a servo motor coupled the arm and operable to move the arm to and from the media platter, a drive controller operable to control the media platter, the read/write head and the servo motor, and a general purpose input/output (GPIO). In an embodiment, the GPIO is coupled with a fall sensor that is external to the data storage device so that when the fall sensor sends a floating interrupt trigger, signaling that the fall sensor is falling, the GPIO receives the interrupt trigger and the drive controller performs an emergency routine to cache data in flight to or from the data storage device and park the read/write head away from the media platter. | 11-18-2010 |
Munir U. Ahmad, Austin, TX US
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20140298045 | Battery Management System - A method includes determining a need to perform a learn cycle on a battery in a processing module of an information handling system, detecting a learn cycle in progress on another battery in another processing module of the information handling system, and postponing the learn cycle on the battery in response to detecting the learn cycle on the other battery. | 10-02-2014 |
20150032925 | System Management through Direct Communication between System Management Controllers - An information handling system includes a first managed system including a first processor and a first management controller and a second managed system including a second processor and a second management controller. The first management controller is coupled to directly communicate with the second management controller. In an embodiment, the first management controller is coupled to the second management controller via a first I2C interface. | 01-29-2015 |
Mushtaque Ahmad, Pullman, WA US
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20140116960 | OXIDATION OF CONTAMINANTS - Various embodiments of contaminant removal systems, compositions, and methods are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for oxidizing a contaminant includes contacting the contaminant with a peroxygen compound and initializing, maintaining, or propagating degradation of the peroxygen compound with an oxygenated organic compound, thereby releasing oxidizing radicals. The method also includes oxidizing the contaminant with the released oxidizing radicals. | 05-01-2014 |
Nadia N. Ahmad, Medford, MA US
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20130116218 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS OF BILE ACIDS - Methods and compositions are provided for treating metabolic disorders by modulating bile acid levels. Generally, the methods and compositions can modulate bile acid levels, such as serum bile acid levels, to treat a metabolic disorder. In one embodiment, a method of modulating a bile acid level includes measuring a bile acid level and delivering a composition effective to modulate the bile acid level. A method for modulating a bile acid profile includes comparing a bile acid profile to a target profile and delivering a bile acid cocktail to increase bile acid levels. In another embodiment, a pharmaceutical composition for increasing bile acid levels includes a bile acid cocktail effective to increase bile acid levels. The composition is further useful as part of an implantable system. | 05-09-2013 |
Najam Ahmad, Redmond, WA US
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20090089438 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK ADDRESS LOOKUP SERVICE - An intelligent lookup service for a network is provided for clients of a network requesting services of the network that intelligently determines, based on a service requirement of the requested service, optimal service endpoint(s) for providing the requested service. The intelligent lookup service can incorporate predetermined mapping policy and traffic measurements into the determination. In addition, a feedback loop is provided from clients and/or service endpoints to the lookup service concerning measurements about prior connections in the network. The lookup service can include a set of beacons distributed in the network and against which measurements about the network are recorded. A client receives, from the lookup service in response to a request for a network address, a set of candidate service endpoints that pertain to the requested network address and the client connects to one of the candidate service endpoints based on policy or context. | 04-02-2009 |
20100036903 | DISTRIBUTED LOAD BALANCER - Systems and methods that distribute load balancing functionalities in a data center. A network of demultiplexers and load balancer servers enable a calculated scaling and growth operation, wherein capacity of load balancing operation can be adjusted by changing the number of load balancer servers. Accordingly, load balancing functionality/design can be disaggregated to increase resilience and flexibility for both the load balancing and switching mechanisms of the data center. | 02-11-2010 |
Naveed Ahmad, Medford, MA US
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20090313322 | Application Streaming Over HTTP - Disclosed are systems and methods for application streaming over HTTP. A virtual application running on a host computing device may detect the need for a page of memory that is not present on the host computing device. Accordingly, the virtual application may send a request to a virtual application server, seeking the absent memory page. The virtual application server may send to a web server an HTTP GET byte range request for the desired memory page. The web server may retrieve the requested block, which may be a portion of the virtual application image file. The requested data is returned to the host computing device via the virtual application server. The virtual application continues running on the host device using the requested data. | 12-17-2009 |
Omar Khaled Ahmad, Philadelphia, PA US
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20140249025 | 1,3-DIARYL-SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC PESTICIDES - Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, | 09-04-2014 |
Rashid A. Ahmad, Bringham City, UT US
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20090076764 | Method and system for determining wind chill temperature - The present invention includes methods, systems and computer-readable media for more accurately determining wind chill temperature, T | 03-19-2009 |
Razid Ahmad, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20120111115 | Non-Contact Microelectronic Device Inspection Systems And Methods - Non-contact microelectronic device inspection systems and methods are discussed and provided. Some embodiments include a method of generating a virtual reference device (or chip). This approach uses a statistics to find devices in a sample set that are most similar and then averages their time domain signals to generate the virtual reference. Signals associated with the virtual reference can then be correlated with time domain signals obtained from the packages under inspection to obtain a quality signature. Defective and non-defective devices are separated by estimating a beta distribution that fits a quality signature histogram of inspected packages and determining a cutoff threshold for an acceptable quality signature. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described. | 05-10-2012 |
Riaz Ahmad, Gaithersburg, MD US
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20130246713 | CONDITIONAL WRITE PROCESSING FOR A CACHE STRUCTURE OF A COUPLING FACILITY - A method for managing a cache structure of a coupling facility includes receiving a conditional write command from a computing system and determining whether data associated with the conditional write command is part of a working set of data of the cache structure. If the data associated with the conditional write command is part of the working set of data of the cache structure the conditional write command is processed as an unconditional write command. If the data associated with the conditional write command is not part of the working set of data of the cache structure a conditional write failure notification is transmitted to the computing system. | 09-19-2013 |
20140101391 | CONDITIONAL WRITE PROCESSING FOR A CACHE STRUCTURE OF A COUPLING FACILITY - A method for managing a cache structure of a coupling facility includes receiving a conditional write command from a computing system and determining whether data associated with the conditional write command is part of a working set of data of the cache structure. If the data associated with the conditional write command is part of the working set of data of the cache structure the conditional write command is processed as an unconditional write command. If the data associated with the conditional write command is not part of the working set of data of the cache structure a conditional write failure notification is transmitted to the computing system. | 04-10-2014 |
Rizwan Ahmad, Columbus, OH US
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20130278256 | SELF-CONSTRAINT NON-ITERATIVE GRAPPA RECONSTRUCTION WITH CLOSED-FORM SOLUTION - Parallel magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) reconstruction techniques are commonly used to reduce scan time by undersampling the k-space data. In GRAPPA, a k-space based pMRI technique, the missing k-space data are estimated by solving a set of linear equations; however, this set of equations does not take advantage of the correlations within the missing k-space data. All k-space data in a neighborhood acquired from a phased-array coil are correlated. The correlation can be estimated easily as a self-constraint condition, and formulated as an extra set of linear equations to improve the performance of GRAPPA. We propose a modified k-space based pMRI technique call self-constraint GRAPPA (SC-GRAPPA) which combines the linear equations of GRAPPA with these extra equations to solve for the missing k-space data. Since SC-GRAPPA utilizes a least-squares solution of the linear equations, it has a closed-form solution that does not require an iterative solver. | 10-24-2013 |
20140316250 | DIRECT INVERSION FOR PHASE-BASED DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS - MRI techniques seek to simultaneously measure physiological parameters in multiple directions, requiring the application of multiple encoding magnetic field gradient waveforms. The use of multiple encoding waveforms degrades the temporal resolution of the measurement, or may distort the results depending on the methodology used to derive physiological parameters from the measured data. The disclosed Direct Inversion Reconstruction Method (DiR) provides distortion-free velocity images with high temporal resolution, without changing the method of acquiring the phase data. The disclosed method provides a more stable and accurate recovery of phase-based dynamic magnetic resonance signals with higher temporal resolution than current state-of-the-art methods. | 10-23-2014 |
20150212177 | VARIABLE DENSITY INCOHERENT SPATIOTEMPORAL ACQUISITION (VISTA) FOR HIGHLY ACCELERATED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A pseudo-random, incoherent sampling technique, called Variable density Incoherent Spatiotemporal Acquisition (VISTA) is disclosed, which is based on minimal Riesz energy problem. Compared with other pseudorandom methods (e.g., PDS), VISTA has the unique ability to incorporate a variety of problem-specific constraints. In this study, VISTA was applied to real-time CMR, where it not only provided an incoherent sampling with variable density but also ensured a constant temporal resolution and a fully sampled time-averaged data. | 07-30-2015 |
Rushdy Ahmad, Sharon, MA US
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20150148247 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSIS USING BIOMARKER PROFILES - The invention relates to tuberculosis diagnostic methods and devices that measure particular biomarker profiles in subjects and identify a subject having tuberculosis based on such profiles. | 05-28-2015 |
Said A. Ahmad, Tucson, AZ US
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20110055272 | EXTENDED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an extended data storage system employs a first data storage and an extended data storage. A first level of metadata is established with respect to data from the using entity, the first level of metadata is provided in the first data storage. The data from the using entity is stored in the extended data storage. A second level of metadata at least describing the data as stored in the extended data storage is also established, wherein the second level of metadata associated with the first level of metadata for the stored data. The first level of metadata is made accessible to the using entity at the first data storage; and the second level of metadata is made unavailable to the using entity. Thus, the data is stored in the extended data storage and a small amount of metadata is stored in the first data storage. | 03-03-2011 |
20120233223 | EXTENDED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an extended data storage system employs a first data storage and an extended data storage. A first level of metadata is established with respect to data from the using entity, the first level of metadata is provided in the first data storage. The data from the using entity is stored in the extended data storage. A second level of metadata at least describing the data as stored in the extended data storage is also established, wherein the second level of metadata associated with the first level of metadata for the stored data. The first level of metadata is made accessible to the using entity at the first data storage; and the second level of metadata is made unavailable to the using entity. Thus, the data is stored in the extended data storage and a small amount of metadata is stored in the first data storage. | 09-13-2012 |
20140240865 | DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING MAGNETORESITIVE BIAS - Magnetoresistive (MR) bias is dynamically controlled in a tape drive using a processor device. Median tape head amplitude is monitored during a calibration operation, as measured across all tracks of the tape head, against predetermined thresholds of the tape drive for determining if the median tape head amplitude is below the threshold value. Upon determining the median tape head amplitude is below the threshold value during the calibration operation, a reference MR bias and a MR bias range is dynamically adjusted, during the calibration operation, for increasing the median tape head amplitude. | 08-28-2014 |
Said Abdullah Ahmad, Tucson, AZ US
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20120195524 | VALIDATING STORED COPIES OF DATA IMAGES TO LOAD INTO MEMORY - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for validating stored copies of data images to load into memory. An image of data is maintained in a memory, wherein the image in the memory includes a generation number. The image in the memory is written to at least two copies of the image to storage locations in response to a first event, wherein the generation number for the image in the memory is stored in the storage locations having the copies of the image. A check generation number is stored in a storage location. The image is loaded from at least one of the copies of the image in one of the storage locations to the memory in response to a second event The generation number for the image loaded into the memory. The check generation number is incremented in response to the second event. The generation numbers for the copies of the image in the storage locations and the check generation number are used to validate the copies of the image. | 08-02-2012 |
20140063638 | DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING MAGNETORESITIVE BIAS - Magnetoresistive (MR) bias is dynamically controlled in a tape drive using a processor device. Upon determining head amplitude is below a threshold value, the MR bias is adjusted for increasing the head amplitude and extending the useful life span of the tape drive. | 03-06-2014 |
Salahuddin Ahmad, Edmond, OK US
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20110176723 | Motion Correction in Cone-Beam CT by Tracking Internal and External Markers Using Cone-Beam Projection From a kV On-Board Imager: Four-Dimensional Cone-Beam CT and Tumor Tracking Implications - An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive a sequence of Cone-Beam Computed Topology (CBCT) projections of a three dimensional (3D) object over a scanning period, wherein the 3D object is displaced during the scanning period, and wherein each of the CBCT projections is associated with a discrete point during the scanning period, locate a marker position in a plurality of the CBCT projections, wherein each marker position corresponds to the location of an internal marker at the corresponding discrete point during the scanning period, extract a 3D motion trajectory based on the plurality of marker positions and a plurality of time-tagged angular views, and correct the CBCT projections based on the 3D motion trajectory. | 07-21-2011 |
Shahbaz Ahmad, East Stroudsburg, PA US
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20110167402 | Generic Framework for Accelerated Development of Automated Software Solutions - A simplified software solution framework facilitating rapid development of automated solutions is introduced. The main concept behind the framework is a simplified approach towards database design with entities having concatenated character separated (CSV) strings of foreign keys pointing to the primary keys of their related child entities. This representation is applicable to all types of database relationships including one-to-many and many-to-many relationships, thus eliminating the need for junction tables. | 07-07-2011 |
Shaher A. Ahmad, Plano, TX US
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20090093812 | Cranial Flap Fixation System and Method - A cranial flap fixation system and method are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a rod having first and second ends, and an intermediate portion. The rod has a threaded portion between the first end and the intermediate portion. The system also includes an inferior disk coupled with the rod, proximate the first end of the rod, and a superior disk with an orifice through a central region of the superior disk. The orifice is sized to allow the superior disk to engage the threaded portion and movably couple the superior disk to the rod. The system further includes an installation tool having a central cavity. The installation tool is configured to engage the superior disk and the threaded portion, such that rotation of the installation tool in a first direction directs the superior disk toward the inferior disk. | 04-09-2009 |
20100016900 | System and Method for Fracture Reduction - A system for fracture reduction includes a reduction plate for reducing a fracture between a first bone segment and a second bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a first side of the reduction plate, a travel slot and a screw hole. The travel slot is configured to slidably engage a first positioning element that extends into the first bone segment through the travel slot and the first screw hole is configured to affix the first side of the reduction plate to the first bone segment. The reduction plate includes, on a second side of the reduction plate, an adjustment hole and a second screw hole. The adjustment hole is configured to engage a second positioning element that extends into the second bone segment through the adjustment hole and the second screw hole is configured to affix the second side of the reduction plate to the second bone segment. | 01-21-2010 |
Shama Ahmad, Aurora, CO US
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20100087374 | Methods for Treatment and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Diseases Based on the Expression of SERCA2 Protein - The present invention is directed to methods of treatment of cystic fibrosis. The invention includes a method for treatment of cystic fibrosis in a patient by increasing the activity of sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) in a patient. More specifically, the step of increasing SERCA activity can include but is not limited to, administration of SERCA protein or its homologues, gene therapy to restore or enhance SERCA activity, or the administration of compounds stimulating the activity of endogenous SERCA. Reference herein to SERCA, can include in preferred embodiments, the isoform SERCA2, which is the principal lung isoform of SERCA. The present invention is based on the finding that SERCA2 (a calcium pump) is deficient (not 100%) in the lung epithelial cells of cystic fibrosis samples. | 04-08-2010 |
Suhail Ahmad, Bellevue, WA US
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20150246167 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 09-03-2015 |
Suhail Ahmad, Seattle, WA US
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20100170849 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 07-08-2010 |
20100176340 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 07-15-2010 |
20120006748 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Dry acid-concentrate compositions comprising citrate and their use in preparing dialysate compositions and in performing hemodialysis is disclosed. | 01-12-2012 |
20150246167 | BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS - Acid concentrates, and dialysate compositions prepared therefrom, contain citric acid and an effective amount of a buffering agent selected from acetate and/or lactate. The buffering agent allows a physiologically acceptable amount of citrate to maintain the desired pH of the dialysate. | 09-03-2015 |
Syed Ahmad, Canton, MI US
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20120103309 | Integrally Molded Vapor Canister - An integrally molded carbon canister is provided. The integrally molded carbon canister includes a housing including four external side walls and an upper portion at least partially enclosing an internal cavity connected to a vapor inlet and outlet port, the upper portion including a depressed flow disruptor positioned rearward of an injection gate, and a first and second projected flow channel positioned adjacent to the injection gate and laterally spanning the housing. | 05-03-2012 |
Syed A. Ahmad, Ashburn, VA US
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20100195509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING NETWORK ELEMENTS USING A TRAFFIC GENERATOR WITH INTEGRATED SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP) CAPABILITIES - A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, from a management system, configuration data associated with a management protocol. In addition, the system and method may generate test data traffic at least based on the configuration data. Further, the system and method may transmit, to one or more network elements, the test data traffic. Even further, the system and method may receive, from the management system, a query associated with the management protocol that requests data traffic information associated with at least one of the generated test data traffic, transmitted test data traffic, and received test data traffic. The system and method may transmit, to the management system, the requested data traffic information in response to the query. | 08-05-2010 |
20130223287 | LAYER TWO EXTENSIONS - A network device may be configured to define a Layer 2 domain, wherein the Layer 2 domain defines a data link layer broadcast domain and assign an access interface to the Layer 2 domain. The network device may be further configured to assign a double Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier to the access interface in the Layer 2 domain, wherein the double VLAN identifier includes an inner VLAN identifier and an outer VLAN identifier, receive a data unit via the access interface, wherein the data unit includes the double VLAN identifier, and associate the data unit with the defined Layer 2 domain, based on the data unit being received via the access interface and based on the data unit including the assigned double VLAN identifier. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227670 | SERVICE AGGREGATION IN A CLOUD SERVICES CENTER - A cloud center infrastructure system may include a service aggregator connected directly to a provider network. The service aggregator may be configured to receive, via the provider network, a data unit from a customer device, associated with a customer; identify a first device, associated with a first traffic processing service, based on a sequence of traffic processing services associated with the customer; and send the data unit to the first device, wherein the first device is located in a cloud services center, and wherein the first device is connected to the service aggregator over a Layer 2 connection. | 08-29-2013 |
Syed Ammar Ahmad, Ashburn, VA US
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20150180764 | DYNAMIC FILTERING AND LOAD OPTIMIZATION INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON SUBSCRIBTION AND REAL-TIME NETWORK AND SERVICE LOAD DATA - A server may receive flow information from multiple network devices. The flow information may include information regarding multiple data flows received by the multiple network devices and destined for a client device. The server may determine generate an optimization instruction, based on flow information, to re-route one or more of the plurality of data flows or to apply filters to the one or more of the plurality of data flows; provide the optimization instruction to cause one or more of the multiple network devices to re-route one or more of the multiple data flows or to apply filters to the one or more data flows to alleviate overloaded network components or to re-route network resources to or from the client device; receive updated flow information after receiving the flow information; generate an updated optimization instruction based on the updated flow information; and provide the updated optimization instruction. | 06-25-2015 |
Tahir Ahmad, Wichita, KS US
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20100295673 | CLOUD COMPUTING FOR MONITORING AN ABOVE-GROUND OIL PRODUCTION FACILITY - A system of solar powered sensors wirelessly coupled for remote monitoring using a wide area network. The sensors can be configured for monitoring a parameter associated with an oil well. | 11-25-2010 |
Umair Ahmad, Redmond, WA US
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20120159262 | EXTENDED PAGE PATCHING - The embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for using an extended patching procedure for correction or repair of logical data portions, pages, or sectors of a computer data storage device. The extended patching procedure targets for repair not only the page(s) appearing to be defective or unusable based on a failed read operation for a data transfer request, but also additional pages. Determining the additional pages to include for automatic patching is based on: statistical distribution analyses to include pages within the physical or logical vicinity of the original page, information about the underlying storage device technology or Input/Output (I/O) subsystem, and/or historical data about error conditions for areas related to the original page. Preemptively patching pages based on extended page lists improves system performance by reducing the total number of costly repair processes and by avoiding situations involving correction actions that fail to resolve. | 06-21-2012 |
Waqer Ahmad, Andover, MA US
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20130279817 | TILE SUPPORT IN DECODERS - A method and system for decoding an image having a plurality of tiles is provided. The system performs entropy decoding of bit information to generate bin information where the bin information is in tile order. The system converts the bin information from tile order to raster order. Then the system performs symbol decoding of the bin information in raster order. | 10-24-2013 |
Waseem Ahmad, Houston, TX US
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20150286997 | ROUTING PAYMENTS TO PAYMENT AGGREGATORS - Methods and systems for processing payments using payment aggregators are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise an e-commerce payment facilitator that acts as an intermediary between a commerce application and a plurality of payment aggregators. This allows the e-commerce payment facilitator to provide a user with payment methods supported by the plurality of payment aggregators. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the e-commerce payment facilitator to route transactions to payment aggregators based on various factors, such as availability, reliability, and profitability. In addition, one or more embodiments provide e-commerce payment facilitators with greater control over the processing of transactions by allowing for the routing and distribution of transactions across multiple payment aggregators. | 10-08-2015 |
Waseem Ahmad, Portland, OR US
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20130339955 | SR-IOV FAILOVER & AGGREGATION CONTROL SYSTEM TO ENSURE WITHIN-PHYSICAL-PORT VEB LOOPBACK - Methods, apparatus and systems for effecting Virtual Machine (VM) platform communication loopback and enabling user initiated network port failover. Network communications in platforms employing VMs and having multiple network ports accessible to the VMs are configured to be routed such that communications between VMs in the platform are looped back within the platform, thus not require routing through an external switch. This is facilitated via an Intelligent Channel Bonding Driver that dynamically enforces inter-VM traffic to ensure internal loopback within the same physical port. In another aspect, a user is enabled to initiate failover of a network port on a platform employing a Virtual Machine Manager and a plurality of VMs, wherein updated configuration information is sent to disable Virtual Function (VF) drivers associated with the network port. | 12-19-2013 |
Yanif Ahmad, Providence, RI US
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20080247313 | Slot-Cache for Caching Aggregates of Data with Different Expiry Times - Techniques for collecting and displaying sensor data captured by a spatially and temporally representative sample of sensors requested in a search query are described. The sensors are represented in an index structure (e.g., a data tree) having a plurality of leaf nodes and internal nodes. The leaf nodes are associated with sensors and the internal nodes are allotted with caches having cache slots for storing sensor data with various expiry times. In response to a query, the index structure is leveraged to identify a set of nodes associated with sensors of a user selected spatial region. Sensor data having an expiry time greater than a user specified expiry time is then collected from one or more cache slots of the set of nodes. In this manner, the number of sensors to be probed to collect the sensor data is reduced. | 10-09-2008 |
Yanif Ahmad, Mcclean, VA US
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20120197865 | INCREMENTAL QUERY EVALUATION - A system and method for implementing incremental evaluation that is advantageous over nonincremental evaluation. The system and method incrementally maintain each individual aggregate value, for non-nested queries, using a constant amount of work. | 08-02-2012 |
Zafar S. Ahmad, Cedar Rapids, IA US
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20130311006 | TRIPLEX COCKPIT CONTROL DATA ACQUISITION ELECTRONICS - A system and method are provided for controlling aircraft flight control surfaces. The system may include at least three pilot sensor channels, each pilot sensor channel including a set of pilot sensor data. The system may also include at least three aircraft sensor channels, each aircraft sensor channel including a set of aircraft sensor data. The system may further include an actuator control component configured to synchronously receive and vote on the pilot sensor data and the aircraft sensor data, such that a voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels is transmitted to a flight control computer and augmented before being transmitted to remote electronics units. The voted output of the at least three pilot sensor channels providing for the control of the aircraft surfaces coupled to the remote electronics units. | 11-21-2013 |
Ziauddin Ahmad, Villanova, PA US
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20090314822 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE TRAJECTORY OF A BONDING TOOL DURING THE FORMATION OF A WIRE LOOP - A method of determining a trajectory of an arc motion of a wire used in the formation of a wire loop is provided. The arc motion is between a first point and a second point of the trajectory. The method includes: ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100108744 | CLOSED LOOP WIRE BONDING METHODS AND BONDING FORCE CALIBRATION - A method of applying bonding energy to form a bond between a portion of a wire and a contact of a bonding location using a wire bonding machine is provided. The method includes: (1) moving a bonding tool towards the contact; (2) detecting when a portion of the contact ( | 05-06-2010 |