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20090027843 | Printed circuit board engagement assembly - In one embodiment a computer system comprises a housing, a backplane coupled to the housing, and at least one floor plate comprising an engagement assembly to connect a printed circuit board assembly to the backplane, wherein the engagement assembly utilizes a single mechanical force lever to secure the printed circuit board assembly to the backplane. | 01-29-2009 |
20090027852 | AIRFLOW REDIRCTION DEVICE - An air flow redirection device is disclosed. The air flow redirection device comprises a frame with a main hinge coupled to a top back edge of the frame. A plate is coupled to the main hinge and configured to rotate about the main hinge from an open position to a closed position. In the closed position the plate rests on top of the frame with a bottom side of the plate facing the bottom of the frame. A plurality of blocking fingers are coupled to the bottom side of the plate using a secondary hinge in a line parallel with, and adjacent to, the primary hinge. Each blocking finger is spring loaded away from the plate. | 01-29-2009 |
20100277861 | Stacked Drives For A Blade System - A blade assembly is disclosed. The blade assembly comprises a printed circuit (PC) board, and a disk drive drawer. The disk drive drawer is configured to move from a closed position into an open position, wherein the disk drive drawer is adjacent to the PC board when in the closed position and is positioned away from the PC board when in the open position. The blade assembly also comprises at least one stack of internal drives attached to the disk drive drawer. Each stack of internal drives comprise: a base bracket attached to the disk drive drawer, at least one drive cage pivotally mounted to the base bracket and configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position the drive cage is parallel with the disk drive drawer and in the open position the drive cage makes an angle a with the disk drive drawer. The drive cage is configured to hold a disk drive. Each stack of internal drives are located inside a blade enclosure when the blade assembly is mounted in the blade enclosure and the disk drive drawer is in the closed position. Each stack of internal drives are located outside the blade enclosure when the blade assembly is mounted in the blade enclosure and the disk drive drawer is in the open position. | 11-04-2010 |
20120134638 | WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM AND METHODS - Waveguide apparatuses and methods are provided. A waveguide method ( | 05-31-2012 |
20130077220 | MODULE AND PORT - A first module including a first port to connect to a second module including a second port. The first port including an attraction field to attract a second port if the second port was within the attraction field. A flexible member can be connected to the first port and a first edge can apply a force to the first port. | 03-28-2013 |
20130088822 | MODULE AND PORT - A module includes a housing. The housing can include a port The port can extend though an opening in the housing if the module is inserted in the chassis, | 04-11-2013 |
20130114216 | System Including A Module - In an embodiment a first module can include a first side and a first edge. An optical transmitter connector can be a first distance from the first side at a first position along the first edge. An optical receiver connector can be a second distance from the first side wherein the first and the second distances are different and wherein the optical receiver connector is at a second position along the first edges. In an embodiment a chassis includes a first slot and a second slot with a first waveguide and a second waveguide. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090051533 | Backscattering Different Radio Frequency Protocols - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for backscattering different radio frequency protocols. In some implementations, a radio Frequency (RF) tag includes an antenna and a storage module. The antenna is configured to receive an RF signal from any of a plurality of readers. Each reader is associated with a different protocol having different time durations. The storage module is coupled to the antenna and configured to store energy associated with the RF signal. In addition, the storage module substantially maintains a voltage in the tag during any of the different time durations independent of an internal power supply. | 02-26-2009 |
20090117847 | PASSIVELY TRANSFERRING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for passively transferring Radio Frequency (RF) signals. In some implementations, a method for passively transferring RF signals to an interior region of a group of containers includes wirelessly receiving an RF signal incident a first portion of a container. The first portion is located at least proximate a periphery of the group of containers. The incident RF signal is passively transferred, through a wired connection, from the first portion of the container to a second portion of a container. The second portion is located at least proximate an interior portion of the group of containers. The RF signal wirelessly re-transmitted in the interior region of the group of containers. | 05-07-2009 |
20090267771 | PASSIVELY TRANSFERRING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - The present disclosure includes a system and method for passively transferring radio frequency signals. In some implementations, a signal transfer element configured to passively transfer RF signals between a first region of a container and a second region of the container includes a first antenna, a second antenna and a coaxial transmission line. The first antenna is configured to wirelessly receive and transmit RF signals and passively transfer wirelessly received RF signals to a first end of a coaxial transmission line. The second antenna is configured to wirelessly receive and transmit RF signals and passively transfer wirelessly received RF signals to a second end of the coaxial transmission line. The coaxial transmission line is configured to passively transfer RF signals between the first antenna and the second antenna. A leg of the first antenna, a leg of the second antenna, and a center conductor of the coaxial transmission line are formed from a continuous conductor independent of physical connections. | 10-29-2009 |
20090267862 | CONDUCTING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS USING MULTIPLE LAYERS - The present disclosure includes a system and method for conducting radio frequency signals using multiple layers. In some implementations, a signal transfer element configured to passively transfer RF signals between a first region and a second region includes a first conductor layer having a first continuous conductor configured as a first portion of a first antenna, a transmission line, and a first portion of a second antenna. The first antenna and the second antenna are configured to wirelessly receive and transmit Radio Frequency (RF) signals. The signal transfer element also includes a second conductor layer having a second continuous conductor configured as a second portion of the first antenna, a ground plane, and a second portion of the second antenna. The first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are spatially proximate such that the transmission line and the ground plane are configured to passively transfer RF signals between the first antenna and the second antenna independent of an electrical connection between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. | 10-29-2009 |
20100289623 | INTERROGATING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for interrogating RFID tags. In some implementations, a method includes transmitting an RF command signal to RFID tags in an inhibited zone during a first time period. The RF command signal substantially prevents the RFID tags in the inhibited zone from responding to RF interrogation. RFID tags in a target zone are interrogated during a second time period different from the first time period. The target zone located differently from the inhibited zone. | 11-18-2010 |
20100302012 | SWITCHING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS - The present disclosure is directed switching RFID tags. In some implementations, the RFID system includes an RFID tag and a panel. The panel includes one or more contacts configured to move between a first position and a second position. The second position forms an electrical connection between the RFID tag and the one or more contacts to update a state of the RFID tag. | 12-02-2010 |
20110205025 | CONVERTING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RADIO FREQUENCIES - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for converting between different radio frequencies. In some implementations, a method includes receiving a request from a Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) reader configured to communicate with a first type of RFID tag. Independent of digital signal processing, the received request is automatically converted to a request compatible with a second type of RFID tag different from the first type of RFID tag. The converted request is transmitted to an RFID tag of the second type of RFID tag. | 08-25-2011 |
20110304441 | MULTILANE VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM - A vehicle tracking system and method of tracking vehicles in multiple traffic lanes is disclosed. One system includes an RFID reader including a plurality of antenna ports. The system also includes a first antenna connected to a first antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, the first antenna oriented toward a first lane of traffic. The system further includes a second antenna connected to the first antenna port and oriented toward a second lane of traffic. The system also includes a third antenna connected to a second antenna port of the plurality of antenna ports, the third antenna oriented toward the first lane of traffic. In some cases, the RFID reader is configured to detect the existence of a vehicle in a lane based on detection of an RFID device associated with the vehicle at two or more of the plurality of antenna ports. | 12-15-2011 |
20120280836 | Vehicle Detection System with RFID-Based Location Determination - A vehicle detection and location system includes a plurality of RFID tags positioned along a parking array. The system includes an RFID reader movable in conjunction with a vehicle identification system along the parking array and configured to interrogate the RFID tags. A location of the vehicle can be determined based on an association of the interrogation by the RFID reader with an identifier detected by the vehicle identification system. | 11-08-2012 |
20130088345 | COMMUNICATING STATUSES OF VEHICLES - In some implementations, a method for wirelessly communicating with the processor of a vehicle includes receiving, from a status module in a vehicle, a value for a dynamic attribute of the vehicle. The value for the dynamic attribute is wirelessly transmitted, from the vehicle, to a Radio Frequency (RF) reader. | 04-11-2013 |
20130238405 | SWITCHABLE RFID TAG - An RFID tag and a method of its use are disclosed. One such RFID tag includes first, second, and third RFID inlays included on a tag housing, the first, second, and third RFID inlays each corresponding to a different rate identifier. The tag also includes a panel engaged with the housing and movable among first, second and third positions. The panel includes RFID shorting structures each positioned to electrically contact one of the first, second, and third RFID inlays such that, in any of the first, second, and third positions, only one of the first, second, and third RFID inlays remains active. | 09-12-2013 |
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20130117840 | USER-DRIVEN ACCESS CONTROL - An access system is described herein which allows an application module to access a user-owned resource based on an indication of a user's intent to interact with the user-owned resource. For example, the application module can provide an application user interface which embeds a gadget associated with a particular user-owned resource. The access system can interpret the user's interaction with the gadget as conferring implicit permission to the application module to access the user-owned resource associated with the gadget. In addition, or alternatively, the user may make a telltale gesture in the course of interacting with the application module. The access system can interpret this gesture as conferring implicit permission to the application module to access a user-owned resource that is associated with the gesture. | 05-09-2013 |
20130205385 | PROVIDING INTENT-BASED ACCESS TO USER-OWNED RESOURCES - An access system is described herein which allows an application to access a system-level and/or application-specific user-owned resource based on a user's interaction with an intent-based access mechanism. For example, the intent-based access mechanism may correspond to a gadget that is embedded in an application user interface provided by the application, and/or logic for detecting a permission-granting input sequence. The access system accommodates different types of intent-based access mechanisms. One type is a scheduled intent-based access mechanism. Another type provides access to two or more user-owned resources. Further, the access system includes a mechanism for determining whether the application is permitted to use an intent-based access mechanism. | 08-08-2013 |
20150071555 | Managing Access by Applications to Perceptual Information - Functionality is described herein by which plural environment-sensing applications capture information from an environment in a fine-grained and least-privileged manner. By doing so, the functionality reduces the risk that private information that appears within the environment will be released to unauthorized parties. Among other aspects, the functionality provides an error correction mechanism for reducing the incidence of false positives in the detection of objects, an offloading technique for delegating computationally intensive recognition tasks to a remote computing framework, and a visualization module by which a user may inspect the access rights to be granted (or already granted) to each application. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074506 | Managing Shared State Information Produced by Applications - A shared renderer maintains shared state information to which two or more augmented reality application contribute. The shared renderer then provides a single output presentation based on the shared state information. Among other aspects, the shared renderer includes a permission mechanism by which applications can share information regarding object properties. The shared renderer may also include: a physics engine for simulating movement of at least one object that is represented by the shared state information; an annotation engine for managing a presentation of annotations produced by plural applications; and/or an occlusion engine for managing the behavior of the output presentation when two or more objects, produced by two or more applications, overlap within the output presentation. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074742 | World-Driven Access Control - Functionality is described herein for managing the behavior of one or more applications, such as augmented reality applications and/or other environment-sensing applications. The functionality defines permission information in a world-driven manner, which means that the functionality uses a trusted mechanism to identify cues in the sensed environment, and then maps those cues to permission information. The functionality then uses the permission information to govern the operation of one or more applications. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074746 | World-Driven Access Control Using Trusted Certificates - Functionality is described herein for receiving events which characterize features in an environment, and for identifying at least one policy based on the events. The functionality consults a certificate, associated with the policy, to determine whether the policy is valid. If valid, the functionality uses the policy to govern the behavior of at least one application, such as by controlling the application's consumption of events. A trusted passport authority may be employed to generate the certificates. Each certificate may: (1) identify that it originated from the trusted passport authority; (2) contain context information which describes a context in which the policy is intended to be applied within an environment; and/or (3) contain machine-readable content that, when executed, carries out at least one aspect of the policy. | 03-12-2015 |